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September 15, 2004, 11:36:52 AM »
The current text of Capes is
The system represents situations as a set of Complications. Heroes and villains can place Stakes on these Complications, to represent their moral investment in how things turn out. They benefit if they win the Complication, and suffer if they lose it, in direct proportion to their Stakes.
The current rules require all Complications to resolve. A Scene doesn't end until the Complications have resolved. Unfortunately this often means spending a lot of time resolving things
the Scene should (by all rights) have already ended. It slows down the progress of the game.
We've had a lot of discussion (a
) about the prospect of keeping unresolved Complications hanging around as Issues. Nobody ever figured out how to make it work.
But Thomas brought up a point in discussing the possibility of adding a "neutral die" to the Complications, and I'd like to isolate it and explore it. I propose that Complications don't need to resolve. Specifically:
[*]When a Page (essentially a Round) ends with the Victory Target for the scene met, no further pages occurs in that scene.[*]Any Complications that do not have Stakes resolve according to their current Control levels.[*]Any Complications with Stakes
do not resolve
.[*]Stakes are handed back, with neither benefit nor penalty accruing.[*]Nobody gains future advantage (i.e. Inspirations)[*]In the story this means that something interrupted the conflict before anything was decided.[/list:u]
Quote from: Example #1
Information complication resolves, ending the scene. Romance complication (with Stakes) does not resolve:
Why, when I saw you tied to that obelisk, Peggy Marie, I thought...
Peggy Marie:
I realized that I... I...
Peggy Marie:
Peggy Marie, I lo...
Wait! That's it! The obelisk is the key! Marcus, we must get to the mid-town museum immediately! Time is of the essence!
Now? Prof, I was just in the middle of...
Of! The! Essence!
Alright... <sigh>... let's go.
Quote from: Example #2
Red Menace and Captain Liberty break to open combat against each other (over ideology, of course) in the early game. They both stake three Justice on Clobbering against each other.
Bystanders are endangered by the villain, and they both leap to help. Resolving that Complication ends the scene, interrupting their super-powered slugfest in its tracks.
Red Menace:
I will not waste my time upon you while the People need my strength!
Captain Liberty:
Agreed! There is plenty of time to show you the error of your ways after Nuclear Winter and his Isotope Band are defeated.
Red Menace:
A truce, until then?
Captain Liberty:
And not a moment longer.
They take back their three tokens in Justice. In the fight against Nuclear Winter's fiendish plot, both Red Menace and Captain Liberty work off these Tokens on other ideological battles. When the Epilogue arrives, neither of them has a Justice Token to their name.
Captain Liberty:
I misjudged you, Menace. Whatever your mistaken ideals, you are a true friend of the people. I would not fight someone that I have come to think I would be proud to call a friend.
Red Menace:
Nor would I strike a man I would be glad to call comrade.
Captain Liberty:
[wincing] Don't use that word, alright?
Red Menace:
"Comrade"? It's a perfectly normal word, everyone uses it.
Captain Liberty:
But when
say it I know you're thinking something else.
Red Menace:
Oh, so now you can read
? You just...
fade to black
So... is this crazy? Or might it actually work as a way to both create unresolved tensions and to speed the end-game of a Scene?
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September 15, 2004, 03:31:19 PM »
Very interesting. I will go ahead an appoint myself as Devil's Advocate here. What about Complications that demand immediate attention? The burning orphanage, in which you have Staked 2 Hope is unresolved when i defeat the Villains plot to rob the bank... I get those two Debt tokens back and we pretend the fire never happened?
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September 15, 2004, 05:37:43 PM »
I really don't know. That's the question that's been preying on my mind too. Here's my initial thoughts. I'm not at all sure I'm satisfied by them.
The downside on Bystanders is pretty obvious. The question that's bouncing around in my mind is "What is the predicted
to the hero winning the Complication, and what (therefore) can be done that permits neither the upside nor the downside to happen?"
Essentially, if any Complication becomes a situation where heroic victory is defined by nothing more than the absence of villainous victory, the "unresolved complication" system is going to take a beating. But I think that story-drama takes a beating too. I think most of the time heroic victory is about something more than "stopping the bad guys".
If the heroes expected to be praised and respected for saving the orphans (for example) I could see the orphans being rescued by
someone else
as a suitable interruption.
Quote from: Example #3
Clobbering resolves, ending the scene. Bystanders (with Stakes) is unresolved.
: In the midst of a superpowered combat in mid-town today, firefighters raced to rescue the occupants of the burning Santa Maria Orphanage. While the children are all accounted for, five fire-fighters are in nearby Mount Sinai hospital, in critical condition. The families of the fire-fighters have requested that any flowers and cards be coordinated through "Mundane Heroism Charities", at 1-800-....
Sydney (I'm pretty sure) recommended an explicit phase where this is defined for a Complication. That would address some of these issues, but it also restrains people from realizing/discovering what the Complication is about during play, which is something I rather like.
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September 16, 2004, 09:43:56 AM »
The question then becomes: how do you know which outcome happens? Editor decision? I can see that working, but it puts the power of "tone" very much in the Editor's hands. Basically the Editor can influence (quite powerfully) how dark the world is since he can choose "The orphans die" vs. "The orphans are saved by someone else".
Not that it would not work, but it would change the narrative dynamic.
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September 16, 2004, 09:50:29 AM »
No, I miscommunicated. The issue is not "The orphans die" vs. "the orphans are rescued by someone else".
If the Complication is "The orphans die" vs. "Heroes rescue the orphans and become famous" then the trick is to provide
of these options. "The orphans are rescued by someone else" was an example of how you could do that.
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September 16, 2004, 10:15:21 AM »
I think there is a link here between this 'Bystanders complication unresolved' problem and the 'Conversational Dominance' problem from the Actual Play thread.
The Bystanders complication not resolving before the end of a scene is a problem; Conversational Dominance resolving too early in the other scene was also a problem.
If I may suggest, this is because there should be a clear difference between a
and a
. I think I've brought this up before, but it's especially pertinent here.
