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Scientists, policy makers, and the public are all concerned about the potential of an influenza epidemic within this decade. Of particular concern is bird flu, or avian influenza. Although it currently cannot be transmitted from person to person, the virus that causes bird flu could potentially evolve into a form that people could pass to each other. If that happens, it could trigger a serious flu pandemic, much like the pandemic of 1918, which killed an estimated 50 million people worldwide. This activity allows students to take on the role of a policy advocate, and make recommendations about how Americans should prepare for the potential arrival of an avian influenza epidemic.
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Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth Separate 8 Months After Getting Married
Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth have split less than a year after getting married, a rep for Cyrus told People on Saturday.
"Liam and Miley have agreed to separate," the rep told the publication in a statement. "Ever-evolving, changing as partners and individuals, they have decided this is what's best while they both focus on themselves and careers. They still remain dedicated parents to all of their animals they share while lovingly taking this time apart. Please respect their process and privacy."
Rumors of the split were sparked on Saturday when Cyrus posted a photo of herself on Instagram in which she was not wearing a wedding ring.
Cyrus captioned the post, "Mute me if you don't want SPAMMED." In the photo, the "Mother's Daughter" singer was seated wearing a black bustier top and a matching pair of black pants.
In the comments, the singer's sister Brandi Cyrus posted, "Boooooooooooooom!"
The photo was taken while Cyrus was on vacation in Italy with Kaitlynn Carter, whose split from her ex Brody Jenner was confirmed on Aug. 2, after just one year of marriage.
Carter posted a photo of herself and Cyrus on a boat with two friends on Friday. Her ex Jenner commented, "Hot girl summer --."
She also posted a video of the two friends posing on a boat in sexy swimsuits.
The couple tied the knot after years of commitment in December 2018, during an intimate ceremony at their home in Franklin, Tennessee.
In July, Cyrus commented on the "unique" nature of her marriage, which she felt was "very confusing to people."
"I think it's very confusing to people that I'm married," she explained in an interview with Elle. "But my relationship is unique. And I don't know that I would ever publicly allow people in there because it's so complex, and modern, and new that I don't think we're in a place where people would get it."
She went on to explain that while she was in a heterosexual marriage, she was still attracted to women. "I'm in a hetero relationship, but I still am very sexually attracted to women," she said. "I made a partner decision. This is the person I feel has my back the most. I definitely don't fit into a stereotypical wife role. I don't even like that word."
In May, Hemsworth revealed that he saw a lot of babies in his future with Cyrus -- "10, 15, maybe 20" to be exact.
"I've been getting married for years now. We've been fake married about a billion times," Hemsworth said of his public relationship with Cyrus, and marriage rumors. When asked if he's been considering a family of his own for real, he responds, "Yeah, one day, once we don't have so many dogs."

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Unexplained bumps, nodules, open sores, hair loss and rashes require prompt veterinary care. They may be symptoms of a more serious health condition. Your veterinarian can best determine the course of care.
Cats can suffer from a variety of different skin disorders, including feline acne, allergic dermatitis, mites and ringworm. If your cat is frequently itching, scratching, licking his skin beyond normal grooming, or suffering unexplained hair loss, a skin condition may be the cause.
The first step to treating a skin condition is diagnosis of the specific problem. Many skin conditions share similar symptoms, such as hair loss, scabs, or flaky skin. Depending on your cat's symptoms, a veterinarian may begin by ruling out the most common skin problems.
Allergies are very common in cats. While people show their allergies by sneezing, nasal congestion, and red eyes; cats show their allergies in their skin. There are four types of skin problems cats can have as a result of allergies: hair loss without much skin changes; miliary dermatitis - which causes small pinpoint scabs, especially on the neck and over the hips and tail base; eosinophilic granulomas - which are raised, red, hairless lesions, commonly on the lips, but can be lower on the jaw or neck, or even on the rear legs; severe itchiness at the face or neck. The most common allergies are to fleas, pollen, food ingredients, molds, and house dust mites. Unfortunately, any of the allergens can cause any of the patterns.
Even if your cat is an indoor pet, another pet in the household may have exposed your cat to fleas, or you may have brought them home! If your cat is allergic to fleas, a single flea bite can trigger a reaction that lasts for days to weeks. Good flea control is essential to preventing allergic dermatitis.
Feline acne is one of the most common feline skin conditions. That's right; even cats can suffer from a bad case of pimples! But cats show their acne only on the chin. You may see just blackheads, or the cat may have red, raised bumps on their chin. For most cats, feline acne will simply clear up by itself. However, if your cat's acne persists, a medicated shampoo, oral antibiotics or a prescription ointment will help.
American College of Veterinary Dermatology (ACVD)
Bernstein, Joseph A. DVM. "Manifestations of Feline Allergy." Annual Dermatology Continuing Education Conference.


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List of locations in the Honorverse
From EverybodyWiki Bios & Wiki
This is a list of nations, star systems and planets in the Honorverse, a series of military science fiction novels written by David Weber.
- Air
- The Air system, one of the Alphane Worlds, is a protectorate of the Solarian League, administered by the Office of Frontier Security, and as such it is economically depressed. The planet is the location of some ancient extraterrestrial ruins, believed older than the human race. Among the ruins are some exceptionally large obelisks. "A Grand Tour" More Than Honor, David Drake.
- Alizon
- a member of the Manticore Alliance. It is a single star system polity with one inhabited planet. The Short Victorious War.
- Alphane Worlds
- A small group of planets with ruins of an extraterrestrial interstellar civilization possibly older than human race. All of the Alphane Worlds are protectorates of the Solarian League, administered by the Office of Frontier Security, and as such, all are economically depressed. Among the Alphane worlds is the Air system. "A Grand Tour" More Than Honor, David Drake.
- Ameta
- Planet that the Parmley Station Amusement park is in orbit of ("with Yamato's Nebula so close") Torch of Freedom, Ch. 9.
- Andermani Empire
- A large multi-star system polity. It was initially formed by mercenary leader Gustav Anderman's "conquest" of Kuan Yin, a human colony on the verge of mass starvation due to their planet's agriculture-destroying bacteria. Anderman, a gifted administrator, was able to help the colonists resolve this issue, ensuring their survival. In return, they were perfectly happy to accept him as their new Emperor. Since most of the inhabitants of the planet were ethnic Chinese, the ruling family of the Empire is still of Chinese descent. However, because Anderman (now Emperor Gustav I) believed himself to be the reincarnation of Fredrick the Great of Prussia, its culture is more German-influenced: Kuan Yin, for instance, was renamed Potsdam. The Empire flourished over the centuries, in part because its subject systems were often in some kind of trouble before their incorporation, partly because said systems were allowed considerable freedom, and partly because its emperors were very competent (if slightly eccentric) leaders. The Empire is currently a member of the Manticore Alliance, and has annexed the Silesian Confederacy in partnership with the Star Kingdom of Manticore. Potsdam remains its capital planet, and it contains the Gregor wormhole terminus of the Manticore Wormhole Junction. It has a moderately advanced space navy, one of the largest in human space.
- Asgard
- Barnett
- Peep system (mentioned in Ashes of Victory, 1/2 way into Ch. 19 and beginning of Ch. 35). The single habitable planet is Enki (DuQuesne Base).
- Basilica
- Basilisk
- A fictional star system anchored by its G5 star, Basilisk. The system is the site of a Manticore wormhole terminus monitored by Basilisk Station and has one habitable planet, Medusa, home to a non-human, endemic, sentient race. Basilisk is also the site of Honor Harrington's first notable victory, related in the first Honor Harrington novel, On Basilisk Station. Basilisk had been annexed by the Star Kingdom of Manticore about 20 years before the novel's time, a move Manticore had judged necessary in order to deny control of the wormhole junction to the aggressively expanding Republic of Haven (later the People's Republic of Haven). The assignment pits Honor first against the semi-hostile crew of HMS Fearless, second against an old enemy from the Manticore naval academy (Saganami Island), and third against a sneak attack by Haven.
- Bassingford Medical Center
- Includes a mental health oriented hospital. Mentioned by Mercedes Brigham more than halfway into Chapter 10 of Flag in Exile. Also mentioned 2/5 into Chapter 3 of Echoes of Honor.
