text:
← Mission Of Honor – Snippet 12
Mission Of Honor – Snippet 13 →
Legions Of Fire – Snippet 18
Posted on March 10, 2010 by Drak Bibliophile
Varus wore the ivory head around his neck on a thin leather thong. Though he didn't reach under his toga while he listened to Piso's class exercise, his fingers curled with memory of how the talisman had felt.
"You were a prostitute!" Piso said. His left arm was crossed over his chest, while he swept his right out to the side as though he were pointing at a meteor plunging toward the Forum. "You say that you remained chaste and begged for alms instead of surrendering your body to your clients, but the only evidence we have is your word. The word of an admitted prostitute!"
Piso was declaiming from the rostrum in front of the Temple of Julius Caesar, facing his teacher and the remainder of the class in the Forum below. Pandareus and some of the students — Piso's friends and sycophants, at least — had notebooks out, either waxed boards or thin sheets of wood to write on with a brush.
Varus didn't need notes to remember clever twists that his fellow classmates came up with. Besides, in Varus' estimation, the chances of Piso doing so were slim to none.
The subject set for Piso's speech was whether a woman who remained chaste after being captured by pirates and sold into prostitution could legally become a Vestal Virgin. The situation was improbable, but it taught logic and technique as clearly as an ordinary case of legacy-fishing.
"Your children would be barred from becoming priests . . . ," cried Piso. He clapped his right arm to his chest now and flung the left one outward. Like his voice, his gestures attempted by enthusiasm to make up for their lack of grace. "Because their mother had carried on a sordid occupation. Are we therefore to say that you are worthy of becoming a priestess yourself?"
The varied business of the Forum went on untroubled by the declamation. At least three other classes were going on nearby, though the babble of business was enough to drown the speeches in the general noise.
Occasionally passers-by would glance toward them, but the exuberant gestures had probably drawn their eyes. Piso looked enough as though he were hurling things from his raised vantage point that a prudent man would take heed.
"Should the Consul give way to you if he meets you as priestess in the street?" Piso bellowed, changing the angles of his arms yet again. "To you, a woman whom a crippled Levantine properly approached if he still had two copper sesterces in his begging bowl!"
There were cheers and stampings of applause from behind Pandareus and the semicircle of his students. Though the Senate was in session, the Emperor hadn't made his appearance yet. Piso's father and his political cronies had chosen to attend the boy's declamation, doubtless planning to rush into the session if the glittering progress of a guard detachment warned them that the Emperor was on his way. The session was being held in the huge Julian Basilica today; the entrance was within fifty yards.
What did the senators really think of the declamation? Perhaps they were impressed by it. This wasn't an age which valued subtlety, and Piso certainly displayed the present virtues of noise and color to an impressive degree.
"Do you say, 'The pirate who captured me can attest my virginity'?" Piso demanded. He'd initially shown some variation in his gestures, but now he seemed to have settled on mirrored pairings of one arm crossed, the other extended. "Perhaps, but your witness won't be able to visit you in your temple should you become a priestess!"
Saxa had never come to one of Varus' declamations. He'd attended early classes occasionally, though he wasn't an orator himself and didn't pretend to care about technique or about literature more generally.
Varus had never cared for argumentative declamations like the present one anyway. They were the stuff of courts and public assemblies, where a bold lie which couldn't be uncovered was more effective than any amount of calm reason.
Philosophical declamations were far more attractive to him. Varus had been quite pleased with the way he'd brought his audience to consider whether Alexander should sail from the mouth of the Indus River and turn east, attempting to cross the globe-girdling Ocean. He'd summed up on the one hand that water was the First Element and should not be conquered by any man, even Alexander; and on the other that this would be the longed-for moment when human civilization and the world should have the same boundaries. Pandareus had spoken highly of some of his figures of speech, and even Piso's claque had jotted notes.
But Saxa hadn't been present. Varus smiled with rueful affection. For as far back as he could remember, his father had been an antiquarian: a man who enjoyed unearthing odd scraps of knowledge. He had a great deal of information, but he hadn't been able to organize it in any fashion more complicated than a vertical stack.
More recently, though, his researches had descended into what could only be described as blatant superstitions, sillinesses that were unworthy of the attention — let alone the belief — of an educated man. And Saxa did believe in them. He not only practiced magical rituals himself, he let a self-proclaimed Hyperborean wizard lead him in the gods knew what directions.
Though Varus no longer saw the twelve dancers, they chanted in his mind as their demon companions hissed in unison. It was a dream, but it haunted his waking hours. It was a dream!
"You wheedled would-be customers to give you as alms what they had intended to pay as the price of your body!" said Piso. "Well and good — you remain a virgin. But is this the art which a priestess uses when speaking to the goddess of the hearth? Surely not! Yours was a whore's trick and a whore's manner. Your very demeanor is an affront to chaste Vesta!"
Corylus stood to Varus' left. His notebook was out for courtesy's sake, but he wasn't jotting anything down. Varus knew that his friend disliked Piso even more than he himself did, but he was unfailingly polite when they interacted.
On the frontier where Corylus had been raised, life was harsh and weapons were never far to seek even in the most civilized surroundings. As the chant seethed in his blood, Varus realized for the first time that his friend was always courteous because he was constantly aware of violence, not despite the fact. Varus didn't doubt what Corylus was capable of if the necessity arose, but Corylus understood better than the other students the difference between what was necessary and what was simply possible.
Corylus' declamations were forceful and closely reasoned, but he didn't gesture nor did he use the flourishes and allusions that would have made his speeches more striking. His wide reading — he wasn't as widely read as Varus, of course, but given the limited opportunities he would have had on the frontier, his knowledge was remarkable — would have allowed him to sprinkle colorful passages from the great poets and historians whether Latin or Greek.
It didn't seem to bother Corylus that Piso and his cronies sneered — behind the backs of their hands — at what they called his lack of erudition. As a Knight of Carce Corylus wasn't eligible to enter the Senate, and he'd been bluntly dismissive when Varus had asked if he hoped to make his name as a lawyer.
Corylus spoke as a military officer would when suggesting a course of action to a superior or explaining it to his juniors. Varus decided that if the sneers didn't bother his friend, he could learn to ignore them also.
"This court, this goddess –"
Piso thrust out both arms to point at the round temple of Vesta beside where his audience stood. He looked like a bad statue of Phaethon dragging on the reins as the horses of the Sun ran away.
"– this sacred sky of Carce –"
He pointed straight up, though his face still glowered at his audience.
"– allow only one answer: you must be barred from the priesthood!"
Piso's father and his fellow senators called, "Huzzah!" and stamped their feet loudly. The other students applauded also, ranging from the enthusiasm of the speaker's cronies to the polite tap of Corylus' right foot. Even Pandareus gave a nod which could be taken as approving.
Piso stepped down from the rostrum and bowed at the waist, sweeping his arms back to the sides as though he were about to dive into a swimming pool. He was smiling with triumph; the neck of his broad-striped toga was as wet as a used towel.
There's never only one answer, Varus mused, lost in his own thoughts. There are often thousands of answers, and all of them may be wrong.
In his mind the dancers whispered Nemastes must die. They had no other answer, and their voices were compelling.
Hedia's chair rocked to a threatening halt. The hired bearers looked scrawny compared to Saxa's team, but they were fit and they got much more experience than the household slaves did. They hadn't slipped once on the way to Corylus' apartment on the Viminal Hill. Judging by Alphena's cries from the following vehicle, the girl hadn't been so lucky.
This entry was posted in DrakeSnippet, Snippets. Bookmark the permalink.


text:
Q: JavaFX - controller initialize method gives null pointer exception I have recently started working with JavaFX and I've got a kind of a problem with controller.
My problem is like this:
1) I've got fxml file in project.startup and it name is loginTab.fxml
2) Controller of this window is in project.startup.controllers and it is called LoginTabController
When I would like to set a disable property on Button (or add a listener to Toggle Group) in initialize method of my controller I've got null pointer exception. Stack trace shows that at the beggining of initialize() is null pointer.
Below I am presenting my code which caused this horrible situation. In fact I was looking for some solution but I can't find anything.
I also have checked if name is spelled propely but unfortunately it is correct.
1) First code sample is how I am loading my page:
 try{
     FXMLLoader fxmlLoader = new FXMLLoader(getClass().getResource("/project/startup/loginTab.fxml"));
     Parent root = fxmlLoader.load();
     Stage stage = new Stage();
     stage.initModality(Modality.APPLICATION_MODAL);
     stage.initStyle(StageStyle.DECORATED);
     stage.setTitle("System Main Menu");
     stage.setScene(new Scene(root));
     stage.show();
 } catch(Exception ex){
     ex.printStackTrace();
 }

2) Element of my page
 <GridPane xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1" fx:controller="projectgotham.startup.controllers.LoginTabController" prefHeight="200" prefWidth="500" alignment="center" hgap="20" vgap="20">
    <fx:define>
        <ToggleGroup fx:id = "typeOfLogin"/>
    </fx:define>
    <VBox spacing="5" GridPane.columnIndex="0" GridPane.rowIndex="0">
        <children>
            Choose type of login
            <RadioButton text="Face" toggleGroup="$typeOfLogin" selected = "true" userData = "Face"/>
            <RadioButton text="Fingerprint" toggleGroup="$typeOfLogin" userData = "Fingerprint"/>
            <RadioButton text="Face and Fingerprint" toggleGroup="$typeOfLogin" userData = "Face and Fingerprint"/>
            <RadioButton text="Admin" toggleGroup="$typeOfLogin" userData = "Admin"/>
        </children>
    </VBox>
    <VBox spacing="15" GridPane.columnIndex="0" GridPane.rowIndex="1">
        <children>
            Current login progress
            <ProgressBar fx:id = "loginProgressBar" progress="0.30"/>
        </children>
    </VBox>
    <VBox spacing="20" GridPane.columnIndex="0" GridPane.rowIndex="2">
        <children>
            <Button text="Invoke Login Action" onAction="#handleLoginAction"/>
            <Button fx:id="closeSystemBtn" text="Close System" onAction="#closeSystem"/>
        </children>
    </VBox>
    <VBox spacing="5" GridPane.columnIndex="10" GridPane.rowIndex="0">
        <children>
            Last loaded image
            <ImageView fx:id="currentImageViewer" fitHeight="150" fitWidth="200" pickOnBounds="true" preserveRatio="true" visible="true">
            </ImageView>
        </children>
    </VBox>
    <VBox spacing="15" GridPane.columnIndex="10" GridPane.rowIndex="1">
        <children>
            <Button fx:id = "testButton" text="Took a photo" onAction="#testThing"/>
            <Button text="Load a fingerprint image"/>
        </children>
    </VBox>
</GridPane>

3) My controller class
public class LoginTabController implements Initializable {

    /**
     * Initializes the controller class.
     */

    @FXML
    private ToggleGroup typeOfLogin;

    @FXML
    private Button closeSystemBtn;

