![]() Since its locations are often placed near major highways, these offer optimal placement for travelers and might even help them bring in a little business from EV owners browsing their stores.Ĭlick through to watch the full announcement on facebook video. And given the low gas mileage that RVs get, efficiency and cost gains from electric fueling should help affordability as well.Ĭamping World also plans to install chargers at all of its locations, which could be used not just by its own electric RVs, but also RVs and EVs from other brands. They want to work to expand the market and ensure the future of their industry, particularly among millennials and retirees who might have difficulty with such high price tags. Lemonis stated that $100,000 price tags, common on RVs, are simply not affordable to many. He stated that “we can sell more than can make,” suggesting that demand won’t be a problem (something we’ve seen with many new EVs recently).Īffordability will be a primary focus for the Class E motorhomes. We don’t have any details yet on what this might look like or when it will come out, but Lemonis seemed quite excited about it. Currently, motorhomes are split into Classes A, B, and C, and Lemonis envisions another class, “Class E,” designating electric motorhomes. It’s also easier to do since they have lower power and development demands due to not needing a full electric powertrain.Ĭamping World plans to engage with focus groups to better tailor this new experience to their needs.Įventually, the companies will develop a “Class E” motorhome together. The RV industry is approximately 90% towable equipment and 10% motorized, so electrifying these units will have an immediate effect. The target is for the first of these to hit the road in 2021, as 2022 model year equipment. These would get batteries to power electric equipment on board, avoiding the need for noisy, smelly generators. Lemonis said they will start off by electrifying trailers and “fifth wheel” campers. The two companies plan to jointly develop electrified RV equipment in order to get away from the need for gas engines and generators. Camping World has RV service centers across the country, which will give Lordstown the footprint it needs right off the bat.īut that’s not where the partnership ends. Both companies are startups, though, so it will be quite a race to see who gets there first.īurns announced that rather than setting up their own national service network, Lordstown will leverage Camping World’s locations for service. Its current target looks like it will fall behind Rivian, which is targeting next summer. ![]() Lordstown wants to be the first to deliver a fully electric pickup truck to market and is currently targeting next fall for initial deliveries. Lordstown also plans to use Camping World for nationwide service locations for the Endurance electric pickup truck. Lordstown Motors and Camping World will work together to build an electric motorhome, announced in an event at Lordstown’s Ohio plant with Lordstown CEO Steve Burns and Camping World CEO Marcus Lemonis.
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In 1977, Andy Kaufman filmed a special that was so unusual for network TV at the time that ABC didn’t air it until the summer of 1979, once Andy had broken out on Taxi. To say this had the ability to leave the audience stunned is an understatement. He does some lackluster impressions of Archie Bunker and Ed McMahon before breaking out a drop-dead Elvis, complete with a transformation and everything. This involved an incredible build up to the impression.Īndy first comes out as his Foreign Man character, speaking in very broken language as a man that hails from a fictional island. Despite being so early on in his career and at such a young age, he completely nailed it.Ī staple of Andy’s Elvis impression was the big surprise. Every other performance was Andy singing. The show was produced by an old college friend, and they invited Andy to come on in honor of Elvis performing nearby that night.Īndy went on, and lip-synched to Elvis, marking the only time he ever did so. Kennedy At Night was a local show in Chicago, and it just so happened to be Andy Kaufman’s first time performing on television that wasn’t his college TV station. In honor of the new Elvis movie opening today, we’re taking a look at how Andy’s Elvis impression evolved over his too-short-but-fascinating career. And even as it’s been nearly 40 years after Andy’s own death of lung cancer, we can’t help but agree. And Elvis even said that out of everyone that did an impression of him, Andy did it best. It turns out that shortly before he died in August 1977, Presley actually saw Andy performing as Elvis. ![]() While performing at the Grand Old Opry as part of Johnny Cash’s Christmas Special, Cash let Andy in on a little secret. Elvis turned to Andy and