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This is a great story and a very enjoyable read I can't wait to finish the story. I look forward to more.
Author's Response: Thanks very much. I'm almost done the next chapter. cj
Very good chapter. Short, but good. Please update more soon, please?
Author's Response: Thanks. Sorry about the short bit, but I had no more stuff to fit in before the next chapter. Chapter 10 is longer, I promise or will that be 11? I'm losing track. cj
What fun! Boy, do you have your work cut out for you...very ambitious! Can't wait... LOVE the last bit with Ron and Hermione--the romantic in me is purring.
Becky :)
Author's Response: We must be two romantic birds of a feather then, cuz that part just had to be in there imho! Uh-oh. Work cut out for me? Now I'm nervous. cj
Wow! I just love where this story is going! I think it's great to bring back the tri-wizard tournament and it really does seem like something Cedric's parents would do. Oh, and I absolutely loved the ending! Way to go, Ron! :)
Author's Response: Heehee. You disagree with FriendofMolly, I see. THAT reviewer felt that the Diggorys would NOT do that. I'll have to let you two fight that one out. Thanks for the lovely comments! cj
Great job!!!!!! I think this might be the best fanfic chapter I have ever read! It's well-written, has a good plot, ties into the story, and, my favorite, Hermione and Ron get their dream date!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!! This chapter really made me smile so thank you. Please update soon :)
Author's Response: Thank you so much for all the positive comments. They warm this tired and grumpy author's heart, let me tell you! But, um...don't count their dream dates before they hatch. Almost finished the next chapter. Hope to have it done this weekend! cj
OH MY GOSH! Ron sending Pig to Hermione about asking her before anybody else did was soooo romantic...and it was really awesum writing for u to pull that from the 4th book..when she said it then it didnt seem like a big deal...but ron doing that was really, a little unexpected, and realllly realllly good!! i luv it!! ^_^
Author's Response: I'm a hopeless romantic at heart, so glad you liked that part. I enjoy pulling stuff from canon and including it. There's more to come like that, I hope. cj
that is sOoOo cute! way too short chapter.. i am mad at you! but super great association with canon moment. good job. (sort of.) (cuz its too short.)
Author's Response: Aw. Glad you think it's cute (although short). And I'm glad you appreciate the canon moment. I just had to add that in! This was actually a 'filler' chapter. I needed to intro the Tournament but wanted to not waste too much time on it, hence the shorter nature of it. Next one is longer, I promise. cj
woohoo u finally updated!! yaay. ok now back to our regularly scheduled programming..
Author's Response: More like, "Woo-hoo, it was finally accepted!" Glad you were waiting for it! cj
Lovely chapter. Another Tri-Wizard Tournament? Some how I'm not sure the Diggorys would have done that, but good setup for what's to come. I loved how Ron made sure he asked Hermione "straight away" I think she put it.
Author's Response: Thanks! Yeah, the Diggorys may or may not have done ti, but I figured I needed to mention them if I were going to have one. Not to seemed rather insensitive. Glad you enjoyed the invite to the Ball. cj
Will this story ever be updated? I want to know what happens!
Author's Response: Good question! I submitted chapter 10 a week and a half ago and still no word. I'll email a mod tomorrow if I hear nothing today. The updates on the recents page seem rather sporadic though, have you noticed? One on one day, 4 on another, nothing for a couple of days, then 1 again. Huh. cj
I really like this story and love your style. Can I hope for an update in the near future?
Author's Response: Thanks very much on both counts. Update? I was actually expecting my emails today would include a reply regarding the next chapter submission. Alas, they did not include an acceptance of chapter 11, so we're still waiting! Hopefully, it won't be much longer. cj
What fun! I've always taken such delight in Mr. Weasley's enthusiasm for Muggle inventions and his near-misses on the names of things. This chapter was so fun to read.
Author's Response: I'm thrilled you found it fun Becky. Not many mention Mr. Weasley's part in my story. Thanks for the gift of another review! cj
You are so good at writing!! You need to put up the next chapter soon!!! I am dying to read it! You really have a wonderful talent and I hope you continue writing.
Author's Response: Thanks very much Heidi! I appreciate the comments. I am about to submit chapter 10. Keep reading! cj
hi, love it, i think it was one of the rare fanfics out there that isn't going too fast but also not too slow.
Author's Response: Thanks very much. Great to hear! I am anxious to submit the 10th chapter but after all the computer woes we've had lately, I am unable to post it yet. Have to dig it up on an old hard drive first. cj
I really like this story and some of the other ones you have written. I am only in 8th grade but my friend and i have been working on a story to put on this site. i submitted it a few days ago...How long does a story usually take to be validated?
