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I don't know how long it's been now. Master Discord sometimes messes with my perception of time. Sometimes it feels like eons, and others -if I didn't have clear memories of LiarJack's little sister growing up and dying of old age (after Scootaloo died as an adult mare defying master) I'd think it all happened yesterday. The Elements of Chaos seem to have rendered us immortal.
Master Discord has no need for servants, minions or slaves, but he keeps us around anyway.
Liarjack is almost the only one of us who seems to remember how things were before . . . everything began.
She smiles and tells me that everything was rigidly frozen with order before Master Discord took 'control.' That nothing and no one ever changed, the world was caught in a predictable monotone cycle.
I'm relatively certain she's lying, it's hard to tell though, she's gotten much better since things began. I know she's only saying it though so I don't get upset, so I'm not angry and I'm glad she's willing to lie for my sake.
I sometimes go into a daze and wander the palace aimlessly until I somehow end up in the gallery. Nothing is ever the same once, except the statues in the middle: a solid gold statue of a large Alicorn that shines like the sun, and a smaller silver one that simmers like the moon.
I don't understand why, but I always end up crying while looking at them. FlutterCruel thinks I need to grow up, of course Rarigreed doesn't care, Angry Pie is always asking what I'm crying over, Liarjack just says I'm crying because the statues are so beautiful, Traitor Dash always begins to tell me something, then stops before saying anything meaningful.
By that time, I have to feed and wash Spike. It takes a long time since he's so big, and Master Discord is always riding him around like Spike was a party horse for fun. It always leaves Spike so tired.
Rarigreed is always in her bedroom, or storage room for her 'jewels': they're about the same thing. She's always so dirty, her coat is practically matted with dust from her collection and digging up more to add to it.
She rubs herself against the rocks and stones in her room the way you would a lover. She has rooms full of the things, it's a wonder they haven't fallen over and crushed her. She's always getting more.
She venomously insists they're diamonds rubies, emeralds, what-have-you. We're all sure she's quite crazy.
Liarjack spends the most time with her, always complimenting how 'beautiful' Rarigreed's collection is, and asking finer details about them. Rarigreed is happy to comply and goes on for hours about her 'treasures.'
Rarigreed's caretaker used to be a white unicorn with a cutie mark for singing until the sweet mare died of old age.
Angry Pie once said they were just 'dumb rocks.' Rarigreed gave her a broken jaw. Traitor Dash said that was the first time Rarigreed had given -anything- in a long time. I can't remember when Rarigreed has given away anything ever.
Liarjack told Rarigreed Angry Pie was just seeing things and of course her treasure weren't rocks, there was no reason to be upset or unhappy.
Whatever you do, don't laugh around Angry Pie, it'll be the last mistake you make. Just take a look at at the fully grown alligator skin on her wall to know what I mean.
She almost seems to hunt down ponies, Dragons, diamond dogs, Griffons, Zebras, -anything- that laughs. Master Discord approves.
Master once laughed near her, she reacted naturally . . . mercifully all she got was a limp for the rest of her life. Hasn't slowed her down one bit.
Don't ask what FlutterCruel does, you don't want to know.
Traitor Dash is always trying to protect or save ponies who get in the way of Master's games. Strangely she always ends up having to let one suffer to save another, master oddly laughs harder during those games.
There's this one pegasus who walks around the palace each day, her wings don't seem to work right, or her legs for that matter. Her eyes always looking in different directions. She has a pale blond mane and a gray coat, but then again all ponies have gray shades to their colors.
She starts out each day as a fillie too small for a cutie mark then by the time she finishes a full circle for the day, she's so old that you'd think it was only force of will keeping her heart pumping.
She's always carrying a unicorn filly shaped muffin on her back. Keeping it safe from hungry birds. She speaks to it. "No please, she's my muffin, she's my baby, sneeze don't!" She rambles, she doesn't seem to even notice when I try to speak to her. She's always counting down a number of laps each day, telling the muffin everything will be okay once she's done them all. Last I check she was down to only eight quad trillion. "He promised, he promised, you'll be okay, as soon we finish Dinky, he promised, you'll be you."
This pale blue unicorn with a magic wand cutie mark wandered into the palace once, she was older than old, practically skin and bones. None of the others gave her much mind but me, LJ, and Traitor Dash. LJ just told her sweet nothing that made her smile though I didn't hear them. Traitor Dash looked like she had seen a ghost. She looked at me almost intensely, trying to recall something, as if we had met before. But the look of recognition faded from her eyes and she left the palace never having once raised her head or spoken a word.