said “You’ve got a weird mind, kid.” For Kaufman, it was praise from Caesar. Upon meeting Elvis, he presented him with a play that he wrote about him. He hid in a cabinet backstage – dressed in a hot pink suit he bought at the MGM warehouse sale – and waited for his chance. In fact, when Elvis announced that he would be doing a Vegas residency which turned into the epic 1968 Comeback special, Andy hitchhiked from Great Neck, Long Island to Las Vegas to meet Presley. During the 60’s, when Elvis was making all those movies and it wasn’t necessarily hip to still be an Elvis fan, his love of the King never wavered. ![]() Kaufman’s Elvis fascination actually extended to offstage as well. He used to perform at local children’s birthday parties and break out his epic impression throughout his act, long before he ever saw a comedy club stage. It was something that he had been perfecting throughout his childhood, thanks to the countless hours he spent watching the King and perfecting all of his movements and mannerisms. Well, one of the earliest Elvis impersonators was actually Andy Kaufman.Īndy Kaufman’s Elvis impression became a staple of his act almost from the start. ![]() Who hasn’t joked about eloping in Vegas with Elvis presiding over the ceremony. The Elvis impersonator is basically synonymous with Las Vegas at this point. Elvis Presley is perhaps one of the most impersonated people in entertainment. If you are missing all your teeth – whether due to injury, tooth decay or infection, periodontitis or a medical condition – you will need a complete set of replacement teeth. You'll need to speak to your dentist to find out which type would be best suited to you, but below is some information on the main types of false teeth available so that you can understand your false teeth options and make an informed decision. It could be anything from one single replacement tooth hooked around neighboring teeth, to a full set of teeth on an acrylic base. The term ‘dentures' covers a whole range of false teeth options. We also cover some of the practicalities of wearing them so you can decide whether they are an option for you. In this article, you can read about the different ways to fit artificial teeth and the approximate denture costs in the US. If you have dental insurance, there might be some cover for false teeth included in your policy. You're also probably wondering, ‘how much are false teeth?', ‘how much does a denture cost for one tooth?' or a full mouth? If you're worried about the cost of dentures, the good news is that they are one of the most affordable types of prosthetic device available. Whether they are supported by the gum or by implants inserted into the jaw bone.Whether they are fixed in place or removable.How many teeth they are replacing (full or partial).There are many different types of dentures, classed according to: You might imagine a set of teeth in a glass of water on the bedside table, but there's a lot more to them than that! It can also protect the remaining teeth, prevent the face from sagging and improve the patient's self-confidence. ![]() ![]() Fitting a denture to replace missing teeth usually helps patients with their eating and speech. Longĭentures, also known as false teeth, are a type of dental prosthesis for people missing one, some, or all of their teeth. ![]() This seems to be consistent no matter where in the world you purchased the Squishmallow from. The Squishdate is always written on the tag in the US standard MM.DD.YYYY format.Stackables, Hug Mees, Flip-A-Mallows, etc.) do not have Squishdates, with their tags always omitting the Size- Collector Number-Squishdate section entirely. Sanrio, Pokemon, etc.) and some of the spin-off plushie lines (ex. Notably, Squishmallows may sometimes be produced with a simplified tag that doesn't list their Squishdate, though this isn't too common. That being said, sometimes (though not as commonly) new editions will just use the same Squishdate as the base design of the character. On top of this, different editions of the same character will often be given different Squishdates from one another for example, the Squishdate used for Connor's base design is, but the Squishdate used for the "Fuzzy Connor" design is. Which Squishmallows are given Squishdates? Įvery standard series Squishmallow character is given a set Squishdate specific to them. Should her Squishdate be considered a birthday, this would make her Scorpio instead. Her assigned Squishdate is, but her bio mentions that she is a Pisces, with the zodiac sign having a governing period of February 19-March 20. However, Squishdates doesn't seem equate to a birthday in Squishmallows like Neha. ![]() While nothing has been stated officially, people seem to most often interpret this date as essentially the Squishmallow equivalent to a birthday. Squishdates serve to add another unique feature