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Normally you will have your order in 3-5 days. However, your order can take up to 10 days to arrive once it's been dispatched. We don't keep you guessing, you can track you parcel for updates through your CM profile. If you've got any further questions, simply call us on +44 (0) 344 8448505
Where is my return and refund?
Your return can take 21 days to reach us. We'll make sure to email you once it has arrived to let you know when to expect your refund/exchange. If you've got any further questions, simply drop us an email! You can also find more information about in our returns section here.
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We use normal EU sizing on all our garments and accessories. You can use both the product description on every category and product page, both the size guide here to work out which size will suit. We always state the size the model is wearing on the actual picture in every product page. Knowing his/her measurements and the size of the garment will make your life easier. Of course, if you'd like some extra advice our customer service team is always happy to help. Simply call us on +44 (0) 344 8448505
Garment queries - Jeans
I was looking for a jeans to buy but I'm not sure of the sizes?
We've got many different styles to help you find your perfect fit. We use normal EU sizing on all our garments and accessories. You can use both the jeans descriptions on every category and product page and size guide to work out what pair will suit. Of course, if you'd like some extra advice our customer service team is always happy to help. Simply call us on +44 (0) 344 8448505
In which leg length do your jeans come in? Do you have a 30 or 36 leg length?
The most common length is 32 and 34, but some of our jeans also come in a 30 and 36 length/size. The easiest way to find the size you are looking for is to use our size filter function in the jeans category. Just choose your size in the left filter, and you will only see products in that size.
I would like to find a pair of jeans that are a little elastic/stretchy?
Yes, some of our jeans are stretchy. You can check out these models; Women's jeans: Tight, Narrow, Dropped, Slim, Second skin, Cropped chino, Prime, Low spray, High spray Men's jeans: Tight, Narrow, Dropped
I would like to find a pair of non-stretch jeans?
Yes, we have several fits that aren't elastic. The following fits are non-stretchy fabrics: Women's jeans: Thrift jean, Omega, Lady teddy Men's jeans: Tapered, Slim Chino, High Slim, Four, Five.
Is skinny fit narrower than slim fit?
Yes, skinny fit is narrower than slim fit. Our skinniest women's fit is High Spray and Low Spray, these fits are almost like jeggings. Our skinniest men's fit is Narrow.
What material are the jeans patches, are they leather?
We avoid using real leather in our products. So no, the patches are not leather, even if they look and feel like it. Patch material details: 64% wood fiber 25,2% Polymer 5,4% Pigments 4% Water 1,3% Other
Are your jeans sanforized?
Yes, all our jeans are sanforized.
There are several jeans models called the same, for example "tight base dark blue", is there any difference between them?
No, there is no difference between them. The items you were looking are "carry over" products. The reason why it's shown several times on the site is due to them belonging to different seasons. But the product is the same.
Pocket Operators/Synthesizers - Teenage Engineering
What's a pocket operator?
Pocket Operators are micro synthesizers that fit in your pocket. It has never been this easy, fun and affordable to create electronic music. The collaboration involves 3 Pocket Operators: the PO-12 "Rhythm" is a drum machine, the PO-14 "Sub" is a bass line synthesizer and the PO-16 " Factory" is a melody synthesizer. Watch some demo's and cool guides on how to use them here and you'll get it!
How does it work?
It works by pushing buttons and twisting knobs, it's very intuitive and a lot of fun. You can also connect it to headphones, computer or amplifier of your choice through a jack connector / line out. It runs with 2 X AAA 1.5 volt batteries and if you own more than one you can chain them through the sync input audio through. You can also get all the details by reading user manuals and check out the the demo videos.
What are the PO tech specifics?
Please see the tech guides.
What do they sound like?
AWESOME! Listen here!.
What is Teenage Engineering?
Teenage Engineering is a company producing hi-end tech objects such as the widely known OP-1 portable synthesizer.
Why are you collaborating?
About a year ago Jesper Kouthoofd (CEO of Teenage Engineering) asked Ann-Sofie Back (Creative Director of Cheap Monday) if she could design a labwear collection for the engineers at Teenage Engineering. Ann-Sofie designed a capsule collection and in return Teenage Engineering invented three "Pocket Operators".
Where can I buy the pocket operators and gear?
Besides Teenage Engineering's web-shop (www.teenageengineering.com), the Pocket Operators will be sold only at Colette (213 rue Saint-Honoré 75001, Paris and at colette.fr) between January 22nd and February 1st. From the beginning of February the Pocket Operators and gear will be available at here, www.cheapmonday.com and selected stores across the world
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UK Advertising Regulator Nixes EA's Dungeon Keeper Advertisement Due To Microtransactions
from the freedom-isn't-free dept
Electronic Arts, fresh from being upset in the most recent "Worst Company" contest, isn't taking the defeat lying down. In fact, they're in full rebuilding mode, acquiring as much news about pissing people off as possible. Recently, for instance, you may have heard that the next Sims game will be published without the much-loved toddler children sims or the ability to create swimming pools in players' homes. The response from EA essentially states that they don't think that stuff is important, despite the public outcry. With an eerily similar recent history in the form of the SimCity debacle still fresh in everyone's mind, people aren't too happy.
But the real trump card the company has rolled out recently is the Dungeon Keeper mobile game which pissed off roughly everyone. And I don't just mean the critics, who essentially look upon this reboot of a beloved franchise as blasphemy, but even consumer rights groups are getting involved due to the cynical attempt in the game to extract microtransactions out of players through in-app purchases while claiming to be a free game. The UK's Advertising Standards Authority disallowed EA advertising Dungeon Keeper as a free game and describes the ad this way:
A direct e-mail for the mobile app game Dungeon Keeper stated "GET DUNGEON KEEPER ON MOBILE FOR FREE! ... DIG. DEVISE. DOMINATE. Build the most badass dungeon ever! Raise an army of diabolical minions and lay twisted traps to destroy any opponents foolish enough to set foot in your lair. MASTER THE HAND OF EVIL Cast powerful spells, pillage and plunder other players' dungeons, and slap your imps around to make them work harder. A world of wicked fun is right at your fingertips. What are you waiting for, Keeper? Get it for FREE!" A footnote stated "WIRELESS FEES MAY APPLY". The ad also featured a screenshot of the game which appeared to show a well-developed dungeon, and was accompanied by artwork depicting characters from the game.The problem? Well, by most objective estimations, you can barely play the game without shelling out for in-app purchases. See, the game uses two kinds of currency in order to construct dungeons, which is the gameplay within the app. There's stone and gold, which replenish and accrue over time, and there are gems which are paid for with real-life money or some very limited in-game actions. EA argued that everything that appeared in their ad, including depictions of a created dungeon, could be achieved without spending any real-world money and just playing the game. And they're technically right, but they forgot to mention that the amount of time we're talking about to do so makes the game unplayable. Also, they forgot to mention how, in a departure from games like Candy Crush, the time players are made to wait gets longer as they progress in the game.
We noted that, although some of these actions could be done simultaneously, there was a limit to how many actions could happen at the same time and that the length of the countdown timers increased according to how far the player had progressed in aspects of the game. We therefore regarded it as extremely likely that players would reach a position where they would be unable to take any further meaningful or progressive action in the game until a timer had finished or been skipped, and that these periods would become longer and more significant, and the cost of skipping increasingly higher, as the player progressed. Although some of the features in the ad did not require waiting for a timer, we noted that these were either incidental or brief (such as 'slapping' the imp characters) or were dependent on other actions that were gated by a timer. We acknowledged that the Gem currency, through which the timers could be skipped, could be obtained for free through normal gameplay and that the game could therefore be played without spending currency to bypass the countdown. However, we understood that the rate at which they could be accrued was slow in comparison to the amount needed to play the game at a reasonable rate, where the delays did not significantly impact on the ability to continue playing.In other words, the ad said the game was free and didn't mention in-app purchases, but the game is essentially unplayable without such purchases. In addition, progress in the game is specifically met with a mechanic designed solely to extract in-app purchases in the form of an increasingly long countdown timer. It's a scummy way to make a game, to advertise a game, and to treat customers, particularly within a game that is universally considered to be garbage.
