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term of the watchm t m su!>?f*i'.:i*n.|*'t vcar u dollars payable in k.!v.i:i-e ut if noi paid in advance two dollars hud fifty ctt will !"■charged hvnr.ti<_mevt inserted at 1 for the first and 25 cts h<r each subsequent insertion court orders charged ft per ct higher than these rates a liberal deduc si i to those who advertise by the year to the editors must be postpaid fcevjewof tiie career cha racter and services of j zachary taylor he iimir-li-ij from the north american nnd 17 states gazette philadelphia ] his early~hjstory ■the presentation of the name of gen pt lor as a candidate for the high office president of the united states and the h^jusual circumstances attending his nom ination with its cordial acceptance by so large a portion of the people as a candi , ate free from any of those ultra party edges so usually exacted from competi rs for lofty public positions render it bually interesting and important to un rsfand the whole inner framework and the mind the character the prin jk>les private and public of a man whom rerwhclmin public sentiment seems al jady to have pointed out as the next fief magistrate ofthe republic the best the fullest and the most sat actory exposition of all these particu ir will be found in the simple narra c of some of the most important and blliant achievements of his life his realities speak iu his acts ; and his acts ve been always great ones his spirit j^fc mind his sentiments both moral and his whole character are expres id with a grand iucidness on what is iw the recorded page of hi suntry's story antl to those acts and that histo we would commend all free citizens of e united states who before casting iaeir votes in the approaching election . ould know his qualifications and pecu ' bar fitness to occupy worthily the chair yce so beneficently lilled by the father ' m his country ■the character of taylor is one that \ th kindles the heart and satisfies the dgnient it opens scenes of glory upon every american can ponder with mboud satisfaction ; and with none the less , ■probation that amid them all the chief i ad ruling actor in every scene in a plain pirn frank unaffected dcar-headed.kind startetl american citizen who reconciles } ■<■lofty merits ofthe hero with the sim i mv virtues of a true republican ■general zachary taylor comes from a • inly and patriotic stock worthy to give * president to the united states ilisfa mer a son of the ancient dominion a i neighbor and friend of washington com hiandetl one of the virginia regiments du jingthe revolutionary war.through which [ wc fought with honor before the revo lt fttion however in his early youth he had i ft-oved his courage and lhe true ameri oh spirit of adventure by exploring the ' n*st mysteries of the great mississippi r malley — then a howling wilderness pas red by the buffalo and roamed by the fcvage red man 1 leaving his brother surveying lands on tbe site ol the present city of louisville t sphere he was soon afterwards slain by be indians richard the bravest adven rer of the day proceeded on a solitary rjkpcdition of discovery westward as far | fpthe mississippi liver : whence itis said ircly alone he made his way safely ck to virginia through the unknown ■ids of tennessee at the close of the evolutionary struggle in the year 1785 m went a second time to kentucky to pftvisit it to pass bis life among the scenes tallowed by his brother's blood he went as an emigrant with a wife and three children ; of whom the youngest born in orange county virginia on tin 24th of november 1781 and then less than a year g]il was zwuuiv twi.uk a true child of ac border reared amid the perils and ivations antl severe labors of every kind which they encountered who in that day claimed the desert from the barbarian pnd founded the institutions of freedom in ac depths of the forest i it was in this hardy school that taylor required the education and qualities the iimple habits and manly virtues which ave at length lifted him up to view as ne of the renowned men of the world nd commended him to the confidence of mwenty millions ol american freemen as vorthy to serve them in the executive yhair as the representative < f their sov ereignty where is the man to found worthy of the honor did the fa aher who so anxiously guarded his little aniily through tin dangers ol the " \\ il llerness road to kentucky or the mother : sfc'bo bore the youngest born in her arms aflream in the fearful night watches of the jfcvoodiand camp that the helpless infant lilumberinu on its bed of leaves should fftfter the long interval of sixty-three years attumble the pride of mexico at buena vista and return from that field of fame flo rule three years later a mighty repub lic which at the early day of that jotir ley had no constitutional existence ? no t was that providence alone which fore fcees and directs the affairs of men that prepared the extraordinary destiny of the little wanderer ; and even president math a relative of the family when in 1808 he sent a lieutenant's commission to zachary then a young kentucky farmer whose elder brother lieutenant taylor had just died n the army only deemed that he had secured to the country the devoted service of another member of a family thirty-seven years more were yet to roll before the eyes of men n could be competent to read the horoscope tf of the young subaltern of the 7th regiment i * of united states infantry lieutenant taylor commenced service ■under the command of general wilkin { son at xew orleans whence having ■been prostrated by yellow fever he was ■transferred to the northwest where he the carolina watchman betwer k james i -,,-,_,"•, { " kcu a c«kk itox ill your editors 4 proprietors v rulers -._-__-_____.__, i new series "" gen'l harrison \ volume v number 15 salisbury n c thursday august 10 1848 served under general harrison up to the close of the war of 1812 it was in that year he was made a captain and placed in charge of fort harrison on the wa bash ; where commanding a petty garri son of fifty men of whom two-thirds and himself with them were rendered nearly helpless by fever for it was a very un healthy post surrounded and attacked by an overwhelming force of savages he en joyed the first opportunity of proving thai his fate was a charmed one and that it was his particular lot to fight and prevail over \ superior numbers he never has gone ! into battle except against the greatest odds ; and he has never come out of bat ' tic except as a victor old sylla the fa mous roman general who was always victorious believed ihat his prosperity a rose from a special luck or good fortune ; and he called himself felix the happy or fortunate the same surprising suc cess has heretofore always marked the career of taylor who however assumes no surname but leaves all to his country men who have already decided lo call him — not taylor the happy or fortunate — but taylor the next president we want a man of liappt fortunes to preside over the affairs of the republic uut let us observe how these happy fortunes be gan at fort harrison defence of fort harrison fort harrison was a mere stockade or block-house fort designed for defence a gainst indians containing barracks store : rooms a guard-house c but without artillery or any other better means ot re sisting a siege than muskets and the de termined resolution of a young command er incapable of fear ; and whose own sickness with extreme bodily debility — the weakness and for a time the conster nation ol his force — the presence of ter rified non-combatants — " nine women and children — the number of his foes — the exposed position of the fort remote from all succor — and let us add the recollec tion of a young wife and child for tay lor had married in 1810 to whom his thoughts on that dreadful night must of ten have wandered — failed to drive him from his balance " my presence of mind said the young captain in his despatch to general harrison did not for a moment forsake me jt was 11 o'clock on the night of lhe 4th of september 1812 — hostile indians were around in unknown numbers two young men had been shot tut scalped the evening before at a little distance from the fort and their bodies found and brought in that morning in the evening a parly ot thirty or forty in dians made their appearance attempting the treacherous stratagem of a flag of truce — which did not however deceive the cautious taylor — and proposing a con ference next morning captain taylor prepared for the pretended conference by immediately inspecting the arms of his men serving them with sixteen rounds of ammunition and setting a guard of six privates and two non commissioned offi cers all that he could for he had only " ten or fifteen men able to do any thing at all the others being sick or convales cent we copy the words of his despatch and ordering one of the non-commissioned ollicers to make up for deficiencies in the guard by walking the rounds all night " to prevent the indians taking any ad vantage of us provided they had any in tention of attacking us at eleven o'clock he was awakened by a musket shot ami rushing from his bed he discovered that the attack had been begun by several hundred indians — that the fort was in flames — and ihat his men overcome by the horror of their sit uation and the shrieks of the women and children were completely paralyzed by terror so that two of them and " two of the stoutest too leaped tin pickets in an unavailing attempt to escape iu this des perate conjuncture every thing depended upon the courage and resources of a poor sick youth who had never been in battle but to whom and to whom only all look ed for protection here in this little be leaguered post on that night of terror flashed out the lineaments of that cha racter which lately shone so gloriously with a matured grandeur at buena vista as calm as resolute as quick in expe dients as ready in their execution the young captain exhibited all the traits of the illustrious general it was the flames which caused the panic ; they were ra pidly opening a pathway to the fierce be siegers ; but it was a single block-house only which was ou lire ; and it was equal ly possible as he perceived to arrest the conflagration and to provide a new bar tier behind the burning block-house the suggestion and the orders of capt taylor immediately inspired the soldiers with new life ; " aud never said he " did men act with more firmness or desperation some clambered to the roofs throwing them off amid showers of bullets and ar rows so as to intercept the flames which were thus soon subdued ; others wrought at a temporary breastwork so that when the block-house fell the savages found themselves repelled from its