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World Championships Day 1 from in Koksijde, Belgium
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It was a Dutch day in Koksijde, Belgium for the first day of the Cyclo-cross World Championships on Saturday, as the orange machine won both world titles on offer in the Junior and Under 23 men's categories. Host Belgium could 'only' manage a pair of silvers, with the Netherlands scooping up another bronze medal in the Under 23 race, while the French took the remaining bronze from the Junior competition.
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The day started out sunny and warm, at almost 10 Celcius when the Junior men started, but gradually it clouded over and became damp and cold, although the rain fortunately held off. The weather had no impact on the crowds, which were huge - 20 deep on the sides of the sand dunes which make Koksijde such a unique venue.
In the Junior race, the favourite, Mathieu van der Poel, son of the Classics star Adrie, took an emotional win. He led out early in the 40 minute race, then faltered in the second and third lap, dropping back as far as fifth before he began to move up again. For a while, the Belgian fans could hope for victory, with riders sitting 1-2-3, but van der Poel gradually reeled them in and, with a lap and a half to go, dropped Wout van Aerts to regain the lead and ride to victory. Quentin Jauregui took the bronze for France when he dropped Belgians Quinten Hermans and Daan Soete in the last lap.
Mathieu van der Poel (Netherlands) wins Junior Men's race
Yohan Patry and Sam Beaudoin were the two Canadians in the race, and both got caught up in the foot traffic through the sand early in the race. Patry finished in 40th, on the same lap as the leaders, while Beaudoin was 50th, two laps down.
Patry was not particularly happy with his ride, since he had been looking for a top-twenty after some strong results in earlier European races. Watch our video interviews with Patry and Beaudoin Here.
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The Under 23 race unfolded in a similar fashion, with favoured Lars van der Haar of the Netherlands jumping into the lead and then faltering, allowing Wietse Bosmans of Belgium to catch and drop him. Once again, Belgian hopes were raised and then dashed, as van der Haar and his team mate Michiel van der Heijden bridged up to the Belgian. Bosmans made a last lap attack through a sand section, riding when the others were running to gain a few metres, but van der Haar came back and then dropped his rival in the final kilometre to take the title.
Lars van der Haar (Netherlands) winning U23 Men's race
Canada's lone entry was Felix Coté Bouvette, finishing in 46th place, three laps down. Despite being lapped, Bouvette was happy overall with his result, gaining valuable experience at his first Worlds. Watch our video interview with Felix Coté Bouvette Here.
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ICC World Cricket League Division 5: Singapore Ends US Winning Streak
By Lloyd Jodah
The name Singapore has its ancient origins in Sanskrit, with "Singa" derived from the Sanskrit word for "Lion," whilst "pore" might come from "pura" meaning "city" or "fortress." The USA team took on the "Lion-city" cricket team, in its effort to get to the next stage of the World Cricket League, in Italy.
Singapore won the toss and decided to bat. The Singapore openers Suryawanshi and Mendis took apart the USA opening attack of Kevin Darlington and Timroy Allen, and were 25 without loss after 4 overs. Baker came on and was immediately hammered through the off-side for four. Singapore's 50 came up in 10 overs. The breakthrough finally came after Sudesh Dhaniram had curbed the scoring rate, the batsmen looked for a single, and Steve Massiah sent an accurate throw to wicketkeeper Wright to run out Mendis for 27. Singapore 64/1 off 15 overs.
Massiah then caught a hard and fast pull by Suryawanshi off Lennox Cush to make Singapore 65 for 2. Narender Reddy 51 (72 balls, 4 fours 2 sixes) and Param 24 (58 balls, 2 fours) brought up Singapore's 100 in 26 overs. The Power-play was taken in the 36th over, and Reddy brought up his 50 with a six over long-off. Carl Wright, behind the stumps then caught Reddy with his pads (the ball lodged in the wicket-keeper's pads for a catch) off Darlington, and stumped Param.
The "Lion King" Singaraja was, however bashing the ball royally and hit five fours and two sixes off 29 balls before Darlington got him by a diving Dhaniram for 45. Singapore ended their 50 overs at 245 for 9. Kevin Darlington took 4 for 65 off his 10 overs, and narrowly missed getting five scalps.
USA began their innings by losing Sushil Nadkarni for a first ball duck, but Captain Steve Massiah began auspiciously by cover-driving for four. Then Baker was struck plumb for an lbw to bring in the in-form Lennox Cush. A glorious on drive for four later Cush was beaten in flight by the spinner Manoj-Kumar and was stumped by Suryawanshi for 14. USA 36/3 in 8.1 overs.
Captain Steve Massiah was looking good at the other end, like Hannibal before him, trying to get his men through the mountains to get to Italy. Thyagarajan 22, and Massiah put on 40 before Thyagarajan was caught off Param by Hussein via a very difficult catch. USA 89/5 and finding themselves surprisingly on the back foot. Wright went quickly for 10 and Massiah was bowled behind his back, missing a sweep by Manoj-Kumar, who had given everyone difficulty. Massiah made 50 in 98 balls with two fours.
At 127 for 7 off 33.2 overs USA's hopes of making it over the mountains were getting slimmer. Rashard Marshall clobbered a six and a four before losing his wicket. Saurabh Verma was the last man out for 14, ending the USA's inning at 146 in 27.5 overs, and losing to Singapore by 99 runs.
Singapore's population is only about five million but the city-state has made its mark in many categories amongst the world's countries, like being the second busiest port in the world. Today it beat the USA Cricket team, putting the USA in a must-win situation in its next game. The other variables for the US to qualify for Italy, reminds one of an NFL wildcard situation.
So, instead of saying "Andiamo al' Italia a giocare Cricket." (We're going to Italy to play Cricket) Team USA must go into the next game chanting "Forza Stati Uniti " (All the way USA).


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Lets get to what everyone is thinking first: No the Wii version of Samba de Amigo shown this week did not have Maraca-shaped Wii remotes. But that doesn't mean they aren't coming.
In fact a rep told us that they are looking into a "Maraca sleeve" for the remote and even spoken with some manufacturers about it.
In the game, for those of you not familiar, you take on one of several colorful characters dancing and playing the maracas to music. The rhythm game is played by shaking the remote and nunchuk in time to the music while making sure they are in one of three positions: above your head, at your waist or held pointing down.
The game starts by having players calibrate the two controllers by holding them in the different positions. And play seemed to be pretty responsive, though the game did fail to recognize the correct position a couple of times.