The end result is the ASA nixed the ads that depicted the game as free and ordered them to make future ads clear about in-app purchases and the limitations on free gameplay. If EA wants to keep on making this money-extracting drivel, they certainly can, but they can't pretend they aren't. Consumer protection done right, in other words.

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Drinking the Bottom Shelf: Mike's Winter Grab Bag
Will Gordon drinks his way through the bottom shelf of the liquor store...so you don't have to.
On Sunday night I hosted the annual Will Gordon Industries holiday party. It was a gala affair full of good cheer, better beer, and the best meatballs, and on Monday morning I remembered every single detail. This has been happening more and more lately, and though the next-day total recall was disorienting when I first started experiencing it this summer, I've now come to welcome it as one of the trappings of success. It turns out that the main tradeoff to leading a decent, respectable life is that I rarely have the time to get completely obliterated anymore. Or rather, I rarely have the time to spend the next couple days easing in and out of the bender demanded by the following morning's headachy depression.
I could have gotten drunk Sunday night. The party was at the office, which is where I keep my bed, my toothbrush, and my wife, so I didn't have to drive. And once I was done presenting Bottom Shelf research director Emily with her third consecutive Employee of the Year trophy, I had no formal obligations. I wanted to keep somewhat sharp in case Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustav called to commend me on another year of meritorious service to the meatball, but it gets late early over there, so by about 9 p.m. my time I was fairly certain that the figurehead monarch had fallen out of touch with the international ground meat grapevine.
I managed to work up a light buzz over the course of the party by splitting beers with my thin yet medium-weight research director. We shared bottles of Delirium Noel, Zephyr Rising Tide IPA, Allagash Hugh Malone, Trader Joe's Belgian-Style Golden Ale, and Narragansett's excellent new Private Stock Imperial IPA. And there was the obligatory mini-shot of Don Julio when the Employee of the Year award was announced. So I was feeling pretty nice by the time all speeches had been delivered, all meatballs had been bobbed for, and all good Swedes had gone to bed. And I had plenty of bourbon to see me through the fuzzy part of the night, but I just couldn't bring myself to cap a successful Sunday by jeopardizing a productive Monday.
The restraint forced upon me by the demands of productive citizenship and domestic tranquility does come with a couple of perks. For one, fewer hangovers means fewer 11:00 cheeseburger lunches means fewer 3:00 falafel second lunches means fewer self-loathing punches to my fat, stupid face. And even better, under-indulgence means that when I do carve out an opportunity to drink, I can focus on quality over quantity. Now that I can only have a couple of pops on any given night, I can afford for said pops to be of a higher caliber than has been my custom.
And in addition to objectively better alcohol, I now find myself free to consider drinks that I had previously dismissed as too sweet or otherwise ill-suited for mass consumption. Whereas in the past I avoided fruity beers, I now look forward to a stretching a springtime six-pack of Samuel Adams Cherry Wheat out over two or three sittings. Hell, this Christmas I might even waste stomach space on eggnog. Now that I'm no longer concerned with drinking a dozen of a thing, I don't need that thing to have been built for the purpose.
With that in mind, I decided to reconsider the Mike's Hard line of sweetened malt beverages. I've never minded the flagship Mike's Hard Lemonade, but it's too sugary to chug by the bucket and therefore inappropriate for aggressive, purpose-driven drinking. Now that I'm messing around with this two-drink lifestyle, I'm willing to see if anything in the Mike's Winter Grab Bag deserves refrigerator space.
The Winter Grab Bag is a mixed 12-pack of 11.2-ounce bottles of Winter Blackberry, Cranberry Lemonade, and the new Chocolate Cherry. They're each 5% ABV, the same as Budweiser. Mike sent me some samples.
The Cranberry Lemonade seems to have been included for its festive dark-pinkness, and the Grab Bag is better off for it. Sugary fake lemon is at the forefront, but the cranberry adds tartness and balance that make this ideal for dessert. This is supersweet when you consider the titular ingredients, yet rather dry given the genre.
Winter Blackberry looks like grape soda (which I adore), with the sort of slow, intermittent bubbles I associate with yesterday's prosecco. It smells a bit medicinal, like black cherry cough syrup, but the taste definitely suggests blackberries, which is an impressive achievement in a malt beverage.
Chocolate Cherry tastes like milk chocolate soda, which doesn't appeal to me, but I respect the effort and concur with the Mike's publicist who said it reminds her of a cherry Tootsie pop. The chocolate dominates, but there's a distinct black cherry kick at the end.
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Hosted by Beavers at the Dam, the Offshore Super Series racing event is coming back to the Lake of the Ozarks in 2013. The speed and power of offshore racing will hit the Lake June 7-9.
Hosted by Beavers at the Dam, the Offshore Super Series is coming back to the Lake of the Ozarks in 2013. The speed and power of offshore boat racing will hit the Lake June 7-9.
With National and World Champion, as well as world record holder, Dave Scott, an offshore racing legend, as the honorary chairperson, the Lake of the Ozarks Invitational Offshore Super Series will be a world-class racing event attracting teams, support operations and thousands of spectators from the area and beyond.
And it will come with a new twist this time.
Working with the City of Lake Ozark, the Missouri Department of Transportation and Ameren Missouri, the event committee is excited to announce that Bagnell Dam will be closed to traffic to allow fans to view the races from the Dam.
The goal is to generate significant new tourism revenue to the Lake of the Ozark economy at a time before the traditional summer vacation season. The race committee is working to meet all race event financial commitments through sponsorships and designate the remaining funds for local charities as well as beautification projects in the Historic Bagnell Dam Strip area.
Sponsorships will be available to help fund the various aspects of the event. Volunteers and in-kind donations will be appreciated in order to generate the most revenue for charitable donations.
Editor's Note: The Offshore Super Series committee clarified Dec. 13 that plans to close the Dam for the race are tentative. The OSS race committee is currently working with officials from Ameren Missouri, the Missouri Department of Transportation, and the City of Lake Ozark on a plan to allow spectators onto the dam in order to view the race.


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NORTHAMPTON, Mass. – Third-ranked MIT finished just one point behind Williams College at the top of the team standings at the NCAA New England Division III track and field championship held at Smith College over the weekend. The Engineers took second place at the regional championship for the third year in a row, this time by the narrowest of margins.
The Cardinal and Gray had a nearly perfect afternoon in the relay events, sweeping first place in three of the four races. However, a disqualification in the distance medley relay would prove extremely costly, as even minimal points in the event would have surely clinched the overall team crown for Tech.
Seniors Portia Jones (New York, N.Y.), Martha Gross (Short Hills, N.J.), Jamie Simmons (Carlsbad, Calif.) and sophomore Jacqueline Brew (Amherst, N.H.) set a new MIT and meet record in the 4x200 relay with their time of 1:43.51. Jones, Gross and Simmons then teamed up with freshman Madeleine Bairey (Pebble Beach, Calif.) to take first place in the 4x400 relay in 3:58.08.
The youthful 4x800 relay squad made up entirely of sophomores and freshmen showed what it was capable of, winning the event by nearly eight seconds and setting a new Institute record in the process. Sophomores Alexandra Taylor (Harbor Springs, Mich.), Louise van den Heuvel (Nashua, N.H.) and freshmen Cindy Huang (San Jose, Calif.) and Margaret Coad (Arlington, Va.) made up the winning quartet.
The Engineers also racked up points in the individual events, as Jones placed second in the 200m (25.45) and third in the 400m (58.32) and 60-meter hurdles (9.06). Brew added all-region performances in the 60 HH (second), 60-meter dash (fourth), 200m (eighth) and long jump (fourth). Simmons was a winner at 600 meters with her time of 1:34.93, breaking her own program record by nearly two seconds.
Tech had four of the top eight performers in the 3000m, led by freshman Dacie Manion (Old Town, Maine) in third place at 10:17.26. Junior Tania Morimoto (Mountain View, Calif.), freshman Elaine McVay (San Ramon, Calif.) and sophomore Martina de Geus (Los Altos, Calif.) finished sixth, seventh and eighth, respectively. McVay completed an impressive double with her third-place showing at 5000 meters.
