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OKLAHOM CITY, OK -- The No. 4-seed Texas A&M softball team will begin its trip through the 2007 Women's College World Series with a 6 p.m. game against the No. 5-seed Tennessee Lady Volunteers on Thursday at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City.
The game will be televised nationally on ESPNHD. Fans can listen to A&M's WCWS games live and free of charge on AggieAthletics.com through the new Aggies All-Access. The games will also be aired locally in Bryan/College Station on Sports Radio 1150 The Zone.
"We are very excited to be here, of course, like all of the teams and this has been a goal of ours all season," A&M head coach Jo Evans said. "This is certainly a place we expected to be. Our team has had a very good season and has been consistent throughout the year and we have played many of the best teams in the country. So we are happy to be here and excited about making a run at the title."
The Aggies are making their sixth trip to the WCWS, their first to the Oklahoma City site. A&M moves on to face Tennessee after taking a 2-1 series from the Florida Gators last weekend in College Station.
Texas A&M is powered by junior All-Americans Megan Gibson and Amanda Scarborough. Not only does the duo provide the pitching for the Aggies, they have also combined for 86 of the team's 256 RBIs and 19 of the team's 42 homeruns.
Tennessee advanced to the WCWS for the third consecutive time after eliminating Hawaii in the Knoxville Super Regional. In each of their last two trips to Oklahoma City, the Lady Vols have finished third nationally. They are led by USA Softball National Collegiate Player of the Year Monica Abbott. The senior pitcher from Salinas, Calif. is 46-3 and has a .65 ERA in 314.1 innings.
The winner of the Lady Vol/Aggie match-up will face the winner of the Arizona/Baylor game on Friday at 8 p.m. (CDT) on ESPN2HD. The losing teams will meet on Saturday at 1 p.m. (CDT) on ESPNHD.


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Go one you hatters!
Nice to see the scum get off to a flying start in the fizzy pop league. How long before harry quits???
I think Pompey will have a good season, lets hope we get Southampton at fratton in the cup!Sort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
At least we were in the top flight for 27 years which was one of the longest reigns, the skates were in the "fizzy pop league" a little bit longer than that. We wont be playing you next season 'cause pompey will be back down and The Saints will be promoted.
How do you feel now asss hole?
Why do asshole Pompy fans have to keep on about Saints? Is it they are still jealous?
Oh and well done Spurs.
We will see you as we pass on our why up and your way down.

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Sen. Lisa Murkowski says she saw it coming, even before the public scolding last weekend at Alaska's Iditarod dog sled race. Siding with Republican leaders on a contentious contraceptives vote was a mistake.
A moderate in an era of paralyzing partisanship, Murkowski, 54, may be a natural heir to the centrist role played by retiring Maine Sen. Olympia Snowe at a time when their party is hurting for female leaders.
Murkowski voted in favor of an amendment by Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., to overturn President Barack Obama's order that health insurance cover the cost of contraceptives even if providers object on religious grounds. She was backpedaling within days.
Before the weekend was out, Murkowski told the Anchorage Daily News that she regretted her vote.
"I knew going into it that there was conflict there," Murkowski said in a telephone interview this past week. When she got home to Alaska, she knew. "I think I made a mistake."
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Just another RINO idiot....I lost interest in her version of reality a long time ago
Murkowski is a horribly conflicted person ~ probably not fit to pursue public office to say nothing of holding it. Her father was a corrupt politician, and she tolerated electoral mischief to send her back to Washington.
I despise this woman.
I wish she'd go over to her side and stop pretending to be a Republican. She's a commie. It's got to be the cold and snow that makes women like Murkowski and Snowe ice cold human beings with no respect for human life. Murkowski gives Republicans a bad name. It's time for her to join her comrades on the left.
No, a majority of Alaska voters made a mistake.
a few people yell at her and she cowers...what a horrible way to go through life
Hollow as a Halloween jack'o'lantern.
No core principles nor core values. Just empty.
A worthy inheritor of The Corrupt Bastards Club, which her father and his associates used to run.
Sarah flushed them all out, and some went to jail, but the GOP Establishment has now succeeded in reviving their organization.
Evidently, one of her friends must have asked her, "Why did you vote against taxpayer funding for baby killing?" Then she slapped her forehead and replied, "Of course! What was I thinking! Kill them all, and make those snotty Christians pay for it!"
The RINOs made sure she got elected. When she was defeated in the primary by a Tea Party candidate the RINOs pulled all kinds of shenanigans to get her elected.
Another MSM-loving RINO. I wish that Daddy's Little Girl had been defeated.
Probably pretty accurate. She is an idiot.
You got that right.
But remember it was the Democrats who elected her, She hasn't forgotten that, That is whay she stated she made a mistake.
She needs to stop Playing Republican and join the Democrat party.
Maybe she wants to run for POTUS some day and since it is working for Romney....
Kinda says it all....doesn't it ?
This is such a stupid issue. It sets women back 50 years. Women have always had and STILL have access to birth control. What a stupid, contrived, manufactured issue this is.
I'd like to wake up one morning to read that she had perpetrated massive vote fraud to get where she is. Because the alternative is that there are enough loons out there who actually believe that she is somehow good for the party, good for Alaska, or good for the country.
She took one for the team.
Big oil dictates everything here in Alaska. All politicians are beholding to them, dem & repub alike. Just look at all the Repubs Palin sent off to the big house and all the others she sent into political obscurity.
Many ALaskans hate Murkowski, but the only recourse seems to be not voting Republican. Maybe she'll get caught up in some corruption herself and resign, the only way we will get rid of her. Or maybe we should all start voting for another party.
Funny thing is most Alaskans like Don Young, no matter how crooked he is. He's not a RINO though.
So yet another American woman puts the joy of promiscuity above the Constitution. What's new?
By a weird coincidence, the GOP regrets...
Thanks Oldeconomybuyer.
I regret that Alaska allows a write-in candidate after the filing deadline has passed.
She was. Then she cheated.
This idiot author speaks of partisanship as though it's a bad thing. The irony is that she describes partisanship as "paralyzing," which is exactly the desired result of partisanship. If Congress is paralyzed, doing absolutely nothing, our rights and wallets are somewhat safe, for the time being at least.
So, in a backward and upside-down way, she makes the point for partisanship, without intending to.
She was defeated but specials rules1!!!!!1 we had to defeat her twice. Where's a damn sore loser law when you need one.
I'll take her organizational vote for now but we gotta take her down for good next time. After going outside the party and having her already lousy voting record get even worse she has no place as a Republican, she's as bad as Snowe and Collins, way to make Kirk and Brown look like gold. I were a fellow Senator I'd "accidently" put gum in her hair.
What sickening congressional delegation from Alaska, to think that old hack Don "Young" is by far the best one. And their state Senate, tied, but even before that ruled by a unconscionable Rat/RINO coalition. It's a three party state. Someone needs to take out the trash.