Author's Response: Thanks for saying. I remember your review a little while ago. (thanks!) My ds is in 7th grade and my dd is in 9th, so I am convinced that two young people would have the creativity and skills to come up with a great story. Good luck to you. Send me an email via the site here when it is accepted as I would love to read it! As to how long a story takes to be validated - it depends on the story (more errors, canon problems, etc. takes longer) and it depends on whether the queue is actually open. I know this past month it has been closed. I see on the home page that the queue might not be open a currently. When it is open and things are not too back-logged, it usually takes 7-10 days. There is more information under the "help" section I believe, under "frequently asked questions". Again, good luck to you both! cj
This is really good are u going to rite more?
i hope u do!
Author's Response: Thanks very much. And yes, I am writing more. I will submit the next chapter as soon as the queue is open again and the next one after that is almost ready to go. Keep reading and reviewing! cj
awesome story!
Author's Response: Thanks very much! cj
I can't wait for chapter 9! this is amazng and beautifully written.
Author's Response: Thanks very much! I'm thrilled you think so. I think I will be able to submit chapter 10 soon (when the queue is back open). cj
Oh, my goodness. Is there any Muggle male alive that is the carbon copy of Harry James Potter? I would love to meet him and have his children!
Another excellent chapter.
Author's Response: I believe my dh comes awfully close, but I may be biased! Again, thank you for your comments. cj
LOL. What a temper. Love that last scene. Wonderful.
Your opening paragraph is so descriptive. Are you sure you are not writing other original stuff apart from fanfiction? Excellent. I could almost picture the scene.
Brilliant characterisation too.
Author's Response: Why, yes, I do have quite a temp-- Oh. You meant Ginny. *cough* Thanks. I'm thrilled you loved the last scene; it was quite fun to write. I absolutely detest writing things in which the characters get along famously for too long; it just get awfully boring for me. Gotta have the conflict! And thanks very much for your comments regarding my opening paragraph. I am actually working on some original fiction; comments like yours help to give me some much-needed confidence that maybe I CAN do this. I truly appreciate your comments. Thank you! cj


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So, I was using Opera yesterday no problem. Today I clicks the shortcut and I get a message saying 'Please wait while windows is preparing to install Opera 10.5xx..'. It then removes itself and re-installs. This has only been happening since v10 and its happened several times now.
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- Genre: Driving Racing GT / Street
- Release Date: Mar 20, 2007
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seems pretty close. if i had $190 burning a hole in my pocket and wanted something to play around with, i would take a serious look at it.
it even runs stock android which is a plus for me.
you also see this A LOT over in China. they even have an iphone 5 look alike running android over there. for cheap. i really haven't heard anyone actually buying one of these KIRF (Keeping it Real Fake) phones though to see if they are actually worth it or not.You know your rooted when bootloops don't scare you anymore.
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TOYOTA Racing today announced more details of its forthcoming FIA World Endurance Championship participation. The new team, which is based at TOYOTA Motorsport GmbH (TMG) in Cologne, Germany, will make its race debut on 5 May in the Six Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, the second round of the FIA World Endurance Championship. TOYOTA Racing intends to enter two cars at the Le Mans 24 Hours (16-17 June). Participation in further rounds will be confirmed soon. A driver line-up of Alex Wurz, Nicolas Lapierre and Kazuki Nakajima has already been confirmed for one car while discussions are still ongoing to finalise the driver line-up for the other. Additionally, Andrea Caldarelli, from Pescara, Italy, has joined TOYOTA Racing as a junior driver. The TS030 HYBRID is TOYOTA?s successor to the iconic TS010 and TS020 cars which participated at Le Mans with podium success during the 1990s, with TS an acronym for TOYOTA Sport. TOYOTA is the first manufacturer to confirm its participation in the FIA World Endurance Championship using a hybrid system, emphasising the pioneering approach to this technology which has seen more than 3.5 million TOYOTA hybrid vehicles sold worldwide. The THS-R (TOYOTA Hybrid System - Racing) powertrain is designed to deliver maximum performance and features an all-new V8 3.4litre normally-aspirated petrol engine and hybrid system with capacitor storage developed by official team partner Nisshinbo. The team will use the TS030 HYBRID?s first test to evaluate the merits, within the current regulations, of a front motor system produced by Aisin AW and a rear motor system developed by official team partner DENSO. Those regulations limit hybrid systems to recovering a maximum of 500kJ between braking zones whilst restricting deployment to only two wheels. Like Toyota?s full hybrid road cars, energy is generated under braking and the TS030 HYBRID can operate in electric-only mode, achieving zero emissions and zero fuel consumption. A brand new carbon fibre LMP1 chassis has been developed and produced at TMG, where the complete car was assembled for the first time in preparation for a roll-out on 11-13 January at Paul Ricard. During an exclusive test session at the French track, which included running in darkness, the TS030 HYBRID completed several hundred kilometres, showing an impressive level of reliability and performance for this very early stage in the car?s testing programme. Alex Wurz and Nicolas Lapierre both put the TS030 HYBRID through its paces at Paul Ricard, joined by 30-year-old Japanese driver Hiroaki Ishiura, who is a candidate to join the driver line-up at races where TOYOTA Racing