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Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered security forces to be on high alert on Thursday to protect against attacks by militants ahead of next year's Winter Olympics in Sochi.
Russia, which this week hosts the G-20 meeting of major world economies, is battling an Islamist insurgency in the Caucasus region which grew out of two separatist wars in its Chechnya province since the fall of the Soviet Union.
In Russia's Caucasus province of Dagestan, a suicide bomber killed three policemen on Thursday, detonating explosives when police stopped his car for a routine documents check on the outskirts of the city of Khasavyurt.
Police later killed six militants in a shootout nearby, Russia's Anti-terrorism Committee (NAK)said.
Putin told senior officers from the Federal Security Service domestic intelligence agency that "all anti-terrorist forces should be at the highest level of alertness and readiness."
"The most important thing here is the protection of people's lives," he said in remarks broadcast on national television.
"It is necessary to provide reliable anti-terrorist protection of...large-scale public, international events soon to take place in our country," he said.
Putin, who rose to prominence by crushing the Chechen separatist rebellion, is seeking to boost Russia's prominence by hosting more high-profile international events such as the G-20 and the World Cup in 2018. He has ordered security officials to make sure both events are secure.
Next year's Olympics in Sochi have been declared a target by the Caucasus Emirate group, which claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing at Moscow's Domodedovo airport in January 2011 that killed 37 people. It also claimed two bombings of Moscow's metro system in 2010 that killed 40 people.
Militant violence in the Caucasus is rooted in two separatist wars fought in Chechnya in the 1990s until 2000. Since then it has spread to neighbouring regions.
Dagestan, on the eastern edge of the Caucasus mountain chain, is hit by almost daily bomb attacks and shootings targeting policemen and officials.
It was unclear how many people were in the suicide bomber's car before he detonated the explosives, but the Interior Ministry said that the original target was likely in Khasavyurt.
"Police officers stopped the... car for a check. Behind the wheel was a terrorist suicide bomber," the ministry statement said. "When police officers walked up to the car, he detonated the explosive device."
One person remained unaccounted for and six police were taken to hospital, officials said.
Television showed pictures of the twisted wreckage of the car and police cars with its windows blown out near the security checkpoint, one of many in the restive region where police regularly check identity papers.
The Investigative Committee, a criminal investigation arm that answers only to Putin, said the explosion tore a hole almost four metres (13 feet) wide in the checkpoint building.
Human rights groups say the insurgency, led by self-styled emir of the North Caucasus Doku Umarov, is being driven by a volatile mix of religion, corruption and grievances against the strong-arm tactics of some local leaders against suspected militants and their families.
The suicide bombing followed a police raid on a Dagestani forest hideout that killed five militants earlier this week.
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After openly admitting that they screwed up over Facebook's IPO, NASDAQ is now planning to compensate those who made a loss when their systems failed to allow trades to take place.
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text: Taking their name from Rogue Trader, the 1998 psychological drama featuring Ewan McGregor, the electro-rock group Rogue Traders was formed in the early 2000s by longtime friends and collaborators James Ash and Steve Davis. The musicians had first met in 1989 while DJing in London, and they achieved their biggest successes under the dance moniker Union State. Upon the group's relocation to Melbourne in 1992, Union State scored two international hits with "Out to Get You" and "Retrosexual." A decade later, however, Ash and Davis' decided to reinvent their sound. Their dance-tastic new project made its debut in 2003 with We Know What You're Up To, and the leadoff single "Need You to Show Me" peaked at number 16 on Australia's Top 40 Club Chart. A second single, "Give In to Me," wasn't nearly as successful, but Rogue Traders earned their biggest props with their cover remix of INXS' "Need You Tonight." Retitled "One of My Kind," the song charted at number ten in Australia and became a club hit across the U.K. Ash and Davis also went on to win an ARIA Award for Best Dance Single for "One of My Kind" before 2003 came to a close. Aussie soap starlet Natalie Bassingthwaighte joined Rogue Traders' ranks in 2005. Best known for her portrayal of Isabelle "Izzy" Hoyland on the long-running Australian soap opera Neighbours -- the same drama that brought fame to actress-turned-singers Kylie Minogue and Natalie Imbruglia -- Bassingthwaighte had met Ash and Davis in winter 2004 when she auditioned for the group. Her foxy, vampy performance was more than enough to make her frontwoman. Around this time, Davis went behind the scenes to focus on Rogue Traders' songwriting. Tim Henwood (guitar) and Cameron McGlinchey (drums) climbed on board, completing the band's touring lineup with Bassingthwaighte on vocals and Ash on keyboards. The new group returned with a sophomore effort entitled Here Come the Drums in 2005, and first single "Voodoo Child" became an international club smash. Combining a rhythmic attack and Bassingthwaighte's sultry vocals with samples from Elvis Costello's "Pump It Up," "Voodoo Child" earned a number four spot on the Australian singles chart. Rogue Traders also earned three ARIA nominations for the song: Best Dance Release, Best Video, and Engineer of the Year. By December, Here Come the Drums had gone platinum in Australia and earned the Rogue Traders an opening slot on Kelly Clarkson's Breakaway Tour. Here Come the Drums found its way to the U.K. in July 2006. Two years later, however, Bassingthwaighte left the group to pursue a solo career, followed one month later by the departure of McGlinchey. ~ MacKenzie Wilson


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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Storm Troopers, cyborgs, superheroes and other comic-book fans can count on their annual pilgrimage to San Diego for another four years.
San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders announced Monday that Comic-Con has extended its contract with the city through 2016. It had been set to expire in 2015.
The pop-culture convention draws 130,000 visitors from around the world and contributes more than $180 million to the city's economy, Sanders said.
Comic-Con began in San Diego in 1970 but has become so popular over the past four decades that it has outgrown the San Diego Convention Center.
Comic-Con spokesman David Glanzer said city officials and local businesses have helped the event remain in San Diego by allowing organizers to expand beyond the convention center to create a "Comic-Con campus" using meeting space in nearby hotels.
"We were born in San Diego, so our hope is to stay here," Glanzer said. "But first and foremost, we have to look at the ability to put on a successful show and meet the needs of the people who attend the show."
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) Frank Gore quickly gave credit to rookie LaMichael James for an impressive NFL debut - and for taking some pressure off the three-time Pro Bowler in the process.
``He kept me fresh,'' Gore said. ``It's great.''