A button with her face on it, worm around the croth area would make an excellent (and cost effective) birth control device.
Forget the gum, I'd throw a used baby wipe at her face.
Further proof that Sarah Palin was too good for Alaska.
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THIBODAUX — Though less than a month old, an oil-production curriculum at the Louisiana Technical College Lafourche Campus in Thibodaux is already gaining interest from the community and industry, administrators said.
The program teaches students about the technology involved in the oil-production process, such as how to safely operate the machinery used on oil rigs. Lead instructor Dean Bourgeois said the program will benefit both graduates and their future employers.
"[Oil companies are] ready to hire right out of the classroom. It gets rid of 'shadow time,'" he said, referring to special supervision of newly hired staff. "That reduces the company's cost."
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It was begun with $350,000 in seed money donated in October 2009 by Chevron. Since then, campus administrators said they have been working to develop a curriculum and begin classes. Bourgeois said the program will give students a two-year associate's degree, but the curriculum is not yet finished.
In late January, the school also received a glycol separator and tower and water separator from Shell. Both machines remove from water from gas and crude oil removed from the ground. And Bourgeois said the Exterran shop in Broussard also committed to donating more equipment.
One of the program's unique features is a panel that Bourgeois installed into one of the school's buildings which simulates an offshore safety system. It is a system of valves, cut-offs and switches that can reproduce "just about every safety system shut-down in the industry."
"They can learn what each device does, how it operates, how it protects the individuals and the environment," Bourgeois said.
Vincent Adams is a 21-year-old student in the program. A Thibodaux native, Adams worked for two years at LOOP, the offshore oil port that unloads supertankers. He said he got involved in the technical college's program because he became interested in the jobs done by offshore operators.
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This box is located in Blendon Woods Metro Park. From I-270, take the SR161 exit. Take the Little Turtle Way exit. There are signs directing you to the park.
Once in the park, follow the road to the Nature Center. There's a large parking lot for the Nature Center. Park towards the back as that's where the trail is.
You'll be taking the Goldenrod Trail heading south. This is the only pet trail in the park. Be sure to take bags with you to clean up after your pet. If you forget, there are some provided at the entrance to the trail and there are several trash cans along the way. The trail goes about 100ft. before it intersects with another trail going east-west. You want to go left (east). The trail soon winds around and you'll be heading south again. Soon, you'll come upon a bench. This is a great place this time of year to sit and watch the birds in the field. In the spring/summer, the field is filled with tall grasses and wild flowers. Continue past the bench. Not much further, another trail will be to your right with a signpost to your left with an arrow on it pointing forward. The Goldenrod Trail is made up of two loop trails. If you were to continue forward, you'd come upon another loop trail. I recommend taking it with your dog. For now, though, take the trail to your right. You'll soon come upon another bench to your left. Stand behind this bench with your back to the trail. You'll be facing south again. Take 25 paces (I'm short, so keep that in mind!) and you'll come to a dead tree. Follow this tree to it's root end. This tree is resting on top of another tree. Facing east, look in the hollowed out end of the bottom tree to find what you're looking for.
Please make sure to cover it back up with leaves! Please email me to let me know you found it and the condition of the box.


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I ordered it because I have had it before. It is a lightly sweet white wine. It is very tasty lightly chilled. I will buy it again. I also appreciate the ease in ordering and the quick delivery, though I was in no hurry. Thank you for the convenience.
Wine Maker Notes
Blended from several varietals grown in the "classico" zone of Orvieto DOC, Orvieto is Umbria's most famous blend. This wine is fermented and aged in stainless steel, creating a soft, fresh, balanced flavor with an aftertaste of ripe fruit. Ample aromas of wild flowers, honey, and musk are complemented by hints of bitter almonds. Bigi Orvieto Classico Amabile pairs well with biscuits and fruit tarts, as well as fish and shellfish prepared with sauces.


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Make a movie out of this (we dare you)
Looking at YouTube the other day, where I spend much of my time, I came across something pretty interesting and fun.
In addition to getting ready to helm The Dark Tower, Ron Howard has set up a pretty cool contest, and here's the spiel...
This contest is called Project Imagin8ion, and Ron will be making a short film, and he wants the best 8 photos submitted to him to inspire it.
"These 8 winning photos will inspire the 8 movies themes for this film: setting, time, character, mood, relationship, goal, obstacle and the unknown."
So deciding to have some fun with this, I selected a couple of pictures online 'Net that would be funny to turn in as a joke, because I'm not taking this too seriously.
I just cruised the 'Net, picked up things that struck me as amusing to turn in, and they reflect my, ah, sensibilities, not to mention I'd pay to see how someone could turn this into a movie, even a short one.
Although, well, something tells me there's a kid in a basement somewhere with too much free time on his hands who could do just that.
And who knows? Maybe this will actually inspire something in a future Ron Howard film, you never know.
You can probably come up with some more hilarity for this as well.
I will certainly be very curious to see what they'll be receiving serious or funny, and knowing Hollywood, how somebody may not get the joke and let it run through.
Maybe this is how Mel Brooks could do a modern, cyber version of The Producers?


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Transocean Stock Sale Doesn't End Junk Threat: Corporate Finance
Transocean Ltd.'s decision to raise money through a share offering may fail to prevent the world's largest offshore driller from being downgraded to junk-bond status, according to rating-company analysts.
Transocean sold $2.5 billion of bonds and issued 29.9 million shares for $1.2 billion as it seeks to buy $1.7 billion in convertible bonds holders can redeem next month. The stock sale was spurred by a Nov. 9 Moody's Investors Service statement that the Vernier, Switzerland-based firm may lose its investment-grade debt rating because of rising costs and a pending 2012 trial over last year's Gulf of Mexico disaster, said Geoff Kieburtz, director of energy research at Weeden & Co.
Analysts at Moody's and Standard & Poor's aren't changing their rating or outlooks on the company based on the equity sale. Both companies rate Transocean at their lowest investment grades with "negative" outlooks.
"There are some positive things coming out of this but we don't necessarily think it's enough to move the rating or outlook from where they currently stand," Lawrence Wilkinson, a director at S&P in New York, said in a telephone interview. "It bolsters their liquidity and then it also has the potential to improve their leverage as well."
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Guy Cantwell, a Houston-based spokesman for Transocean, said it's against the company's policies to "comment on market discussions."
Transocean sold $1 billion of 5.05 percent, five-year notes, $1.2 billion of 6.375 percent, 10-year notes and $300 million of 7.35 percent 30-year senior unsecured debt, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
The coupons will increase 25 basis points for each level below investment-grade at S&P and Moody's, according to a person with knowledge of the transaction, who declined to be identified citing lack of authorization to speak publicly. The coupons will increase a maximum of 200 basis points, and the steps will fall away if the company reaches Baa1 by Moody's and BBB+ by S&P, the person said.