Despite Liarjack's best efforts, I sadly found out she died of a heart attack soon after and Traitor Dash and LJ buried her body on the palace grounds. Kinder than letting Master reanimate her corpse and send it to eat the brains of who she had loved most in life. Wouldn't be the first time that happened to an unburied body. Applebloom had had to defend herself from her own husband's zombie.
About once a week or so (it's hard to tell) Traitor Dash shows up in my bedroom after 'midnight' (not that night and day really exist anymore, you expect a world run by master to -make sense-?).
She just shows up unannounced at the end of my bed unnoticed when I'm not looking. Glancing at the two house plants I keep but I can't remember why they're so important to me that I keep them watered and in the sun.
I've long since stopped asking questions when she begins speaking.
"Twilight Tragedy," She begins saying my name. "Master promised he'd put everything back the way it was before, -everything!- Every detail, every memory: except mine . . . all," Dash began to tear up, "All I need to do," She hiccuped, "Is murder the pony I care about the most!" She breaks down sobbing, hugging me. "I can't do it Twilight! I want AJ to be honest again! I want Pinkie to laugh again! I want Rarity to be sane again! I want Fluttershy to be FLUTTERSHY again! But . . but . . I CAN'T DO IT! It's for the sake of everypony, it's for the sake of everything! But I can't kill my best friend . . . I'm .. . I've always thought I was strong, ya know, deep down . . . I'm not . . I'm weak . . . I'm a traitor . . . I'm a traitor . .. I'm a traitor . . ." She falls asleep in my forelegs.
I wonder about it the next morning, the layout of the palace having changed again, as usual. I wonder what Dash meant in earnest, confused on how she described the others.
Then in all comes back like a crack of thunder. I remember! I remember! Celestia! Luna! Mom! Dad! All of us! This is wrong! This can't be real! It isn't real!
I use my horn to guide me! I'll cure them! I'll lead them! I won't fail! I can't fail! I mustn't fail! Blood pumps through me as I feel my colors returning to me after too long! If I can wake up then so can everyone!
I think about where everyone normally is, Pinkie Pie is closest! I'll start with her!
Discord appears out of the blue before me before I've made it five steps. I draw in power ready for the fight of my life and . . . he snaps his fingers and the worlds turn gray in my eyes again.
"Oh Twilight, Twilight, Twilight. My little Twilight Tragedy. You forget each time. The only reason you ever wake up each time at all is when and if I want you to . . ."
I don't know how long it's been now. Master Discord sometimes messes with my perception of time. Sometimes it feels like eons, and others -if I didn't have clear memories of LiarJack's little sister growing up and dying of old age (after Scootaloo died as an adult mare defying master) I'd think it all happened yesterday. The Elements of Chaos seem to have rendered us immortal.
I'm informed by My Master that some foalish ponies in Ponyville are trying to practice magic. Duty calls. Time to show these little ponies that Magic Is Tragedy.


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Goodbye to David Terrell, Doug Gabriel, Tim Dwight. Once the Pats cut a WR, that means he can't play the game. If he had any talent at all he'd catch 50 passes from Brady for 700 yards and 4 TDs, just like Givens, Caldwell and Patton.
Great observation. I'd throw in the likes of Bethel Johnson and PK Sam, too. We're like the canary in the mine for the death of a WR's career.
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It was an odd place. Deep within the recesses of the temple, it waited. A light that should not have been gave depth and definition to pillars and paths. A soft blue glow, seeming to stem from the very air itself, filled the place, shimmering and sliding across the walls. Liquid light. Ephemeral. A calm filled the place, though darkness loomed in every corner. Threatening. Wanting. But the light remained. For without light, there can never be shadow.
Something stirred in the darkness. A flash of gold, of blue, or raven black. Out of the darkness a being came. Nameless, it came forth, the light seeming to bend towards it, settling on the blue gems adorning a copper crown. A hiss of water over flesh, the soft ring as droplets fell echoed in the blue-lit chamber. The one from the darkness stood from the waters depths, walking through it with the grace of rivers. Sheas such a stunning being could only bepaused in her flowing walk, dark eyes scanning.
The chamber had changed since she last awoke.
Water had worn away the detailed runes in the pillars, had taken their magic within itself. She could feel it in her veins, the subtle pulsing of light. As the water stirred around her, so too did light, for it was not from the air the glow came, but from the living water. Ages ago, when her kind were remembered, this place had been a gathering hall, a cavalcade for those like her. Fingertips trailing across the waters surface, she could feel the ages pass, feel the lost memories of the water.
She wandered on.