Let's assume that there is a bank raid in progress. The Goal of the Villains is to 'escape with the loot'. The aim of the Heroes is to 'arrest the Villains'. This is the key conflict of the Scene.
My feeling is that
the Scene ends when this conflict resolves
. Any other Complications are just that - Complications.
So, where does this leave the Bystanders? A truly evil Villain isn't going to care about whether bystanders get hurt or not, therefore a Bystanders Complication is only a Complication for the Heroes! If they fail to resolve the Complication before the key conflict (and therefore the Scene) resolves, then they have 'lost' the Complication. How they lose it (dead bystanders, or they rescue themselves, or they are rescued by a third party) is a matter of style.
Therefore the Villain should pay for this Complication. He's deliberately endangering the Bystanders, as a way of slowing down the Heroes.
I'm not sure yet
the Villain should pay for this (Prominence? Mayhem Points?) but as long as there is a way for the Villain to chuck stuff like this at the Heroes, then I'm sure he'll use it!
Would like opnions on whether this is a sound concept before I get all excited about it, though.
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Reply #6 on:
September 16, 2004, 12:53:11 PM »
What happens if the players decide they are less interested in stopping the villain from escaping than in saving the bystanders?
Is this a valid choice for them to make, leading to a story just as entertaining as if they view the villain as the most important thing and the bystanders as only a hindrance to arresting the villain?
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September 16, 2004, 01:05:38 PM »
Quote from: TonyLB
What happens if the players decide they are less interested in stopping the villain from escaping than in saving the bystanders?
That's exactly the point - there are now two conflicts (dice on each side of a card) for the Heroes to choose from. They can take their turn attempting to save the Bystanders (and roll up their side of this Complication) or they can further the main Goal of nabbing the Villains (and roll up their side of the 'key conflict') but they can't do both during the same action.
And IMHO, it's a totally valid choice. If the Villains get away as a result, then it's time to look for clues and track them back to their Secret Vilainous HQ - I don't see a problem with that!
Used this way, coplications are a way of extending the overall story, without necessarily extending an individual session of conflict (which still ends when the Goal resolves.)
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Reply #8 on:
September 16, 2004, 02:00:23 PM »
Yes, but if they're far behind on Bystanders, and they let the villain escape to try to save them... doesn't that resolve the Bystanders, fricaseeing all the orphans?
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Reply #9 on:
September 16, 2004, 10:31:10 PM »
Very good point, Tony. I missed that consequence (Doh!)
Another way of considering this is if the Heroes decide that rescuing the Bystanders is more important, they have switched (or split) their Goal!
Maybe Staking becomes the answer now:
At the start of a Scene, define the Goal - this is a conflict between the Heroes and Villains, or Hero and GM. All parties to the Scene
stake on this conflict, because it's important to them.
If a complication is played against the Heroes (such as Bystanders) then each Hero must decide, whether or not it's important to them. If so, they must stake on that conflict as well, and spend their next turn attempting to control or resolve the new Complication.
If the Goal conflict resolves, all unresolved Complications end
the Stake on a Complication is at least half the size of the Stake on the Goal. This means that the Heroes 'did enough' to keep the situation in check.
Extra rule: whenever a Goal or Complication resolves, the last player to control it wins
the tokens staked on it. If a Complication 'fades' because there wasn't enough staked on it, all these tokens are lost.
Is this better?
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September 17, 2004, 05:41:54 AM »
Hard for me to say before I see it in action. The dynamics are diverging enough from what I know that my intuition is flailing. Sometime this afternoon (when I've a solid block of time) I will sit down and create a solo-playtest example using these rules. I'll probably make a new thread for that, since Scene Goals have diverged a bit from unresolved complications.
In the meantime, I'd like to take another swing at unresolved complications.
The problem, as I see it, is that in the story some Complications are "Something
to happen" and some Complications are "Something
happen". Interrupting the latter is easy (and often very good for the story), interrupting the former is hard.
I'd like to get the story goodness of interrupting Complications that beg for it, so I'm puzzling about whether the "interruption" (as described in the story) can be tweaked so that it does a good-enough job for Complications that don't take to it naturally. This might not take much in the way of tweaking the mechanics, but rather in tweaking what they mean to the narrative.
The burning orphans are, in fact, not even the most explicit version of this. The huge Thermo-Isotopic Doomsday Device with a giant digital countdown marching toward the destruction of the city is the one that sticks in my mind. Only the heroes can stop it, and if they don't it goes off.
So, new angle: Is "Thermo-Isotopic Doomsday Device" a legitimate Complication? Or should it be "Villainous Plans of Destruction"? Because if it's Villainous Plans of Destruction, and Doomsday Device is just the
implied by that Complication then it can go unresolved... the heroes stop the bomb, but it turns out not to have been the full extent of the villains plans.
Likewise, for "Bystanders": If the villains resolve the Complication then it is proven that Bystanders
get hurt in this town. If the heroes resolve it then it goes toward proving that Bystanders will be protected. If it is unresolved then the orphans manage to escape but in a way that leaves everyone filled with fear about the future.
So that's what I've got this morning. As always, I may well be talking nonsense and not know it.
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Reply #11 on:
September 17, 2004, 01:18:07 PM »
Quote from: TonyLB
So, new angle: Is "Thermo-Isotopic Doomsday Device" a legitimate Complication? Or should it be "Villainous Plans of Destruction"? Because if it's Villainous Plans of Destruction, and Doomsday Device is just the
implied by that Complication then it can go unresolved... the heroes stop the bomb, but it turns out not to have been the full extent of the villains plans.
I think it's a major Goal. This is the sort of thing that I would expect to see at the end of a Story (I see a Story of consisting of several Scenes;each Scene has a Goal; Complications to that Goal could be introduced during any Scene. That's my reference point, which may be different to yours, but that may be another topic!)
If the Heroes stop the Doomsday Device, time to wrap up this edition of the comic - but a good Villain is always going to come back with another evil plan, so the Series (colection of linked Stories?) isn't over yet.