to each character that collectors can find meaning in and even personally connect with. There were only thirty total 24" Golden Hans squishmallows ever made, taking the title of the rarest squishmallow ever produced (if you consider different sizes as separate squishmallows) from Jack the Black Cat, who held the title at the time.Most Squishmallows will have a "Squishdate" listed on their tag, which are seemingly random dates usually set somewhere within a few months to a year before the Squishmallow originally first hit store shelves. During the contest, one of the awarded 24" Golden Hans Squishmallows was identified to be THE 100 millionth squishmallow ever sold & was assigned a special tag signed by Kellytoy's CEO this squishmallow was later sold at auction (for a final bid of $15,000) to benefit the charity Art in Action. Squishmallows released a #GetGoldenHans contest to win one of twenty-five 24" Golden Hans Squishmallows or one of seventy-five 24" Golden Details Hans Squishmallows. These were both listed as part of the Select Series, with only 10,000 16" Golden Details Hans ever being made (retail $39.99) & only 3,000 16" Golden Hans ever being made (retail $59.99). Two incredibly rare varieties of Hans, the Golden Hans & the Golden Details Hans, were made in 2021 to celebrate Kellytoy selling 100 million squishmallows. His face and belly are a peachy color, the same as the spines which decorate his back. His snout and ears are sand-colored, and he has a black nose and eyes. Hans is a hedgehog with a chocolate brown body. He is thankful for all his friends and this friendship is one milestone he can’t wait to celebrate!” Golden Hans/Golden Detail Hans: “Hans has a heart of gold and he can’t wait to share it with you! Whether it’s enjoying some movie magic or cooking up something new in the kitchen, he’s ready for a new adventure. Last year on his birthday, August 6, his family surprised him with a special trip to the Alps!" He visits his family in Europe every summer where they like to go to museums and explore new countries. Actually, when it comes to food, he's willing to try whatever someone puts on his plate, probably because he is so open to change and adventure. He was one of the first eight Squishmallows to ever be released.ĭefault Hans: "Hans has seen every movie ever and loves to eat pudding, especially with sprinkles. Hans the Hedgehog is a brown Squishmallow from the Original Squad. May not use stored routines or user-defined functions in suchĮxpressions, nor may you use any table references however, you Involving built-in MySQL functions and user variables to obtain The ON SCHEDULE clause may use expressions Options which are omitted retain their existing values. It is necessary to include only those options in anĬorrespond to characteristics that you actually wish to change Mytable it also changes the schedule for theĮvent such that it executes once, one day after this This example changes the SQL statement executedīy myevent to one that deletes all records from It is possible to change multiple characteristics of an event in a STARTS CURRENT_TIMESTAMP + INTERVAL 4 HOUR Immediately to once every twelve hours, starting four hours from Myevent from once every six hours starting The following statement changes the schedule for UPDATE myschema.mytable SET mycol = mycol + 1 In each of the following examples, assume that the event named > EVERY '2:3' DAY_HOUR ERROR 1517 (HY000): Unknown event 'no_such_event' (In MySQL 5.1.11 and earlier, an event could be altered only by Statement, that user becomes the definer for the affected event. Support for the DEFINER clause was added inīeginning with MySQL 5.1.12, this statement requires the Section 12.1.11, “ CREATE EVENT Syntax”.) Without the need to drop and recreate it. To change one or more of the characteristics of an existing event UPGRADE DATA DIRECTORY NAME in this case toĮxplicitly tell the server to re-encode the database directoryĪLTER DATABASE `#mysql50#a-b-c` UPGRADE DATA DIRECTORY NAME Īfter executing this statement, you can refer to the database as #mysql50#a-b-c, and you must refer to the name When a MySQL installation is upgraded to MySQL 5.1 or later fromĪn older version,the server displays a name such as Same database name is encoded as produce a file system-neutral directory name. It is intended to update a database directory name to theĬurrent encoding format if the name contains specialįor example,if a database in MySQL 5.0 has a name ofĭirectory is also named a-b-c, which is not It is intended when upgrading MySQL to 5.1 or later from older Section 8.2.3, “Mapping of Identifiers to File Names”). Name of the directory associated with the database to use theĮncoding implemented in MySQL 5.1 for mapping database names to ![]() The syntax that includes the UPGRADE DATA DIRECTORY ![]() The database name can be omitted from the