ashes by a new wall of defence as high as a man's head whence came the flash and balls of american rifles in short the indians tierce and numerous as they were were ballled repelled defeated ; and at six o'clock in the morning abandoning their expected prey they fled from the ruins ot j fort harrison as the legions of santa ] anna fled in after years at buena vista from the wrecks of the few shattered re giments and broken battalions which made up the petty but invincible army of him who saved fort harrison in both these battles the first and the last the smallest and the greatest fought by taylor he displayed precisely the same qualities calm fortitude perfect equani mity constant presence of mind great caution unconquerable resolution and the secret power of imbuing his followers with his own courage which made both though fought under desperate circum stances victories we shall find these great military qualities exhibited during his whole military career and we shall find other qualities and analogous though diverse united and co-operating with them under other circumstances which com bine to form the elements of a great cha racter equally adapted to the successful rule of an army and the administration of a state the battle of okeechobee for twenty years succeeding the victo tory of fort harrison — that is from 1812 to 1832 zachary taylor though still serving in the army may be said to have returned to the life and resumed the hab its of a simple citizen fortune offered him no further opportunities of victory because none of battle during the re maining term of the british war and after that came a long and happy period of profound peace in which the repub lic waved in prosperity and the duties of ' the soldier were to garrison posts to watch ' the frontier to open roads of communica tion in the newer states and territories — employments presenting none of the as ! pects of war and not altogether incom patible with the enjoyments of civil soci ety and domestic happiness under such circumstances and amid such avocations general taylor was always able to pre serve unchanged the manly habits and na tural traits of his early life ; and the events of the mexican war have made all aware that even in the camp the character of the citizen in him has never been lost in that of the military man the year 1832 was the period of the black hawk war in which taylor led a \ regiment in the battle of ihe bad axe — ! the only battle he has ever fought in which he did not command from 183g to 1840 he was in florida engaged in the semi , nole contest in which the decisive victory of okeechobee on the 25th of'december 1837 obtained for him his brevet of brig ; adier general and the conduct of the war as commander of the florida troops du ; ring the two last years that he remained in the territory we do not know that the battle of okeechobee though inter esting enough from its fierce and sanguin ary character and the brilliant success that crowned it and though pronounced by general jesup then general taylor's superior officer in his despatch as " one of the best fought actions known to our history ought to detain us from the re view of the far more important conflicts of the mexican war in which the great qualities of taylor were so signally and so suddenly made manifest to the union in the determined spirit however with which he set out upon a march of one hundred and fifty miles disregarding all the impediments of a country impassable to artillery and in action of cavalry re solved to storm the savages out of their swamps and hammocks he exhibited the same energetic will afterwards so strik ingly illustrated at palo alto and la palma as well as a system of tactics per haps caught in his boyish days in ken tucky from some of those rugged hunter heroes of the indian wars from whom as tradition has it he acquired his first les sons in the military art there is or used to be a story told in the west of a certain character a famous indian fighter and scout long remembered under the nick name of captain dudley bulger derived from a circumstance which we are going to mention who used lo belong to the country about salt river the very region in which the elder taylor had established his family this worthy in his capacity of scout accompanied general wayne in the expedition against the northwestern indians in 171)1 ; and on the eve of the battle of the fallen timber coming in with the latest report of the position of the indian army strongly posted among thick ets and down-fallen trees was admitted into the general's tent at the moment of a council of war when wayne who had doubtless formed his own resolution was about to demand the opinions of his offi cers some advised one and some ano ther method of attack until all had spo ken ; when wayne perhaps for the hu mor of the thing turned suddenly and demanded the opinion of the scout ' w7hy general replied the intrepid scout " if you axes me what to do i should say just move ahead and bulge right over them !" — a sentiment highly approved by mad anthony who accordingly charged the indians out of their lair with bayonets ; and so to the great delight and immortal honor of his adviser " bulged right over them il was the " bulging system of tactics which colonel taylor chose to employ against the seminole indians at the okee chobee ; and this too iu the face of ob stacles greater and far more formidable than those encountered by wayne at lhe fallen timber the long forced march brought his command of about eight hun dred men in view of the seminoles post ed in great force in one of those ham mocks or island groves rising out of deep swamps with which florida abounds those serboniflti bogs amid which three hundred years before the chivalry of de soto melted away horse and man in the vain effort to reduce the fierce ancestors of the seminoles to the spanish yoke — the swamp surrounding the hammock of okeechobee was three-quarters of a mile wide " totally impassable as taylor him self says for horses and nearly so for foot — a wilderness of mud and water and thick saw grass five feet high and deep creeks and quagmires extending as far as the eye could reach ;" and behind this desperate approach lay the savages in the gloom of the hammock covering and commanding every step with their rifles nevertheless colonel taylor had made up his mind ; he does not seem to have thought it necessary to call a coun cil of war he had marched one hundred and fifty miles to find the indians and he had them before him he made his dis | positions therefore without delay and proceeded to execute his plan of battle which was to '• bulge right over them into the swamp ! march — charge ! first line second line — firm and steady ! right through bayou & quagmire ; right through the sudden hurricane of indian bullets and the storm of triumphant war-whoops answered by the splash of the death-fall and the dying groans of men mingling their blood in the pestilent pools gentry down mortally wounded thompson dead van swearingen brooke and canter dy ing : nearly one hundred and forty officers and men among the killed and wounded the charge was still pursued the marsh was passed and in three hours the whole force of savages fighting with uncommon ! ferocity was driven at the point of the ! bayonet from the stronghold marched over — utterly routed and shattered to pieces — | and the victory of okeechobee won it was under the circumstances of the seminole war a highly important success of the consequences of which in breaking the spirit of the indians and disposing them sooner or later to make peace tay lor must have been immediately conscious read his dispatch however for a picture of the feelings natural to a victor on such an occasion ! well it is and long has been before the people of the united states the battle is described the sue ! cess recorded but not one word of pride and triumph ; no indulgence of a single feeling of elation : the thoughts of the vie ; tor run only on his killed and wounded — ' the loss of his dead the sufferings of his bleeding followers " here says the vie i tor his heart full only of this melancholy theme " i trust i may be permitted to say ; that i experienced one of the most trying periods of my'life and he who could have ; looked on it with indifference his nerves must have been differently organized from my own besides the killed there lay one hundred and twelve wounded officers and soldiers who had accompanied me ' one hundred and forty-five miles most of the way through an unexplored wilder ness without guides who had so'gallant ly beaten the enemy under my orders in his strongest position and who had to be conveyed back through swamps and ham mocks from whence we set out without any apparent means of doing so no : the feeling that breaks out here — the first feeling — is not that of gratified ambition but the tenderest humanity to which the nerves ofthe brave old soldier are pecu liarly organized and it was here a mong the hammocks of florida as in the pitched fields of mexico that his acts de clared the sentiments which he has since proclaimed to the world in words " that the joy and exultation of the greatest vic tories — we use his own language spoken in december last at new orleans — are ; always after the heat and excitement of the battle ; and that war after all is a great calamity and his the greatest glory who can terminate it humanity is indeed one of the first one of the most striking and one of the noblest ofthe attributes of general zach ary taylor to be continued the compromise bill quite contrary to our expectation up on the introduction into the senate ofthe bill generally called the compromise bill from its leaving the question of free soil in the newly acquired territories of cali fornia and new mexico as well as in oregon to the derision ofthe inhabitants and finally of the courts of law of the united states that bill after having passed the senate on coming up in the house of representativesyesterday recei ved at once the coup de grace by a vote of 112 to 98 in a full house it was or dered to lie upon the table from which it will not be taken up during the present session of congress our columns being so much pre-occu pied we defer till our next paper the ex pression of the thoughts to which this un anticipated event gives rise national intelligencer gen cusbing it is said will be the demo cratic candidate for governor of massachusetts from the wilmington journal north carolina regiment the list of the n carolina regiment taken lrom lhe muster rolls has been furnished us by adjutant j b whitaker and we hasten to ' spread it before our readers as we know there are many of them extremely anxious to know the fate of friends