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Hi folks,
I have added a search form to the top of my website (after accidentally removing it a while back) and have tried to include a magnifying glass icon rather than a 'submit' button. I followed instructions I found online, but I can't get my icon to line up perfectly with the search box itself.
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When I watched the moon landing in my employer's basement on B&W TV in July of 1969, I knew that what I was watching was reality. I believed my own eyeballs for 34 years. I wanted to believe it and knew that it was technologically feasable.
Now I have found out that the moon suits that were used for the Apollo project won't physically fit through the hatch that we 'saw' them step out of on the "one small step". Further, the physics of a small the backpack type cooling unit on the suit won't work. It would require a cooling unit the size of a volkswagan. Further, in one of the movies of looking back at the earth through a porthole, while the craft is halfway to the moon, a hand is seen to pass in front of the porthole on the outside of the craft, (poor editing). It was also noted that in many of the moon photos, two distinct shadows can be seen with only one source of light, the sun.
As I say, I do not prefer to believe this, but the evidence seems inescapable. The ruse worked so well that the Russians believed it, and send 6 cosmonauts to their death by radiation once they reached the Van Allen belt.
My (seemingly off-topic) point? If our media was so well controlled in 1969 that the vast majority of us were duped, what sort of control of media, markets, etc. exists now?
now that's F'n funny! LOL
Yea your right the earth is flat. IDIOT.
You are kidding,aren't you?
jermarge is another retard.... the moon landings were fake and so was the cat scan showing jermarge had a brain.... jmarge what were you doing on your knees in your employers basement in july 1969 you fowl harlot.... religious retards like you should be sterilized before you get a chance to pollute the earth with your pig brained offspring.....
You believe the NASA moon landing was a hoax? So do a lot of people in the West Virginia mountains and South Chicago. From previous posts on another Board, I remember you as a dishonest religious nut. Welcome to the DROOY Board!
There may be folks in the West Virginia mountains and South Chicago that also believe in what was apparently a hoax. I however, hail from Los Alamos, NM.
As for dishonesty, it runs counter to my belief, in that I am properly characterized as a religious nut.
I guess you have a link for this drivel.
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HOUMA -- U.S. Rep. Charlie Melancon, D-Napoleonville, announced Friday that he and the Louisiana and Mississippi delegations of the House of Representatives have formally asked top House members to lead a tour of the storm-ravaged Gulf Coast for congressional members who have not personally seen last falls storm damage.
The Louisiana and Mississippi House members sent a letter Thursday to House Speaker Dennis Hastert and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, neither of whom have visited the Gulf Coast since Hurricane Katrina, according to Melancons office. Every House member from Louisiana and Mississippi signed the letter.
"The only way to comprehend the situation down here is to see it firsthand. Every member that Ive spoken to that has been down to Louisiana and Mississippi has gone back to Washington with a clearer picture of what happened and a better understanding of how dire our needs really are," Melancon said in a news release.
In the letter, Louisiana and Mississippi House members say that those who have visited the Gulf Coast region since the landfall of hurricanes Katrina and Rita have returned to Washington with "fresh perspective and a renewed sense of urgency."
"They need to smell the stench of debris. They need to see the inside of what used to be homes. They need to see that these people cant just simply come back home tomorrow," Melancon said. "We need a real commitment from Congress to help rebuild and thats a lesson best learned in person."
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Disclaimer: Yeah, I now own all of Final Fantasy. Why else would I be writing fanfiction about it?
I'm back! Life's been a real bitch and a half lately, so I haven't had a chance to write much of anything. Luckily for you guys, though, I've managed to get something done. My best friend wanted me to write this for him over the summer, but I finally got it done a few minutes ago. Had a fun time writing it, even if it was a bit of a challenge for me. BalFran is my OTP, so this was quite different. But anyway, let the deadly tale begin!
"Vaan! Vaan, where are you?"
Vaan could hear Penelo's voice as he walked back to the Strahl. He had been out on a hunt with Balthier, Fran, and Basch and while it had been a successful hunt, Vaan had been getting annoying with Balthier's complaining.
"We're over here, Penelo." Vaan shouted back. "All of us are here."
"I sense a bit of disappointment there, Vaan." Balthier glanced at the boy.
"Gee, do you?" Vaan rolled his eyes.
"Your complaining has become tiresome." Fran supplied for Vaan.
"Complaining?" Balthier turned to face the Viera. "Whatever do you mean?"
"During the whole skirmish, you kept complaining that the mark wasn't big enough." Basch explained as they walked inside the Strahl.
"I just found it to be too small to be considered a proper hunt." Balthier shrugged.
"It was a cockatrice." Fran was being sarcastic in her own way. "Were you expecting something the size of a Talon?"
"I'm unsure of why we were hunting one in the first place." Balthier noted.
While Fran and Balthier bantered back and forth, Vaan moved away and found Ashe and Penelo in the kitchen.
"What were you yelling about, Penelo?" Vaan asked as he sat down at the kitchen table.
"It just looked like it was going to rain again." Penelo said. "I didn't want you to get rained out."
"A little rain won't hurt." Vaan shrugged.
"Which is exactly what I told her." Ashe said.
"I advise that Balthier is left alone." Fran said as she walked into the room.
"And why's that?" Vaan arched an eyebrow.
"He becomes distressed when it is rainy and he must go on a hunt." Fran explained, leaning against the wall.
"And it's raining, so he's going to be cranky." Penelo assumed.
"Precisely." Fran nodded once. "He is going to work on some of the repairs to the ship."
"Whatever works." Vaan shrugged.
"As long as he calms down enough for dinner." Penelo said.
"What have you prepared?" Fran asked.
"Basch got some Giza rabbits the other day, so I'm trying a new recipe with starfruit." Penelo replied.
"Oh, lovely." Vaan tried hard not to make a face.
"It should be ready soon, so we should probably go find Balthier." Penelo said.
"I shall go." Fran said. "Better that I face his wrath."
"Good luck." Ashe said. "I'll go find Basch."
"Rabbit with starfruit?" Vaan asked as Ashe and Fran left the room. "Seriously?"
"I wanted to try something new." Penelo shrugged.
"But your new recipes normally aren't the best." Vaan said while grabbing plates from the cupboard.
"I can't get better without practice, Vaan." Penelo pointed out.
"Okay, but don't expect me to be overly enthusiastic about it." Vaan said.
"You never are." Penelo said as she sent a glare in Vaan's direction.
"Hopefully Fran has an easy time calming down Balthier." Vaan sighed.
"That bad?" Penelo asked.
"Oh yeah." Vaan nodded.
"Well, Fran can help." Penelo said. "She has that connection with Balthier that no one else has."
"They have a certain way of working, yeah." Vaan agreed. "But hey, if she can manage to get him to stop complaining so much without involving us, that's fine by me."
"I agree." Penelo nodded.