The pole vaulters had a pair of all-New England performances, led by junior Lauren Kuntz (Pittsburgh, Pa.), who took sixth. Her vault of 11-5.75 feet was the third highest mark at the championship but she slipped down to sixth based on attempts. Freshman Marissa Engle (Sunnyvale, Calif.) earned eight-place, clearing 10-11.75 feet.
Sophomore Kristine Bunker (Falmouth, Mass.) and Jaclyn Konopka (Novi, Mich.) stared things off on Friday afternoon in the pentathlon. Bunker used a win in the high jump portion to propel her to a fourth-place showing. Konopka was sixth overall with 3062 points. Both athletes' point totals rank among the top 15 in the country this season.
The Engineers will continue with the championship portion of their season next weekend at the All-New England meet. MIT will compete against teams from Divisions I, II and III in the event, hosted by Boston University on Friday and Saturday.


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2018 Spring Term
Sociology 375
This course offers an overview of Restorative Justice including a consideration of definitions, cultural roots, theoretical orgins, key principles, models and practices, global conflicts and peaceful resolutions, controversial issues, and future directions. The course also provides a critical assessment of the potential of Restorative Justice as well as its limitations.
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Wisconsin Historical Society Press
The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution, Volume IV, Ratification of the Constitution by the States: Massachusetts, No. 1
By John P. Kaminski, Gaspare J. Saladino (Editors); Senior Associate Editor: Richard Leffler; Associate Editor: Charles H. Schoenleber
Hardcover: $95.00
560 pages, 6 x 9"Buy
"The most important editorial project in the nation." -Leonard W. Levy, constitutional historian
In 1787, an effort to revise the Articles of Confederation turned into a constitutional convention that dramatically altered the way that the young United States of America would be governed. On October 25, 1787, Massachusetts called a convention to debate the new constitution, and five months later on February 6, 1788 the Massachusetts convention adopted the Constitution. Four volumes of "The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution" are devoted to the public and private debate surrounding ratification of this state which played a key role in the acceptance of the Constitution. These four volumes encompass over 1,800 pages of legislative and executive records, personal accounts by convention participants and observers, newspaper extracts, pamphlets and broadsides, as well as convention sources housed in the Massachusetts State Archives. The Massachusetts volumes chart the dialogue beginning in early September, 1787 before the Constitution was signed by the delegates in Philadelphia, and continue to cover the aftermath of ratification in Massachusetts.
Search/Browse Volumes & Supplements to Massachusetts Volumes
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John P. Kaminski is the founder and director of the Center for the Study of the American Constitution in the Department of History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A professor emeritus from the College of Letters and Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, he is the author or editor of twenty-five other books on early American history.
The following text is excerpted from an article by Gordon S. Wood in The New Republic on December 24, 2010. To see the full article, please click this link.
At the Wisconsin Historical Society in Madison, one of the greatest editorial projects in American history has been under way for nearly thirty-five years. Since 1976, the successive editors of the "Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution" have published twenty-three volumes, and there are at least eight more to come. These volumes contain every scrap of evidence the editors have been able to find relating to the debates over the ratification of the Constitution in 1787 - 1788. These editors, beginning with Merrill Jensen and continuing at present with John P. Kaminski, Gaspare J. Saladino, and others, have put together one of the greatest collections of debates over the basic issues of politics and constitutionalism that the Western world possesses. The political debates in fifth-century Athens or seventeenth-century England may have been richer and more wide-ranging, but we will never know, because the records of those earlier disputations are either lost or fragmentary. They are certainly not as complete as the records we have for the ratification of the Constitution. Rarely will we find a more profound or more comprehensive discussion of the problems of power, liberty, representation, federalism, rights, and all the other aspects of politics than we have in these volumes. This record is not only a national treasure, it is a world treasure.


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Though he'll probably win it back in September, he was forced July 1 to give up his official powers over the school system for at least the summer months, if not longer.
At a press conference announcing this turn of events, the mayor looked positively enraged, despite all attempts to hide it. He practically spit his statement through barred teeth.
Well, how does it feel to lose, Mayor Bloomberg?
While we wait for an answer, we encourage readers to go ahead and speculate.


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Liberty News
Former Liberty quarterback grabs attention in NFL
Former Liberty football standout Mike Brown may not have grabbed the attention of most NFL teams before the draft in April, but the football program alum seems to have the watchful eye of one current team.
Shortly after going undrafted in April, Brown was given a mini camp weekend tryout with the Jacksonville Jaguars, a franchise Liberty currently has multiple ties with. He earned a free agent contract and an opportunity to remain with the team.
Since signing with the Jaguars, Brown has continued to impress the coaching staff, which has now led to those outside the franchise noticing this undrafted member of the squad, including NFL.com.
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Jennifer Lawrence freaked out by John Stamos meeting
Oscar-nominated Jennifer Lawrence, who played the scaly blue superheroine in X-Men: First Class has revealed that meeting Stamos at a recent party was among the highlights of her life - even though she acted like a stalker.
Ironically, Stamos was once married to Rebecca Romijn, who played Mystique, aka Raven Darkholme, in the first three X-Men movies.
Lawrence admits her encounter with her longtime crush wasn't quite as she'd planned it. She tells U.S. TV host Conan O'Brien, "He was at a party and I turned into a perverted guy; I was, like, following him into rooms, like, staring at his a**.
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America's heroes walk a little slower these days, lean on canes or depend on wheelchairs.
America's heroes walk a little slower these days, lean on canes or depend on wheelchairs.
Still stalwart soldiers at heart, though, they were quick to offer a hand and a smile as they moved through the World War II Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
The 71 veterans of World War II and the Korean conflict traveled April 27 on a chartered Honor Flight out of Port Columbus to Baltimore. Sponsored by Reynoldsburg for Honor Flight and the Gahanna school community, along with Honor Flight Columbus, the chartered flight included "guardians" who accompanied veterans through a long day of sightseeing in the Washington area.
Gahanna resident Julia Kelly, 92, wore her Navy WAVES cap as she gazed up at the World War II Memorial's pillars and wall of stars. She served at the Naval Air Station in Seattle during the war.
"I never did think I would see this," she said. "I think it is just remarkable they would do so much for us."
Gloria Campana, director of Reynoldsburg for Honor Flight, said Reynoldsburg raised $35,000 for the trip, which cost more than $50,000. The Gahanna community raised about $10,000, under the direction of teacher Tom Gregory, and the rest came from Honor Flight Columbus.
With the number of World War II veterans dwindling by about 600 a day, according to the National World War II Museum, it's important to help veterans visit their own memorial, Campana said.
Completed in 2004, the memorial is a large oval with 56 pillars, capped by sculpted bronze wreaths. A freedom wall dons 4,000 gold stars, each representing 100 deaths of U.S. military personnel during the war.
Navy veteran Jim Burt, 79, of New Albany, said his uncle was killed in the Battle of the Bulge. He remembers the day World War II ended.
"I was just a kid, and I knew a lot of my neighbors were serving in that war," he said. "I remember the lady down the street started running and yelling, 'It's over; it's over!' "
Burt served in the Aleutian Islands during the Korean conflict.
The April 27 trip included a visit to Arlington National Cemetery.
A few cherry trees were still in bloom, scattering a soft carpet of pink blossoms over the headstones. Long rows of identical white marble stones stretched as far as the eye could see. Some veterans wiped tears away as they listened to the mournful notes of taps at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Don Klotz, 87, an Army veteran from Upper Arlington, said he was grateful to see the memorial but knew it would be "my first and last trip."
Klotz served in Germany as a messenger to Gen. George Patton, he said. He recalled being in a vehicle on the same road as Patton when the general's driver lost control on an icy road after a truck turned in front of them. Patton died in an Army hospital soon after the accident.
He said the battles in Germany claimed too many of his friends.
"Seventy to 80 of our men were killed every day; the Germans were good at that," he said.
Pataskala resident Jack Bowman, 86, was a Navy fireman on the USS Randolph. He also served as an electrician at several Navy bases.
"I was on the aircraft carrier when we ran into a hurricane," he said. "We had three escorts following us, but when we looked back, they were gone."