There will be both single player and multiplayer and the developers told me that the game will also allow you to post your high scores to an online leader board.
The game looks like the sort of pick-up-and-play fun that will end up being a huge hit with the Wii's casual gamers and could also strike a chord with Nintendo's more hardcore fans.


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Razer Gaming Keyboards are Full-Featured for Serious Play [REVIEW]
If you find yourself spending a lot of time on your PC gaming but you're still using a regular keyboard, you may get frustrated. For those looking for a serious keyboard for their gaming lifestyle, Razer has two unique products for you.
The two newest Razer gaming keyboards are decidedly high end. The Razer BlackWidow and Razer DeathStalker Ultimate both offer a variety of features for gamers who want to play more accurately and comfortably.
The BlackWidow
The Razer BlackWidow, pictured above, is a mechanical gaming keyboard. You don't really appreciate mechanical keyboards until you've used them for a while: Every key is its own independent switch, as opposed to most modern keyboards, which are set on a membrane. This independence means you don't have to press down the key as far for it to register, and that the keyboard just feels better for typing.
One downside of this is that you'll hear each key clack as you type, so in hot and heavy gaming moments your keyboard will be very loud. This may not make you very popular if you are using voice chat while gaming (as I found out first hand). That's not a fault of this keyboard in general, but something that's very important to know before purchasing any mechanical keyboard.
The Razer BlackWidow feels stable to use because of its mechanical keys, and because it weighs over 3 pounds. You never feel like it will slide around as you're typing or playing. The keys are also very easy to see as well — it comes in backlit varieties, though the model I tested just had high-contrast letters. There is also an audio out and mic in line attached, as well as a USB patch cable so you gain more ports, meaning it integrates well into your gaming setup.
This keyboard can also quickly record macros, which are single keystrokes that can function as multiple key presses. It can record onto 10 profiles that pair with your most often-played games. There's also the handy "gaming mode" that disables the Windows Key and Alt-Tab, so you don't accidentally switch out of whatever you're playing.
The Razer BlackWidow retails for $125, and it quickly becomes easy to see why you'd want to spend the money after switching back to a normal keyboard. It's a great complement to whatever you're doing on your PC.
DeathStalker Ultimate
The Razer DeathStalker Ultimate is the most customizable keyboard I've ever encountered. It's a bigger than average keyboard — it includes a built-in wrist rest and an extra section with 10 buttons and a 4-inch touchpad that doubles as an LCD screen on the right side.
The customization starts when you install Razer's Synapse 2.0 software, which allows you to change all the settings of your keyboard. You can start by tweaking the look: The individually backlit keys will glow with any color you can think of, or even cycle through colors for a particularly psychedelic effect. The touchpad's LCD screen is the same way: You can program it to display any image you can snag off the internet or your hard drive.
The 10 top-row keys are completely customizable, and I mean completely. You can set them to open any application on your computer or do any in-game actions. You can also decorate these with any image you want. Similar to the BlackWidow, you can switch between 10 profiles depending on what you're using the keyboard for. There are also built-in profiles for games like Mass Effect 3, Star Wars: The Old Republic and Team Fortress 2. Players can also crank up the brightness to easily see what buttons they're hitting.
The DeathStalker Ultimate also includes the same macro and programmable button features from the BlackWidow, along with the ability to shut off your Windows Key.
The touchpad and extra keys also have some cool-but-less-useful features, too. You can launch a tiny Facebook browser on the LCD screen, or YouTube, all through the keys. While it was easy to navigate through YouTube's menus — thanks to the 10 bonus keys transforming into its most needed features — I have to wonder why you'd need to watch cat videos on a tiny screen while playing your game. The touch pad was also great and responsive, but I couldn't find myself using it much.
Unlike the BlackWidow, the DeathStalker Ultimate is not a mechanical keyboard — it's a low-profile keyboard with soft keys. It also has an included, non-removable wrist rest that makes it feel a bit like a laptop. Another important hardware note is the keyboard requires two USB ports to function, so it might be tricky for anyone who uses a gaming laptop with an external keyboard, mouse and monitor. There was no USB pass-through like the BlackWidow, so this is really going to be the most functional for someone with at least 4 USB ports.
The $250 price tag is easy to balk at if you don't need a high level of customization in your keyboards, but for those who want to be able to tweak and access every part of their hardware, the DeathStalker is the way to go.


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By Steve Wehrly/Journal reporter
Jim Schuman decided in 2010 that he wanted someone else to answer complaints about the high price of fuel on San Juan Islands.
He didn't have to look far. In fact, Schuman, then-owner of Island Petroleum Services, hired Adam Eltinge two years ago to take over some of the Schuman's management responsibilities, and worked out a transition which resulted in Eltinge buying IPS in late 2012.
Eltinge has heard islander complaints about high fuel prices, but points to the high transport costs (diesel can be carried on the ferries, gas must be brought on the landing barge Henry Island) and the lower sales volumes as the reason for the prices. He's more upset, however, about the future unavailability of ethanol-free fuel in Washington.
"It is a real shame that lawmakers put our residents in the position of not having ethanol-free fuel as an option," Eltinge said. "All of those people who own older cars, small engines, and marine vessels are going to suffer the repair costs or a higher potential for breakdown."
IPS has long been a supplier of fuel for cars and boats on San Juan Island, managing facilities on Carter Avenue and at the Friday Harbor fuel dock. They transport gas, diesel and home heating oil to their San Juan Island facilities, to Island Hardware on Orcas, and to Roche Harbor's gas station and fuel dock.
The Carter Avenue location carries a wide variety of products — three grades of gasoline, three types of diesel (on-road, off-road and 20 percent biodiesel) ethanol-free gas (at least for another month or two), kerosene, heating oil, and a full line of Chevron oils, lubes and greases. One of the 24-hour gasoline pumps takes cash, and all the pumps give discounts for cash, debit and Shell card purchases.
Eltinge, 38, was born and grew up on Fox Island, and attended Gig Harbor High School. He attended Washington State University, where he majored in business and construction management, and worked for eight years for a residential real estate developer in the Redmond and Woodinville areas.
Eltinge is a regular racquetball player, relishing opportunities to take on local competition, like David Morton and former sheriff Bill Cumming.