The light followed her, trailing in her wake wherever the water stirred, scattering its glow along the worn columns and aged rock. So much had changed
The water was silent to her, as if it had gone mute. They were gone then. With a weary sigh, she closed her eyes, lamenting the loss. They were gone. She had hoped it would not be so soon. She had hoped it would have been long after her own death. Opening her eyes once more, she could feel the water stir around her, sharing in her sadness. They were gone at last.
Ever onward still, she came to the greatest chamber, where they had resided. Their eternal home. And now abandoned to the water. The water would keep this place sacred, would protect it as long as there was still water to be had, long after the last of her kind was gone. But they were gone. The Guardians. Had the water been able to tell her of death, she would have called on its memory, just to know how they had fallen. But water remembered only change, not life or the end. It remembered taking in the runes, and changing the columns and byways. It remember the changing of the air, the breezes that would somehow make their way down through the earth to this sacred place. It remembered change. But not death. It would not even remember her death.
Slowly, she took a step forward, the light in the water almost hesitant to follow in her wake, to shine as the water shifted. She ignored it for now. She was near them now, where the great Guardians had slept and watched, living water in flesh made real. Just as herself, but with a different purpose. She could still see where they had stood, could imagine their figures, shimmering softly in the ephemeral glow, seeming nothing but shadow and light. Living water. Fingertips trailing beside her, she yearned for the presence of the Guardians, to see them once more before her time came to join the water once more. But they were gone.
The water stirred around her, but not of her own doing. The light shifted and her closed eyes opened sharply. Many things could lurk in the water, despite the warding runes. Dark creatures lived within the depths. Turning, she tried to find the source, following the swirls of water and light, fingertips reading the water for the change in currents that signaled passage and movement. But the water was indifferent to whatever creature circled her, uncaring of what happened. Change. Only change. Her breath caught as the water in front of her stirred, the glow revealing a dark shape surfacing.
A finned head emerged.
Falling to her knees, she could have cried out in joy had her throat been willing to work. The creature before her, a dragon of old, swam fluidly towards her, almost a part of the water. Living water. A Guardian at last. Gently, she reached out and it wrapped itself around her arm, allowing her to lift it from the water. As it cascaded of its shimmering scales, the water glowed wherever it touched, gilding the edges of the dragons scales, of its myriad of fins, of its eyes, jaw, and claws. She could only gaze upon it, hands cradling it gently. She could not help the gentle smile.


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I personally prefer reading the scans online rather than Viz's publications, just because the Viz stuff released in English is watered down a bit, they took out a lot of the swearing, and thus, in my opinion, much of the intensity. For example, I love the chapter where Rabi says "Don't think that you can f#@% with me, b*****d!" Because you can tell he is really, really angry. Rabi is so easy-going, it's nice, in a way, to see him so perturbed and ready to bust out some crazy moves with his hammer (woooo bad-assedness!). So... I just keep reading the scans. Besides, I want to know everything that has happened so far. I mean, people read the first three volumes released by Viz and think they know the bulk of the series... I mean, Kanda isn't even in the majority of the manga, and he's being promoted as a main character, which I don't understand.
Woah, talk about wandering from your point. 10 pts to me for my apparent ADD.
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The 20 Best Outdoor Adventures for Police Officers
Tania Khadder
My brother is in the law enforcement and I know how grueling their work could be. He hardly finds the time to relax, but this year we have managed to convince him to take a break to go to atlanta for vacation with us.
Their work brings them to so many adventures that they hardly need any more adventure of their own however, they should consider taking breaks, do you have any suggestions for Business travelers to Bangalore?
They work so hard and they have to face such harsh conditions that they serve a break, they should consider taking a trip but they should also be ready to deal with layovers.
These outdoor activities would keep your mind absolutely fresh, you could also try out a trip to Vegas and you would love it and there are some good Cheap places to eat in Vegas.
They should also try out surfing at Gold Coast it is one of the most hottest spot for surfers and they would really feel relaxed during their vacation.
They have such a stressful job that they hardly find the time to relax. When they get the time off they should relax and have fun with family enjoy Doing pizza New York style at home.
They should spend their vacation in a quite manner as they are always in the middle of some action. You should look for quite places you can visit during holidays.
Maybe, latter. Police work is about commitment to your citens, and your fellow officers. The job never comes with dowl moment but, alot hard cases. It's not activies witch you can do anytime, it's about being a good cop, the repect of an indivigle, and getting the bad gyes. Mainly being above and beond the call of duty, sleepless nights on case, and pertecting and seriving you city, and state. Giving back only the good with in you. Thats what I know police work is about, because my dad was a cop and that is what he did.
Better yet, ride your motorcycle!
Add a "Adventure" clause to everyone's contract so we can take the time out to actually enjoy these!!
