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Chicago Blackhawks winger Patrick Kane gets set for a third period faceoff as the Hawks defeated the Vancouver Canucks 2-1 in overtime March 21, 2012 at the United Center. | TOM CRUZE~Sun-Times
After averaging nearly half a goal per game during the regular season, Patrick Kane is averaging an anemic 0.13 goals per game in the playoffs.
Date Opp. G A +/-
Apr. 30 MIN 0 1 0
May 3 MIN 0 2 2
May 5 @MIN 0 2 2
May 7 @MIN 0 0 0
May 9 MIN 0 0 -1
May 15 DET 0 1 1
May 18 DET 1 0 -2
May 20 @DET 1 0 0
May 23 @DET 0 0 0
May 25 DET 0 1 1
May 27 @DET 0 0 0
May 29 DET 0 0 -1
June 1 LA 0 0 1
June 2 LA 0 1 1
June 4 @LA 0 0 -1
Totals 2 8 3
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LOS ANGELES — It's been a while since Patrick Kane has seen one of his shots go in. A little reminder that it's still possible couldn't hurt.
"The other day, myself and my dad watched all my playoff goals from my career," Kane said Wednesday. "It's cool to watch those things, and gives you a little confidence."
Kane's never been a guy hurting for confidence. But with two goals in 15 playoff games, one point in his last five games, and mired in a seven-game drought, his frustration level is rising. He's not the only Blackhawks star struggling — Jonathan Toews has just one goal in the playoffs, and just one point in the Western Conference final against the Los Angeles Kings. But Kane's absence was particularly conspicuous in Game 3, when the Hawks offense mustered just 20 shots on Jonathan Quick.
Kane noticed, too.
"[Game 3] was a big example where our team didn't play the best game, but it's a game I can step up … a game where I can get a big goal or a big pass or whatever it might be," Kane said. "That's a game that I feel I need to do something to help us win."
Hawks coach Joel Quenneville made it clear he wasn't happy with Kane's play in this series, offensively or defensively. He and Kane both said that offensive struggles can be mitigated by better play in other facets of the game, and Quenneville said, "We're looking for a little more."
Kane has just three goals in 28 playoff games since scoring the Stanley Cup-winning goal in 2010. But he said it's been a few years since he's slumped like this — he had just one six-game scoring drought during a stellar regular season in which he had 23 goals and 32 assists in 47 games — and that he simply needs to "will" himself out of it.
"It's not all of a sudden I'm a bad player, it just doesn't happen like that," Kane said. "I had a good regular season and I'm still a good player in this league and can make plays. It's something I've just got to go out and do."


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Voting No on "November"
Politics, or at least political satire, makes particularly strange bedfellows as foul-mouthed David Mamet and frolic-making Nathan Lane have teamed up to create November, a comedy about a bumbling White House incumbent trying, by whatever means necessary, to be reelected president. And I made an uneasy voyeur of their goings-on.
Don't get me wrong. I'm a Mamet fan. I even once had "a date" with him. An old boyfriend gave me the phone number of a playwright pal of his when I moved to Chicago for a short time in the early '70s. I called and the pal offered to show me around town one evening, introducing me to the Art Institute of Chicago and the deep-dish pleasure of the original Pizzeria Uno on Ohio Street. I never saw him again after that; I was stunned when I later saw Sexual Perversity in Chicago and realized it had been written by my tour guide.
Lane is even more beloved in my household. My pit-musician husband K played in the orchestras of the 1990s' revivals of Guys and Dolls and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and Lane's onstage antics in those shows, particularly in Forum, cracked K up almost every night and we have made a point of seeing just about everything that Lane has done since then. But K decided to pass on November. That seemed strange to me at first because K is also something of a political junkie. But, after seeing the show, it occurred to me that may have been why he passed on it.
November tells the story of Charles Smith, a hapless and unpopular president whose poll numbers are "lower than Gandhi's cholesterol." He and his adviser, a wry Dylan Baker, scheme about how they can stay in office and their plan ropes in Laurie Metcalf's comically earnest speechwriter Clarice Bernstein, a lesbian with a bad cold and a good cause; a representative of the turkey industry played by Ethan Phillips and a disgruntled Native American played by Michael Nichols. The seemingly ubiquitous director Joe Mantello puts them through their paces nicely and the equally ubiquitous set designer Scott Pask recreates a recognizable, and yet amusing, version of the Oval Office. As one would expect from Mamet, there are lots of undeleted expletives and no political correctness—every group and every political issue gets skewered. And as one would expect from Lane, there are lots and lots of laughs.
And yet the whole thing seemed kind of pointless to me. It wasn't that the situations were so ridiculously silly; I loved "Wag the Dog," the equally silly 1997 film satire that Mamet co-wrote about a president who tries to divert attention from a sex scandal by invading Albania. And it wasn't even that so many of the jokes were predictable in a Borscht Belt kind of way; Mel Brooks was sitting across from me and although he was clearly aware that people were looking at him to gauge his response, I caught him nodding his head a couple of times in apparent "ta-da" recognition of the shtick. I think it was that the show's underlying messages that politicians can be puerile and that democracy is important seem superfluous coming in the midst of an historic campaign.
Mamet has been campaigning hard for November, giving almost as many interviews as Hillary Clinton, Barak Obama or John McCain and even maintaining a blog in the voice of his presidential character (click here to read it). But for me, there's no contest: November can't compete with the drama, the inspiration or even the humor of the real thing.

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Plymouth have boosted their attacking options by acquiring Reading striker Gozie Ugwu on loan.
With Nick Chadwick one match into a six-game ban and Warren Feeney set to be sidelined for six-to-eight weeks with an ankle injury, boss John Sheridan has moved quickly to fill the gap with the former Yeovil loanee.
The 19-year-old will stay at Home Park for an initial month but the loan period can be extended until the end of the season, subject to an agreement between Gozie and the two clubs.
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I HEART YA #7: Dishing Up Male Protagonists
I have to admit that I had a hard time with this week's topics. Not that there aren't plenty of fun male characters in YA fiction. But honestly they're mostly the love interests or backup players (ie. Team Edward, Team Jacob, Team Peeta, etc.) and I promised we'd do protagonists, which means they've got to be the main character, not the heartthrob. (So in case you're wondering about next week's topic...Go Team!) But for today, I want to look at ya books that have males as the main character.