    @Override
    public void initialize(URL url, ResourceBundle rb) {
        closeSystemBtn.setDisable(true);
    }

    @FXML
    protected void handleLoginAction(ActionEvent event){

        try{
            FXMLLoader fxmlLoader = new FXMLLoader(getClass().getResource("/projectgotham/startup/LoginIdentification.fxml"));
            Parent root = fxmlLoader.load();
            Stage stage = new Stage();
            stage.initModality(Modality.APPLICATION_MODAL);
            stage.initStyle(StageStyle.DECORATED);
            stage.setTitle("Finish login action");
            stage.setScene(new Scene(root));
            stage.show();
        } catch(Exception ex){
            ex.printStackTrace();
            Logger.getRootLogger().error("Can't handle action connected with login : " + ex.getMessage());
        }
    }

    @FXML
    protected void closeSystem(ActionEvent event){
        Stage closeStage = (Stage) closeSystemBtn.getScene().getWindow();
        closeStage.close();
    }

    @FXML
    protected void testThing(ActionEvent event){
        typeOfLogin.selectedToggleProperty().addListener(new ChangeListener<Toggle>(){
            @Override
            public void changed(ObservableValue<? extends Toggle> observable, Toggle oldValue, Toggle newValue) {
                System.out.println(typeOfLogin.getSelectedToggle().getUserData().toString());
            }

        });

    }

}

I would be pleased if you could help me with this null pointer exception...
EDIT:
Stack trace:
at javafx.fxml.FXMLLoader.constructLoadException(FXMLLoader.java:2601)
at javafx.fxml.FXMLLoader.loadImpl(FXMLLoader.java:2579)
at javafx.fxml.FXMLLoader.loadImpl(FXMLLoader.java:2441)
at javafx.fxml.FXMLLoader.access$2700(FXMLLoader.java:103)
at javafx.fxml.FXMLLoader$IncludeElement.constructValue(FXMLLoader.java:1143)
at javafx.fxml.FXMLLoader$ValueElement.processStartElement(FXMLLoader.java:746)
at javafx.fxml.FXMLLoader.processStartElement(FXMLLoader.java:2707)
at javafx.fxml.FXMLLoader.loadImpl(FXMLLoader.java:2527)
at javafx.fxml.FXMLLoader.loadImpl(FXMLLoader.java:2441)
at javafx.fxml.FXMLLoader.load(FXMLLoader.java:2409)
at projectgotham.startup.Startup$2.handle(Startup.java:60)
at projectgotham.startup.Startup$2.handle(Startup.java:55)
at com.sun.javafx.event.CompositeEventHandler.dispatchBubblingEvent(CompositeEventHandler.java:86)
at com.sun.javafx.event.EventHandlerManager.dispatchBubblingEvent(EventHandlerManager.java:238)
at com.sun.javafx.event.EventHandlerManager.dispatchBubblingEvent(EventHandlerManager.java:191)
at com.sun.javafx.event.CompositeEventDispatcher.dispatchBubblingEvent(CompositeEventDispatcher.java:59)
at com.sun.javafx.event.BasicEventDispatcher.dispatchEvent(BasicEventDispatcher.java:58)
at com.sun.javafx.event.EventDispatchChainImpl.dispatchEvent(EventDispatchChainImpl.java:114)
at com.sun.javafx.event.BasicEventDispatcher.dispatchEvent(BasicEventDispatcher.java:56)
at com.sun.javafx.event.EventDispatchChainImpl.dispatchEvent(EventDispatchChainImpl.java:114)
at com.sun.javafx.event.BasicEventDispatcher.dispatchEvent(BasicEventDispatcher.java:56)
at com.sun.javafx.event.EventDispatchChainImpl.dispatchEvent(EventDispatchChainImpl.java:114)
at com.sun.javafx.event.EventUtil.fireEventImpl(EventUtil.java:74)
at com.sun.javafx.event.EventUtil.fireEvent(EventUtil.java:49)
at javafx.event.Event.fireEvent(Event.java:198)
at javafx.scene.Node.fireEvent(Node.java:8413)
at javafx.scene.control.Button.fire(Button.java:185)
at com.sun.javafx.scene.control.behavior.ButtonBehavior.mouseReleased(ButtonBehavior.java:182)
at com.sun.javafx.scene.control.skin.BehaviorSkinBase$1.handle(BehaviorSkinBase.java:96)
at com.sun.javafx.scene.control.skin.BehaviorSkinBase$1.handle(BehaviorSkinBase.java:89)
at com.sun.javafx.event.CompositeEventHandler$NormalEventHandlerRecord.handleBubblingEvent(CompositeEventHandler.java:218)
at com.sun.javafx.event.CompositeEventHandler.dispatchBubblingEvent(CompositeEventHandler.java:80)
at com.sun.javafx.event.EventHandlerManager.dispatchBubblingEvent(EventHandlerManager.java:238)
at com.sun.javafx.event.EventHandlerManager.dispatchBubblingEvent(EventHandlerManager.java:191)
at com.sun.javafx.event.CompositeEventDispatcher.dispatchBubblingEvent(CompositeEventDispatcher.java:59)
at com.sun.javafx.event.BasicEventDispatcher.dispatchEvent(BasicEventDispatcher.java:58)
at com.sun.javafx.event.EventDispatchChainImpl.dispatchEvent(EventDispatchChainImpl.java:114)
at com.sun.javafx.event.BasicEventDispatcher.dispatchEvent(BasicEventDispatcher.java:56)
at com.sun.javafx.event.EventDispatchChainImpl.dispatchEvent(EventDispatchChainImpl.java:114)
at com.sun.javafx.event.BasicEventDispatcher.dispatchEvent(BasicEventDispatcher.java:56)
at com.sun.javafx.event.EventDispatchChainImpl.dispatchEvent(EventDispatchChainImpl.java:114)
at com.sun.javafx.event.EventUtil.fireEventImpl(EventUtil.java:74)
at com.sun.javafx.event.EventUtil.fireEvent(EventUtil.java:54)
at javafx.event.Event.fireEvent(Event.java:198)
at javafx.scene.Scene$MouseHandler.process(Scene.java:3757)
at javafx.scene.Scene$MouseHandler.access$1500(Scene.java:3485)
at javafx.scene.Scene.impl_processMouseEvent(Scene.java:1762)
at javafx.scene.Scene$ScenePeerListener.mouseEvent(Scene.java:2494)
at com.sun.javafx.tk.quantum.GlassViewEventHandler$MouseEventNotification.run(GlassViewEventHandler.java:380)
at com.sun.javafx.tk.quantum.GlassViewEventHandler$MouseEventNotification.run(GlassViewEventHandler.java:294)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at com.sun.javafx.tk.quantum.GlassViewEventHandler.lambda$handleMouseEvent$354(GlassViewEventHandler.java:416)
at com.sun.javafx.tk.quantum.QuantumToolkit.runWithoutRenderLock(QuantumToolkit.java:389)
at com.sun.javafx.tk.quantum.GlassViewEventHandler.handleMouseEvent(GlassViewEventHandler.java:415)
at com.sun.glass.ui.View.handleMouseEvent(View.java:555)
at com.sun.glass.ui.View.notifyMouse(View.java:937)
at com.sun.glass.ui.win.WinApplication._runLoop(Native Method)
at com.sun.glass.ui.win.WinApplication.lambda$null$148(WinApplication.java:191)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at projectgotham.startup.controllers.LoginTabController.initialize(LoginTabController.java:45)
at javafx.fxml.FXMLLoader.loadImpl(FXMLLoader.java:2548)
... 57 more

A:
I add this Answer in case you are using Eclipse.With Eclipse the
  differences of the file that you save using SceneBuilder are not
  synchronized.

So every time you save the fxml file using SceneBuilder what you have to do is reopen it in a Tab.What i mean:

1)

Say for example you have 4 tabs opened in the project you are currently working.If one of those Tabs is a reference to the fxml file,then every time you save the fxml file from SceneBuilder go select another tab and then select again the Tab which is referencing to the FXML file.
or

2)

If no Tab is opened in the Project that is referencing to the FXML file then go into the project and open the FXML file to a new Tab and do the 1.

Example Image

Finnally

You have do to 1  or 2->1 every time you save the FXML.That's Eclipse :)

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


text:
Maria Fernanda Cardoso awarded 2020 NSW Visual Arts Established Fellow
Maria Fernanda Cardoso, On the Origins or Art – Actual Size II, Maratus Volans Abdomen, 2016, Tate and the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, purchased jointly with funds provided by the Qantas Foundation 2018.
SYDNEY.- Maria Fernanda Cardoso has been named the recipient of the 2019/20 New Dimensions: NSW Visual Arts (Established) Fellowship, developed in partnership with Create NSW and Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (MCA). The partnership between Create NSW and MCA is in its second year and supports the ongoing professional practice of visual arts practitioners in New South Wales with a grant valued up to $50,000.
Colombian-born, long-time Sydney resident Maria Fernanda Cardoso is internationally renowned for her practice using unconventional and organic materials to explore ideas around nature and its links to culture and science. Maria Fernanda Cardoso has exhibited widely across Australia and abroad with a diverse practice encompassing sculpture, installation, performance and photography.
Cardoso will receive $30,000 in funding from Create NSW to focus on a self-directed professional development program and will also undertake an additional project or acquisition commission from the MCA up to the value of $20,000.
The New Dimensions: NSW Visual Arts (Established) Fellowship will enable Cardoso to create a new series of large-scale digital portraits documenting various species of the brightly coloured Australian spider, the Maratus. For this project, Cardoso will work in collaboration with leading photo-microscopy expert Geoff Thompson to photograph up to 20 of the 80 species, and the pair will work consultation with museum curators and scientists with interest in the genus.
On being awarded the New Dimensions Fellowship, Maria Fernanda Cardoso said, 'I am extremely grateful to Create NSW and the MCA for this opportunity and am excited to create new work around these extraordinary tiny creatures. Australia has immense invertebrate diversity, yet it is relatively understudied and certainly little known by the general public.'
This year's Fellowship was selected by an industry panel made up of experts including Michael Dagostino (Create NSW Visual Arts Board member and Director and CEO Campbelltown Arts Centre), independent curator, writer and educator Emily McDaniel and the MCA's Megan Robson and Rachel Kent.
Create NSW Executive Director Chris Keely said, 'Maria Fernanda is a fantastic choice for our New Dimensions Fellowship and I love that this opportunity will give arguably one of the world's best looking spiders its time in the spotlight. I look forward to seeing her development through this project, and the works that it leads to.'
MCA Director, Elizabeth Ann Macgregor OBE added, 'We are delighted that this award is going to Maria Fernanda who has an international as well as national reputation for her thought-provoking work about the natural environment and our relationship to it. She is highly deserving of this fellowship and we look forward to working with her to deliver the outcome of the partnership through presentation or acquisition of the new work.'
This marks the second year of a partnership between Create NSW and MCA for the NSW Visual Arts (Established) Fellowship, Denis Beaubois was the previous recipient awarded in 2019.
Maria Fernanda Cardoso was born in Colombia and lives in Sydney. She has a Master's degree in Sculpture and Installation from Yale University, and is known for her unconventional use of materials and the use of animals as inspiration.
Cardoso has exhibited her work in major museums and galleries in the US, Latin America, Australia and Europe, including Sydney's Museum of Contemporary Art, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Gallery in Canberra and the Tate Gallery in London. She has won numerous awards and scholarships and represented Colombia at the Venice Biennale in 2003.
Met Museum prepares for $100 million loss and closure till July
Reframing the Prado
Lifetime retrospective of Jasper Johns's work to open simultaneously in New York and Philadelphia
Taschen reprints 'Les diners de Gala'
Paul Holberton Publishing releases new book featuring 18th century drawings from The Crocker Art Museum
Rare comics, original comic art, Star Wars figures and political items make a strong showing at Hake's $1.5M auction
Coronavirus: Swiss art tech company offers solution for highly affected art industry
MIA Photo Fair 2020 postponed to September
Historic 1858 Proof Liberty Eagle gold coin offered at Heritage Auctions
The Kinkade Family Foundation announces emergency grant for curators
As Studio 54 boogies to Brooklyn, its denizens look back in wonder
Modern American & European printmakers lead Prints & Drawings auction at Swann
It was their big debut. Then a pandemic hit.
Pixar pioneers win $1 million Turing Award
Meem Gallery opens third edition of its Modern Masters exhibition series
African music legend Dibango in hospital with coronavirus
Belgrade: Leading institution damaged by local politics
Complete archive of award-winning novelist Andrea Levy acquired for the nation
Stuart Whitman, leading man on big and small Screens, dies at 92
Disconcerted: A music critic's empty nights
Paris, a Magnet for the World, Becomes a Ghost City After a Lockdown Takes Effect
Rick Atkinson wins American History Book Prize
Workers behind the concert stars are hurting
Do Beginners Need Special Golf Clubs?
How to Choose the Best Comfortable Earpods?