"There's a bit of a problem." Fran said as she swiftly walked into the room.
"Uh-oh." Penelo sounded uneasy. "What's wrong?"
"I cannot locate Balthier." Fran said simply.
"You've been gone for what, five seconds?" Vaan removed some glasses from the cabinets. "How many places can you have checked?"
"I walk faster than most humes can manage." Fran responded, ruby eyes turning to Vaan.
"But why wouldn't he be in the engine room?" Penelo mused. "That's where the repairs need to be done."
"Thus explaining my confusion." Fran was clearly growing impatient.
"Has anyone found Basch?" Ashe asked as she walked into the room.
"He's missing too?" Vaan narrowed his eyes.
"Who else is missing?" Ashe questioned.
"Well, who else isn't here right now?" Vaan stated.
After a quick look around the, Ashe understood.
"So Balthier is missing, as well?"
"Did Basch say if he was going somewhere, Fran?" Vaan asked.
"Why should I concern myself with his whereabouts?" the Viera asked.
"Well, you were with him earlier." Vaan explained. "I didn't know if he mentioned anything."
"He did not say a word." Fran shook her head.
"Maybe they went off somewhere." Penelo suggested.
"Not possible." Fran said.
"Why not?" Vaan cocked his head to the side.
"Balthier hates being out on the rain." Ashe reminded him. "If he was complaining about hunting in the rain, why would he willingly go back out in it?"
"Yeah, there's no way he'd do that." Penelo nodded.
"Really, though, I wonder where they could be." Ashe crossed her arms in front of her chest.
"Fran, you checked Balthier's bedroom, right?" Penelo glanced toward the Viera.
"Of course." Fran nodded. "I did not find him there."
"So let's check the rest of the ship again." Penelo said as she pulled the dinner from the oven. "We can't find them if we don't look."
"I agree." Fran said with a nod.
"I'll stay here and finish dinner." Penelo said.
"Yeah, you take the easy job." Vaan rolled his eyes.
"Well, someone has to finish this!" Penelo exclaimed before she scowled at Vaan. "It's not like Ashe and Fran know what to do with it."
"Where is Fran, anyway?" Ashe wondered as she looked around the room.
Fran had left the kitchen once the decision to search for Balthier and Basch had been made. There was no reason why Balthier would be outside in the torrential downpour, but she had the feeling that he would be out there. It didn't make any sense to her, but she figured that she might as well check it out regardless.
After all, it wouldn't hurt to look.
Opening the door, Fran stepped out of the ship and into the storm, squinting through the rain for a sign of the men. Her Viera eyes were more powerful than the eyes of a hume, but it was still difficult to see. She thought that she would be able to see the gold of Balthier's vest or the red of Basch's jacket, but it was hard to see the trees in front of her.
She stood in place for a moment, ruby eyes narrowed as she scanned the horizon for a sign of the two men. Upon finding nothing, Fran started to move away from the Strahl. Perhaps she could find them somewhere away from the ship. It didn't make much sense for Balthier to be out in the rain when he so detested it, but she knew Balthier better than anyone. She knew how he would randomly get the idea to do something and once he set his mind to something, there was no convincing him to do otherwise.
"Balthier, where have you gone?" Fran said to herself as she walked back to the airship.
As she was walking up the steps, she paused, ears twitching slightly. What were the noises that she heard underneath the ship? Frowning, Fran turned around and walked back down the steps, pausing at the bottom to listen again. This time she heard voices, though she could not determine whom the voices belonged to.
"Balthier?" Fran called out hesitantly. "Basch?"
When she had no answer, she began to walk under the ship itself, the heels of her shoes sinking into the ground. It was difficult to see through the darkness, so she had to rely on her ears so she could follow where the noises were coming from.
"Balthier, if this is your idea of a joke, I do not find it amusing." Fran called out.
"Fran?" A voice sounded from the darkness. "Fran, is that you?"
"Balthier?" Fran recognized the voice of her partner. "What are you doing?"
"I'm repairing the ship." The Viera knew Balthier well enough to know that he was lying to her.
"The repairs needed do not require you to leave the Strahl." Fran told him.
As she said this, her eyes caught a glimpse of two darkened figures. She frowned in confusion. She could understand one shadow, but there was no reason for there to be two.
"Balthier, who is with you?" Fran asked as she approached the figures.
"No one is with me, my dear." Balthier said a little too quickly to be entirely believable.
"I see a shadow next to yours." She told him.
At that moment, Fran reached the two shadows. She immediately recognized Balthier's shadow, but it took her a moment to determine the other figure. After a few seconds, she could make out the shadow of facial structures, noticed the features of the clothes, and it was then that she realized who was there.
"Basch, that is you, is it not?" Fran felt confident in her assumption.
"Yes?" Basch's voice sounded confused.
"Why are down here?" Fran inquired.
"He was helping me with the repairs." Balthier tried to explain.
"The repairs to not require you to leave the ship." Fran gave Balthier another glance. "And you are not wearing your vest or shirt."
"It is hot under here?" Balthier phrased his response like a question.
"The temperature drops thirty degrees during the rainy season at night. It is thirty-seven degrees." Fran pointed out. "It is cold."
"I disagree." Balthier shook his head. "I think it is quite warm."
"But none of that explains…" Fran started to say, but she stopped as she came to an understanding. "Basch, why exactly are you here?"
"I was helping Balthier." Basch responded.
"We've already established that there is no work to be done outside of the ship." Fran retorted. After a few seconds, she asked, "You are not participating in actions that Vaan and Penelo normally do?"
"What exactly do Penelo and Vaan do, my dear?" Balthier queried.
"You know full well what actions that I am referring." Fran stated. "Their rather amorous activities."
Basch glanced towards Balthier for a few seconds before he turned back to Fran.
"How long have you known?"
"So I am correct in assuming that you are in a relationship?" Fran arched an eyebrow.
"Quite obviously, yes." Balthier nodded. "Why else would I be out here in this accursed rain?"
"Do you not approve of this?" Basch asked the Viera.
"It does not matter to me. So long as this does not affect our mission, I couldn't care less." Fran responded. "You might want to inform Ashe, however."
"Why is that?" Balthier asked as he began to pull his shirt back on.
"Basch is one of her closest friends." Fran explained. "This is something that she should know about."
"Should I have told you about this?" Balthier asked, focusing his attention on Fran.
"I would have liked to know, but there is nothing to be done now." Fran responded.
"What is your purpose for coming down here, if we're finished with that line of conversation?" Basch asked.
"We are, I suppose." Fran nodded once.
"Well, what is it?" Balthier asked.
"Penelo wishes to inform you that dinner is ready." Fran told them.
"Oh lovely." Balthier grimaced as he and Basch stood up.
"She has improved since she has been practicing." Basch said.
"I wish she wouldn't try out new recipes. Best to stick with the old ones." Balthier said.