So as I began looking at lists and thinking about the books I've read, it became pretty obvious that there are a lot more female protagonists than male in ya fiction. I'm not absolutely sure why, but I'm betting it has something to do with the ratio of female to male authors.
I didn't think that would be a problem for this carnival, there are still plenty of books to choose from. But here's where I had a big "ah-ha" moment. While there are plenty of books with male protagonists that I love, I can't say that I'm wild about many of the protagonists.
There is, of course, Harry Potter. And I dare say there aren't a lot of folks that don't love Harry.
But after that it gets harder for me. I enjoyed the Fablehaven books by Brandon Mull, (though there are two protagonists that share equal billing, a girl and a boy), I found Seth a little annoying. I recently finished Variant, by Robison Wells, and while I really enjoyed the book, I realized there wasn't much characterization to Benson. He was a good guy, and I did cheer him on, I just didn't feel like I got to know him very well. Same with James Dashner's Maze.
In fact, I had to go all the way to Lois Lowry's The Giver to think of another male protagonist that I really loved. And guess what it has in common with Potter? They're both written by women. Hmmm...I think I might be on to something,
I do get that men who write about boys are going to worry more about action than feelings, and I'm okay with that as long as they tell a good story. But if anybody asks, here's what I want in my male protagonists, whether they're created by a woman or a man: I want them humble. I want them smart. I want them compassionate. Mostly I want them interesting. I want to get to know them with all their foibles and insecurities and still love them and cheer for them.
There's a fabulous list of male protagonists by Realm of Words, if you need a little brain nudge. (I ALWAYS need a brain nudge).
Okay, so what about you? Are there enough male protagonists, and how do you like them?
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And they're great too - make sure you folks head over there! Sorry I'm so late replying!Delete
Hmmm okayyyy. There is definitely something to the male protag who is humble and vulnerable inside, too... So I guess if that's done right I can love them as much as the cocky, confident type. (How's that for a non-opinion? lol)ReplyDeleteReplies
No such thing as a non-opinion. I'm thinking it's more about a lovable, maybe even quirky character that's important. Thanks for sharing!Delete
Hi! I just now had a chance to read this, and I do have opinions, but since I'm late I'll just write a comment. : ) I just wanted to say that I've seen wonderful male protagonists in a lot of older YA books. Gary Paulsen writes terrific male characters. Along the same lines, Jean Craighead George wrote My Side of the Mountain, which I remember loving. There's also S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders (which I haven't read for a long time) and Jerry Spinelli's Maniac Magee. William Sleator wrote a lot of really interesting YA novels, including Interstellar Pig, which I thought had a pretty sympathetic male protagonist. Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials series has one male and one female protagonist, both of whom are fabulous in their own ways. I would also argue that Ender's Game could be considered YA.ReplyDelete
The other thing is that if you go back to before YA was really a genre-- say, before the 1970s or so-- you'll find a lot of coming-of-age novels with adolescent characters who are usually male (because publishing was super sexist back then and male authors tend to write male characters). That gives you books like The Catcher in the Rye, though whether Holden Caulfield is actually "likable" is up for debate. I also have very positive memories of John Knowles' A Separate Peace.
It does seem true, though, that in the post-2000 YA explosion there's been a dramatic shift towards female authors and female protagonists. It's really strange, because in the middle grade section there are millions of books with male protagonists (the Charlie Bone books, Garth Nix's Keys to the Kingdom series, The Invention of Hugo Cabret, etc.), but then when you hit YA it drops off to almost nothing. I've been meaning to read All You Need To Survive The Apocalypse, which has a very likable male protagonist who caught my attention in the sample I read. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is supposed to be pretty good, but I don't really know anything about the characters. Other than that, none really spring to mind, so I guess you're right. Either adolescent boys aren't reading as much as they used to (partial replacement of books by video games?), or publishers are so greedy for a slice of the Twilight-reading audience pie that they're not buying as many manuscripts with male protagonists. Weird!Replies
Wow! Great comment! And I'm glad I'm not the only one to see that trend and to be surprised by it. I've had the Part-Time Indian on my to-read list for a while, and have heard good things as well. Thanks for jumping in!Delete
Here's mine, (in case anyone is as late as I am to peruse this). :)ReplyDelete
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Mr. Jacob Allen Gertsch, 24, of Dobson passed away unexpectedly at his home on Monday August 8, 2011. He was born in Warren County, PA on August 11, 1986 to Kenneth Richard Gertsch, Jr. and to Lola Jean Irwin Magistro. Mr. Gertsch was an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed spending time with his children and making every moment count. He was employed by First Choice of the Carolinas as an electrician and of the Catholic faith. He leaves to cherish his memory his loving wife of three years, Dena Burchette Gertsch of the home; a daughter, AllyAnn Nichole Gertsch and Adam Duane Burchette Gertsch both of the home; a step-son, Nathan Lee Bond; his beloved parents, Lola and Ken Magistro of Dobson; two sisters, Alicia Atkins of Mount Airy and Danielle Magistro of Dobson; two brothers, Timothy Gertsch and fiancé Ashley Jones and Shawn Magistro all of Dobson, and a large extended family; his best friend, T.J. Swartz. His paternal grandfather, Lloyd Irwin and a cousin John Hayes preceded him in death. A celebration of his life will be held at 7 pm Friday, August 12, 2011 in the chapel of Moody-Davis Funeral Home. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 pm until the hour of the service. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Jacob Gertsch funeral fund c/o/ Moody-Davis Funeral Home PO Box 295 Dobson, NC 27017.


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Is there a moral balance between liberty and security, or are the two mutually exclusive?
Can the rich ever become so rich, that they strangle the poor? And what qualifies as "strangling"?
Must a capitalist globalization lead toward an impoverishment of the American working class?
Should the poor have a safety net, and if they do, how much of a net should they have?
Do the rich have an obligation to bolster the wealth of society, aside from providing jobs and infrastructure?
Since the dawn of civilization, man has sought timeless principles to address the concepts of wealth and poverty, justice and equality. Karl Marx was one of these people.