- Beowulf
- Located in the Sigma Draconis system, Beowulf is the oldest human colony, having been founded almost two thousand years before the events in the Honorverse saga. Beowulf is a major member of the Solarian League. It has a deserved reputation as the most advanced genetic medical establishment in the Galaxy, as well as a very clear commitment to medical ethics. It was also the home of one of the greatest hyperspace theorists and researchers in history. Adding to the prosperity of Beowulf is the fact that the Sigma Draconis system is one of the termini of the Manticore Wormhole Junction, making the system a major trading partner of the Star Kingdom of Manticore. Beowulf is known throughout human space for its extremely liberal sexual mores, its permissiveness generally, and its tolerance for whatever lifestyle any person chooses. For this reason, people from newer colony worlds (especially those not members of the Solarian League) find Beowulfian reputation and sometimes behavior, scandalizing and sometimes offensive. Some Beowulfans, nevertheless, feel that Beowulfan society is actually conformist, since few ever question the system or the principles governing it. Beowulf has a corporatist system of government, governed by a Board of Directors whose members are elected by lower-level boards which represent professions rather than geographical districts. With some minor adjustments, the system has worked for the full extent of Beowulfan history. Honor Harrington's mother, Allison Chou Harrington, is a native of Beowulf, a physician directly descended from two of the most significant figures in Beowulfan history (Elaine Chou and George Benton). She finds great fun in scandalizing Sphinx's strait-laced society, with her sharp humor and double entendres. The people of Mesa were Beowulfan dissidents who rejected the Beowulf Code restricting what medical procedures could be ethically done, genetically engineering slaves for various purposes.
- Blackbird (Base)
- A covert base built for the Masadans in the Yeltsin system. (See The Honor of the Queen.)
- Blackbird Yard
- A shipyard, presumably located at the now captured Backbird Base (see above). Mentioned in near the end of Chapter 2 in Ashes of Victory.
- Bolthole
- The secret location of both Haven's Navy's R&D shop and a significant ship yard. See "War of Honor"
- Casimir
- System within the Silesian Confederacy. Former site of Manpower owned slave depot. War of Honor
- Congo
- the former name of the planet Torch. Crown of Slaves
- Congo Wormhole Junction
- located in the Torch system, and is actually a Bridge and has only one wormhole terminus. Crown of Slaves
- Deneb
- is a star system. It is the location where the rules of war for the Honorverse, the Deneb Accords were negotiated under the sponsorship of the Solarian League
- Dresden
- a planet in the Talbott Cluster. It is part of the Talbott Quadrant of the Star Empire of Manticore.
- Durandel
- A star system in the Andermani Empire which is the termimus of a wormhole from Asgerd.
- DuQuesne
- See Barnett.
- Earth
- a planet. It is the capital of the Solarian League, and the oldest human planet in the fictional universe.
- Elysia
- colony planet whose ecosystem was devastated by rampant mismanagement. The Elysian Rule is named after it.
- Endicott
- a star system. It has an inhabitable planet called Masada, and is part of a star nation called Masada. The nearest inhabitable star system is Yeltsin's Star.
- Enki
- Single habitable planet in the Barnet, location of DuQesne Base. In Enemy Hands
- Epsilon Eridani
- a star system. It is part of the Solarian League, and a war which took place in the system had a major impact on interstellar law and the constitution of the Solarian League. Because of the Epsilon Eridani Massacre, the Eridani Edict was enacted as part of the constitution.
- Erewhon
- a former member of the Manticore Alliance. It is a polity consisting of one inhabited planet, the star system in which it resides and the Erewhon Wormhole Junction. Located near Solarian League space, Erewhon was founded by a group of criminal organizations and mafia families which became the social elite of the new world. While formally a republic, Erewhon is controlled by a triumvirate or quadrumvirate of family heads which takes all the decisions. The formal head of state of the Republic of Erewhon is the President, who is usually the head of one of the families currently at the top of the Erewhonese power structure. The Republic's capital is the city of Maytag. Erewhonese placenames tend to reference 20th century laundry products (Maytag, Sears, Suds Emporium, etc.) and are reflective of the intent of the planet's founding criminal families to use it as a money laundering enterprise. Erewhon fought alongside Manticore and Grayson against the People's Republic during the First Haven-Manticore War. However, the actions of the Baron High Ridge administration after the war alienated Erewhon's ruling families, leading to Erewhon's breakaway from the Manticoran Alliance and its siding with the restored Republic of Haven shortly before the resumption of hostilities. Erewhon's defection to the Havenites was nothing short of a disaster for the Star Kingdom, since the Erewhon Navy was the third largest of the Alliance, and had received substantial technology transfers from Manticore.
- Flax
- Single habitable planet of the Spindle Sysyem. Site of Constitutional Convention and negotiations over annexation by Manticore. The Shadow of Saganami Acting Capitol of the Talbot Quadrant within the Star Empire of Manticore. Storm from the Shadows
- Grayson
- See Protectorate of Grayson.
- Protectorate of Grayson
- The planet Grayson in the Yeltsin system was settled in the year 988 P.D. (Post Diaspora; equivalent to 3091 on present-day calendar) by the Reverend Austin Grayson (originally from the State of Idaho on Old Earth) and his followers, all members of the Church of Humanity Unchained. The settlers' intention was to start a new life totally free of technology and live the way the Bible said people should live. This dream was foiled before their ship even landed because Grayson has an unusually high concentration of heavy metals in its soil which made anything indigenous poisonous. As a result, technology was necessary just to survive and the doctrinal view of technology became that technology in and of itself was not un-Godly, but the way it had consumed Man's life on Earth was. Not all Graysons accepted this reinterpretation, and over the course of several hundred years a political rift developed between the Moderates (those willing to employ technology to a limited extent), and the Faithful (those who wanted nothing to do with technology). War eventually broke out between the two groups. After a civil war a truce was called, resulting in a treaty by which the Faithful would leave Grayson for the planet Masada in the nearby Endicott system. In the six hundred years since the Faithful's exile, there have been several interplanetary wars between Grayson and Masada. The Masadans have promised to exterminate the Graysons in the name of God. The Church of Humanity Unchained practiced polygamy even before they came to Grayson. The planet's environment was so dangerous that the original colonists required genetic engineering to survive. However, the genetic alterations unintentionally resulted in a sex-linked genetic defect that killed many males before birth. As a result, live female births outnumbered male births 3:1, and the practice of polygamy continued. When first introduced in the Honorverse, Grayson women were afforded no political or legal rights; They could not vote, sit on juries, own land, or hold a title. Throughout the course of the novels, largely due to the influences of Honor Harrington and Manticore, this changes. Eventually, the laws are changed sufficiently so that even the hereditary steading titles can be passed to women, with the sole exception of the protectorship. The people of Grayson have maintained traditions, customs and attire which were millenary by Honor Harrington's time. Grayson, for example, is the only world where neckties are still in use. The traditional music of Grayson evolved from Old Earth's country western style. It is, together with Earth and another seven planets (out of the 2000+ worlds inhabited by humanity) one of the last planets where baseball is still played. Sword fighting is also practiced as a martial art; the mainstream style of sword fighting used on Grayson has been developed using the old movie Seven Samurai as a model. The official planetary day is still Earth's 24-hour day and the official year lasts 365 Earth days. The planet is ruled by a Council headed up by a Protector. Since the Rev. Grayson's death, the office of Protector has been vested upon a member of the Mayhew family. For the past five generations, the Council has worked to reduce the amount of autonomous power wielded by the Mayhew clan. Prior to the Grayson-Manticore alliance the Protectorate had become a largely ceremonial (if influential) position. Grayson's sudden war with its neighbor Masada allowed the current Protector, Benjamin Mayhew IX, to recover most of the office's executive authority, leading to what became known as the Mayhew Restoration. Whereas most monarchs (such as the Queen of Manticore) are referred to as "the Crown", the Protector is referred to as "the Sword". The legislative branch of the Protectorate of Grayson is a bicameral legislature. Its houses are the Conclave of Steadholders (upper house), formed by Grayson's eighty-two Steadholders, and the Conclave of Steaders (lower house), a body formed by the elected representatives of the population of Grayson. All Government and legislative offices are located at Austin City, the Protectorate's capital. Local government in Grayson is left to feudal lords known as the Steadholders. Each Steadholder rules over a Steading which bears the name of its founder. The capital of each Steading is also named after the Steading's founder. Steadholders are entitled to have a personal guard force, and their official badge is a Key (The Steadholders' collective is referred to as "the Keys"). Within their Steadings, the Steadholder's word is law, provided that he respects Grayson's written Constitution, judicial precedent, and the authority and rights of the Church of Humanity Unchained. Steadholders are immune to judiciary prosecution and the position of Steadholder is hereditary; however, under the "Strathson Precedent", a Steading escheats to the Protector if the Steadholder dies without an heir. There is no separation of church and state whatsoever on Grayson. Civil government is considered as the executive and protective arm of the Church of Humanity Unchained, and the Church is viewed as the spiritual core of the state. One hundred Terran years before the events of Field of Dishonor, the Act of Toleration granted freedom of religion to the citizens of Grayson. In the course of the series, Grayson and Manticore have become allies, and Grayson has moved very quickly into the modern world. Because it was very isolated, Grayson had developed its own technological approach. For instance, Grayson developed high efficiency nuclear fission reactors which had been long abandoned by the rest of the Galaxy. They have also contributed to naval vessel design in conjunction with Manticore, making the Grayson Navy and the Royal Manticoran Navy the most advanced in the Galaxy. Honor Harrington, after her defense of the planet from Masadan attack and of protector Benjamin Mayhew IX personally, was made the first female Steadholder shortly before the first Haven-Manticore War began. She was also awarded the Star of Grayson, the highest medal of valor available. Later, she became the second highest-ranked officer in the Grayson Navy. Using her prize money from customs seizures and enemy vessels captured in battle, she has financed the development of a modern shipyard, and pioneered the use of very large crystplast domes as protection from the Grayson environment.