participates with two cars. Official partners to the TOYOTA Racing programme also include ZENT, Aisin, Nippon Steel, Takata, Toyoda Gosei and Michelin. Yoshiaki Kinoshita, Team President: "Of course we would love to win Le Mans; that is the dream for all competitors in this race. But we are realistic and we know we need to develop and to learn in order to compete with some very strong competition. Our target this year is to show the performance level of our car and particularly the THS-R powertrain. Hybrid is a core technology of TOYOTA so it is important to demonstrate this in a motorsport arena and we want to prove it can bring a performance advantage, both in terms of lap time and fuel efficiency. Everyone involved in designing, developing and preparing the car - both at TMG and at Motor Sport Division in Japan - has worked incredibly hard to reach this point and we are all very excited to be back on the race track again." Pascal Vasselon, Technical Director: "The two main performance drivers of our TS030 HYBRID car are the aerodynamics and the hybrid system. The regulations for hybrid powertrains allow us to recover energy under braking and release this to improve acceleration out of a corner, delivering lap-time benefit. For any given performance level, a hybrid powertrain will achieve this with less fuel so it is an extremely relevant technology and one we are excited to be bringing to endurance racing. Another key point in our development phase has been delivering aerodynamic efficiency. The development team at TMG has worked very hard to achieve an optimum aero concept using our state-of-the-art aero development processes based on combined wind tunnel testing and CFD. Judging by the positive feedback we received during the roll-out we have a very good base on which to build in the coming weeks." Hisatake Murata, Hybrid Project Leader: "TOYOTA has been working on hybrid systems for motorsport for several years, during which time we have made huge progress. Now we feel ready to bring our technology to the ultimate motorsport test: the Le Mans 24 Hours. Integrating a hybrid powertrain is, of course, a different challenge compared to a ?standard? powertrain. But we have worked together with partners such as DENSO, Aisin AW and Nisshinbo to develop the THS-R technology so it is part of the overall concept of the TS030 HYBRID. This technology will be used to recover up to 500kJ between braking events, energy which can be released via either front or rear motors to deliver a performance advantage. TOYOTA?s hybrid technology has already won a 24-hour race - the Tokachi 24 Hours in 2007 - so now we are bringing the latest THS-R development to global motorsport; we know this is a technically-demanding exercise but we are well prepared for the challenge." Alex Wurz: "It was cool to drive the TS030 HYBRID car for the first time. Just leaving the garage on the electric power is very futuristic, then when you let the clutch go and the internal combustion engine kicks in it is like an old friend has returned! When we put on the slick tyre I could feel the car generates a very good amount of grip so I think we have a good base and I think we can turn this into a really fast car. I am definitely very happy but my nature is to also be analytical and therefore I know there is still a lot of work to be done. It?s really good to work with all the mechanics and engineers; the TOYOTA Racing team is very international and this works well. I am very comfortable in this team because they are all extremely professional, that is really clear." Nicolas Lapierre: "My first impression from the roll-out was positive; the chassis is really advanced and the hybrid system works very well. The TS030 HYBRID car has good reaction to the steering with quick and efficient response combined with an impressive base level of downforce which is a nice feeling for a driver. It is totally different from anything I have known before because the philosophy is different. So our roll-out was promising and we saw the car?s potential on several levels; we still have plenty of work to do but I think that we will have a strong package. We are starting from a blank page so the challenge is exciting." Kazuki Nakajima: "I cannot wait to drive the TS030 HYBRID for the first time. I spoke a lot with Alex and Nicolas about the car during the roll-out and it obviously has great potential. I have been doing a lot of time in the TMG driving simulator so I have got to know the car in a virtual world, as well as the Le Mans track; now it?s time to drive it for real. It is a great opportunity for me and I am thoroughly looking forward to the experience of racing in the FIA World Endurance Championship with TOYOTA Racing. To return to Le Mans with hybrid technology is a big challenge for TOYOTA but it is also a real opportunity for all the drivers and I hope my recent Super GT experience will be a benefit. It?s a great feeling to be involved in this project and I am really motivated for this season."
About TOYOTA Racing in the FIA World Endurance Championship: TOYOTA first competed in the FIA World Endurance Championship in 1983, marking the start of a long period of participation in endurance racing which included several editions of the Le Mans 24 Hours. TOYOTA cars have raced in 13 Le Mans 24 Hours races, with a total of 36 vehicles taking part. TOYOTA has finished on the podium three times, all second places. Including those results, it has finished in the top six a total of nine times. In qualifying, TOYOTA has four front-row starts to its name, including one pole positions. For 2012, TOYOTA will return to endurance racing and the FIA World Endurance Championship by entering selected rounds with a hybrid LMP1 car, the TS030 HYBRID. The chassis has been designed and built by TOYOTA Motorsport GmbH (TMG), where the race team is based. TMG is the former home of TOYOTA's World Rally and Formula 1 works teams, and was responsible for design and operation of TOYOTA's TS020 (GT-One) Le Mans car in 1998-99. TMG now combines works motorsport participation with a new direction as a high-performance engineering services provider to third party companies, as well as the TOYOTA family.