Like many leftists, Karl was very good at recognizing national ills, and his moral criticism of Western economics was not entirely wrong. The West, at his time–although more successful and moral than almost any other economic system in world history–had neglected many of the unalienable, Biblically defined rights of the unfortunate poor. So, in response to these mounting and emotionally stirring injustices, the secular left readied for war against the overwhelmingly capitalist West, determined to solve the problem of abject poverty on their own terms.
At first the struggle against capitalism was difficult, meeting much resistance. But in time, the faux-egalitarian ideals of Communism slowly took hold of the media and educational facilities, then the legislatures, and then finally spread to all governmental institutions. Within a generation or two of leftist control, our major cities became swamped with violent crime, our great grandchildren became saddled with unpayable debt, American industrial jobs flocked out of the country, our children became increasingly uneducated, and our banking system all but collapsed. Few would argue that the United States of America is safer, stronger, and more wholesome than 50 years ago, despite the "progressive" trajectory of the nation. It would seem, then, by natural conclusion, that as our society has grown more "progressive," our country has necessarily grown more unstable.
But Western history did not need to take a turn for the worse. It is very possible that the West (and indeed, the world) would have responded differently to Marxism, had Americans founded themselves upon more Biblical economic standards. But to understand how Americans might have done so, we must first consider Marx's criticisms of capitalism.
First, Marx argued that unemployed workers were paid the minimum amount necessary to maintain their value as laborers, which resulted in both a lack of employee self-sustainability and property. He theorized that this minimizing of self-sustainability resulted from competition between businesses, a very popular opinion of leftists today. Second, he argued that an increasingly globalized competition lowered working standards, as our shrinking world sought the least expensive labor. This assertion also remains a popular fear amongst our Democratic working class.
Third, Marx argued that masses of the uneducated and unemployed forced the employee into desperate conditions, as employers could exchange workers for any other uneducated worker in the unemployed labor force. And what happens to the newly unemployed workers? Perhaps, within libertarian capitalism, if the jobless were fortunate enough to either have supportive extended family or live in an area which instituted a program of temporary workfare, they might be able to temporarily sustain their wives and children. If not, the gutter. This third powerful argument–alongside racial envy–is the most notable pillar in support of an ever-expanding, boundaryless welfare state.
The fundamental capitalist has little-to-no argument against these emotionally moving claims, as free market capitalism provides no safeguards against a perpetual global wage destruction, provides little against the inability for many of the poor to acquire property, and provides no safety net for the jobless. It would seem, then, that unless orthodox capitalists arbitrarily accept some doctrinally inconsistent principles, capitalists are forced to accept economic situations which for the most part are morally questionable, if not entirely wrong. But consider how Americans might have addressed these concerns if they had adopted a Biblical economic system instead of a partially Biblical libertarian system.
First, Biblical economics ensure that every family had their own property, which–even if sold–reverted back into their possession every fifty years. Second, the poor were ensured food for which they could work, a workfare program, similar to food stamps, but requiring labor from the beneficiaries instead of freely dispersing the public's goods. Third, charging any form of interest was illegal (not to be confused with entering a business investment, in which the investor is given direct influence over the business and shares in the risks and rewards thereof). Fourth, citizens' debts were released every seven years, to ensure that the rich could not keep the poor in perpetual debt slavery, receiving interest upon interest (should interest even be charged). Fifth, if a person were to have accrued too much debt due to hardship, they could opt into voluntary indentured servitude, which could only last a maximum of six years. During this term of servitude, their creditor would take care of all the servant's (and by extension, the servant's family's) material needs while providing them training to fill a position. Most importantly, when a person left this indentured servitude, they were to be amply supplied by their ex-creditor with enough wealth to be self sustainable.
Consider how fair each of these proposals are. How could Marx object to a landless, purposely impoverished peasantry, when land reverted to each family periodically? How could Marx complain about a desperate, unemployed mob and the wage decreases bolstered by it, when food and a job were always available–even if the job was acquired due to the temporarily-curtailed liberties of servitude? How could Marx argue that a person was kept in poverty, when the destitute were regularly liberated from their short term debt with work experience and enough supplies to begin anew? How could Marx argue that global competition was destroying living standards, when Biblical law strengthened the local economy by encouraging production instead of consumptive debt, and by allowing citizens to charge only foreign merchants interest? And how could our government outsource our jobs with its taxation policies, when flat taxation was only to be taken from each person individually, and not excessively from the corporation, through payroll taxes, and all the other American business taxes which make foreign labor so affordable?
Furthermore, consider the balance of God's proposals, which despite strong protections for the poor:
1) neither demonized nor punished success
2) which never awarded anyone for laziness or recklessness
3) which never allowed the borrower to cheat the creditor by declaring bankruptcy
4) which had set and proportional flat taxation levels (to fund infrastructural development according to need, and fund the judicial/workfare system, respectively)
5) which never rewarded anyone simply due to a falsely labeled "social justice."
6) which never inflated the money supply to steal from the populace
7) which never rescued any failing companies or citizens on the public's purse
8) and which established no minimum wage because only skill, market need, and the consensual contract would determine what an employer owed
These principles encompass the epitome of free market liberties, as moral, wise, and fair as the human race will ever see. But let us not err in simply labeling this Biblical system "fair" or "functional": it is perfectly fair and perfectly functional, and the statutes contained within it encompass our unalienable, God given economic rights. Simultaneously providing security for the needy as well as liberty for the skilled, industrious, and the innovative, this system was designed by the Almighty to carry an obedient nation into a brighter, wealthier, morally defensible future.
But we must not be naive. Some of these proposals, particularly the proposal about indentured servitude, will immediately appear repulsive to most Americans, who are accustomed to letting debtors walk free due to our unfair attitude toward those who have. But let us consider how indentured servitude would work for someone deeply in uncontrollable debt, say, a person with unpayable medical bills.
In the event that a person were to become indebted beyond payment to the hospital, that indebted person would have the option of placing themselves under the authority of the hospital or its owners for six years or less. During this period of servanthood, the borrower's debts would be forgiven, they would be given enough housing, food, medical attention, and clothing for their family, would most likely learn a trade which would make them employable by a hospital upon release, and would be released with a modest sum of money, with which the newly liberated debtor would begin his life again.