Transocean previously tapped the U.S. corporate bond market in September 2010, issuing $1.1 billion of 4.95 percent, five-year notes and $900 million of 6.5 percent, 10-year debt, Bloomberg data show. The 10-year notes today paid 430 basis points above similar-maturity Treasuries, compared with the 375 basis-point spread in last year's sale, the data show.
Proceeds from today's sale will be used to help buy the convertible debt, to refinance commercial paper and for general corporate purposes, the company said today in a statement distributed by Marketwire.
'Dark Cloud'
Potential liability from the fatal 2010 blowout and oil leak at the Macondo field in the Gulf is a "dark cloud" hanging over Transocean, and that the company needs to show stronger operating performance, according to Stuart Miller, a vice president and senior analyst at Moody's in New York.
While the equity increase will add liquidity, "it doesn't tell us what the company's going to look like at the end of 2012," Miller said.
Transocean priced 26 million new shares at $40.50 each, or 37.32 Swiss francs at an exchange rate of 0.9215 francs per dollar, the company said in a statement late yesterday. The offering, scheduled to close on Dec. 5, will net the company $1.008 billion, after underwriting discounts, offering expenses and Swiss taxes, according to the statement. Underwriters exercised a 30-day option to buy 3.9 million additional shares.
Maintaining investment-grade ratings may save Transocean $12.8 million in annual interest costs on every $1 billion in new debt. The average yield on Transocean's bonds prior to yesterday's announcement was 5.91 percent, compared with the average 7.19 percent on all BB rated bonds, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch index data.
Swaps Decline
Credit-default-swaps traders, who had pushed the cost of protection to levels indicating Transocean debt already was junk-rated, haven't returned it to investment-grade status, according to Moody's Corp.'s capital markets research group. Swaps have implied the bonds should have been Ba1-rated since Nov. 8.
The cost to protect Transocean debt from default dropped to the lowest level since Nov. 18, according to data provider CMA. Credit-default swaps tied to the company's bonds fell 42.7 basis points to 331.5 basis points yesterday, the data show. They would have to fall to 289 basis points to escape a perceived speculative rating.
Bond Prices
The share-sale announcement provided an immediate benefit to existing bondholders. Transocean's $900 million of 6.5 percent notes due in November 2020, rated Baa3 by Moody's and BBB- by S&P, rose 0.9 cent yesterday to 100.5 cents on the dollar to yield 6.42 percent, according to Trace, the bond-price reporting system of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.
The debt declined 1.1 cents today, to 99.4 cents on the dollar, for a yield of 6.58 percent, Trace data show. The increase in yield came as overall interest rates rose after the Federal Reserve and five other central banks agreed to cut the cost of dollar funding for European banks. The extra yield investors demanded to own the Transocean bonds instead of comparable-maturity Treasuries rose to 4.5 percentage points from 4.43 percentage points yesterday.
Credit swaps, which typically fall as investor confidence improves and rise as it deteriorates, pay the buyer face value if a borrower fails to meet its obligations, less the value of the defaulted debt. A basis point equals $1,000 annually on a contract protecting $10 million of debt.
'Taking a Hit'
The company's stock tumbled 9.4 percent yesterday to $41.63, the lowest price in seven years. The plunge surpassed the trough reached on June 9, 2010, amid an intensifying U.S. government probe into the disaster aboard a Transocean-owned rig at a BP Plc oil well. It recovered 2.9 percent today, rising to $42.85 amid a 4.3 percent rise in the S&P 500 index.
"Shareholders are taking a hit," Kieburtz said. "We're hard-pressed to get comfortable with this stock at this point."
Transocean has lost 53.4 percent of its market value since April 2010, when a surge of explosive gas from the Macondo well off the Louisiana coast killed 11 workers aboard the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig and triggered the worst-ever U.S. maritime oil spill. The company is facing tens of billions of dollars in potential claims and penalties related to the catastrophe's environmental and economic fallout.
Equipment Delays
"They have been open in the past year that the investment-grade rating is important to them, and so this is a move that puts their money where their mouth is, so to speak," said Brian Gibbons, a New York-based senior oil and gas analyst at CreditSights Inc. "This is a very favorable and unexpected development."
Transocean has been beset by delays in obtaining gear to meet tougher safety regulations that have idled rigs in shipyards longer than expected, boosting operating costs and contributing to a record third-quarter loss for the company, Kieburtz said yesterday in a telephone interview from Greenwich, Connecticut.
Manufacturing bottlenecks and shipyard delays continue to plague Transocean's fleet and will cost an estimated $160 million to $200 million during the current quarter, the company said in a prospectus for the equity sale.
"There are things the company can do that are within their control, which include reducing costs, selling assets, reducing discretionary capital expenditures, or reducing their dividend policy," Miller said. Those "are the major issues we've identified as quick fixes that are under their control."
Equity Dilution
The share sale will bloat outstanding shares by as much as 8.9 percent and dilute the equity by more than the $1 billion of dividends Transocean has promised for the 12-month period ending in February, said Todd Scholl, a Houston-based analyst at Clarkson Capital Markets LLC.
After spending $1.4 billion in cash for Norwegian rig owner Aker Drilling ASA last month, the company probably only had about $1.8 billion left available, just enough to cover the costs of repurchasing the convertible notes, Scholl said. The dilution of shares means the Aker transaction won't be accretive to earnings until sometime in 2013, he said, rather than immediately, as Transocean Chief Executive Officer Steven Newman predicted during a conference call with analysts when the deal was announced in August.
Maintain Dividend
"I'm surprised they went this route but it looks like they really wanted to protect their credit rating," Scholl said in a telephone interview. "It's definitely at the expense of the shareholders."
Morningstar Inc. analyst Stephen Ellis said the share sale is negative for equity investors, though it "should help preserve Transocean's investment-grade rating." The issuance also may aid the company in maintaining its 79-cent quarterly dividend, he wrote.
Transocean's board has authorized up to $2.5 billion in long-term financing "in the near future," according to the prospectus. The company expects to seek between $1 billion and $2 billion in one or more offerings, the proceeds of which will be used to cover any portion of the convertible notes repurchase not financed by the share issuance, as well as for general corporate expenses, the filing said.
The drilling company said in the prospectus that it's seeking waivers from holders of $600 million in assumed Aker debt that comes due on Dec. 30.
"They probably would have preferred to do a straight bond offering rather than an equity offering, but the market was neither readily available for that kind of an issue and I think they were also being responsive to the concerns of one or more of the rating agencies," said Philip Adams, a Chicago-based analyst at Gimme Credit LLC.


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PREVIEWS: "Daredevil," "Uncanny X-Men," & More Marvel Comics On Sale August 3, 2016
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Inside this episode! Reviews of the final issue of Joe Keatinge and Ross Campbell's groundbreaking Glory run from Image. A review of Polarity #1 – a new miniseries from Boom! by musician Max Bemis and Jorge Coelho. We talk about random comics news and Sue makes an impassioned plea for DC to pay attention to Lois Lane's 75th Anniversary – since she is celebrating along with Superman this year. We also interview badass superhero costume designer, cover artist, animator (and more!) Kris Anka! We've also got an open call for both future Chick of the Weeks you'd like to see, as well as your votes for some of the best comic book costumes around – both those that have stood the test of time, and which desperately need an update?