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


Traditionally, prosthetic socks have provided cushioning and a means to adjust the volume of the socket. Prosthetic socks are available in several materials including wool, cotton and synthetics. Sock thickness is measured by the "ply" rating, most commonly from 1-ply to 6-ply. By varying the ply number and/or the number of socks worn, amputees can adjust for changes in the size of their residual limb. Prosthetic socks should protect the skin against the destructive forces of pressure and friction in the skin-socket interface, while also absorbing perspiration with a wick-like action and allowing for ventilation.
Man-made fibers are widely used in the production of prosthetic socks and may be used alone in their construction or in combination with natural fibers. One example of an all-synthetic sock is made of polypropylene and Lycra. This combination provides wicking of perspiration and transports moisture across the fiber and away from the skin. The Lycra serves to accommodate edema or atrophy more easily due to its elasticity and ability to return to its prestretched shape. Wool is increasingly being blended or combined with man-made fibers. These products provide the softness, strength or resiliency of the man-made fibers used and are easier to care for because they tend to resist shrinking and felting. They also cost less than all-wool socks and can take advantage of plaiting – the knitting of one fiber on the outside of a sock and another fiber on the inside to benefit from the qualities of both fibers. One such sock uses wool on the outside for resiliency and toughness and Dupont CoolMax on the inside, which provides softness and keeps the skin cool by transporting perspiration away from the skin faster than any other fiber. The fibers spread perspiration over a larger area so that it will evaporate more quickly. This sock also contains Microsafe fiber that resists bacteria and fungus growth for skin health and odor reduction. Lycra/spandex provides excellent conformability and free motion of the knee.
Nylon sheaths come in white and flesh.
Flesh-colored nylon sheath with silicone insert.
All amputees are aware that the size of their residual limb changes over time. Most experience subtle, and sometimes not so subtle, changes in volume over the course of a single day. Factors that affect the volume of the limb include reduction of postoperative edema, muscle atrophy, changes in body weight and the temporary reduction of fluids in the limb caused by the normal pumping action of walking in a prosthesis. To maintain an even, comfortable fit, it is necessary to accommodate for these volume changes by adjusting the thickness of the prosthetic socks. This can be done either by changing to a thicker sock, i.e., from a 3-ply to a 5-ply, or by adding another 1- or 2-ply sock over the existing sock. Care must be taken not to overdo this. If too many socks are used, the socket will not fit properly and may cause discomfort and skin breakdown.
For purposes of this article, I will limit my discussion of liners to those that are worn directly against the skin and either take the place of socks or are worn in combination with them. Over the last decade, we have witnessed a rapid increase in the variety of liners commercially available. Depending on their intended use, these liners can offer some or all of the following benefits: excellent protection against friction, dynamic pressure distribution resulting from the "flow" characteristics of the materials, and suspension of the prosthesis when fitted with a distal attachment.
Prosthetic liners are available in silicone, urethane or a mineral-oil derivative. They are applied by turning the liner inside out and then pressing the closed end against the residual limb and rolling the liner onto the leg. They are available with or without a fabric backing, which can ease donning of the liner as it allows the material to easily slide against itself. The backing also serves to reinforce the gel for improved durability. All of these liners are airtight so that perspiration cannot escape. This is generally not a problem, however, because the skin tends to sweat less within the airtight liner once it is accustomed to the sealed environment.
Silicone Suction Sockets were first introduced in the mid-1980s. These liners are made of a relatively thin silicone and their primary purpose is suspension of the prosthesis. An attachment mounted on the end of the liner mates with a locking device on the end of the prosthetic socket, thereby providing a secure coupling of the residual limb and the prosthesis. These liners also protect the skin against shear forces because movement occurs between the outside of the liner and the adjacent material. Later, thicker liners were developed with a softer gel that provides more even pressure distribution as the gel material flows from areas of high pressure to areas of lower pressure. Today, these liners are available with or without the distal locking feature and are usually worn with traditional prosthetic socks to allow for volume adjustments.
A typical 5-ply prosthetic sock.


Toombs County, Georgia- population roughly 26,000- has had a pretty impressive impact on the Super Bowl in it's first 52 years. Three players who were born in Toombs County have played in the big game and combined they have won six Super Bowl rings.
Mel Blount (Lyons Industrial High School), a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the Toombs County Athletic Hall of Fame, played in four Super Bowls with the Pittsburgh Steelers and he won four Super Bowl Rings. Nick Eason (Toombs County High School), who is also a member of the Toombs County Athletic Hall of Fame, played in two Super Bowls with the Steelers and he won one ring. Fred Stokes (Vidalia High School) played in a Super Bowl with the Washington Redskins and he won a ring.
Back in 2008 Y-101 Radio aired a one-hour Super Bowl special which featured Blount, Stokes, Travares Tillman and Len Hauss all talking about their Super Bowl experiences. Tillman (Toombs County High School), a member of the Toombs County Athletic Hall of Fame, didn't play in a Super Bowl. However, he did play for a team that played in the Super Bowl. He was a member of the 2003 Carolina Panther team which lost to the New York Giants 32-29. Hauss, a native of Jesup and a member of the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame, played for the Washington Redskins from 1964 to 1977 and was the starting center in the 1973 Super Bowl.
Blount made two big plays to help the Steelers win their first Super Bowl. With Pittsburgh leading 2-0- with 1:17 to play in the first half- Blount intercepted a Fran Tarkington pass on first down and 10 from the Steeler 25-yard line. Glen Edwards delivered a hard hit on the receiver John Gilliam and the ball popped up in the air. Blount caught the ball at the one-yard line and returned the pick 10-yards allowing the Steelers to run out the clock and take the 2-0 lead into halftime.
In the second half Mel tackled running back Chuck Foreman for no gain on a second and five play from the Viking 29-yard line.
Mel started at right corner back for the second straight Super Bowl and he was credited with three second half tackles. Two of wide receiver Preston Pearson for 14-yards and no gain. He also tackled Robert Newhouse for an eight-yard gain after a catch.
Blount returned three kicks for 27, 18 and 19-yards.
In an almost similar situation as in Super Bowl IX, Blount intercepted a pass right before halftime. In a 14-all game quarterback Roger Staubach was leading the Cowboys downfield with three straight completions to Pearson for seven-yards, Tony Hill for 10 and Tony Dorsett for 12. With 1:52 remaining in the second quarter it was first down and 10 for Dallas at the Steeler 32 when Staubach, who was trying to complete a fourth straight pass, threw to Blount's side of the field and Mel picked off a throw intended for Pearson and returned it 13-yards.
Pittsburgh QB Terry Bradshaw completed two passes to Lynn Swann for 29 and 21-yards and then he ended a six-play, 56-yard drive with a seven-yard TD pass to Rocky Bleier to put the Steelers up for good at 21-14.
Blount also had two solo tackles in the game.
Mel had four solo tackles in his fourth Super Bowl victory. The Steelers trailed 13-10 at half and 19-17 in the third quarter. Early in the fourth quarter Bradshaw threw a 73-yard touchdown pass John Stallworth and Franco Harris scored on a one-yard run with 1:52 to play in the game.
What little boy playing football at Partin Park or teenager playing for the Toombs County Bulldogs, in the Pit, hasn't dreamed about playing on a Super Bowl winning team? Nick Eason dreamed those dreams and thanks to an amazing catch by Santonio Holmes, with 42 seconds to play, they came true. The Steelers, who led 20-7 in the third quarter, had to rally at the end to pull out a 27-23 win over the Arizona Cardinals. Eason played quite a bit at left defensive end and on special teams.
In their first playoff game the Pittsburgh Steelers overcame a 14 points deficit and defeated the Baltimore Ravens. In Super Bowl XLV, the Steelers trailed Green Bay by 11 at half and although they rallied and pulled to within three points with 7:34 to play in the game- the Green Bay Packers drove 70-yards in 10 plays and added a field goal with 2:07 to play to win 31-25.
Eason, who was seeking his second Super Bowl ring, played on the Steelers defensive line in both halves and he also played on special teams.