As for the Complications/conflicts themselves, there appear to be several different categories at work here:
- Must resolve in this Scene (the ticking bomb, also IMHO Bystanders)
- Will resolve or 'fizzle' in this Scene (we've discussed this happening for less important Complications, but I'm stuck for an actual example right now of what a less important Complication would look like)
- May resolve over several scenes (we haven't talked about this much, but some 'relationship' Complications may take more time, for example, the relationship between Captain Liberty and the Red Menace.) These are 'interrupted' when a Goal is achieved (ending the Scene) but they carry over to the next Scene.
- Resolves over several scenes, and defines the story (this is what the Victory Point mechanic currently achieves. I think of this as a meta-complication)
Then it's mainly a trick of deciding which Complications fit which description. I think...
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Reply #12 on:
September 17, 2004, 02:13:30 PM »
Doug, I see a lot of potential in Scene Goals. But I don't yet understand the dynamic they will create. Given that four posts ago I had to point out a major consequence of the rule to you, I don't think you yet understand the dynamic they will create either.
Given that, I don't think we can profitably discuss how they'll impact other questions yet. I'm going to ask again that we shelve discussion of them in theory until there is an example of play showing how they work in practice. If you want to write up that example of play, go ahead. You can probably do it more easily and more clearly than I. Otherwise I'll get to it when I can get to it.
So assuming familiar old Complications with no rules changes... if the Complication is "Villainous Plot of Destruction" and "Ticking Doomsday Device" is just the situation implied, does that seem more open to being interrupted and unresolved if necessary?
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Reply #13 on:
September 17, 2004, 02:18:42 PM »
I think Tony's onto something, to whit, that the problems we're having with unresolved Complications might be resolved by defining Complications more clearly -- though I'm not sure the way sketched out in his post above is necessarily the right way to do it.
One thing that just struck me as I starting writing this, though, is that when we talk about burning buildings and ticking time-bombs being Complications that are impossible to interrupt, we're getting hung up on
in-game time
-- which is a classic Simulationist concern (see GURPS on study, or AD&D on spell research) but not necessarily relevant to a Narrativist game like Capes (or to put it differently, a game that simulates story structure rather than physics). After all, uncontrolled Complications start to resolve when the Victory Point total of a scene is reached: Utter nonsense in physical or tactical terms, pure logic in story terms.
Four score and twenty threads ago, someone (maybe me) said, 'of course the orphanage can't burn forever,' to which someone (maybe Tony) replied, 'are you sure'?
In story logic, the ticking time-bomb or the burning building can be interrupted by personal concerns -- essentially put on hold -- just as easily as vice versa (as in Tony's example of "Marcus was about to tell Peggie Marie that he loves her when the Professor said "we must go!"). Stories do this all the time. We've all heard of opera or stage characters who receive some mortal hurt, declare "I am dead!," and then keep talking/singing for 10 minutes before finally expiring (heck, no less an icon than Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, does this). American comic book characters (though not Japanese, as a rule) recite lengthy homilies on morals in between one punch and the next. And I used to pull out my watch whenever some TV or movie character declared, "the bomb / planet / inflamed goiter will explode in X minutes" to see if it really did take X minutes of screen time -- which of course it never, ever did. (Try this with the original
Star Wars
and the repeated line "The Death Star will be in firing position in �"). Sometimes it took less time, because of editing for dramatic compression; but sometimes it took more, because the story had things it needed to do first, darn it, and it wasn't going to be rushed.
So maybe the time bomb just keeps ticking. If the story is engaging enough, no one should be looking at their watch to say "gotcha" when X minutes are up. ("Dude, wasn't the bomb set for 20 minutes?" "Well, you got across town to Miss Darling's apartment, talked out your differences, made passionate love, and got back in time to defuse the bomb -- how long can that take? You're a superhero.") Stories are about characters: If a tree falls in a forest and there's no character around, it didn't make a sound; if a Complication is not resolved by a character, maybe it stays unresolved.
The burning orphanage is actually a little trickier in this paradigm, because it's an undeniable active process that keeps going of itself. A while back (in the same primordial Capes thread I referenced above, I think) I suggested a "trigger self-feeding process" Wonder (i.e. Effect in current terms) which would add a point of control every round (i.e. a bump up) until the Complication was resolved, one way or another. But now that Tony's come up with sample characters like "It's a Trap!" there's a much more elegant solution, far more in keeping with the idea of story being all about characters:
The fire is a villain
Thus when Captain Heroic and the Dark Dastard are fighting it out and a stray Cosmo-Blast sets the orphanage on fire, Dark Dastard isn't necessarily contesting that complication (as Doug suggested, the bad guys often don't care, although they should have the option to deliberately make matters worse): Instead, a new adversary has appeared on scene, The Blazing Inferno, with Powers like "Spread to adjoining building" and Tropes like "Wait! Where's little Timmy?"
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Reply #14 on:
September 17, 2004, 04:18:10 PM »
Quote from: Sydney Freedberg
But now that Tony's come up with sample characters like "It's a Trap!" there's a much more elegant solution, far more in keeping with the idea of story being all about characters:
The fire is a villain
[fanboy raving] Jaw drops. Did I say that? No, I'm pretty sure you
that in a much less interesting bit of thought from me. [/fanboy raving]
So let me see if I grasp the implications. Bystanders would still be a Complication. "Orphanage Fire" would be an
ad hoc
villain acting on the Bystander Complication.
Orphanage Fire can then (according to the
new rules
I just posted) claim the Complication and attempt to Resolve it. Obviously if Orphanage Fire resolves the Complication then you have lots of kiddies in the burn ward. If
villain resolves the Complication then the orphans might get rescued, but some other bystanders get hurt or terrorized or kidnapped... all according to that villain's intentions on Resolving it. If the heroes resolve the Complication then everyone goes free. And if
resolves the Complication.
Still a little stuck on that. Nobody resolves the Complication means the orphans don't burn (because that would be victory for Orphanage Fire) but the heroes don't save the day...