first syntax, in whichĬase the statement applies to the default database. Section 12.4.5.5, “ SHOW COLLATION Syntax”, for more information. See Section 12.4.5.4, “ SHOW CHARACTER SET Syntax”, and You can see what character sets and collations are available Section 9.1, “Character Set Support”,ĭiscusses character set and collation names. ![]() The COLLATE clauseĬhanges the default database collation. The CHARACTER SET clause changes the defaultĭatabase character set. TheseĬharacteristics are stored in the db.opt file ALTER DATABASE Syntax ALTER Ĭhange the overall characteristics of a database. CREATE PROCEDURE andĭROP FUNCTION Syntax 12.1.27. This chapter describes the syntax for the SQL statements supportedġ2.1.1. Automatic Prepared Statement Repreparation 12.7. SQL Syntax for Prepared Statements 12.6.1. ![]() SQL Statements for Controlling Slave Servers 12.6. SQL Statements for Controlling Master Servers 12.5.2. Plugin and User-Defined Function Statements 12.4.4. Database Administration Statements 12.4.1. Statements That Cause an Implicit Commit 12.3.4. Statements That Cannot Be Rolled Back 12.3.3. MySQL Transactional and Locking Statements 12.3.1. DROP PROCEDURE andĭROP FUNCTION Syntax 12.1.27. CREATE PROCEDURE andĬREATE FUNCTION Syntax 12.1.16. ![]() Courtesy the National Museum of American History This “positive” Schick test identified which patients would benefit from a dose of preventative antitoxin serum.ĭiphtheria Prevention: Giving the Schick test in a Baby Health Station, Brooklyn, New York, about 1920. Within 24-48 hours, those patients who had never been exposed to diphtheria showed a redness at the injection site of the toxin as the body mounted an immune response to the novel substance. As a control, the other arm was injected with the same amount of toxin in a salt solution, mixed with enough antitoxin to neutralize its effect. In the early 1910s, Schick developed a simple skin test that allowed doctors to distinguish between those with a natural immunity to diphtheria from previous exposure and those who stood to gain protective temporary immunity from an injection.ĭoctors injected a very small dose of diphtheria toxin in a salt solution (1/50 of the minimal lethal dose for a guinea pig) into the arm of a patient to be tested. So now doctors were faced with a conundrum: how to balance the risks of serum sickness with the benefits of controlling diphtheria outbreaks through preventative antitoxin injections? Enter the Schick test. (Von Pirquet and Schick coined the word “allergy” in 1906.) What patients were experiencing was in fact an allergic reaction to horse proteins present in the antitoxin serum. ![]() Their research demonstrated that patients who were repeatedly injected with serum suffered not only more intense bouts of sickness with each successive injection, but in some cases, antitoxin injections resulted in dangerous anaphylaxis. In 1905, Austrian pediatricians Clemens E. von Pirquet and Béla Schick published the results of their investigation into this phenomenon, in their treatise Serum Sickness (in the original German, Die Serumkrankheit.)īéla Schick, 1929. In some patients, injections of antitoxin resulted in an immune reaction characterized by fever, rash, swelling of the glands, and joint pain. An injection conferred immunity on a patient for approximately three weeks.Īs with many miracles, however, antitoxin came with a hitch: serum sickness. Doctors quickly recognized its potential as a prophylactic and began controlling outbreaks by dosing residents and employees of closed-quartered institutions like hospitals and orphanages with serum after coming into contact with an infected person. diphtheria’s toxin in the body, became used for more than just treating the infected. Soon the antitoxin, which works to neutralize the effects of C. “Injecting Diphtheria Antitoxin,” illustration from a Parke Davis publication, 1895.Ĭourtesy The Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia. ![]() It should come as no surprise then, when Emil von Behring developed diphtheria antitoxin serum as a cure in the 1890s it was hailed as nothing short of a miracle. ![]() Its terrifying symptoms-from slowly poisoning the victim to forming a pseudomembrane in the throat causing slow suffocation-are the stuff of nightmares. As curators of our most recent exhibition, From DNA to Beer: Harnessing Nature in Medicine and Industry, Diane and Mallory spent months researching four different microbes and the influence they’ve had on human life.