- Gregor
- a planet in the Andermani Empire, located near a Manticore Wormhole Junction terminus. The Gregor system belongs to the Andermani Empire, except for the Gregor Wormhole Terminus, which belongs to the Star Kingdom of Manticore.
- Grendelsbane
- Major Manticore Alliance Shipyard.
- Gryphon
- the third habitable planet of the Manticore system. Its surface gravitation is 1.01 G. It is the only habitable planet in the Manticore B sub-system, with a planetary population at the turn of the 20th century post diaspora of 575 million, plus another 298 million living in Manticore-B's asteroid belts. It has a very considerable axial tilt, leading to extreme seasonal weather. The planet's environment is not very pleasant, with extremely harsh winters with snowfall measured in meters. As a result, natives of Gryphon tend to be a very tough bunch, and also a little contemptuous of people who were not born on Gryphon. On the other hand, Gryphon's weather has made the planet the Star Kingdom's leading ski resort, with tourism accounting for twenty percent of the gross planetary product. Gryphon's economy is mainly agrarian, although the extraction of minerals from Manticore-B's asteroid belts served as the base of a sprawling space industry. Gryphon is much more sparsely populated than either Sphinx or Manticore, but a higher percentage of its population join the Royal Manticore Navy. Its society is very rough-edged, and people tend to view Manticorans and Sphinxians as soft. In Manticoran politics natives of Gryphon are considered to be conservative royalists. The commoner population of Gryphon holds a significant degree of distrust and resentment towards the Kingdom's aristocracy, which has had its peak with the so-called "Gryphon Uprising", a series of low-level conflicts early in the history of the Star Kingdom between the aristocracy and the commoners regarding the ownership and use of lands. A commission sent by the Crown to deal with the problem concluded that the commoners' grievances were justified, and acted accordingly. As a consequence, the commoners of Gryphon are staunch supporters of the Crown as defender of the commoner population against the aristocracy, while the planetary aristocracy is mostly of conservative political leanings (supportive of the rule and privileges of the Star Kingdom's nobility). Several references are made to "Gryphon granite," presumably a dense mineral composite. Gryphon is also famous for the Kodiak Maximus, a species of large carnivores with highly valued fur.
- Hades
- a maximum security prison planet belonging to the People's Republic of Haven in the Cerberus system. Although the air is breathable and the climate is very much like Earth's tropical zones, the planet is technically uninhabitable because virtually all of the plants and animals native to Hades cannot be eaten by humans. Likewise, humans are toxic to the native animals and insects. This does not prevent the native wild life from being a threat to the prisoners unlucky enough to be shipped to Hades. There are four continents called Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta and one large island (Styx). Haven terraformed Styx and it is the source of food for the prison camps scattered throughout the main continents. Starvation follows very quickly if food deliveries from Styx are interrupted for any reason; prisoners are well motivated to do as they are told. Although the planet's official name is Hades, most people, especially those who live there, call it Hell.
- Halliman
- A system within the Republic of Haven, near Tequila, about halfway between Trevor's Star and Haven itself.
- Hamilton
- Hancock Station
- A critical Manticoran base, and the scene for much of the action in The Short Victorious War.
- Haven System
- a star system. The star is the eponymous star of the Haven Sector, and the capital system of the Republic of Haven. The system contains the planet (also called) Haven, the capital city of which is Nouveau Paris.
- People's Republic of Haven
- see Republic of Haven
- Republic of Haven
- a star nation
- Hope
- a protectorate of the Solarian League's Office of Frontier Security. One of the Alphane Worlds. Originally Haupt. More Than Honor
- Kemal
- Planet that a sizable portion of the population of the planet Maya came from. Known for its Pizza cuisine. Torch of Freedom, Ch. 2
- Ki-Rin
- Kornati
- Planet in the Talbott Quadrant, which was later integrated into the Star Empire of Manticore. Home to a small but extremely violent anti-integration terrorist group under Agnes Nordbrandt.
- Kreskin Field Flight School
- Mentioned 2/5 into Chapter 3 of Echoes of Honor.
- Kuan Yin
- the former name of the planet Potsdam.
- Lois
- Lovat
- mentioned in Ashes of Victory, Ch. 41.
- Lynx
- a planet located in the vicinity of the end of the wormhole connecting the Manticore Wormhole Junction with the Talbott Cluster. The Lynx Terminus of the Manticore Wormhole Junction is named after the planet. The system in which the planet resides is the Lynx System. The Lynx Terminus lies in a nearby star system, and not the star system itself. The Lynx Terminus System and Lynx System belong to the Manticore Quadrant of the Star Empire of Manticore and is governed directly from the main legislature on the planet Manticore.
- MacGregor
- Mentioned in Ashes of Victory, Ch. 39.
- Manticore (planet)
- the third planet of Manticore A (Manticore-A III), one of the binary stars of the Manticore system, and one of two habitable planets of that star system. Manticore is a temperate planet with an exceptionally mild climate and surface gravitation 1.01 G. Manticore is the capital planet of the Star Kingdom of Manticore. The capital city is Landing City. It has one moon, Thorson. Although it is much like Old Earth, long years (1 terran year (T-year) equals approximately 0.6 Manticore year) and extended seasons required only small adjustments compared to the indigenous disease it harbored. This plague had killed over 60% of the first group of colonists (almost 90% of those born on Old Earth). HMSS Hephaestus, one of the Royal Navy's shipyards, is in permanent orbit around the planet. As well as HMS Unconqurered, the only ship commanded by both Ellen D'Orville and Edward Saganami, now restored and in permanent commission.
- Manticore (star system)
- a binary star system, with three habitable planets. The primary, Manticore A has two habitable planets, Manticore and Sphinx. The secondary, Manticore B has one habitable planet, Gryphon. The star system is the capital system of the Star Empire of Manticore. The Manticore Wormhole Junction is situated in the system.
- Manticore Wormhole Junction
- the largest known wormhole junction. It is connected to the wormhole terminuses of Beowulf, Gregor, Matapan, Hennesy, Lynx, Medusa/Basilisk and Trevor's Star.
- Manticore Quadrant
- an organization division in the Star Empire of Manticore. It consists of the home system of Manticore, the Manticore Wormhole Junction; the Basilisk star system, planet Medusa, and Medusa wormhole terminus; the planet San Martin, Trevor's Star system, and the Trevor's Star wormhole terminus; the Gregor wormhole terminus; and the Lynx System, planet Lynx, Lynx Wormhole Terminus, and Lynx Wormhole Terminus system.
- Manticore; Star Kingdom of
- The Star Kingdom of Manticore (SKM) is the core of the Star Empire of Manticore, and consists of the Manticore Quadrant, and other parts of the Star Empire which are not parts of other quadrants.
- Manticore; Star Empire of
- The Star Empire of Manticore (SEM) is a star nation. It consists of the Star Kingdom of Manticore and the Talbott Quadrant. The fictional politics of the star nation expect that a Silesia Quadrant will be carved out of the Star Kingdom.
- Manticore Alliance
- an alliance of star nations, allied to fight the common threat of the People's Republic of Haven. The central member of the alliance, and principal military is the Star Empire of Manticore. Since its formation, several nations have joined it, and one has left it. Current members include Alizon, the Andermani Empire, Grayson, Manticore, Sidemore and Zanzibar. Former members include Erewhon. Masada is an occupied polity under the control of the alliance.