Here are the breaks:
Review of Glory #34 – 00:51
Review of Polarity #1 – 12:32
Random Comics Talk! – 21:35
Interview with Kris Anka! – 35:01
More Comics Talk! – 1:33:29
3 Chicks Review Comics is a podcast featuring female comics lovers and bloggers Sue from DC Women Kicking Ass and Kelly Thompson from She Has No Head! Tune in to CSBG every other Monday at noon as we review comics and discuss hot topics of the week. In addition to the blogs above, you can also follow us all on twitter as well: Kelly and Sue. Special thanks to Nik Furious for our awesome 3 Chicks theme song.
*As always beware of spoilers if you haven't read the books in question! Advance reviews are always spoiler-free!
As promised in the cast, here's a list of all the ladies, both characters and creators that we've featured thus far. Looking at the updated list, it's easy to see some creators that we have missed – I can't believe we haven't featured Kelly Sue DeConnick OR Fiona Staples. I guess we rave about them so much that I thought we'd already "chick of the week'd" them – clearly an oversight that needs to be rectified immediately!
Chicks of the Week thus far:
01. Cassandra Cain/Batgirl (character)
02. Kathryn Immonen (creator)
03. Vixen (character)
04. Rebekah Isaacs (creator)
05. Collen Coover (creator)
06. Faith Erin Hicks (creator)
07. Kate Beaton (creator)
08. Amanda Conner (creator)
09. Milagro Reyes (character)
10. Jubilation Lee aka Jubilee (character)
11. Nicola Scott (creator)
12. Lucy Knisley (creator)
13. Barbara Gordon aka Oracle (character)
14. Kelly Sue DeConnick (creator)
15. Jen Van Meter (creator)
16. Gail Simone (creator)
17. Renae De Liz (creator)
18. Stephanie Brown (character)
19. Sara Pichelli (creator)
20. Amy Reeder (creator)
21. Huntress (character)
22. Wonder Woman (character)
23. Ramona Fradon (creator)
24. Batwoman (Kate Kane)
25. Marjorie Liu (creator)
26. Kim Yale (creator)
27. Starling (character)
28. Black Canary (character)
29. Black Widow (character)
30. Amethyst Princess of Gemworld (character)
31. Stephanie Hans (creator)
32. Jenny Frison (creator)
33. Lois Lane (character)
34. Barbara Randall Kesel (creator)
35. Noelle Stevenson (creator)
Bachalo talked about the challenges of the recent Uncanny X-Men costume redesigns on Robot 6 recently: http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2013/03/conversing-on-comics-with-chris-bachalo/
I feel like that interview indirectly addresses what you guys were talking about regarding Emma's costume, and also ties into what you were talking about with the New 52 redesigns. There probably weren't enough details and story information about the characters to root their appearances strongly in their re-upped personalities and new character arcs.
thanks for the great Glory compliments, you two!!! i really really appreciate it. i'm really proud of the last couple issues in particular.
i don't know if you guys saw my tweet about it, but it's funny Sue specifically mentions Badbear because he's the only character in that group shot that i made up myself. (sort of: i saw this gif of a bear twirling a stick http://animalsbeingdicks.com/post/36138175387/ninja-bear and i figured i'd put him in the big group scene). the Extreme universe's newest member: BADBEAR!! he's like Badrock but he's a bear.
Kris Anka rules! such an awesome guy and artist. i'm on his list!!!! yyyesssssssssssssssssssssssssss
You got me, pal. I'm right there on week 14! Much appreciated.
Glory is great and I will miss the series.
As for the superhero costumes, it depends a lot on how the character's physique is drawn. For example, Starfire's "costume" wouldn't look nearly as bad if she had a fuller figure and was more athletic/muscular, instead of looking like she weighs 120 pounds with 1/4th of that in her breasts.
Really loved the talk on design here! It's a topic that interests me – I agree that Marvel has the upper hand since they're outsourcing a lot more from actual designers. I haven't actually thought about that until now.
I've been meaning to grab Glory, but with the comics I buy now it's hard to add anything more for myself. I'll definitely pick it up the next time I see it!
For future Chick of the Week:
I'd love to hear something about Poison Ivy, Harley Quinn, Zatanna or Hawkgirl. Kendra Saunders' costume looks really cool imo. And I think Vixen definitely needs a good redesign cause I love her character and her powers but her costume looks a bit weird? It would be great if she got her own book and a new look, but that might be wishful thinking..
Back to add Misty Knight, Valkyrie and Monica Rambeau.
And this was the costume I meant:
don't know if it makes much sense but it looks good?
@Ross @Kelly I don't recall if Kelly's apresiation for Ross's work goes back to our SCAD days. Either way, her fandom is well deserved and really fits with most of the things Kelly seems to admire in great comics. Just started reading Glory yesterday, so playing catch up, myself. So far I agree 100% how great your off model approach is to cartoony realism in form. A hallmark of your work that really should be celebrated for all umber of social, psychological and storytelling reasons.
@Kelly @Sue That is one hell of a list. I think another SCAD grad could use and deserves your time and celebration, Robyn Chapman:
-Indy Trailblazer of our Generation; her work tells personal and frank stories about relationships and sex. Her drawing style most recently has been more on model (contrasting Ross's development).
-Her work at Center For Cartooning Studies here in Vermont was instrumental in making James Sturm, Michelle Ollie's Comics School 3.0 experiment a significant success. Her work principally along with Stephen Bissette have really made that place an complimentary, rivaling and competitive educational environment to SCAD (which also has grown beyond our time there). The few times I visited when Robyn was still there showcased how essential she was to the day to day and how influential her time there was on future generations of male and female cartoonists.
-She had become also a wonderful comics editor.
@Kelly @Sue
We really need more process conversations like the one you had with Kris Anka. I really enjoyed it as a cartoonist and Marvel fan. Found it helpful. These kids and their computers!?! We had one person in the grad program who worked on tablet only. I can't give up ink. However, I am jealous and understanding of logic. I use our lessons from Dave in photoshop all the time…but I also love my brush. Kris's approach to everything else is really smart…or in that "no duh," why the heck doesn't everyone work that way. I will be paying attention to him now. I think I am only reading All New X-Men right now as far as mutants go (oh and Wolverine), but his part in redesigns really worked for me.
What is with all the hate for Storm and Black Panther. I like where Storm's story changed in the scene of her going back to the hawk. But it wasn't because I didn't like there marriage. I think storytelling wise the marriage was just a wasted opportunity. My introduction to Storm was her as leader of X-Men and Morlocks, no power, punk attire and hawk. That to me is what I love. So this criticism of her clothing than (spiril too) is silly. Love the new look. Love that old look.