Anthony Dixon is doing his part for San Francisco, too. Gore and Dixon each ran for 1-yard touchdowns, and the 49ers' versatile running game showed its depth in Sunday's 27-13 victory against the Miami Dolphins. Gore led the way en route to his sixth career 1,000-yard rushing season and 50th touchdown on the ground.
``I said the first week of the year I feel like we have the best backfield in the league,'' Dixon said. ``We have a lot of talent, we are super deep. I know coach has a hard time trying to figure out what to do with all of us. It's a good problem. We just try to feed off each other.''
James, a second-round draft pick this year out of Oregon, was active for the first time all season Sunday and took advantage with eight carries for 30 yards. James' performance helps the Niners (9-3-1) cope with the devastating, season-ending loss of backup Kendall Hunter to an ankle injury suffered at New Orleans on Nov. 25.
Both Dixon and James play key roles on special teams as well.
But James' production and ability to spell Gore down the stretch will be important for the 49ers as they look to make another run at the Super Bowl after falling short in overtime of the NFC championship game against the Giants last January.
``Kendall was a big part of our team, and LaMichael can do similar stuff as Kendall, and that's good,'' Gore said. ``Happy for him. I saw LaMichael when he first got here. The offense was kind of tough for him. Camp was going kind of tough. He wasn't used to playing in small spaces, but he did a (heckuva) job.''
One potential distraction for this close-knit group is gone.
Brandon Jacobs' short time with San Francisco is all but over after he was suspended Monday for the final three regular-season games. It's doubtful he would rejoin the team for the playoffs.
While the 49ers didn't provide a reason for the suspension, Jacobs had become increasingly vocal via social media during the weekend about his frustration over a lack of playing time. He referenced being ``on this team rotting away.''
He has only played in two games this season, managing 7 yards on five carries. Jacobs spent his first seven NFL seasons with the New York Giants, winning two Super Bowl rings.
Coach Jim Harbaugh declined to address Jacobs' comments on Monday, even when asked whether Jacobs is still on the team.
``I'll go with the fifth amendment,'' Harbaugh said. ``Just at this time, at this hour I choose to have no comment on that.''
Now, Harbaugh and his players can move on without having to deal with the disgruntled Jacobs in the locker room - or the sight of the 6-foot-4, 264-pound tailback pounding his fists into the padding of the goal post on game day as his quirky pregame ritual.
After the way he played Sunday, James could get more chances Sunday at New England.
``LaMichael got those touches. Thought he made a real, real good contribution, both in the kick-off return game and offensively,'' Harbaugh said.
Gore certainly likes San Francisco's variety of offensive options as the 49ers head out to face the AFC East-leading Patriots (9-3) in a game that should provide quite the measuring stick for both teams in mid-December.
Not that Gore needs much to go on: His numbers tell the story of his eighth NFL season at age 29. He has 1,035 yards on 211 carries for seven touchdowns, and averages 4.9 yards per carry.
Along with going over 1,000 yards rushing with a 63-yard outing against the Dolphins, Gore matched his mentor, Roger Craig, and late Hall of Famer Joe Perry for the franchise record in rushing touchdowns with 50.
``I always knew Frank was a great running back,'' said quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who led a winning effort in his fourth straight start and fourth ever. ``Being out there on the field and seeing some of the cuts he makes and how he protects in pass protection, I don't think there's another back like him in this league.''
Notes: Harbaugh didn't yet have an update on the status of DL and core special teams player Demarcus Dobbs, who was carted off the field in the first half Sunday with a right knee injury. ``We'll know more when the MRI comes back. We'll see,'' Harbaugh said. ... First-round draft pick WR A.J. Jenkins also made his NFL debut Sunday. While he didn't have a catch, Harbaugh saw plenty of positives. ``A.J. probably was in there eight or nine snaps and had a real nice block on Frank's draw play that nearly scored,'' Harbaugh said. ``Ran a route, didn't get the ball, but ran right past his man.''
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But that wasn't the first time net users banded together to protect our online freedom of speech.
In February 1996, another U.S. law called the Communications Decency Act (CDA) threatened our online freedom. Immediately after the new law passed, the Blue Ribbon Online Free Speech Campaign was formed to try to defeat it. A parallel campaign called the Great Web Blackout even staged—you guessed it—a blackout of web pages in protest.
Want to know what happened? Here's a profile of the Blue Ribbon Online Free Speech Campaign.
A threat to free speech
But because the language in the Act's provisions was too vague, the CDA was too far-reaching. The Act's definition of obscene material included "indecent speech," a term which can be interpreted in many different ways. This meant that a huge range of information—on abortion or sexual health, for example—could have been outlawed under the CDA. And that had potential to seriously limit free speech online.
It was time to act.
Fighting back with blue ribbons
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) jointly filed a lawsuit claiming the CDA violated the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment, which protects freedom of speech.
The EFF, a donor-funded nonprofit that defends digital rights, also quickly began organizing a grassroots campaign called the Blue Ribbon Campaign. The campaign organizers asked supporters to "Display the Blue Ribbon to support the essential human right of free speech, a fundamental building block of free society, affirmed by the U.S. Bill of Rights in 1791 and by the U.N. Declaration of Human Rights in 1948."
"Display the Blue Ribbon to support the essential human right of free speech."Blogs and websites all over the world displayed blue ribbons to demonstrate their support. Here's what the simple GIF and PNG images looked like—the internet was a different place back then!
Aims of the Blue Ribbon Campaign
The campaign also used innovative strategies still used by digital rights activists today. The web code used to display the Blue Ribbon allowed the EFF to "replace the 'usual' Blue Ribbon icon with an 'ALERT!' version… during action alerts." A similar method was used by the Internet Defense League in 2016.
The Blue Ribbon Campaign helps defeat the CDA
Without a doubt, the Blue Ribbon Campaign was crucial in mobilizing internet users and webmasters to join the resistance against threats to online free speech. Thousands of sites across the globe displayed the blue ribbon in support of free speech, and, in a parallel act of resistance, over 1,400 sites turned their pages black for Black Thursday, on February 8, 1996.
Blue ribbons return to protest COPA
The purpose of COPA was to make it illegal to commercially distribute material that was harmful to minors via the internet. The EFF's "numerous problems" with COPA included "overbreadth, vagueness of definitions of key terms such as 'commercial,' an illegal attempt to force adults to give up privacy to exercise their right to read... and a flawed 'community standards' approach that would allow the most conservative jurisdiction in the US country to set the 'decency' standards for all Web content nationally (indeed, globally)."