His wife, Deanna Sundstrom Eltinge, who works for the Port of Friday Harbor, made returning to her San Juan Island roots one of the conditions for marrying him, a condition Adam was happy to make happen when they brought their two teenagers to the island and to the family farm in 2009. In 2010, Eltinge was hired as project manager for the Brickworks renovation, a position he relinquished when he went to work at IPS.


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Snapshots from Jura, France: Cows, Comte Cheese, Charcuterie, and More
From June 19th to June 25th, I traveled around the Jura region of France as a guest of The Comté Cheese Association. I'll be filling you in on what I ate, drank, poked, prodded, and otherwise documented on the awesome trip in the land of cheese and wine.
If you are anything like me a couple of weeks ago, you most likely knew the Franche-Comté region of France only for its prominent role in history during the period ranging from 199.6 to 145.5 million years ago when giant ichthyosaurs and plesiosaurs roamed the oceans that covered what are now lush forests and mountains (Jura is where the term Jurassic comes from). Of course, you probably also know about Comté, the sweet and nutty A.O.C. cheese produced from raw cow's milk and widely distributed around the world (you can even get it at Trader Joe's, though if you want the best, you probably shouldn't).
If you're really in the know, then you'll have tasted Vin Jaune, the oddly pungent yellow wine produced from local savagnin grapes that's allowed to oxidize in its barrels, producing a funky, sherry-like finish.
Driving through the winding road between Geneva and Arbois (home of both Louis Pasteur and the decidedly un-pasteurized Vin Jaune) reveals the kind of landscape that would inspire Rodgers to exchange knowing nudges and nods with Hammerstein. Rolling green hills, brooks and streams lined with purple and yellow wildflowers, charming Swiss and French-style chalets, fields of sunflowers and wheat, cows lazing about in the sun, and the like.
I'll gladly admit that the Sound of Music soundtrack was pretty much on repeat in my mind during the entire trip (I played the backstabbing Rolf in a middle school production of the show).
Over the next couple weeks, you can expect a whole slew of Francocentric slideshows, reviews, recipes, and songs (maybe). For now, click through the slideshow for a quick overview of the wide range of tasty comestibles the region has to offer.
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SOS Online Backup today announced a cloud-based backup service for mobile devices, desktop systems -- and Facebook.
The company said it expects to start backing up Twitter and Gmail data in December.
The new SOS Online Backup Home 5.0 product, which allows users to back up data on five or fewer personal computers under a single license, includes SOS Social Backup, a new Facebook app that stores social media data, such "friend" contact information, photo albums and message threads.
"In case your account becomes corrupted, not to mention when you want to shut down your Facebook account and move to Google+ or LinkedIn, you can take all your contacts and photos with you," said SOS Online Backup CEO Ken Shaw.
The new version of the backup service also supports Windows-, Android-, and iOS-based mobile devices.
SOS Online offers up to 5GB of storage capacity for free, and charges a base price of $79.95 per year for 50GB.
While SOS Online Backup does not have the notoriety of rivals like Mozy and Carbonite, the company did release its first product in 2006, the same as those firms.
The company employs 150 workers and runs 11 data centers around the world, Shaw said.
Perhaps the biggest differentiator that the company pitches is that is offers "file versioning" in the cloud, or the ability to get multiple versions of a file based on when changes were made to it. Users are able to roll back in time to as many versions as they want, similar to what users can do locally on Apple's Time Machine backup utility.
"For businesses this is extremely powerful," Shaw said. "Regulations like [the Sarbanes-Oxley Act] require companies in some industries to keep archives for up to seven years. Those features are free with us."
SOS Online Backup Home 5.0 works by automatically backing up whatever device or application it is pointed to every few days.
Logging into the service is not required for backup, according to Shaw. An email message lets users know when their Facebook accounts, smart phones, laptop or desktop systems have been backed up.
SOS Online charges $79.95 a year for 50GB of storage, which includes a license for up to five PCs. A one-year 100GB license costs $99.95. A two-year 100GB license costs $149.95 and a three-year license is priced at $199.95.
"Data protection coverage is king. First its about accessibility. Wherever I am can I get to all my data on a PC or Mac. Then, the second value proposition is protecting that data, or backing up the data accumulating on the devices. We're doing both," Shaw said.
Lucas Mearian covers storage, disaster recovery and business continuity, financial services infrastructure and health care IT for Computerworld. Follow Lucas on Twitter at @lucasmearian , or subscribe to Lucas's RSS feed . His e-mail address is email@example.com .
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By Jennifer Rubin
Just three days into 2013, we have a strong contender for Dunce of the Year. Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett, R, has done the impossible: made the NCAA a sympathetic figure and deepened the horror of the Penn State child-rape scandal. Corbett filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against the NCAA this week, claiming that the penalties it imposed on Penn State, which the university accepted in the aftermath of the scandal, are too "harsh." Seriously.
The Associated Press reported Thursday: "Corbett wants a federal judge to throw out the sanctions, saying they have harmed students, business owners and others who had nothing to do with Sandusky's crimes against children."
The NCAA responded, correctly, that the lawsuit was "an affront" to Sandusky's victims and their families.
The AP also reported: "Penn State said it had no role in the lawsuit. In fact, it agreed not to sue as part of a deal with the NCAA to accept the sanctions, imposed last July after an investigation found that `football coach Joe Paterno and other top officials covered up sexual-abuse allegations against' Jerry Sandusky, a former member of Paterno's staff, for more than a decade in order to shield the university from bad publicity."
The AP report went on: "The lawsuit filed Wednesday represents an about-face for Corbett. Six months ago, he encouraged Penn State to 'accept the serious penalties' imposed by the NCAA.
"The deal was highly unpopular with many fans, students and alumni. Corbett, who is up for re-election next year, deflected a question [at a news conference Wednesday] about whether his response has helped or hurt him politically.
"'We're not going to get into the politics of this,' "he said.
Oh, let's do. It is hard to image a more disgusting political maneuver, one that the good
people of the commonwealth should denounce by punting him out of office. Republicans should think ahead and primary him.
While Penn State is not party to the lawsuit, Corbett is a university trustee. He therefore faces, among other things, an untenable conflict of interest by maintaining a lawsuit on behalf of Penn State, which had embraced the penalties he is seeking to eradicate.
I am not delving into the merits of the lawsuit, including how the governor tries to get past the settlement agreement struck between the NCAA and Penn State, because the issue here is not legal but moral. No penalty can repair the damage that was done to so many lives or correct the endemic corruption of a university that allowed a child predator to operate for so long. To challenge whatever penalty was arrived at is hideous. Corbett's lawsuit is a disgrace, and politicians of both parties should denounce it.