I was listening to Kevin Smith interview Jeph Loeb (a totally different take on comics talk…I also list to inkstuds…fell pretty well rounded, but also like a ping pong ball…never entirely agreeing with all three pod casts…loving them all)…anyway, Loeb brought up how he thinks it is dumb how DC & Marvel reboot continuity (duh)…but his slight twist on a solution and his agreement with this notion that we can't keep things the same was really smart. I was thinking about it when you were talking with Kris. Loeb and Tim Sale basically took that approach in their work (lots have, Miller, Mazzuccelli, Cooke…) But it would be nice if everyone did. For fans and creators. It would make the cream rise to the level we find at Fantagraphics and D&Q (with the superhero fun of course)…OK, what the heck was it…there should be a universe wide annual design and story approach. One that doesn't reboot. But informs the story. One, where creators and creative teams sit down and coordinate a story for the year. It doesn't erase the past. It informs the past, while building a future. And then at the end the process starts again. This happens half hazardly all the time. We don't need to tell the Batman origin every time. We don't need to stop time. We don't need to tell creators to work in a box. The fans don't have to be tortured with deletion of the story. Birth, life, death, change happens. Usually with reason in a story. Design, dialogue, illustrative style should serve the story. The stories interconnections with other comics is fun and good business. But creators get burnt out, times change and publisher panic and become (or are) out of the loop on what is good and sells. So keep change as part of an expectation. Make each year an event that informs the past, not erases it. Allows for us to love what we love now and we did before. Allows for us to look back at time capsules of stories with relevance and ironic observation (as hopefully we evolve into a more fair community). We shouldn't have to look at Killing Joke and say, I hate that because of what happened. I would prefer to look at it as I do Early Wonder Women; it's so strange and silly how she was tied up. Today's comics take a more mature (still fun) approach that serves a story both across the line for this year. But also without erasing the past 75 years. I am off the rail a bit here (I hope it makes some seance). But Loeb as he put it in less words make perfect seance and Kris would benefit from that approach. Many cartoonist wood. And right now is an ideal time to start at Marvel & DC.
My killing joke comment was not intended to communicate I think it is silly…it isn't. It's brutal and has been exploited in a way that has attempted to trivialize it, while also creating a storytelling fiasco. It happened (in fantasy), on it's own it is good storytelling, it has been mishandled and mimicked since to the point of endorsing a position I do not share; that women are to be victimized in comics as often as is sickly possible. I find this contradicted to Barbara's character and to the reality of women in my life. The event is compatible with the Joker's story and Barbara eventually was shown to move on with the heroics she has as a foundation of her character. The changes to this story in the new 52 have not helped in my opinion. I was indicating that the past should be viewed with contextual understanding and new perspective. It should not be held onto with one mindset over time. Otherwise we never grow and our nostalgia is just a vessel for visceral reactions. Not an opportunity for characters to change.
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03 January 2013
SP 500 and NDX Futures Daily Charts
Posted by Jesse at 4:05 PM
"It's led to is this sense of impunity that is really stunning, and you feel it on the individual level right now. I have waited for five years to see one figure on Wall Street speak in a moral language. I've waited for a judge, for our president, for somebody, and it hasn't happened. The final point is separating the politicians from the crooks, but maybe that's so close together that they can't actually be separated. Maybe it's just the same community." Jeffrey Sachs
The Banks must be restrained, and the financial system reformed, with balance restored to the economy, before there can be any sustainable recovery.


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When I activate Polylang, my site (birthdoulajerusalem.com) crashes - Internal Server Error + 500 Internal Server Error. (No problem accessing the site when I deactivate.)
I think it may be due to the options I checked or unchecked in the dashboard because the first time my site crashed, I fixed it by checking one of the polylang options in the dashboard, but it crashed again when I tried to select one of the languages.
Is my theme(Bouquet)compatible? Polylang has .po and .mo files for the languages I need - Do I have to pick a translation-ready theme?


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GM US sales up 2 percent in October
DETROIT General Motors Co.'s U.S. sales rose 2 percent in October, led by the Chevrolet Cruze compact and Equinox crossover.
The company sold nearly 187,000 cars and trucks last month. Car sales were up 4 percent and trucks were up 2 percent. But sales of the company's crossover sport utility vehicles fell 1 percent.
The GM sales increase probably won't be as big as those reported by other automakers who report sales on Tuesday. The company says it had strong sales in October 2010.
Cruze sales nearly tripled from last year, Equinox sales rose 18 percent.
Sales overall were expected to rise last month to the best pace in two years. People who put off buying cars last summer because Japanese brands were in tight supply returned to the market.
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A hacker named katsu recently released a method for dumping Vita games. As a developer, I am completely against piracy, but as a reverse engineer I can't shy away from taking apart perfectly working devices. However, most pictures I see of Vita game carts taken apart show the game cart casing damaged beyond repair or completely destroyed. I managed to take apart a game cart and put it together with no obvious signs of damage, and I thought I would share my (simple) method here. Continue reading
Dumping the Vita NAND
When we last left off, I had spent an excess of 100 hours (I'm not exaggerating since that entire time I was working, I listened to This American Life and went through over a hundred one-hour episodes) soldering and tinkering with the Vita logic board to try to dump the eMMC. I said I was going to buy a eMMC socket from taobao (the socket would have let me clamp a eMMC chip down while pins stick out, allowing the pressure to create a connection) however, I found out that all the sellers of the eMMC socket from taobao don't ship to the USA and American retailers sell the sockets for $300 (cheapest I could find). So I took another approach. Continue reading
Updates on the Vita Hardware Hacking project
After a week of trying to dump the eMMC (spoilers: didn't happen yet), I've decided to post this update about things I've tried to do (and how I tried to do it) and where the money is going to. Continue reading
Random observations on Vita logic board
While I'm waiting for more tools to arrive, here's some things I've found while playing around with the continuity test on a multimeter. There is no stunning discovery here, just bits and pieces of thoughts that may not be completely accurate. Continue reading
Removing the CPU and NAND from PSVita
Thanks again to everyone who helped fund this project! This is the first part of the long journey into hardware land. I bought a non-working Vita logic board from eBay, which arrived yesterday, packaged like a freeze-dried snack.
