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If you can find It or The Tailsman they're great firsts. from the pics go w/ Bag of Bones as it is the most complete novel in the set.

I know how much epples loves these threads and I just have to get Merry off my mind. Since the sky islands it was hinted that Merry was more then their ship. Merry's spirit is their nakama. Merry and Ussop have the closest relationship. Merry was a gift from Kaiya that Ussop treasures and goes to great pains to preserve. Ussop is Merry's best friend. Merry and Luffy also have a special bond, Luffy is captain and friend. Luffy is hangin out with Merry every time he sits on her head. The G8 story wasn't the greatest but I did like the way they showed the fuckin beating that Merry took on the shoals. As if being launched into the sky and dropped again wasn't enough(Luffy get the octopus out of your pants) they have to rock the ship off the shoals with an impact dial. Oh the horror. By the time Merry gets to Water 7 and Franky tosses Ussop in the water the hull is compromised and the keel is busted in the middle. Another bad bump and Merry is going to go down like the Titanic. (Titanic went down by the head- the bow of the ship filled with water and the ship snapped in half.) Of course Ussop knew/expected Merry was fucked. Poor Ussop got jobed over hard in Water 7. Got his ass beat and the money for Merry got stolen. The bomb is dropped that Merry is done and as captain Luffy makes the only dedcision he can, abandon ship. Ussop sees that like leaving a nakama alone to die. Luffy sees it that if don't leave Merry they'll sink and probably die. They have to leave Merry behind and continue on toward achieving their own goals. Ussop was quick to challenge Luffy and Luffy was up for that fight. They were both fighting for their nakama, someone had to stick up for Merry and Ussop did. Luffy just wanted someone to beat the crap out of him for deciding to leave a nakama behind. Luffy cries when its over the weight of the captains burden is painfull, it just cost him 2 dearly loved nakama. He leaves Merry with Ussop to let him deal with her 'final hours'. Franky is the one who provides Ussop with a little enlightenment. He confirms for Ussop that it was Merry's spirit that fixed the ship so they would make it to safety. Ussop lost Merry and became Sogeking to participate in the saving of Robin. He couldn't save Merry but he could try to save Robin. When the fuckarow becomes a fuckaree and they're all about to die at Enies Lobby they still have one more friend among them that wants to do their part to save Robin, Merry shows up. Ussop hears Merry first of course and Merry calls them to her Merry saves them one last time. I don't think Merry will be them much longer, a ship in that condition will sink. Now that Merry has been totaly personified I hope that she will have a say on where she will come to her final rest. (They should make a monument out of her in the shipyard at Water 7)

I'm begining to lean towards Saul being Luffy's grandpa; he didn't want his gramps name said out loud in front of Robin and his 3rd Gear moves Question is how do a giant and a human... erm ya get me. Maybe eating a devil fruit prevents the giganticism o.0

Man I thought that shit was sad in the manga... they just finished up the Ohara stuff in the episodes. Damn that was so sad. I almost cried a few times. When Robin starts talking to Olivia as they're taking her away; her words got to me. I'm Robin I got bigger I've studied hard. Jeez... all their crying got to me

I coulda said wroted Have you or do you write something at the request of a friend/fan or whatever? Why? Will you write a request now? And If you could request something from an author you read what would you want? Yes I've wrote shit cuz I was bugged into it. Scream 2. I suppose writing on demand may be interisting pratice. and I want another deep jungle novel from Chriton and I want Stephen King to go back into the woods.

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w/b fruits basket was awsome