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OCLC No.: | 436028282 |
注記: | Dafina Books--T.p. |
形態 | 311 p. ; 21 cm. |
コンテンツ: | Slippin' / De'nesha Diamond -- Put 'em in their place / Erick S. Gray -- Kandy girlz / Nichelle Walker. |
他のタイトル: | Slippin'. Put 'em in their place. Kandy girlz. |
Slippin': Ex-con Delvon Jackson lives to hustle and loves to go after what he can't have. Working for a powerful Atlanta tycoon has put him deep between the satin sheets and luscious curves of his boss' way-off-limits wife. But when Delvon makes the ultimate move to get her and her husband's money, his hottest seduction might be his last--P. [4] of cover.
Put 'em in their place: Sexy Cha has everyone from New York's most ruthless thug to its richest player at her mercy. And now that she's sexing her father's murderer and throwing his empire into turmoil, she's moving in for the final payback and straight into someone else's lethal sights--P. [4] of cover.
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Rule 5 still has me (and Doug Melvin) worried
the Brewers' promising AAA pitchers. While everyone was watching the Francisco Cordero circus, Doug Melvin quietly added pitchers Tim Dillard and Luis Peña to the 40-man roster.
ESPN.com published the rules of Rule 5:
10. Scott Linebrink
11. Seth McClung*
12. Manny Parra*
13. Adam Pettyjohn
14. Brian Shouse*
15. Mitch Stetter*
16. Derrick Turnbow*
17. Claudio Vargas*
18. Carlos Villanueva*
19. Matt Wise*
20. Randy Choate*
21. Luis Peña*
22. Marino Salas
23. Guillermo Mota*
Therefore, Bray, DiFelice, Dickey, Pettyjohn, and Salas could all be unprotected for the Rule 5 draft (I say "could" because I don't have definitive information yet on each one that tells me if they do or do not meet the above eligibility requirements). While Salas was in AA for most of last year, the other four showed some signs of success...and could be attractive to other teams. I'll try to find out more if these five are indeed eligible.
A few weeks back, I did a post on Eligibility: A player not on a team's Major League 40-man roster is eligible for the Rule 5 draft if: the player was 18 or younger when he first signed a pro contract and this is the fourth Rule 5 draft since he signed, OR if he was 19 or older when he first signed a pro contract and this is the third Rule 5 draft since he signed.Recall, also, the comprehensive list of arms that could compete for the Brewers' bullpen in '08 that I published a few weeks back, updated with the addition of Mota, the loss of Linebrink, and those on the 40-man with a '*' after their name: 1. Greg Aquino* 2. Steve Bray 3. Dave Bush* 4. Chris Capuano* 5. Mark DiFelice 6. R.A. Dickey 7. Tim Dillard* 8. Zach Jackson* 9. Ray King {not on roster but UFA}


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We'll play your favorite songs while you're all so happy atmosphere
We'll start with 'Old Man River', then maybe 'Stormy Weather', too
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Your wife will never know that you're not really working late
Your hostess here is Wendy, you'll find her very friendly, too
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Experience high octane racing action like never before in Gran Turismo 6 for Playstation 3.
The Gran Turismo games have redefined virtual racing in recent years and this awesome game includes a fully refined physics engine for an incredible gaming experience.
It boats more than 1200 vehicles ranging from family cars to racing cars, across 33 locations around the world with 71 different track layouts. It also boasts customisable tracks and cars for a unique racing experience which truly blurs the lines between virtual and reality.
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6 reviewsThe street-racing rivalry between cops and racers is ready to go up a gear in Need For Speed: Rivals.
Both sides compete in an all-out war to take over the social, local and national media and earn the best cars, mods and technology. The race for glory never stops.
Racers are lone wolves out for their own glory in the open world environment of Redview County, with its jumps, speed traps, unlockable cars and more. Try to get the most out of stunningly detailed cars built for high speed racing and epic chases.