- Marsh System
- See Sidemore
- Masada
- Located in the Endicott Star System, it is home to a society of religious fanatics dedicated to the eventual conquering of the planet Grayson. Masada first appeared in The Honor of the Queen, and has played a role in a number of the later books. Their name is a reference to the fortress of Masada where the Sacarii made their last stand against the Romans. The Masadans are former inhabitants of the planet Grayson who were exiled after a bitter 14 Terran-year Civil War which ravaged the planet. The forefathers of the Masadans, who called themselves the "Faithful", opposed the Church of Humanity Unchained's revised doctrine on technology that contrasted with Rev. Austin Grayson's original dictum that technology was evil, and sought to take control of Grayson's government. Their attempted coup, led by Steadholder Bancroft, caused the deaths of Protector John Mayhew II and fifty-three Moderate Steadholders and their heirs, but they failed to kill John's son and heir Benjamin. Benjamin escaped to another Steading and led the resistance against the Faithful. Steadholder Bancroft's wife Barbara revealed the existence of a Faithful doomsday weapon to the Moderates, leading to a final offensive and a treaty between the Moderates and the Faithful. Barbara Bancroft is revered in Grayson as a heroine and is known as the Mother of Grayson, but to Masadans she became "The Harlot of Satan", the ultimate symbol of evil and the responsible of the "Second Fall of Man". Several chemical-powered (non-impeller) sublight ships were loaded with the surviving Faithful and departed for the nearby Endicott System, where they founded the colony of Masada. Ironically, Masada is a more hospitable world than Grayson, but Masadans vowed to reconquer Grayson from the hands of the "Apostate". The Masadan theocracy allied with the People's Republic of Haven, in an attempt to conquer their moderate neighbors. The first attacks crippled the Grayson Navy (and destroyed a Manticoran destroyer). Masada's military offensive was due to be followed by a (failed) coup d'état by Protector Benjamin's cousin Jared Mayhew, known as " Maccabeus". A series of joint Manticore-Grayson counterstrikes destroyed the Masadan fleet and advanced bases before the Masadans turned on the Havenites and seized control of the Havenite battlecruiser PNS Saladin (or Thunder of God, as the Masadans called her). Thunder of God's destruction by Honor Harrington's squadron marked the end of the last Grayson-Masada War, as a task force led by Admiral Hamish Alexander invaded and seized Masada. In later novels it became known that Masada was placed under a Manticoran protectorate. The planet is under Manticoran military administration, led by General Marcel. Due to the Masadans' distaste for the Manticorans' relatively secular society (especially the total equality of the sexes), the planet is in a constant state of violence, forcing the Manticoran occupation to declare martial law. Although most of the women did not welcome the change in their legal status that the Manticoran occupation brought, a number of them have taken the opportunity to take revenge against the men who oppressed them. The most famous of these was the gruesome but "artistic" murder of former Elder Simonds by his wives; it should be noted that not all of Simonds' body parts have been accounted for. A joint Manticore-Grayson fleet squadron pickets the Endicott System. Masada has shown a history of off-world terrorism. A group of Masadan terrorists (unknowingly in Havenite pay) was responsible for the destruction of the Manticoran royal yacht HMS Queen Adrienne, resulting in the deaths of Manticore's Prime Minister Allen Summervale, Earl Gold Peak (Manticore's Foreign Secretary), the Chancellor of Grayson, Henry Prestwick and many other major figures of both Grayson and Manticoran governments. Another Masadan terrorist group was responsible for the attempted—and failed—kidnapping of Ruth Winton, a member of the Manticoran royal family whose father was a Masadan privateer, on The Wages of Sin space station in Erewhon orbit. In addition, Masadans often find their ways onto the crews of pirate vessels.
- Matapan
- Maya Sector
- an outlying section of the Solarian League. The included solar systems are (in "counter-clockwise" order): Maya (and planet Smoking Frog), Sprague, Poul, Randal, Edwin, Robert, Murray and Isaac. The main planet is Smoking Frog. Many of the sector's inhabitants came from the planet Kemal. The Maya Sector is near Erewhon, and it has ties to the freed genetic slaves of Torch. The governor of the sector is Oravil Barregos, appointed by the Office of Frontier Security. Barregos has political ambitions, as yet undeclared, that might include independence.
- Medusa
- the habitable planet orbiting the star Basilisk. It is the setting for some of the action in the novel On Basilisk Station. Discovered when one of the terminals of the Manticore Junction is found, the system is annexed by the Star Kingdom of Manticore, but the planet is a protectorate because of the non-human sentient species, the Medusans, or "Stilties," as they are informally called. The protectorate is administered by a Resident Commissioner and policed by the Native Protection Agency. Dame Estelle Matsuko is the Resident Commissioner for this .85g planet. Medusa has long been a bone of contention in Manticoran politics. The Liberal party decried the annexation as imperialist, and expressed great concern that the native population would be exploited by Manticore. The Conservative Association opposed the annexation as a step onto the path of "foreign adventurism". The Progressive party was opposed because their fears that the annexation would antagonize the People's Republic of Haven. The original Act of Annexation, in an attempt to address these issues, severely limited the scope of powers given to the Medusan territorial government. The biggest limitation was the renunciation of sovereignty over Medusa itself; the protectorate, strictly speaking, was established over the Medusans themselves. As such, the Resident Commissioner's office and the NPA had the authority to take measures to prevent the exploitation of the native population, but did not have the authority to restrict access to the planet itself. From a legal standpoint, it could even be argued that Manticore's territorial claim over the planet was meaningless, since it had no sovereignty. Before the events of On Basilisk Station, this was the legal opinion of the People's Republic of Haven. Another limitation of the Act of Annexation was the restriction on Manticore's military presence in the region. No permanent military installations were allowed, and mobile units were to be kept to the minimum required to maintain order. This restriction caused the Royal Manticoran Navy to conclude that if they were forbidden from keeping a force on station strong enough to repel an attack, there was no point in investing any more ships in the area than were necessary. The Admiralty responsible for formulating the doctrine for the Basilisk picket saw the ships placed there as advance scouts, the destruction of which would call for a response from the Manticoran Home Fleet. It is the center of a plot by the Havenites to end Manticore's administration over the system by engineering a native revolt. This plot failed due to the actions of the light cruiser HMS Fearless and her commander, Commander Honor Harrington. Following this, it is annexed completely by the Star Kingdom, and Haven is severely penalized for their actions. The Navy's presence on Medusa and the Basilisk system is beefed up after this incident, but the system becomes a battlefield during the later stages of the Haven-Manticore war, when a Havenite task force led by Admiral Javier Giscard staged a raid that succeeded in devastating Medusa's space industry (Echoes of Honor). The Royal Navy's later Medusa-class of superdreadnoughts is named after the planet.
- Melungeon
- a vacation resort visited by wealthy Manticorians for wild hunting in the short story A Grand Tour by David Drake in the anthology More Than Honor.
- Meyerdahl
- A heavy gravity planet from which some of the invited colonists to the Star Kingdom Of Manticore came in the period after the plague which killed most of Manticore's original colonists from Earth. Some inhabitants of Meyerdahl had genetic modifications to adapt to its higher gravity and they were well suited to the high gravity Manticoran planet, Sphinx. Among those Sphinxian immigrants were Honor Harrington's ancestors, including Stephanie Harrignton who first discovered treecats, and became the human side of the first human-treecat bond.
- Mesa
- a fictional star nation, star system, and planet. It is a single star system polity, entirely enclosed within the Solarian League. It was founded by a group of renegade Beowulfans who rejected the Beowulf code. Mesa is also the main basis for Manpower Incorporated, the company that manufactures genetically engineered human slaves.
- Mfecane
- See Ndebele
- Midgard Federation
- Midsummer
- Monica
- a star system, planet, star nation, and sector in the Verge of the Solarian League. It served as a proxy for the Solarian League's Office of Frontier Security.
- Montana
- Ndebele
- a protectorate of the Solarian League's Office of Frontier Security. Ndebele is one of the Mfecane worlds. Manpower used a lot of Mfecane genetic stock to produce their heavy labor lines.
- Nagasaki
- New Dijon
- New Hamburg
- an independent star nation which like Mesa is involved in Genetic Slavery, while not an exporter of slaves it does continue to maintain a domestic slave trade, it was involved in the slave trade ring that was the target of operation Wilberforce.
- New Geneva
- Old Earth
- See Earth
- Octagon
- the military command headquarters for the Republic of Haven. It is located in the capital city, Nouveau Paris, on the planet of Haven, in the Haven star system of the Haven Sector. It is in the shape of an octagon.
- Parmley Station
- amusement park built by the late Michael Parmley. Is in orbit of Ameta ("with Yamato's Nebula so close"), Torch of Freedom, Ch. 9.
- Phoenix
- Pontifex
- Potsdam
- formerly known as Kuan Yin, is the capital planet of the Andermani Empire.
- Prague
- Proctor Three
- Ashes of Victory, Ch. 19: "one of the three main naval shipyards in the Haven System—which, by definition, made them the three largest yards in the entire PRH."
- Refuge
- a planet settled by religious separatists from Haven.