text:
People ☆
RolePlay Search
Users Online ▼
Only Bands
Luffy on RolePlayer.me - www.roleplayer.me/aceslilbro Luffy
ONE PIECE VERSE, CROSSOVERS AND OCS ACCEPTED.
View: Photos | Blog | Layouts
Contacting Luffy
RP URL:
www.roleplayer.me/aceslilbro
Luffy's Interests
Luffy's full name is Monkey D. Luffy, but his nakama and others calls him, Luffy for short. He has other names too which are, Straw Hat Luffy, Captain or Straw Hat. Being only a young seventeen years old human teenager boy, Luffy is also a pirate and the captain of his own pirate crew called the Straw Hat pirates, that has a dream to become the next king of the pirates. He stands at five feet and eight inches tall, with shaggy raven colored hair, and has a well-built musclar physique. He has coal colored eyes with a scar with two stitches underneath his left one. He only seen wearing his trademark straw hat, which was lent to him when he was young by the legendary pirate captain called "Red-Haired" Shanks, giving him the nickname "Straw Hat Luffy".
Like his male crewmates, he has the same type of outfit, as opposed to the rest of the crew, like Nami and Robin, who change frequently. He may wear a different outfit to suit the climate of an island, like a hooded parka on Drum Island or desert robes in Alabasta. But will always switch back to his trademark vest that he wears left open, and shorts after the adventures on that island are over. Despite this, he will wear his usual outfit in different colors and has been known to sport other miscellaneous items on his person from time to time, but always has his tan sandals on his feet. Luffy loves to eat, especially eating his meat. He like monsters, and having ton of adventure with his crew. He has the power of a devil fruit user, with gave him the abilitly to stretch like rubber, which he uses in his fights as his weapon and in his fighting style.
After several events, the world goverment thought of him as the most dangerous member of the Straw Hats, due to him being a relatively new pirate. But they originally didn't pay much attention to him, until hey took noticed when defeating the three top pirates of East Blue, giving him his first bountry on his head at Thirty million berries. His bountry keeps going up with each event, second being at hundred million when he defeat Crocodile of the one of the seven warlord of the sea. His third bounty of three hundred million was for defeating Rob Lucci and Blueno of the CP9, for orchestrating the assault on Enies Lobby, and for declaring war against the World Government. Then finally his fourth bounty of four-hundred million was for defeating Gekko Moriah of the Shichibukai, punching a World Noble, and for being the son of Revolutionary Dragon, giving him the total bountry of hundred and forty million belies.
Luffy's personality is like that of a child's, in the sense that he tends to go to the extremes. He can either be extremely greedy, especially in cases of food, who his crew is, and adventure; or extraordinarily selfless, going so far as virtually sacrificing himself to avenge or protect his friends, crew, and family. This childish mentality of his allows him to get to the root of the problems, and allows him to figure out the simplest way of solving it. Luffy's two dominant traits are his apparent lack of intelligence and his utter fearlessness. Luffy can easily be amazed by the simplest things, such as hermit crabs, and can be confused by concepts such as that by digging a hole right next to another he may be unintentionally filling the other hole. He likes monsters and will ask weird creatures to join his crew, as for example asking a talking tree to join his crew. He also has no knowledge of medicine, when Nami had a high fever he told her to eat cold food and later tried to make Roronoa Zoro better after battling Bartholomew Kuma by pouring sake onto him because Zoro likes sake. When attempting to think up a plan to get off of Amazon Lily, while he managed to make some logical sense of where to look, he strains himself and notes that he is going to feel sick from too much thinking. His simple mind actually saves him against Hancock's powers because he mistook it for a "Noro Noro Beam", used by Foxy, which brought out a fear of being slowed down (though it is shown later he is simply immune to her powers, because of his pure heart). If Luffy finds something he doesn't understand, even if someone explained in detail, he calls it a "mystery thing"; like calling dance powder a "mystery powder". Another thing Luffy's likes asking is "non-humans" such as Keimi and Brook if they can poop, in which case the answer is usually a yes. Luffy has a slow reaction time, especially to freezing temperatures. The same cannot be said when he is on the field of battle, though he has been known to dodge bullets with ease. It has been stated more than once that Luffy's instinct and behavior is similar to that of a wild animal's, like when he knows who he has to fight before he even gets to the battle. Even how he fights shows this, when he relies on his instincts and countering attacks. This compliments the way he views the world. He usually is always smiling, except in a fight where he is forced to use all his power (and sometimes even then). Luffy also seems to rarely change personality wise. Because he views the world in a straightforward and simple manner, he occasionally is the only person who can see past events that have taken place and realize the true goal, yet at other times he can fall into the simplest of traps. He is, however, a genius when it comes to fighting, such as when he figured out how to defeat Crocodile's Devil Fruit power on the verge of death, how to use Soru from sight, developed a number of effective counters to Enel's "Mantra" ability and, most recently. He does have a habit of holding a grudge even in dire situations (such as calling Franky a "bastard" in the middle of his fight with Rob Lucci causing Franky to retort "Now's not the time to be mad at me" and refusing to let Crocodile help him escape Impel Down even when there was no alternative). However he tries not to hurt civilians and people he likes, even if they intend to do harm to him, preferring to run from them than fight.
As captain of the Straw Hat Pirates, Monkey D. Luffy has immense physical strength capable of breaking stone and shattering steel with his bare hands. Additionally, Luffy is the Straw Hat crew's top fighter and has always fought the strongest villain. Luffy's sheer physical strength and dexterity is a result of his grandfather's unorthodox training methods (thrown into a bottomless ravine, tied to a balloon, thrown into a forest at night, etc.) and he claimed he had a punch as powerful as a pistol even at seven years of age. His endurance and durability is incredible, taking continuous, deadly assaults from powerful opponents that would have killed a normal person in most of his fights, and still standing up to continue fighting and eventually obtaining victory. Luffy also possesses tremendous speed, agility, and reflexes to match his strength and endurance. In fact, on more than one occasion, Luffy was able to anticipate moves and counter attacks that would normally be beyond his field of vision due to his sharp reflexes. He is also known to increase in his strength quite dramatically in a short period of time. His vast strength is only exceeded by his enormous willpower, as demonstrated on several occasions as for example when he manages to take in hundred shadows without passing out, compared to normal humans, who can only take in 2 or 3. This willpower even lets him survive far beyond what normal people are capable of, as demonstrated when he was poisoned very far beyond what a human is capable of surviving, only living on despite his critical condition through sheer willpower. Another example is when he survives through Emporio Ivankov's "Healing Hormones" ability, which even with a slim chance of surviving had not only survived the endeavor, but made a recovery in twenty hours when the normal time for the healing procedure is two days. He also possesses extraordinary jaw strength, where he can almost chewed through metal bars of a cage Buggy put him in. He also ate the cage in which Gecko Moria put him in, and managed to give Rob Lucci a small bite wound, as well as break the steel chains. His greatest feat on this area, however, was that he managed to make Jinbe, who is known to have an extremely high tolerance towards pain, yell out in pain when he bit the fishman's arm. Luffy is also shown to be very agile. Luffy is able to react to foes faster than him, like Kuro, Arlong, Bellamy, and Enel. After learning the CP9's shave technique to enhance not only his speed, but his strength as well, he became even more so.
But unlike Zoro or Sanji, Luffy's fighting style is completely improvised. Which means it follows no particular code of honor, and so if necessary, he will attack women or animals, hit below the belt, attack his enemies even if they have their backs turned or are otherwise unprepared or unsuspecting, use enemies as human shields and even bite his opponents. While fighting, Luffy is adept at improvising, and regularly comes up with creative counterattacks to use against his enemies. This however leads both enemies and allies alike to wonder if Luffy is taking the fight seriously, especially when he comes up with ridiculous and over the top moves, which prompts Luffy to respond that he's always serious. When Luffy fights, he relies heavily on his instincts, which, interestingly enough, are mostly correct. Even as early as the Arlong Park arc, after getting bitten he managed to escape with his arm still in one piece by slamming Arlong's head to loosen his jaw to get it out instead of simply pulling it. He picked out the real Mr. 3 from a bunch of wax look-a-likes on a hunch. He also destroyed Enel's Raigo using the gold ball as a conductor, but he had no real idea what he was doing and was acting out of instinct. Before even learning Kenbunshoku Haki, Luffy could easily dodge any attack relying on his instinct. He also appears to be intelligent enough to at least understand fundamental concepts, such as rubber being a natural insulator, which might be why he did not bother ducking out of the way of Enel's lightning attacks as it would have been pointless to do so since he is immune to such attacks. While easily noticeable as the least strategic member of his own crew, due to his tendency to simply barge in head- first into battle, Luffy is a highly adaptive combatant. He is constantly coming up with ways to keep ahead of his foes, either by taking advantage of his own strength and Devil Fruit powers or utilizing the opponent's own strengths (along with their weaknesses) against them. This causes even warriors long considered unbeatable to have trouble keeping up.
Luffy has gained extraordinary stretching powers from eating the Gum-Gum Fruit, which is one of the rare and legendary Devil Fruits. After consuming the Gum-Gum Fruit, Luffy's body became like rubber, giving him the ability to stretch long distances. Having trained hard for ten years, Luffy is able to supplement his stretching powers with immense strength, agility, and creativity in combat. His fighting style is largely improvised, and heavily reliant on his Devil Fruit. It should be noted, Luffy can't automatically stretch his limbs since his body acts more like a rubber band, thus has to throw some force into it in order for his limbs to stretch out, though it seems that he has managed to be able to do it automatically after the two years of training. However, he can hold his limbs outstretched for a long time. Luffy uses his stretching power in ingenious ways. He is able to use the malleable stretchiness of his limbs to gain tremendous velocity and hit enemies with devastating impact. His rubber body is also extremely durable and virtually immune to blunt objects such as bullets, punches and electricity, bouncing off his body harmlessly or canceling out attacks. However, he is still normally susceptible to sharp objects such as swords and knives as well as nonphysical attacks like heat, cold, dehydration and poison. Not only can he use his ability to increase the range and strength of his attacks, but he can also use it to restrain and even control foes like puppets.
His Gear Second is where Luffy uses his legs to pump blood throughout his body at a much faster rate. Activating Gear Second also uses a lot of stored energy from his body. Leaving his body exhausted, his heart rate also increases to levels that are normally impossible. His veins are able to withstand this, thanks to the Gum-Gum Powers. In this form, Luffy gains a considerable boost in speed and strength. Rob Lucci mentions that this ability is similar to steroids because his muscles are receiving enough blood to do things otherwise impossible. Rob Lucci also noted that Gear Second does damage to Luffy's own body and in turn drastically reduces his stamina and his lifespan begins to diminish.
His Gear Third is where Luffy pumps air through his bones to make them literally gigantic. Obviously, only Luffy can do such a thing by using the Gum-Gum Powers. Used with his already-strong physiology, this apparently gives his arm more mass and a larger area to attack with far greater force, but he sacrifices mobility for this strength, as his limbs are now so large that Luffy has extreme trouble moving unless he is in his Fusen form. Another after effect of this is that Luffy is reduced to child-sized proportions, the duration of which is equal to the time he spent in Gear Third. Also, he is able to use both gears at the same time which he uses to defeat Gecko Moria. But somehow, his Gear Third would increase the size of the majority of Luffy's arm, thus reducing the speed of the attack in exchange for a powerful impact.
He is also heavily susceptible to any form of hypnotism and doesn't have the sense to turn away, such as Jango's powers of hypnosis or Miss Goldenweek's Colors Trap. He is also easily distracted when he sees something that's "just too cool", like seeing Chopper's transformations for the first time, the Thousand Sunny's Gaon Cannon, an energy beam from a Pacifista, or his wax armor made from Mr. 3's Wax-Wax powers, ignoring everything around him. Luffy also has the mysterious and uncanny ability to, while completely asleep, eat as if he were awake, even able to know when more food has been placed on the table. This is probably purely based on muscle memory since what Luffy does best is fighting and eating. Another one of Luffy's weakness is the inability to draw. Luffy is a disaster when it comes to doing simple errands. Everything he tries to do or help with only ended up turning out to be worse. Even a simple errand like purchasing water ends up with him being chased by the Marines. In fact it has gotten to the point where Luffy has to have a chaperone if he is only going to explore so as not to cause trouble, or do anything stupid, and even then it isn't guaranteed that he won't. Even though Luffy is a sailor, and what more, the captain of his ship, he has no sense of direction. He believes that if one is to go north, he has to head in a "cold-ish" direction. As a result of this, coupled with his ability to get stuck in certain situations, he tends to arrive barely in time to fight his opponent. One of Luffy's greatest advantages is that people actually tend to underestimate him. Either due to his bounty, or his actions, or their own arrogance, his opponents usually take him lightly before discovering Luffy's great strength and determination. Because he is underestimated, his opponents, which include the Warlords of the Seas, tend to let down their guards, allowing Luffy to gradually learn and adapt his fighting style accordingly. Though not exactly a skill or ability, Luffy is said to have incredible luck. His luck is so great that people around him, like Smoker, Ivankov, Elder Nyon and even his own crew, think that they were miracles, or even divine intervention. According to Dracule Mihawk, Luffy has the most dangerous ability in the world which is that of turning anyone around him into his allies, including former enemies. Luffy's powerful charisma has earned him many powerful friends and allies at times of need, allowing him to escape the tightest situations. Like all Devil Fruit users, Luffy cannot swim. However, unlike other Devil Fruit users, he does not avoid water sports,and sometimes will jump into the ocean to save someone from drowning (though will drown himself as well). Luffy could not swim before eating his Devil Fruit so this has made little difference in this capacity.
Luffy's Details
Orientation: No Answer
Hometown: Fuschia Village
Body type: Athletic
Religion: I will let you know . . .
Education: No Answer
Occupation: Pirate captain
Height: 5"10'
Characters: Monkey D Luffy
Verses: One Piece
Length: One Liner, Para, Semi
Genre: Anime, Crossover,
Make A RolePlayer Account!
Start roleplaying with members like Luffy!
Luffy's Latest Blog Post [Subscribe to this Blog]
Rules (view more)
Luffy's Blurbs
Who I'd like to meet:
Luffy was born in Foosha Village on May 5th. Six years after his birth, he met a band of pirates led by a kind pirate captain named Red-Haired Shanks. Luffy befriended the band of pirates and from that moment on, wanted to become a pirate as well. Luffy stabbed himself with a knife just under his left eye to show that he was tough enough to join Shanks's crew. On the day Shanks and Higuma, a local mountain bandit that insulted Shanks and his crew, Luffy accidentally ate a Devil Fruit known as the Gum-Gum Fruit and unwittingly turned himself into a rubber man/boy. Initially this situation affected Luffy badly as it meant he could never be able to swim again, which was a great weakness to anyone who would journey the seas. This, however, didn't deter Luffy's dream and Luffy was once again determined to become a pirate. Later, Luffy stood up to Higuma on behalf of Shanks. He was easily defeated, however, and became a hostage. His captors were defeated by the Red-Haired Pirates, but the bandit leader Higuma had fled out to sea with Luffy. While out at sea, Higuma threw Luffy in the ocean, only to be attacked by a sea king moments later while he was laughing at Luffy. Higuma was eaten, but Shanks managed to save Luffy, though the incident cost Shanks his left arm. Shortly after, Shanks set sail along with his crew, but before leaving, he and Luffy promised each other that one day Luffy would surpass Shanks and become the Pirate King. Shanks then left Luffy his straw hat as a parting gift, telling him to return it once he surpassed him.
Sometime later, Monkey D. Garp takes Luffy into the care of Dadan, which is the first time Luffy meets Portgas D. Ace. Garp took him to Dadan, while Luffy refused. Garp picked him up, knocked on the door and put him down. He then gets spit on by the newly arrived Ace, angrily looking at each other. Thinking back about the recent incident with Higuma, he tells Dadan and the rest of the bandits that he hates them. Dadan bitterly scolds the young kid for saying something like that, telling him he should stay there or starve to death. Luffy takes a look at the meat- eating Ace, asking if he can have a piece. He then gets scold by Dadan, telling him he can do it with rice and water, but he sees Ace leave and follows him. Luffy says to Ace that he is not angry at Ace for spitting on him (since it is not something to get worked out about) and wants to be friends. Ace responds by knocking a tree down at Luffy. Luffy then follows Ace across a bridge. Ace notices him and knocked him off the bridge. Luffy returns to Dadan's house a week later and tells Dadan that he was being chased by wolves and fell off a cliff. Luffy gets sent off to bed. The next day, Ace goes out again and Luffy follows wanting to start a friendship only to get shunned by Ace. After three months of persistently trying to follow Ace, Luffy eventually comes across the Gray Terminal. Luffy overhears Ace and Sabo's conversation about buying a pirate ship. Luffy shows up to them and says that he wants to be a pirate too. Ace and Sabo then tie Luffy to a tree and decide that they should kill Luffy to keep their secret safe. While Luffy panics, Ace and Sabo have a hard time deciding who should kill Luffy since both Ace and Sabo have never killed anyone before. They hear someone coming and they untie Luffy and go hide. Porchemy of the Bluejam Pirates arrive searching for stolen money. Luffy then wanders off and get caught by Porchemy. Luffy yells out Ace's name. Porchemy, who recognizing the name, takes Luffy away for interrogation.
Porchemy then drags Luffy into a small house and ties him up. Luffy says that he is not going to say anything. Porchemy then hits Luffy with a giant hammer, but that did not harm Luffy due to his Devil Fruit powers. Porchemy then uses spiked gloves and no matter how many times Porchemy beats Luffy, Luffy refuses to yield. Porchemy, who has lost his patience, draws a sword and is about to kill Luffy. Ace and Sabo arrive, cut Luffy loose, and defeat Porchemy. Out in the woods, Ace asks Luffy why he did not tell Porchemy about the whereabouts of Ace and Sabo's treasure. Luffy then tells Ace that he wants a friend, he has no parents with him, and he hates to be alone. After that, Luffy joins Ace and Sabo and the trio start making a name for themselves. After that, they go to hunt gators, look for trash in the Gray Terminal, and eat and run. However, while they were running from the restaurant, a man called out Sabo's name, causing Luffy and Ace to question him. Sabo says that the man who called out to him was his dad, a noble. He tells the others about his past and then says that he wants to be free as a pirate and write a book about the world. Everyone soon realizes that they can not agree to be on the same pirate ship as captain, so Ace came up with an idea; he told Luffy and Sabo that they can become brothers by exchanging drinks. As long as they have this bond, it will not matter where they are.
But one day, everything changed; Sabo's father hired Captain Bluejam to bring back Sabo and get rid of Luffy and Ace. Sabo begged his dad to tell Bluejam to stop hurting them and he'll do whatever command his dad wanted. Ace tries to stop him from leaving but the poor kid just walks away with his dad with tears rolling down from his face. After Sabo�s death Luffy who was still mourning Sabo, asks Ace to never die, in which Ace makes the promise to Luffy that he won't leave his "crybaby brother" alone. Luffy then decides that he wants to be much stronger. After years of training, stealing food from the royal town and growing with Ace, Luffy witnesses Ace's departure at seventeen with Luffy being fourteen. Waiting three more years, Luffy decided to train some more, finally mastering his Gum-Gum Pistol. Ready to depart when he turned seventeen, he thanked Dadan, the bandits, then waved goodbye to the rest of the village, saying he was the third, after Sabo and Ace, to depart.
Over time he develops a pirate crew of his own. Because he is the captain and recruited all the crew mates personally, Luffy cares tremendously for his crew. As far as captaincy to Luffy is concerned, he sees his other crewmates as equals in contrast to other pirate captains, who mostly sees theirs as subordinate underlings, his crew mostly calls him by name, rather than with an honorific or "Captain". In fact, it could be argued that he is the only one that is generally beaten up and ordered around on the ship, especially by Nami who never hesitates to give Luffy a beating for his idiocy. Luffy only pulls rank when he wants to go "adventuring", despite what his crew thinks. Much like his idol, Shanks, Luffy is the kind of benevolent pirate captain who doesn't seek to actively harm others unless they give him and his crew, or anyone he cares about for a very good reason to. However, he was willing to start a fight with Blackbeard over a difference in opinion on pie. And as the Straw Hat Captain, Luffy has utmost faith in his crew. Luffy also has the rare ability to cheer up just about anyone with his idiotic antics, even pulling a smile every now and then from the serious Zoro and Robin.
ANTOINETTE: Luffy met Antoinette on an island by literally falling into her life. While she was sitting under a tree, Luffy slung himself onto that same tree in his eagerness to get onto the island. After helping Luffy up, Antoinette told him about a fair going on, which made Luffy eager to go. He asked her to go with him, and after a fun filled night, he asked her to join his crew. She accepted, and became the ship�s nurse, using her angelic powers to help Chopper heal wounds. Over time, Luffy found that being around her made him feel warm and loved, and he always found ways to make her feel the same way. One day, she gave him a glowing crystal heart telling him that it�s her own heart that beats only for him, and as long as he has her heart, he�ll never be alone. Luffy was so touched by this that he realized he wanted to spend the rest of his life with her at his side as he followed his dream of being pirate king.
His Crew
RONRONOA ZORO: Zoro was the first crewmate to join the Straw Hat Pirates. He a bounty hunter who decided to serve under Luffy as a pirate after he saved his life from a dishonorable death at the hands of a corrupt marine, but vowed if Luffy ever got in his way of his ambition, he will kill him. As time passes, they have developed a very close bond which is underlined by their tremendous amount of trust and respect for one another, to the point where Zoro is willing to die for Luffy's dream to become Pirate King and sacrifice his own dream of becoming the world's greatest swordsman.
NAMI: Nami is the navigator of the crew. Though she respects him as a captain, Nami often scolds Luffy's airheadedness, but he never gets angry at her, even when she manipulates him. Luffy also has no problems taking orders from her when it comes to the navigation of the ship. During the early days, Nami was the one Luffy entrusted his hat to during battles, showing a rather powerful trust between the captain and his navigator.
USOPP: Usopp os the sharp shooter or the crew. Luffy's relationship with Usopp is perhaps the closest example on the ship of a sibling relationship because of their similar pasts and funloving mindsets. Though Usopp is a coward by nature, at times finds the strength within himself by following the example set by Luffy. When he exclaimed that he was good with cannons, Luffy immediately made him the gunner. When Usopp left the crew, Luffy and Chopper were the most depressed about the event, but also joyously accepted him back after he apologized and begged to rejoin the crew.
SANJI: Sanji is the chief of the crew. He adores Sanji's cooking, especially meat, dropping anything he's doing for a meal despite Sanji's claim that he puts considerably less effort into Luffy's food than the meals he prepares for the women. Sanji is also usually the one who has to "discipline" Luffy when ever food is stolen. Despite this, Sanji put his life on the line for Luffy's sake when Bartholomew Kuma had them weakened.
TONY TONY CHOPPER: Chopper is the doctor of the crew, as the youngest of the crew, often joins him and Usopp in singing and fooling around, he credits Luffy for helping him find the courage to go on adventures. Chopper also often tends to jump after Luffy whenever his captain starts drowning, despite being unable to swim himself. Luffy has deep faith in Chopper's doctoring skills, as when he explained that the 'candy' that the giant children were eating was in fact a dangerous drug, he broke a promise with one of them to bring some more 'candy'.
NICO ROBIN: Robin is the Arcaeologist of the crew. She is especiallygrateful to him for taking her in despite the risks it involved as well as for pursuing her all the way to Enies Lobby and directly opposing the World Government. He will always ask Robin to explain something to him about a new person, place, or thing they meet. She at first joined the crew because Luffy had saved her life when she wished to die, and had nowhere else to go, but eventually all of the crew members became important to her personally.
FRANKY: Franky is the shipwright of the crew. He is always amazed by Franky's building talent. He also deeply respects him as a man after he was willing to show his genitals to everyone without shame and begging Robin not to rip them off, so he would still be a man when he joins the crew. After the reuniting, with Franky looking and acting even more robotic, he has become even more amazed.
BROOK: Brook is the musician of the crew, he is often requested by Luffy to perform a song and will often join Luffy, Usopp and Chopper in immature antics. Luffy had always stated that he wanted a musician in the crew, so Brook's job is very important to him. This relationship is strengthened by the fact that Brook was part of the Rumbar Pirates, the crew that were such good friends with Laboon, and promised to meet up again.
TRINITY: Luffy and Trinity, they have the most unique relationship among the crew. At first Luffy recruited her to the crew not really sure what position to give the trickster pirate. He was very excited about it. She had the ability to control and influence people with a touch. On top of which she was amusing with her pranks. Soon time after joining the crew, he learned of her dark past. This matter little to him and his nakama. She was a little tougher than the others, a little more cruel, and emotional detected. After meeting Blackheart, and defeating him that all changed. Not only had reclaimed his nakama, and freed her from her nightmare he learned that Trinity was his baby sister. Luffy is protective of Trinity, even going as far to Sanji though he trusts him, he will not show any mercy if he breaks Trinity�s heart. Though he claims to know nothing about being a big brother he does a pretty good job. Despite the years they�ve lost together Trinity and Luffy are very close. Luffy and the crew appointed Trinity their quartermaster.
MONKEY D. DRAGON: Luffy has discovered that Dragon the Revolutionary, the most wanted man in the world, is his father.The two have yet to talk to each other. In fact, their only meeting was when Dragon rescued Luffy from being captured by Smoker in Loguetown, and the only thing Luffy said to him was "who's there?" while being pinned headfirst to the ground by Smoker. It is highly probable that Dragon cares for his son's life because he saved him in Loguetown and he always looked towards East Blue where his family lived. Dragon seems to expect great things from Luffy, much like his grandfather. However, unlike Garp, Dragon seems content with letting him find his own place in the world, although he believes they will meet someday. Luffy was unaware of who Dragon was before he was told by Garp and didn't understand what the revolutionaries are capable of doing to the world when told about it by Ivankov. So far Luffy hasn't mentioned anything about how he feels toward Dragon and his ideals, but he is fine with people knowing that he is Dragon's son.
PORTGAS D. ACE: At first "Fire-Fist"Ace never liked Luffy, only thinking of him that he was annoying. But over time, they became very close to each other. They grew up together and fought every day, with Ace always winning even though Luffy had eaten a Devil Fruit. Luffy displayed no grudge against Ace for always winning, but instead boasted that he could win now (though he appears to still acknowledge that Ace is still the stronger of the two). Despite the battles they fought, Ace was protective of Luffy from Garp's abusive nature even going as so far to insult him to stop abusing Luffy. Some time later, Ace and Luffy does a blood oath where the two becoming blood brothers.
MONKEY D. GRAP: Though the two of them get along fine, Luffy is utterly terrified of his grandfather Garp. This is due to the extreme training he was put through in his younger years in his bid to make Luffy a Marine, as well as Garp's tendency to punch Luffy to discipline him. Garp had high expectations for Luffy, but to Garp's dismay, Luffy didn't share his grandfather's plans for his future. However, Garp respects Luffy as a great person, even if he is a pirate. He often brags about Luffy to his superior Sengoku, laughing whenever Luffy does something audacious and is prone to saying "That's my grandson" much to Sengoku's exasperation. When Sengoku was talking with Garp and Kuma, Garp said that Luffy isn't the type of person to brag about defeating someone of Moria's caliber, arguing that Bartholomew Kuma did not need to kill Luffy to keep Moria's defeat a secret. All and all, Grap and Luffy are still enemies, all because he is a pirate, and Garp is a marine.
MONKEY D. RILEY: Riley is Luffy's little sister of Sabo and Ace, He and Ace always protected and made her smile when they were younger, even thought her Logia powers were awesome, that what Luffy always thought. They were all loving to one and than until one day she leaves and went to school to became a princess and set to get marry to this prince Mika, all because he wanted her powers. Unpronounced to Luffy, Ace made a promise to her to broke her out, and make them a family once again. When nineteen years came about, Luffy found her and made her stay on his ship, so he can protect her.
More Roleplayers
𝙾𝙷.
【ʀᴇʙᴇʟ ʀᴇʜᴀʙ】
Birthday Boyyy!🥳🎂
Naddy.
Bobby.
ᴘɪᴋᴀᴄʜᴜ
Roger Halleck
━ 𝑰𝑹𝑬𝑵𝑰𝑪
𝚣𝚎𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚗;
ʙɪᴏʜᴀᴢᴀʀᴅ
◢Maleficarum
ᏟᏒᎾᎳᏞᎬᎽ
SICK BOII
Eranshahr *~ [Historical RPG]
Samantha Miller
Vanessa T&L&P Josh
Cenation *Taken*
w𝔥𝔦𝔰k𝔢y 𝒹𝔢𝔰𝔠𝔢𝔫𝔱
𝑀𝒾𝓈𝓈 𝒫𝑒𝓇𝒻𝑒𝒸𝓉
Agent Reed
𝕄𝔼𝔾𝔸𝕃𝕆𝕄𝔸ℕ𝕀𝔸
ᴾʳᵉᵗᵗʸ ˡⁱᵗᵗˡᵉ ᴾˢʸᶜʰᵒ
Firefighter's Hero™ 🚒
мσηѕтєяѕ ηιgнтмαяє
ᶜʳᵉᵉᵖʸ ᶜʳᵃʷˡᵉʳ
Like A Riot
𝖘𝖙𝖔𝖓𝖊𝖜𝖆𝖑𝖑ˡᵒᵛᵉ
нαℓєу נαмєѕ ѕ¢σтт.
yana,
ℤ ᶻᶻ
Saffron Stallard
ғιre вorn
Đꭼꮇꮻɴ Ꮻɴ Ꭺ Łꭼꭺꮪꮋ®
Christina Lilith
🐺𝓓𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓱 𝓦𝓸𝓵𝓯™
𝘋𝐸𝛢𝛵𝐻 ᵗʰᵉ ʰᵃˡˡˢ
♡Aaliyah Alcazar♡ [Boss]
Rebecca ♡Becky G♡ Gambino
Show More Roleplayers. . .
Luffy's Friends Comments
Displaying 2 of 2 Comments (View All | Add Comment)
Apr 1st 2014 - 4:31 PM
Send Comment | Send Message | Block User
I am the baconator, feel my bacon power!
Little Pip
Mar 3rd 2014 - 1:09 AM
*Static* H...*more static* Stupid old version 1.5 model....you think he woul...
*hits the side of the screen* hello? If you can recieve this...send me a message.
Mobile | Terms Of Use | Privacy | Cookies | Copyright | FAQ | Support
© 2021 RolePlayer.me. All Rights Reserved.