Your mental balance won't last long if you don't keep yourself grounded. There is no better way to do that than to have interest beyond law enforcement. It gets better when you can, and do share these interest with a girlfriend, wife, son, daughter who are not in the business. In fact, it is a great way to show your family that your are more than a badge.
While I am not saying that you can't share these adventures with a cop buddy, it is best when you can forget the job, and just enjoy yourself. Remember ladies and gents, you are not cops, you are far more interesting than that. You are a person, complete and complicated, who happens to be in law enforcement as a vocation. Now, get out there and enjoy yourselves!
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Now, this is a refreshing article...!!! GREAT!
Try rafting the Grand Canyon, too...my father took me a few years ago and it was a fantastic trip.
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Go anywhere in North Idaho, there is nothing but outdoors things to do. Officers for the most part, I think, just really enjoy the outdoors and being active otherwise they wouldn't be officers. Just my insight


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Charitable events for June 16, 2013
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Friday: Dog Days of Summer & Cats, Too, 5:30 p.m., Ocala Golf Club, 3130 E. Silver Springs Blvd., Ocala. $25. Benefits the Humane Society of Marion County. Tickets for the 50/50 drawing are $5. (873-7387 or http://humanesocietyofmarioncounty.com)
June 29: Extravaganza featuring face painting, yard sale, blood drive and more, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Southern Self Storage, 3407 NE 36th Ave., Ocala. Benefits Kimberly's Center for Child Protection. (629-4440)
June 29: Charity pro wrestling matches — including one with Marion County Tax Collector George Albright — benefiting Helping Hands, 7 p.m., Hilton Ocala, 3600 SW 36th Ave., Ocala. $20 in advance or $25 at the door. Children 12 and younger admitted for $10. (895-4658 or www.dory-funk.com)
July 13: Extreme Golf Challenge for Charity benefiting Marion Therapeutic Riding Association, Never Say Never Foundation and the Ocala Autism Support Network, 8:30 a.m., Country Club at Silver Springs Shores, 633 Silver Road, Ocala. $100. (687-2828 or email@example.com)
July 27: Dancing with the Doctors benefiting The Boys & Girls Club of Marion County, 6 p.m., Circle Square Cultural Center, 8395 SW 80th St., Ocala. $125 per person. (895-0214 or www.dancingwiththedoctors.com)
Aug. 10: Wayne Childers Memorial Big Sun Scramble benefiting the NJCAA National Champion CF Patriots Men's Basketball program, 8 a.m., Country Club at Silver Springs Shores, 633 Silver Road, Ocala. $90 per person or $360 for a team of four. (854-2322, ext. 1322)
Aug. 26: Chili's fourth annual golf tournament to benefit St. Jude Children's Research hospital, 10 a.m., Candler Hill Golf Club, 8137 SW 90th Terrace Road, Ocala. $75. (304-6973 or firstname.lastname@example.com)
Sept. 18: Tickets are available for $20 per ticket or six for $100 to win the Horse Fever horse statue "Jazzed." The drawing will be held at Salute to the Arts Breakfast and Expo at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 18, Hilton Ocala, 3600 SW 36th Ave., Ocala. The event supports the Marion Cultural Alliance. (369-1500 or firstname.lastname@example.com)
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Here's what it says to me: If you own the stock of Tesla understand that, like it or not, there's another player that represents an alternative that could cut into sales. It might not. It might never amount to a hill of beans, but it is out there for all to see -- and I backed the stock for ages.
Sure, there is a YouTube clip of me at first dismissing the stock, which was right. It did next to nothing for those first three years. But when it took off I was all in Tesla. Now, 150 points later, down $50 from its high, call me worried, not from the BMW challenge, but by the worship of a stock.
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Investing in startups
After reading an article on venture capital, Garold of Ventura was interested in learning more about the trends in startup investments and how investors get involved supporting startups.
From the startup part of the equation, Paul Graham's Web site offers a good explanation of the different levels of funding, starting with friends and family and moving through venture capital firms.
Having been involved in his own startup work, he does a good job of explaining each part.
But what about some information from the investor's side of things? What if you have money sitting in the bank that you'd like to use to support the next big idea?
Here's some advice from John Dilts, who founded Maverick Angels angel investor group.
He starts with a little background on the whole angel investment trend:
Origins of the "Angel Investor"
The trend of individual "angel" investors funding start-up companies is definitely growing locally and nationally. The concept of the angel investor came from Broadway in New York City many years ago where individual investors provided the much-needed capital to finance struggling theatre productions needing a bit more funding in order to open. As a result, those who invested were considered "angels." The concept migrated West to Hollywood in connection with the movie industry and ultimately spread north to Silicon Valley where the term has been associated with the funding of the seed stage financing rounds of early-stage, emerging-growth technology companies.