In order to locate the trace from the eMMC (aka the NAND), my plan was to take a broken logic board and remove the eMMC chip and use the exposed pads and trace it to a test point or something. Then take another Vita logic board (this time with the eMMC still attached) and solder wires to the test point and dump it with an SD card reader or something (as eMMC uses the same interface as SD cards). This is a complicated plan, but it's necessary because I am not professional enough to be able to remount the eMMC (which is a tiny fine-ball-grid-array (FBGA) chip) once the trace is found. Continue reading
I need your help to fund Vita hardware analysis
It's been a little more than a year since I demonstrated the first Vita running unsigned code, and it's been dead silent since then. There is a lot of work on the PSP emulator but it's been pretty quiet on the Vita front. In fact, there hasn't even been any new userland exploits found (by me or others) for a year. I made a post a while ago saying that progress through hardware was one of the few options we haven't looked extensively at, and the reason for that is because hardware hacking is an expensive endeavor. All this time I've been sitting and waiting for progress to be made by some unknown genius or some Chinese piracy company (sadly, for some scenes *cough* 3DS *cough*, this is the way devices get hacked since these companies have the money to do it); progress that would allow people like me to continue with the software work. Unfortunately, as of today, I have not heard of any ongoing work on Vita hardware hacking (PLEASE tell me if you are so we can collaborate). In fact, one of the simplest thing to do (hardware-wise), dumping the NAND, hasn't been done (or publicly stated to be done) yet. Meanwhile, the PS4 has gotten its NAND dumped in a couple of weeks. Since nobody else seem to be serious about getting this device unlocked and poked at by hobbyists, I feel like it's time for me to learn how to stop fearing and love the hardware. And I need your help. Continue reading
Why hacking the Vita is hard (or: a history of first hacks)
It's been about a year since I revealed the first userland Vita exploit and I still occasionally get messages asking "what happened" (not much) or "when can I play my downloaded games" (hopefully never) or "I want homebrew" (me too). While I don't have anything new exploitwise (same problems as before: no open SDK, lack of interest in the development community, lack of time on my part), I do want to take the time and go over why it's taking so long. Continue reading
Huawei E587 (T-Mobile 4G Sonic Hotspot): Information and rooting
Earlier this year, I got my hands on the T-Mobile 4G Sonic Hotspot and as always, had to tear it apart as soon as I got it. I never wrote about it because I didn't find anything overly interesting, but now it's the end of the year, and I need to clear some inventory from my brain. If anyone remembers my post on the (older) T-Mobile 4G Hotspot (sans "Sonic"), the main limitation of that device was that the processor is an obscure one that required some digging to get information on. Thankfully, the Sonic variety is much easier to break into. Continue reading
PlayStation Vita: the progress and the plan
Sorry that it's been a while since I've said anything about the Vita. I was caught by surprise the last time of all the media attention from just a simple call for help. While I still don't want to say too much right now, I do want to answer some common questions I've been getting and also go over what needs to be done. Continue reading
Quickguide: Bypassing Lenovo S10 BIOS Whitelist
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Autechre's May 18 performance at Neumo's was so advanced and mind-bogglingly complex and visceral, it may as well have been beamed in from a heretofore unknown galaxy. Kudos to anyone who tried to dance to it, especially the 400-pound dude in the overalls.The sounds coming from Sean Booth and Rob Brown's gear (all hardware, no laptops, geeks) made me feel like a lump of obsolete meat, hopelessly mired in the passe 21st century with my old-fangled organs and stuff. British clicks & cuts standard bearers snd and Gescom DJ Rob Hall perfectly complemented Autechre's level-beyond-next-level techno. All praise to Decibel director Sean Horton and Wake Up Promotions' Steven Severin for booking such an adventurous bill. It was heartening to see almost 800 heads in the house, especially for artists who get no support from local radio.
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Lately it been rainy,but overall the weather is understandable at times.
Party Scene:
The nightlife is unpredictable. its always something you can be able to do.
Besides the time the school have a big event. Parking on campus can be descent at times.
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Campus food is decent, but could use a lot of improvement. Knight dining hall does not have enough seating during the lunch hour and the lines are extremely too long. The cooking and serving is not done in a very sufficient and time saving manner. Also the variety of food is very poor. Its as if the same menu is repeated every week. Also, there are no late night options. If a students is hungry after 9 there is no place to dine. It would also be very beneficial if our one on campus restaurant, the Greasy Spoon was built into our meal plan and allowed students to swipe the ID card for meals.
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There have been a couple of incidents on campus relating to crime, but the campus police are usually quick to respond and students are alerted about the incident quickly. I have never felt majorly threatend on campus. I do wish the police would enforce the drug rules on campus.
The athletes at Alabama A&M University are very well taken care of and most of the teams have decent records. Some of the programs could use some work, but there is always progress being made. No matter what all of the sports teams have great fan support. The school always backs the teams with a lot of school spirit.
I have received my financial aid and it paid for my whole semester and even got a refund check but it took forever me to get settled with my financial aid
Local Area:
Being on campus there is nothing to do and there is nothing to do off campus either.
one minute it's hot then the next minute it's cold
Campus Food:
The dining hall serves the same thing every week. There are always chicken sandwiches, pizza, and hamburgers.We only have two dining halls when we also need a food court for when you on the go or after the caf closes.
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Campus Food:
The Dining is awesome in my opinion besides when they have pork because I dont eat it. The meal plan is kinda expensive but it does the job. There are two cafes and they both serve buffet style. There are diffrent areas to get what type of food you want: pizza, grill, salad bar, etc.
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before i started college, i was always told that freshman had the crappiest dorms, upperclassmen had the best dorms and that there were fraternity and sorority houses. when i came here there was none of this, except for the part about crappy dorms. upperclassmen are in the same dorms as freshman. When you come to S.O.A.R. they play you by making upcoming freshman stay the night in the high class female dorm, then when you see what your dorm actually looks you get kind of upset, well i did. Compared to my friends dorms who go to other colleges, my dorm isn't worth what i have to pay. if you don't live in the high class dorms or at Normal Hills(Campus apartments) your college experience can be kind of irritating. the cafeteria closes at 7, my RA said that we're lucky to even have a microwave on the first floor. we can't bring microwaves or refridgerators because if we do "the power will go out because the building is so old". there are A LOT of empty dorms. There's 6 dorms for guys (Foster, Stephens, Morris, Hopkins, Walker Wood, and Grayson), but only 4 of them are open (Foster, Stephens, Morris, and Hopkins). There's 7 dorms for girls (Knight, Thomas, Hurt, Terry, Palmer, Thigpen, and Buchannan), but only 3 of them are open (Knight, Terry and Palmer). Thomas Hall is open but they're not using it as a dorm, they're using it as the place to teach ORI 101(Survival Skills), tutor, and to talk to your advisor.
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The Forestry program at Alabama A&M is great. The professors are very knowledgeable and professional. We are given plenty off opportunities to go out into the field and apply the concepts learned in the classroom.
Parking is taking very serious at school they will give you a ticket.
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Greek life at school is good they are not known for just the parties the have like study groups to help students, They do things to help other students through school.
the financial aid process is remotely slow.its very hard to get them on the phone and their lines are always extremely long because of the inconvenience of your student account being incorrect. you will receive all the financial aid you need but patience is the key to having everything run smoothly. the best tip regarding financial aid would be to get everything situated early so you can avoid the long lines at financial aid every semester.