Contrast this debt management program with modern America's debt system, in which the debtor would receive services–say fifty thousand dollars worth–without paying a cent, or in which the debtor spent the next ten, maybe twenty years trying to pay their bills while struggling to house their children, with debt collectors hounding them every step of the way. Would either of these last two options be morally acceptable? To cheat a lender, or pay interest upon interest for year after year?
But aside from the debt management plan, there is another Biblical economic proposition which, if introduced without proper explanation, would immediately inspire panic. To address the topic of permanent familial property, any critic would be right in suggesting that Americans have been in continental territory for quite some time, making the institution of forceful land reform tantamount to totalitarianism. The best and most politically viable solution, as far as I can see, is two fold.
First, and most importantly, we must recognize that our government has placed American citizens in the hands of bankers by artificially inflating the prices of homes and encouraging the 30 year mortgage through leftist government programs. But while the extensive programs have proven risky for our housing market, we find that other countries without such programs have higher rates of home ownership. Our first duty, then, is to restore the moral, market based home pricing system we had before the bailouts and FHA, allow home prices to fall to their natural, affordable state, and reinstate the noble gold standard to keep our government from "bolstering" our housing market with inflationary corporate welfare.
Second in this plan to establish a landed citizenry, a citizen family (a man and a wife) should be able to secure one property within city limits, or up to two acres outside city limits, and these properties should permanently be the property of the family, until the family should trade it away for another permanent property. If a family loses their permanent property due to hardship, they should have the ability to declare hardship upon property loss, and (either they or the nearest family member) be able to repurchase it within a specified period of time for a pro rated price. If unable to reclaim their property, the property will revert back into their possession every 50 years; and if a father has too many sons to whom he could will his property, the landless sons may claim their own. In this way, we will not forcefully rob property owners, but we will provide affordable and permanent housing to those interested in providing for their families.
So how do we answer the left, when they claim capitalism oppresses the poor? We show them what limits God intended for the free market. We show them that the utmost liberty belongs to the strong, and security with curtailed liberties to the weak or immoral. We show them that yes–the rich can become so rich that the poor are strangled, so we give the poor family permanent land and workfare programs, to ensure that nobody starves, or to ensure that none of the weak are kept in perpetual abject poverty. We show them that lending has limits, and that both the borrower and the lender must never be robbed by charging interest or declaring bankruptcy. We show leftists that globalization doesn't have to outsource all our jobs and lower our working standards, because God's taxation system doesn't promote outsourcing. We show them that the poor do have a safety net, and that it has very defined limits aside from personal charity. And we show them that the rich do have an obligation to society, and they by Divine standards, we may only demand it at the same rate we ask of everyone else. And as a side benefit, while the Marxist is not guaranteed to become a committed Christian in response to these principles, he will have a much more difficult time uncovering injustices with which to swindle the naive.
In conclusion, C.S. Lewis once said the following about progression. "We all want progress. But progress means getting nearer to the place you want to be. And if you have taken a wrong turning, then to go forward does not get you any nearer. If you are on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; and in that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive man." Words by which to live.


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Welcome to Rotorua! Set in the beautiful Bay of Plenty, Rotorua is the premiere cultural centre for New Zealand and the site for the GCI annual festival over the years.
Grace Communion International was established in Rotorua in 1981. Built initially on a magazine and booklet media base, the church has always sought to provide clear biblical underpinnings to our beliefs. In earlier years our denomination tended toward legalism but God in His mercy led us out of this and today we embrace His grace with joy.
Please contact our pastor there, Peter Lindop (see link to Pastor's page below), for details of meetings. Visitors are most welcome at any time to share a time of worship together with us. While we are keen in our commitment as Christians we are a relaxed, friendly group. And while we would love visitors to return again, we leave that decision entirely in your hands and will not pressurise you in any way.


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I'm one of those girls who just loves wearing heels. Every time I get an opportunity I wear them, and I tend to save most of my splurges for them! A lot of girls are afraid to wear heels unless its for a special occasion, but I believe that they can be appropriate at other times as well — as long as you are smart about wearing them.
The biggest mistake girls make when wearing heels is being awkward and stumbling around in them. In order for heels to help you look good and act confident, you have to look steady and graceful in them.
The first step to wearing heels the right way is making sure you buy a perfect fit. When trying shoes on at the store, make sure they're the right size, and walk around in them to make sure they are comfortable.
And I hate to say it, but there is no magical step that allows you to walk gracefully in heels. Like most things, practice makes perfect, and the more you wear them, the easier it will be to walk in them.
Another thing that will make heels easier (and more enjoyable) to wear, is knowing what heels to wear on what occasions. For examples, glitzy stilettos are probably not the best idea for the office. And summer wedges may not be the best choice for a formal evening out. Here are some guidelines of what shoes to wear on different occasions:
For the workplace, I tend to go with shorter heels. Although flats would probably be comfortable I cringe and putting away my heels for an everyday activity. But when I'm on my feet for hours at a time, comfort seems to take over. I tend to go with a supportive kitten heel like these edgy Louboutins.
If I'm running errands during the day or going to meetings, I'm spending a lot of time sitting down so I'm not afraid to up the height of the heels. I sometimes like to wear strappy summer wedges like these Steve Madden ones. They are supportive and super easy to walk in. I also love these colorful and eye-cathing Guess pumps for the daytime.
Nighttime, either for a party or a fancy dinner, is when I pull out the glamorous heels. Classic black suede pumps are a fashion staple that everyone should have in their closets. They go with nearly everything. Sparkly stilettos are also fun to add a bit of glitz to an outfit just like these fancy Jimmy Choo's.
The most important thing to take away from this, is don't be afraid of heels! Of course, if you're not used to wearing them they may seem intimidating, but if you wear them the right way I swear you'll end up loving them. Just make sure you buy a pair of heels that are comfortable and appropriate for the occasion. Your confidence will skyrocket!
Do you love to wear heels as much as I do, Lovelies? Do you ever have trouble walking in them?
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Cablegram 69 PRETORIA, 9 August 1945, 2.51 p.m.
I have read your correspondence with the Dominions Office re consultation of Dominion Governments on peace negotiations and times. While I am sympathetic to your views, I also feel that the United Kingdom Government are in a difficult position vis a vis other great powers re direct participation of the Dominions in such negotiations.