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Bleeding EdgeThe E-Bombby Cyrus AnceJun 11,2003 | The E-BombAs I write the attack on Iraq rages on. One weapon that had some thought about being used is the so called Electromagnetic Bomb, or E-Bomb. (1) The history of this mode of attack goes back to the development of atomic weapons. Some of the developers of the original atomic bomb had theorized that the atomic blast would produce an intense pulse of electromagnetic radiation, but did not have hard data on exactly how large the effect would be. In the 50's most of the study was devoted to blast and radiation effects and the electromagnetic pulse (EMP) was ignored. In 1962 the United States was conducting a series of high-altitude atmospheric tests, code named "Fishbowl." One of the goals of this series of tests was to measure the electromagnetic effects of a nuclear explosion in the atmosphere to see if it was disruptive to nearby nuclear war heads. This had both defensive, the US was developing nuclear tipped interceptors at the time, and offensive, seeing how much protection needed to be added to US warheads to make sure that they were not disrupted by the nearby explosion of their brother warheads, implications. The test named "Starfish Prime," which was detonated in the Pacific Ocean 800 miles from Hawaii, caused an EMP that disrupted radio stations and electrical equipment throughout Hawaii. (2) This was one of the drivers behind the 1963 Atmospheric Test Ban Treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union signed to limit the threat posed by EMPs. The electromagnetic shock wave of EMP can be strong enough to produce transient voltages of thousands of Volts on exposed electrical conductors and particularly within semiconductor chips. These are particularly difficult to shield as their internal circuitry is very dense thus not a great deal of energy is required to damage such chips. Thus computers, other data processing devices, and telecommunications equipment are very vulnerable to EMP. The US military is especially exercised about such a threat as it is the most dependent on data processing. The US is also, probably, furthest along versus this threat as the danger has been clear since the Starfish Prime shot. Thus the impetus today is to find non-nuclear means of generating an EMP that would knock out enemy electronic devices as part of a decapitating attack. All of the devices under consideration have neat names or acronyms: explosively pumped Flux Compression Generators (FCG); explosive or propellant driven Magneto-Hydrodynamic (MHD) generators; and various High Power Microwave (HPM) devices one of which is the Virtual Cathode Oscillator or Vircator. The Vircator, I think, wins the prize for the coolest name. There is lots of information in the public domain on each of these sorts of devices as there are non-weapon uses for these devices. A web search on any of these names will turn up a flood of information. They all have the feature that the pulse they generate is small compared to what can be generated by a nuclear explosion and thus the range of the damaging EMP is small, hundreds of yards as compared to hundreds of miles. Thus the idea is to place these in bombs or warheads that would be delivered on target by planes or missiles. The explosively pumped FCG is the furthest along of these technologies. Working ones were demonstrated at Los Alamos in the late 50's by Clarence Fowler. The basic idea is to store a large amount of electric charge in a bank of capacitors. This is released to make a strong magnetic field confined in a metal tube. A carefully controlled explosion starts at one end of the tube compressing the magnetic field and pushing the compressed field towards the other end of the tube. At the end the highly compressed field has concentrated all the power stored by the magnetic field and the explosion into an EMP that floods out as the tube disintegrates. There are a great many technical hurdles. The magnetic field must peak at exactly the same moment as the explosion starts compressing the tube. The tube is under tremendous stress as the field and explosion travel down it and has to be wrapped in something very strong to prevent it from disintegrating and releasing the EMP prematurely at reduced strength. Also the output of an FCG cannot be focused into a beam thus the range is always going to be limited. It seems quite likely that the US has tested such a device as a warhead for a cruise missile. It is not at all clear if it is in the arsenal today. The FCG is pretty simple, and a crude one could be easily constructed by just about any nation and probably a determined smaller entity. The MHD is still in the R&D phase. The idea is that a conductor passing through a magnetic field will have an electric current induced in it. The size of the current depends on the rate of change of the magnetic field within the conductor. Thus if the conducter is a plasma resulting from an explosion driven through an intense magnetic field a very large current can be generated. This current can be used to generate a magnetic field for an FCG, the beam for a Vircator, or to directly generate an EMP. It has the virtue of being reusable and thus one can imagine an EMP cannon that is loaded just as a conventional artillery piece. A major problem is generating the intense magnetic field with a device that occupies a reasonable amount of space and does not weigh tons. HPM devices have the advantage that their output can be focused into a beam and thus can have much longer ranges that FCGs. There are many options including Relativistic Klystrons, Magnetrons, Slow Wave Devices, Reflex triodes, and Spark Gap Devices. At the moment most effort is focused on the Vircator as it is mechanically simple and can produce very high power output. Vircators are more complicated to explain than the previous devices. They begin with a high current electron beam which feeds a pool of charge trapped in a conducting cavity by a real anode and a virtual cathode. This cavity can constructed such that it resonates at microwave frequencies and microwave power extracted. By carefully matching the conditions of the incoming electron beam with the resonant cavity a large amount of power can be stored and then extracted in a burst. Typically the power output of such a burst is limited by the melting of the resonant cavity. Other problems include maintaining the resonance frequency as the stored power builds up and extracting the power burst without catastrophic losses when forming the microwave beam. Even if a practical EMP generator can be built the problem of damaging targets is non-trivial. The foreseeable EMP weapons are likely to be of limited range, a few hundred yards. Thus they will need to be delivered in precision guided mode. Straight forward defense versus EMP are available for critical electronics including enclosure in a conducting cage and ways to isolate critical items from external signal and power inputs. Nevertheless any defense may have holes and the possibility for non-lethal decapitation attacks are quite attractive. Especially vulnerable would be sensors, such as radar, and communication devices. Thus the plan is to use EMP to blind and isolate defenses in advance of a full scale attack. As of this writing there have been no reports of use of an E-Bomb in the attack on Iraq. It seems that the US and its allies are doing just fine destroying sensors and communications with precision guided munitions, dumb bombs, artillery, tank shells, etc. The Hussein regime it would seem would have a large incentive to develop an E-Bomb to use versus the electronics heavy US forces, but there is no evidence that they have any precision guided munitions to deliver such a weapon, and a non-lethal weapon is probably not high on their priority list. If an E-Bomb is used during this attack by either side the US military is going to try very hard to keep it a secret since they are the most dependent on electronics. They would be the last ones to let the world know that an E-Bomb can be an effective weapon. 1 - A very complete analysis of E-Bombs by Carlo Kopp can be found at the rather frightening abovetopsecret.com. Another useful site with some good links is Electromagnetic Weapons at Northwestern. 2 - See this site for nuclear test film clips. 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Obama mentions his wife in his victory speech: "…The woman who agreed to marry me 20 years ago"
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Chandigarh, Sep 15 : Power supply to several areas of Chandigarh, Punjab and Haryana was affected Sunday evening after high velocity winds hit the region.