"Then you would complain about having the same thing time and time again." Fran told her partner.
"I suppose." Balthier shrugged as the three made their way out from under the Strahl.
"That went better than I expected."
Basch turned around and saw Balthier walking into the living area of the ship. The man had a tired look in his eyes, but Basch suspected that this was because of the earlier hunting trip.
The normally crowded airship was quiet, something that rarely occurred. The rest of the ship's inhabitants were out scavenging for some berries and other plants since the day's earlier downpour had ceased temporarily. Basch and Balthier had elected to stay behind, however, as the latter needed to finish the repairs on the ship.
Now that the repairs were done, however, Balthier found that he became quite bored and had decided to go to Basch for some company.
"The ship's repairs, I assume?" Basch asked as Balthier sat down next to him on the small couch.
"Well, yes." Balthier shrugged. "Nono had told me that the repairs seemed hopeless, so I was surprised to be able to fix them so easily."
"I see." Basch nodded.
"But I was referring to our earlier encounter with Fran." Balthier told him.
"Under the airship?" Basch frowned in confusion.
Balthier nodded and said, "I expected her to be more aggressive about the whole ordeal."
"Why do you say that?" Basch frowned.
"She has always been rather strange with the idea of me being in a relationship." Balthier explained. "I was unsure of how she would handle this."
"But it seems that she took it in a positive light." Basch said.
"That she did." Balthier nodded in agreement.
"Should we inform Vaan and Penelo of this relationship?" Basch asked. "We don't want them to find out in an awkward sort of way."
"Yes, I suppose we should mention this." Balthier said with a sigh. "It wouldn't do to have them find out from anyone besides us."
"Ashe has already been informed, so that's been taken care of." Basch responded, slipping his arm around the smaller man's waist.
"How did she handle it?" Balthier asked curiously.
"She took it rather well." Basch answered.
"That's good to hear." Balthier nodded.
"I suppose we can tell them when they come back from scavenging." Basch told Balthier. "Do you know when that might be?"
"I have no idea." Balthier shook his head. "It's been a while since they left, so they will probably be returning soon."
"Let's hope that they found something edible." Basch said.
"I agree." Balthier nodded. "I am growing rather tired of Penelo's poor cooking."
"Perhaps you should make dinner sometime." Basch suggested, his lips forming a smile.
"Fran has banned me from the kitchen." Balthier shook his head. "The last time I made dinner, she and I were ill for days."
"I guess it's best that you stay away, then." Basch said, sounding a little surprised.
"So what shall we do until they return?" Balthier asked.
"We could simply relax." Basch leaned forward and gave Balthier a quick kiss.
"Well, I'd certainly enjoy time to relax." Balthier agreed, leaning against Basch.
"What's this?" Basch looked down at Balthier. "Are you trying to be affectionate, Balthier?"
"I was awake all night because I couldn't find the munitions for Altair." Balthier said with a yawn. "Give me a break."
"You were trying to find munitions for your gun?" Basch arched an eyebrow.
"I needed to clean it." Balthier clarified.
"So you kept Fran up all night because you wanted to clean your gun?" Basch asked.
"Oh, Fran never woke up." Balthier said dismissively. "She could sleep through the Archadian fleet storming through the ship."
"Somehow I'm not surprised." Basch smiled. "It makes me wish Ashe was that way."
"I wish I could go take a nap." Balthier said with a yawn.
"Perhaps you should." Basch suggested.
"Would you like to join me?" Balthier asked.
"This is rare." Basch was surprised. "You're being more intimate than usual, Balthier."
"I have a chance to have the ship void of all other people besides you." Balthier explained. "I'd like to take advantage of that while I can."
"Well, I am not going to complain about it." Basch responded as both men stood and walked towards Balthier's bedroom.
"I did not think that you would." Balthier said, following Basch into the bedroom and closing the door behind him. "We'll need to listen for signs of Vaan's incessant chatter." He began removing pieces of his armor, starting first with his vest. "That will give us time to think of a diversion."
When Balthier turned around, he was quite surprised to see Basch already in bed, looking rather expectantly at Balthier.
"Getting a bit eager, are we?" Balthier asked as his lips formed a smirk.
"This chance does not present itself often." Basch explained. "I would like to take advantage of this while I can."
"You'll hear no complaining from me." Balthier removed his vest from his armor and climbed into bed, lying down next to Basch.
"Were you going to try to get some sleep?" Basch inquired as he wrapped his arm around the smaller man.
"I would rather stay awake to enjoy this moment." Balthier said, though he failed to stifle a yawn.
"Perhaps you should sleep." Basch leaned down and gave Balthier a quick kiss. "We've had a rather exhaustive day."
"I'll sleep when I'm dead." Balthier shook his head.
"Interesting concept." Basch noted in amusement.
"But it's true." Balthier said.
"I still believe that you should rest." Basch's eyes were on the smaller man.
"Theoretically, I am resting simply by lying here with you." Balthier explained. "I am not participating in any extraneous activities."
"This is true." Basch nodded slowly.
"Besides, why would I want to be asleep when I could be awake and lying next to you?" Balthier pointed out.
"It's rather nice to get some time to ourselves." Basch agreed.
"Without thinking that someone will walk in at any time." Balthier added.
The two men fell silent, the only sound coming from the engine of the airship. Balthier hadn't spoken in so long that Basch had to wonder if the man had fallen asleep.
He looked over and saw that Balthier had indeed fallen asleep. The golden eyes were closed and Balthier had an expression of peace and slight vulnerability that he never showed, not even in front of Fran, in whom he trusted his entire life.
Basch debated about waking the sky pirate. It wouldn't do Balthier any good to sleep so much that he would be unable to sleep at night. Still, there was something peaceful about the smaller man as he slept. On the other hand, Basch knew that Balthier would likely be upset that he had fallen asleep.
He decided that it would be a good idea to wake the sky pirate. He gently poked Balthier in the side, trying to make sure that he woke up. After a few seconds, the younger man's eyes flickered open and he found himself staring at Basch.
"I fell asleep, didn't I?" Balthier asked.
"You did." Basch nodded once.
"I did not want to fall asleep." Balthier managed to say through a yawn.
"I debated about waking you up." Basch went on. "You need to get some rest."
"As I have told you before, I will rest when I die." Balthier said in response.
"Yes, I know." Basch said.
Balthier opened his mouth to say something, but at that moment, the door opened and Vaan walked in.
"Balthier, Fran needs you to-"
He stopped mid-step and almost fell face-first to the floor. Once he regained his footing, Vaan returned his attention to the two men in the bed. His eyes moved from Basch to Balthier and back to Basch again. He didn't say anything, just stared at the two men in surprise.
"Fran needs what, Vaan?" Balthier asked with biting nonchalance.