"an illegal attempt to force adults to give up privacy to exercise their right to read..."With help from the second Blue Ribbon Campaign, COPA was struck down by a U.S. federal court in 1999.
Laying a foundation for digital activism
The Blue Ribbon Online Free Speech Campaign was central to that protest. It raised public awareness and helped change opinions about our rights online.
It also set the standard for future digital rights campaigns by introducing 'action alert' web code and easy ways to visibly support free speech online. Today's campaigns are much more sophisticated, but they still use the same core ideas.
We can't know what the internet would be like today without the Blue Ribbon Campaign. We can only be thankful it protected our rights.


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Can you give me some references of Reformed authors who are experts in evangelism who avoid the trap of "decisional regeneration" so rampant here in North America for the past century or two?
[Editor's note: Those unfamiliar with the term "decisional regeneration" may find these comments helpful:
There is a popular misconception that being born again results from a person's decision to invite Christ into his life. This view is widely held in Baptist, Nazarene, Wesleyan, Pentecostal and independent churches. It is the view of most evangelists doing area-wide crusades. One such evangelist actually wrote a book entitled How to Be Born Again (as if the Holy Spirit needed instruction!). This view may be designated decisional regeneration. It is demonstrably faulty, for it contradicts the express teaching that being born again is not "of the will of the flesh" (See John 1:12-13.) What does this mean? The New International Version renders this: "not of human decision." John's point is that an individual by making a decision does not cause his own new birth.
--Stephen Pribble, "Do You Know the Truth About Being Born Again?"
You may like to read this helpful study of regeneration in its entirety. To do so, just click on the preceding link.]
There are many authors who meet your criteria. Let me suggest three: John Benton, John Blanchard, and Peter Jeffrey. Each has written several books and pamphlets.
Three booklets I have used in my evangelistic work are:
Which Way to God?, Peter Jeffrey (Evangelical Press)
Ultimate Questions, John Blanchard (Evangelical Press)
Coming to Faith in Christ, John Benton (Banner of Truth)
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Summit County Sheriff John Minor has signed on with sheriffs across the state in opposing a set of proposed bills that would impose tighter restrictions on firearms in the wake of a wave of high-profile gun violence last year.
The County Sheriffs of Colorado released a position paper last week stating recent massacres at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, and the Century Theatre in Aurora should not "be used as a backdrop to advance gun-control legislation."
"It was basically our way of saying you need to have a bit of a cooling-down period before you start making laws, with all these tragedy-fueled emotions," Minor said.
The statement came just days before Democrats in Denver announced a package of bills that would seek to implement a "comprehensive" series of new gun regulations. The measures call for a range of action, from holding assault-style weapons manufacturers and sellers liable for damage inflicted by their products to limiting the number of rounds in ammunition magazines.
"The legislation we introduce today will not bring all gun violence in Colorado to a halt, but it will reduce gun violence," said state House Speaker Mark Ferrandino (D – Denver). Survivors and family members of victims of the Columbine High School, Aurora theater and recent elementary school shootings joined him for the announcement Tuesday.
But Minor, a Republican, said lawmakers' efforts are misguided, potentially making criminals out of a million gun owners statewide without effectively targeting the problems at the heart of the shootings.
"There will be a plethora of lawsuits and we will spend millions upon millions of taxpayer dollars," Minor said. "Instead, we could be spending that money on securing our schools and dealing with mental health issues."
The County Sheriffs of Colorado noted gun control will not reduce crime rates, citing the examples of Washington, D.C., and Chicago, cities with tight restrictions on firearms and high rates of violent crime, according to the statement.
Minor noted that homicide rates in Colorado fell substantially in 2011.
Summit County's state representative Mille Hamner (D – Dillon), shied away from taking a hard line on potential gun-control measures, but said she would support legislation that strikes a balance.
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In 2010, teams of Boulder citizens found Boulder could reliably reduce carbon emissions by replacing much of the electrical power generated using fossil fuels, especially coal, with sustainable renewable energy, at comparable costs. Available local energy resources were studied and modeled. Economic, financial, regulatory and legal constraints were also considered. Modeling large amounts of renewables verified systems can be as reliable as the status quo or even better. Our results convinced us a Boulder Light and Power Utility may not only be feasible, it might be our best choice and certainly warrants serious consideration by our community.
Our conclusion came from answering three fundamental questions:
Can clean utilities increase RE (Renewable Energy) significantly beyond 30 percent?
Would a clean utility be reliable?
Would it cost customers more?
We came to favorable conclusions on these questions because:
Colorado is blessed with significant solar, wind and possibly biomass that can sustainably supply significant portions of our energy needs.
Modern natural gas turbines are very efficient, have lower entry costs than coal power plants, and eliminate coal plant's mercury and radioactive releases. Note: Burning either coal or gas contributes to global warming but gas turbines are more practically replaced with renewables.
Most important is a gas turbine's ability to quickly fill in when renewable supplies drop and just idle or turn off when renewables increase again. This allows gas, unlike baseload coal, to be a backup fuel that can be reduced as renewables use increases and possibly replaced completely with biogas or alternative fuels.
Replacing coal with RE eliminates coal's increasing fuel cost risk. Natural gas backup and cost risk also reduce as renewables are optimized with energy storage, lowering these relative to our current path.
Finally, to put this all together, low cost modeling tools are available to optimize how generation resources are reliably combined to serve electric loads (power use).
To model Boulder's power supply, we used HOMER, a professional energy resource modeling package developed at NREL (National Renewable Energy Lab) and later commercialized by HOMER Energy (http://homerenergy.com), a Boulder company with 81,796 users in 193 countries.
HOMER is an optimizing tool that minimizes the total cost of power generation by considering various sizes and combinations of resources to meet cost, emission and reliability constraints over all 8,760 hours of a typical year. It enforces reliability by requiring each hour's load be met completely with available resources. Because reliability is crucial, it was guaranteed by requiring HOMER include additional conservative costs for building enough hypothetical gas capacity to meet our peak usage plus 15 percent in reserve; 115 percent backup power ensures that when renewable energy is unavailable we would still have reliable power.