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AAMU's campus is great whether you prefer to party or just admire the beautiful scenery by feeding the ducks at the pond or enjoying the books and computers offered in the library. Campus life is great and there is never a dull moment. the student center has game and movie nights often while also providing students with any information they may need about upcoming events. Homecoming week is great and the step show is tradition and the best and most popular student hangouts are the stones and the quad.
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our engineering and agricultural facilities are the best and campus life is also great. after dealing with the difficulties of class, there is always something going on around campus to boost your day and motivate you to keep going.i would not change anything about our academic programs or learning facilities if i could because out facilities are great despite their few flaws and the opportunities allowed at AAMU should make everyone who attends proud to be a bulldog.
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Huntsville is a sort of small town with not much to do besides campus associated activities. it is overall an ok place to live though in reference to safety because there are rarely any dangerous tragic events around the community.the local attitudes toward students are great; the community is our biggest supporters. the best area of attraction would have to be the galaxy of lights neighborhood show that takes place during christmas time as wellas the beautiful camus of Alabama A&M University and the University of Alabama in Huntsville
There are not a lot of options for scholarships, and some have been pulled on people at the last minute.
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Skip to comments.Gang of men smashed American tourist's eye socket with bottle of Jagermeister [UK/Religion of Peace]
Posted on 06/24/2014 10:23:55 AM PDT by Fitzy_888
A gang of men attacked an American student while he was drinking in the street - grabbing a glass bottle from his hands and smashing it over his head, a court was told.
Francesco Hounye, 23, from Florida, had been in Britain for just three days when he was set upon by the men while he was walking home with a friend in Shadwell, east London.
Shaleem Uddin, 20, Shadhat Hussain, 19, Kamrul Hussain, 22, and Massom Rahman, 22, targeted Mr Hounye when they saw him swigging from a bottle of Jagermeister.
They then chased him, beat him, and smashed the bottle over his head, Snaresbrook Crown Court heard.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
"Gang of men smashed American tourist's eye socket with bottle of Jagermeister he was drinking from after wrestling it from his hands"
Shame to get smashed in the face over such awful tasting cough syrup.
This happened in October last year, why are they re-running it??
They appeared in court, said it was: "mistaken identity".
(The article is heavily excerpted as required, read more at the link.)
why would anyone ever visit any place that doesn't respect their rights to self-protection?
Jagermeister, what a shame..................
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Uddin was arrested in April this year after he was recognised by a police officer who had seen the CCTV footage, the court was told.
Samad Uddin, of Shadwell, east London, denies causing GBH with intent.
Shaleem Uddin, of Whitechapel, has admitted GBH with intent.
Kamrul Hussain, also of Whitechapel, Shahdat Hussain, of Newham and Masoom Hussain of Whitechapel, have admitted causing grievous bodily harm.
The trial continues.
"Islamic Savages in the UK beat Visiting American Citizen for posession of perfectly legal alcohol product"
That is how the damned headline SHOULD read...
Not really.
The man beaten has a hispanic sounding name, however he "looks" like he might have come from the middle east to the untrained eye...
I think the motive IS clear, the Islamics thought he was a fellow mooslimb who was partaking in "Haram" alcohol and they decided to pretend they were the religious police in Saudi Arabia and beat this poor man....
Any excuse the loonatics that beat him is probabaly a lie and this above is most likely the REAL reason this man was beaten..
Of course eating a ham sandwich in paris will get you beaten too....
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Very Fascinating...
I love it, myself. It's an 'acquired' taste.........................
Ireland / Armed / Muslim population 1.07%
England / Unarmed / Muslim population 5% with 9% of children under five years of age.
Go to Ireland...but for the love of Pete don't order Jaegermeister.
What? ..this is the UK!!
I know!
Are you saying that Irish citizens can have private pistols, etc.? I was not aware of that. Details, please.
Were they let off because of a culture "misunderstanding"?
I'm so disillusioned, I don't care anymore about others ... I'm prepared to protect me and mine.
Sadly, great nations are falling to mindless, one-brain-celled zombies.
More adherents of the "peaceful religion".
No one in the western world will be safe until each and every Muslim is converted or expelled.
Welcome to Sharia "law".
Just wondering what would happen in the US when muzzies start doing that ....
I won't be anymore. From 1993 to 1999 I made multiple trips to Wales. My wife and I landed at the airport, rented a car and drove directly to Cardiff before making a stop. We erred with a choice of Gatwick the first time. The drive was longer than starting from Heathrow. We've stayed at B&B locations in Cardiff, Carmarthen and Aberystwyth. It has been 15 years since our last visit. I'm less comfortable with the changes I've observed over that interval.
>What? ..this is the UK!!<
(Sigh) It once was.
Just like Camelot, it's gone.
Pistols are very difficult to get a permit for, but not impossible. Getting a permit for a long guns would roughly equate to what would be required here (the hoops you would jump through) for a concealed carry permit here.
I've been to gun stores in Ireland, the guns are typically in vault rooms (legacy of past IRA thefts), but they won't let a foreign national in the vault room for fear of their license.
That's when I dust off my Sharpshooter badge (M-14 & M-16),put in a lot of range time and then.....
Who was guilty of the misunderstanding — the American or the muzzies?
Sorry,had to fix it for ya.
Well let's see now, this occurred in Britain, the attackers are muslin, the victim was an American, probably a Christian, verdict? American pays all court costs and fees and must formally apologize to the muslins for not respecting their culture of barbarity hatred.
Getting smacked in the eye with a bottle of Jagermeister: Still less lethal than drinking it.
My thought exactly.
Careful there. I hope it's just a misunderstanding on my part, but others reading your comment might also think that you're implying that some sort of violent action against "each and every Muslim" would be an acceptable solution to make the western world safe.
I try to avoid going into states that don't recognize my CC permit. I would never go to Europe for that reason, and especially the UK, which is a very dangerous country.
Decades ago, I did visit European countries on several occasions. But then, I was young and foolish.
I guess it's just going to take a bit longer for the Brits (or, in this case, an American visiting there) to realize that the RULES HAVE CHANGED, and now they risk a lot more than a "traffic ticket" by a Bobby if they care to drink in public.
The Brits will, eventually, figure this out - as more and more of them get their faces rearranged (or worse).
Irish gun laws are very similar to British gun laws.
No, the UK isn't a 'very dangerous' country.
Our murder rate is a quarter of yours, our gun murder rate one-sixteenth. Yes, we have crime, and some of it violent, but for all the hoopla and hype, the UK is a safe country to live in.
Frankly, being told the UK is violent by an American perhaps is the definition of irony.
I'm too lazy to look up the data but my recollection is that there is considerably more violent crime per capita in the UK than in America. You focus on guns, I focus on violent crime (strong-armed robberies, break-ins with assaults on the homeowners, that sort of thing). Deny?
I have been to your country several times. For several reasons (one of which is your country's crime problem), I won't be back...something I'm sure distresses you.