Ralph Heller, 93, of Clintonville, wore his old Navy uniform on the Honor Flight. He served from 1941 to 1945 in the North Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea and Northern Ireland.
He said he was overwhelmed by the welcoming committee at the Baltimore airport, where a dozen young midshipmen from the Naval Academy at Annapolis cheered and saluted the veterans.
"That welcome was out of this world," Heller said. "I had no idea I would see so many comrades in arms. This is no doubt the highest point of my life -- and I've had a very good life."
Many of the midshipmen became guardians for the rest of the day, guiding veterans through visits to the Lincoln, Iwo Jima, Air Force, Korean and Vietnam memorials.
The veterans read thank-you letters from Gahanna and Reynoldsburg students during "mail call" on the bus back to the Baltimore airport.
The day ended at 9 p.m., when a huge crowd from Gahanna and Reynoldsburg cheered for the veterans as they arrived back at Port Columbus. Several people went up to hug veterans and shake hands as the Gahanna Lincoln High School band played rousing patriotic songs, It's a Grand Old Flag and The Star-Spangled Banner.


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- Large domestic market
- Significant agricultural potential: wheat, barley, colza, etc.
- Limited energy dependence (23%) thanks to coal, oil, gas and uranium
- Large-scale renewable electricity production (37%)
- Diversified and competitive industry thanks to cheap labour
- Leu stable against euro
- Demographic decline: low birth-rate and emigration of educated youth
- Serious regional disparities in terms of education, vocational training, healthcare and transport; rural regions lag behind
- Low participation rate for Hungarian and Roma minorities, young people and women in the economy
- Large informal economy (28%)
- Inefficient agricultural sector (11% of GDP)
- Slow bureaucratic and legal processes, corruption
- Weak public revenues and tax evasion
Lively domestic demand
After increasing to a buoyant level in 2016, GDP growth strengthened even further in 2017. The main driver of growth continues to be domestic demand, with household consumption (70% of GDP) as the leading element: private consumption increased by nearly 10% over the first three quarters of 2017 compared to the same period in 2016. Once again, households are set to benefit from employment increases, increases in wages and pensions – both in the private and public sectors –, and from falling tax rates.
Although set to remain the main growth driver, consumption is, however, likely to slow this year because of the declining impact of the tax cuts and the return of inflation, which is connected to the overloading of existing production capacities. Wages are being driven by the increasing scarcity of labour, which is a result of emigration and an aging population, despite the financial incentives being used to encourage mobility among the unemployed and reduce long-term unemployment. Labour shortages remain a concern for companies and trigger further compensation increases.
Investment (24% of GDP) has been relatively stable. However, a gradual recovery of the projects co-financed by the EU funds is taking shape, given the context of low interest rates and positive growth prospects. These will likely be supported by construction, telecommunications and IT. Investment aid (0.52% of GDP) is favourable to SMEs. Despite weak demand, due to bureaucracy and administrative failures at the local level, European funds will help maintain moderate growth in public investment, but will not be enough to fill infrastructure gaps. In addition, the large labour deficit in the construction sector could hinder the growth of capital investment and, hence, the full recovery of the sector. The government will continue to vouch for half of all new buyer loans to encourage credit and lower costs. Given the high percentage of bad loans (8.3% in the second quarter of 2017), which shows a gradual decline, and difficulties to put collateral in place, caution is still required within banks, of which 90% are subsidiaries of an Austrian, Dutch, French or Greek group. These will continue to repay their debts to parent companies while constituting a national deposit base. Exports (39% of GDP) will probably increase at a reasonable pace, but lower than that of imports in the face of strong domestic demand. Sales of cars (Dacia and Ford) and tires (a quarter of exports), as well as wood, fertilizers, metals, drugs, machinery and clothing will benefit from any increase in European demand. Exports of grains and oilseeds will depend on harvests.
Twin deficits
Costly fiscal measures resulted in a significant widening of budget deficit. Cutting the standard VAT rate by an additional one percentage point, abolishing the extra excise duty on fuel, and the special construction tax – led to an even higher deficit in 2017. Moreover, additional wage hikes in the public sector will contribute to this as well. Nevertheless, in late 2017, the government announced its intent to keep the general government deficit below 3% of GDP. Measures have included cutting public expenditures for investments, as well as a request for transferring state-owned companies' profits to the treasury. The government will strive to ensure that the 3% deficit threshold is not exceeded, so as not to come within the scope of the European Excessive Deficit Procedure.
The trade and current account deficits widened further in 2017, Exports increased strongly but imports surged even higher. Wage increases, which have surpassed productivity growth, are a threat for the country's competitiveness position – however, labour costs levels still remain significantly lower than those in Western Europe.
Political tensions
The December 2016 elections brought to an end the transitional technical government installed in November 2015, following the resignation of Social-Democrat Prime Minister Romania Victor Ponta, implicated in a corruption scandal. The Social-Democrats of the SDP won 46% of the votes – a victory over the Liberals – and retained their majority in Parliament. However, the conflict related to the fight against corruption, which led to street protests in early 2017, contributed to the replacement of the Sorin Grindeanu cabinet after just six months in office. In June 2017, Mihai Tudose became the prime minister of the new cabinet led by the Social Democratic Party (PSD), although the real power still lies in the hands of party leader Liviu Dragnea. The latter cannot participate in the government due to a suspended two-year sentence for ballot-rigging. In November 2017, Mr Dragnea has been indicted for alleged fraud of EU funding, which is the third file opened by the National Anti-Corruption Directorate (DNA) against him.
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Bank transfers are becoming the most common payment method in Romania. The main Romanian banks are now linked to the SWIFT electronic network, which provides low-cost, flexible and rapid processing of domestic and international payments.
Professionals often choose to use cheques as a payment method for the equivalent value of purchased and received goods and services. Although cheques are considered to be a secure method of payment, the beneficiary of the cheque can only present it to the bank and cash-in the amount designated.
While promissory notes are mainly used as a means to guarantee a professional's trade debts, in practice they are often used as a payment method. In Romanian law, promissory notes represent a credit instrument under private signature, created by the issuer as debtor, by which the issuer promises to pay a fixed amount of money on a certain date, or upon presentation to another beneficiary acting in the capacity of a creditor.
Both cheques and promissory notes become enforceable titles once signed by both parties. If they are not cleared due to the absence of cash, forced execution proceedings can be initiated against the debtor.
Debt collection
Fast-track proceedings:
Summons for payment (art. 1013-1024 NCPC)
This procedure applies to certain liquid and eligible debts with a value exceeding RON 10,001 (approx. EUR 2,200), resulting from a civil contract. These include contracts concluded between a professional and a contracting authority, with the exception of debts registered in a statement of affairs, within an insolvency procedure. The debtor will be summoned to pay the due amount within 15 days of receipt. The ordinance is enforceable even if a request for cancellation is brought against it. Nevertheless, the debtor may raise an appeal against enforcement, under common law.
Summons of a lower value
This procedure was designed as an alternative to common law proceedings and to the ordinance procedure. Its aim is to enable a fast resolution to patrimony litigations, when the value does not exceed RON 10,000 and does not refer to matters excepted by the law. The procedure entails the use of standard forms, approved by Minister of Justice. These include the request form, the form for completion and/or rectification of the request form and the response form. Romanian legislation expressly states that only documents can be presented as evidence.
The decision of the court can be submitted to appeal within 30 days under common law, except for requests relating to debts with a maximum amount of RON 2,000. By way of derogation from the common law however, the exercise of appeal does not suspend the enforcement procedure.
Ordinary proceedings
Common Law procedure
The judge orders the communication of the request to the debtor, who must submit a statement of defence within 25 days of the petition. The creditor is obliged to submit an answer within ten days, while the debtor must acknowledge the answer. Within three days of the date of the answer to the statement of defence, the court establishes the first trial date, where both parties will be summoned within a maximum period of 60 days. This process is somewhat lengthier, as further evidence is considered such as accounting expertise, cross-examination of the parties involved and hearing the witnesses). Following these deliberations, the court renders a legal decision. Appeals can be made to the upper court within 30 days of the decision being rendered. Extraordinary remedies are the appeal, the appeal for annulment and revision.