The wind storm lasted for nearly 30 minutes, with wind speed ranging from 70 to 100 km per hour.
Scores of trees were uprooted in various parts of Chandigarh, a city that has a lot of green cover.
The uprooted trees and broken branches led to electricity wires getting snapped and power supply was affected.
Traffic flow was also affected in many parts of Chandigarh as the uprooted trees and broken branches fell on the roads.
In Punjab, power supply was affected in many cities, towns and villages.
Power supply was also affected in Panchkula town in Haryana and other parts of the state.
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Eighty-five percent of the fur industry's skins come from animals living captive in fur factory farms.(1) These farms can hold thousands of animals, and their farming practices are remarkably uniform around the globe. As with other intensive-confinement animal farms, the methods used in fur factory farms are designed to maximize profits, always at the expense of the animals.
Painful and Short Lives
The most commonly farmed fur-bearing animals are minks, followed by foxes. Chinchillas, lynxes, and even hamsters are also farmed for their fur.(2) Seventy-three percent of fur farms are in Europe, 12 percent are in North America, and the rest are dispersed throughout the world, in countries such as Argentina, China, and Russia.(3) Mink farmers usually breed female minks once a year. There are about three or four surviving kittens in each litter, and they are killed when they are about 6 months old, depending on what country they are in, after the first hard freeze. Minks used for breeding are kept for four to five years.(4) The animals—who are housed in unbearably small cages—live with fear, stress, disease, parasites, and other physical and psychological hardships, all for the sake of an unnecessary global industry that makes billions of dollars annually.
Rabbits are slaughtered by the millions for meat, particularly in China, Italy, and Spain. Once considered a mere byproduct of this consumption, the rabbit-fur industry demands the thicker pelt of an older animal (rabbits raised for meat are killed at the age of 10 to 12 weeks).(5) The United Nations reports that countries such as France are killing as many as 70 million rabbits a year for fur, which is used in clothing, as lures in flyfishing, and for trim on craft items.(6)
Life on the 'Ranch'
To cut costs, fur farmers pack animals into small cages, preventing them from taking more than a few steps back and forth. This crowding and confinement is especially distressing to minks—solitary animals who may occupy up to 2,500 acres of wetland habitat in the wild.(7) The anguish and frustration of life in a cage leads minks to self-mutilate—biting at their skin, tails, and feet—and frantically pace and circle endlessly. Zoologists at Oxford University who studied captive minks found that despite generations of being bred for fur, minks have not been domesticated and suffer greatly in captivity, especially if they are not given the opportunity to swim.(8) Foxes, raccoons, and other animals suffer just as much and have been found to cannibalize their cagemates in response to their crowded confinement.
Animals in fur factory farms are fed meat byproducts considered unfit for human consumption. Water is provided by a nipple system, which often freezes in the winter or might fail because of human error.
Poison and Pain
No federal humane slaughter law protects animals in fur factory farms, and killing methods are gruesome. Because fur farmers care only about preserving the quality of the fur, they use slaughter methods that keep the pelts intact but that can result in extreme suffering for the animals. Small animals may be crammed into boxes and poisoned with hot, unfiltered engine exhaust from a truck. Engine exhaust is not always lethal, and some animals wake up while they are being skinned. Larger animals have clamps attached to or rods forced into their mouths and rods are forced into their anuses, and they are painfully electrocuted. Other animals are poisoned with strychnine, which suffocates them by paralyzing their muscles with painful, rigid cramps. Gassing, decompression chambers, and neck-breaking are other common slaughter methods in fur factory farms.
The fur industry refuses to condemn even blatantly cruel killing methods. Genital electrocution—deemed "unacceptable" by the American Veterinary Medical Association in its "2000 Report of the AVMA Panel on Euthanasia"—causes animals to suffer from cardiac arrest while they are still conscious.(9) In 1994, Indiana became the first state to file criminal charges against a fur factory farm after PETA investigators documented genital electrocution at V-R Chinchillas. The chinchilla fur industry considers electrocution and neck-breaking "acceptable."(10)
Would You Wear Your Dog?