Jennifer Rubin is a columnist with The Washington Post.


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Former Steeler maintains innocence after pleading guilty to assault
Russell Stuvaints says lawyers advised him to plead guilty
In an on-camera interview Monday, former Pittsburgh Steelers Defensive Back Russell Stuvaints says he was treated unfairly by police last year, and explains why he pleaded guilty last week to charges that he hit officers -- even though he says the allegations are not true.
"It's time to let the world know that the truth, that's what I want to do today," said Stuvaints.
Stuvaints, a member of the Super Bowl 40 Championship team after a stellar 2005 season, says he want to clear his name; a name and record that he says has been spotless. He showed WTAE the 'Pennsylvania Child Abuse History Clearance' that's allowed him to coach his young boys' sports teams for several seasons. As he played catch with his sons in his front yard Monday, he says the McKeesport police report detailing an incident last summer where he punched police officers, is false.
"In no way shape or form would I swing at a police officer. I understand they are the law. I actually called them as if they were my friends, trying to get my son to football practice," he said.
The former undrafted defensive back, who first earned a spot on the 2003 team, says he called police to their home when his fiancé wasn't answering her phone and he wasn't able to locate his son in order to take his son to sports practice.
But police say that after they arrived, Stuvaints gave them reason to use a Taser on him and arrest him.
Stuvaints disputes the report as he showed photographs of his neck and T-shirt from that July night.
Stuvaints pleaded guilty to the incident, saying lawyers advised him that his chances at winning in a trial where officers would testify against him were too slim.
He said he agreed to take probation in exchange, but now, with much regret.
"After years of success and hard work, I've never been arrested for anything in my life, had a clear record and I have never done anything wrong to anyone," he said.
Stuvaints' lawyer Laurie McKinnon says she advised him to plead guilty to one count of aggravated assault and one count of resisting arrest in exchange for dropping second counts of each, as well as dropping a misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct and two counts of harassment. In exchange, Stuvaints received probation, but he maintains his innocence nonetheless.


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On Monday, August 31, the Hub made its first delivery of fresh fruit for snacks to Greer Elementary, which included 125 pounds of peaches, 72 pints of blackberries, and 72 pints of raspberries, enough for two days of snacks for 530 children. The following day, the Hub served up 375 pounds of fresh peaches and 450 pounds of ripe watermelon to Clark, Johnson, and Jackson-Via, enough for 800 children to enjoy a morning snack.
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In a previous paper we investigated the influence of sorbed biodiesel or diesel on mechanical properties of a typical polyethylene grade for tank applications. Besides the basic sorption and desorption behavior of these two fuels, the study addressed the concentration-dependent mechanical properties as revealed by a non-instrumented Charpy impact test and dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA). In the present paper we extend this investigation focusing on the temperature-dependent impact fracture behavior. Therefore, an instrumented Charpy impact test was employed, allowing a more detailed analysis of the fracture behavior. Furthermore, from the load-time-diagrams obtained from the instrumented impact test, corresponding fracture times can be calculated, allowing a clear correlation of the fuel sorption induced changes in fracture toughness with the enhanced ß-relaxation observed by DMA. As in the previous study, the fracture surfaces of the impact tested specimens were analyzed in order to confirm the brittle or ductile character of the fracture indicated by impact strength and the corresponding load-deflection diagrams.
The time-dependent sorption of biodiesel in a typical polyethylene for container applications is investigated in comparison to conventional diesel fuel at three different temperatures. In this context, the desorption behavior is also addressed. Subsequently, the effects of both penetrants on mechanical properties are characterized in terms of impact strength and dynamic-mechanical analysis. The discussion of property changes is firstly based on the sorption kinetics of biodiesel and diesel, which is determined by immersion experiments allowing for the calculation of respective diffusion coefficients. Changes in impact strength as determined by the Charpy method are further characterised in more detail by analyzing the fracture surfaces, and correlated with results of dynamic-mechanical analysis.


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His place of work was mainly Edgware in London and Reigate in Surrey, with his early glass being created at the Glass House, a purpose-built studio in Fulham run by Mary Lowndes and Alfred John Drury. He taught lithography and stained glass at the Royal College of Art, where he had also been a pupil under Martin Travers, and was recognised as a leading lithographer during the inter-war years, with several of his lithographs being held by the Devenish Collection.
There are examples of his stained glass in some very prestigious places, reflecting the respect in which he was held as an artist-craftsman. Amongst others:
- His 1958 work The Creation fills the four panels of the west window of Glasgow Cathedral.
- Three panels from 1954 are now installed in All Saints, Gobowen, Shropshire, having been brought from a redundant church in the London area.
- Three panels from 1959 are in St John the Baptist, Eton Wick, Buckinghamshire
- Two panels from 1950 are in St Mary, Mentmore, Buckinghamshire
- Three panels (The Conversion of St Paul, St Agatha, and St Faith) in the Christchurch Nurses Memorial Chapel, New Zealand have been atrributed to him.
- A single panel in eight sections representing St John the Baptist, made in 1938 for the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society show, was designed by Spear and made by John Barker and was given by Spear in 1979 to the Victoria and Albert Museum where it is presently stored.
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The Braves have announced that they'll retire No. 10, recently worn by the player forever known in these parts as Larry Jones. The Mets might or might not have a ceremony of their own soon — they've been coy about the chances of putting Mike Piazza's No. 31 on the wall when he's inducted to Cooperstown, and there's been a groundswell of support for retiring Gary Carter's No. 8 since the Kid's untimely death a year ago.
All this talk of retired numbers brought me back to a piece Greg and I penned for Amazin' Avenue's 2011 preview, in which we discussed the art and science of retired numbers and pondered whether any Mets were worthy of joining 37, 14, 41 and 42 at Citi Field. I thought it was worth looking back at that article and seeing if my thinking's changed.
There are no set criteria for retiring numbers — teams are all over the place in terms of whom they honor and why. The Red Sox, for example, only retire numbers for Hall of Famers who spent at least a decade in Boston. Whatever their ground rules, some teams are good at retiring numbers — take the Braves' pre-Larry list of Cox, Smoltz, Murphy, Spahn, Maddux, Niekro, Mathews, Aaron and Glavine, or the Orioles' roster of Weaver, Robinson, Robinson, Ripken, Palmer and Murray. Other teams, well, need some help: The Astros' list is Wynn, Cruz, Scott, Ryan, Wilson, Umbricht, Bagwell, Biggio and Dierker. The Marlins retired Joe DiMaggio's number. The Padres' retired Steve Garvey's. And lets reserve special scorn for the Nationals, who unretired the digits their Expo forebears had honored.