"Forget about Fran!" Vaan squeaked, which was probably not intentional on his part. "What the hell is this?"
"Basch glanced at Balthier and said, "I guess we'll have to tell him now."
"Tell me what?" Vaan demanded.
"Basch and I are in a relationship." Balthier said rather bluntly.
"Why?" Vaan wanted to know.
"For the same reasons why you and Penelo are in one?" Basch phrased his response in a question.
"How long has this been going on?" Vaan asked.
"Long enough." Balthier answered.
"What's taking so long?"
Three pairs of eyes focused on the Viera who was now standing in the doorway. She glanced from Vaan to Balthier and Basch and instantly understood what was going on.
"I take it that he knows now." Fran assumed.
"Obviously." Balthier stated with biting sarcasm.
"You knew about this, Fran?" Vaan turned his attention to the Viera.
"Not until recently, but I have had my suspicions for a time." Fran responded.
"So did everyone know but me?" Vaan asked.
"Not Penelo." Basch said.
"I guess I should tell her, then." Vaan said.
"I feel that we have exhausted this line of conversation." Balthier said with a sigh before he turned to Fran and asked, "What is that you needed, by dear?"
"I was going to tell you that I needed you to take a look at a bill that Ashe and Penelo discovered." Fran said.
"I could take care of this at any point." Balthier said." Why are you telling me this now?"
"Ashe was planning on taking on the hunt tomorrow morning." Fran responded.
"And she cannot wait until then?" Balthier rolled his eyes in annoyance. "I should not be surprised by this."
"I will tell her that you are on the way." Fran said before she turned to Vaan and said, "Come along, Vaan."
"I'm going, I'm going." Vaan said, sounding very much like a child.
The two departed from the room, leaving only Balthier and Basch remaining. The smaller man ran his hand through his hair and sighed in annoyance.
"Why does she always insist on going on hunts during the rainy season?" Balthier muttered under his breath.
"Not everyone detests the rain as you do, Balthier." Basch pointed out.
"But couldn't she at least wait until the dry season?" Balthier complained. "The rain could change how we have to carry out the hunt."
"Perhaps the mark does not change due to the weather." Basch suggested while Balthier got out of bed and began to redress.
"Ashe isn't normally so lucky to find the hunts of that nature." Balthier explained.
"Perhaps she has finally learned." Basch suggested.
"Maybe that's true." Balthier said, pulling on a pair of trousers.
"Best of luck with her." Basch told Balthier as the smaller man walked towards the door.
Balthier said nothing in response, only giving Basch an off-hand wave before exiting the room, leaving the older man completely alone. Basch knew that Balthier always tried to upload his particular image. He didn't know if Balthier could tell that he changed when he was away from everyone else. His demeanor changed drastically when he was around Basch. He wasn't as formal or as serious as he normally was. Basch only wished that the others could see this side of Balthier, too.
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Last year, we did not see Tom F-ing Brady in the preseason. He happened to be nursing a bum ankle, and the consensus was that the prized and seasoned quarterback didn't exactly need the experience of the limited snaps preseason provides.
I'm imagining the experience, and looking forward to the day of Sept. 14, when Tom F-ing Brady runs out onto the field at Gillette Stadium.
The place is going to erupt, and will do so on Monday Night Football. The world is going to see just how much we love our star quarterback.
The question that comes in mind when thinking about all of this is whether or not we will see Tom F-ing Brady in the preseason, and if we truly want him to get some game experience before the regular season or not.
Last year, when Tom F-ing Brady didn't play in the preseason, he was coming off a career year. He didn't have a serious injury that kept him out for an entire season.
The benefit of him playing and shaking out the cobwebs in games that do not ultimately count would certainly be reason for us to want him to play. On the other hand, the extra time for him to ensure his knee is at its full recovered potential would certainly be a reason for us to not want him to play.
Does Tom F-ing Brady really need to shake out the cobwebs?
I mean, he is Tom F-ing Brady. Recent remarks coming out of workouts with him are that he looks strong and will be fine to start the season.
Do we want the first few weeks to be when Tom F-ing Brady shakes out the cobwebs if he really needs to?
In my opinion, I might want Tom F-ing Brady to play in the preseason if he is able. At least to get that little extra time adjusting to the speed of the game, even if his mind is already in the right place.
Do I think that Tom F-ing Brady really needs to shake out the cobwebs?
Being that Tom F-ing Brady has seen his share of playing time since he took over for Drew Bledsoe, he will more than likely be mentally ready to take over in the helm in Week One. That being said, I don't want to risk not putting together a strong showing in the begining of the year. Especially since the schedule they have this year is so difficult.
Do we care about the first few weeks of the season when considering the long-term effects of needlessly losing Tom F-ing Brady in the preseason?
If the Patriots play Tom F-ing Brady in the preseason, and he re-injures his knee, I will be out for blood.
If the Patriots play Tom F-ing Brady in the preseason, he doesn't get hurt, and then shows up at Week One looking like we all hope he will, then I will be as happy as, well, the kitten purring in my lap right now.
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The new Nissan X-Trail looks set to be introduced at the Frankfurt Motor Show later this month, following a teaser shot released by Nissan.
We've previously heard rumours that the X-Trail would debut in Frankfurt and this production-ready-looking headlight teaser has all but confirmed it. It clearly borrows inspiration from the Hi-Cross concept that was seen at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show, featuring the same LED light signature and a chromed 'U' in the centre of the grille holding the Nissan badge.
Nissan has previously told us that the X-Trail will use the same platform as the next-generation Qashqai. Shared with alliance partner Renault, it's called the Common Modular Family platform and it'll underpin 11 future Renaults including the Espace, the Scenic and Laguna.
The X-Trail is predicted to be a seven-seater, which will allow Nissan to discontinue the Qashqai+2 model and use the X-Trail as its replacement. Nissan will also be hoping to make it less rugged and with more of an on-road bias in an attempt to attract more sales.
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Accused killer was released from jail on `good time'
Published: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 at 6:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, November 26, 2001 at 11:00 p.m.
THIBODAUX - Police investigators have released no more information on the death of Nancy Cooley of Choctaw, but court records in Iberia Parish show her accused killer served barely half of a 40-year sentence for kidnapping and rape before being released less than two weeks ago.
Richard Badeaux was 21 in August 1978 when he was convicted of two counts of forcible rape and two counts of simple kidnapping, court records show.
He was sentenced to 40 years on each of the rape charges and five years each on the kidnapping charges, with all four sentences to run concurrently, said Brenda Moore with the Iberia Parish Clerk of Court's Office.
Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office officials and various media reports have stated Badeaux was also convicted of attempted murder around that time.
But Moore said she could not find that information in Badeaux's files. The original police reports detailing the charges and the specifics of his crimes were also unavailable this morning.
Louisiana Department of Corrections files show, however, that Badeaux, now 44, was released Nov. 14 from Hunt Correctional Facility in Baton Rouge, 12 days before the woman who befriended him while he was in prison was brutally killed.