Under the circumstances I am afraid we shall have to be satisfied with putting our individual Government's views clearly and strongly before the United Kingdom Government for their guidance in negotiations with their other colleagues. If we press for Dominion representation, Russia will at once press for the Ukraine, Poland and the rest to participate also, and soon there will be a major San Francisco Conference. You have their undertaking re the Pacific and I have a similar undertaking with respect to the Italian colonies.
The general European conditions must perforce be left largely to the great powers and we can but put our general views before the United Kingdom Government so that the Dominion points of view will not be entirely lost sight of. Our position is, in fact, that of the other minor belligerents and it is awkward for us to claim more than this as Dominions under the British wing.


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|Topic Num:
|A10-052 (Army)
|Innovative Heavy-lifting Manipulators for EOD Robots
|Research & Technical Areas:
|Ground/Sea Vehicles, Weapons
|Acquisition Program:
|Develop innovative lifting robotic manipulators for current Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) operations.
|An EOD requirement exists to increase the lifting capacity of robotic manipulators to remove heavy projectiles and their resistance to the recoil forces generated by the firing of EOD disrupters. The current manipulators are powered by electric motors which do not provide sufficient lifting capacity and grip strength and are irreparably damaged by the firing of EOD disruptor tools. EOD units supporting the Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and the Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) Afghanistan need a robotic vehicle with a heavy-lifting and recoil-force resistant manipulator system to support asymmetric battlefield missions that require operators to dispose of or render safe IEDs (Improvised Explosive Devices), VBIEDs (Vehicle borne Improvised Explosive Devices) or UXOs (Unexploded Ordnances). Many explosive devices built with 155mm artillery shells or other heavy components using electro-mechanical manipulator systems are not capable of lifting projectile weights over 110 lbs. If the EOD operator can use the robot to lift the IED components, they can be removed to a safe zone where they can be disposed of. This would minimize risk to friendly forces and mitigate collateral damage while reducing risk to the operators and increasing their capabilities and efficiency. Also, existing manipulator systems are not strong enough to breach doors or open trunks of suspicious vehicles. Currently, EOD operators use explosives to force open vehicle trunks and doors. Having a manipulator system open the trunk or door of a suspicious vehicle would be much safer. Additionally, EOD operators wish to mount disrupters on robotic manipulators that fire various heavy-recoil slugs designed to render-safe or dispose of explosive devices. However, recent testing has demonstrated that the heavy recoil forces generated by the firing of disrupters, even with recoil mitigation devices installed, strip the electric motors of the manipulator causing irreparable damage. This effort solicits innovative solutions to the problem including 1) an innovative manipulator system which can be installed on the payload of a small EOD moving platforms such as the Talon Robot (see Reference #6), or Packbot (see reference #7) with the manipulator system weight between 20 and 27 lbs); 2) a lifting capacity of no less than 110 lbs, 44 lbs at full extension, and the manipulator horizontal/vertical reach range shall be a minimum length of a robot platform and twice the length of a robot body as the maximum; 3) the manipulator gripper and the entire arm assembly must be strong enough to force open a vehicle door or trunk ; 4) the ability to withstand repeated firing of .50 Cal Dearmer slugs (fired at explosive devices to disrupt the firing mechanism or circuit which has an energy of approximately 560 ft-lbs ) without performance degradation or damage to the manipulator; 5) the manipulator system shall have the following actuated degrees of freedom (degrees of motion): shoulder pitch, shoulder roll, shoulder yaw, elbow pitch, wrist pitch, wrist roll, wrist yaw, torso yaw, etc; 6) each actuated degree of freedom shall be compatible with a source bus voltage of 24V DC and include sensing for joint position (and derivative speed) and joint torque; 7) the system shall be capable of receiving and processing serial commands (e.g. RS-232, USB, etc.) for individual joint motion. Position, speed, and torque loops shall be closed locally by the motor controller.
|PHASE I: Design an innovative heavy-lifting robotic manipulator system that achieves the 1-7 aforementioned requirements.
|PHASE II: Build a robotic manipulator prototype system and perform preliminary field tests to quantify performance.
|PHASE III: This generic heavy-lifting manipulator can be used in a variety of military remote control applications including the upcoming Advanced EOD Robotic System (AEODRS), the Man Transportable Robotic System (MTRS), etc. Commercial applications could include homeland security applications such as opening doors for law enforcement personnel under dangerous conditions, removing suspicious objects for bomb squads, or handling hazardous materials in a stressful environment.
|) The Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) website: http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/
2) Optimal, Model-Based Design of Soft Robotic Manipulators
J. Mech. Des. -- September 2008 -- Volume 130, Issue 9, 091402
3) Hydraulic Robot Manipulator Shoulder
4) Force Feedback Manipulator
5) Hydraulic end effector
6) http://www.foster-miller.com/lemming.htm
7) http://www.irobot.com/sp.cfm?pageid=109
8) MIL-STD-1472F, Human Engineering and DOD-HDBK-743A, Anthropometry of U.S. Military Personnel
|IED defeat, VBIED detection, hydraulics, robot manipulators
Questions and Answers:
Q: Can you be more specific about the desired degrees of freedom for the entire system, particularly your breakdown for the torso, arm, and end-effector(s)?
A: This topic revealed that one of the manipulator(s) skeletal structures is adapting the approach of a 3-DOF (yaw, roll, and pitch motions) for the torso and a variety of end effectors (desired to have 8-DOF which is human-arm-like [7-DOF + wrist extension] but not required). However, all potential proposers are encouraged to submit any innovative heavy-lifting manipulator(s) concepts for EOD robots.
Q: We are curious about the size of the desired work-space of the arm system. Most UGV arms appear to have about 1-meter of usable reach, is this more or less acceptable for this system?
A: The usable arm reach is one of the criteria among other specifications (Ex. Horizontal and vertical reach, power-to-weight ratio, minimum and maximum range of motion (shoulder, elbow, wrist, jaw, and others).
Q: 1. Are there cameras on the robot for situational awareness or should they be included in the arm design?
A: 1. Are there cameras on the robot for situational awareness or should they be included in the arm design?