Whatever your take on retiring numbers, the arguments generally revolve around four factors:
* stats
* longevity
* titles
* X factor
The first three don't need much in the way of definition. The latter, though unquantifiable, doesn't either — we all understand that the name "Tug McGraw" quickens the pulse of Mets fans in a way that, say, "Howard Johnson" doesn't.
Back in 2011, Greg and I looked at seven potentially wall-worthy Mets. Here they are, with credentials briefly summarized:
Dwight Gooden (No. 16): 157 Met wins and that amazing '85 season; 11 years as a Met; one title; an icon turned star-crossed ex-con now thought of fondly but with sorrow and a certain wariness.
Keith Hernandez (No. 17): 939 hits as a Met; seven years in the fold; one title; X factor high as a player and enhanced by his becoming a broadcast-booth icon.
Howard Johnson (No. 20): 997 Met hits and three 30-30 campaigns; nine years as a Met; one title; for all that, not particularly remembered.
Jerry Koosman (No. 36): 140 wins plus four in the postseason; 12 years as a Met; one title; given his due but overshadowed, inevitably, by Tom Seaver.
Tug McGraw (No. 45): 85 saves; nine years as a Met; one title and one Dammit Yogi near-miss; "Ya Gotta Believe!"
Mike Piazza (No. 31): 30+ homers four times; eight years as a Met; no title; enormous X factor that his Hall of Fame induction will only enhance.
Darryl Strawberry (No. 18): only recently surrendered franchise hitting records to David Wright; eight years as a Met; one title; a polarizing figure while here, loathed for his exit but now embraced as a vaguely erratic crazy-uncle type.
Back then we didn't consider the case of Gary Carter, which at first made me wonder if something had been accidentally deleted. Here's the Kid:
Gary Carter (No. 8): 542 Met hits; five years with the team; one title; huge X factor as yin to Keith's yang and then as a good man gone too soon.
Back in 2011, I came to a reluctant conclusion, one that surprised me: I said the Mets shouldn't retire any of those numbers, and Greg didn't dissent, at least not publicly.
If you retire Tug's number, don't you also have to honor John Franco, who was here far longer and racked up far more saves? And does anyone seriously think John Franco's number should be retired? HoJo flunks the X factor test, as does (by a smaller margin) Koosman. Gooden and Straw are icons but ultimately cautionary what-if tales. As for Gary Carter, he's beloved and should be, but our love for the Kid and our grief over his death shouldn't blind us to the fact that he was a Met for just five years, or that one of those years was mediocre and another was awful.
That leaves Keith Hernandez and Mike Piazza. Keith's a bit short in stats, while Piazza's short in tenure and never won a title.
In 2011 I concluded that neither quite qualified for having their numbers retired. Is that still true in 2013?
The cute answer would be that neither Hernandez nor Piazza has driven in run since 2011, so how are their cases any better now than they are then? But as fans we're constantly reassessing players and eras, so our conclusions may change.
And for whatever reason, mine have — I think the Mets should retire 31 and 17, in recognition of two players who defined their eras, and who have come to represent their teams.
True, Piazza's tenure was abbreviated and he never got a ring. But he gave the Mets star power again when they desperately needed it, and he might go into the Hall of Fame with an NY on his cap. As for Keith, his Mets legend has been on the ascent since "Seinfeld," and he now embodies the reckless, no-prisoners spirit of the '86 team. Retiring their numbers would celebrate their accomplishments, but they'd also pay tribute to brief but glorious periods in team history.
But I think the Mets should then do something else — namely, ease certain numbers into quasi-retirement.
Not retiring a number doesn't mean you hand it over to the latest wide-eyed arrival from Las Vegas. No Met has worn 31 since Piazza left town, and that's as it should be. The Mets have kept 24 mostly mothballed since Willie Mays's cameo, handing it out only to Rickey Henderson and, um, Kelvin Torve. But without speaking ill of Dave Gallagher, David Newhan or Tito Navarro, no Met should have worn 8 or 17 or 36 since their examplars left town either.
The Mets wouldn't be alone in such quasi-retirements: The Tigers have kept 1 and 47 on ice since the tenures of Lou Whitaker and Jack Morris. It's a good answer — not a retirement, but a sign of respect that deepens a sense of Mets history.
So there we have it: Retire 31 and 17, with tons of pomp and circumstance. But at the same time, put 8, 16, 18, 36 and 45 on the shelf next to 24, to be assigned infrequently, and only when circumstances warrant. (Sorry HoJo.) If you're not a gamer of a catcher, you're not wearing 8. If you're not a cerebral, skilled lefty starter, you don't qualify for 36. If you're not a gutsy fireman with a certain swagger, 45 doesn't go on your back.
And if Travis d'Arnaud should be the real deal and do 8 proud? We should have such problems.
Until the Mets retire more numbers, put 37 14 41 42 on your chest with a Faith and Fear t-shirt.
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SANTA MONICA, Calif. – Fighters on Bellator's new reality show aren't just competing for the right to participate in the promotion's fall welterweight tournament – every step counts.
Louisiana Boxing and Wrestling Commission Chairman Alvin Topham today confirmed to MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) that all fights on the reality show will be classified as two-round professional bouts.
However, official results from the show won't be released until after each episode airs, a Spike official confirmed.
A joint announcement by Spike TV and Bellator executives today confirmed the long-anticipated reality show, which will be overseen by the LBWC when it begins filming at the end of this week.
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Sixteen welterweight hopefuls will be housed at the venue and vie for a shot at a $100,000 tournament payout for Bellator tourney winners.
Professional elimination bouts are a departure from Spike TV's previous work in MMA reality programming, which was partnered with UFC parent Zuffa before a split in 2011. "The Ultimate Fighter," which now airs on FX, was filmed in Las Vegas and featured exhibition bouts overseen by the Nevada State Athletic Commission. The bouts did not count on a participant's pro record.
Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney said fans should expect a mix of experienced veterans and newcomers on the show, which recently completed casting. Although some of the former expressed a desire to jump directly into a Bellator tournament, others saw the potential benefit of TV exposure.
"A lot of them look at it and say it's an incredible branding opportunity," he said.