text:
Announcement of appointment of new Ambassador to Italy
Posted on 17 October, 2018
Rt Hon Winston Peters, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs
Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters today announced the appointment of diplomat Anthony Simpson as Ambassador to Italy.
"Mr Simpson is currently Unit Manager of the Europe Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade. He has previously served as Political Coordinator during New Zealand's recent membership of the UN Security Council and as First Secretary at New Zealand's Permanent Mission to the UN in New York," Mr Peters said.
As Ambassador to Italy Mr Simpson will also be cross-accredited to Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, San Marino, Serbia and as Permanent Representative to the Food and Agriculture Organisation.
"Italy and New Zealand have substantial trade and economic links, and many Italians still remember the role our armed forces played in liberating Italy, with 2019 marking the 75th anniversary of the battle of Monte Cassino.
"In recent years, New Zealand and Italian forces have worked together as contributors to UN peacekeeping missions, and we are natural partners in international affairs," Mr Peters said.
Winston.Peters@parliament.govt.nz
Rt Hon Winston Peters


text:
The Wishing Tree's new album Ostara will be released on
March 23rd, 2009. The new song Hollow Hills and further
sound clips are available as free downloads from
www.reverbnation.com/thewishingtree
The album will soon be available to pre-order - the first 1000
copies will be signed by Steve Rothery and Hannah Stobart.
More information at www.marillion.com/thewishingtree
info@thewishingtree.com


text:
E-1 (Treaty Trader)
The E-1 nonimmigrant visa category applies to a national of a treaty country (a country with which the U.S. maintains a treaty of commerce and navigation) to be admitted to the U.S. solely to engage in international trade on his or her own behalf.
Criteria for Treaty Trader:
The trader must be a national of a treaty country;
The trader must carry on substantial trade; items of trade include but are not limited to goods, services, banking, insurance, transportation, tourism, technology and its transfer, etc.
The trader must carry on principal trade between the U.S. and the treaty country, which qualified the treaty trader for E-1; "principal trade" means over 50% of the total volume of international trade.
Criteria for the Employee of a Treaty Trader:
The employee must be the same nationality of the principal alien employer;
The employee must meet the definition of "employee" under relevant law;
The employee must either be engaging in duties of an executive or supervisory character, or if employed in a lesser capacity, have special qualifications; and
The employee may also work for the treaty organization's parent company or one of its subsidiaries.
Period of Stay:
The initial period of stay is up to 2 years for treaty traders and employees. May extend status indefinitely in increments of up to 2 years each.
An E-1 nonimmigrant who travels abroad may generally be granted an automatic 2-year period of readmission when returning to the United States. It is generally not necessary to file a new Form I-129 with USCIS in this situation.
All E-1 nonimmigrants must maintain an intention to depart the U.S. when their status expires or is terminated.
Family of Treaty Trader and Employee:
Spouse and unmarried children under the age of 21 may come to the U.S. under E-1 status, and their nationality need not be the same as the treaty trader or employee.
The E-1 treaty trader or employee may travel abroad and will generally be granted an automatic 2-year period of readmission when returning to the U.S. Unless the family members are accompanying the E-1 treaty trader or employee, the new readmission period will not apply to the family members.
Spouses are permitted to work.