- Rembrandt
- located in the Talbott Cluster, a cluster of star systems close to the fringes of the Solarian League. Rembrandt was founded by Renaissance revivalists looking to resurrect Renaissance culture and art; however, these goals were quickly abandoned after the colonists discovered Rembrandt's cold and blustery climate. Rembrandt is much better known for its merchant marine and the Rembrandt Trade Union, a merchant cartel established by Bernardus Van Dort in 1870 P.D. The RTU was originally intended to improve the economy of Rembrandt to gain a better negotiating position for Rembrandt's future in the colonization of the Talbott Cluster by the Solarian Office of Frontier Security, seen as inevitable at that time. Through its deals with other worlds in the Talbott Cluster, Rembrandt prospered, and became one of the wealthiest planets in the Cluster — so much so, in fact, that the Rembrandt Stellar is the most widely accepted currency in the Talbott Cluster. This prosperity came at a cost, however. The RTU's chief contract negotiator, Ineka Vaandrager, in her negotiations with other worlds, used aggressive and retaliatory tactics to extract deals that were significantly more beneficial to Rembrandt than the worlds they negotiated with. This gained Rembrandt and the RTU a reputation as home to a group of exploitative profiteers, and fostered animosity among the populations of the worlds Rembrandt negotiated with. When the Star Kingdom of Manticore discovered the Lynx Terminus of their wormhole junction leading to the Talbott Cluster, Rembrandt led the push for the annexation of the Cluster by the Star Kingdom. The animosity held toward Rembrandt by the rest of the cluster proved to be an obstacle to annexation — especially when Bernardus Van Dort resigned as chairman of the RTU to lobby for the annexation effort in the committee for negotiating the terms of the annexation. This animosity would be made manifest in two terrorist factions to prevent the annexation — the Freedom Alliance of Kornati and the Montana Independence Movement. Eventually, the annexation was passed by the committee, and Rembrandt became a subject nation of the Star Kingdom. The Rembrandt Trade Union (RTU) was established by Bernardus Van Dort in 1870 P.D. The RTU was originally intended to improve the economy of Rembrandt (and allied nations) to gain a better negotiating position for Rembrandt's future in the colonization of the Talbott Cluster by the Solarian Office of Frontier Security, seen as inevitable at that time. The RTU's chief contract negotiator, Ineka Vaandrager, in her negotiations with other worlds, used aggressive and retaliatory tactics to extract deals that were significantly more beneficial to the RTU than the worlds they negotiated with. This gained the RTU a reputation as home to a group of exploitative profiteers, and fostered animosity among the populations of the worlds the RTU negotiated with, although this greatly enriched the nations of the RTU.
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- San Martin
- Located in the Trevor's Star System, San Martin is the heaviest-gravity planet settled by humans, at about 2.7 times the gravity of Earth. For this reason, virtually all the people of San Martin, known as "San Martinos", descend from colonists who had been genetically engineered to survive the high-gravity environment. Genetic engineering was not enough to simply move in; the planet is so massive that its sea-level atmospheric pressure is high enough to be incompatible with human physiology (i.e., poisonous levels of carbon dioxide and nitrogen). For this reason, settlement had been restricted to mountain peaks, plateaus, and alpine valleys of which San Martin has a great many. Probably as a result of being forced to live in small communities and of the planet's unforgiving environment, San Martinos have developed a characteristically stubborn and indomitable personality, culturally and personally. The original San Martino colonists came from a Spanish speaking area of Earth (e.g., Latin America or Spain), as the planet's official language is Spanish. Every San Martino in the novels and stories has a Spanish name, though like most humans, they also speak Standard English though with a distinctive Spanish lilt. The Trevor's Star System is also one of the Manticore Wormhole Junction's termini, which added to the planet's economic development until it was invaded by the People's Republic of Haven. The people of San Martin stubbornly resisted the invasion; the San Martin Navy, commanded by Commodore Jesus Ramirez, fought with such tenacity to cover refugee transports fleeing through the Junction that the People's Navy lost three ships for each San Martin ship they managed to destroy. Shortly after the planet's surrender, the Havenites executed President Hector Ramirez, Commodore Ramirez' uncle. Havenite occupation was not easy: a planetwide resistance movement led by the Ramirez family struck hard at the Havenite garrison. In retaliation, the Havenites effectively wiped out the entire Ramirez family, and kept the planet under martial law until the Manticoran Alliance evicted the Havenites during the First Haven-Manticore War. Having survived Havenite imprisonment at the Cerberus III prison camps, Commodore Jesus Ramirez was elected as the first post-occupation President of San Martin after Hades's liberation. Within a few years, and with the approval of the San Martin Congress, President Ramirez requested annexation by the Star Kingdom of Manticore, with full political participation — proportionate representation in the Commons and creation of similar numbers of peers in the Houses of Lords. There was one caveat in that their representative Lords will not have cadet seats; which means either all of their peers will be Barons or their Earls and Countesses will be deprived of the privilege for a set period of time. Because they would not take seats until after the next regular election, the San Martin annexation contributed to the behavior of the High Ridge Government after the assassination of Prime Minister Cromarty in the Yeltsin system. (FFI: See War of Honor, Ch. 2) They were to be compensated for this with a larger number of MPs in the House of Commons. San Martin thus became the fifth planetary member of the Star Kingdom, after Manticore, Sphinx, Gryphon and Medusa.
- Seaford Nine
- A critical Haven base, and the scene for some of the action in The Short Victorious War.
- Shuttlesport
- the capital of both the Maya System and of the Maya Sector (Torch of Freedom, Ch. 1)
- Sidemore
- a star nation, and planet in the star system Marsh. It is located in the Silesia Sector, but is not a part of the Silesian Confederacy. The polity is a member of the Manticore Alliance (as of the conclusion of Honor Among Enemies). One sub-plot in Honor Among Enemies (Ch. 27+) deals with this planet. Its remote location makes it vulnerable to a plot line in the book, but it also means that its people interested in a more permanent resolution that HH proposes near the end of Honor Among Enemies.
- Silesian Confederacy
- the major star nation in the Silesia Sector, occupying most of the sector, and a haven for space piracy. It was loosely confederated, and loosely governed, before being annexed by the Andermani Empire and Star Empire of Manticore.
- Sigma Draconis
- a star system near Sol System. It contains the oldest extrasolar colony, Beowulf, and the Beowulf Wormhole Terminus, which leads to the Manticore Wormhole Junction. The system is part of the Solarian League.
- Smoking Frog
- the capital planet of the Maya Sector of the Solarian League's Office of Frontier Security protected planets regions. It is very well developed industrially and scientifically, much more so than for nearly all OFS supervised planets, as is the Maya Sector generally. Its Governor, Oraville Barregos, has considerable differences with OFS policies and after the liberation of Congo (now called Torch) became one of the most popular and best known public officials in Solarin League controlled space. He and the senior Solarian Navy officer in the Maya Sector have begun to build up the Sector's naval forces in anticipation of conflict with other Solarian League interests (e.g., OFS or OFS in conjunction with Mesa influenced Solarian League officials or organizations).
- Sol System
- the capital system of the Solarian League. It contains the capital planet of Earth.
- Solarian League
- a multi-star system polity. It is the largest polity in human space, and contains most of the population of humans, most of the wealth, most of the knowledge of humankind. It has the largest and - it thinks - most powerful space navy of humankind. The capital of the Solarian League is New Chicago on the capital planet of Earth. The nearest wormhole terminus to the capital is the Beowulf wormhole terminus.
- Sphinx
- the fourth planet of Manticore-A. It is a heavy gravity world with a gravity 1.35 times that of Earth. Its orbit gives it a long year compared to Terra, with cool if temperate summers and long extremely severe winters with very heavy snowfalls. By the beginning of the 20th century post diaspora, Sphinx has a planetary population of 1,048 million. The economy of Sphinx is based upon mining, forestry and animal husbandry. Sphinx is the native planet of a sentient species called treecats by humans, and the people by the treecats themselves. Their habitats encompass approximately a third of the planet and are protected by Sphinx Forestry Service (SFS). The treecats' claim to Sphinx was made permanent by the Ninth Amendment to the Manticoran Constitution. It was in large part the work of Stephanie Harrington, Honor Harrington's direct ancestor, who had discovered the treecats' existence, been the first human adoptee, and the effective founder of the Sphinx Forestry Service. Sphinxians tend to be the most socially and sexually conservative inhabitants of the Star Kingdom. Honor Harrington was born and grew up on Sphinx.
- Torch
- also known as Congo or Verdant Vista. A tropical planet discovered and controlled by Mesa. Its plant life is a rich source of pharmaceutically active compounds, and Mesa established manufacturing facilities there manned by slaves, as well as a breeding center. In addition, Mesa discovered a wormhole junction (with at least 2 termini) shortly before the planet was liberated. A joint Manticoran, Solarian Navy, and Audubon Ballroom force used a slave transport seized in the nearby Erewhon system to take the planet from Mesa. In the process, the planet was renamed Torch by its new Queen (Berry Zilwicki), a Solarian Marine Lieutenant resigned to become the Commander in Chief of the Torch Armed Forces, and Princess Ruth Winton of Manticore the intelligence chief for the new Torch government, with advice from both Captain Anton Zilwicki (who was also working or the Anti-Slavery League (and the Audubon Ballroom) as military advisor), and Victor Cachat, the Republic of Haven's Secret Service Chief of Station for Torch and Erewhon.
- Torch Wormhole Junction
- Congo Wormhole Junction
- Toulon
- Trevor's Star
- The solar system that contains the planet San Martin and one Terminus to a Wormhole to Manticore.
- Unicorn Yard; Hauptman's
- Mentioned 1/2 way into Chapter 3 of Echoes of Honor. Owned by the Hauptman Cartel. Hauptman and Jankowski cartels built the new generation of LACs there.