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Biological characteristics and reproductive potential of sharks Most sharks have an unusual combination of biological characteristics: slow growth and delayed maturation; long reproductive cycles; low fecundity; and long life spans. These factors determine the low reproductive potential of many shark species. Slow growth and delayed maturation: Some species of sharks, including some of the commercially important species, are extremely slow growing. The picked dogfish (Squalus acanthias) has been estimated by Jones and Geen (1977) to reach maturity at about 25 years. The sandbar shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus), the most economically important species along the southeastern coast of the United States, has been estimated to reach maturity from 15-16 years (Sminkey and Musick 1995) to about 30 years (Casey and Natanson 1992). Long reproductive cycles: Sharks produce young that hatch or are born fully developed, and that are relatively large at hatching or birth. The energy requirements of producing large, fully developed young result in great energy demands on the female, and in reproductive cycles and gestation periods that are unusually long for fishes. Both the reproductive cycle and the gestation period usually last one or two years in most species of sharks, reflecting the time it takes a female to store enough energy to produce large eggs and to nurture her large young through development (Castro 1996). The reproductive cycle is how often the shark reproduces, and it is usually one or two years long. The gestation period is the time of embryonic development from fertilization to birth, and is frequently one or two years long. The reproductive cycle and the gestation period may run concurrently or consecutively. For example, in the picked dogfish, the reproductive cycle and gestation run concurrently and both last two years. A female carries both developing oocytes in the ovary and developing embryos in the uteri concurrently for two years. Shortly after parturition, it mates and ovulates again, and the process begins anew. In this case, both ovulation and parturition are biennial. In most of the large, commercially important, carcharhinid sharks, the reproductive cycle and the gestation period run consecutively. These sharks have biennial reproductive cycles (Clark and von Schmidt 1965) with one-year gestation cycles. They accumulate the energy reserves necessary to produce large eggs for about a year, then, mate, ovulate, gestate for one year, and give birth. For example, after giving birth in the spring, a blacktip shark (Carcharhinus limbatus) enters a "resting" stage where it stores energy and nourishes its large oocytes for one year. After mating and ovulation, it begins a year gestation period, giving birth in the spring of the second year after its previous parturition (Castro 1996). Thus, these sharks also reproduce biennially. Some of the hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna) and the sharpnose sharks (Rhizoprionodon) reproduce annually (Castro 1989, Castro and Wourms 1993). Even longer cycles of three and four years have been proposed for other species without adducing any evidence. Low fecundity: The small size of their broods, or "litters", is another factor contributing to the low reproductive potential of sharks. The number of young or "pups" per brood usually ranges from two to a dozen, although some species may produce dozens of young per brood. Most of the commercially important carcharhinid sharks usually produce less than a dozen young per brood. For example, the sandbar shark averages 8 young per brood, while the blacktip averages 4 per brood (Castro 1996). An exception, among the targeted species, is the blue shark for which broods of over 30 young have often been reported. Long life spans: Although, many species of sharks are known to be long-lived (Pratt and Casey 1990), the reproductive life span of sharks is unknown. Because the long time before maturation and the long reproductive cycles, it appears that a given female may only produce a few broods in its lifetime (Sminkey and Musick 1995). Many of the commercially important species use shallow coastal waters, known as "nurseries", to give birth to their young, and where the young spend their first months or years (Castro 1993b). The mating grounds are often close to the nurseries, and thus adults of both sexes congregate close to shore in large numbers. These areas are highly attractive to fishermen, because of their nearness to shore and the high concentration of sharks. Most of the commercially important species (e.g. the genera Carcharhinus, Sphyrna, Rhizoprionodon, Negaprion) have shallow water nurseries (Castro 1987, 1993b). These sharks are very vulnerable to modern fishing operations, and are easily overfished. There is no evidence of any compensatory mechanisms by female sharks that will increase brood size or decrease the length of the ovarian and gestation cycles in response to overfishing. It is highly unlikely that those mechanisms can be evolved rapidly enough to compensate for the increase in mortality. Even if such mechanisms could be evolved, brood size would be limited by the maximum number of young that can be carried by a female, and ovulatory and gestation cycles are limited by complex metabolic processes. The long ovarian cycles and long gestation periods probably reflect he minimal times required by the species to acquire and transfer the necessary energy to large ova and young. http://www.fao.org/docrep/003/X2352E/x2352e06.htm

*is so damn happy to be right* I told you Merry would be back! That she would be the one to get them out of Enies Lobby! squeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Hard to believe they cancled Stargate and left Atlantis on. SGA is sucky. The cast is crummy and the plots are lame. Their mid season finale also sucked a fatty. SGA cast rant: Wier looks like frigin Skelator. Somebody get that bitch a sandwich. A civilian in charge of the Atlantis expedtion would never happen either. Ronin, what does he do besides threaten ands shoot people? Nothing, unless you consider monosyllalibic grunts doing something. Teyla; a civilian and an alien left in charge of Atlantis in the leaders absence. Yo I don't think so. And her whole 'my people' crap is so beyond old. Go back to them then rag. If they can get rid of those 3 maybe the show can make it. They should bring Jackson from SG1 to Atlantis to lead the show.

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the camera takes great pics. I didnt have to walk too far. just past the edge of the back yard

went out for a walk and took the camera. Looking back at the house; man I love my big trees the woods are heavily overgrown. Gotta walk the deer paths the elephant ears got huge cosmos sunflower the sky was so beautiful today and my muttly

Shit is getting so serious. I hope that Ussop calling to Luffy will effect him ie my friend is here and fighting for our nakama even though he left Zoro's sword.... godamn! Hopefully Sanji is finding them some other means of escape

yes he did

no Kakashi gaiden for yet another seaseon

So now that the Franky Family and the Galley dudes are dead... will he sail off with the straw hats or try to stay at Water 7 with Iceburg?

I think your addicted

Harley is so cool

Its sick. The fin is nothing! No flavor or nutritional value. I've seen the finning on tv. I was close to vomiting and it pissed me off beyond words. They cut the fins off while the animal is alive so the endorphins/adrennelin are running through its body. They throw the shark back in the water and it drowns because it can't swim and push water through it's gills to breath. Fishermen bring in boat loads of fins. That's a lotta dead sharks. Without sharks the oceans ecosystem will collapse. Their repopulation rate is very slow. We're taking more then nature can put back for nothing

I hope they're able to fish them out before they fuck up the ecosystem

I think I'll hit the b-ville show the 23rd

no wonder why he's such a bitch X'D