Enforcement of a legal decision
The enforcement procedure implies the existence of a valid and legally rendered enforceable title. It necessitates the failure of the debtor to execute its obligations, the existence of an enforcement procedure request formulated by the rightful creditor to a bailiff and finally the fulfilment of conditions within the execution procedure. The enforcement procedure commences at the request of a creditor through various means such as sequestration and sale of tangible or non-tangible assets
For judgments rendered in EU countries, special enforcement mechanisms are at the creditor's disposal. These include EU Payment Orders and the European Enforcement Order. Awards issued by non-EU members are normally recognised and enforced, provided that the issuing country is party to a bilateral or multilateral agreement with Romania. If this is not the case, exequatur proceedings will ensue in front of domestic courts, as stated under Romanian private international law.
Insolvency proceedings
Out-of-Court proceedings
According to the 2014 insolvency law, the concordat preventiv consists of an agreement with the creditors whereby the debtor proposes a business recovery plan, which includes a payment scheme for the creditors 'receivables. By signing this agreement, the creditors confirm their support in helping the debtor to overcome its financial difficulties. The procedure is managed by a special receiver, who draws up an offer to the creditors. This must be approved by at least 75% of the creditors within 60 days from the date when they receive it. It is also subject to the approval of a syndic judge.
Insolvency proceedings
This is a preliminary procedure, which can be followed by a reorganisation procedure, or a bankruptcy procedure.
Reorganization proceedings
The judicial reorganization procedure requires the drafting, approval and implementation of a reorganization plan aimed at the debtor successfully redressing its activity and performing the repayment of its debts, in accordance with an agreed payment schedule.
The plan can provide for the financial or operational restructuring of the debtor's activity, corporate restructuring by modifying the share capital structure, or selling assets. The reorganisation plan is subject to the approval of the general meeting of creditors. During this period, the debtor is represented by a special administrator.
Bankruptcy proceedings
In the event that no reorganisation agreement is reached, the debtors will enter bankruptcy. The purpose of bankruptcy proceedings is to convert the debtor's assets, for the repayment of creditors' receivables. During this procedure, the debtor is represented by the judicial liquidator. The latter will perform the clearance of all the assets of the debtor and the sums obtained will be distributed to the creditors, based on the priority ranking as documented in the final consolidated debt table.


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Halle Berry Pushed for More in 'Movie 43'!
Halle Berry dons knee high boots while picking up her daughter Nahla at school on Thursday (January 17) in Beverly Hills, Calif.
The day after, the 46-year-old actress and her fiance Olivier Martinez were spotted shopping on Abbot Kinney in Venice Beach.
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Halle's director Peter Farrelly for her upcoming film Movie 43 recently chatted about how Halle pushed for more in the film.
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Peter added "What shocked me is both of these ladies pushed for more. Halle Berry called me and said, 'I thought you said this is a hard R. It's too soft.' So, we came up with a scene where she puts her breasts in guacamole." But don't get too excited, she wears prosthetic ones for the movie!
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Alright, this article was taken from "THE NEW PAPER" (Singapore's "alternative" newspaper) and the issue is dated Friday, 18th December 2009. Just a quick heads up before I dive in into the article proper, there really isn't much new information inside the article and it seemed like the person who wrote it took most of it directly off RFF, in fact. But nonetheless, I'm posting it up here hoping it would be of some help to the investigation here. so since i can't really get a proper clear picture, i'll just type it out and highlight (in bold) the more-interesting/important points withinIs Amazing Race back in S'pore? Film crew spotted at S'pore Flyer and BugisIS THE Amazing Race making a pitstop in Singapore again? A US film crew was spotted at the Singapore Flyer and Bugis on Wednesday. And it looked like they were laying the groundwork and preparing for the impending arrival of contestants as the signature red and yellow striped envelope which participants need to find was seen by someone who posted it on the Net.But contestants were nowhere to be seen.Now into its 16th instalment, the US reality TV game show first came to our shores in 2002 during its third season.According to Ms Nicole Lee, 30, who works at Singapore Flyer's Japanese restaurant Hibiki, the tourist attraction was strangely quiet on Wednesday morning. Curious, Ms Lee asked the receptionist, who confirmed that The Amazing Race had indeed been filming there in the morning.She told The New Paper: "When I arrived for work at about 11:30am, I saw a helicopter hovering above us, which is unusual."Singapore Flyer's marketing communications manager June Leong confirmed that it had been hired for filming a commercial TV production", but did not specify which one.Later that afternoon, the crew moved on to Bugis where they were seen filming with an ice-cream street vendor.Miss Stephanie Tang was on the way back to her office at Parkview Square after lunch at Albert Centre when she spotted them.Being a fan of the series, Miss Tang immediately recognised the signature red and yellow stripped envelope. So she snapped a photo and posted it on Twitter.The 23-year-old marketing communications executive told The New Paper: "They were at The Bencoolen at about 1pm."The film crew asked an ice-cream vendor to hold on to a red and yellow envelope. I didn't spot any contestants around."Back in 2002, we saw The Amazing Race teams wandering through the National Orchid Garden, swimming across a manatee enclosure at the Singapore Zoo and getting wet in Suntec City's Fountain of Wealth. They also navigated maze-like HDB corridors in Choa Chu Kang, after which actor Gurmit Singh - playing Phua Chu Kang - handed them clues. Finally, actress and former Miss Singapore Universe Jaime Teo greeted them at the Mount Faber pitstop.As for this season, it seems filming of the race started at the Los Angeles International Airport. While details have not been released, Entertainment Weekly reported that rumoured contestants Jordan Lloyd and her boyfriend Jeff Schroeder were spotted at the airport in competition attire late last month. Lloyd is US reality TV show Big Brother 11's winner and Schroeder was a fellow participant.The film crew and contestants have also been spotted in South America's Puerto Varas and San Carlos de Bariloche, according to Spanish news websites.
Hold on. I thought JeJo already got eliminated!
Quote from: Coutzy on March 26, 2010, 08:50:47 PMHold on. I thought JeJo already got eliminated!They were spotted enjoying life in Puerto Vallarta, so what does that tell you about their residency at Elimination Station?
ok, let me scream for onceSINGAPORE..... hmm, i think Dan & Jordan say this, maybe a small mistake??
Quote from: apskip on March 26, 2010, 09:15:12 PMQuote from: Coutzy on March 26, 2010, 08:50:47 PMHold on. I thought JeJo already got eliminated!They were spotted enjoying life in Puerto Vallarta, so what does that tell you about their residency at Elimination Station?Pretty sure he was just joking, apskip.
It would be great to see how dumbness can cause a team's elimination..... IN SINGAPORE!!!
I'm okay with them selling ice cream in Singapore.. but that's just a.... small culture in Singapore..But shall not complain.. very happy they're in SINGAPORE!!!! I can't wait for the promos to come out and help with the spoilers.. that's about as much i can help.. lol
After years of relative congruency between your transportation work and mine, this is the 3rd instance of huge major differences in the past 24 hours? What is going on? The timetable I have cited has the heading Bangkok ► Penang ► Kuala Lumpur ► Singapore and I used the Penang (actually Butterworth since State Railways of thailand trains do not actually cross to the bridge into Penang center. My number are correct per that timetable. If you don't like an official State Railways of Thailand timetable, feel free to disregard it.I do not know who is right, but I am using a documented source for my timetables (I don't make these up out of thin air):http://www.seat61.com/Thailand.htm#SingaporePlease look it up yourself. It shows that State Railways of Thailand has the timetables I displayed. I concur that your 0700 to 2130 14.5 hour trip from Butterworth to Singapore is valid for Malaysian Railways.My Asia rail travel experience of 3 weeks in India, 11 days in China and 10 days in Taiwan has taught me that there are average trains which go under 40 mph and there are fast trains which do 80 miles per hour. I suspect that your Malaysian Railways timetables are valid, but who sensitive to time constraints would want to go on that train? I sure wouldn't for an Amazing Race although I would consider it for a major price differential.