Grrr... okay, I still don't have a solution to unresolved Complications. But this does help make it easier to think about such things. It makes explicit a lot of stuff that was sort of assumed, but not systematized. I also have a neat little addition to Sydney's idea.
Innocent Victims
can also be a villain. And a hero. Simultaneously. With Attitudes like "Run in terror" and Tropes like "Can anybody possibly save us now?" you've got a character that can equally well add to the villainous side or the heroic. The villain threatens them and they run in terror... big villain points. They call out "Can anybody possibly save us now?" and the hero arrives to save the day. Hero points.
So if they get two points of Prominence, one from the Editor and one from the heroes then they act on two successive action turns, once for the villains and once for the heroes. Which allows you to make the Innocent Victims a prominent feature of the game without causing them to imbalance anything toward one side or another. They may, however, water down the import of the heroes themselves (since it's more rolls that are being called for by non-hero-characters, even if the players are the ones calling for them).
And for everybody who loved the aggressive grandmother beating on Cheshire Cat in a previous example: This provides explicit mechanics for Victims beating on villains as a natural side effect. You just have Victims rolling on Clobbering rather than on the Bystanders Complication.
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Mexico has one foot in the 2014 World Cup after demolishing New Zealand 5-1 in the first leg of the intercontential playoff on Wednesday at the Estadio Azteca.
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YORK, PA – The York College wrestling squad notched a thrilling come-from-behind 22-19 win over Messiah College in a battle of nationally ranked squads on Friday night at Charles Wolf Gymnasium in York. The Spartans, who are ranked 24th, improve to 7-3 overall while the Falcons, the 21st ranked team in the nation, suffer their first loss as they fall to 4-1.
The match was in front of a full Wolf Gymnasium as the Falcons brought a strong contingent to York, making for a fantastic atmosphere on Friday night.
The Spartans trailed 19-13 heading into the final two weight classes. York's Kyle Minogue (Miller Place, N.Y./Miller Place) trailed 3-2 entering the third period of the 197-pound bout. Minogue, one of the Spartans' best wrestlers, turned over Travis Ebersole and got the pin 45 seconds into the final period, tying the match at 19. That set the stage for the decisive heavyweight match.
Freshman Mike Spencer (Pompton Plains, N.J./Pequannock Township) came up with one of the biggest wins of his young career as he downed the Falcons' Charles Jones to earn the team win. Jones had a 2-1 lead heading into the second period but Spencer got an escape and then a quick take down to push to a 4-2 lead. Spencer rode Jones the rest of the second and third periods to earn the 5-2 win and, in the process, give the Spartans the three-point win.
In the 125-pound bout, York's Kenny Arentz (Reading, Pa./Governor Mifflin) got off to a quick start, leading 5-0 after the first period. Messiah's Daniel Rodriguez came back to outscore Arentz 3-0 in the second period as his deficit stood at two heading to the third period. The two wrestlers went back and forth in the third with Rodriguez earning a 3-2 edge in the period but Arentz had enough riding time to record an 8-6 win.
At 133, York's Joey Giaccio (Cranford, N.J./Cranford) started off slow as he trailed the Falcons' Zach Snow 2-1 after the first period. Giaccio then turned it on in the second, outscoring Snow 8-0 to push out to a 9-2 lead. Giaccio closed out the match with a strong third period as he took home a 12-3 major decision, pushing York's lead to 7-0.
Messiah's Kaleb Loht, the ninth ranked 141 pounder in the nation, got the Falcons on the board in the third match of the night. Loht led 6-2 after the first period and never looked back as he notched a 14-4 major decision win over Victor Signorelli (Oak Ridge, N.J./Twin Valley). York's Vinny Pisani (Orange, Calif./El Modena) got the Spartans back on track at 149 as the seventh ranked wrestler in his weight class pinned Chris Williamson just before the end of the first period at the 2:55 mark. Pisani's pinfall win gave the Spartans a 13-4 lead.
Freshman Adam Kritzer (Herdon, Pa./Line Moutain) looked good early in the 157 pound bout but Messiah's Josh Bressler caught Kritzer and pinned him at the 5:40 mark, getting the Falcons back in the match, trimming York's lead to 13-10.
The 165 pound bout was non-stop action from the start. York's Drew Spector (West Deptford, N.J./West Deptford) and Messiah's Jacob English were knotted at five through a frantic first period of action. English took a 7-6 lead after the second period and then rode Spector over the final two minutes of the match to earn a hard-fought 8-6 win. The victory by English tied the match at 13.
The Falcons took their first lead of the night after a highly entertaining 174-pound bout. The Falcons' Ricardo Plummer edged York's T.J. Demetrio (Pottstown, Pa./Pottsgrove) 8-5 in the match. The third period was back and forth before Plummer got a late take down to secure the win. Messiah pushed the lead to 19-13 after Josh Thompson earned a 2-0 win at 184 pounds. Thompson got a third period escape and got the riding time point to earn the two point win over York's Seth Snyder (Ashton, Pa./Sun Valley). It looked bad for the home team as York trailed by six heading into the final two weight classes. That set the stage for the heroics of Minogue and Spencer as the Spartans notched the comeback win.
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We found some great celebrity looks to inspire your boho babe costume as always! The first must have for this costume is the flower crown like Jennifer Lopez wears with her hippie costume. The flower crown has come back big time and you bet they are all over the music festival scene. Another necessary piece to the boho costume is a bohemian print, and you can have some fun with this! Tribal prints are always a go-to for the boho chic look, but you can also spring for some floral prints like Nichole Richie's boho look. Let's not forget about chevron, which is definitely a boho approved print! Now, we know that everyone has at least two Halloween parties to go to and no one wants to wear the same costume twice, so we made it easy and found a second costume that you can reuse some of your boho pieces for. You can definitely switch from boho to cute indian in a heartbeat with some braids and feathers…or you can opt for the full headdress like Paris Hilton of course.