Generation cost estimates started with data from PUC (Public Utilities Commission) filings by Xcel and industry literature. Certain capital costs were adjusted to be more conservative. Solar and wind data came from NREL. Technology and prices in 2009 showed cleaner generation can be competitive versus current.
Clearly, the Boulder "Muni" assessment should update the conservative estimates to reflect significant improvements in cost and efficiency of today's technology and market options. Still, analysis showed a feasible business plan is possible for a 21st century power utility charging rates commensurate to those projected by Xcel, assuming finance and acquisition costs are below around $300 million or higher if financing beats the 7 percent nominal rate modeled for generation capital.
Local control allows for faster transition to renewables if citizens individually opt for additional renewables or should gas price increase rendering renewables more cost competitive. The recently passed CAP (Climate Action Plan) programs' efficiency and conservation improvements will help reduce bills by reducing generation costs.
A flexible system design means our initial gas power for backup power can be reduced as demand decreases through efficiency, conservation and as renewable energy use increases. If we acquire generation assets, any excess can be contracted out for other utilities' backup power for increasing their use of renewable energy.
A Boulder Light and Power Utility is an historic opportunity to deliver not only high levels of renewable energy and better efficiency but should also deliver significant value to Boulder citizens over time, even while paying off acquisition costs. Once this startup "mortgage" is paid off in 20-30 years, our children and future citizens can be grateful our foresight and leadership provided not only cleaner skies and purer water. They may also enjoy significant financial advantages over our current path.
Tom Asprey is a retired electrical engineer and member of the 2011 Citizen Resource Modeling Team; the views presented are his own.


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January was the month of cataract surgery. Now, if you want a rocking good time just try cataract surgery. Nothing to dull the edge. Hold your body stiff as a board because, as the doc talks about his latest trip or race or why there is the smell of burning electrical wire in the room, should you move your head a milimeter, just what could the consequences be??
I had no desire to find out. So, I found that every muscle in my body was rigid as I lay there watching water swirl in my right eye. Which was the eye that had some pain with the surgery. After having one eye done, the second eye was well, easier. No pain. But, I counted and confirmed that it did take more than 2 minutes to do the surgery.
That being dwelt on enough in this blog, I am counting off the days till my vision is totally clear. I am sure the steroid drops, still in one eye, are not helping my vision; which is said to be 20/20 now.
I did see the moon the other night. For the first time in my life, I looked up and saw the moon clearly without any glasses.
Now, that was cool!!!
I will be back to posting regularly in about two weeks, when I am done with eye drops and get a pair of reading glasses. Right now I am using this credit card sized plastic magnifier to read. Not cool!


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James N. Carder
The year 2013 marks the fiftieth anniversary at Dumbarton Oaks of the Robert Woods Bliss Collection of Pre-Columbian Art. It also marks the fiftieth anniversary of the completion of Philip Johnson's museum pavilion, the architectural masterpiece In the American Institute of Architects guide to architecture in Washington, D.C., Gerard Martin Moeller, Jr., writes: "Philip Johnson has produced a few masterpieces. The Pre-Columbian Museum is among them." G. Martin Moeller, Jr., AIA Guide to the Architecture of Washington, D.C. 4th edition (Washington, D.C., 2006), 238. that he designed to showcase this collection (fig. 1). Both opened to the public on December 10, 1963: the Bliss Collection to widespread acclaim; the Johnson wing to generally positive, although somewhat mixed reviews. Both are now internationally famous. The Bliss Collection is revered for its high quality and its early promotion of the aesthetic importance of ancient American art. The Johnson wing is now seen as a seminal building in Johnson's late 1950s sea-change in architectural thinking from International Style modernism to Postmodern classicism. Since its opening in 1963, the Bliss Collection has been thoroughly researched and published in several impressive catalogues. Handbook of the Robert Woods Bliss Collection of Pre-Columbian Art, introduction by Michael D. Coe (Washington, D.C., 1963); Supplement to the Handbook of the Robert Woods Bliss Collection of Pre-Columbian Art (Washington, D.C., 1969); Elizabeth Hill Boone, ed., Andean Art at Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C., 1996); Karl A. Taube, Olmec Art at Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C., 2004); Susan Toby Evans, ed., Ancient Mexican Art at Dumbarton Oaks, Central Highlands, Southwestern Highlands, Gulf Lowlands (Washington, D.C., 2010); Joanne Pillsbury, Miriam Doutriaux, Reiko Ishihara-Brito, and Alexandre Tokovinine, eds., Ancient Maya Art at Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, D.C., 2011). The Johnson pavilion, on the other hand, has been little discussed or studied. See Bibliography. The architect Mark Wigley, Dean of the Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation, provocatively offered a psychological interpretation for the lack of scholarly interest in the Museum of Pre-Columbian Art, as the building is usually named in the literature. He wrote: "Our fear of this work, and I believe it is a fear, is a fear of seduction by that which lies just outside the rules, outside the law." Mark Wigley, "Reaction Design," in Philip Johnson: The Constancy of Change, ed. Emmanuel Petit, with foreword by Robert A. M. Stern, (New Haven, 2009), 217. Wigley's comments are quoted more fully at the end of this publication. This anniversary year provides an excellent opportunity to commemorate the Collection's impressive housing—arguably a work of art in its own right.


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Sprint Communications Company v. Jacobs
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|8th Cir.
Nov 5, 2013
|Dec 10, 2013
Holding: Sprint's lawsuit against members of the Iowa Utilities Board, seeking a declaration that the Telecommunications Act of 1996 preempted a decision by the IUB holding that intrastate fees applied to long-distance Voice over Internet Protocol calls, does not fall within any of the three classes of exceptional cases for which Younger abstention is appropriate; federal court abstention is not in order simply because a pending state-court proceeding involves the same subject matter.
Judgment: Reversed, 9-0, in an opinion by Justice Ginsburg on December 10, 2013.