Quote from: Joab on March 27, 2010, 08:10:18 AMIt would be great to see how dumbness can cause a team's elimination..... IN SINGAPORE!!!I don't think there's anything magical about Singapore there. Think of all the past Amazing Race seasons and the dumb things that got people eliminated. How many of them were in Singapore? The answer is zero, since the elimination of John Vito and Jill on Mt. Faber does not count because it was poor navigation and not dumbness. However, Joab, fear not because I can think of two dumb things in Singapore in ARA2:1. Allowing Roberson to do the final flag ROADBLOCK when Marc could have done it much quicker. This got them eliminated.2. The Amazing Race - Universe blunder of blunders by Michael McKay in having the car-washing task as the only reason for a visit to Singapore. This did not get him eliminated, but only because he's the producer of Amazing Race Asia and cannot be eliminated.
DON'T TAKE THE BUS DOWN. Reason: The Causeway. Causeway jams are horrible. Joab might know what I'm talking about.
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To paraphrase Yogi Berra, "Delivery Man" is deja vu all over again.
It seems like only eight months ago I was reviewing "Starbuck," a charming little feel-good film by Ken Scott based on the true story of a sperm donor who wakes up to discover he has fathered 533 adorable kids. And now, here I am again, a mere 238 days later (but who's counting?), reviewing "Delivery Man," a charming little feel-good film by Ken Scott based on the true story of a sperm donor who wakes up to discover he has fathered 533 adorable kids.
The plot is set in motion when the sperm donor learns that 142 of his offspring have filed a class-action lawsuit seeking to lift his veil of anonymity.
What's the difference between the two films? Other than the fact that Scott — yes, remaking his own perfectly good French-Canadian movie in English — has replaced actor Patrick Huard with Vince Vaughn, not much. "Starbuck" was a funny and warm-hearted trifle. So is "Delivery Man."
If anything, "Delivery Man" boasts a more clever, and less confusing, title. "Starbuck" took its name not from the coffee company, but from the pseudonym used by sperm donor David Wozniak (Huard/Vaughn) — an obscure inside joke referencing the name of a famously fertile Holstein bull.
There are some other minor changes. All of the soccer references in the first movie, which is set in Quebec, have been changed to basketball references in the new film, which is set in Brooklyn. And Chris Pratt, who plays David's genially incompetent lawyer, Brett, is actually a bit funnier than Antoine Bertrand, who played the part in the first film. That's nice, because Vaughn is actually a teensy bit less lovable than Huard. Let's call it a draw.
Not than Vaughn is miscast, or that his reading of the character is too misanthropic, by any means. He nails David's Peter Pan syndrome, for one thing, but is equally fine at evoking the character's unexpected paternalism. David becomes surprisingly protective after he starts stalking some of the kids, all of whom are in their late teens and early 20s (and who apparently were cast from a cattle call audition seeking the most wholesome young actors and actresses in the known universe). Adam Chanler-Berat is particularly good as Viggo, a "Starbuck" progeny who discovers his biological father's identity early on but protects David's anonymity so he can have him all to himself. In the process, David also discovers that it takes more than sperm to be a dad.
And that, after all, is what "Delivery Man" is about: not just children searching for a father, but a father searching for the meaning of the term itself. It's especially lovely to see David interact, silently, with his profoundly disabled son. The wordless performance by Sebastien Rene, a young actor who played that character in both movies, is a guaranteed tearjerker.
One other weird thing hasn't changed: The only major female characters are David's pregnant girlfriend (Cobie Smulders) and one of his daughters (Britt Robertson).
David's mother? Deceased. The wives of Brett and David's two brothers (Bobby Moynihan and Simon Delaney)? They're never seen or heard from. And the 533 women who actually used David's sperm, and who presumably conceived, carried, gave birth to and raised his children? It's as if they were all killed in a freak ferry accident. For Scott, motherhood seems to be a less critical component of parenting than fatherhood, at least from a narrative standpoint.
I get it. Turnabout is fair play. So many movies treat fathers as invisible, expendable or irrelevant. It's only expected to have a movie come along, every now and again, that does the same thing with mothers.
Yet all this does is to place "Delivery Man," despite its roots in a true story, squarely in the realm of male fantasy.
Two and a half stars. PG-13. Contains brief drug content, some crude language and sexual humor. 104 minutes.
Ratings Guide: Four stars masterpiece, three stars very good, two stars OK, one star poor, no stars waste of time.


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I upgraded my sons raptor 700 using the original battery and a power wheels battery. They both are 12v 12ah but they only last 20 to 30 minutes. Is this normal ? I thought you would get more run time. Also, does it matter the type of charger you use? I use my car battery charger on fast charge and I have tried slow charge. I am new to all this. His raptor only has High speed now and reverse the slow speed stopped. Is that a possible reason ? Please help and thanks so much


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Wonder Woman Vol. 1: Blood, Vol. 2: Guts
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Written by Brian Azzarello; Art by Cliff Chiang and Tony Akins; Coloured by Matthew Wilson; Lettering by Jared K. Fletcher; Additional Ink and Art by Dan Green and Kano
I finally sat down and read the New 52 Wonder Woman trades, Blood and Guts. Together they include the first twelve issues of the series. As I've said before, I haven't been reading a lot of DC's new titles (mostly the odd trade here and there) and I've never been a regular Woman Wonder reader. I've caught some feedback on this series, but I went in with very little in the way expectations.
Expectations have always been a burden for Wonder Woman. When Marston created her, he described her as, "psychological propaganda for the new type of woman who should, I believe, rule the world." Every couple of years, it seems, some new writer has to try his hand—it's almost always a guy—at what that means exactly. And that's too bad. Diana is an iconic character, one of the few genuinely iconic characters, and she can't be forced into any given mold. I wouldn't be the first to suggest they just stick to writing good stories and allow her to develop out of her own strengths.
Looking at Azzarello, Chiang, and Akins' version, the first you notice about this Wonder Woman is that this is the Vertigo version of the character. Of course, Azzarello has a long history with that imprint. Reading these books I was impressed with how deftly it ties the supernatural and mythological together with the superhero genre. Of course, the supernatural and mythological aren't new to superhero comics, but like Sandman and its spin offs, Azzarello's Wonder Woman really feels like it's another world. A world of magic and dark forces.
The story begins with Zeus. After knocking up yet another mortal, he disappears, deserting his throne and precipitating a war of succession. Diana is drawn into the center of the conflict when she chooses to defend the pregnant women, Zola, against Hera (true to mythological form, Hera takes out her anger at her husband's infidelities on the women and their offspring). The story quickly moves from the modern world, to Paradise Island, Hades, and the throne of Olympus and the cast grows to include Hermes, Eris (Strife), Ares, Hades, Poseidon, Hephaestus, and more, with Diana making allies and enemies at every turn. I like Chiang's character designs with one exception: Aphrodite. She is presented as a nude woman, but we never actually see what she looks like—and that's somewhat predictable as you can't really have blatant nudity in a comic pitched at a general audience—and in their effort to obscure her appearance, they keep placing her head out of panel. Instead of thinking 'goddess of love,' I reminded of Ms Bellum from the Powerpuff Girls. Put something on her and stop being coy.
There were a couple of other things I didn't like. First, Chiang is the principle artist for the title, but Akins was bought in to do about a third of these issues. Recently Brandon Graham made the point that, while there are artists who can get an issue out each month, when you know the artist you want on a title can't, maybe the title's schedule should be changed to accommodate that artist. Second, this Diana is a little naïve. She is brave, skillful, a woman of integrity, and I get that she's young and learning, but she doesn't seem to understand, well, where babies come from. One issue describes how Amazons reproduce, and the consequences of producing a male child. This turned off some readers, but the idea actually draws on Greek Amazon myths so I'm okay with it. Azzarello is looking to the origin source matter after all. Still, Diana is as surprised to learn this as the readers are, and that doesn't make a lot of sense. Azzarello may have a perfectly good explanation for why a 23 year old wouldn't know this, but he really needs to share it with his readers.