Corrections officials said Badeaux was released from prison on "good time," but no further details of his parole were immediately available.
Inmates who avoid incident and demonstrate good behavior while in prison are sometimes allowed to cut their time behind bars.
Badeaux parole officer, Stanley Rankins with the Thibodaux district Office of Probation and Parole, could not be reached for comment.
Lafourche Parish Sheriff Craig Webre said Cooley, 36, began writing to Badeaux several months ago and developed a relationship with him. They exchanged letters and Badeaux sent Cooley at least one picture of himself taken in prison, with an inscription on the back reading, "I love you so. Boo."
When Badeaux was granted parole, Cooley reportedly picked him up at the prison and allowed him to live with her and her 12-year-old daughter in their small motor home on Choctaw Road. Cooley's family, who reportedly did not approve of Badeaux moving in, told investigators everything seemed fine in the brief time they lived together.
That changed early Monday, when police received a 911 call from Cooley's neighbor and sister-in-law, Christine Guidry.
Cooley's daughter ran to Guidry's house for help sometime around 2 a.m. after Badeaux reportedly grabbed her by the hair and tried to hurt her. When the girl escaped, he fled on foot.
A sheriff's deputy found Badeaux a short time later walking barefoot about 2 miles away from the motor home. He told the deputy he and Cooley got into a fight and that she might be dead. The deputy took him back to their camper, where she found Cooley's body. Badeaux, who was found with several prescription bottles in his pocket, then passed out.
Deputies took Badeaux to Thibodaux Regional Medical Center, where he was treated for a potential drug overdose. Sheriff's Office spokesman Larry Weidel said it wasn't certain what drugs, if any, he ingested.
Badeaux remained at Thibodaux Regional Medical Center under guard this morning. Weidel said he is expected to be released from the hospital sometime today and will be charged in Cooley's death.
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As I looked at my neighbor's 15-pumpkin outdoor arrangement two weeks ago, I thought about a couple of things. I thought about how well the miniature pumpkins complemented the larger pumpkins. Then I thought about how that was 15 pumpkins more than I had on my porch, which conjured images of trick-or-treaters avoiding my dark doorstep and calling me "old-woman Bryant" or simply "that oldster."
I don't care for Halloween, which has become the parade marshal of holidays, leading us from Thanksgiving through St. Patrick's Day. But it's just un-American to not celebrate. Not joining in would be like not celebrating our culture's embrace of commercialism or love for fried foods.
To get on board and avoid any inquiries of the House Un-American Activities Committee, I recommend the following costumes for Halloween underachievers:
1. The Log Lady. If you find yourself asking the true meaning behind creamed corn or any question having to do with owls, this is the costume for you! This classic from David Lynch's "Twin Peaks" doesn't mean you have to don thick glasses or a frumpy getup. Just find a log and carry that log with conviction, and even Laura Palmer will be proud to call you Log Lady.
2. Tea Party Member. Carry a teacup, preferably non-breakable. Occasionally complain loudly about how no one follows the Constitution any more.
3. Don Draper. Wear a suit, act smug and drink your weight in fashionable cocktails or, for simplicity's sake, whiskey.
4. The Time Warp. If your closet is as deep as mine, you likely have some relics of by-gone days. Dressing like you're from another time and place is a time-honored Halloween copout. Popular time periods are the 50s, 70s, 80s and the Iron Curtain. (Just fooling around, that last one is more of a Scarlett O'Hara gig.)
5. The Wild Card. Sometimes, people go for obscure fictional or historical characters that might not be as prominent on folks' radar as, say, Marilyn Monroe or Heisenberg. This is a costume that involves some embellishment (i.e. lying). I encourage wearing something you usually wouldn't wear, such as spats and a straw hat, while carrying a bowling ball. Make up a name and a story to go with that name. When people tell you they have never heard of that person, scoff and walk away without explanation.
There you have it. I wish you great luck in all your Halloween endeavors. Make it a fun and safe pseudo-holiday!


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Bearsuit, Cat Spectacular! (Microindie) Rating: 6
What we have here is a band that gets by on copious amounts of quirk. Bearsuit is a six-piece out of the UK that combines the lo-fi aesthetic of the indiest of independent rock with the anything-goes oddness of the outer fringes of J-pop, an influence illustrated in song titles like "Cookie Oh Jesus" and "Itsuko Got Married". The disc begins on a majestic note in a non-traditional 5/4 time signature, as washes of noise threaten to destroy some really pretty melodies from xylophones and some sort of unidentifiable wind instruments in the appropriately titled "Welcome Bearsuit Spacehotel". Other highlights include the dancepunk-turned-Atari anthem "Rodent Disco" and "Kiki Keep Me Company", which alternates passages plaintive alternating male/female vocals in a pop song played three times faster than originally intended with the math-rock inspired idea of playing measures of one, two, three, and then four beats. Got all that? Quick, frantic, and always in grave danger of falling apart, Cat Spectacular! is an oddly engrossing half-hour of power that somehow feels like it's at least twice that long.
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Overkill, ReliXIV (Spitfire) Rating: 4
Part of the original New York thrash metal underground twenty years ago, Overkill, along with Anthrax, Nuclear Assault, M.O.D., Carnivore, and Biohazard, helped usher in a strong blue-collar quality to the then-burgeoning sound. In contrast to the ambition of Metallica and Megadeth, and Slayer's pure speed, the New York bands focused on huge, crunchy chords and chugging rhythms; this was metal for moshers, pure and simple. While only Anthrax managed commercial success, Overkill never matched their peers' album sales, but they remain undeterred, and now fourteen albums and 21 years later, they're still going strong. Led by vocalist Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth and bassist D.D. Verni, the band has remained true to its metal roots all this time, and their newest, ReliXIV, is more of the same reliable, old-school thrash. It's not a bad thing, as this band does it as well as anyone, but it's not a great thing, either, as the recycled riffs do tend to get tiresome after half an hour. There are several tracks that will perk up listeners' ears, such as the ferocious "A Pound of Flesh", the grooving "Keeper", and the opening cut "Within Your Eyes", all highlighted by the distinctive growl of Ellsworth (who has always sounded like the legendary Udo Dirkschneider), but too many of the songs bleed into one another, making it a challenge for a casual listener to care. Although the fun sing-along tribute to metal's halcyon days in "Old School" props up the album's sagging second half, this remains a CD for fans only. New listeners would be better off seeking out 1987's Under the Influence and 1991's Horrorscope.