SCOTUSblog Coverage
- Opinion analysis: Defining the limits of Younger (Scott Dodson)
- Argument analysis: Pulling Younger back? (Scott Dodson)
- Argument preview – The scope of the Younger doctrine (Scott Dodson)
|Proceedings and Orders
|Nov 14 2012
|Application (12A499) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 3, 2012 to January 17, 2013, submitted to Justice Alito.
|Nov 19 2012
|Application (12A499) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until January 2, 2013.
|Jan 2 2013
|Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 4, 2013)
|Jan 2 2013
|Appendix of Sprint Communications Company, L.P. filed.
|Jan 24 2013
|Order extending time to file response to petition to and including March 6, 2013.
|Mar 6 2013
|Brief of respondents Elizabeth S. Jacobs, et al. in opposition filed.
|Mar 19 2013
|Reply of petitioner Sprint Communications Company, L.P. filed.
|Mar 20 2013
|DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 12, 2013.
|Apr 15 2013
|Petition GRANTED.
|Apr 30 2013
|The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including June 28, 2013.
|Apr 30 2013
|The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including August 27, 2013.
|Jun 25 2013
|Blanket consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioner and counsel for the respondents.
|Jun 28 2013
|Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed.)
|Jun 28 2013
|Brief of petitioner Sprint Communications Company, L.P. filed.
|Jul 3 2013
|Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed.
|Jul 5 2013
|Brief amicus curiae of CTIA - The Wireless Association filed.
|Jul 5 2013
|Brief amici curiae of Law Professors filed.
|Jul 31 2013
|Updated Rule 29.6 disclosure received from counsel for the petitioner. (Distributed)
|Aug 19 2013
|Aug 20 2013
|SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, November 5, 2013.
|Aug 27 2013
|Brief of respondents Elizabeth S. Jacobs, et al. filed. (Distributed)
|Sep 3 2013
|Brief amici curiae of National Conference of State Legislatures, et al. filed. (Distributed)
|Sep 3 2013
|Brief amici curiae of Michigan and 21 Other States filed. (Distributed)
|Sep 3 2013
|Brief amicus curiae of Iowa Office of Consumer Advocate filed. (Distributed)
|Sep 13 2013
|Proposal of counsel for respondents to lodge copies of the "Complaint and Request For Emergency Relief" filed with the Iowa Utilities Board.
|Sep 13 2013
|Record received from U.S.C.A. for 8th Circuit. (1 box)
|Sep 13 2013
|Record from U.S.D.C. for Southern District of Iowa is electronic and located on PACER.
|Sep 26 2013
|Reply of petitioner Sprint Communications Company, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
|Oct 4 2013
|Joint supplemental brief filed. (Distributed)
|Nov 5 2013
|Argued. For petitioner: Timothy J. Simeone, Washington, D. C. For respondents: David J. Lynch, Des Moines, Iowa.
|Dec 10 2013
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|Jan 13 2014
|Jan 15 2014
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I've played in competitive maelstrom tourneys, and they always write their own deck which just removes cards that are unscorable, and replaces them with interesting cards.
Oh, I'll just leave this here: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1851315258522438&id=1575682476085719
Whaaat why. WHY, GW. Why do you always have to complicate things.
So I should add point cost of Target Lock to a model that doesn't list it as it's wargear, but has an ability which is named Target Lock and has the same text as that wargear's ability? I hate that. No logic.
Ok, I'm not fixing anything until they FAQ it officially in a document. I call bullshit. The first page of every index describes explicitly parts of Datasheet, and 5. Unit Composition & Wargear says
This tells you what models are in the unit and covers the basic weapons and equipment the models are armed with."
(emphasis mine)
Then we have 8. Abilities
Many units have exciting special abilities that are not covered by the core rules. [...]
In every Points Cost appendix they state then:
[...] Simply add together the points values of all your models, as well as the wargear they are equipped with, to determine [...]"
Ok, so what about this:
Deathwing Knights (Dark Angels)
Each Deathwing Knight is armed with a mace of absolution and a storm shield.
Storm Shield: Models in this unit have a 3+ invulnerable save.
Colossus Bombard - missing points
Colossus Bombard - no default wargear
Colossus Bombard - missing Explodes
Colossus Bombard - missing Smoke Launchers
Colossus Bombard - missing Vehicle Squadron
Colossus Bombard - Pintle mount not min/max 1 choice
Salamander Scout Tank - change Scout vehicle to profile ability instead of rule
Arvus Lighter - weapon choices should be entry group, max 1, have "two hellstrike missiles" and "two twin heavy stubbers" as selections with nested entry for each, with min/max 2 constraints
Valkyrie - no default wargear selected
Weapon point cost fixes
Autocannon 15 pts not 20
Heavy bolter 8 pts not 10
Twin Autocannon 25 pts not 33


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Early 1950s
Sri Sathya Sai Baba, at age 25, mentions that there will be a University in Puttaparthi, Andhra Pradesh (a hamlet with a population of less than 100) in the future
22 July 1968
Sri Sathya Sai Arts and Science College for Women at Anantapur is inaugurated
9 June 1969
Sri Sathya Sai Arts, Science and Commerce College for Men at Kadugodi, Whitefield, Bangalore is inaugurated
7 November 1969
The foundation stone for the new building of Sri Sathya Sai Arts and Science College for Women, Anantapur, is laid
8 July 1971
The new building of the Sri Sathya Sai Arts and Science College for Women, Anantapur is inaugurated
May 1972
The first Summer Course in Indian Culture and Spirituality organised at Whitefield, Bangalore
19 May 1978
Sri Sathya Sai Arts, Science and Commerce College, Brindavan – College building and Library is inaugurated
28 October 1978
Govt. of Andhra Pradesh sanctions a degree college in Puttaparthi, Andhra Pradesh
21 November 1978
Foundation stones for the College, Auditorium and Hostel buildings at Prasanthi Nilayam, Puttaparthi are laid
1 July 1979
Sri Sathya Sai College at Prasanthi Nilayam is inaugurated
18 November 1980
Main College building of Sri Sathya Sai College at Prasanthi Nilayam is inaugurated
25 December 1980
Inauguration of the Hostel building at the Prasanthi Nilayam
31 October 1981
Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning (Public Charitable Trust) is established
10 November 1981
Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning is declared as a Deemed to be University, under Sec. 3 of the University Grants Commission (UGC) Act, 1956
22 November 1981
Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning (SSSIHL), Deemed to be University is established
1 June 1982
Five year Integrated Programmes in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biosciences and Commerce from B.Sc. to M.Sc., B.Com. to M.Com. are introduced
October 1982
Sri Sathya Sai Arts, Science and Commerce College, Brindavan becomes part of SSSIHL
22 November 1982
Administrative Building of SSSIHL is inaugurated
1 June 1984
Ph.D. Programmes are introduced for all Postgraduate departments
22 November 1985
Sri Sathya Sai Central Library at the Prasanthi Nilayam Campus and Sri Sathya Sai Space Theatre, a modern Planetarium are inaugurated
July 1986
Sri Sathya Sai Baba, Revered Chancellor, announces free education for all students. This includes waiver of all fees, like tuition fees, examination fees, laboratory fees, library fees, sports fees, medical fees, etc.