and relatives who went to mexico the six companies enumerated below ai rived at smithville in 12 days from new or leans on monday last under col paine ma jor wilder paymaster has been endeavoring for some days past lo make the necessarv mo nelary arrangements for paying off the regi ment on wednesday morning he went lo washington for this purpose and will not pro j bably be back before monday or tuesday — so ihat the regiment will not be discharged before wednesday or thursday the troops are in fine health and are anx ious to get home the remaining four companies a b k and g arrived at old point on saturday last . it is still a matter of doubt whether ihey will be dis charged there or ordered round to smithville cabarrus company company c commanded by capt area officers martin shive captain died 15ih aug i 17 h a area captain present x slough lt do j blackwelder lt do a b pharr lt resigned psivates barnhart george k present blackwelder j a do ballard john do burmingham alexander do blackwelter riley do caricher moses k do cline burton do caricher wiley do cauble john m do dorton james do davis rolin do faggart daniel e do green david do gorrel john r do hartsel joshua do hudson william j do hunnycut leonard do hartsel edmund do hudson richard r do hudson james do irby john da johnson mccainey do kinally pa do little martin c do lefler william do long jacob k do morris john do mitchell volentine n do martin isaac a do mason john do moring william p do morton stephen g do powers james do penninger henry d page james do ross william do roark robert do seamone george do smith valentino do stough william do stewart james do troutman simeon do tucker timothy do discharged brandy john n discharged june 1-17 cress giles nov 24 1817 lamb john oct 12th 1647 miller daniel march 24lh 1848 cra'.on henry loft without leave died braswell briant 22d july 1617 eddleman adam sept 12th 1847 fry joseph m july 9th 1647 , flowers enoch march 24th 1847 garris william july 7th 1847 heathcock john k aug 19th 1647 j klutch daniel c oct 18th 1817 luton john july 8ih 1647 mcduffie william june 3d 1847 penninger james p april 3d 1-17 scott uriah oct 8th 1847 slough martin march 26th 1 17 sloop a n aug 19th 1647 turner h p aug 1st 1-17 privates present ephraim tucker wm tarlton joseph b todd martin vanderberg s winckott john i f walkins wm c watkins wm rinstaft john swink kirby j m died 8th aug 1817 present — a joiner pc area l a melchor j n brown i goodman j b douglass cavaignac the richmond whig ofthe 22d inst says : — m f gaillerdet formerly editor of the cou rier des etats unis still corresponds from pa ris wiih that paper his letters are frequently filled with malter of deep interest and are in general more trustwoilhy lhan the majority of the correspondence from the same point from the fact that he is a frenchman himself and can more readily than a foreigner appreciate the feelings of ihe french people we are glad to see that he entertains a very high opin ion of the justice and moderation of lhe distin guished citizen stands at the head of this arti cle he says of him after having mentioned that he had been unanimously appointed presi dent of lhe ministerial council and had formed his cabinet if the noble character which de veloped itself in gen cavaignac during his dic tatorship of danger does not belie itself during the several months of his ministerial pre.iden cv it cannot be doubted ihat he will be chosen president ofthe republic at the fir.t elections tbe 23d of june will have been for his politi cal fortune what lhe 13th vendemiaire was for , _—__■_» that of bonaparte but here in all prohabili ty the comparison will end ; br cvnipntc is an upright and conscientious republican he will save the republic which he anarchist and radicals would have destro}ed bey"nd tho reach of hope high as is the character here given of gen cavaignac however it will depend on ihe disl position of the people ihem-elve whether ho shall turn out a washington or a bonaparte m g speaks thus o the aspect of paris : u i should sav something of the present ap pearance of paris of the innumerable a with which its walls are indented of the deep wound ill ted on some of its noblest monu menis ol the melaticholv spectacle presented by the purs of the vanquished of the crowd o prisoners which fill ,_,. dungeons o over lowing ofthe corpses which are continually pa«»nglo lhe cemeteries ; ofthe wounded who fill the hospitals the number ol i..s_r gents is estimated al 10 000 that of ihe prison ers at 7000 bat ofthe killed at 4000 and that ol the wounded at 6000 1 should also relate the bloody episode of a desperate struggle which took place at night on be place du ca rousel between certain prisoners and a portion ol the nation i guard but mv letter hits al ready attained its prescribed proportions newspaper postage tbe article in oar last number on this subject lias raided quite a hornet's nest about our rats wc have received three long epi-llcs from as many postmasters one postage not paid all contending for the riglit to charge postage on tbe ia te under 30 miles from this place these three epistles all refer to the 13th section of the act of tbe 3d of march 1817 as conclusive on the subject this section is copied by the trio of our infor mation as if tbey supposed tbey possessed the only three copies of the act extant now can either of these postmasters if it were to save their necks from tbe hal ter tell from this section or act what rates of postage tbey are to charge do they charge 1 cent 2 cents 5 cents or 10 cents for if the act and section referred lo es tablishes no rates and it does not why may they not charge one sum as well as another the article at the beginning of " the book headed " rates of postage is not au act of congress and therefore confers no authority the act of 1825 to which we are cited by one of our correspondents which may be found on the 23d page ol ' the book was repealed by the act of the 3d of march 1845 and is of no more force than if it never had been enacted the act of the 3d of march 1817 as before stated establishes no rates of postage nor does it repeal the rates established by the act of the 3d of march 18 we can not therefore retract the advice given last week to our subscribers to refuse to pay postage on tbe gazette at ollices under 30 miles from this place we have no doubt but our postmasters think they are in the right but that does not make them so ah we ask is justice even handed justice cher aw gazette another broken sword we see a little item travelling the rounds of the democratic press which makes lafayette say " when he wan ted a thing well done lie always sent a butler to do it we do not know nor do we much care to what breed of butlers this recently invented saying of the illustrious old frenchman has reference ; one thing is as clear as mud it had no allusion to the present nom inee for the vice presidency when did lafayette want a thing done by any of the butler family ? during the revolutionary war we suppose of course now according to his biogrnphy the democratic candidate for the vice pres idency was born the very year the rev olutionary war ended we should like to know what use old lafayette had during bis arduous campaigns for a ba by not oltl enough to wear breeches it must have been somebody else that done up things so elegantly brown william's mother would hardly trust him out at so early a period of bis precious existence very few boys have ever been found travelling so tar in advance ofthe man — columbus enquirer singular discovery in missis sippi the louisville journal in a n cent ar ticle says : in the southwestern part of franklin county mi there is a platform or floor of hewn stone neatly polished some three feet under ground it is about one hundred and eighty feet wide it ex tends due north and south and its surface is perfectly level tbe masonry is said to be equal if not superior to any work of modem times the land above it is cultivated but thirty year ago it was covered with oak and pine trees measu ring from two to three feet in diameter it is evidently of very remote antiquity as the indians who reside in the neighbor hood had no knowledge of its existence previous to its recent discovi ry nor is there any tradition among them from any idea ofthe object of the work or lii peo ple who were its builders there is also a canal and well connected with if but tbey never have been explored a sub terranean passage may be underneath farther exploration may throw some light upon its origin one of mr cass admirer calls him a great michigander ! anothersays that he gallantly surrendered to the brit ufa in the war of 1812 ' louisi di journal m tjor general butler the democratic candidate for the vice pi e.ideiicy has ar rived in washington city
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Well, that was interesting.
The mood before the OP was very dark. Allelujah reads out the statement from the terrorists and punches the wall in anger. Meanwhile, Lockon is staring out the sea (and the fangirls go wild!) and remembers a scene from his childhood (and the shouta-con fangirls start drooling) with a building destroyed and many body bags - this is obviously what happened to his parents (Lockon's from Ireland). Haro comments that Lockon is angry and he asks Haro to leave him alone for a bit. As he walks off looking very serious, Lockon swears to himself that he's going to snipe the bastards down.
The remaining operators briefly discuss the situation - not a real surprise and with them being in space, no worries for them. They'll leave the action to the people on the ground.
Cue Liu-mei arriving home in a pink (ugh) hover-jet. She's using her contacts to try to trace the terrorists. Meanwhile on a boat in the ocean, the girls are all in bikinis etc and the guys in their normal clothes. Sumeragi says it's for camouflage (hah!), and that there's not much she can do until Liu-mei gets some info - and then goes looking for some cold beer.
Haro goes up to Felt saying "long time no see" and she picks it up, saying "Haro..."
Later, after getting some initial reports (and evidence that all 3 major powers have been attacked), Sumeragi deduces that the terrorists have multiple bases, so they're going to spread the Gundam's out across the world hoping that they'll be close to the bases when found. Lockon tacks Haro back from Felt... who looks really sad (there's going to be more Felt fans after this). All the Gundams launch.
In space, Sergei is following the terrorist actions when Soma comes up and says she doesn't think it involves them. However, Sergei says that CB is the target of the terrorists and since the Gundams might get involved then so could they.