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Mashlin, Pushing Through the Seasons (One Eleven) Rating: 6
This Orlando quartet has that melodic hue circling their songs, but too often a song like "The Shore" has the oft-repeated whine-tinted vocals that bands like Simple Plan have taken to the bank. "Arrive Like a Thief" is decent but really doesn't go anywhere, mired in an almost Mercury Rev kind of self-important bombast. The better moments come during the winding rock of "Autumn" but the piano-driven "66 Books of Cleansing" tries too hard to be too dreamy. It's a highlight but could be improved on but they strike paydirt with the Smashing Pumpkins-ish "Violet" which brings to mind "Disarm". Unfortunately this leads into one of the low points, a routine and directionless "Cold Kiss of a Liar" which tries to find something to base itself around but comes up empty handed. "Letter to a Mentor" wraps this album up. It has some good points, but generally it's not an album that will grow on you with repeated listens.
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Audio Fiction, Songs in the Key of Orange Alert [EP] (self-released) Rating: 3
New York City's retro-leaning Audio Fiction cleverly named its debut EP after its city's terror alert system. The only song on Songs in the Key of Orange Alert to directly reference their hometown's beefed-up paranoia, however, is the lead-off "Tick Tock", which draws more attention for copping the riff from Pat Benetar's "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" than for delivering its desired anti-war sentiment. The competent, if rudimentary, band relies heavily on lead singer Mimi Ferraro to carry the weight of the EP; while she throws herself beyond the gangbuster vocal performances, her voice -- which resonates shrilly like Debbie Harry performing in a high school musical -- simply can't shoulder such a burden. When the band slows down its breezy guitar pop on a song like the introspective, bluesy "Impenetrable", it exposes itself as a group of players that are merely there to get an unexciting job done. Like a host of other NYC bands, Audio Fiction's version of the future involves a piercing gaze into the past; but unlike some of its better-known contemporaries, say Interpol or the Strokes, it's still searching for an incontestable way to deliver its sermon as gospel.
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Toni Braxton, Un-break My Heart: The Remix Collection (LaFace/Legacy) Rating: 4
The club remix is an interesting phenomenon, with its ability to take the slowest, most cloying ballads and turn them into high-energy dance floor sweat-fests, sort of like Hillary Duff doing porn. Toni Braxton seems to be a perfect choice for the club mix, however. The sultry balladeer diva ("diva" having become a catch-all for any woman who's ever sung a ballad) seems to have regressed in age from the mature R&B and adult contemporary crooner who first emerged on "Love Shoulda Brought You Home" to the scantily clad vixen of recent years (see also Mariah Carey). What more logical place is there to go next than the even younger-skewing club scene?
The layperson might not realize that Braxton had several underground club hits in the '90s and the early 21st century. Then again, the layperson might not be the target audience for this album. Even the club kid fan base of Un-break My Heart, however, may not appreciate that the tracks included here aren't the full-length remixes. Plus, both the club kids and the more mainstream Braxton fans may want more than a mere seven songs spread over 10 tracks (three remixed two times each). Why not "Breathe Again", "Another Sad Love Song", or "Let It Flow"? Perhaps it's because this is a compilation of older, mostly previously released (granted, some as promos only) remixes rather than a case where the remixers were brought together to encapsulate Braxton's career.
The remixers themselves are top-notch, including three of the four winners of the now-defunct Remixer of the Year Grammy: Frankie Knuckles, David Morales, and Hex Hector. The pulsating dance beats are, of course, nonstop and unavoidably fun (though they're so typical of the genre that to some listeners, they will suffer from the "it all sounds alike" syndrome that afflicts genres like reggae and Flemish goat-herding chants). The club sound works best on tracks like Knuckles' "Un-break My Heart" and Joe Clausell's "Spanish Guitar", where the music doesn't overpower the vocals (as it does on Peter Rauhofer's "He Wasn't Man Enough") and the vocals aren't sped up to match the beat (as on Morales' "You're Makin' Me High"). Club fans should find this set adequate but unspectacular, while Braxton fans may not be prepared to find it at all.
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How to claim the 2016 Spring Symposium PDU's (8) ?
Here's how to claim 8 PDUs for the 2016 PMI-CV Spring Symposium:
1. Log In to www.pmi.org
2. Go to the first tab - MyPMI tab
3. If not there yet … Select Dashboard tab under myPMI tab
4. Within the Dashboard page on the right you will see "Certification Status" section … in
this section select "Report PDUs"5.
5. Select "Course or Training "category
6. For provider, enter "C109" and click on "PMI Champlain Valley, VT Chapter"
7. For Activity, enter the 2016 PMICV Spring Symposium ID# "C109-20160408"
8. Enter April 8 2016 for the date started and sate completed
9. Select the following number of PDU out of the 3 categories : 5 for Leadership, 2 for
Technical and 1 for Strategic & Business.
10. Agree and submit
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- Go to http://www.pmi.org/
- Log in
- Click on myPMI on the drop down menu
- Look for "Certification Status – earn and report PDUs" located on the right hand side
- Click on Report PDU
- Select "Organization Meeting"
- In the Organization/Host ID field, enter C109 and click on PMI Champlain Valley Chapter
- In the Title field, put a description like "January Dinner Meeting"
- Select the number of PDU out of the 3 categories based on the meeting information supplied by the PMICV event (Leadership and/or Technical and/or Strategic)
- Click that you agree this claim is accurate.
- Click "Submit"
- Look for email confirmation.


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Greek Salad With Avocado
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Prep 5 mins
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Creamy avocado adds a really nice touch to all the tanginess found in traditional Greek salads. I make this using Marinated Tofu - (In the Style of Feta Cheese) for the feta cheese. Inspired from a recipe I saw on Chuck's Day Off (Cooking Channel)
Ingredients Nutrition
- 2 large tomatoes, cubed
- 2 lebanese cucumbers, cubed
- 1 red onion, thinly sliced
- 1 cup kalamata olive, pitted and halved
- 1 avocado, halved, pitted, peeled and cubed
- 4 cups romaine lettuce
- 1⁄2 cup fresh dill, finely chopped (oregano is nice too)
- 1⁄4 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1 teaspoon red wine vinegar
- 1 lemon, juiced
- 1 cup tofu, crumbled, marinated in the style of feta cheese (Marinated Tofu - (In the Style of Feta Cheese))
- Mix the tomatoes, cucumbers, red onion, olives, avocado and lettuce in a large bowl with the dill, olive oil, red wine vinegar, and lemon juice.
- Add salt and pepper to taste, toss.
- Top with marinated tofu feta (recipe #448742).
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I enjoyed this salad with the Marinated Tofu - (In the Style of Feta Cheese). I used regular cucumber and scaled the recipe down for one. I did add a pinch of sugar to the dressing. Yum, thanks! Made for Vegetarian Swap-Oct. 2011.


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Prime Minister Julia Gillard warns of Tony Abbott's vision for the future as thousands attend Labour Day march in Brisbane
- From: The Courier-Mail
- May 05, 2013
PRIME Minister Julia Gillard has warned against allowing "Tony Abbott's vision of the future to come true" at a Labour Day march in Brisbane.
