Figuarts Zero – Franky Figure (New World Version)

Figuarts Zero – Franky Figure (New World Version)

• Figuarts Zero: One Piece Franky New World Ver. Action Figure

FiguartsZERO Franky, the cyborg shipwright of the Straw Hat Pirates will be released in tandem with Luffy and Roronoa Zoro. With his unique form accurately portrayed in the FiguartsZERO series, this high-detail PVC sculpt figurine hunkers down at a very broad and massive 13.5cm high and will come with a special interchangeable head part, as well as special display stand with character name and Japanese catch phrase.

List Price: $ 69.99

Price: $ 69.99

One Piece Memories of Merry Figure Franky

One Piece Pirates Figure – Memories Of Merry. The second subset will deal with the pirate crew. They typically come out as waves of 5 figures, 10 cm tall each.

List Price: $ 14.88

Price: $ 14.88

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Fantasy Football – Scoreboard


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My chop-blockers are playing well, but it’s still really early in this NFL weekend. Who knows what our league standings will be after the final game ends on Monday night?

I track the stats for our league with Statfink, by the way.

My fantasy


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Fantasy baseball that is. I signed up for my fantasy baseball league again this year. Ever since Detroit went on a sucking spree (ie the last 7 years), I play fantasy baseball mainly to keep me interested in the season, despite how Detroit may perform.

I’m also a big enough loser that I score games I watch on TV, although I usually don’t keep those scorecards.

If anyone is interested, we should go to a Lansing Lugnuts game and make a flickr meet up out of it.

And if you’re a fantasy baseball nut, can I join your league?

UPDATE – I drafted last in my league! Yuck!

Fantasy Football Championship Game


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Believe it or not, Cellphone Susie is up against the Law Dawgs in the Championship game in the Bourbon Ball Footbizzle League. Supports my coaching strategy of "benign neglect".

The Age of the Human Race

by bernardoh

The Age of the Human Race

Article by Rob VandeWeghe

Through the last decades science has struggled to estimate the age of the human race. Obviously, evolution would insist this occurred a long time ago, as it would take an incredible span of time for the first human-like creature (the cave man or monkey man) to develop into the sophisticated humans of today.

First, it must be observed that current estimates for the age of mankind are still all over the board. The lack of reliable dating methods for organic material is a serious challenge for all paleo-anthropologists. This might surprise you, but the only reliable dating method for organic material is Carbon-14 dating. This procedure can date organic material such as bones and teeth accurately but only to a maximum of 25,000-30,000 years. Dating older organic material is nothing more than guesswork. In many cases these guesses rely on “leap of faith” assumptions by dating the rocks found near the organic material in question, wildly asserting these rocks were formed at the same time as the bones/skull/teeth were deposited. Obviously that is not science, but only wishful thinking.

Recently the advance of genetics has opened a new pathway to estimate the age of mankind through the analysis of human organic material. By comparing samples of currently living humans with well dated DNA samples from the past, an estimate can be made for the rate the human DNA record changes. Applying this estimated natural mutation rate to a representative sampling of the DNA of today’s world population, allows to estimate how much time would be required for today’s human DNA to mutate (“deteriorate”) from a common ancestor. As every cell in the human body contains the combined DNA from both the father and the mother, analyzing this DNA would not allow to trace the separate ancestry of the male or female. However, two portions of human genetic material do not recombine in reproduction, namely:

1) Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) This DNA resides in the so called mitochondria structures, outside the cell’s nucleus. Mitochondria are the “cellular power plants.” They convert food molecules into energy. Mitochondria contain DNA that is independent of the DNA in the chromosomes that is stored in the cell nucleus. Both men and women get nearly all of their mtDNA only from their mother. In the late 1980s and early 1990s a number of studies examined the mtDNA of women all over the world. These concluded that all women descended from one “Eve” who lived within the last 200,000 years. Refinements in measurements lowered these original estimates to 135,000 years and finally to less than 100,000 years. These studies not only suggest a much younger age for humanity than previously assumed, but also indicate that all humans descend from ONE woman, ruling out that humans would have simultaneously evolved in multiple locations/regions.