Meanwhile, Graham is flying around and a team-mate comments that they won't find the enemy this way. Graham says he just can't sit around doing nothing, even if it's nonsense.
And cut to Scotland in the AEU where Marina is getting updates from Miss smiles-too-much. However, she gets serious for once - it seems that back home, things are getting very serious. It may be Marina's first and last trip.
In Japan, Saji is talking to Louise. He suggests she goes home to Spain for a brief visit to reassure her parents but Louise doesn't like the idea because her parents were against her going abroad in the first place. Saji hangs up when his sister returns - and she's beat. Saji then shows he has learning potential and comments about how before he felt that CB etc didn't really involve him but after the bus exploded in front of him, he had to change that notion. Looks like he's going to take things more seriously now (at least, if that scene is any guide). He also thinks that CB's stated claim of ending war is impossible. Kinue suspects it's to disguise their real motives.
Tieria arrives in Australia and goes on stand-by. Allelujah is waiting in a desert in the HRL (I think). Lockon's in a South American rain-forest. And Setsuna is in... Scotland.
Setsuna has a brief flashback to childhood. An older boy is leaving to take some action in the name of God (sorta thing) but Setsuna doesn't want him to go - he'll die. The older boy gets angry and asks Setsuna if he's afraid of dying and says that's an insult to god. Later, Ali is giving a memorial service, as it were, with more jihadist BS. (Side note, there's 2 other adults there, so Ali wasn't the only one). Back in the present, Setsuna says there's no God to meet after you die.
There's then a report of a possible terrorist action in the area. He then gets contacted via his ear-piece (sounds like Liu-mei), and then goes off in a rather cool liking taxi-bike. As he's going, the conversation is replayed - some security cameras caught some suspicious people and he's asked to investigate at the scene - Liu-mei reminds him that he can't use the Gundam yet, and Setsuna replies that he knows.
Marina is being moved to a different hotel for security's sake.
Setsuna arrives and is told the terrorists are in a brown car - which spins off. Setsuna gives chase. Marina happens to see his face as he speeds past in the opposite direction, and is rather surprised (to be explained later).
Setsuna tries shooting the terrorist car but it gets away. He then has problems with the police... but Marina comes up to save him with the powers of diplomacy. (What was he going to do if she hadn't come, I wonder? Maybe shot the policeman?) Hmm, does Scotland have armed police in general in this day and age?
Marina hopes she didn't do anything unnecessary, and Setsuna says it's okay. She says she was surprised to see someone from her home country - and asks for confirmation about him being from Azadistan. He says he's from Kurdistan. Marina's quite surprised by this, and looks apologetic. Seeming at a loss of words, she introduces herself.
Setsuna introduces himself. Sounds like "Kambal Magilief" (so who was the Soran / Solah from last week? Did he just make up the name?).
Marina asks if he came sightseeing and Setsuna walks off (doesn't even say a word). Marina begs him to stay and talk with her a bit longer.
Meanwhile, Liu-mei's goons have caught the brown car, and send over the driver's biometric data. They get a hit on the organisation he belongs to (sounds like some small group - can't quite pick up all the info).
Back to Marina, who's explaining her country's current situation. They desperately need solar power, but there's a lot of unrest. But with that unrest, it's hard to get someone to help him. At this rate, "they" will turn up - Setsuna says "Celestial Being". Marina thinks that war is wrong, but trying to end it by force doesn't make sense - and innocent people are being killed in their interventions. Marina wonders if CB think they're god.
Setsuna: When war occurs, people die. Marina counters that CB are too aggressive in their interventions, don't explain themselves, cause unrest etc.
Setsuna: People died while we're talking.
Marina: But...!
Setsuna: The country that destroyed Kurdis was Azadistan!
Marina: T... that's true, but in the end a peace was negotiated.
Setsuna: People died until that happened!
Marina: Kambal-kun, you couldn't have...! The war ended 6 years ago. You would have been so young... Did you fight?
Setsuna: I'm fighting even now.
Setsuna: I'm fighting.
Marina: Are you ??? (sounds like "hosh-hano") Did you come to kill me?
Setsuna: Even if I killed you, nothing would change.
Setsuna: The world wouldn't change either.
Marina: Kambal-kun...
Setsuna: No. My code-name is Setsuna F Seiei. I am a Gundam Meister of Celestial Being.
Setsuna: If the unrest doesn't stop, then eventually we'll head to Azadistan.
Marina: ...
Marina: That's not something you can joke about.
Meanwhile, Liu-Mei isn't making much progress, then a whole bunch of new reports come in about lots of other terrorist groups. She comments that the world has moved - to attack them (CB).
There's then a brief scene with the AEU bigwig, which confirms their involvement.
The Gundam's launch.
Setsuna heads back to Exia and remote starts it up. (Nice). He also disengages the optical camo (!).
Back at Gundam Island, the operators confirm that all units have launched. Sumeragi suggests the go the beach and leave things to the Meisters. She adds that after this, they're going back to space, so...
Sumeragi relaxes on the beach while the girls play, and Ian Vasty comes up to comment about the world using terrorist organisations against them in a united way. He suggests that this is a big step forwards (to unite the world) and Sumeragi agrees.
The Gundam's stomp their opponents (rather literally in Exia's case). But there's a mobile armour in the ship Setsuna attacked, which takes a while to dispose of. Interesting that he can use the beam sabers underwater (they're supposed dispersed by air, so you'd think water would have a stronger effect, being 50x denser...)
Marina is on a plane to Greenland (? Queensland?) and can't quite bring herself to believe that Setsuna was telling the truth about him being in CB... when Exia does an awfully close fly-by (what the heck is he doing?)
Next ep, things return back to space (and protests against CB start)
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For the first week or two, your baby's movements will be very jerky. Her chin may quiver and her hands may tremble. She'll startle easily when moved suddenly or when she hears a loud sound, and the startling may lead to crying. If she appears overly sensitive to stimulation, she may be comforted if you hold her close to your body or swaddle her tightly in a blanket. There are even special blankets for swaddling small babies who are particularly difficult to console. But by the end of the first month, as her nervous system matures and her muscle control improves, these shakes and quivers will give way to much smoother arm and leg movements that look almost as if she's riding a bicycle. Lay her on her stomach now and she will make crawling motions with her legs and may even push up on her arms.
Your baby's neck muscles also will develop rapidly, giving her much more control over her head movements by the end of this month. Lying on her stomach, she may lift her head and turn it from one side to the other. However, she won't be able to hold her head independently until about three months, so make sure you support it whenever you're holding her.
Your baby's hands, a source of endless fascination throughout much of this first year, will probably catch her eyes during these weeks. Her finger movements are limited, since her hands are likely to be clenched in tight fists most of the time. But she can flex her arms and bring her hands to her mouth and into her line of vision. While she can't control her hands precisely, she'll watch them closely as long as they're in view.
Many of your baby's movements still will be reflexive at the beginning of this period. For example, he may assume a "fencing" position every time his head turns and throw out his arms if he hears a loud noise or feels that he's falling. But as we've mentioned, most of these common newborn reflexes will begin to fade by the second or third month. He may temporarily seem less active after the reflexes have diminished, but now his movements, however subtle, are intentional ones and will build steadily toward mature activity.
One of the most important developments of these early months will be your baby's increasing neck strength. Try placing him on his stomach and see what happens. Before two months, he'll struggle to raise his head to look around. Even if he succeeds for only a second or two, that will allow him to turn for a slightly different view of the world. These momentary exercises also will strengthen the muscles in the back of his neck so that, by sometime around his four-month birthday, he'll be able to hold up his head and chest as he supports himself on his elbows. This is a major accomplishment, giving him the freedom and control to look all around at will, instead of just staring at his crib or the mobile directly overhead.
For you, it's also a welcome development because you no longer have to support his head quite so much when carrying him (although sudden movements or force will still require some head support). If you use a front or back carrier, he'll now be able to hold his own head up and look around as you walk.
A baby's control over the front neck muscles and abdominal muscles develops more gradually, so it will take a little longer for your baby to be able to raise his head when lying on his back. At one month, if you gently pull your baby by the arms to a sitting position, his head will flop backward; by four months, however, he'll be able to hold it steady in all directions.
Your child's legs also will become stronger and more active. During the second month, they'll start to straighten from their inward-curving newborn position. Although his kicks will remain mostly reflexive for some time, they'll quickly gather force, and by the end of the third month, he might even kick himself over from front to back. (He probably won't roll from back to front until he's about six months old.) Since you cannot predict when he'll begin rolling over, you'll need to be especially careful and pay close attention whenever he's on the changing table or any other surface above floor level.