While Ms Gillard - who entered the RNA Showgrounds to chants of "Julia" and the song "Love will keep us together" - was seemingly preaching to the faithful, not everyone shared the spirit of unity.
A small fracas erupted between representatives of the Socialist Alternative and other union members after they began chanting during her speech.
Ms Gillard slammed proposed cutbacks in her speech.
"I am offended by what you're having to put up with in this state," she told the crowd.
She said the upcoming Federal election would be a choice "between two visions of the future" while taking aim at the recently released Costello Commission of Audit Report.
Ms Gillard pointed to the proposed education reforms, National Broadband Network and National Disability Insurance Scheme as key policies demonstrating what she described as her party's focus on future-building.
"Just like Labor governments of the past, we are building for the future," she said.
Afterwards, as the Prime Minister wound her way through the tents, stopping to take dozens of photos with punters, a handful of attendees took the opportunity to voice their anger.
"How much more of our money are you going to spend?" shouted one.
Another yelled: "Stop cutting funding to universities."
The Queensland Council of Unions said 25,000 to 30,000 people attended the march in Brisbane, which lasted about 45 minutes.
AMWU State Secretary Rohan Webb declared it a "huge day".
"Reports are already coming in that numbers are up, including from up in North Queensland," he said.
"Workers are concerned with the government and I think that has a lot to do with it."
The Labour Day public holiday has been moved to October.
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this may seem like a stupid question, but it is stumping me nontheless. I'm sure that the answer is something small. I think it's just one of those situations where I have been looking at the code for too long.
I am trying to compare two PHP variables to see if they are the same. As you can see below, I am comparing
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Texas Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott told residents they can "drive around" their neighborhoods and ask about dangerous chemicals warehouses after limiting disclosure laws.
Texas Democratic candidate for governor Wendy Davis has fought for local oversight for industry. Texas State Attorney General and Republican candidate for governor Greg Abbott has sued the EPA 17 times.
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Summers Predicts Job Growth
WASHINGTON — A top Obama economic adviser predicted that the U.S. labor market would continue to grow and create jobs, marking a turn in the economy, but warned that there was still "a long way to go."
"The process of job creation has started," Lawrence Summers, director of the White House's National Economic Council, said on ABC's "This Week" on Sunday. "We expect it will accelerate."
He and Christina Romer, another top Obama economic adviser, took to the airwaves two days after the issuance of a key government report on unemployment in the U.S. The Labor Department data said joblessness held steady at 9.7% in March, and that nonfarm payrolls rose by 162,000 jobs, the biggest increase in three years.
The country's high jobless rate has emerged as a key issue among voters ahead of midterm elections in November, with Republicans criticizing Democrats for failing to spur greater job growth.
Ms. Romer, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, said on NBC's "Meet the Press" that the Labor Department report showed "good, solid employment growth." "I think we will be creating a lot of jobs," she said.
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With the high jobless rate, many Americans are reluctant to spend heavily, a trend that is hampering the economy's recovery from recession.
Mr. Summers on Sunday said the administration has been striving to help the unemployed through domestic initiatives such as extension of unemployment insurance and proposed tax incentives for small business, as well as diplomatic efforts to expand U.S. exports abroad. He urged lawmakers to move on some of those initiatives that have been held up in Congress, such as an extension of unemployment insurance.
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Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, appearing on "This Week," agreed that economic momentum was starting to build up. "Te momentum is very clearly there, and I doubt very much that we're going to run out of that momentum until very late in the year."
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O's Thai Cafe
In lively North London, O's Thai Cafe blends eastern tradition and a modern vibe. A light, bright dining room features backstreet cafe-style bench seating and strokes of rainbow colours.

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Avoid, simply terrible. Vegetarian pad thai tasted like a pot noodle mixed with ketchup, I will be fair in my analysis, they did after all put in two shreds of carrot and have a pile of salt nuts and chilly powder to the side, so it was like an upgraded pot noodle. The expresso however was served in a full sized coffee cup; outrageous. What ever happened to this restaurant it used to be...more
My recent holiday in Thailand has perhaps coloured the culinary prowess of this establishment. The ingredients were all wrong and the service wasn't up to scratch for a rather quiet evening. Harrumph!!
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I would really like to start taking advantage of the query.log we are keeping on our caching name servers. I go through it by hand on occasion looking for anomalies or customers going crazy with heartbeat/keep alive lookups. There is so much info in this file and I'd like to be able to process it and graph it to show things like top domain lookups, top users of our DNS based on our IP ranges. Pretty charts and graphs for executives would be nice ;) We are already doing graphs on queries per second and a few others using bindgraph but I'd like more.
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Every day this year, I will be examining the first pages of random comics. Today's page is from New Warriors Annual #1, which was published by Marvel and is cover dated July 1991. Enjoy!
The question is not whether Fabian Nicieza and Mark Bagley (ably abetted by Jeff Albrect on inks, Tom Vincent on colors, and Chris Eliopoulos on letters) give us a good first page of New Warriors Annual #1, but what in the hell I'm doing owning it. Well, this was back when Marvel released a few annuals (usually 4, if I remember correctly, but I could be wrong) that told one big story, and in 1991, the New Warriors one tied into the X-books (this one is continued from the X-Force annual and is continued in the X-Men one), and as I was reading the X-books, I bought this. Don't look at me that way!
So this story begins with a double-page spread, and I apologize for its tininess – it can't fit any other way! Nicieza does one of those old-school "scorecards" in the top panel, with each character getting a name. Remember when comic book companies actually wanted readers to know what the characters were called? Good times! Along the bottom we get the beginning of the story proper – the top panel continues from the previous annual, but it's really just a way to introduce every character. In the bottom right, Nicieza points out that the situation is "Mount St. Helens three seconds before it erupted." Here's a funny story – when I lived in Portland, I once drove for a courier service. One day I was driving out in Gresham/East Portland area, and I happened to look to the north. It's almost directly south of Mount St. Helens, which you can easily see from the city. Great plumes of white smoke were rising from the mountain. I had a radio (we were always in contact with our dispatcher), so I called in and asked if Mount St. Helens was erupting again. It turns out that the forest service (I think) was clearing the trees by, you know, burning them. So no harm, no foul, but it was pretty freaky seeing smoke rising from a volcano that erupted less than 15 years earlier. Mount St. Helens is pretty cool to visit – make sure to take a trip up there the next time you're in the Northwest!
So where was I? Oh, yeah, Cable. Nicieza's dialogue might be a bit awkward, but that's because this was still back when comic book writers attempted to get readers up to speed by using expository dialogue. Therefore, Cable tells Domino to run a check on the New Warriors and find out what they're up to, Domino reminds us that Cable is a loose cannon, Cable proves that he's a loose cannon, and, just like other writers did with a certain squat Canadian, Nicieza drops in hints that Cable knows everyone in the Marvel Universe even though no reader had ever seen him before (in this case, he knows Chord from 1973 – yes, Nicieza actually gives us a date later on in the book). So we learn quite a bit from this opening "page."