Ĭorynebacterium diphtheria, the bacteria which causes diphtheria, is easily the nastiest microbe we researched for From DNA to Beer. Circulating Now welcomes guest bloggers Diane Wendt and Mallory Warner from the Division of Medicine and Science at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. ![]() In this slow process, other minerals can intermix with each other, adding to the interest and forming unusual specimens, such as the one displayed. Unique Calcite formations are created inside the caves where calcium rich water penetrates the cavern's limestone enclosure and slowly drips and flows on top of itself, allowing for the formation of unique stalactite and other globular formations to be created. Aragonite and Calcite are similar in chemical composition (polymorphs) but are structured differently, with Calcite forming triangular crystallization and Aragonite forming orthorhombic crystals (three axes planes, at unequal lengths, and all three axes 90 degrees to one another. All members of the group crystalize in triangular formations, have perfect rhombohedron cleavages, and in transparent rhombohedrons, display strong double refractions. The mineral itself actually belongs to a calcite group of "related carbonates" that are "isomorphous" with each other. However, the most beautiful Amethyst, displaying deep rich purple crystals are mainly in South America.Ĭalcite is one of the most common minerals which grows in a wide variety of different shapes, colors and translucencies. Amethyst is found in many places around the world. Spectacular, priceless carvings dating to the ancient Egyptians are displayed in museums. Amethyst has been used in jewelry making for centuries. It was believed by both ancient Romans and Greeks, if they wore Amethyst or made their goblets of the material, it would help prevent them from becoming intoxicated. The word Amethyst is derived from ancient Greek meaning "intoxication". Gift ideas, Toys, Models, & other Fun StuffĪmethyst is a variety of quartz which owes its coloration to the presence of iron in the area of its formation.Amphibole Quartz (Angel Phantom Quartz).Sphenopsida – Relatives of the Horsetails To find Amethyst geodes you are going to want to go deeper underground - level 70 or lower to be precise - or you can search under the sea in the main overworld and just keep an eye out for their.Ammonite Fossils and Chambered Nautilus. ![]() ![]() You will be awarded with some of the materials you need to fuse the tier 5 gear. Kill him and give the dagger dropped to Myrna in Navea. Nebuchadnezzar the Penguin Banditįor each successful catch of Fish King, there is 50% chance that the Penguin will appear. Do everything you can think of to help you focus on the fishing (eg. Make sure you have a lot of empty space in your backpack.Ħ. Summon you Eidolon in case any nearby mob attack you while you are fishing.ĥ. You may want to go early – the locations for their appearance are different from the usual fishing spots. All the bosses appear for 30 minutes only, and all players can catch as many as they can within this time interval. Cutting up an orange-quality fish would have ~40% chance giving you a bait for the fish king of the same area.ģ. Bait can be obtained from daily fishing quests and fishing NPCs (50 tokens). You must have the right (orange quality) bait. The Lv60 tier 5 fishing set from Vulture’s Vale is the best gear set at the moment. Still it’s advised to have a set for the set effect. You may not need to have a full set of tier 4 (orange quality) gear to successfully catch a fish boss, as long as you have the necessary stat. (Crystal Lobster is exception – the 610 SPD is not a typo – and it IS the fish king hardest to catch) Your REEL should not be lower then the SPD of the fish king. Fishing gears with high REEL gives you control to the movement of the bobber. REEL to SPEED (SPD): Fish with high SPD tends to pull your bobber to the right, leaving the blue safety zone. If your ROD point is not even higher then the STR of the fish king, you will not be allowed to attempt fishing. Your ROD point should be at least 10 points higher then the STR of the fish king, otherwise it can really take you 20-30 minutes to catch a single fish (you could try, but it would be painful). Fishing gears with high ROD shorten the time needed. ROD to STRENGTH (STR): Fish with high STR takes you more time to reduce its stamina to 0. You’ll need to be very careful if your LINE is low (a matter of clicking skill). Fishing gears with high LINE make your blue safety zone wider. LINE to SKILL (SKL): Fish with low SKL makes your blue safety zone small. Since you can do the regular fishing without knowing what those numbers mean, I’m going to explain here. spawns 6 times in Monday) until the release of the next two maps. ** The Wise Crab should spawns at Monday 05:00, 13:00 and 21:00 too (i.e. * You get 10 Dragon Coins for every Fish King caught. Having a full set of these gears (rod, hat, vest, gloves and shoes) will greatly improve your performance in fishing! Listed below are the stat. (see below)įusion materials for the new Lv60 T5 fishing gears can be found from these new fish kings. Some of the fusion materials for T7 gears must be bought from the new fishing supply shop, and they are available only if you have reached Fishing Level 6 or above. Wow.