When PETA conducted an undercover investigation into the dog and cat fur trade in 2005, investigators went to an animal market in Southern China and found that dogs and cats were languishing in tiny cages, visibly exhausted. Some had been on the road for days, transported in flimsy wire-mesh cages with no food or water. Animals were packed so tightly into cages that they could not move. Because of the cross-country transport in such deplorable conditions, our investigators saw dead cats on top of the cages, dying cats and dogs inside the cages, and cats and dogs with open wounds. Some animals were lethargic, and others were fighting with each other, driven insane from confinement and exposure. All of them were terrified.
Investigators reported that up to 8,000 animals were loaded onto each truck, with cages stacked on top of each other. Cages containing live animals were tossed from the tops of the trucks onto the ground 10 feet below, shattering the legs of the animals inside them. Many of the animals still had collars on, a sign that they were once someone's beloved companions, stolen to be bludgeoned, hanged, bled to death, and strangled with wire nooses so that their fur can be turned into coats, trim, and trinkets.
Undercover investigators from Swiss Animal Protection/EAST International toured fur farms in China's Hebei Province and found that foxes, minks, rabbits, and other animals were pacing and shivering in outdoor wire cages, exposed to everything from scorching sun to freezing temperatures to driving rain. Disease and injuries are widespread on these farms, and animals suffering from anxiety-induced psychosis chew on their own limbs and repeatedly throw themselves against the cage bars.
The globalization of the fur trade has made it impossible to know where fur products come from. Skins move through international auction houses and are purchased and distributed to manufacturers around the world, and finished goods are often exported. Even if a fur garment's label says that it was made in a European country, the animals were likely raised and slaughtered elsewhere—possibly on an unregulated Chinese fur farm.
Environmental Destruction
Contrary to fur-industry propaganda, fur production destroys the environment. The amount of energy needed to produce a real fur coat from ranch-raised animal skins is approximately 15 times that needed to produce a fake fur garment.(11) Nor is fur biodegradable, thanks to the chemical treatment applied to stop the fur from rotting. The process of using these chemicals is also dangerous because it can cause water contamination.
Each mink skinned by fur farmers produces about 44 pounds of feces.(12) Based on the total number of minks skinned in the United States in 2004, which was 2.56 million, mink factory farms generate tens of thousands of tons of manure annually.(13) One result is nearly 1,000 tons of phosphorus, which wreaks havoc on water ecosystems.(14)
Fur in Sheep's Clothing
As fur sales decline, sales of shearling—lambs' skin with the wool attached—have risen. Some fur manufacturers have actually taken to disguising mink as shearling.(15) Many people are unaware of shearling's origins or that shearling sales are an incentive for sheep ranchers to increase their stock, thereby adding to the plight of sheep. (For more information, please see the PETA factsheet "Inside the Wool Industry.")
In Afghanistan, karakul sheep are now raised to produce lambs for the high-end market in "Persian lamb" coats and hats. For "top-quality" lamb skin, the mother is killed just before giving birth and her fetus is cut out. The pelts of the unborn lambs are prized in the fashion world for their silk-like sheen. One karakul hat requires the skin from an entire lamb.(16)
Industry in Decline
The United Kingdom has banned fur factory farms, while both fox and chinchilla farming are being phased out in the Netherlands.(17) In 2004, there were 296 mink farms in the United States, down 3 percent from the previous year.(18) In a sign of the times, supermodel Naomi Campbell was denied entry into a trendy New York club because she was wearing fur. Said the club's owner, "I really love animals, and I wanted us to be the good guys."(19)
What You Can Do
Consumers need to know that every fur coat, lining, or piece of trim represents the intense suffering of animals, whether they were trapped, ranched, or even unborn. This cruelty will end only when the public refuses to buy or wear fur.
Do not patronize stores that sell fur, and let the stores' owners know why you won't buy from their establishments. Write letters to the editors of fashion magazines that splash fur-clad models all over their pages and explain how wearing fur supports a cruel industry and why faux fur is a much more compassionate option.
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Madden, J R; Kunc, H P; English, S; Clutton-Brock, T H (2009). Why do meerkat pups stop begging? Animal Behaviour, 78(1):85-89.
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Begging by young provokes adults to provide food for them. However, eventually begging by young and provisioning by adults cease and young become nutritionally independent. Why do young cease begging and so forgo food brought to them by adults? Three explanations have been proposed: (1) adults may not respond to begging anymore and cease feeding begging young: (2) young may voluntarily switch from begging to independent foraging as they gain more rewards from this: (3) young may become unable to produce stimulating begging calls. We tested the three explanations using meerkat, Suricata suricatta, pups. Playback of begging calls at groups where begging had naturally ceased provoked adults to resume provisioning, suggesting that adults had not stopped responding to begging. Experimental provision of food to pups mimicking either natural pup feeding or foraging success produced no differences in subsequent changes in begging or foraging behaviour, suggesting that pups were
not assessing the most rewarding means of obtaining food and switching from begging to foraging accordingly. The begging calls of pups (aged 40-60 days) were acoustically different to those produced when they were juveniles (aged 100-120 days), and adults discriminated between rate-controlled playbacks of the two age classes of calls, delivering less food calls of a juvenile than to the same individual's calls recorded when a pup. Adult meerkats paid attention to the acoustic structure of begging calls, and ceased provisioning when the call structure changed. We suggest that older pups are unable to produce stimulating begging calls.