A lot of people – your humble author included – have bashed a certain R. Liefeld because he's never gotten any better, but let's be honest – a lot of artists don't once they reach a certain style, and Mark Bagley certainly falls into that category. Albrect's inks are a bit thinner than other inkers Bagley has worked with recently, and Vincent probably isn't coloring this digitally, which tends to add some heft to Bagley's lightweight line (I don't think that's pejorative, but you may think otherwise), so this is a bit lighter than we've seen from Bagley recently, but it still wouldn't look out of place in a 2012 Bagley comic. Anyway, Bagley does a nice job with the big quasi-splash, as we can clearly see the characters and they're in a good relationship to one another. Yes, it's somewhat ridiculous, but it's not too wacky. The flyers are flying, and Bagley makes it clear that someone like Feral isn't flying, but jumping. Perhaps Shatterstar is a bit high in the air, but maybe he's just really good at jumping (he does say "Za's Vid!" in this comic, which Peter David really needs to bring back). We may miss the caption box waaaaay down in the bottom right corner, which might be better if it had been switched with the credits box, but that's the way they chose to design the splash. Along the bottom, Bagley leads us nicely across the row. Cable tilts to the left, but his second speech balloon leads us to Panel 3, where the helicopter nudges us to the speech balloons, which lead us to Panel 4. Domino is "looking" at Cable in Panel 5, and Cable is firing his giant-ass gun off-panel and toward Page 3. Bagley's issues with faces are the same today as they were 20 years ago – he draws weirdly defined lips (and the colorist never colors them differently, it seems), so they fade into the rest of the face. Unlike our pal Mr. Liefeld, Bagley actually draws lips, but they're so weak he might as well not. I can't remember why Cable's eye lights up (I'm sure someone can enlighten me – ha! I kill me), but it's only blazing when Cable's firing his giant-ass gun. Maybe it shows when he's aroused?
This is a fairly typical late 1980s/early 1990s story, so there's lots of fighting and awful costumes, but it's largely inoffensive (it involves the resurrection of Proteus, by the way). It does feature a Bagley cover inked by Mike Mignola, which is as odd as you might expect. Nicieza and Bagley do a pretty decent job getting us into the story, so that's about all we can ask of them!
I know you're just biding your time before you send me an e-mail about which first page you want me to feature in October! You don't need to, though – just fire away! My e-mail address is email@example.com. Be a part of the fun!
Next: An early work from a now-popular writer (well, early in that it was before he "hit it big," but it's only two years old). What can it be? You can't find it in the archives, but you can find a lot of other stuff!
Man, that "Kings of Pain" story just wasn't very good, ultimately.
I was always a big fan of Domino's receding hairline.
Dont be too hard on yourself Greg..
I always like a story written by nicieza .. there s allways something old school in it.. not revolutionary stories , but good , solid stories. (Strongness of stories depends also on the editor he works with..and what he can or cant do .. )
Bagley always had that "fresh" style (strikeforce morituri , nightmask … ) always put him in the same venue has Ditko.;with a style he found real early on..and never change from .
King of pain isnt the best of the stories done in those annuals.. (the second feature with the dismemberement of freedom force is more interesting ) but no author couldhave done womething good with that story.
THIS is what I like the most about Bagley's style–it looks like something that could be animated for tv, it's just so perfect for that medium.
"Nicieza drops in hints that Cable knows everyone in the Marvel Universe even though no reader had ever seen him before (in this case, he knows Chord from 1973 – yes, Nicieza actually gives us a date later on in the book). So we learn quite a bit from this opening "page." "
This is the #1 reason I never liked Cable. Shoehorned-in 'history' drives me NUTS.
And X-Force never looked better back then than they did in this issue! Believeable anatomical proportions anyone? Not to mention that Bagley's 'NW' work was amazing.
Cable's eye lighting up is supposed to show he's using his telekinesis or something; I don't think it's ever been properly explained. it sometimes lights up for no reason, but you could chalk that up to him treating his techno organic virus I guess. Of course, originally Cable wasn't telekinetic and was in fact supposed to be Cannonball from the future, so who knows what the eye glow would have been then.
Argh. Strikeforce Morituri. It may well earn the title of worst book I ever glimpsed. Rarely has a book even aimed to be so completely rotten at all levels. Well, the penciling and inking were quite serviceable, but the writing and concept hurt.
Luis – I've only heard GREAT things about Morituri. People are clamouring for an OHC of the series, and a revival.
In the 80's, I remember becoming somewhat disillusioned with most comics because major characters can never die (or die for long). Strikeforce: Morituri was a welcome respite from that conceit.
Strikeforce: morituri has 2 periods
1st = 1 to 20 , Peter Gillis with Brent Anderson (aided by debutants Scott williams on inks and Whilce portaccio on pencils fort he fill ins )
then 21 to finish in 31 , written by James Hudnall , and penciled by many artists, till bagley come on board as of 25 or 26 (21 by huw thomas inked by Tony de Zuniga is just awful ..then calimee )
Some times later , hudnall and bagley did a revival in bookshelf (4 or 5 issues) named Electric undertow.
The first series is about creating humans that can confront 'the Horde' , and finish in issue 20 by a signal that could bring hope.
21 – 24/25 follow straight from 20, and brings us a final generation of morituris and conclusation to 'The Horde' attacking earth
26 – 3 1+ electric undertow is more politacay oriented.
1-20 is a serie, 21 + is another entirely , not bad.. but definitively not the same taste than the first 20 issues.
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Good posts.
Being past your state/fed SOL only relives your from the threat of an enforceable lawsuit for collection.
If you borrowed $1000 from me, and did not repay it, expiration of the legal SOL would not quench my distaste.
Creditors are usually corporations, so it is a bit easier in the mind of some to stiff them.
But a debt owed is a debt owed. Having it remain in your CR is only right, even if they can no longer legally collect.
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Zombie Apocalypse: Never Die Alone Pure Pwnage Pack - Has a Long Title, is Out Now
Written Wednesday, November 30, 2011 By Lee BradleyView author's profile
Konami's Zombie Apocalypse: Never Die Alone DLC, the 'Pure Pwnage Pack,' is out now on XBL.
Adding a new location in the form of an underground military base, the DLC also offers new test weapons, toxic waste, and plenty more zombies to eviscerate. You can also get reacquainted with characters from the original Zombie Apocalypse game, and get stuck into a 'Pure Pwnage' mode featuring Doug and Jeremy from the web series on which the XBLA title is based.
Zombie Apocalypse: Never Die Alone Pure Pwnage Pack costs 400 MSP and is out now.