Mountain Comfort Furnishings showcases a unique selection of furniture and home decor inspired by Tahoe mountain living. You'll find furniture, rugs, lighting, accessories and items for the bathroom. Styles range from refined rustic and antique reproductions to Western contemporary. In addition to items on hand, Mountain Comfort Furnishings offers design services that range from paint consulting and space planning to furniture, fabric and accessory selection.


Watch SW-597 A Hot Spring Trip With Six Mums! The Mixed Bathing Outdoor Is Full Of Adult Bustins And A Man Is Mine Alone! It Is Secret To Mama My Young, Erections Are Not Stopping My Bottle Ji Pretend To Wash The Pooh And Snuck Off Secretly Gluttonous Gluttones Wife Every One Hundred Years Old!
Description: Currently, "SW-597 A Hot Spring Trip With Six Mums! The Mixed Bathing Outdoor Is Full Of Adult Bustins And A Man Is Mine Alone! It Is Secret To Mama My Young, Erections Are Not Stopping My Bottle Ji Pretend To Wash The Pooh And Snuck Off Secretly Gluttonous Gluttones Wife Every One Hundred Years Old!" has no description.


I am a Professor of Applied Mathematics in the School of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Adelaide. I am also Director of Research in that School, and Theme Leader of Smart Technologies and Mathematics in the Faculty of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences.
My research is focused on developing novel mathematical and statistical methods, and new probabilistic models, that assist in understanding the factors that are most important to complex systems in epidemiology and conservation biology. I use these techniques to assist in determining effective public health, and conservation/biosecurity, policy.
Research Interests: Mathematical modelling in Ecology, Epidemiology and Evolution; Stochastic modelling; Bayesian computational statistics; Operations Research.
2019 Cope, R., Ross, J., Wittmann, T., Watts, M., & Cassey, P. (2019). Predicting the risk of biological invasions using environmental similarity and transport network connectedness. Risk Analysis, 39(1), 35-53.
2019 Prowse, T., Adikusuma, F., Cassey, P., Thomas, P., & Ross, J. (2019). A Y-chromosome shredding gene drive for controlling pest vertebrate populations. eLife, 8, 19 pages.
2018 Prowse, T., Cassey, P., Ross, J., Pfitzner, C., Wittmann, T., & Thomas, P. (2018). Correction to: Dodging silver bullets: Good CRISPR gene-drive design is critical for eradicating exotic vertebrates (Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (2017 ) 284 (20170799) DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2017.0799). Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 285(1888), 2 pages.
2018 Wilkins, K., Prowse, T., Cassey, P., Thomas, P., & Ross, J. (2018). Pest demography critically determines the viability of synthetic gene drives for population control. Mathematical Biosciences, 305, 160-169.
2018 Kinyanjui, T., Middleton, J., Güttel, S., Cassell, J., Ross, J., & House, T. (2018). Scabies in residential care homes: modelling, inference and interventions for well-connected population sub-units. PLoS Computational Biology, 14(3), e1006046-1-e1006046-24.
2018 Yan, A., Black, A., McCaw, J., Rebuli, N., Ross, J., Swan, A., & Hickson, R. (2018). The distribution of the time taken for an epidemic to spread between two communities. Mathematical Biosciences, 303, 139-147.
2018 Price, D., Bean, N., Ross, J., & Tuke, J. (2018). Designing group dose-response studies in the presence of transmission. Mathematical Biosciences, 304, 62-78.
2018 Rebuli, N., Bean, N., & Ross, J. (2018). Estimating the basic reproductive number during the early stages of an emerging epidemic. Theoretical Population Biology, 119, 26-36.
2018 Brock, A., Ross, J., Parikh, S., & Esterman, A. (2018). The role of antimalarial quality in the emergence and transmission of resistance. Medical Hypotheses, 111, 49-54.
2018 Price, D., Bean, N., Ross, J., & Tuke, J. (2018). An induced natural selection heuristic for finding optimal Bayesian experimental designs. Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, 126(C), 112-124.
2017 García-Díaz, P., Ross, J., Woolnough, A., & Cassey, P. (2017). The illegal wildlife trade is a likely source of alien species. Conservation Letters, 10(6), 690-698.
2017 Rebuli, N., Bean, N., & Ross, J. (2017). Hybrid Markov chain models of S-I-R disease dynamics. Journal of Mathematical Biology, 75(3), 521-541.
2017 Black, A., Geard, N., McCaw, J., McVernon, J., & Ross, J. (2017). Characterising pandemic severity and transmissibility from data collected during first few hundred studies. Epidemics, 19, 61-73.
2017 García-Díaz, P., Ross, J., Woolnough, A., & Cassey, P. (2017). Managing the risk of wildlife disease introduction: pathway-level biosecurity for preventing the introduction of alien ranaviruses. Journal of Applied Ecology, 54(1), 234-241.
2017 Prowse, T., Cassey, P., Ross, J., Pfitzner, C., Wittmann, T., & Thomas, P. (2017). Dodging silver bullets: good CRISPR gene-drive design is critical for eradicating exotic vertebrates.. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 284(1860), 20170799-1-20170799-10.
2017 Ballard, P., Bean, N., & Ross, J. (2017). Intervention to maximise the probability of epidemic fade-out. Mathematical Biosciences, 293, 1-10.
2017 Walker, J., Ross, J., & Black, A. (2017). Inference of epidemiological parameters from household stratified data. PLoS ONE, 12(10), e0185910-1-e0185910-21.
2017 Brock, A. R., Ross, J. V., Greenhalgh, S., Durham, D. P., Galvani, A., Parikh, S., & Esterman, A. (2017). Modelling the impact of antimalarial quality on the transmission of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine resistance in Plasmodium falciparum.. Infectious Disease Modelling, 2(2), 161-187.
2017 Brock, A. R., Gibbs, C. A., Ross, J. V., & Esterman, A. (2017). The Impact of Antimalarial Use on the Emergence and Transmission of Plasmodium falciparum Resistance: A Scoping Review of Mathematical Models.. Tropical medicine and infectious disease, 2(4), 54.
2016 Heinrich, S., Wittmann, T., Prowse, T., Ross, J., Delean, S., Shepherd, C., & Cassey, P. (2016). Where did all the pangolins go? International CITES trade in pangolin species. Global Ecology and Conservation, 8, 241-253.
2016 Ballard, P., Bean, N., & Ross, J. (2016). The probability of epidemic fade-out is non-monotonic in transmission rate for the Markovian SIR model with demography. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 393, 170-178.
2016 Bean, N., Eshragh, A., & Ross, J. (2016). Fisher Information for a partially-observable simple birth process. Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods, 45(24), 7161-7183.
2016 Price, D., Bean, N., Ross, J., & Tuke, J. (2016). On the efficient determination of optimal Bayesian experimental designs using ABC: a case study in optimal observation of epidemics. Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, 172, 1-15.
2016 Lydeamore, M., Bean, N., Black, A., & Ross, J. (2016). Choice of antiviral allocation scheme for pandemic influenza depends on strain transmissibility, delivery delay and stockpile size. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 78(2), 293-321.
2016 Cope, R., Ross, J., Wittmann, T., Prowse, T., & Cassey, P. (2016). Integrative analysis of the physical transport network into Australia. PLoS One, 11(2), e0148831-1-e0148831-16.
2016 Johnston, S., Ross, J., Binder, B., Sean McElwain, D., Haridas, P., & Simpson, M. (2016). Quantifying the effect of experimental design choices for in vitro scratch assays. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 400, 19-31.
2015 Keeling, M., & Ross, J. (2015). Optimal prophylactic vaccination in segregated populations: When can we improve on the equalising strategy?. Epidemics, 11, 7-13.
2015 Cope, R., Prowse, T., Ross, J., Wittmann, T., & Cassey, P. (2015). Temporal modelling of ballast water discharge and ship-mediated invasion risk to Australia. Royal Society Open Science, 2(4), 150039-1-150039-15.
2015 Binder, B., Landman, K., Newgreen, D., & Ross, J. (2015). Incomplete penetrance: the role of stochasticity in developmental cell colonization. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 380, 309-314.
2015 Bean, N., Elliott, R., Eshragh, A., & Ross, J. (2015). On binomial observations of continuous-time Markovian population models. Journal of Applied Probability, 52(2), 457-472.
2015 Robinson, S., Souter, N., Bean, N., Ross, J., Thompson, R., & Bjornsson, K. (2015). Statistical description of wetland hydrological connectivity to the River Murray in South Australia under both natural and regulated conditions. Journal of Hydrology, 531(3), 929-939.
2015 García-Díaz, P., Ross, J., Ayres, C., & Cassey, P. (2015). Understanding the biological invasion risk posed by the global wildlife trade: propagule pressure drives the introduction and establishment of Nearctic turtles. Global Change Biology, 21(3), 1078-1091.
2015 Black, A., & Ross, J. (2015). Computation of epidemic final size distributions. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 367, 159-165.
2015 Ross, J., & Black, A. (2015). Contact tracing and antiviral prophylaxis in the early stages of a pandemic: the probability of a major outbreak. Mathematical Medicine and Biology, 32(3), 331-343.
2014 Ross, J., & Binder, B. (2014). Approximating spatially exclusive invasion processes. Physical Review E: Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics, 89(5), 052709-1-052709-7.
2014 Johnston, S., Simpson, M., McElwain, D., Binder, B., & Ross, J. (2014). Interpreting scratch assays using pair density dynamics and approximate Bayesian computation. Open Biology, 4(9), 140097-1-140097-9.
2014 Davies, K., Green, J., Bean, N., Binder, B., & Ross, J. (2014). On the derivation of approximations to cellular automata models and the assumption of independence. Mathematical Biosciences, 253(1), 63-71.
2014 Black, A., House, T., Keeling, M., & Ross, J. (2014). The effect of clumped population structure on the variability of spreading dynamics. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 359, 45-53.
2014 McKinley, T., Ross, J., Deardon, R., & Cook, A. (2014). Simulation-based Bayesian inference for epidemic models. Computational Statistics & Data Analysis, 71, 434-447.
2014 Cope, R., Cassey, P., Hugo, G., & Ross, J. (2014). Assessment of the risk of Ebola importation to Australia. PLoS Currents, 6, 1-9.
2013 House, T., Ross, J., & Sirl, D. (2013). How big is an outbreak likely to be? Methods for epidemic final-size calculation. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A-Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences, 469(2150), 1-22.
2013 Black, A., & Ross, J. (2013). Estimating a Markovian epidemic model using household serial interval data from the early phase of an epidemic. PLoS One, 8(8), 1-8.
2013 Black, A., House, T., Keeling, M., & Ross, J. (2013). Epidemiological consequences of household-based antiviral prophylaxis for pandemic influenza. Journal of the Royal Society. Interface, 10(81), 1-10.
2013 Pagendam, D., & Ross, J. (2013). Optimal use of GPS transmitter for estimating species migration rate. Ecological Modelling, 249, 37-41.
2013 Bean, N., Pollett, P., Ross, J., & Taylor, P. (2013). Preface. Ecological Modelling, 249, 1-2.
2012 Binder, B., Ross, J., & Simpson, M. (2012). A hybrid model for studying spatial aspects of infectious diseases. The ANZIAM Journal, 54(1-2), 37-49.
2012 House, T., Inglis, N., Ross, J., Wilson, F., Suleman, S., Edeghere, O., . . . Keeling, M. (2012). Estimation of outbreak severity and transmissibility: Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 in households. BMC Medicine, 10(1), 1-9.
2012 Ross, J. (2012). On parameter estimation in population models III: Time-inhomogeneous processes and observation error. Theoretical Population Biology, 82(1), 1-17.
2011 Ross, J. (2011). Invasion of infectious diseases in finite homogeneous populations. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 289(1), 83-89.
2011 Danon, L., Ford, A., House, T., Jewell, C., Keeling, M., Roberts, G., . . . Vernon, M. (2011). Networks and the epidemiology of infectious disease. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases, 2011(284909), 284909-1-284909-28.
2011 Spence, L., Ross, J., Wiser, S., Allen, R., & Coomes, D. (2011). Disturbance affects short-term facilitation, but not long-term saturation, of exotic plant invasion in New Zealand forest. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B, 278(1711), 1457-1466.
2011 Conlan, A., Eames, K., Gage, J., von Kirchbach, J., Ross, J., Saenz, R., & Gog, J. (2011). Measuring social networks in British primary schools through scientific engagement. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B - Biological Sciences, 278(1711), 1467-1475.
2010 Pollett, P., Dooley, A., & Ross, J. (2010). Modelling population processes with random initial conditions. Mathematical Biosciences, 223(2), 142-150.
2010 Ross, J., & Pollett, P. (2010). SImple rules for ranking and optimally managing metapopulations. Ecological Modelling, 221(21), 2515-2520.
2010 Ross, J., House, T., & Keeling, M. (2010). Calculation of disease dynamics in a population of households. PLoS One, 5(3), 1-9.
2010 Ross, J. (2010). Computationally exact methods for stochastic periodic dynamics: Spatiotemporal dispersal and temporally forced transmission. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 262(1), 14-22.
2009 Ross, J. (2009). A note on density dependence in population models. Ecological Modelling, 220(23), 3472-3474.
2009 Dangerfield, C., & Ross, J. (2009). Integrating stochasticity and network structure into an epidemic model. Journal of the Royal Society. Interface, 6(38), 761-774.
2009 Keeling, M., & Ross, J. (2009). Efficient methods for studying stochastic disease and population dynamics. Theoretical Population Biology, 75(2-3), 133-141.
2009 Ross, J., Pagendam, D., & Pollett, P. (2009). On parameter estimation in population models II: multi-dimensional processes and transient dynamics. Theoretical Population Biology, 75(2-3), 123-132.
2008 Keeling, M., & Ross, J. (2008). On methods for studying stochastic disease dynamics. Journal of the Royal Society. Interface, 5(19), 171-181.
2008 Ross, J., Sirl, D., Pollett, P., & Possingham, H. (2008). Metapopulation persistence in a dynamic landscape: more habitat or better stewardship?. Ecological Applications, 18(3), 590-598.
2007 Ross, J., Taimre, T., & Pollett, P. (2007). Estimation for queues from queue length data. Queueing Systems, 55(2), 131-138.
2007 Wagner, L., Ross, J., & Possingham, H. (2007). Catastrophe management and inter-reserve distance for marine reserve networks. Ecological Modelling, 201(1), 82-88.
2007 Pollett, P., & Ross, J. (2007). Management, control and decision making for ecological systems. Ecological Modelling, 201(1), 1.
2007 Cairns, B., Ross, J., & Taimre, T. (2007). A comparison of models for predicting population persistence. Ecological Modelling, 201(1), 19-26.
2007 Ross, J., & Pollett, P. (2007). On costs and decisions in population management. Ecological Modelling, 201(1), 60-66.
2006 Ross, J. (2006). A stochastic metapopulation model accounting for habitat dynamics. Journal of Mathematical Biology, 52(6), 788-806.
2006 Ross, J. (2006). Stochastic models for mainland-island metapopulations in static and dynamic landscapes. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 68(2), 417-449.
2006 Ross, J. (2006). Comment on "On the Regulation of Populations of Mammals, Birds, Fish, and Insects" II. Science, 311(5764), 1100.
2006 Ross, J., & Pollett, P. (2006). Extinction times for a birth-death process with two phases. Mathematical Biosciences, 202(2), 310-322.
2006 Ross, J., Taimre, T., & Pollett, P. (2006). On parameter estimation in population models. Theoretical Population Biology, 70(4), 498-510.
2011 Pagendam, D., & Ross, J. (2011). Optimal GPS tracking for estimating species movements. In Proceedings of MODSIM 2011 (pp. 2261-2267). online: The Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand.
2009 Ross, J., & Pollett, P. (2009). Rules of thumb for metapopulation management. In R. Anderssen, R. Braddock, & L. Newham (Eds.), Interfacing modelling and simulation with mathematical and computational sciences : 18th IMACS World Congress, MODSIM09, Cairns, Australia 13-17 July 2009 : proceedings (pp. 1795-1801). Christchurch: Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand.
2007 Ross, J., & Taimre, T. (2007). On the analysis of hospital infection data using Markov models. In D. Kulasiri, & L. Oxley (Eds.), MODSIM 2007 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (pp. 2939-2945). Christchurch, New Zealand: Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand.
2005 Cairns, B., Ross, J., & Taimre, T. (2005). Models for predicting extinction times: shall we dance (or walk or jump)?. In Proceedings of the 16th Biennial Congress on Modelling and Simulation (MODSIM05) (pp. 2061-2067). Canberra, Australia: Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand.
2005 Pollett, P., & Ross, J. (2005). Costs and decisions in population management: koalas on Kangaroo Island. In Proceedings of the 16th Biennial Congress on Modelling and Simulation (pp. 2082-2088). Canberra, Australia: Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand.
2017 Heinrich, S., Wittmann, T. A., Ross, J. V., Shepherd, C., Challender, D. W. S., & Cassey, P. (2017). The Global Trafficking of Pangolins: A comprehensive summary of seizures and trafficking routes from 2010 –2015. Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia.: TRAFFIC.