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A former Pocono pastor has been convicted of killing his second wife and then staging a car crash to cover up the crime. The Monroe County jury deliberated for less than an hour and a half Tuesday afternoon before finding Arthur "A.B." Schirmer guilty of first-degree murder.
A former Pocono pastor has been convicted of killing his second wife and then staging a car crash to cover up the crime.
The Monroe County jury deliberated for less than an hour and a half Tuesday afternoon before finding Arthur "A.B." Schirmer guilty of first-degree murder in the July 2008 death of Betty Jean Schirmer.
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The ex-pastor was accused of staging a car crash on Route 715 in Pocono Township to cover up the fatal head injury he inflicted on Betty Jean.
An associate pastor at Reeders United Methodist Church at the time, Schirmer said he was driving Betty Jean to the hospital for jaw pain when he swerved to avoid a deer and crashed into a guard rail, causing her to hit her head on the windshield.
Schirmer, 64, who will be sentenced in March, stood silently in court, leaning forward with his fingertips resting on the table, head leaned slightly to the left and woefully downcast eyes as the verdict was read.
The family of his wife, Betty Jean Schirmer, let out joyful cries and hugged each other at the reading of the verdict. On the other side of the courtroom, his fiancee and daughter leaned forward, sobbing and covering their faces, while his other daughter wept with her hand covering her eyes.
Awaiting trial in Lebanon County in his first wife's 1999 murder, Arthur Schirmer turned and gave his family a teary-eyed glance as he was led in handcuffs from the courtroom after the verdict.
During closing arguments Tuesday, the prosecution in the Arthur Schirmer case asked jurors to consider how an innocent person would react when his wife was seriously injured in a crash.
During the trial, the prosecution presented testimony about Schirmer's extramarital affairs.
The defense told jurors, "Having an affair does not make you a murderer."
"The admission of evidence from his first wife's case really prejudiced the jury in this trial," defense attorney Brandon Reish said after the verdict was read. "That issue likely will be preserved for appeal. The fact that the jury took such a short time to deliberate indicates to me that they were considering something improper they shouldn't have been considering."
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Reish said Schirmer's family and supporters, who did not comment afterward, are "wrecked" by the verdict.
Betty Jean's son, Nate Novack, called it an emotional day for the family.
"We thank everyone involved in bringing my mother's killer to justice," Novack said. "We miss her greatly, but at least now she can rest in peace."
Likewise praising investigators whose work got Schirmer convicted, First Assistant District Attorney Michael Mancuso also thanked the attentive jury for doing its duty.
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The conventional wisdom on the midterm elections has been that the House is vulnerable to a Republican takeover, but the Senate? Not so much.
It's still true that the Republicans have an easier path to a House takeover, with so many Democratic-held seats in play. But with strong challenges emerging against two Senate Democratic incumbents previously seen as safe – Patty Murray of Washington and Russ Feingold of Wisconsin – and the national atmospherics heavily favoring the Republicans, Democrats increasingly have their work cut out for them to save control even of the Senate.
Add to that the possibility that one or even two senators currently in the Democratic column could flip to the Republican side if the GOP gets close to a takeover on Nov. 2. Let's say the Republicans make a net gain of nine seats – one short of the 10 they need for a majority. Speculation will then immediately turn to Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska, a conservative Democrat from a red state who sometimes sides with the Republicans. Less likely but still conceivable as a party-switcher is Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, an independent who caucuses with the Democrats but is seen by some Democrats as not completely with the team.
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If the Republicans get close to a majority and offer one or both of these senators a committee chairmanship, that could sweeten the deal.
"So you've got two on the Democratic side you've got to worry about," says Peter Fenn, a Democratic communications strategist.
Senator Lieberman already chairs a committee for the Democrats – Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs – but in politics, there are no guarantees. The Democrats still have to wonder if they might lose him under certain circumstances.
What's more, it's looking increasingly possible, though still not likely, that the Republicans could take over the Senate without the help of party-switchers. In the event of a tsunami-size wave of voter discontent, the Democrats' large majorities in both houses – 59 to 41 in the Senate, 256 to 178 (and one vacancy) in the House – could easily be swept away. Typically, Senate races are not as vulnerable to the national mood as House races, but in this cycle, Republicans believe they could be.
A survey by Republican pollster Glen Bolger released Tuesday shows that in 13 states with competitive Senate races, the Republican candidates are leading on average by a margin of 47 to 39 percent. Candidates' names were used in the poll (except in the few states with primaries pending), so it was not a generic test. In the eight seats currently held by Democrats – Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Washington –the Republican leads by an average of seven percentage points. In the five Republican seats – Florida, Kentucky, Missouri, New Hampshire, and Ohio – the GOP lead is eight points.
The poll was commissioned by American Crossroads, an outside Republican group that is fundraising to help GOP candidates.
"Senate races across the country appear to be drawn into the same national vortex that is impacting House races, as an earlier battleground survey that was conducted by Glen Bolger and others demonstrated fairly clearly back in June," Steven Law, president of American Crossroads, said in a conference call Tuesday.
With 1,300 voters surveyed across 13 states, the sample size was not large enough for individual state results to hold credibility. But the larger trend in favor of Republicans taken as a whole is unmistakable. Independents are backing Republicans in these 13 states by a margin of 47 to 25 percent. And in a sign of a significant enthusiasm gap, "high-intensity voters" support Republicans by a 52-to-36 margin.
Still, there are almost three months to go before Election Day. The national mood is not likely to change, but developments could alter the dynamic in individual races. And Republicans are guarded about not raising expectations to unreasonably high levels, in which anything less than a full takeover of both houses of Congress is seen as a failure.
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- Miquel R (Sulema) said...
I have discovered your blog and at last You can answered to some questions I had, specially the oncoids or pisoids. I wonder if I could send You some images of some of them. Next week I go to a quarry here in valencia (Spain) with thousands of them.
- 20 February 2010 at 21:39
- Miquel R (Sulema) said...
At last I have discovered a blog where to answer some questions I had. I have been searching in a quarry here in Valencia (Spain) and I have discovered some oncoids. Could I send some images to You?