Another newborn reflex—the stepping reflex—will allow him to take steps when you hold him under his arms, while his feet touch the floor. But this reflex will disappear at about six weeks, and you may not see your baby step again until he's ready to walk. By three or four months, however, he'll be able to flex and straighten his legs at will. Lift him upright with his feet on the floor and he'll push down and straighten his legs so that he's virtually standing by himself (except for the balance you're providing). Then he'll try bending his knees and discover that he can bounce himself. Although parents are often concerned about whether this kind of bouncing is harmful to the baby's legs, it is perfectly healthy and safe.
Your baby's hand and arm movements also will develop rapidly during these three months. In the beginning, his hands will be tightly clenched with his thumb curled inside his fingers; if you uncoil the fingers and place a rattle in his palm, he'll grasp it automatically, yet he won't be able to shake it or bring it to his mouth. He'll gaze at his hands with interest when they come into view by chance or because of reflexive movements, but he probably won't be able to bring them to his face on his own.
However, many changes will occur within just a month or two. Suddenly your baby's hands will seem to relax and his arms will open outward. During the third month, his hands will be half open most of the time, and you'll notice him carefully opening and shutting them. Try placing a rattle in his palm and he'll grip it, perhaps bring it to his mouth, and then drop it only after he's explored it fully. (The more lightweight the toy, the better he'll be able to control it.) He'll never seem to grow bored with his hands themselves; just staring at his fingers will amuse him for long stretches of time.
Your baby's attempts to bring his hands to his mouth will be persistent, but mostly in vain at first. Even if his fingers occasionally reach their destination, they'll quickly fall away. By four months, however, he'll probably have finally mastered this game (which is also an important developmental skill) and be able to get his thumb to his mouth and keep it there whenever he wishes. Put a rattle in his palm now and he'll clench it tightly, shake it, mouth it, and maybe even transfer it from hand to hand. Your baby also will be able to reach accurately and quickly—not only with both hands but with his entire body. Hang a toy overhead and he'll reach up eagerly with arms and legs to bat at it and grab for it. His face will tense in concentration, and he may even lift his head toward his target. It's as if every part of his body shares in his excitement as he masters these new skills.


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GREENVILLE, SC (AP) - State health officials say three people have now died in South Carolina from the West Nile virus.
The Department of Health and Environmental Control says it's the highest death toll in the state.
DHEC spokesman Jim Beasley says the agency began tracking West Nile virus in 2001. Beasley says the only other death was reported in Dillon County in 2005.
There have been 40 cases of the illness in South Carolina this year. Aiken County has had the most cases with eight. Richland County has had four cases. State officials say South Carolina usually has only about four cases annually.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says there have been 183 deaths this year.
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Obama Administration Learns: If You Redefine Every Word In The Dictionary, You Can Get Away With Just About Anything
from the words-mean-something dept
But, it goes beyond that. As Trevor Timm highlights over at The Guardian, pretty much the entire drone bombing (drones, by the way, are also apparently "authorized" by the AUMF) of Syria involves the administration conveniently redefining basic English to suit its purposes. Let's start with the authorization for the bombing itself:
It's amazing what you can accomplish when you pretend words mean something entirely different than they do. Hell, if you can just make words mean whatever the hell you want them to mean, there's no such thing as a limitation on what you can do. It's all fair game. Who needs laws when the law is basically a mad libs for you to fill in what you want?
For instance, in his Tuesday statement that US airstrikes that have expanded into Syria, Obama studiously avoided any discussion about his domestic legal authority to conduct these strikes. That dirty work was apparently left up to anonymous White House officials, who told the New York Times's Charlie Savage that both the Authorization of Use of Military Force (AUMF) from 2001 (meant for al-Qaida) and the 2002 war resolution (meant for Saddam Hussein's Iraq) gave the government the authority to strike Isis in Syria.
In other words: the legal authority provided to the White House to strike al-Qaida and invade Iraq more than a dozen years ago now means that the US can wage war against a terrorist organization that's decidedly not al-Qaida, in a country that is definitely not Iraq.
Moving on. The definitional jujitsu covers the people who were killed by the bombing as well. Civilians? What civilians?
Kill anyone you want, just as long as they're men of a certain age. Thank you Pentagon dictionary. You just wiped out civilian deaths.
Buzzfeed's Evan McMorris-Santoro reported that the Pentagon is "confident" that no civilians were killed in any of the initial airstrikes in Syria, despite a credible report to the contrary. But we have no idea what that actually means either. The White House previously embraced a re-definition of "civilian" so it could easily deny its drone strikes were killing anyone than "militants" in Yemen, Pakistan, and elsewhere, according to a New York Times report in 2012:
It in effect counts all military-age males in a strike zone as combatants, according to several administration officials, unless there is explicit intelligence posthumously proving them innocent.
So any casualties, if they're men, might well be tallied as "militants" even if the actual dead people were not.
But why stop there? How about "imminent threats"? Because that sounds pretty scary, right? It sure is -- especially when it can mean whatever the hell the administration wants:
This is pretty neat. Anything else you've got for us? How about "combat" or "ground troops"? They're not what you think they are either, because a malleable language can do anything:
In addition to conducting airstrikes against Isis is Syria on Tuesday, the Obama administration also announced it had also targeted the "Khorasan Group", a separate al-Qaida-linked terrorist organization. They justified it by claiming that the group was plotting an "imminent" attack on the US. Before last week, hardly anyone had heard of the Khorasan Group (in fact, even their name was classified), so it's difficult to judge from public information just how threatening their alleged plot really was. But when you add in the administration's definition of "imminent," it becomes impossible.
Take, for example, this definition from a Justice Department white paper, which was leaked last year, intended to justify the killing of Americans overseas:
[A]n "imminent" threat of violent attack against the United States does not require the United States to have clear evidence that a specific attack on U.S. persons will take place in the immediate future.
To translate: "imminent" can mean a lot of things … including "not imminent".
As the New York Times's Mark Landler detailed over the weekend, White House has "an extremely narrow definition of combat … a definition rejected by virtually every military expert." According to the Obama administration, the 1600 "military advisers" that have steadily been flowing in Iraq fall outside this definition, despite the fact that "military advisers" can be: embedded with Iraqi troops; carry weapons; fire their weapons if fired upon; and call in airstrikes. In the bizarro dictionary of war employed by this White House, none of that qualifies as "combat".Yes, the English language changes over time and that's generally a good thing. But we're not talking about the way the word "decimate" once meant to lop off 10% and now means "destroy everything." This is a deliberate misrepresentation of things.
Hell, this seems to go further than Orwell even imagined with his authoritarian use of language and rewriting of history. In this case, rather than just saying "we were always at war with Eurasia," he could have just changed the definition of "we," "were," "always," "at," "war," "with," and "Eurasia," and it would have been that much more powerful.


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Michas Wins Audi Melges 20 Miami Winter Series Event No. 1, Hill Named Corinthian Champion
14 December 2014
Miami, FL - One final light air race concluded the 2014/15 Audi Melges 20 Miami Winter Series Act No. 1 on Sunday, hosted by Coconut Grove Sailing Club (CGSC) with championship winner Jason Michas on Midnight Blue along with tactician Mark Mendelblatt and crew Trevor Moore winning the final heat and taking the overall win. Tied with equal points in second place is Marc Hollerbach's Fu, followed by Achille Onorato's Mascalzone Latino Jr. for third.
In addition to the overall standings, the battle for the Corinthian title remained hot and heated over the three-day event. 2013 Corinthian U.S. National Champion Brian Hill on Atlas captured the all-amateur division top prize. Tate Russack on Diesel claimed a well-deserved second while Canada's Paul Currie on Wild Deuces proudly took third.
As always the IAM20CA is grateful for the dedication of CGSC and their entire team of volunteers and race committee members. PRO Bruce Golison and his team once again did an amazing job firing off races in some very tough conditions. Many thanks will always be to all teams, sailors and owners for joining the fleet and experiencing an incredible regatta.
The 2015 Miami Winter Series continues on next February 6-8 for MWS Event No. 2, and the grand finale will happen in mid-March at the Melges Rocks Regatta. All teams who have not registered for either of these events yet are encouraged to sign-up today for what will be the very best Series ever!