text:
Paulus van Samosata (ca. 200 tot 275 n.Chr.) was bisschop van Antiochië van 260 tot 268. Hij was een aanhanger van het monarchianisme, een doctrine over de Drie-eenheid; zijn leer anticipeerde op het adoptianisme.

3e-eeuws bisschop
Patriarch van Antiochië

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


The Trump administration is refusing to regulate two toxic chemicals known to contaminate the drinking water of many Americans, including tens of thousands of families near Colorado Springs.
The decision by Andrew Wheeler, acting administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has angered many Republicans in Congress, but not Colorado Sen. Cory Gardner.
This is despite the fact that studies have shown that nearly 80,000 people living near Peterson Air Force Base, just southeast of Colorado Springs, are exposed to dangerously high levels of contamination and have been for years.
[Gardner] told POLITICO he expected there would be a federal role in regulating the chemicals, but he wanted to see the results of a health study included in the fiscal 2018 National Defense Authorization Act.
"I think it's very important that we get as much information as we can and then act appropriately," he said.
The study Sen. Gardner is referring to won't begin until August of this year and will take five to seven years to complete. Funded by the Department of Defense and conducted by the Health & Human Services' Agency For Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, the national study of eight sites near U. S. military bases may or may not include the Peterson AFB site.
The chemicals known collectively as PFAS have been largely phased out of industrial use in the United States, but are still found in the fire retardant foam used to fight petroleum-based fires.
Numerous studies linked these chemicals to kidney cancer, liver damage, increased risk of thyroid disease, decreased fertility and other health threats.
In December 2018 the Colorado School of Mines released a study of people living near of Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs. Research showed levels of a particular PFAS toxic compound, PFHxS, at ten times the national average.
This followed a 2017 health assessment by the Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment (CDPHE) that found higher rates of cancer among the Peterson AFB communities of Fountain and Security-Widefield.
The EPA set permanent health advisories for two PFAS chemicals, PFOS and at PFOA, at 70 parts per trillion in May 2016. However the guidelines are not enforceable without the regulations under the Safe Drinking Water Act that the agency has declined to enact.
At the event, Colorado health officials asked the EPA for federal regulations.
Gardner's wait-and-see approach is at odds not only with his own state's public health officials, but also with several of his fellow Republican senators.
West Virginia Senator Shelley Moore Capito's state experienced prolonged PFAS contamination from a DuPont chemical plant. That resulting settlement included a $670 million fine based in part on a massive health study Over 69,000 West Virginians that served as the basis for the connection between PFAS and six health conditions: testicular and kidney cancers, ulcerative colitis, thyroid problems, high cholesterol and hypertension in pregnancy.
Sierra Club toxicologist Sonya Lunder, an expert in the public health risks associated with environmental contamination, expressed concern over Sen. Gardner's statement.
LUNDER: It's really insulting to the public to pretend like there is inadequate information and that we have to wait and study exposed people in order to take action. It's the opposite of what federal regulation should be.
We actually have studies of people in the United States who've had this type of exposure– and a huge study at that [the West Virginia study]. It's very rare in environmental epidemiology to have over 60,000 people in a study.
These are not data-poor chemicals. There are maybe more effects of PFAS –we're learning from observational studies that the immune system is impacted– routine vaccinations aren't as effective for kids with higher level of PFAS.
So there's a lot to be learned from studying people but in terms of all the things the government can be doing, we really hate to see human studies used as a stall tactic, especially when we know people are going to continue to be drinking this water while Senator Gardner waits to make up his mind.
An email sent to Sen. Gardner requesting comment and clarification of his statement that he wants to wait for study results before moving ahead with federal regulation was not returned.
This topic contains 0 replies, has 1 voice, and was last updated by Erik Maulbetsch 2 months, 2 weeks ago.


Unreal Tournament 3 gamers on the PS3 may or may not have difficulties with installing mods and/or using the keyboard and mouse combo. If you're one of those that finds it to be a bit difficult, today's your day!
Epileptic Gaming's own djWHEAT reviewed Unreal Tournament 3 for the PlayStation 3 yesterday, showing the keyboard and mouse controls, mod installation, and much more. We've culled the tutorials from the show, so check out these clips and stay tuned for more like them in the very near future.