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Have you noticed this trend of putting lamps in the "wrong" place? I'm not talking about the work or desk lamps above the kitchen worktop that we've been seeing for years, what I mean is people placing floor lamps on tables, ceiling lights on the wall, and desk lamps by the bed, or any other place you can think of. I think it's a great way of adding some surprise in your decor. What do you think? I'll give you some examples to show you what I mean.
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|January 25, 2011
David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CARLOS GARCIA, 48, of Bayberry Lane, Guilford, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 63 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for operating a $2 million investment scheme.
"This sentence should serve as a warning to any individual who intends to operate an investment fraud scheme," stated U.S. Attorney Fein. "The Connecticut U.S. Attorney's Office and our federal, state and local law enforcement partners are committed to investigating financial fraud schemes and prosecuting those involved in order to seek justice for victims."
According to court documents and statements made in court, from at least as early as 2002 until 2009, GARCIA purported to be an investment advisor/hedge fund manager, selling shares in "Paramount Equity Partners, LLC," an investment vehicle that he represented would be used to invest client funds. GARCIA directed certain clients to cash out their stock holdings or other investments, obtain surrender checks by mail, and endorse the checks over to "Garcia Capital Management, LLC," an entity that GARCIA controlled. GARCIA then deposited the surrender checks into the Garcia Capital Management, LLC bank account. GARCIA directed other clients to wire transfer money directly into the bank account for Paramount Equity Partners, LLC, and he then transferred those funds into the Garcia Capital Management, LLC bank account.
Instead of investing the funds as promised, GARCIA used clients' money to pay for personal expenses for himself and his family, and to make "lulling" payments to clients. Through this scheme, GARCIA victimized at least 10 people and caused a net loss to his victims of more than $2 million.
As part of the scheme, GARCIA created and mailed bogus account statements and correspondence to his client victims that discussed the returns they were earning on their investments. In some cases, GARCIA also created false federal Internal Revenue Service Form 1065 Schedule K-1s so that victims filed false tax returns and paid taxes on returns they never earned.
GARCIA also willfully evaded the payment of income taxes for the tax years 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008, resulting in a tax loss to the government of $38,145.
On November 4, 2010, GARCIA pleaded guilty to one count of mail fraud, one count of wire fraud and four counts of tax evasion.
Today, Judge Bryant ordered GARCIA to pay restitution in the amount of $2,061,604.42 to the victims of his scheme. GARCIA also must resolve his outstanding tax liabilities with the IRS.
This matter was investigated by the Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigation and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Susan L. Wines.
In December 2010, the U.S. Attorney's Office and several law enforcement and regulatory partners announced the formation of the Connecticut Securities, Commodities and Investor Fraud Task Force, which is investigating matters relating to insider trading, market manipulation, Ponzi schemes, investor fraud, financial statement fraud, violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and embezzlement. The Task Force includes representatives from the U.S. Attorney's Office; Federal Bureau of Investigation; Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigation; U.S. Secret Service; U.S. Postal Inspection Service; U.S. Department of Justice's Criminal Division, Fraud Section and Antitrust Division; U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC); U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Office of the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP); Office of the Chief State's Attorney; State of Connecticut Department of Banking; Greenwich Police Department and Stamford Police Department.
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As devices continue to proliferate, reaching viewers across multiple screens is becoming an imperative for advertisers. At the recent Video Ad Summit, one of our sessions focused on how advertisers are beginning to do this and what challenges remain. Participants included Larry Adams (Mindshare), Josh Chasin (comScore), Rob Holmes (Comcast), Chuck Parker (Brightcove), Katie Seitz (Tremor), with moderator Jeff Lanctot (Mixpo).
Categories: Advertising, Devices, Events
Topics: Brightcove, Comcast, comScore, Mindshare, Mixpo, Tremor Video
The traditional narrative around online/over-the-top video is that it will incent cord-cutting and cord-nevering. But now, in a twist, instead of a looming battle between OTT and pay-TV, it could well be that we're on the brink of a new era of cooperation between the two, which could have profound implications for everyone in the video ecosystem.
Stepping back for a moment, pay-TV operators have always been in the business of improving the delivery of available video and packaging it into bundles. Initially operators distributed broadcast channels and then in the 70's and 80's, with the advent of satellite delivery, operators began bundling "cable" channels as well (e.g. ESPN, MTV, CNN, USA, etc.).
Topics: ActiveVideo Networks, Amdocs, Comcast, Hulu, IAB, Netflix, NewFronts, TiVo, Tremor Video
I'm pleased to present the 191st edition of the VideoNuze podcast with my weekly partner Colin Dixon of nScreenMedia.
This was a big week for online video advertising, with 3 key milestones: AOL's acquisition of Adap.tv for $405 million (the biggest of CEO Tim Armstrong's tenure), YuMe's IPO, and Tremor Video reporting solid 2nd quarter results, in its first quarter as a public company.
As I explained earlier this week, the success of AOL-Adap.tv is riding on 3 key market trends, the shift from linear TV style viewing to anywhere/anytime/any device viewing, the democratization of video production and distribution which has led to a plethora of online originals, and the influence of technology in the ad buying/selling process. AOL is seeking to capitalize on all this through Adap.tv's programmatic platform.
Meanwhile Tremor Video, whose stock has had a bumpy start since the company went public in early July, posted a strong 2nd quarter, with revenue growing by 41% year-over-year. As CEO Bill Day explained on the earnings call, key to this was a focus on premium performance-based in-stream video advertising, which grew from 20% of revenue in Q2 '12 to 34% in Q2 '13. Mobile was also a big contributor to the quarter, rising from 4% of revenue to 13% of revenue. Bill noted the company is highly focused on providing transparency and analytics around traditional brand metrics such as brand lift, engagement, completion rates, etc. to engage buyers.
More broadly, as Colin observes, online video is giving brands and content providers more flexibility to insert product placements and other deep product integration. I agree, though for the foreseeable future, I see the vast majority of online video ad revenue coming from more traditional pre-, mid- and post-roll advertising.
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Categories: Advertising, Deals & Financings, Podcasts
Topics: Adap.tv, AOL, Podcast, Tremor Video, YuMe
Tremor Video's VideoHub technology has received Media Rating Council (MRC) accreditation for its video viewability metric and 4 of its other metrics. The accreditations are another milestone for online video advertising in moving from a "Wild West" to delivering assured campaign data to advertisers, agencies and content providers. MRC is an independent industry organization focused on validated audience measurement services.