My name is Miguel
- 20 February 2010 at 21:52
- Lost Geologist said...
thanks for putting so much trust in me still limited but growing knowledge about carbonates. I would have liked to reply to you by mail - maybe you can still forward that.
Are you a student or a graduate of the university of Valencia? I don't want to interfere with your course work but if that is not the case, yes, please show me some cool images and I will see what I - or fellow bloggers - think about it.
Don't forget a quick description of their stratigraphy and outcrop. Can you already tell us more about the quarry?
- 20 February 2010 at 23:56
- Lost Geologist said...
An idea I just had:
Do you have a flickr or picasa account? You could upload a large number of images there and don't have to email them around. It would be much easier to share them with a large number of people.
- 20 February 2010 at 23:58
- Miquel R (Sulema) said...
I'm archeologist, but I'm specialist in roman and medieval buildings and quarries now in Valencia Politecnic university.. My thesis is finished 3 weeks ago, but I discovered some bizarre fossils that thanks to You could be oncolites. If I'm not wrong is a 8-5 m.a quarry stone quarry but only on surface,could be older in the deep part where oncolite are. Next week I'll go to the more pictures, only I have some here. In other way I'll write to my thesis director to ampliate some pages.
I'll try to send You as fast as possible one picture that makes me think is not an oncolite but a sponge.I'll try to discover the picassa and lick to put pictures. Thank You very much
- 21 February 2010 at 09:51
- Miquel R (Sulema) said...
sorry I can't instal picasa or flickr in my mac
- 21 February 2010 at 10:21
- Miquel R (Sulema) said...
Where I could send meanwhile 1 image of a possible oncolite or sponge?
- 21 February 2010 at 10:23
- Lost Geologist said...
Send the foto (with scale please) to my email adress. It can be found on the right navigation bar in the "About" box. Please also mail me the location of the quarry maybe I can find out more of its geology.
- 21 February 2010 at 12:22
- Miquel R (Sulema) said...
thank You, But I don't find the mail, can You send me written separatedly?
Well, the quarry is located in Godella (on google earth it's easy to find it. Is 6 km from valencia and 90% stone was taken from there.
I have 3 pictures now to send You of stones I colleced yesterday. Next week will the the great day, beacuse all levels are really beatiful with a lot of oolites and oncolites with different colors (white and black) perfectly deposited.
- 21 February 2010 at 18:42


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George Washington University political management professor Lara Brown on why it's so hard to boot mayor Bob Filner from office. Photo: Associated Press
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I ... back to Opinion Journal I'm Mary Kissel were going out to the left Coast worst Aneel Mayor Bob Filner ... is facing a recall effort because of multiple allegations of sexual ... Eresman and other ... alleged that Ms doings ... to put up a quote from Senator Barbara boxer and Asus which she had to say about the situation quote ... I'm you must resign because he betrayed the trust of the women you victimize ... the Sandy agency representing the people you have worked with or out your decades in public life ... Senator Barbara boxer called on the CBA America just get out ... of the George Washington University political management professor Laura Brown joined now from Washington ... Laura ... strong words that this mayor isn't going anywhere is a ... well now and thinking man for having me here and talk about this I think it's an important issue ... well we've actually got going on is that ... the city charter which was revised about a decade ago ... it doesn't allow for any impeachment by the city Council and so in this case ... a recall effort past to be ... done by the citizens that their high hurdles to try to get ... out near founder and from office and ... which charges and allegations from fourteen different women at this point ... I know this individual as I mentioned ... I you know a lot is actually something of an Office water ... because of the squatter ... as one way to put it ... on its own with the California residents themselves change the law ... I it they've they've tried recall efforts in the past I was looking at the numbers this morning ... some forty six recall effort that ended in the city's history but only four have succeeded ... why ... well that's right in on me just say it's even more difficult than the oral level because in fact there been six male world ... efforts and none had been successful and the reason why is that ... there's a very short time frame for collecting signatures ... to put a brake on to a ballet ... and in this case the voters their NCAA though haven't Olsen Number twenty sixth ... but the need to gather probably about a hundred and forty thousand ... signatures to make sure ... that about a hundred and two thousand are valid ... so it's a huge hurdle ... those other efforts that were actually successful where in fact come for council members said they didn't require as many signatures more on the order of about ten thousand while that's a lotta signatures Laura less than a minute left ... on Filner serve what twenty years in Congress is it ... really credible for all of these Democrats ... from below seats and boxer and others ... I've seen it in to pretend that they were unaware of these antics could there be some sort of coverup going on here ... well I don't know if there's a cover up that there's certainly been a long political culture ... of looking the other way Intel something that happens then that ... happens on both sides the aisle and you know the party politics involved ... with not bringing down power for members ... and is pretty ... outcome ... happens on both sides of the Iowa very diplomatic for ... a George Washington University political mentor Professor Laura Brown ... thank so much for being on mission


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Well the boot camp has been on through Australia for the month or and Tuesday the 20th it was Brisbane's turn. The morning started with an overview of the day as shown in agenda below:
Some key topics were discussed and also introduction was made of what is Facebook Marketing by the wonderful Nick Bowditch, who used to be a small business owner but is now working for Facebook.
We were told that the main focus of Facebook Marketing should be storytelling...sharing content is key!
"Less engagement means you are less engaging"
They also made sure we were made aware that "Edge Rank" does not exist in Facebook term, but was created by a blogger...not that I knew what it was to begin with.
The crowd was mainly divided into people who had no idea what a Facebook page was to those who were a little bit more savvy.
The 4 main points of the morning session were:
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- Find other companies in similar field to market their products in your cover photo.
- Your "Talking About" should be 25% of your Likes.
- Use Page Insights to optimise your page posts.
- Publish visually engaging page posts.
- Plan the story telling of your business using story arcs.
- Create a content calendar...
- Facebook is about narrow-casting not broadcasting.
That last two comments definitely started me thinking that I have been doing a lot of broadcasting so it might be a good idea to change my post contents and frequency of the posts.