August 1986
The Faculty of Business Management & the Department of Education are set up at SSSIHL
June 1988
Sri Sathya Sai Centre for Computer Sciences is established at the Prasanthi Nilayam Campus
Summer 1990
The first Summer Course in 'Indian Culture and Spirituality' is held for the students of SSSIHL
1991 – 1993
This period sees the expansion and introduction of both Undergraduate & Postgraduate courses across all campuses, including: Economics, Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, Chemistry, Biosciences, Botany, Zoology, Computer Science, Fiber Optics and Digital Image Processing
June 1993
All the B.Sc. Programmes are upgraded to B.Sc. (Hons.) Programmes. The B.Com. Programme is also upgraded to B.Com. (Hons.) Programme.
M.Tech. (Computer Science) Programme at the Dept. of Mathematics & Computer Science and M.Tech. (Applied Optics) Programme at the Dept. of Physics are introduced
30 December 1997
Sri Sathya Sai Hill View Stadium is enhanced with the inauguration of an international standard cricket facility. Sri Sathya Sai Unity Cup, a one-day cricket match between India XI and the rest of the World XI is played
31 October 2000
'Sri Sathya Sai Grama Seva' programme is launched by Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba. This rural service activity is an annual event in the University Calendar, where the staff and students of the University and allied educational institutions, distribute food, laddus and new clothes as prasadam to each and every house, in all the nearby villages
June 2001
The M.A. (Economics) Programme is introduced
23 April 2003
The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) grants the accreditation of A++ level to the Institute. This places SSSIHL in the top grade of Indian Universities
28-30 October 2003
A Golden Jubilee seminar of Vice-Chancellors on the theme 'Values Education and Ethics' is hosted by SSSIHL at the request of the UGC
November 2004
M.Phil. Programmes are introduced for all Postgraduate departments
17-18 August 2005
"Education for the 21st Century: Education to Educare" conference held at SSSIHL as part of 80th Birthday celebrations of its Revered Founder Chancellor, Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba
26 August 2006
State of the art Multimedia Learning Centres (which connect all the campuses via video conferencing facilities) are established at the Prasanthi Nilayam and Brindavan campuses. Additionally, a new Humanities building is inaugurated at the Prasanthi Nilayam Campus. This marks the 25th Anniversary of SSSIHL
14 February 2009
Foundation of SSSIHL Muddenahalli Campus is laid
June 2009
M.Sc. Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Programmes are introduced at the Dept. of Physics
4 June 2009
A Multimedia Learning Centre is inaugurated at the Anantapur Campus (enabling concurrent video conferencing between all campuses). A fully-equipped, 50-seater modern English Language lab is also inaugurated
28-29 August 2009
A national conference on "Ethics and World of Finance" is held at Prasanthi Nilayam. Leading personalities from the finance industry, including Governor, Reserve Bank of India, and 30 CEOs of leading global banks attend
22 November 2010
29th Convocation of the University coincides with the 85th Birthday celebrations of the Revered Chancellor
8 January 2011
SSSIHL is granted re-accreditation with 'A' Grade and a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 3.625 on a scale of 4.00 by the NAAC. Thus, the University continues to be in the top bracket of Indian Universities
22 May 2011
Inauguration of the campus building at Muddenahalli
27 May 2011
Inauguration of the second extension building at Anantapur Campus
10-12 June 2011
A Summer Course in Indian Culture and Spirituality - which serves as an orientation programme for newly admitted students - was conducted with the blessings of the Revered Founder Chancellor, Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba. All Students of the university participated. This programme, the first of its kind in this format, will be an annual event at the start of each academic year
22 November 2011
The 30
Annual Convocation marks 30 years of SSSIHL
1 June 2012
Classes commence at the fourth campus of SSSIHL at Muddenahalli.
The Department of Commerce introduces a 2-year integrated Programme, Master of Financial Management.
1 June 2013
M.Tech. in Nuclear Medicine is introduced at the Dept. of Physics
M.Tech. in Analytical Methods & Chemical Instrumentation is introduced at the Dept. of Chemistry
Master of Education (M.Ed.) is introduced in the Department of Education
12 March 2014
Inauguration of the Annexe Building at Prasanthi Nilayam Campus
1 June 2014
M.B.A. Programme for Women students introduced at the Dept. of Management & Commerce
1 June 2015
M.Sc. in Materials Science programme introduced at the Dept. of Physics
1 June 2016
M.Sc. in Food and Nutritional Sciences programme introduced at the Dept. of Food & Nutritional Sciences
22 Nov 2018
SSSIHL Central Research Instruments Facility (CRIF) - an advanced Research Centre with characterization/analytical tools to carry out translational research in various areas of science and technology - is inaugurated by Sri N Chandrababu Naidu, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
1 Jun 2019
M.Sc. in Mathematics programme for Women students introduced at the Dept. of Mathematics & Computer Science
Aug 2019
SSSIHL Research Laboratory (CRL) - an advanced Research Centre customized to cater to the research needs of our women faculty and students - is inaugurated at the Anantapur Campus
The real sign of an educated person is his attitude of sameness towards all. He sees in society the manifestation of divinity. Every student should observe the three principles of equality, unity and cooperation. Education has to aim at ensuring peace and stability in each country by continuous precept and practice of the basic unity.
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|"You're weak, just like the rest of your people! They did not deserve to exist in this world ... in my world! Prepare to join them. Prepare to die!"
|— Ozai to Aang.
"Sozin's Comet, Part 3: Into the Inferno" is the 20th episode of Book Three: Fire of Avatar: The Last Airbender and the 60th of the overall series. It debuted on July 19, 2008.
Azula's mental stability quickly begins to deteriorate as her coronation as Fire Lord approaches. Zuko and Katara interrupt the ceremony, and Azula challenges her brother to an Agni Kai for the crown. Although Zuko is able to outmatch his sister, he is injured taking a bolt of lightning meant for Katara and unable to continue the fight. Meanwhile, Aang finally confronts Ozai, but he is unwilling to take the Fire Lord's life and starts to be overpowered by Ozai's relentless attacks. Sokka, Toph, and Suki attempt to halt the airship fleet, but become separated during the assault, while the Order of the White Lotus battles for Ba Sing Se's freedom.