Īnyway here is the data for the new T7 gears. Note that the T6 sets require the corresponding T4 sets as fusion materials, and the T7 sets require the corresponding T6 sets as fusion materials. The newest SPD and Hybrid sets added in the TW server completed the Tier 7 series. Aura Kingdom Fish King Guide by yeungchunk ![]() These were the plesiosaurs as I first encountered them in my childhood, but paleontologists have known for quite some time that these marine reptiles were not actually capable of such poses.Ĭontrary to popular images of the marine reptiles, the necks of Plesiosaurus and its kin were not as flexible as cooked spaghetti noodles. In his painting of Cretaceous marine reptiles created in the mid-1950’s, for example, the artist Rudolph Zallinger presented long-necked plesiosaurs in both modes, and in his 1981 book The Dinosaurs William Stout painted a gallery of snake-necked plesiosaurs raising their necks out of the sea to snap at a heard of passing sauropod dinosaurs. While the animal’s body shape suggested that it swam like a shell-less turtle, Conybeare proposed, might the long neck of Plesiosaurus have obligated the animal to swim at the surface, “arching its long neck like the swan, and occasionally darting it down at the fish which happened to float within its reach?” Alternatively, Conybeare imagined that Plesiosaurus was the underwater equivalent of a snake in the grass, relying on “the suddenness and agility of the attack which enabled it to make on every animal fitted for its prey, which came within its extensive sweep.”Ĭonybeare’s twin visions of Plesiosaurus sculling the Mesozoic seas with their heads held high and ambushing unwary fish just beneath the waves remained the canonical visions of these creatures for over a century and a half. Clearly the creature carried such a bizarre form to fill some essential role in the economy of nature, but there was no modern analog to draw clues from. Just what Plesiosaurus was doing with such a long neck was a mystery. No other animal had a neck quite like it. The better specimen had a small, short skull at the end of a ridiculously long neck consisting of thirty five vertebrae. Three years later, though, Conybeare reported on “an almost perfect skeleton of the Plesiosaurus” which has been discovered by paleontologist and highly-skilled fossil hunter Mary Anning, and he gave the marine reptile a makeover. ![]() There was no reason to think that the neck was very much longer, and the skulls of ichthyosaurs and crocodiles hinted that Plesiosaurus, too, would have had an elongated noggin. The specimen De la Beche and Conybeare initially studied was missing the skull and had only twelve neck vertebrae. Missing bones were what caused them to miscast their mosnter. What the naturalists did not realize was that Plesiosaurus was not an intermediate form between crocodiles and ichthyosaurs, after all, but a unique and starkly different sort of marine reptile. Instead, the Plesiosaurus testified to a natural plan in which “every place capable of supporting animal life should be so filled, and that every possible mode of sustenance should be taken advantage of.” The stout-bodied and paddle-limbed monster was part of the static balance of nature, and the thought that such links indicated true transformation of one being into another was “most ridiculous.” Plesiosaurus simply took up an intermediate place between semi-aquatic crocodiles and the fish-like ichthyosaurs so that there would be no gap in the natural order. Speculation about the transmutation of species was “absurd and extravagant,” the naturalists said. De la Beche and Conybeare were not advocating an evolutionary view. ![]() A paddle-legged marine reptile akin to the recently-discovered, shark-shaped animals known as ichthyosaurs, the new animal was cast as “a link between the Ichthyosaurus and Crocodile” in the “connected chain of organized beings.”ĭon’t let the language lead you on. In 1821, British geologists Henry De la Beche and William Conybeare presented a bizarre, previously-unknown fossil creature to their colleagues in the Geological Society of London. The neck armor outline sports a yellow frame.Valt's red Beyblade symbol remains on the left cheek.The helmet's outline is a giant "V" with a yellow/red/grey sections, a red gem rests on the forehead section, and a large triangular protrusion rests on the top.A yellow winged crest on each outer ankle.The large "V" crest on the tunic is now red with a winged yellow "V" underneath, and a grey and blue triangular section in the center.The triangular pauldrons have a red center with a grey line, and red protrusion at the tip, representing the Savior Blade's rubber blades. ![]()
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