All, however, will emerge from the show with a better or worse resume.
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On Thursday, talking to students at the University of Denver, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said the Wikileaks case will result in the Court likely weighing the First Amendment against national security. She made the comment in response to a question posed by a student.
|Sotomayor made her comments about the First Amendment at the University of Denver on Thursday.
"That was not the beginning of that question, but an issue that keeps arising from generation to generation, of how far we will permit government restriction on freedom of speech in favor of protection of the country," Sotomayor said. "There's no black-and-white line." According to Sotomayor, the balance between national security and free speech is "a constant struggle in this society, between our security needs and our first amendment rights, and one that has existed throughout our history."
Following the release of over 90,000 documents by Wikileaks in July, the Pentagon found no evidence that the disclosure harmed U.S. national security or endangered American troops in the field. The Pentagon review team consists of military intelligence analysts, lawyers and others working for the Joint Chiefs of Staffs and other elements of the Defense Department.
The Obama administration and certain members of Congress, however, have portrayed the release as a dire threat to national security. Obama asked Britain, Germany, Australia, and other allies to consider criminal charges against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the organization is guilty of "moral culpability" in the murder of U.S. soldiers. The ranking Republican on the House Homeland Security Committee, Rep. Peter King, said the release of documents violates espionage laws and amounts to treason. The FBI is investigating and the Justice Department said it was looking into pursuing criminal charges in the case. Rep. Mike Rogers, a Michigan Republican, has demanded the death penalty for SPC Bradley Manning, the man arrested and charged with providing the documents to Wikileaks.
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Julian Assange had contacted the White House prior to releasing the documents and the New York Times acted as an intermediary. Wikileaks wanted to give the government a chance to make sure innocent people were identified, but the White House did not respond to the offer. The Times, Britain's The Guardian, and the German weekly Der Spiegel published selected Wikileaks documents without consulting the government.
Sotomayor's comment is a warning that the Supreme Court may soon use the Wikileaks case to restrict the First Amendment. In the United States, the corporate media did not report on her comments, with the notable exception of the Associated Press.
Prior to her comments, Sen. Charles Schumer and Sen. Dianne Feinstein said the Free Flow of Information Act may need to be modified in response to Wikileaks. The senators want to change the language to specify that Wikileaks and organizations like it will not be able to use the act to protect the identities of confidential sources. Kurt Wimmer, an attorney representing the Newspaper Association of America, agreed with this exclusion. "There's a distinction (between) how Wikileaks works and how news media organizations work," he said and described Wikileaks as more of "a drop box for leaked documents" than a legitimate news source.
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As the government prepares to roll back the First Amendment under the rubric of national security, we should consider the words of Hugo Black, considered one of the most influential Supreme Court justices in the 20th century, who said the following in the Pentagon Papers case:
In the First Amendment, the Founding Fathers gave the free press the protection it must have to fulfill its essential role in our democracy. The press was to serve the governed, not the governors. The Government's power to censor the press was abolished so that the press would remain forever free to censure the Government. The press was protected so that it could bare the secrets of government and inform the people. Only a free and unrestrained press can effectively expose deception in government. And paramount among the responsibilities of a free press is the duty to prevent any part of the government from deceiving the people and sending them off to distant lands to die of foreign fevers and foreign shot and shell. (Emphasis added.)
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Sean Cassidy was born as the heir to the castle and estate of Cassidy Keep, Ireland, as well as a small fortune. After graduating from Trinity College, Dublin, with the degree of Bachelor of Science, Cassidy became a detective at Interpol, the international law enforcement organization. By the time he married Maeve Rourke, Cassidy had risen to the rank of Inspector at Interpol. Although Cassidy had discovered his mutant powers in his adolescence, he kept them secret, even from the rest of Interpol.[citation needed]
However, Cassidy's powers were known to his disreputable cousin, Black Tom Cassidy, who had discovered that he himself was a superhumanly powerful mutant. Sean and Black Tom had long been rivals, especially over the love of Maeve, before she ultimately married Sean.[citation needed]
Sean was assigned by Interpol to a top secret mission which required that he stay out of touch with his family for a considerable amount of time. When he left on the mission, Maeve was in her first month of pregnancy, although neither Sean nor Maeve knew it at the time. Their daughter, Theresa, was born during Sean's absence. Shortly after Theresa's birth, Maeve took the infant Theresa with her on a visit to her relatives in Armagh in Northern Ireland. While she was there, Maeve, an innocent bystander, was killed in an IRA (Irish Republican Army) bombing along with a number of other people. No trace of Maeve was found by the authorities and they, and Maeve's relatives who knew of Theresa's existence, assumed that Theresa had also been killed in the explosion and never told Sean that Maeve had had a daughter. In fact, however, Black Tom Cassidy had been present at the scene of the explosion and had secretly carried Theresa off with him. Black Tom suspected that Theresa might develop superhuman mutant powers as she grew older, and therefore he intended to raise her secretly so that he might exploit her powers himself.[citation needed]
On returning from his mission, Sean was informed that his wife was dead. At first, Cassidy attempted to escape his despair over this news by throwing himself into his work at Interpol. Eventually, however, the still melancholy Cassidy left Interpol to become a freelance operative and, as time went on, found himself engaged in some criminal activities.[citation needed]
Factor Three
The legal authorities never discovered that Cassidy was guilty of crimes, but the mutant known as the Changeling did, thanks to the technology of the subversive organization of superhumanly powerful mutants and their underlings known as Factor Three. The Changeling contacted Cassidy, whom Factor Three's technology had also identified as a superhumanly powerful mutant, and invited him to join the organization. Cassidy was appalled upon learning of Factor Three's goals and adamantly refused. However, the Changeling and his superior, the so-called Mutant Master, agreed that Cassidy's powers and knowledge of the workings of law enforcement agencies were too valuable for Factor Three to lose, and so they sent their agents to capture Cassidy. Factor Three placed a headband containing explosives around Cassidy's head. If Cassidy defied their orders, the headband could be detonated by remote control; it would also detonate if Cassidy attempted to remove the headband himself. Furthermore, Factor Three put Cassidy, who went by the code name of Banshee, under the supervision of one of their trusted human agents, the Ogre. Banshee thus felt forced to obey Factor Three's commands and, accompanied by the Ogre, performed various criminal missions for the organization.[1]
While in New York City on a mission for Factor Three, Banshee clashed with the original X-Men, who captured both him and the Ogre. The X-Men's leader, Professor Charles Xavier, used a psionic "mental bolt" on Banshee's headband which prevented the detonation mechanism from functioning so that the Banshee could remove it. Once freed of the headband, Banshee told the X-Men all that he knew about Factor Three. Banshee discovered Factor Three's secret European headquarters, only to be recaptured. He participated in the X-Men's battle with the Mutant Master and it was his powers which exposed the Mutant Master as an extraterrestrial.[2]