TOP TEN RESULTS (FINAL - After Six Races)
1.) Jason Michas/Mark Mendleblatt, Midnight Blue; [15]-4-13-1-6-1= 25
2.) Marc Hollerbach/Jonathan McKee, Fu; [12]-10-4-2-4-5 = 25
3.) Achille Onorato/Malcolm Page, Mascalzone Latino, Jr.; 4-1-5-[9]-9-7 = 26
4.) Richard Davies/Charlie McKee, Section 16; 8-6-6-8-[26]-3 = 31
5.) John Taylor/Bill Hardesty, Ninkasi; [16]-5-11-7-1-14 = 38
6.) Mike Keefe/Kevin Jewett, Flannel; 6-3-2-17-[18]-16 = 44
7.) Russ Lucas/Harry Melges, Shimmer; 14-[15]-14-5-7-4 = 44
8.) Jim Wilson/Sam Rogers, Oleander; [20]-19-17-3-10-2 = 51
9.) Paul Reilly/Andy Burdick, Red Sky Sailing Team; 10-9-7-19-[25]-8 = 53
10.) Bo Boje Pedersen/Michael Hestbaek, UpUpUp; 2-18-9-[22]-14-12 = 55
TOP THREE CORINTHIAN RESULTS (FINAL - After Six Races)
1.) Brian Hill, Atlas = 70 pts.
2.) Tate Russack, Diesel = 88 pts.
3.) Paul Currie, Wild Deuces = 95 pts.
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Tyrell Adds CHL Player of the Week to his 2008 Resume
(CHL Release) – The Canadian Hockey League on Wednesday announced that Lightning prospect Dana Tyrell of the Prince George Cougars is the Boston Pizza CHL Player of the Week for the week ending November 2. Tyrell scored three goals and four assists for seven points helping the Cougars to a 1-0-0-1 record on the week.
Tyrell was named the first star of the game on Wednesday night playing the Brandon Wheat Kings at home. He netted two goals on the power play and added an assist in the 6-5 shootout loss. On Saturday Tyrell would score one goal and three assists for third star of the game honours as the Cougars would beat the Kamloops Blazers 7-2 at home.
Tyrell, a 19-year-old from Airdrie, AB is in his fourth WHL season with the Cougars. In 16 games this season he has scored 14 goals and nine assists for 23 points. Tyrell was a second round selection of the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft. He will be representing Team WHL in the 2008 ADT Canada Russia Challenge November 26 in Swift Current and November 27 in Prince Albert.
Philippe Paradis of the Shawinigan Cataractes was the QMJHL nominee for the award with seven assists to help the Cataractes win four games this week. Defenceman Ryan Ellis of the top ranked Windsor Spitfires scored two goals and five assists for seven points in two games and was the OHL nominee for the award this week.
2008-09 Boston Pizza CHL Player of the Week
Nov. 4 – Dana Tyrell, Prince George Cougars
Oct. 28 – Jamie Benn, Kelowna Rockets
Oct. 21 – Matthew Pistilli, Shawinigan Cataractes
Oct. 14 – Justin DiBenedetto, Sarnia Sting
Oct. 7 – Stefan Della Rovere, Barrie Colts
Sept. 30 – Joel Broda, Moose Jaw Warriors
Sept. 23 – Michael Stinziani, Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
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Top drifter Ken Gushi got to show us proof of what we've all been waiting for: the Scion FR-S loves to go sideways.
Gushi drifts for Scion in Formula D, and we expect him to be trading up his RWD tC for an FR-S any day now. Now all we need is to get one of these things from this rainy Sodegura Forest Circuit in Chiba over to a snowed-out parking lot here in New York and we're in business.


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Apart from bumping a thread from many moons ago; what you may have experiences was this:
the Invalid IP/network may have been an APIPA address which is self-assigned for very small networking, and networks without static IPs or a DHCP server. The issue you had most likely was a corrupt IP stack or a winsock related issue. Such problems in windows can be resolved by running an elevated command prompt and typing "netsh winsock reset".
Any half decent tech support would tell you this, however since that did not resolve the issue, they have then removed your NIC from the installed hardware and allowed the OS to reinstall which resolved the issue with the network. This is why you no longer see Network 2, and are now connected to Network 3.
In most cases a cmd box on startup is usually a script running. May be related to spyware but just as likely to be legitimate in windows; especially domain clients.


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But Afridi has scored two half centuries in 50-over practice matches in the last three days, including 90 off 64 balls on Wednesday to catch the eyes of his captain. "If his form remains like this and we needed him, we will definitely consider him," Misbah said in Lahore at Pakistan's training camp for the tour. "The form of senior players, who are experienced enough, is very important."
Afridi has played 349 one-dayers, the third most for a Pakistani, but has struggled for runs in ODIs this year. Former captain Wasim Akram reportedly criticised Afridi's exclusion from the ODIs and said the enigmatic allrounder could have been picked in any team as a bowler. "Indian players are afraid of Afridi and I fail to understand why he was dropped," Daily Jang quoted Akram as saying. "If the selectors were thinking that Afridi was out of form, then they should have also dropped him from the Twenty20 team."
Pakistan leave for India on December 22, and the series begins with a Twenty20 at Bangalore on December 25. The Pakistan Cricket Board appointed another former captain Inzamam-ul-Haq as the batting consultant for the short tour of India which ends on January 6 after the third ODI at New Delhi.
Misbah said Inzamam has helped the batsmen how to be mentally strong while playing against India and be aggressive against their archrivals. "He is teaching us what types of hurdles we are going to face and how to get over them," Misbah said. "No doubt in India vs Pakistan cricket you have to play aggressive cricket and we will try to apply it over there."
Pakistan coach Dav Whatmore believes offspinner Saeed Ajmal will be their trump card against India, but Misbah said the rest of the bowlers also have to take responsibility. "India has depth in their batting line-up and you can't catch them with one bowler," Misbah said. "As always, Saeed Ajmal is our trump card, but as a team if we bowl well, then we do have a chance and I think it's not a right thing to depend only on Saeed Ajmal."
Misbah said the first tour between the neighbours in five years will ramp up the pressure and expectations more than usual, but he insists they must try to treat the series as a regular event. "There is always pressure in India-Pakistan matches and it will stay like this whether we are playing against each other regularly or not," Misbah said. "Everyone follows it and has lots of expectations, but the key for us will be to play normal cricket like we do play against other teams." (AP)


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Wind turbine tip extension
For a German wind turbine manufacturer, Actiflow designed a tip enlargement for a 27 metre blade, to reach a new length of 29 metres.
As an important boundary condition, the tip design had to fit with the existing shape and layout of the original blade. Also the production aspects had to be taken into account.
In order to guarantee a good aerodynamic performance, a blade section with a span of 7 metres was redesigned. Using modelling and simulation techniques, Actiflow designed a new tip shape with minimal tip losses and minimal noise production. While designing, the cost of production, including the cost of the new mould, was taken into account, so they would stay as low as possible.


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Hard Rock "drops" 10-foot Gibson guitar from Giacomo Hotel to ring in new year
Get ready to rock 'n' ring in the new year. On Tuesday, Dec. 31, Hard Rock Café, Niagara Falls, USA, hosts the city's fifth annual New Year's Eve Guitar Drop. Fans can join Hard Rock and count down to 2014, as a 10-foot Gibson guitar, painted by local artist Rob Lynch and illuminated by Ken-Ton Electronics, is lowered off the Giacomo Hotel at midnight.
As part of the New Year's celebration, Hard Rock will host a free outdoor concert headlined by national recording artist Living Colour.
In addition to the free outdoor concert, guests can enjoy food and beverage concessions along with a special fireworks display at midnight.
A portion of the proceeds from the event benefit the Niagara Falls Firefighters Christmas Toy Fund, an organization that helps the community meet the needs of the less fortunate in Niagara Falls by providing new winter clothes and Christmas gifts for impoverished children, and a festive meal for local senior citizens during the holiday season.
Hard Rock Café, Niagara Falls, USA, extends a special thank you to presenting sponsor Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel, and to event partners the Giacomo Hotel, Old Falls Street and the Gibson family of brands.