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What I'm getting at in this piece as at the point where these guys are graduating high school, they already have notoriety, and have been public figures for years.
And @diehard, thanks for your support.
]]>The age limit's in place to save teams from themselves and for the fans. For every LeBron, there are Eddy Currys, or Corleone Young (remember him? No? Exactly.) It's not fair to a team's fans to draft a HS guy. While the RARE FEW become studs in a year or 2, most take 3 or 4 years if ever. By drafting a HS guy, you tell your fans, "We may be damn good in 5 years, but we're still charging you full price next year to watch an 18 year old who probably will barely play and look lost when he does." Since most of the guys that come straight from HS have the tools, you are compelled to draft them or look foolish if you don't, then that guy becomes a star later on, but if you miss, you set your team back years and alienate the fans and cost yourself millions of dollars. Also, by forcing guys to go to school for at least a year, you build up a following so the names actually mean something and the casual fan (aka people that don't read sites like this and post on these boards) actually have an opinion which makes that guy worth more $$$ to a team and to a shoe company, which gets fans excited, which sells more tickets which makes the league healthier. It will also make the quality of play better since you're not getting unpolished guys drafted strictly on potential that you're watching run around w/ their head cut off looking like they've never played ball at a high level before. It's completely fair for the league to say, "To play here, you've got to prove yourself against the highest level of competition there is under this." If guys don't want to go to school, there are options to get paid, either here in the DLeague or getting big $$$ overseas (Jennings made a cool half a mil, right?) BUT that year of college can actually save guys from themselves too. Guys could go there, see that after 1 year they're not as good as they thought they were and stick around and develop their game. Brandon Roy did just that. He declared in HS, then took it back, went to UW and realized he wasn't as good as he thought and fell in love with being in college (who here didn't LOVE college. Best 5 years of my life lol) After sticking around 4 years, he came out and is a star now. He openly says he never woulda stuck in the NBA if he had come out straight outta school. Patrick Patterson's another good example. Eahc of his 3 years in school he developed more and more and got his degree in 3 years. Now he's a can't-miss rotation guy at worst who plays hard, rebounds like crazy, and now has a money jumper. The guys that don't wanna be there will take joke classes (whatever, for them it's a 1 year internship to prove they belong against that talent level then head to the NBA while building up some hype to at least give fans an opinion on them to help make the multi-million$ they get worth it) but some guys will fall in love w/ school and get a degree so they can do things w/ their $$$ after the NBA and never become Antoine Walker or, more importantly, if ball doesn't work out, they can get a 9-5 and make it in the world instead of being back wherever they came from, bitter and broke, without any options.
I like the age limit. If you don't wanna go to school, go get paid in Europe or play in the DLeague. If you can't get $$$ to play at that level, you never should be thinking of skipping school anyway…
]]>Good point..
But what's happening to a kid that's set on finishing high school and ready for the league:
Ok you either have to go to college, displace yourself to go pro overseas, or play in our d-league (a bit self-serving on Stern's part, eh?).
Guys want to come out of high school because the NBA has been their lifelong dream..and they're being influenced by "experts" commenting on their draft stock, which is usually convoluted bs.
Maybe a new Hoop Dreams is in order because it's really night and day when you think about the problems faced by prep stars then and now.
And thanks letsmotor.
]]>The MLB and NHL have great farm systems, with hundreds of teams around the continent. Hockey, especially, is notorious for signing 15 and 16 year old kids to minor league contracts.
In baseball and hockey, there are a very large number of players who are developed in the minors and brought up to the majors.
Football and basketball have no such equivalent; at least not traditionally. In football, college is THE way to develop for the NFL. Virtually nobody plays without spending time at the college level.
Basketball is an altogether different beast. Some exceptionally talented players are ready to play in the NBA when they're just 17 or 18, but most take a few more years to develop.
If the NBA had a legitimate developmental league, (which the D-League is supposedly becoming) good players would feel comfortable playing at the lower levels and being brought along slowly. It's to the NBA's detriment that they sign one-and-done players to multi-year guaranteed contracts because it is a big risk putting up all of that money for an unproven commodity. The current system works to the short-term benefit of players because they can make millions even though they never see the floor (Adam Morrison) but this system is bad for the game.
I think the NBA should do away with the amateur draft. Instead, they should call up players from the D-leagues. Those leagues in turn would do the signing of amateur players. There would be much less risk for the NBA with this kind of system. The NCAA should not be used as the primary farm system for professional basketball. It works for football, but not hoops.