Banshee returned to an honest life and time passed without major incident for him, except for his brief captivities by the Sentinels, and by the second Secret Empire. Professor Xavier later invited the Banshee to join the X-Men, when he was recruiting new members to battle the menace of Krakoa[3]. After most of the original team left, Cassidy, along with fellow new recruits Colossus, Nightcrawler, Storm, Wolverine, and Thunderbird, stayed as members of the new X-Men. The second group of X-Men were mostly adults and required no tutoring from Professor X, but trained in the use of their powers, in the Danger Room[4]. It was during this time that he met Prof. Xavier's silent partner, the Scottish geneticist Dr. Moira MacTaggert.[5]
Sean was among those captured by Steven Lang's Sentinels and taken aboard Lang's space station.[6] After a trip to Cassidy Keep, they battled Juggernaut and Black Tom.[7]
During a picnic, they briefly battled Weapon Alpha, who accidentally wounded Dr. MacTaggert and enraged Sean.[8] Cassidy and Dr. MacTaggert soon fell in love, but while Cassidy was based at Prof. Xavier's mansion, Dr. MacTaggert was based at her Mutant Research Center on Muir Island off the coast of Scotland.[citation needed]
In Agarashima, Japan they battled Moses Magnum, a criminal mastermind who had been endowed with the psionic power to cause earthquakes. Magnum unleashed tremendous psionic energy in an attempt to create seismic waves great enough to cause a chain reaction that would destroy Japan. Banshee, simultaneously, used his powers to create waves of vibratory force that would cancel out the waves of force that Magnum was creating. Banshee succeeded, to the extent that only small uninhabited islands in the vicinity of Magnum's base were destroyed. However, the tremendous strain that Banshee had placed upon his powers in performing this heroic feat seriously damaged his vocal cords. Cassidy soon regained his ability to speak, but his superhuman sonic powers, which were dependent on his vocal cords, appeared to have been destroyed.[9]
Cassidy accompanied the X-Men to Muir Island where they battled the menace of Proteus, Dr. Moira MacTaggert's mutant son, who at one point took his mother prisoner. Proteus was defeated and the experience of seeing the woman he loved in danger made Cassidy realize that he wanted to stay by her side.[10] Therefore, Cassidy retired from the X-Men and he and Dr. Moira MacTaggert divided their time between Cassidy Keep and Muir Island. Cassidy briefly returned to aid the X-Men against operatives of Arcade, during an emergency situation when Miss Locke kidnapped Dr. MacTaggert and most of the X-Men were simultaneously engaged in conflict with an android which Doctor Doom had created in his own image.[11]
Later, the X-Men battled Black Tom Cassidy, his partner the Juggernaut, and Theresa, who had developed sonic powers of her own, which she used under the alias of Siryn. Theresa felt obliged by her duty toward Black Tom, the man who had raised her (and whom she called "uncle" out of respect, although they were actually cousins), to assist him in his crimes. After they were defeated by the X-Men, Black Tom gave Theresa a letter to Sean, explaining that she was his daughter. Sean and Theresa were joyfully united at Xavier's mansion. Sean was later captured by Thunderbird, brother to the original Thunderbird who blamed Xavier for his brother's death, and was rescued by the X-Men.[citation needed]
Generation X
After rejoining the X-Men as an active member, Banshee suddenly realized the Phalanx's kidnapping of the X-Men. He and Emma Frost worked to save some young mutants targeted by the Phalanx. Banshee later became the co-head master of the Massachusetts branch of the Xavier institute along with Emma Frost, the branch that housed Generation X.[12][13]
Generation X disbanded after Chamber's graduation, shortly after the death of Sean's lover, Moira MacTaggart. Sean became inactive, until he turned back to his alcoholism for a brief period, and then his bitterness towards the mutants who were like those who killed her got to him.[citation needed]
Sean founded X-Corps, a superhuman militia organization that used primarily mind-controlled former terrorist mutants to protect mutant kind at large. Mystique infiltrated the organization in disguise, and slit Cassidy's throat. Luckily, he managed to capture Mystique by releasing Abyss, a mutant who could open an other-dimensional portal.[citation needed]
He did little more without his powers for a long time, until he was asked by the X-Men to go to Muir Island after M-Day to look for any notes that might help find Professor X. Sean uncovered some startling information, and quickly arranged a flight to Westchester.[citation needed]
He was supposed to meet Nightcrawler and Wolverine but noticed that the Blackbird seemed to be heading towards a plane on a collision course. He quickly used his powers to fly and attempted to use his sonic scream to stop the plane from hurting the passengers. Sadly, it was not enough to stop the Blackbird and it rammed into him as well as the plane filled with innocent passengers.[14] Banshee's body was found by Kurt and Logan. When the X-Men were blamed for the situation early on, Emma Frost told O.N.E. that the attack also killed the X-Men's best friend.[15]
Cyclops delivered the news of Banshee's death to his daughter, Siryn.[16] Siryn was given a video tape that Banshee had made for the purpose of delivering a message to his daughter when he died. In the message, Banshee stated that he felt he had done more good than bad in his life, and that he hoped St. Peter would allow him entrance into Heaven. He expressed the hope that he would there be re-united with Siryn's mother. Siryn refused to believe that Banshee was really dead, citing all of the X-Men in the past who have been presumed dead but later returned. Sean willed Siryn Cassidy Keep, as well as his pipe.[citation needed]
He was buried at the Xavier Institute, alongside the empty graves of Sway and Petra Kristensen.[17]
Banshee was seen in Erebus by Hercules along with many other deceased beings, gambling for his soul.[citation needed]
Later, Banshee, along with many other deceased mutants, was resurrected by Selene and Eli Bard with the Transmode Virus.[18] When her plans fell through, Banshee returned to the land of the dead, until the Chaos King waged war on reality and the gates to the Underworld were opened, allowing Banshee and many other deceased heroes to return. Banshee along with his fellow resurrected X-Men Thunderbird, Esme and Sophie Cuckoo, Moira MacTaggert, and three Multiple Men dupes fought the forces of the Carrion Crow, a minion of the Chaos King. After succeeding in their mission to repair Earth's ley lines and defeat the Carrion Crow, Sean returned to the realm of the dead with Moira in his arms.[19]
Horseman of Death
Banshee was brought back to life by the Apocalypse Twins, using both the Life Seed and Death Seed, in order to serve, alongside Sentry, Grim Reaper, and Daken, as one of their Horsemen of Death.[20] Banshee later ended up in the X-Men's custody as Beast concluded that healing Banshee of the Death Seed energy that made him a Horseman of Death would take years and highly advanced technology.[21]
Post Age of X-Man
Sean later resurfaced as part of the Mutant Liberation Front along with Hope Summers.[22]. After a confrontation with the X-Men and newest incarnation of the Brotherhood of Mutants, Sean rejoined the X-Men [23]
When attacking the O*N*E headquarters, he was caught with a huge, big weapon like a hulk killer. The machine caught Banshee and crushed him under its foot. Banshee managed to belt out a final scream which detonated the robot, killing Sean in the ensuing chaos. The X-Men mourned him as they knew the explosion caused his death.[24]
House of X
Sean Cassidy was at some point resurrected by a group of mutants known as "The Five" (Eva Bell, Proteus, Hope Summers, Elixir, and Goldballs), completely cured of the Death Seed energy. He was living on the sovereign nation-state of Krakoa for mutants, created by Charles Xavier, Magneto, and Moira X.[25] He was later seen at the celebration following the recognition of Krakoa as a sovereign nation by the United Nations and the first meeting of the Quiet Council. While partying he shared a knowing look with his daughter Siryn, just before she teamed up with Dazzler to produce a lightshow for the partiers.[26][27]
Powers and Abilities
|Power Grid [29]
|Energy Projection
|Fighting Skills
Banshee is a mutant who possesses unusually strong sonic abilities.