- Verdant Vista
- the Mesan codename for Torch.
- Weyland; Her Majesty's Space Station
- Mentioned in Echos of Honor, chapter 3.
- Yeltsin's Star
- a star system. It has one (barely) habitable planet, Grayson and is the star system of the star nation of Grayson. The nearest habitable star system to this one is Endicott.
- Zanzibar
- a star nation and a member of the Manticore Alliance. Its star is a "G4 Primary", and it has an outermost asteroid belt (and presumably inner ones as well). The Short Victorious War, Ch. 9
- Zulu
- a protectorate of the Solarian League's Office of Frontier Security.
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ASU based in Phoenix AZ awards this Cockroach the top 10 new species award. The Leaproach is the only known roach that can actually jump. Watch the slow motion video of this newly discovered species:
Wheweeee… now that is some good hopping.
What is curious is that the guy that discovered them claims: "The jumping motion likely didn't evolve to avoid predators, although that may be a benefit. More likely, says Picker, it helps leaproaches spread out to find mates and track down their favorite food: Protein-packed grasshopper poop"
Hmmm… how does he know that it's not a defensive evolution? And how can he be certain that they didn't just pick up some super grasshopper poop laced with toxic grasshopper gene's along the way? Perhaps the real story hear is that we now have evidence that Spider-man could actually have a plausible story line. Well that is, if Spider-man ate spider poop. "You are what you eat."… "You eat poop for breakfast?"
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ON THE AIR: Six months after IMG Models launched an Australian division — and began luring big names from local agencies, notably Miranda Kerr and Gemma Ward — the agency announced on Friday that it is moving into the Australian television market, by partnering with Foxtel's "Australia's Next Top Model."
IMG Models will offer the winner of the 2013 show contracts with its various development divisions. Meanwhile, IMG Models vice presidents of development, David Cunningham and Jeni Rose will join the five-state, six-city "Australia's Next Top Model" audition roadshow, which kicks off in Adelaide on Sunday.
One of over 50 international editions of Tyra Banks' popular model scouting show, "Australia's Next Top Model" is considered to be the most successful of the Next Top Model franchise, producing a series of winners — Alice Burdeu, Amanda Ware and Montana Cox — who launched straight from the winner's podium into international runway careers.
"The Australian brand is very compelling to us because I felt the wealth of talent and the quality was extraordinary," said Ivan Bart, IMG Models senior vice president and managing director. "The talent pool is so amazing. It's a huge continent. There's a lot of opportunity in many places in Australia and there are beautiful women there. "


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NEW YORK, N.Y. – Viacom Inc. posted an 18 per cent drop in second-quarter net income due to lower revenue, especially from the filmed entertainment division that includes Paramount Pictures. But a faster-than-expected recovery in advertising revenue at its TV networks sent shares to a record high Wednesday.
The results faced a tough comparison to last year, when Viacom was raking in proceeds from "Mission Impossible — Ghost Protocol." The company, which owns MTV, Comedy Central and other TV networks, actually surpassed Wall Street's profit expectations and saw a rebound in advertising revenue. Its shares rose nearly 3 per cent in morning trading after briefly hitting an all-time high.
Concern about Viacom's television audience ratings have largely faded as the company has added new programming and built on existing shows such as MTV's "Catfish" and "Teen Mom." That translates to an advertising revenue rebound and year-over-year growth, said Philippe Dauman, Viacom's president and CEO.
Advertising revenue grew 2 per cent as they benefited from ratings improvements at some of the company's networks, compared with a 6 per cent decline in the first quarter.
Dauman said further improvement in advertising revenue growth is expected for the current fiscal quarter compared with the numbers Viacom just put up.
Morgan Stanley analyst Benjamin Swinburne said the return to growth happened earlier than expected and was likely driven by improvement in Nickelodeon ratings and stronger demand among key advertising markets for the company's cable networks.
Viacom reported earnings of $478 million, or 96 cents per share, in the January-March period. That's down from $585 million, or $1.07 per share, in the same period a year earlier.
Revenue fell 6 per cent to $3.14 billion from $3.33 billion. Analysts had expected earnings of 95 cents per share on overall revenue of $3.18 billion, according to a poll by FactSet.
Viacom Inc., based in New York, owns MTV, VH1, Comedy Central and other TV networks.
Revenue from the media networks division grew 2 per cent to $2.23 billion thanks to more robust advertising and affiliate revenue. Revenue at the Paramount filmed entertainment business dropped 20 per cent to $971 million, from $1.17 billion.
Viacom faces the expiration of its licensing relationship with Netflix Inc. at the end of this month. Netflix has been paying Viacom for the right to show a broad range of its programming from channels like Nickelodeon, BET and MTV to its streaming customers. The company is now looking to license individual shows only.
In a conference call with analysts, Dauman said Viacom is in "constructive discussions with several parties, including Netflix" on licensing deals to distribute its content beyond the expiration if the Netflix deal.
"We continue to see such distribution to be a growing and complimentary avenue for our affiliate business," he said.
After results came out, Viacom's more heavily traded Class B shares rose $1.91, or 3 per cent, to close Wednesday at $65.90, after earlier hitting an all-time high of $69.08. Viacom's stock began trading in its current form in late 2005, just before CBS Corp. separated into its own company.


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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) -- The Cleveland Indians have optioned right-hander Trevor Bauer and two other pitchers to Triple-A Columbus.
Bauer was the overall No. 3 pick by Arizona in the 2011 draft. He was sent to the Indians in the offseason as part of a three-team trade.
Known for his quirky training regimen, Bauer had a rough outing for the Indians on Wednesday, allowing four runs on five hits in three innings against the Los Angeles Angels. He had been one of several candidates for a late-rotation spot with Cleveland.
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Anupama Chopra's review: Aashiqui 2
Aashiqui 2 is about two singers in love. It has the Abhimaan angle of a famous artiste, Rahul, played by Aditya Roy Kapur, discovering a small-town girl, Aarohi, played by Shraddha Kapoor, and mentoring her to glory. Anupama Chopra writes.movie-reviews Updated: Apr 27, 2013, 10:23 IST
Aashiqui 2
Direction: Mohit Suri
Actors: Aditya Roy Kapur, Shraddha Kapoor, Shaad Randhawa
Rating: **1/2
Aashiqui 2 is about two singers in love. It has the Abhimaan angle of a famous artiste, Rahul, played by Aditya Roy Kapur, discovering a small-town girl, Aarohi, played by Shraddha Kapoor, and mentoring her to glory. But director Mohit Suri and writer Shagufta Rafique update the story. The predictable jealousy angle as the partner becomes more famous is sidelined for a thornier problem - he is an alcoholic. So, in fact, Aarohi's success becomes Rahul's salvation. For a while at least, it forces him to engage with life again.
It's an interesting scenario and Suri and his actors set it up well. The rockstar angle in Hindi movies always has touches of unintentional comedy - note Rahul's headgear, the stadiums filled with swooning fans and a hilariously slimy journalist in the second half who pushes Rahul to the brink again - but despite this, Aditya gives Rahul's angst a certain charm.
He is earnest and broken. And the real triumph here is Shraddha, whose porcelain face has a haunting vulnerability.
She's very good as the woman in the throes of a grand passion who believes that love will show the way. The problem is that once we are invested in these people, Suri doesn't take the story much further. It becomes overwrought, repetitive and, ultimately, boring.
Addictions in themselves don't make for compelling cinema - after a while, Rahul consuming copious amounts of alcohol, trashing rooms and getting into brawls becomes just tedious. Suri tries hard to raise the old-school melodrama to high tragedy but the screenplay is just too clumsy and pedestrian.
Like the original, Aashiqui 2 has melodious music - the song Tum hi ho, composed by Mithoon, has a lovely sweep and ache.
The film, however, never becomes more than the sum of its parts. Aashiqui 2 falls into that lukewarm category of 'I didn't mind it,' which is not the same as 'I liked it.' It could have been so much more.


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Litchfield man accused of fracturing infant son's arm, leg
Matthew Northrup faces second-degree assault charges
Litchfield police said a Nashua man is facing charges after he allegedly assaulted his 4-month-old son.
Matthew Northrup of Nashua is charged with three counts of second-degree assault against the infant. He is accused of assaulting the baby with enough force to fracture the boy's left leg and left arm.
Northrup is also accused of ripping the child's mouth when cleaning out some spittle.
According to court paperwork, the incidents happened between Jan. 2 and Jan. 28 at the mother's home were Northrup was staying. Police said they became aware of the incidents on Jan. 30 after a hospital contacted the state.
Northrup was then arrested on Monday.
The affidavit says that after Northrup's arrest, he told police the injuries happened when he became frustrated, admitting that he was responsible for the child's injuries because he was too rough.
Northrup told police he believed he broke the child's leg when he wrenched it down while changing a diaper and then admitted to grabbing the child's left arm and jerking it upwards as the child slipped from his lap in another incident.