- Your cover photo should from now on be void of any text such as email, website, or telling people to like your page If that is the case your page will be deleted by Facebook after three warnings.
You can find more detailed information at the Facebook Business Page. As the morning sessions ended there was a break for morning tea.
The next session was about "Facebook Insights", what dreadful but important words. What it really is, is the measure of how your page is performing. It can be found at the top of your page in the Admin Panel:
It opens up to give you details such as demographics of your likes and the reach and also the number of people talking about your page. You should find the balance between LIKES and PTAT.
The next sessions was about creating Ads for your business. This was the part I was most interested in. They are introducing this new thing called Targeted Marketing. Now you can choose a grouping of people to send your ad to, be it mums to engaged couples, to married couples, to university students based on the product you are providing and also the market you want to cater to. The thing is the narrower the number of your target audience the better coverage of your ad. Here is an example of an ad I created just yesterday:
Other new features coming up would be Promoted Posts, Facebook Offers, Facebook Gifts, and Custom Audiences which will allow you to advertise to Offline audiences. All the new features can be accessed from the following page.
Then it was time for lunch..
The afternoon was a bit more laid back, we were shown pages of big brands and how they got it right or wrong and how we can use some of the techniques they've used to make our pages more appealing to our fans. After all the reason we are doing this is for people who like our stuff to let us know.
Pages of Interest
Disney Australia
Fanta - (Edgy)
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Humans of New York
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Overall the day was a great success for me and it has definitely made me become more aware of the content that I create and also the best methods and practices that I can implement to get the best out of my page...so for 2013 I will have to come up with a much more engaging page...back to the drawing board.
I hope this account has been informative and will encourage those without a page to start thinking of one and those with one to start thinking of ways to make it better.
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Truck accidents happen everyday, and can have much more serious and consequential aftereffects than the average car accident. Perhaps you or a loved one were involved in a serious truck crash, and you may be have significant bills from emergency and ongoing medical treatment. In addition, you may also have lost wages due to the inability to work because of your truck accident injuries. In addition, maybe your car was a total loss, and other personal property may have been damaged.
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In the end, should your case require litigation, the process can be very lengthy in some cases can take even years. It is important that you are comfortable with the attorney you choose at the outset and that you have every confidence in their ability to handle your case. Selecting an attorney who has dedicated similar cases to conclusion can give an accident victim some level of comfort.
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A number of the outdoor adventure races that crammed the Pocono area's schedule last year will return this year, but a few are in doubt.
A number of the outdoor adventure races that crammed the Pocono area's schedule last year will return this year, but a few are in doubt.
Big names of the adventure race scene — Run for the Red, Warrior Dash and Spartan Race — all have nailed down dates and locations for their 2013 races in the Poconos.
However, the Pocono triathlon and the Ragnar Relay won't be back in 2013, and the Tough Mudder is searching for a new home.
That still leaves almost 10 races on the calendar for the year, many of them being held in the fall and spring when the Pocono area can use some extra tourism.
"We have more (races scheduled) now than we did at this point last year," said David Jackson, director of sales at Pocono Mountains Visitors Bureau. "Anything is good, particularly in the times these races run."
Tough Mudder is looking to come back, as it has nailed down a June 1-2 race date for its "Philadelphia" event.
On its website, it states the event will be held at a location that is a two-hour drive from the city, putting the Poconos in line as a landing place.
The event was held over two weekends at the Inn at Pocono Manor in 2012 with more than 30,000 people participating.
However, for much of 2013, part of last year's course is expected to be occupied by construction for the Kalahari Resorts project.
Pocono Manor General Manager Lisa Green confirmed the race will not be back at the resort this year because of Kalahari's construction.
Tough Mudder officials did not respond to messages for comment.
Jackson said he spoke with Tough Mudder officials this week to determine a new location.
He said Tough Mudder officials were worried about repeats of "issues" from last year.
Specifically, bureau officials said the shuttle buses were a concern.
Race participants parked at Pocono Raceway and were bused free of charge to and from Pocono Manor, about five miles away.
"When you have to shell out that money for buses and it's revenue that could have been in your pocket, you want to find a way around that," said Carl Wilgus, president and CEO of the bureau.
The Ironman 70.3 Pocono Mountains, run for the last two years in the early fall, won't be back this year after race brand Ironman 70.3 pulled its sponsorship.
However, Wilgus said he's already been in contact with another triathlon brand that could bring the race back.
Just not this year.
"Definitely the Ironman is not going to be back (this year)," Wilgus said. "Talking to the other company, it doesn't look like it can happen this year. There is too much that goes into it."
The Ragnar Relay, an all-night relay team race that for the last two years was run from Lancaster to Pocono Manor, looks as if it won't be back in 2013.
Race spokesman Matt Braun said the Pennsylvania race is being re-routed, and likely doesn't include the Poconos.
"I was kind of surprised they came back the second year," Wilgus said. "It's the kind of course you would think you wouldn't want to do more than once."
Rapid Running, which managed a half-marathon at Pocono Raceway in 2012, had been rocked with cancellations and postponements throughout the country on the rest of its schedule, including Buffalo, N.Y.; Sheboygan, Wisc.; and, last month, Atlanta.
Rapid Running's website hasn't been updated in about four months, and it hasn't scheduled any races in the Poconos this year.
But there is plenty of good news for extreme racers.
The Civilian Military Combine (May 18), the Run for the Red Marathon (May 19), Spartan Race (July 13-14), Hero Rush (Aug. 10), Shawnee Mountain Mud Run (Aug. 17), Warrior Dash (Aug. 24) and the Pocono Challenge (Sept. 15) all have scheduled races this year.
There also are two new entrants.
Savage Race will be run Sept. 14 at Skirmish USA, and Tribal Run, a dusk-to-dawn race, has a Pocono race scheduled for June 14.
The exact location has not been announced.
Jackson said he is looking to bring in races that will choose to hold a Pocono race every year.
He said he's giving the extreme adventure outdoor racing a four- to five-year shelf life as a driver of local business.