Acoustikinesis: He created powerful sonic waves with his voice with which he could achieve various effects, often with the assistance of psionic abilities which function only in unison with his sonic abilities.
- Sonic Scream: He had the ability to shatter solid objects with an incredibly loud and destructive sonic scream.
- Flight: He had the ability to fly at subsonic speeds by using his voice to propel him through the air and ride via sound waves.
- Sonar: He could use his sonic powers as a form of sonar (Sound Navigation and Ranging). By sending out a precise, pure note and listening to the returning, altered wave-front of the note, he could evaluate his surroundings in total darkness with varying degrees of resolution.
- Sonic Shield: He could tighten sound waves around himself or others near him, making a barrier against outside attack.
- Vocal Disorientation: He had the ability to change someone's balance, by affecting their equilibrium using his sonic scream.
- Vocal Trance: He had the ability to subtly influence people's subconscious mind by changing the tones and vibrations of his voice using hypersonic suggestions and persuasive abilities.
- Vocal Unconsciousness: He had the ability to affect the fluid in someone's ear causing the person to go unconscious.
- Sound Immunity: Banshee's hearing and equilibrium were unaffected by his hypersonic abilities or other similar sound/sonic-based abilities.
- Superhuman Vocal Stamina: He possessed superhuman stamina in his lungs, throat, and vocal cords.
A gifted detective, seasoned undercover operative, and unarmed combatant, Sean was also well-versed in combat strategy and tactics. He was an excellent marksman, amateur machine-smith, educator, organizer, and lobbyist. His interests included American country music and playing the piano.
Strength level
Sean Cassidy possesses the normal human strength of a man of his age, height, and weight who engages in moderate regular exercise.
His vocal cords were susceptible to injury from excessive strain in using sonic powers. He had also survived normally fatal throat wounds at the cost of his sonic powers temporarily.
Banshee's Wings: Professor X developed a harness for Banshee's X-Uniform. Using the Harness and his sonic scream he is able to glide on air currents. Using the harness he is able to fly at subsonic speeds.
Flight under his own power; X-Men Blackbird, X-Men Stratojet, Professor Xavier's Rolls Royce.
Conventional firearms, explosive "micro-bombs".
- When originally created, Roy Thomas and Werner Roth had the Banshee as a female, but Stan Lee told them that female villains were not as popular as male, and she was changed into a male. Roy noted that the way Siryn looked is what Banshee was originally going to look like.
- Banshee was also immune to his cousin Black Tom's energy blasts.
- The "ribbons" on Banshee's costume (a visual trademark of the character) aided him in his flight.
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- ↑ X-Men #28
- ↑ X-Men #35-38
- ↑ Giant-Size X-Men #1
- ↑ X-Men #94
- ↑ X-Men #96
- ↑ X-Men #98
- ↑ Marvel Team-Up #150
- ↑ X-Men #109
- ↑ X-Men #118-119
- ↑ X-Men #127-129
- ↑ Uncanny X-Men #145-148
- ↑ X-Men Vol 2 #36-37
- ↑ Uncanny X-Men #316-318
- ↑ X-Men: Deadly Genesis #2
- ↑ X-Men: Deadly Genesis #3
- ↑ X-Factor Vol 3 #7
- ↑ X-Men: Deadly Genesis #6
- ↑ X-Force Vol 3 #21-25
- ↑ Chaos War: X-Men #1-2
- ↑ Uncanny Avengers #9
- ↑ Uncanny Avengers #22
- ↑ Uncanny X-Men Vol 5 #15
- ↑ Uncanny X-Men Vol 5 #16
- ↑ Uncanny X-Men Vol 5 #21
- ↑ House of X #1
- ↑ House of X #6
- ↑ Powers of X #6
- ↑ Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z #1
- ↑ Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z Vol 1
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I think that's overemphasizing age a little bit if you are planning on doing that at every position. Dynasty drafts are so fun because people have such different strategies, but I personally think the first draft is a great time to get more aged players at value spots and strike quick in the league because of that depth. QB, being a position where you're not stockpiling depth, you can more afford to do this, but if you can get Mannings, Flacco, Roethlisberger, Romo at great value spots in the draft, why write them off entirely before you even go in? I find that the majority of the league will probably approach those names with similar hesitation, and that means that you are going to have heavy competition for the top "second tier" guys, who are basically all pretty big gambles outside of maybe Dalton. I personally would not jump into that fray where everyonne is going to be swinging if I can snag 32 year old Eli Manning or 33 year old Tony Romo after the likes of Bradford, Freeman, Locker have gone off the board.
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