What: Hard Rock Café, Niagara Falls, USA, hosts fifth annual New Year's Eve Guitar Drop and free outdoor concert
When: Tuesday, Dec. 31
Where: Old Falls Street, outdoors adjacent to Hard Rock Café, Niagara Falls, USA, 333 Prospect St., Niagara Falls
Admission: Free, and all ages welcome
For more information, visitwww.hardrock.com/niagarafalls. For in-café, New Year's Eve reservations, call 716-282-0007
About Living Colour: Formed in 1983, Living Colour is an American rock band from New York City. The band's music is a creative fusion influenced by free jazz, funk, hip-hop, hard rock and heavy metal. Living Colour rose to fame with their debut album, "Vivid," in 1988. They are best remembered for their signature song "Cult of Personality," which won a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance in 1990. Living Colour was also named Best New Artist at the 1989 MTV Video Music Awards. For more details, visit www.livingcolour.com.
About Niagara Falls Firefighters Christmas Toy Fund: The Niagara Falls firefighters are most proud of their annual Firefighters Christmas Toy Fund. They conduct a telethon each year, securing donations and support of individuals and businesses in Niagara Falls and the surrounding community. They then use 100 percent of the funds generated to help the less fortunate in the community. During the holiday period, the firefighters further assist the community in presenting a Christmas party and dinner for nursing home residents. Finally, year-round they provide assistance to families who are the victims of fire or other disasters. For more information, visit www.nf-fd.com.
About Hard Rock International: With a total of 174 venues in 55 countries, including 136 cafés, 19 hotels and seven casinos, Hard Rock International is one of the most globally recognized companies. Beginning with an Eric Clapton guitar, Hard Rock owns the world's greatest collection of music memorabilia, which is displayed at its locations around the globe. Hard Rock is also known for its collectible fashion and music-related merchandise, "Hard Rock Live" performance venues and an award-winning website. For more information on Hard Rock International, visit www.hardrock.com.


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Fish is one of my favorite things to eat, but sadly I don't cook it enough. We eat a lot of sushi in our house because Bryan isn't a huge fan of fish when it is cooked, except for swordfish. He's eaten a few cooked fish dishes that I've made but like I said, I don't cook it often enough.
A few months ago we went to a local restaurant because he was craving swordfish. He had his grilled with a bruschetta topping to it while I had a delicious piece of mahi-mahi with a mango salsa on top. He was a bit jealous of my salsa and wasn't such a fan of the bruschetta. I promised him the next time it is on sale we would pick up a piece and I would cook it however he wished. He asked for it to be grilled with a mango salsa, similar to the one I had on my mahi-mahi.
Lucky for him, swordfish was on sale this week! So keeping true to my promise we went and picked up a good size piece (for the two of us to share) of swordfish, and the ingredients for a simple yet delicious onion-free mango salsa. I just did a costing card for this meal and minus the steamed veggies on the side (we used green giant frozen steam ready veggies which were on sale for $1.00!) it totaled $8.27 per person!! If you were to add the veggies, it would be still only $8.77 per person. You can't go out anywhere to get a delicious and healthy meal for that price. Again, we bought the fish on sale so it helped with the price. So if you do like I do and plan your weekly menu based on your local grocery adds or a local famers market prices you can find some great deals and make simple yet delicious and healthy meals for less.
This meal is beyond easy to make with only a few ingredients…five ingredients to be exact (salt, pepper and olive oil are "free" ingredients, meaning I have these on hand at all times and are basic ingredients for many recipes). I would suggest preparing the salsa at least an hour before and let it hang out in the fridge so all of the flavors are melded together nicely. The fish takes between 8-10 minutes, so this is the perfect for a busy weeknight meal.
Grilled Swordfish
3/4 – 1 Pound of Swordfish Fillet – cut in half (enough for two people)
Juice of 1/2 Lime
Salt and Pepper – to taste
Olive Oil
Lightly brush the swordfish fillet with olive oil and squeeze the lime juice over it and season with salt and pepper – flip and repeat on the other side.
Pre-heat your grill to medium-high heat. Add the swordfish and cook for about 4-5 minutes per side.
Onion-Free Mango Salsa
2 Large Ripe Mango – Diced(about 1 1/2 – 2 cups)
1 Medium Red Bell Pepper – Diced (about 1/2 – 3/4 cup)
Juice of 1/2 a Lime (about 1 tablespoon)
1 Tablespoon Olive Oil
1/8 cup Finely Chopped Cilantro (You can add more depending on your taste)
Salt and Pepper to taste
Add diced mango, red pepper, olive oil, lime juice, and season with salt and pepper – taste. Add cilantro last and mix to combine well. Refrigerate for at least one hour.
For the rest of the week I have planned:
- Sunday – Corned Beef Sandwiches (Reuben's) and veggies
- Monday – Roasted Pork Meatballs (from The Gluten-Free Asian Kitchen – pre-order it here) and a quick fried rice
- Tuesday – Pasta
- Wednesday – Chicken Stir-Fry with Broccoli, Carrots, Red Cabbage and Snap Peas
- Thursday – Grilled Rib-Eye and Mashed Sweet Potatoes
- Friday – Chili
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Historically, few multivalue applications have made use of the transaction processing capabilities of the underlying database. Those that do sometimes encounter the need to apply an immediate update to a file within the scope of a transaction.
Opening a File for Non-Transactional Update
The QMBasic OPEN and OPENPATH statements both have an optional NON.TRANSACTIONAL qualifier. Any updates applied using the file variable returned from these operations will be applied immediately and do not form part of any currently active transaction.
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We are offering After School workshops (for children aged 5-12yrs) to be booked on a casual basis for Monday and Tuesday afternoons.
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Chest X-rays can show your healthcare provider the size, shape, and location of the following:
It uses a small amount of radiation to make pictures of these areas.
Your healthcare provider may order a chest X-ray to see how well your heart or lungs are working. You may need a chest X-ray if it is suspected that you have any of the following:
You may also need a chest X-ray:
These other devices include central venous catheters, endotracheal tubes, chest tubes, and nasogastric tubes.
Your healthcare provider may have other reasons to recommend a chest X-ray.
You may want to ask your healthcare provider about the amount of radiation used during the test. Also ask about the risks as they apply to you.
Consider writing down all X-rays you get, including past scans and X-rays for other health reasons. Show this list to your healthcare provider. The risks of radiation exposure may be tied to the number of X-rays you have and the X-ray treatments you have over time.
Tell your healthcare provider if you are pregnant or think you may be pregnant. Radiation exposure during pregnancy may lead to birth defects.
You may have other risks depending on your specific health condition. Talk with your healthcare provider about any concerns you have before the procedure.
You may have a chest X-ray as an outpatient or as part of your stay in a hospital. The way the test is done may vary depending on your condition and your healthcare provider's practices.
Generally, a chest X-ray follows this process:
The chest X-ray is not painful. But you may have some discomfort or pain from moving into different positions if you have had recent surgery or an injury. The technologist will use all possible comfort measures and do the scan as quickly as possible to minimize any discomfort or pain.
You do not need any special care after a chest X-ray. Your healthcare provider may give you other instructions, depending on your situation.
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A consortium of U.S. government agencies, lead by DARPA, has jointly issued a solicitation for small business proposals...
Joint-Agency SBIR Funding Opportunity Announcement
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The participating agencies are:
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), (http://www.defenselink.mil/)
National Science Foundation (NSF) (http://www.nsf.gov/)
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
Each agency's interest in the initiative is described within the document.
I noted the presence of USDA on the list with extreme interest, as you might expect, and am pleased to report that an effort to develop the sort of system I've previously described (replacing traction with dextrous manipulation) should be fundable within their guidelines.
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DeVos Claims Melges 32 U.S. National Championship Title
1 August 2010
Harbor Springs, Mich. (August 1) - Ideal racing conditions just weren't meant to be on the final day of scheduled races at the 2010 Melges 32 U.S. National Championship, hosted by Little Traverse Yacht Club, although initially it did appear early on to be promising. "When we saw it wasn't filling in like we had hoped by 12:30 p.m., it was just silly to make those guys sit out there and wait." said PRO Bruce Golison. "So, we sent everyone ashore. There was no indication as to how long it would take for the breeze fill like we wanted it to, and with a two o'clock cut-off we were pretty limited."
Congratulations to Ryan DeVos (Harbor Springs, Mich.) on Volpe as he is the 2010 U.S. National Champion. DeVos, alongside of his father Dick, tactician Ed Baird, and crew consisting of Scott Nixon, Brian Janney, Mike Hill, Drew Weirda and Marty Kullman, he produced an impressive 4-2-2-1-1 result winning by a remarkable 16 points. "I would have loved to have got some more racing in." said DeVos in celebration of winning his very first major Melges 32 title. "With the conditions we saw this weekend, there was no easy way around. This was really tough racing."