"That's based on conversations I've had with people across the country, but it could be totally wrong," he said. "This could be something we see here for years to come."
Wilgus said he hopes the races are more than just a fad and that it's something that can continue for years.
"Look at the X Games: When people saw that, they thought it was bizarre," he said. "Now how many of those events are Olympic events? Who knows what tomorrow brings?"


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Foreign-Owned Banks in the U.S.: Earning Market Share or Buying It?
by Robert DeYoung and Daniel E. Nolle
OCC Working Paper 95-2, April 1995.
This paper seeks to explain why U.S. subsidiaries of foreign banks earned such low profits during the past decade, while at the same time making dramatic gains in U.S. market share. We estimate profit efficiency for a panel of U.S.-owned and foreign-owned U.S. banks between 1985 and 1990, using a modified version of the profit efficiency model introduced by Berger, Hancock, and Humphrey (1993) that is less sensitive to asset size, measures a greater percentage of bank output, and controls for portfolio and financial risk.
We find that foreign-owned banks were significantly less profit-efficient than U.S.-owned banks, a result that was driven almost entirely by poor input efficiency. In particular, given their production levels, their fixed inputs, and the prices they faced, foreign-owned banks relied more on expensive purchased funds than did U.S.-owned banks. The results suggest that foreign banks traded profits during the late 1980s in exchange for fast growth and increased market share.
As with all OCC Working Papers, the opinions expressed in this paper are those of the author alone, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency or the Department of the Treasury.
Any whole or partial reproduction of material in this paper should include the following citation: DeYoung, Robert and Daniel E. Nolle, "Foreign-Owned Banks in the U.S.: Earning Market Share or Buying It?," Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, E&PA Working Paper 95-2, April 1995.
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text: Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums :: View topic - Variety Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Variety Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Food View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message wickedwelshwitchJoined: 19 Sep 2003Posts: 8Location: Liverpool UK Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2003 1:18 am Post subject: Variety I like a variety of foods and what I really love is to try different foods in different countries. It really annoys me when people go abroard and expect to eat only the things that they are used to eating at home. Why do they bother going abroard? I'll try whatever is going. The only thing I'm not keen on is food that is too spicy. It burns my mouth and I don't like that. For example, if we eat Indian food I tend ot have Korma because it's creamy and mild Back to top greencookieJoined: 23 Sep 2003Posts: 8 Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2003 4:10 am Post subject: i like eat too especially chinesefood.have u eaten chinese food before? its so great ....that many of my foreigner firends came to china just be tempered by the food ,cause ,y know ,chinese food in the USA r so dear cuz i have many things to do tonight,so ,i ll introduce some chinese food to u next time,if u r interested:) but wat about ur country's food? Back to top BakaGaijinJoined: 26 Jul 2003Posts: 226Location: Houston, Texas Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2003 11:08 am Post subject: Fish and chips me thinks. Sorry. I just HAD to say it._________________ I'm Kevin Tillman. Japanese Exchange and Teaching ALT Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Food All times are GMT - 8 Hours Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Student Forums----------------ComputersCurrent NewsCultureEnglish SchoolsFamilyFilm and CinemaFoodHealth and FitnessHelp CenterHobbiesHolidaysLearning EnglishLiteratureMaking FriendsMusicOpinionsPetsScienceSportsThe Strange and MysteriousTOEFL and Other English ExamsTravel You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum Dave's ESL Cafe is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling. Banner Advertising | Bookstore / Alta Books | FAQs | Articles | Interview with Dave Copyright © 2018 Dave's ESL Cafe | All Rights Reserved | Contact Dave's ESL Cafe | Site Map Teachers College, Columbia University: Train to Teach English Here or Abroad Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group


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My sister told me recently that when the last Census was taken a few of years ago, her youngest son balked out filling it out. His comment was "What good are Census Reports? It's just another way for "Big Brother" to keep his eye on us!" At 20 yrs. old, he is that cynical! She told him that it will help future generations to know more about us and how we lived.
A couple of weeks ago, I was at her house and updating her on things that I had found on our family. I was rattling off information that I had found using the Scottish Census Reports. Her oldest son was in the room and she turned to him and said "You see, that's what Census Reports are good for!"
When the next Census is taken, make sure you fill it out. And try to do it as accurately as possible to avoid giving headaches to your descendants when they are trying to find you!
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What good are Census Reports?
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I decided when I fill out the next census report I will include my maiden name. This is something I would have never considered before. I wonder if some descendant in 2081 will find it and connect the dots.....But also I have mailed the information to the local Western Pa Genealogy Society and a few other groups, so it will be out there if anyone wants to find it 72 years from now or even sooner.ReplyDelete
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Russia has set another record in foreign arms trade. According to the country's president Vladimir Putin, the value of Russian weapons delivered to foreign customers in 2012 exceeded $14 billion. This is 6% more than in 2011 ($13.2 billion) and more than twice compared to the $6.5 billion reached in 2006.
Although no regional breakdown of the defense export has been officially revealed, India - the largest importer of all - is likely to remain the largest importer of Russian weapons, specifically. Despite the fact that the expected hand-over of the aircraft carrier Vikramaditya (ex-Russian Admiral Gorshkov) was postponed to 2013, the list of Russian weaponry received by the Indian military still looks impressive and reportedly includes two Talwar-class frigates, about two dozen Su-30MKIs, several MiG-29K/UPG and up to 20 Mil Mi-17V-5 transport helicopters. Venezuela, Algeria and Vietnam are reported to be among top importers as well.
The share going to China is not as significant as it used to be in the 1990s and the early 2000s, but in 2012 this country received Russian engines to power its own fighters and bombers, as well as purchased 50 Mi-171 transport helicopters.
Nevertheless, the current export backlog shows minimal growth. According to Putin, this year Russian defense manufactured received foreign orders at more than $15 billion. This means that the current order backlog grew just by about $1 billion compared to $40 billion at the end of 2011, but is still lower compared to $45 billion in late 2010.