P.S. I don't worry about violent crime where I live since I have the means of fending off assailants: my guns. Too bad about you.
The UK's biggest violent crime is burglary. Most of which take place when the homeowner is out.
Armed robbery isn't a major crime, certainly not at US levels, violent assaults tend to be the result of excess alcohol and whilst again they exist, the numbers certainly wont be any worse per capita than your nation. Remember there are 28 different types of assault on the UK statute books. That's why the UK figures re violent crime are skewed and the UK appears so 'violent'. In fact, crime and violent crime has dropped across the UK.
I can guess the reasons you wont come back. Too Muslim (get outside London, it isn't the UK!), but to say you wont come back because of supposed high UK violence is ridiculous, and frankly, from an American, is just ironic and bizarre.
To be lectured on violent society by an American, I don't know whether to laugh or just roll my eyes.
Ever stopped to think that the reason you wander around with concealed carry is because your own nation is so violent?. Yet you are scared to come to the UK and you are seriously suggesting we're some violent hellhole?.
The UK is a safe country to visit and live in.
Oh, and you ARE lazy. As I point out all the time, that there are 2.3 million guns in the UK, and that I am the owner of two.
Your argument is so full of holes its difficult to find a starting place. There are lots of data that show Britain is the crime capital of Europe and that its crime far exceeds other countries, including the USA. Heres one sampling, from the July 2, 2009 issue of "The Telegraph" (correct me if things have changed since its publication):
UK is violent crime capital of Europe
The United Kingdom is the violent crime capital of Europe and has one of the highest rates of violence in the world, worse even than America, according to new research.
"By Richard Edwards, Crime Correspondent 7:00AM BST 02 Jul 2009
Analysis of figures from the European Commission showed a 77 per cent increase in murders, robberies, assaults and sexual offences in the UK since Labour came to power.
The total number of violent offences recorded compared to population is higher than any other country in Europe, as well as AMERICA [emphasis added], Canada, Australia and South Africa.
Note the words violent offences.
So, statistically speaking, YOU should be much more concerned than I on this matter. And I guess you are, having two guns. No?
As far as being amused that you are being lectured to by an America, well, Mac, just roll your eyes and laugh on, but the facts differ from your perception. Or, are you just a damn liar?
P.S. I concealed carry for two reasons: 1) I can (you cant, you know), and 2) its only prudent, not because I am deathly afraid of being assaultedIm notbut because a prudent man takes precautions, everywhere. Because I, like your fellow Brits, cannot carry in the UK or anywhere in the un-free nations of Europe, I prudently avoid it and them.
A "2)" belongs in from of "Because" in the P.S. part
You ignore the obvious: that the UK's rise in crime (and at no point have I denied a rise) comes from a very low level of crime historically. Whats why even American media were shocked and picked up on the UK rise in the 2000's.
Britain, even with historically violent cities like Glasgow and London, has always had a low level of crime. That's why the British bobby was famous for only needing a trusty old truncheon, as the romantic myth had it. Murder (as it remains) was a rare event, and most crime was petty. Even British gangsters didn't get 'tooled up' unless necessary. The murder of women, children, policemen was almost unknown.
Sadly, those days are gone. Yes, the UK is more violent than it was in 1950 or 1970. But Britain is still a safe country. I have explained why the UK-violence figures are high. The way they are collated skews them.
Even IF the UK is the crime capital of Europe, you should remember that the UK and Europe are nowhere near as violent as the US. Or even Canada. Being Euro violence no1 still means we have a long way to go to match North American levels of violence.
If we are talking figures, then lets do so. The British murder rate is 1.2 per 100000, that's just 720 murders in a population of 60 million people a year. The biggest UK violent crime is burglary, not violence against the person. Gun crime and gun murder is a fraction (one 16th) of the US levels. SIX children in the UK get abducted and murdered a year, that level hasn't changed since 1970!. Less than 40 get murdered a year by family.
I find it amazing that you think the UK is so violent now that you cannot actually come here safely. Are you seriously suggesting that you are safer living in the US?. Are you seriously suggesting the UK is a more violent country than America?. Really?.
Your country has a serious crime and violent crime problem, you are famous as the land of gun crime/murder, serial killers (75% of all serial killers past and present are American), drug gangs, inner city violence, spree shootings, school massacres.........and you are scared to come to little old Britain?. Do you honestly think you are going to be beaten and murdered in Scotland, Wales, NI, Stratford, Stonehenge, Windsor, or even downtown London?.
The millions of Americans who visit the UK and the hundreds of thousands who actually live here suffer no violence, don't get murdered. Most find the UK to be a much safer and more civilised society.
'So, statistically speaking, YOU should be much more concerned than I on this matter. And I guess you are, having two guns. No?'
Try again. I have owned those guns since I was 18 and 21. And I will be 44 this year. Nothing to with crime. I just like guns.
'P.S. I concealed carry for two reasons: 1) I can (you cant, you know), and 2) its only prudent, not because I am deathly afraid of being assaultedIm notbut because a prudent man takes precautions, everywhere. Because I, like your fellow Brits, cannot carry in the UK or anywhere in the un-free nations of Europe, I prudently avoid it and them'.
CC, albeit much less than the US, is allowed on the British mainland, with a CC permit. And in Northern Ireland, CC is openly allowed.
I find it actually sad that you give up the chance to visit great countries and friendly people just because you feel you have to have a gun strapped at your side. I find it sad that you seriously think the UK or Ireland or other countries are so violent that you cant come. You seem to have a very odd and distorted view and frankly little knowledge of the UK and other countries.
Please stop parroting the myth that the UK dosent have or exercise the right to self-defence.
you don't. what you may believe passes for self-defense there doesn't pass here.
Yes, it does!
I get really pissed off because in 2008, I was the actual victim of crime, and had to use that right to self-defence and use violence. For which all I got from police and courts was commendation.
The UK laws of self defence have in fact been strengthened twice in the last seven years.
We have always had to right to, I am sick of the myth we don't. We are in fact allowed to kill an attacker if necessary. As a homeowner did last year in Manchester.
I am utterly sick and fed up of the crap Freepers and Americans post about the UK self defence law.
Sorry, but you are wrong.
you do realize that for most countries prior to banning dueling, almost everyone carried some sort of arms.
see you uk folks nbever had the boy scouts, with the whole 'be prepared' motto. it's always better to have something and not use it than to not have it and desperately need it.
but then again if you want to believe the socialist myth that government will always be there with the guns to protect you that's fine. we don't.
okay. is there some place i can go to where one can read what the current uk self defense laws are? it would make my day to see that you can actually do that. also maybe what laws'there are to allow folks'to have guns, under what conditions. licenses, etc.
i'd definitely be'interested to see what's on the books.
The UK didn't have the Boy Scouts?.
God almighty, the ignorance of Americans never fails to astound.
The Scouts were founded by Lord Baden Powell. He was British. Got that?.
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