The third problem I had isn't really the story's problem as much as it's mine, but I bring it up because of the importance this version of Wonder Woman places in going back to the character's mythological roots: Amazon's aren't Greeks. They're a part of Greek myth, but in Greek myth they are a barbarian people, typically at war with the Greeks. And by 'barbarian' I mean foreigners. I have long had an interest in the history, and social history, in ancient Greece. While the Greek's are rightfully praised for many things, they were also a bunch of xenophobic misogynists. Most of the places they listed as homes for the Amazons coincide with the territory of a very real people, the Sarmatians. The Sarmatians lived around the Black Sea and their women actually did go into battle with their men. Archeologists have found weapons in many of their women's graves. In the eyes of their Greek neighbors this was a terrible inversion of the natural order. But in the DC Universe Amazons are Greeks, and in this latest incarnation of Wonder Women they still are. It would be interesting to have a version of Amazons drawn from what we know of Sarmatian history and mythology. (By the way, the modern Ossetians are direct descendants of the Sarmatians. If you want to see what a Greek was probably thinking when he thought 'Amazon,' google 'Ossetian.')
My little rant (thank you for your patience) notwithstanding, this book has a lot of promise. If these stories are left to develop out of Diana's strengths we could have the beginnings of a true hero's journey. I am skeptical that DC will do that, they seem intent on rebooting everything every two or three years, but the potential for something great is here.
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Another week, another dreambikes auction, and another chance to bid on a pair of amazing mountain bikes from the team at crankbrothers! So far, we have raised an amazing $15,402… and that's just from the first 4 bikes!
The best part about the dreambikes auction is that while you are bidding on the mountain bike of your dreams, you will also be supporting Hans Rey's Wheels4Life charity. All of the proceeds from the dreambikes auction go straight to Wheels4Life, a non-profit organization that provides bikes for people in developing countries, working directly with communities and individuals who desperately need bikes to provide transportation to get to school, to work, or to provide health care to patients in remote locations.
Hans Rey and his wife, Carmen, are both humbled by the success of the dreambikes program, and Carmen would like to personally thank the auction winners: "Thanks to the generosity of our four auction winners, Wheels4Life is able to get 100 children to school in Uganda, thus giving them an education and a chance of a much better life and 60 healthcare workers out into the field saving lives. That is a pretty amazing achievement. Together we are creating a difference through the gift of a bicycle and we could not do it without incredible people like Christiano Samaro, Ryan Black, Eric Vensel and Jon Martens. On behalf of those children, the nurses and Wheels4Life, we thank you."
To create the dreambikes, Crankbrothers partnered with premiere frame builders Ibis, Titus, Focus and Tomac, and component and accessories makers SRAM, Rock Shox, Avid, Fizik and Continental Tires to create a stable of impeccably equipped, one-of-a-kind dream bikes that were displayed at cycling events across the western U.S. and Europe.
Up for bid in this third dreambikes auction is a super-fun size medium Focus Project 2.0 trail bike:
All mountain. All the time. One ride on the Focus Project 2.0 and your agenda will be set in stone. And roots. And whatever else you point this extravagantly spec'd trail-marauder at. The 150mm-travel alloy frame features the patented Knucklebox 3D-forged rocker for ultra-high stiffness and torsional rigidity that will rocket you up to speed fast and efficiently — and supply the impact-inhaling action you need to keep on rolling long after the trail turns treacherous. This one-of-a kind dreambikes Project 2.0 is spec'd to the nines with crankbrothers iodine wheels and contact bits in orange ano, SRAM X0/X9 drivetrain, a color-coordinated fizik Gobi saddle and Continental tires. A winning bid will make this fearless full-squisher all yours.
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Super sexy. Super solid. Super smooth. The Ibis Mojo Carbon is nothing short of superlative. With breakout design and engineering, the Mojo's technologically advanced carbon frame and swingarm dole out plush and flickable efficiency by the truckload, and unload tons of confidence-inspiring control for taking it to the limits over technical terrain. Outfitted stem to stern with color-matched crankbrothers Cobalt and SRAM X0/X9 components, this one-of-a-kind, dreambikes edition Ibis Mojo Carbon is worth its weight in gold—even more, considering that this elegantly appointed, performance-gilded 5.5" travel dual-susser weighs in south of 26 pounds.
Be sure to check out the rest of the dreambikes, and the upcoming auction schedule, on our website right now. You'll definitely want at least one of these bikes!
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Meckel's diverticulum masked by intermittent recurrent subocclusive episodes
Meckel's diverticulum (MD) is the most frequent congenital abnormality of the small bowel and it is often difficult to diagnose. It is usually asymptomatic but approximately 4% are symptomatic with complications such as bleeding, intestinal obstruction, and inflammation. Daniela Codrich et al presents a case of Meckel's diverticulum masked by a long period of intermittent recurrent subocclusive episodes. Their foundings will be published on June 14, 2009 in the World Journal of Gastroenterology.
In this case, a 7-year-old boy presented with repeated episodes of periumbilical pain with associated vomiting which resolved spontaneously in a few hours. The frequency of the episodes increased from one per month to weekly and then daily vomiting, but painless hemorrhage, the classical presenting symptom of Meckel's diverticulum, was never experienced. These symptoms were firstly interpreted as cyclic vomiting of childhood. Only the persistence of the condition accompanied by weight loss prompted physicians to investigate further. A supravesical mass was found with ultrasound and confirmed by magnetic resonance. However, the final diagnosis was only made at laparoscopy.
This article seeks to emphasize that preoperative diagnosis of a complicated Meckel's diverticulum can be challenging and often difficult to establish because clinical symptoms and imaging features overlap with those of other disorders causing acute abdominal pain or gastrointestinal bleeding (in cases where hemorrhage is present). The case also underlines the utmost importance of laparoscopy as a diagnostic and, at the same time, a therapeutic tool in the pediatric population.
More information: Codrich D, Taddio A, Schleef J, Ventura A, Marchetti F. Meckel's diverticulum masked by a long period of intermittent recurrent subocclusive episodes. World J Gastroenterol 2009; 15(22): 2809-2811 www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/15/2809.asp
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Where's Mecca? Muslim Apps Point the Way to Pray
Nearly 25% of the world's population is currently observing the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. The Wall Street Journal's Maya Pope-Chappell reviews apps that help users locate Mecca, send prayer-time reminders and help followers live more devout lives.
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April 25, 2006
The Bisons could not hold an early four run lead on their way to a 12-5 loss on Tuesday, April 25, at Middle Tennessee State.
Justin Sanders got the Bisons on the board in the first with an RBI single to give Lipscomb a 1-0 lead.
The Bisons expanded the lead with two more runs in the third. Allen Bolden led off with a single to right field. Ryan Mitchell followed with a single to left center to put runners on first and second. Both runners advanced on a balk. Bolden would score on an RBI ground out by Zac Miller. The next batter, Sanders, recorded his second RBI of the game on a single to center, giving the Bisons a 3-0 lead.
The Bisons added another run in the fourth on a solo homerun by Whit Reed.
The Blue Raider's finally got to Bisons' starter Brandon McClurg in the bottom of the fourth. In 3.1 innings of work, McClurg gave up five runs on seven hits.
Reed's bases loaded walk in the eighth inning brought the final run home for Lipscomb.
Mitchell and Sanders led the Bisons on offense with three hits each. Sanders, along with Reed, also recorded two RBI's in the loss.
The loss dropped the Bisons record to 17-23. The Bisons return home on April 28, when they host Gardner-Webb. The game is scheduled for 6 p.m.


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Learning Linux LVM, Part 1
Storage management magic with Logical Volume Management
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LVM intro
In this series, I'm going to show you how to install and use the new Logical Volume Management support built-in to the Linux kernel. If you've never used a form of LVM before, you're in for a treat; it's a wonderful technology. Before we actually get LVM up and running, I'm going to explain exactly what it is and how it works. Then, we'll be ready to test out LVM and get the most out of it.
If you're like me, then your experience with UNIX and Linux began on a PC platform, rather than on large, commercial UNIX servers and workstations. On the basic PC, we've always had to deal with partitioning our hard drives. PC people are generally well-acquainted with tools such as fdisk, which are used to create and delete primary and extended partitions on hard disks. Hard disk partitioning is an annoying but accepted part of the process of getting an operating system up and running.