The paperwork says Northrop also told police that when he and the child's mother argued, he sometimes would take his frustrations out on the infant by squeezing him tightly and even shaking the boy.
Northrup's grandmother said her grandson is not capable of injuring an infant.
"Wait for the trial and the truth comes out," said Mary Martin, Northrup's grandmother.
Northrup was ordered held on $50,000 bail. He is due back in court Feb. 14 for his probable cause hearing.
The infant, who was born premature last September, was released to his parents on Jan. 2, when the alleged abuse began. He is currently in state custody.
Police said they do not anticipate more charges in the case.


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My question: if the software is not compatible will you avoid the upgrade?I would suggest once the first computer gets swapped over, attempt to install the software on it and be the "beta tester". If it doesn't work, then do your best to convince the chain of command that you keep at least one laptop unaltered and label it as "521 laptop only".
Do you not use dedicated standalone laptops to program your radios? I ask because I know the Navy and the Air Force have specific standalone systems which have remained untouched with regards to OS upgrades, because the software they were meant to support isn't supported on newer OSes.
You would think that, but some units have a hard enough time just life cycling their equipment, let alone diverting some to remain as standalones. My Dell D600 laptops just don't cut it anymore.
D600s? They were on their way out when I was working 1st line support in 2007. Someone higher up the chain isn't doing their job right.
Your more difficult task is going to be finding laptops with serial ports, as they are hard to find now. C-30/CF-31s still have them as they are an industrial/commercial class PC.
They make adapters:http://www.amazon.com/USB-9-pin-Serial-Port-Adapter/dp/B001J226JQ


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Michigan State University Uses Promotional Products to Aid AttendanceAugust 30th, 2012
"I wanted to get free stuff." - A Quote from a MSU Student Regarding Promotional Items While Attending a University Festival for Local Businesses and College Students
Michigan State University knows how influential promotional products are. Each year, the university holds it annual "U-Fest' which brings students and local businesses together through none other than promotional items.
When asked why she attended, one MSU student simply replied, "I wanted to get free stuff."
What a powerful statement if you're a company looking to expand your presence beyond your traditional advertising.
The university has hosted this festival for 32 years and its popularity allows it to continue each year because of that "free stuff."
In previous blog posts, we've touched on how savvy companies are making sure to target their promotional marketing campaigns towards the impressionable college student. College is around the time when young adults begin to recognize their own voice and step outside of their parent's thought process in terms of buying and consumption.
A free promotional tote bag, or promotional calendar, and of course, promotional pens and pencils, are widely used by college students who are on modest budgets and can't afford book store pricing for most of these items. A company logo is not going to deter a college student from using a useful item in their every day life. And it's only going to create a memorable impression when it comes time to consume.
If you're an up-and-coming company and you want to make the most of your first promotional products campaign, start with your local colleges and universities. Superior Promos can help you build the perfect promotional products campaign to be used on college campuses across the nation.


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In the video above, we find ESPN soccer analyst Janusz Michallik answering a question that hadn't been asked and cussing as he stubs his toe on the metaphorical fourth wall. (The subject at hand is Manchester United's acquisition of Robin van Persie, from Arsenal.) Reminded that he's live, on ESPN2, our man picks himself back up, unfazed.
You can still find the video on ESPN's website, for the moment.
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Trooper cleared in fatal shooting from helicopter
A grand jury on Tuesday declined to indict a Texas trooper who fired from a helicopter on a fleeing pickup truck along the U.S.-Mexico border, killing two Guatemalan immigrants.
Prosecutors in Hidalgo County presented the case to a grand jury to investigate and determine whether to indict Trooper Miguel Avila of the Texas Department of Public Safety in the October 2012 incident.
The DPS has said Avila was aboard the helicopter and believed drugs were in the truck's bed when he opened fire during the pursuit near La Joya. The trooper opened fire to disable the vehicle because it was barreling toward a school zone, the DPS has said.
Instead, nine Guatemalans and a teenage driver were found by authorities on the ground. Six of the Guatemalan immigrants were under a sheet, two of them wounded fatally.
Nevertheless, DPS revised its policies in February to prohibit shooting from the sky unless the aircraft is fired upon. According to the revised policy, "a firearms discharge from an aircraft is authorized only when an officer reasonably believes that the suspect has used or is about to use deadly force by use of a deadly weapon against the air crew, ground officers or innocent third parties."
A suspect driving aggressively or recklessly does not constitute use of a deadly weapon, the new policy states.
The incident began with a chase after Texas Parks and Wildlife game wardens spotted a red pickup near La Joya, about 250 miles south of San Antonio. The wardens requested help, and the DPS helicopter joined midway in the 14-mile, high-speed pursuit of what authorities said they believed was a "typical covered drug load."
In the days following the incident, civil rights groups and the Guatemalan government expressed concerns that DPS essentially was investigating itself because the Texas Rangers, who were leading the investigation, fall under the DPS umbrella.
Hildago County's district attorney said he would take the case to a grand jury, which is an investigative body. While the district attorney guides grand juries in their efforts and presents evidence, they can take the investigation in any direction they see fit.
A messages sent to the Guatemalan consulate was not returned Tuesday.
A DPS statement expressed appreciation for the work of "all involved throughout this case, including Hidalgo County District Attorney Rene Guerra and the Hidalgo County grand jury."
The teenage driver, now 15, was arrested, released by mistake, arrested again in December driving a stolen vehicle and placed on probation to be deported. He was arrested again last month by the U.S. Border Patrol.


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"It's very difficult to piece together the many different versions published about the callous, execution-style murder of a gay Afrikaner woman, Ms Jeanette Odendaal, allegedly by a black SAPS sergeant outside the Kempton Park police station on Tuesday, April 26, 2011 at 7.30pm. The SA Police Force confuse matters considerably -- issuing conflicting statements and trying to mislead the news media about the court venue of the accused suspect on Friday to avoid him being photographed."


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Discernmentalist News~
Mark Driscoll who was made famous by Donald Miller in his book little book of heresy "Blue Like Jazz" is the lead pastor Mars Hill Seattle an emerging church (every other week).
While preaching last week Mark Driscoll finished his service and almost fell on his face when he realized he forgot to swear during his sermon. He was put off a bit when half the congregation (that only comes to hear him swear and find out if they are to give a thumb up or down on Emergent Village.) began to get up and leave half way through his sermon.
There were some that were over heard as they left stating that they were wondering if Mark Driscoll had gotten saved sometime last week before the service, though this cannot be confirmed or denied we just thought we might let the reader JUDGE whether condemnation is needed.
Continue to pray against Mark and his Church of potty mouth wannabes so that God will be still Holy in Seattle.


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Rookie Rienzo roughed up by Tribe
Righty gives up five-run fourth; White Sox drop 11th straight to Indians
CHICAGO -- If the Indians work their way into one of two American League Wild Card spots, they may have to vote the White Sox a collective playoff share.
Terry Francona's crew picked up its 11th straight victory over the White Sox with an 8-1 win Saturday night before 28,024 at U.S. Cellular Field, raising its head-to-head record to 14-2 for the season. Seven of the consecutive victories have come in Chicago.
"We've single-handedly put them in the playoff race basically," said White Sox catcher Josh Phegley of the Indians, who are 66-66 against the rest of baseball. "I don't know. They've got our number and it's something."
With two weeks left in the regular season, this September evaluation period also has turned into a legitimate fight for the White Sox not to finish with 100 losses for the first time since dropping 106 in 1970. The White Sox (58-90) have lost five straight and are 2-14 in their last 16. They have to win five of their last 14 to avoid the 100-loss plateau.
Much like the first of this four-game set on Thursday, Cleveland (80-68) didn't get much of a challenge once it took control. Andre Rienzo (2-2) pitched out of a bases-loaded, one-out jam in the first by striking out Michael Brantley and getting Asdrubal Cabrera on an infield grounder, but he wasn't quite as fortunate in the fourth.
Carlos Santana, who reached base four times, singled and came home one out later on Cabrera's two-run homer. After a four-pitch walk to Jason Giambi and Yan Gomes' single in the battle between the boys from Brazil, Lonnie Chisenhall went deep for a 5-0 Cleveland lead.
Rienzo has been working longer than many starting pitchers, having pitched for Brazil during the World Baseball Classic in Spring Training, and having prepared himself early to be ready to represent his country. The right-hander has shattered his previous single-season innings high with 163 between the Minors and Majors and mentioned postgame Saturday that this season marks the first time he's pitched into September.
Fatigue, though, is not an excuse for Rienzo. In that fourth inning, he fell behind six of the nine hitters he faced. Pitching in those sorts of counts makes a strong Cleveland lineup even more dangerous.
"It's my fault if I fell behind. I fell behind and gave the hitter an opportunity to hit me hard. No excuses," said Rienzo, who walked four, fanned two and threw 44 of his 82 pitches for strikes in four-plus innings. "I feel good. I need to figure out little things to help me. If I can figure them out, I know I'll make the ballclub next year. It's simple."