As Sozin's Comet flies through the Earth's atmosphere, Zuko and Katara continue on their journey to the Fire Nation. Zuko expresses his worry that Aang will lose against Ozai. Although Katara is also worried, she assures Zuko that Aang is going to come back.
At the Fire Nation Palace, Azula is being cared for and cleaned by her servants before her coronation as the new Fire Lord. However, when a servant offers her a cherry, she spits out a cherry pit, and believes it to be an attempt to assassinate her. The servant pleaded for mercy and Azula spared her life but instantly and cruelly ordered her to leave the castle before starting to bossing the other servants around.
Sokka, Suki, and Toph make it to the airship fleet, but believe they are too late seeing the ships begin to depart for the Earth Kingdom. Toph earthbends them aboard one of the ships.
Back at the palace, the leader of the Dai Li and six other Dai Li agents arrive before Azula in the Fire Lord's throne room. She berates them for being late, noting that it is enough time for her to be assassinated. When the leader states that they would not betray her, Azula states that they probably told Long Feng the same thing before siding with her. To their surprise, Azula banishes the Dai Li from the Fire Nation for disloyalty. As the Dai Li leave, Azula tells them to send the next group in on their way out.
On the infiltrated airship, Toph knocks on the control room door and uses metalbending to incapacitate the soldiers and captain. Sokka has an idea on how to get rid of the rest of the ship's crew and poses as the ship's captain on a loudspeaker, ordering all crew members to go to the bomb bay to celebrate a crew member's birthday. Coincidentally, it really is one crew member's birthday, who is overjoyed and pleasantly surprised, believing that the captain remembered his birthday. Sokka releases the platform underneath the bomb bay and all of the ship's crew fall screaming into the ocean; albeit, at a low enough altitude so that the entire crew survives with minimal injury to body and pride. Sokka increases the ship's speed to catch up to Ozai's flagship.
Lo and Li approach Azula, questioning her as to why she is banishing so many people ranging from her foot servants to the Dai Li, and the Imperial Firebenders. Azula states that none of them could be trusted and that they would all eventually betray her, like Mai and Ty Lee. When the sisters tell her perhaps it would be best to postpone the coronation, Azula gets even more paranoid and orders them to duel each other in an Agni Kai. They lament that neither of them are firebenders, so Azula banishes Lo while pointing at Li, and tells Li that she can stay, confusing the twins as to who is really banished.
In Ba Sing Se, the Order of the White Lotus prepares for battle outside the city's walls. Iroh, feeling the power of the comet, releases a powerful blast of fire that breaks through the wall. Soon the rest join in and invade the city, beginning to take down the comet-enhanced Fire Nation soldiers.
At the palace, Azula is looking in a mirror to try to do her hair by herself, but the result is very messy. Agitated, she haphazardly cuts her bangs that refuse to do as she desires. As Azula looks into the mirror, she sees her mother Ursa reflected behind her, telling her she would not miss her own daughter's coronation as Fire Lord. Ursa says Azula's use of fear to control people has left her confused, but Azula replies that she had no other choice and could not trust anyone. Taking pride in her power of fear, Azula points out that even Ursa feared her. Ursa denies this and says she really loves her. Enraged, Azula throws her brush into her mother's reflection and discovers Ursa was never really there at all, and she begins to sob to herself.
The ship Sokka and the others took control of cannot catch up to Ozai's flagship, and they are afraid they are too late. Ozai uses the comet's power to begin to scorch the Earth Kingdom below with an amazing display of firebending. Momo and Aang watch in the distance as Ozai's torrent of fire rains down upon the land. Aang has Momo leave him, and using earthbending and firebending, he destroys the flagship's engine and catches Ozai's attention. Ozai and Aang stare each other down for a moment, after which Ozai removes his Phoenix King garments and propels himself toward Aang to fight. The flagship lands on the earth pillars below, causing Sokka and the others to wonder what happened, and see to their happiness that Aang has returned.
Ozai boasts that after years of searching for him, the Avatar has at last been offered up to him by the universe as an act of providence. Aang says their fight is not necessary, and that Ozai has the power to stop destroying the Earth Kingdom. Ozai declares he has all the power in the world and threateningly unleashes a fury of comet-enhanced firebending, beginning the battle. Ozai and Aang's firebending attacks collide, creating a massive explosion in midair.
Watching the fight, Sokka cheers Aang on. Suki wonders if they should help him, but Sokka believes they should not interfere, instead concentrate on stopping the other ships from destroying the Earth Kingdom. As the fleet begins to rain fire down upon the land, Sokka crashes their stolen airship into the others, but it falls short of crashing into all of them. Sokka and Toph are separated from Suki as their ship begins to break apart, and they are forced to continue without her.
Back at the palace, Azula's coronation begins, but is interrupted by the arrival of Zuko and Katara on Appa. Azula suggests they settle ownership of the crown in an Agni Kai. Katara warns Zuko that Azula is trying to take them down separately, but Zuko already knows this and senses there is something "off" about her, so he believes he can take her by himself. Zuko and Azula begin their fight with intense firebending powered by the comet.
Aang and Ozai are evenly matched. Though Aang is able to counter Ozai's fierce firebending, he is unable to land any successful hits himself, even with all four elements at his disposal. Eventually, Ozai proves too powerful and quick, and tired of seeing the Avatar evade all his attacks, resorts to a relentless barrage of lightning generation. Aang dodges the lightning until he can dodge no more, and catches the last one to Ozai's surprise, preparing to redirect it right back at him. However, reluctant to kill Ozai, Aang instead redirects it into the sky. Ozai takes advantage of the Avatar's mercy and sends a blast at Aang while he recovers. Though Aang manages to stop most of the attack with earthbending, he is blasted off the top of the rock and falls helplessly toward a shallow lake below. Using waterbending, he barely manages to save himself from a fatal fall. Aang looks up and sees Ozai swiftly approaching, eager to resume the fight.