Hard drive partitioning can be annoying because to do a good job you really need to accurately estimate how much space you'll need for each partition. If you make a poor estimation, your Linux system could possibly be crippled -- to fix the problem, it's possible that you might even need to perform a full system backup, wipe your hard drives clean, and then restore all your data to a new (and presumably better) partition layout. Ick! These are exactly the kinds of situations that sysadmins try their best to avoid in the first place.
While partitions were once static storage regions, thankfully, we now have a proliferation of PC repartitioning tools (PowerQuest's Partition Magic product is one of the most popular). These tools allow you to boot your system with a special disk and dynamically resize your partitions and filesystems. Once you reboot, you have newly resized partitions, hopefully getting you out of your storage crunch. These partition resizing tools are great and solve the problem storage management for some. But are they perfect? Not exactly.
Tools like Partition Magic are great for workstations, but aren't really adequate for servers. First of all, they require you to reboot your system. This is something most sysadmins desperately try to avoid doing. What if you simply can't reboot your machine every time your storage needs change, such as if your storage needs change dramatically on a weekly basis? What happens if you need to expand a filesystem so that it spans more than one hard drive, or what do you do if you need to dynamically expand or shrink a volume's storage capacity while allowing Apache to continue to serve Web pages? In a highly available, dynamic environment, a basic partition resizer just won't work. For these and other situations, Logical Volume Management is an excellent (if not perfect) solution.
Enter LVM
Now, let's take a look at how LVM solves these problems. To create an LVM logical volume, we follow a three-step process. First, we need to select the physical storage resources that are going to be used for LVM. Typically, these are standard partitions but can also be Linux software RAID volumes that we've created. In LVM terminology, these storage resources are called "physical volumes". Our first step in setting up LVM involves properly initializing these partitions so that they can be recognized by the LVM system. This involves setting the correct partition type if we're adding a physical partition, and running the pvcreate command.
Once we have one or more physical volumes initialized for use by LVM, we can move on to step two -- creating a volume group. You can think of a volume group as a pool of storage that consists of one or more physical volumes. While LVM is running, we can add physical volumes to the volume group or even remove them. However, we can't mount or create filesystems on a volume group directly. Instead, we can tell LVM to create one or more "logical volumes" using our volume group storage pool:
Creating an LVM logical volume is really easy, and once it's created we can go ahead and put a filesystem on it, mount it, and start using the volume to store our files. To create a logical volume, we use the lvcreate command, specifying the name of our new volume, the size we'd like the volume to be, and the volume group that we'd like this particluar logical volume to be part of. The LVM system will then allocate storage from the volume group we specify and create our new volume, which is now ready for use. Once created, we can put an ext2 or ReiserFS filesystem on it, mount it, and use it as we like.
Behind the scenes, the LVM system allocates storage in equal-sized "chunks", called extents. We can specify the particular extent size to use at volume group creation time. The size of an extent defaults to 4Mb, which is perfect for most uses. One of the beauties of LVM is that the physical storage locations of the extents used for one of our logical volumes (in other words, what disk they're stored on) can be dynamically changed while our logical volume is mounted and in use! The LVM system ensures that our logical volumes continue to operate perfectly while allowing the administrator to physically change where everything is stored.
Of course, since everything is created out of equally-sized extents, it's really easy to allocate some additional extents for an already-existing logical volume -- in other words, dynamically "grow" the volume:
Once the logical volume has been expanded, you can then expand your ext2 or ReiserFS filesystem to take advantage of this new space. If you use a program such as resize_reiserfs, this filesystem expansion can also happen while the volume is mounted and being used! Truly amazing -- with LVM and online filesystem expansion utilties, it's no longer necessary to reboot your system or even drop to runlevel 1 to change your storage configuration.
The only time you need to shut down your system is when you need to add new physical disks. Once new disks have been added, you then can add these new physical volumes to your volume group(s) to create a fresh supply of extents.
Setting up LVM
OK, let's get LVM installed. LVM consists of two parts: a kernel part and a suite of user-space tools. You may already have LVM support available on your system, and if not, it's a simple matter to install the appropriate tools using your distribution's package manager. On Gentoo or Funtoo Linux, this is done as follows:
# emerge sys-fs/lvm2
If you compiled your kernel manually, you'll want to reconfigure and compile your kernel so that LVM support is enabled.
# cd /usr/src/linux # make menuconfig
You'll find the LVM options under the "Multiple devices driver support (RAID and LVM)" section, under "Device Drivers":
Under Device Drivers-->Multiple devices driver support (RAID and LVM):
--- Multiple devices driver support (RAID and LVM) {M} RAID support <M> Linear (append) mode <M> RAID-0 (striping) mode -M- RAID-1 (mirroring) mode -M- RAID-10 (mirrored striping) mode -M- RAID-4/RAID-5/RAID-6 mode <M> Multipath I/O support <M> Faulty test module for MD <M> Block device as cache [ ] Bcache debugging [ ] Debug closures <M> Device mapper support [ ] Device mapper debugging support [ ] Keep stack trace of persistent data block lock holders <M> Crypt target support <M> Snapshot target <M> Thin provisioning target <M> Cache target (EXPERIMENTAL) <M> MQ Cache Policy (EXPERIMENTAL) <M> Cleaner Cache Policy (EXPERIMENTAL) <M> Era target (EXPERIMENTAL) <M> Mirror target <M> Mirror userspace logging <M> RAID 1/4/5/6/10 target <M> Zero target <M> Multipath target <M> I/O Path Selector based on the number of in-flight I/Os <M> I/O Path Selector based on the service time <M> I/O delaying target [*] DM uevents <M> Flakey target <M> Verity target support <M> Switch target support (EXPERIMENTAL)
I recommend enabling all features. Also ensure that LVM is enabled for your initramfs. Remember that if you are putting any main filesystems on LVM, you will need LVM compiled into your kernel, rather than a module, or you'll need an LVM-aware initramfs.
Also be sure to enable any necessary startup scripts to initialize LVM. On many distributions, including Funtoo Linux, this is done for you, provided that sufficient kernel support is available. The basic commands that these scripts will run are the following, at boot:
/sbin/vgscan /sbin/vgchange -a y
These lines will scan for all available volume groups and activate them. At shutdown, something like this will run:
/sbin/vgchange -a n
While this stuff is handled for you automatically, if you ever boot from a rescue CD or USB stick, you may need to type
vgscan and
vgchange -a y as root before your logical volumes are available for use.
That's it for this article. Next article, I'll show you how to create your own logical volumes and unleash the power of LVM. I'll see you then!
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Beyonce shut it down during the Super Bowl halftime show — literally.
Only a few minutes after the pop superstar's electrifying performance, which included a Destiny's Child reunion, dazzling visual effects and light displays, and a medley of solo hits such as "Single Ladies" and "Crazy in Love," about half of the lights at the 73,000-seat Superdome suddenly went out.
New Orleans is nothing if not a city used to running on generators, and there was sufficient backup power available to keep some of the lights on in the stadium. Nevertheless, the outage was extensive enough to temporarily disrupt the audio on CBS' broadcast.
Announcers Jim Nantz and Phil Simms were cut off for most of the 34-minute blackout, leaving sideline reporter Steve Tasker to explain the situation to viewers (he described it as a "click of the lights"). While players from the Ravens and the 49ers tried to stay limber on the field, host James Brown helped fill the dead air with analysis of the game so far.


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SAN FRANCISCO — They were known simply as the San Francisco Twins.
At 5-foot-1 and about 100 pounds apiece, the fashion enthusiasts were an integral part of the city fabric for four decades. With matching furs, hats and high-end purses, they completed each other's sentences, posed for countless tourist snapshots and modeled for the likes of Reebok, Joe Boxer and IBM.
Now one is gone.
Vivian Brown, 85, who had Alzheimer's, died in her sleep Wednesday, leaving behind Marian, who was eight minutes younger. The illness, and news of the twins' financial distress, brought an outpouring of support from city residents in recent months.
Donations managed by Jewish Family and Children Services helped Vivian move into an elegant assisted living facility in Lower Pacific Heights and provided for a car service so Marian could visit "as much as she wanted to," Development Director Barbara Farber said. "The community really responded.…It's been a beautiful thing."