The 5 VideoHub metrics that MRC has accredited are as follows:
Categories: Advertising
Topics: Tremor Video, VideoHub
With billions of video streams now being viewed each month, across an ever-growing array of devices, consumers' expectations are higher than ever that video is a part of the storytelling mix. For print publications like magazines and newspapers, that's creating a massive new opportunity to re-imagine their businesses, better connect with their audiences and pursue a new vein of ad spending.
To get a better sense of why video is so strategic for magazines, last week I spoke with Lauren Wiener, who 6 weeks ago became president of global sales and marketing at Tremor Video, after spending 9 years at Meredith Corp, most recently as SVP of Digital. Meredith has been among the most active magazine publishers with video through its Meredith Video Studios business. The unit creates original video that is syndicated to YouTube and other online outlets along with VOD, and provides videos to Meredith's numerous magazines' online properties.
Categories: Magazines
Topics: Meredith, Tremor Video
Tremor Video announced earlier today that in June it served 98.3% of its in-stream video ads in players that were 400 pixels or bigger. Tremor has found that the bigger-sized players drive double the engagement rate and also boost completion rates for ads. Based on its own analytics, Tremor found that for ads appearing in 400-500 pixel players, 62% of viewers watched to completion and for ads appearing in a 500-700 pixel player, completion jumped to 75%.
Tremor believes that as player sizes get bigger the viewing experience becomes more TV-like, therefore inducing users to relax and be more prone to sit through ads. Looking ahead, this bodes well for ads on connected TVs, where the content and ads are seen in full screen. Tremor said that it is advising publishing partners to increase the size of their players in order to deliver improved ad performance.
Related, Hulu must also be finding similar results; back in March it increased the size of its video player by 55% to a beefy 900x500.
Categories: Advertising
Topics: Hulu, Tremor Video
There were 4 separate research studies released yesterday from important video technology providers, all pointing to continued change and growth in video viewership and monetization. Below I've shared key highlights from each, along with links to obtain the original research.
Categories: Advertising, Mobile Video
Topics: Cisco, Magid, Ooyala, Rhythm NewMedia, Tremor Video
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Amy Kaufeldt becomes the anchor of "Good Day" in the morning for Fox's O&O WOFL in Orlando. Amy has been an anchor and reporter for the station since 2003. Eric Harryman is thrilled to be moving close to home where he'll join KTXL in Sacramento as an anchor and reporter. Eric has... [TVSpy]


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'The Cover is Open' Message Displays on the Computer
If top cover of the product is open or the open door sensor is broken, the following message displays: The cover is open. The document fails to print and the product driver status changes to Door Open. The document to be printed is added to the print queue.
Follow the steps to resolve the issue.
Step one: Check the door
- Close the door properly. Make sure it is closed and completely seated in the body of the product
- Click OK to print the document.If this does not resolve the issue, continue to the next step.
Step two: Reset the printer
- Unplug the USB cable from the back of the product.
- Remove the power cord from the electrical outlet on the wall and the power supply cord from the product. Wait for 30 seconds and connect the power cord back to the wall electrical outlet and the power supply cord into the product.
- After the product has turned on, connect the USB cable to the product.If the error message The cover is open still displays or if the driver status still shows Door Open, continue to the next step.
Step three: Check the door sensor activator
- Open the top cover and inspect the plastic sensor activator found on the lower left side of the top cover.If the plastic sensor activator is broken, go to Step four.
- While keeping the top cover open, insert a cotton swab to press and hold the door sensor down.If the carriage moves away from the middle of the product, there is no problem with the door sensor. The error message disappears from the screen.If the Cover is Open error message does not disappear from the computer, unplug the USB Cable and reinstall the product software.If reinstalling the product software does not resolve the issue, go to the next step.
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Tribune Company Bonus Plan Gets the OK
Tribune Company bankruptcy judge Kevin Carey signed off on the company's plan to dole out $42.5 million in bonuses to around 640 people in management.
"I think it's entirely reasonable to order this relief in these uncertain times," Carey said during a hearing for the plan earlier today.
Truer words have never been spoken. We can't even begin to comprehend what would happen if management felt a slight pinch during these troubling economic times. God forbid! Pillars would crumble! The heavens would fall! The demon soul of Karl Marx himself would descend from the sky and rape every virgin in sight!
Carey has now authorized more than $134 million in management bonuses since Tribune Co. filed for bankruptcy in 2008. We can't even begin to count how many thousands of journalists and print workers have been laid off during that same time.


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|Help! We're finishing our basement and putting in a wet bar area. I think we have at least 8 feet to work with. We *thought* we had decided on separate ice maker and beverage fridge (either U-Line or Subzero), but someone on another forum suggested getting a 24 inch fridge (they linked to a 24 inch Liebherr that is fully integrated) for less money than the separate bev fridge + ice maker. Met with architect this morning re: basement cabinetry details & he thought that wasn't a bad idea. Would give us the ice and the space for drinks plus extra freezer & fridge space, which could be handy as the fully integrated Liebherr we put in our new kitchen upstairs is only a 36 inch fridge.
Thoughts on 24 inch fridge in basement wet bar area vs. separate bev fridge & ice maker? Is the fridge going to use significantly more energy than the bev fridge + ice maker? We used to have 2 apartments in our basement, each with its own kitchen, so we just got rid of 2 old fridges, and I'm a little hesitant to add one back in, but design-wise I think it would work in our wet bar space with 2 ft. for fridge and still 6 more ft. for countertop/bar sink/lower & upper cabs.
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- Posted by GreenDesigns (My Page) on Fri, Feb 24, 12 at 13:38
|It would be significantly less expensive and use significantly less energy to have one unit do the job.
Ice makers are noisy energy hogs. They don't "keep" ice. They just make it. Continually. Which means that if you don't use the whatever 60 pounds of ice a day that it makes that it just melts away and has to be drained. You are paying for all of that energy to freeze all that water and paying for a pump to pump it all away unused. (Unless you plumb in a gravity drain.) And they aren't happy about being turned off and only turned on when there's a party and you need a bunch of ice. It's a bit less convenient to go and buy a bunch of bagged ice for parties, but you can buy a heck of a lot of ice fore $2500+ that is the startup costs. Running costs can be from $20-$50 a month depending on model. Most refrigerators, even if they aren't Energy Star, will only cost you around $55 a year to run.