2) A large segment of the Y-chromosome. Only men have a Y-chromosome, most of which they receive only from their father. Since 1995 studies have been conducted to trace genes on this Y-chromosome to determine the age and descent of males. Various studies all indicate younger ages for mankind. What may well be the most reliable study published so far, calculates a common ancestor to modern man at between 37,000 and 49,000 years ago.

These studies also indicate that genetically all humans are much more alike than one would predict from Darwinian theory. Examinations of the genetic sequences of diverse modern human populations reveal minor differences, if any at all. One scientist noted: “It’s a mystery none of us can explain.” All this evidence suggests a recent origin for modern humans, far more recent than evolutionary theory would allow.

Evidence from archaeology and anthropology is consistent with such estimates for the age of humanity. Sophisticated works of art first appear about 40,000-50,000 years ago, and evidence of religious relics and altars date back no earlier than 25,000 years.

Archaeological finds of leftovers of human habitation date back only 15,000 years ago. Claims for older finds are rarely presented.Accounts in the Biblical book of Genesis mention the descendents from the first man, Adam, through Noah, Abraham and Moses. Based on the literal reading of this data, it can be calculated that Adam was created by God a little over 6,000 years ago. This is also the date claimed by Six Day Creationists for the actual creation of the world. Other scholars point out the common practice of ancient Hebrew culture to skip generations in the genealogical records. Thus it is conceivable there were substantially more generations between Adam and Abraham than recorded in Genesis. These scholars generally theorize that, based on these records, Adam and Eve could have lived 8,000 to even 25,000 years ago. These views are the basis of the suggested range of 6,000 to 25,000 years old for the age of mankind. These Biblical estimates are surprisingly consistent with those supported by archaeology.

Whichever way one looks at the data, one conclusion is inescapable: as time progresses, estimates from science come ever closer to the age inferred by the Biblical accounts.

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Online shopping Tips – Coupon Codes For Beginners

by dullhunk

Online shopping Tips – Coupon Codes For Beginners

Article by Domenic Teoli

I’M sure the majority of us remember our mommies opening up those catalogs or newspapers on those Sunday mornings, clipping those coupons like kids opening up Christmas gifts.

For every coupon my mom would clip she would pause and smile, she would then turn to me and whisper ” shop like mommy and save all the time ” (LOL)

Today mind you, its still a great way to save and im sure more than half of us still clip coupons from catalogs whenever we can.

but with the Internet things are changing, every year more and more people are shopping online, and as the retailing business grows online, prices are dropping dramatically because of the competition.

Smart shoppers are noticing that shopping online is not only convenient but can save you lots of money.

So how do smart shoppers shop ?

Most smart shoppers use online coupons called coupon codes, these are numeric digits that are entered on a merchants site at checkout to receive a discount.

They also keep a list of their favorite stores and wait patiently for their promotional offers or blowout sales in order to save that extra 10 to sometimes 75% off regular prices and in addition they use coupon codes for extra savings..

Now the tricky part is finding these coupon codes, many online merchants do not advertise discount coupon codes on their site, I don’t think they want all their customers using coupon codes for discounts.

Here are four ways to find coupon codes.

1) One way to find a stores coupon online is by emailing the the merchant, most of them will take forever to email you back but some of them will, ( its worth a try )

2) you can find lots of printable coupons and coupon codes by hanging around shopping forums whereas you can trade coupons and deals.

3) download or order that particular stores catalog online if they have, most of them are free and many times you’ll find coupon codes and promotional offers.

4) there are also some sites online that spend their days looking for coupons and they post them for free, if you find a site that has free discount coupons ” BOOKMARK THEM ” and try to find more sites that provide the same service.

Everytime you shop online always make sure theres no coupon codes lingering online for that particular store you want to shop.

Coupon codes are great savings. Use them whenever and however you can.

You too can shop like mommy and save all the time (lol)