2010 Melges 32 Key West Race Week Champion John Kilroy, Jr. (Los Angeles, Calif.) on Samba Pa Ti offered up some great competition yet settled for second place with Stu Bannatyne on tactics and Sam Rogers, Morgan Reeser, Eric Dorman, Kimberly Arnstson, Alan Nakanishi and Justin Smart as crew. John Porter (Winnetka, Ill.) on Full Throttle claimed third with the help of tactician Charlie McKee and team — Andy Burdick, Fritz Langzinger, Vincent Porter, Corbett Porter, Matthew Woodsworth and Kelly McKenna.
A very special thanks to all the teams that joined the class in Harbor Springs for this premiere event. Many traveled great distances, including Joe Woods (Torquay, UK) on Red, and all the way from New Zealand, Stefan Goldwater on Tirade. The championship would not have been the same without you!
Championships of this magnitude do not happen successfully without a team of dedicated individuals — within the class, yacht club and on the race committee working hard, almost around the clock to make everything smooth. The International Melges 32 Class Association wishes to recognize the great efforts of Tom Geisler (who put in plenty of overtime on the details), Laura Melges and team, Regatta Chair Rich Lehmann, Kathy Breightner and Donna Weber, most especially to Dick and Doug DeVos for the cordial hospitality.
A very special thanks to 2010 Melges 32 U.S. National Championship regatta supporters Sail22 andLine Honors-Performance Sailing Supply.
The Melges 32 is in full ramp-up mode for the 2010 Melges 32 World Championship taking place on September 22-25 in San Francisco, Calif., hosted by the St. Francis Yacht Club. Everyone is encouraged to Register Online as soon as possible.
Two additional events serve as warm-ups. The 2010 California Cup on August 20-22, hosted by the San Francisco Yacht Club and the Rolex Big Boat Series, which also will serve as Pre-Worlds. Teams are reminded that these events are non-sanctioned class events, meaning no weigh-in or race documentation will be required prior to competition.
Specific details regarding the 2010 Melges 32 World Championship will be forthcoming shortly in the form of competitor releases. All Owners and Team Captains need to be on the lookout for such communications.
Top Ten Results (FINAL)
1.) Ryan Devos/Ed Baird, Volpe; 4-2-2-1-1 = 10
2.) John Kilroy/Stu Bannatyne, Samba Pa Ti; 5-4-1-7-9 = 26
3.) John Porter/Charlie McKee, Full Throttle; 3-5-9-6-5 = 28
4.) Joe Woods/Paul Goodison, Red; 1-1-8-10-13 = 33
5.) Rod Jabin/Chris Larson, Ramrod; 2-3-12-12-4 = 33
6.) Jason Carroll/John Baxter, Argo; 8-7-7-8-6 = 36
7.) Robert Hughes/Steve Hunt, Heartbreaker; 11-10-3-5-8 = 37
8.) Jeff Ecklund/Bill Hardesty, STAR; 13-6-10-2-7 = 38
9.) John Taylor/Andrew Campbell, Ninkasi; 7-8-13-3-12 = 43
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Yesterday I received this email, the subject line of which read My spiritual crisis.
Hi John! I am writing you to get your insight on a struggle I am having. I grew up in a Southern Baptist Church, and loved it. I had what most Christians would call a very close "relationship" with Jesus. Then I went to college. I started questioning things and decided that some of the things I had been taught just were not right. I became extremely more liberal in my views, but still very much involved in my Church and "strong" in my relationship with Christ.
Then I got married and tried for three long years to get pregnant. Three long years of painful, expensive, invasive fertility treatments. I can not even begin to explain to you the emotional sorrow that infertility caused me. It also caused me a huge spiritual crisis. How can an all-loving God bless drug addicts with babies that they don't even want, while I sat crying with empty arms? Had I not been a good and faithful follower pretty much all my life? Why was I being passed up on the blessing of growing a family? I could not, and still do not understand it.
I eventually found a medication that worked for me, and was able to conceive a son. He is now three years old. For a while the joy of having him overshadowed what I had been through, but now it has been another three years of infertility, and I am going through it all over again to have another child. Only this time, it is worse in a couple of ways. This time, we have no insurance coverage for infertility and no money to afford treatment, so I am left feeling even more helpless than before. Worse than that, however, is that this time, I know firsthand what I am missing out on, so it seems to hurt even more if that is possible. Every time a friend or family member shares their good news that they are pregnant, a small part of me is happy for them, but I mostly just feel the sting of disparity. God is supposed to be fair and just… but I have a really hard time seeing it the longer I live. I would greatly appreciate your thoughts on this. Thank you!
I'm uncomfortable answering your letter, because I don't think you'll like my response. Nontheless:
1. You did have a child. Clearly God fought you pretty hard on that, but ultimately you did receive the very blessing you desired. I'm not sure how not being granted the same amazing blessing twice serves as evidence that God is unfair and unjust. If you knew a poor man who begged, pleaded and prayed to God to bring him a million dollars, and then he got a million dollars, what would you think if he later claimed that God was unfair and unjust for not bringing him a second million dollars?
2. You believe that God has made you infertile; you believe that being a mother is God's highest desire for you; you know that there are babies out there who need a mother at least as desperately as you want another baby. So maybe adoption might be something for you to look into?
Love to you. I know you're suffering. But do consider the idea that if God blocks one path for you, it's because he's got something even better waiting for you down another.


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The tiger cub has to be hand-fed because its mother doesn't produce enough milk.
The unnamed tiger cub will stay in the zoo for one year and will then be taken to another zoo. The Siberian tiger is part of the International Animal Rescue Program for the Protection of Endangered Animals.
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A team will look at times and look not so good at other times in the same game for often in the early season. The best a coach can hope for is that the team comes out on top more often than not.
Pontiac head coach Mindy Whitehouse witnessed her team play real well, and then deal with some issues down the stretch Friday afternoon. In the end, the second-year PTHS boss saw her team prevail as the Indians held off LaSalle-Peru 55-50 at the Pontiac Thanksgiving Tournament.
The bad news was the trouble Pontiac faced in dealing with LaSalle-Peru's pressure in the fourth quarter. Double teams and traps gave the PTHS ballhanders fits in trying to bring the rock up the floor.
Turnovers ensued and the lead that had reached 20 points in the third quarter had dwindled considerably.
"I said to them that sometimes you play to the level of your competition and I said that in the fourth quarter the worst thing that can happen to us we had that big lead," Whitehouse said. "Unforced turnovers killed us. You can't have turnover, turnover, turnover."
Good news prevailed in the end. Pontiac didn't allow the Cavaliers to get any closer than the final score. But LaSalle-Peru made noise by not only forcing turnovers, but also nailing shots — open and with a defender up close.
The good news for the Indians began earlier in the game, with 2 1/2 minutes to go in the first quarter.
LaSalle-Peru took a 10-8 lead when Hannah Wolfe scored with 2:43 to go in the first frame.
Freshman Ashley Harfst answered with a 3-pointer for an 11-10 lead and the last of six lead changes. It also started what became a 19-1 run over the next 8:08 of the game.
Kaela Hodges and Harfst scored before the end of the opening period to give the Indians a 15-10 edge at the quarter break.
Hodges then scored 8 of the Indians' first 10 points of the second period as the margin grew to 25-11. Kelsey Walsberg drained a floater in the paint that capped the run and made it 27-11.
Rachael Fearman buried a 3-pointer right before the half that staked Pontiac to a 30-15 advantage.
"I thought we did better with ball reversal, we got people scoring and the big girls cutting," Whitehouse said.
The Cavaliers scored the first two baskets of the second period. Pontiac responded by getting eight more points from Hodges while Walsberg connected from beyond the arc and added a driving deuce off a turnover as the PTHS lead grew to 45-25 with two minutes to play in the quarter.
Hodges finished with 24 points as the Indians improved to 2-1. Walsberg threw in 9 points while Maddie Dohleman, Harfst and Fearman chipped in 5 points apiece. Jordan Johns scored 4 points and Michaela Dohleman netted 2 markers.
"I was impressed with how we recovered from Monday because Monday was not that great. We've struggled with injuries and people being sick; Sami (Battle) hasn't practiced because she got done with swimming," Whitehouse said. "Once we get everybody back to practice and we have people to scrimmage, we'll be alright."
Britany Zawacki had 14 points for LaSalle-Peru and Brianna Argubright checked in with 10.
Indians hold on for 55-50 win
A team will look at times and look not so good at other times in the same game for often in the early season. The best a coach can hope for is that the team comes out on top more often than not.