"You can't get behind. It's a Major League lineup," Phegley said. "We would ourselves enjoy hitting 1-0, 2-0 most of the game. You have to get ahead. Then you can start throwing pitches that they might chase. Maybe off the plate. But when you consistently have to throw something over the plate here, they took some big swings and capitalized."
Charlie Leesman gave up two runs in relief in the sixth when he pitched to Santana with runners on second and third, two outs and the left-handed-hitting Brantley on deck, only to have Santana single past shortstop Alexei Ramirez. The ball took a bad hop over Ramirez's glove, as he played the hard-hit ball a bit off to the side.
Ubaldo Jimenez (12-9) won for the third straight start, yielding eight hits over 8 1/3 innings. Phegley topped the White Sox offense with three hits and a ninth-inning sacrifice fly, while Jimenez struck out eight and walked one.
"That was as good as I have seen [Jimenez] in the last two years. He had everything going," said White Sox manager Robin Ventura. "His ball was moving all over. It seemed like you couldn't sit on any pitch in any count. He was kind of pitching backward, a lot of offspeed stuff, good pitches though when you finally got a hitter's count."
"I was able to establish the fastball down, and even when they got runners on base, I threw everything down and I got some ground balls," Jimenez said. "Those saved me a lot of pitches."
AL Cy Young candidate Chris Sale takes the mound Sunday afternoon, opposed by Zach McAllister, as the White Sox try to salvage something in this series. If Cleveland wins, it will be their third four-game sweep of the White Sox this season and second recorded in Chicago.
Yet another black mark on this painful White Sox season.
"You catch teams at different times of the year and I know Detroit kind of did that to us," Jimenez said. "And every time we played them, I always thought we were going to find a way to win. Just sometimes those things happen."


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February 16, 2018 (Reuters) - The United Nations should consider a force of some 20,000 soldiers from non-NATO countries and 4,000 police to help resolve the crisis in Ukraine, according to a new report to be presented to top officials this week. More than 10,000 people have been killed since April 2014 in a conflict that pits Ukrainian forces against Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine. Intermittent clashes continue despite a notional ceasefire and diplomatic peace efforts. Russian President Vladimir Putin has suggested a limited U.N. peacekeeping mission to eastern Ukraine, which many in the West see as an opportunity to negotiate a broader U.N. force to restore order, diplomats say.
A report commissioned by former NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen - now an adviser to Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko - will be presented to officials including the U.S. special envoy to Ukraine, Kurt Volker, at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday. "The operation would need a mix of some European countries, such as Sweden, countries with a track record in peacekeeping, such as Brazil, and countries that have Russia's trust, such as Belarus," said Richard Gowan, author of the report and an expert on the United Nations at Columbia University. While numbers as high as 50,000 personnel have been mentioned by some diplomats and experts, Gowan said it was unrealistic to expect countries to put forward so many troops, while Moscow would likely resist such a large force. Senior officials from Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France will discuss the conflict on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference.


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Dungeonland now available in free-to-play edition
Paradox has produced a Free Admission Edition of Dungeonland, a co-op action game released early this year which has three players battling through an amusement park as a fourth takes the role of villain. The conversion to free-to-play also delivered the addition of Steam Trading Cards. Paradox says it's not worried about going free-to-play because […]
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Dungeonland updated with Infinite Dungeon mode, now available for Mac
Critical Studio has released an update for Dunegonland, which comes with Infinite Dungeon Mode and a new achievement-style Star System. The game is also now available for Mac.
Dungeonland updated, class guide videos released
Paradox Interactive has launched a series of guide videos to ease players into Dungeonland. Meanwhile, developer Critical Studio is bust updating the game with a number of useful tweaks.
Dungeonland launch trailer signals game's release
Dungeonland, the action-RPG-strategy title from Critical Studio, is now available now for PC, Paradox has announced. In the game, players take control of a group of adventurers trapped in a medieval theme park. Players can don the roll of a Rogue, Warrior, or Mage, while the fourth player takes on the role of the Dunegon […]
Dungeonland dev diary explains lack of grinding
Dungeonland is a dungeon crawler in its most pure form – no story and no level requirements. Critical Studios has explained how this takes the grind out of the RPG.
Dungeonland now available for pre-order, out near the end of the month
Dungeonland is now available for pre-order, Paradox has announced. Those who decided to drop the cash early will be the recipient of the Grimoire Pack, a set of perks allowing for "sneakier traps and meaner monsters when playing as the Dungeon Maestro." In the game, three players will work as a team to survive an […]
Dungeonland developer diary contains in-depth look at Dungeon-Master mode
Dungeonland has a new developer diary available in which Critical Studio gives the viewer an in-depth examination and explanation of the game's Dungeon-Master mode and its 3v1 gameplay. In the game, three players will work as a team to survive an adventurers' theme park full of horrible monsters, while the fourth player works against the […]
Paradox game demonstration event is live - watch now
Paradox Interactive is hosting a livestream of its upcoming games via Twitch TV. Watch it here. The firm is showing game trailers for A Game of Dwarves, Dungeonland, The Showdown Effect and Starvoid as well as a live demonstrations for each. A live Q&A will be held as well with the game developers.
Paradox - Large batch of screenshots and video from GDC 2012
Paradox has sent over a massive lot of screens and video for the plethora of games heading your way from the firm.
Paradox Interactive debuts three new games at GDC
PC specialist publisher Paradox Interactive has unveiled three new games for its GDC 2012 showcase. Check out debut trailers through the break.
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We knew that when they did it, they were going to do it in style.
When reality star Kim Kardashian and New Jersey Nets forward Kris Humphries tied the knot over the weekend, the event was exactly that: An event.
And now, as with any big event, the breathless coverage is kicking into high gear, while the world waits for the official record of the wedding to be broadcast in a two-part special on E! Oct. 9 and 10, while People magazine will have all the wedding pix this week.
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"God is good!!!!!" Kim tweeted Sunday afternoon, as bit and pieces about the grand to-do leaked across the Internet and were duly recorded on every entertainment Web site and show around.
After all, the Kardashians are reality stars and business folks of the highest order: The Web site Mogulite estitates they'll take in around $18 million from the wedding, primarily through sale of the media rights.
Some wedding high points:
Sporting a blindingly bright, custom-designed 20.5-carat Lorraine Schwartz engagement ring during the ceremony, Kim was accompanied down the aisle by her stepfather, Bruce Jenner. Sisters Kourtney and Khloe were her co-maids of honor.
Kim also made sure to honor her late father, Robert.
"I so wish my dad could be here today to walk me down the aisle. But I know in a way he is here, and I feel his loving presence all around me. I love and miss you, dad," read a statement in the wedding program.
Kim, 30, wore an ivory gown designed by fashion icon Vera Wang and Guiseppe Zanotti shoes for the much-anticipated nuptials, held before 440 guests at a private estate in Montecito, California, People reported. For the reception, she slipped into another Vera Wang creation: an ivory mermaid gown with hand-pieced Chantilly lace applique. Later, se wore a third dress for dancing, a V-neck satin gown with a circle skirt. That's three dresses for those of you counting at home.(The 26-year-old groom's white peak lapel tuxedo jacket, black tux pants and a white bow tie were by Ermenegildo Zegna, according to People.)
Guest were treated to an elaborate feast prepared by Academy Award favorite chef Wolfgang Puck. E! Online reports that the spread included buffalo mozzarella with heirloom tomaotes as well as roast chicken with Yukon Gold potato puree and carmalized brussel sprouts
The happy couple exchanged wedding bands that Schwartz also made, and their vows were reinforced by Pastor Joel Johnson, who called Kris "the ying to [Kim's] yang."
The A-list guests, including Will and Jada Pinkett Smith, Jennifer Lopez, Ryan Seacrest and Eva Longoria, all dressed in black or white -- as the Lehr & Black-designed wedding invitations expressly ordered. (And check out Lindsay Lohan in her Pippa Middleton replica dress.)
Congrats came in on Twitter Saturday from everyone from Wang to Kim's family to former boxing champ Sugar Ray Leonard.
It's the first marriage for Kris and the second for Kim, who was married to music producer Damon Thomas from 2000 to 2004.
The entire Kardashian clan was ushered from the ceremony in a fleet of Rolls Royce Phantoms and Maybachs to the reception. Well, make that reception #1. The couple plans a second wedding party to be held at an as-yet-unidentified New York location 10 days after their wedding. Celebrity wedding planner Colin Cowle is handling the details.
The honeymoon will have to wait until summer 2012, as both Kim and Kris will be plenty busy for the foreseeable future.
Kim and Kris first met back in December 2010, when they were introduced by Humphries' Nets teammate Jordan Farmer. The two were engaged six months later.
Selected Reading: People, Us Weekly, E!
Photos: E!'s Wedding Highlights