Zuko continues his duel with Azula as Katara watches from the sidelines. Both of their attacks are fierce and unrestrained, setting fire to the buildings surrounding them. Zuko counters all of his sister's attacks skillfully before beginning to take the offensive and soon grounding her with a spinning kick of fire. Zuko taunts her for not using lightning, boasting that he will redirect it back at her. Infuriated, Azula prepares a lightning attack. Instead of sending it at Zuko, however, she sees Katara on the sidelines and sends the lightning at her. Seeing this, Zuko crosses the lightning's path, shielding her from the bolt, and although he is successful enough to prevent instantly mortal injury, he is left critically wounded, leaving a large red and purple wound in his chest dangerously close to his heart, and incapable of fighting. Before Katara can reach him, Azula begins to attack her furiously, laughing maniacally.
Aang is overwhelmed and cornered by Ozai, and earthbends a shield around himself. Ozai taunts him for being weak and insults the Air Nomads, saying such a weak race did not deserve to exist in his world. He tells Aang to prepare to die, before he attacks.
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- Additional voices:
- Dee Bradley Baker
- Greg Baldwin
- Victor Brandt
- Grey DeLisle (banished servant)
Production notes
- Main article: Transcript:Sozin's Comet, Part 3: Into the Inferno
Avatar Extras
- Main article: Avatar Extras for Book Three: Fire
Series continuity
- This is the first episode in which Long Feng has been mentioned since "The Crossroads of Destiny".
- This is the second time Sokka has mentioned airbending slice. The first time was in "Avatar Day".
- This is the first time Ozai is seen bending flames, besides in Aang's visions. Before this he was either firebending in a flashback or generating lightning.
- Azula somewhat makes a connection to "The Earth King" as she tells the Dai Li that they once said they were loyal to Long Feng before they betrayed him. In the end of "The Earth King", the Dai Li said, "The military and the Council of Five remain loyal to the Earth King, but the Dai Li remains loyal to you, Long Feng, sir."
- This episode marks the apparent end of the Dai Li's allegiance to Azula, as she had them all banished out of fear that they would betray her.
- This is the second time Ozai's lightning was redirected, but instead of redirecting it to him, Aang turned it to the sky at the last moment. Also of note, neither times his lightning was redirected did the person redirecting it try to use it to kill him. When Zuko did it, he did not try to kill him, saying that the Avatar should be the one to deal with him.
- Aang becomes the third person in the series to redirect lightning. Iroh and Zuko are the first two.
- This episode and the previous episode are the only two in the series when there is no official Fire Lord present at the time.
- When the battle starts, Ozai blasts fire out of his mouth and hands, just like he does in Aang's vision in "Winter Solstice, Part 2: Avatar Roku" and "The Guru".
- Iroh warns Zuko that allowing the lightning to pass through your heart can be deadly in "Bitter Work". When Azula fires lightning at Katara and Zuko gets in the way, Zuko attempts to redirect the lightning, but it passes very close to his heart and he falls to the ground.
- The pillar on which Aang stands while waiting for Ozai resembles the pillar Roku is seen standing on in the opening sequence when he bends the four elements.
- When Sozin's Comet is seen in the opening scene, the water behind it should have been moving, but it was not.
- When Suki, Toph and Sokka get off the eel hound the water behind them is not moving.
- When Toph earthbends herself, Sokka, and Suki onto the Fire Nation airship, the airship fleet is just taking off. When they land seconds later and the camera zooms out, the base is far behind them in the background.
- In the Dutch version of this episode, when Azula orders Li and Lo to do an Agni Kai, they say that they are not airbenders rather than firebenders.
- The armor that Toph creates for herself should not actually protect her from the flames since metal is a great conductor of heat.
- When Jeong Jeong creates a massive fire wall, he pushes it at the second group of tanks on the left, but when he does it again to the ones on the right, the ones he firebent on the left suddenly reappear.
- When Aang is looking at Ozai's airship, the scar on his back is gone.
- While Aang is fighting Ozai, right after Aang bends the waterfall, as he is taking cover behind a column of rock, his shirt is on backward for a moment.
- When Aang is trying to bend to the river as he is falling into it, his foot scar disappears.
- When Aang steps out of the lake, his clothes are dry.
- Zuko duels Azula in a formal Agni Kai but does not do so bare-chested, as per custom.
- During the battle between Zuko and Azula, the palace roof catches fire at one point from the attacks. However, in a later camera cut, this fire has suddenly vanished, and the palace is undamaged.
- The soldiers fighting Piandao remain completely static after being disarmed.
- This episode was part of an event called "Countdown to the Comet". The new episodes of Avatar began airing on July 14, starting with "The Western Air Temple", followed by "The Firebending Masters", The Boiling Rock parts one and two, "The Southern Raiders", "The Ember Island Players", and finally Sozin's Comet parts one through four.
- Joaquim Dos Santos won the "Best Directing in an Animated Television Production" caption in the 2008 Annie Awards for his directing in this episode.
- Azula's long and disheveled hair is evocative of Oiwa, a classic villainess in Japanese legend and Kabuki theater. Oiwa was a married woman whose husband killed her in order to marry a younger, wealthier woman and thus her spirit was enraged enough to cross back over to the land of the living, where she exacted a bloody revenge.
- When Ozai tells Aang that he was delivered to him by the universe as "an act of providence", he is referencing the fact that he thinks that it is the Fire Nation's divine right, or authority given by an outside all powerful force, to rule the world.
- Aang firebends in this episode far more than he does in any other; this is a result of Sozin's Comet enhancing his firebending, making it his most powerful element.[1]
- The fire in the Fire Lord's throne room is now in Azula's trademark blue variety.
- Although Sokka tells Toph that he was addressing Suki when he asked for her to take control of the airship, he was in fact talking to Toph and his statements were a covert attempt to mask that he had forgotten that Toph was blind once again.[2]
- Although Iroh had previously stated that complete control of emotions was required to successfully generate lightning, Azula still successfully generated lightning despite her declining mental state.
- This is the first time that non-contact metalbending is performed. Prior to this episode, Toph only demonstrated the ability to metalbend upon making direct and physical contact with a metal medium, physically molding it after channeling the minute earth impurities within.
- Toph calls Sokka, "Captain Boomerang", the same name as a DC supervillain.
- This is Bumi's last speaking role in the series.
- ↑ Avatar Extras for "Sozin's Comet, Part 3: Into the Inferno" on Nicktoons Network.
- ↑ Sozin's Comet: The Final Battle, page 19.


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