"Beverage fridges" aren't generally that energy efficient. Nor are they that cold. They don't have freezer sections either. They start at about $1200 and go up from there.
So, you'd have a $3700 beginning expense if you went with a beverage fridge and ice maker and you'd still have no freezer to chill down the Jello shooters or keep Popsicles for the kids.
Depending on how much traffic this bar area gets, you might even want to go for a 30" or 33" fridge rather than a 24" one. Choosing stainless would be less than choosing a paneled one, but that's an aesthetic decision as well as a monetary one.
|The ice machine by itself will use more energy than the "full-size" fully integrated Liebherr fridge.All clear ice machines are energy/water hogs. They are not energy star rated.Turning the ice machine on for parties and then turning it off is a recipe for premature wear.The machine gets wet and when you turn it off it gets parts rusting.It is designed to be "on" all the time. Getting a seperate undercounter 15" freezer with a tiny standard ice maker in there is pointless.Liebherr fridges are among the most energy efficient.
The fully integrated 24" Liebherr is going to make even less ice than the Liebherr French Door or 36" Single door. The icemaker is a little smaller. You need to decide how much ice you really want.
As far as layout goes I think people here could be a lot more helpful if you posted it here. Even a rough scetch would help.
- Posted by sweetandrew (My Page) on Fri, Feb 24, 12 at 15:53
|Thanks so much. I had no idea that the ice makers didn't keep the ice like in my Liebherr fridge. Seems crazy to waste that much water if we only need ice occasionally. Between the ice in our kitchen freezer and the ice in the 24 in. Liebherr in the basement (if we go that route), seems like it would be plenty for our needs. I do think I want the fully integrated look so I would be looking at the Liebherr, unless anyone here knows of other 24 in. fridges that can be fully integrated.
|Whoa, we're talking two very different beasts here regarding icemakers.
Undercounter ice machines that make clear ice cubes are what people above are describing (and IMO, the crystal-clear, taste-free ice they make is worth the additional water and energy usage). However, the typical refrigerator icemakers that make cloudy-white (and all too often, smelly) crescents do not use much water or electricity, or take up much space. All of the combo refrigerator/icemakers are of the latter type *except* one or two U-Line models that are 24" wide and have a refrigerator to the left and a clear ice machine to the right, all behind a single door (which I'd strongly consider BTW). The others, some of which include a freezer as well, use standard refrigerator icemakers. Note that clear ice machines require a drain, and in some cases a (usually optional) drain pump if your drain is above the ice machine.
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Two New Jersey men were arraigned before a federal judge Monday, two days after federal agents and NYPD cops arrested and charged them with conspiring to kill their fellow Americans.
27-year-old Mohamed Mahmood Alessa and 26-year-old Carlos Eduardo Almonte appeared briefly in federal court in Newark, speaking only to say they understood the charges against them. They face charges of conspiring to kill, maim and kidnap persons outside the United States.
The two were arrested Saturday as they were about to board separate flights to Egypt where they were scheduled to continue to Somalia to join the Al Qaeda-backed extremist group known as Al Shabaab.
Agents from the federal Joint Terrorism Task Force, FBI and the NYPD raided the homes of the men in North Bergen and Elmwood Park. Both are U.S. citizens -- Alessa born in the U.S. of Palestinian parents and Almonte a naturalized citizen born in the Dominican Republic.
According to the federal complaint, the two planned to kill American soldiers overseas, and possibly create terror fears in the U.S. as well. Police say Alesssa and Almonte had tried to train to kill in the past. Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said the men left the U.S. in 2007 and tried to get into Iraq from Jordan, but were turned back. "They have professed their intent to create mayhem, a jihad," Kelly said.
Alessa's landlord said he saw the man just before he left for the airport. He said his demeanor was good and said he would be away for about six months.
According to the federal complaint, both men shared their plans with a man they thought was their friendly operative, but in fact he was a young undercover police officer. Kelly praised the officer, a man of Egyptian descent in his 20s, for doing an "excellent job."
Some of the undercover recordings cited in the federal court papers are chilling. In one excerpt Alessa is quoted as telling Almonte, "a lot of people need to get killed, bro. Swear to God...just kill anyone that even looks at me the wrong way bro. My soul cannot rest until I shed blood. I swear to like, be the world's known terrorist."
In another recorded conversation, Alessa declared "God willing I never come back. Only way I would come back here is if I was in the land of jihad and the leader ordered me to come back here and do something here."
Commissioner Kelly acknowledged that threat. "We were concerned about the possibility of them doing a turn-around and coming back to this country. According to the court papers, they stated that if they couldn't kill there, they would kill here."
Investigators said that in another recording Alessa boasts that he would outdo Maj. Nidal Hasan, the army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas last year. "He's not better than me. I'll do twice what he did," he declared, according to the court papers.
Alessa and Almonte did physical training in New Jersey and prepared for combat at a paintball facility in West Milford. They also watched videos from the Al Shabaab terrorist group frequently and for long periods of time, according to the indictment against them. Neighbors were shocked to learn of the arrests, and described the two suspects as quiet types who they never would have thought of having any links to terrorists.
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Commissioner Kelly said that despite Alessa and Almonte's professed intent to kill Americans and despite the NYPD's concern about the men applying here in our area lessons of terrorism they might learn abroad, the two suspected jihadists posed no imminent terror threat.
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(CNN) -- Former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo was extradited Friday to the United States, where he faces money laundering charges.
The leader of the Central American country from 2000 to 2004, Portillo has always denied the charges against him and says the accusations are based on the lies of political enemies seeking revenge.
He was arrested in 2010 and had unsuccessfully fought since then to prevent being sent to the United States.
Last week, Guatemala's Supreme Court denied a final appeal by Portillo.
The Guatemalan government and courts had authorized his extradition back in 2011, but the transfer did not happen until Friday.
In an interview with CNN en Español in January, Portillo accused right-wing political adversaries in the United States for the charges against him.
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