The angel investor community has matured over the years and there are more than 200 angel networks, which exist in various forms across the country. In California, there are approximately a dozen highly active angel groups spread throughout the state. They each typically have a different focus whether it be technology generally, life sciences, film, etc. Our own Maverick Angels is based here in the Ventura County area and is focused on funding companies from any industry, so long as there is the potential for a high return on investment.
There are several reasons for the growth of the angel investment activity:
1) With the dawn of the Internet Age and the information technology era, smaller companies are able to do more with less. As a result, there has been an increase in the number of successful, serial entrepreneurs, especially here in California. These individuals are not content to simply retire once they successfully build and sell a company or take it public. They have a passion for the "rush" of building an exciting and dynamic new venture and seek to stay involved and participate in promising new business opportunities, many of which have a highly scalable technology focus.
2) Many Venture capital firms have also moved "upstream" and are increasingly focused on companies that have more validation in the market and, for many firms, even profitability. This trend began for many VC firms after the technology downturn at the beginning of the decade with the burst of the Internet bubble. This trend created a funding gap for early stage companies who may have raised money from friends and family and are not mature enough to attract most venture capital firms.
3) Many entrepreneurs are also unwilling to give up too much equity in their companies too early and would rather grow the company with as little capital as possible in order to ramp up the company's valuation before taking on more capital. If a higher company valuation is defensible because of benchmarks achieved (e.g. intellectual property established, revenue attained, contracts in place, etc.), then the company will give up less equity when raising a larger venture capital round later. As a result, angel investors play a very important role in keeping a start-up company going while it seeks to attain these early stage goals.
4) There are an increasing number of success stories circulating about the exponential investment returns that successful start-up companies earn for their founders and their investors. (Think MySpace, Google, Yahoo, etc.) Even though these may be very rare results, such stories inspire a new generation of angel investors (and entrepreneurs, of course) to become actively involved in supporting and growing new start-up ventures. Angel networks typically have a rigorous qualification process to filter these opportunities to help reduce the risk and increase the upside of such deals. As a result, the ranks of angel investor groups are steadily growing locally and nationwide because of the benefits they provide to individual angel investors seeking to spread their investment risk across a filtered flow of deals.
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The typical angel investor is a relatively high net worth individual who has the ability to make highly speculative investments, knowing that he or she may lose all of some of the investments on deals that don't make it. The reality of angel investing is that only a few investments typically pay for the rest. While those few can be significant returns (my largest return was 20x on a software company investment), there are many others that don't have more than a 1 or 2x if any return at all. Therefore, the angel investor should be a so-called "sophisticated investor" who can look out for their own interests when taking the sizable risk involved in early stage investing. In addition, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has laid out certain requirements that investors in private equity deals must be "accredited investors" who have a certain net worth such that they can survive losing their money in speculative start-up investments. Accredited investors are those who have $1M in overall net assets or more than $200,000 in annual income for the past two years ($300,000 in their household including their spouse's income). See http://www.sec.gov/answers/accred.htm for more information on these and other Accredited Investor qualifications. These laws were created during the Great Depression following the stock market crash in the 1920s to protect investors in highly speculative deals who had no business investing in such high-risk companies.
Dilts ends with an invite to see the angel investing process at work:
Attend a Maverick Angels Meeting Locally
Our angel network, Maverick Angels, meets monthly in Westlake Village. The group reviews start-up company investment opportunities that derive both locally and from across the country. For more information about angel capital investing, go to our website at www.maverickangels.com or feel free to attend one of our meetings as our guest to observe entrepreneurs pitching investors to become more familiar with the process.
To reserve a spot at one of our meetings, contact our Director of Operations, Shelley Toy, at firstname.lastname@example.com or call her at 818-706-7686. Shelley is also happy to answer questions about angel investing generally.
The group is a membership organization and all of our investor members must complete a membership application that confirms their Accredited Investor status and their willingness to actively participate in the group collaboration required to properly filter and qualify promising start-up investment opportunities. Our member candidates must also participate in an interview process with our Membership Committee.
Thanks to John for that insight into angel investing
That may be the route some people go if they have the money available. But what if you don't have a lot of wealth? How can you invest in something you think is a good idea?
There's always an IPO.
That's the initial public offering of stock by a company ready to move forward with some additional funding. Sure, you're not getting in on the basement floor with the company. You've missed out on it building up to this point, but you've also missed out on the risk that comes with it.
And the startups at IPO level are plenty risky anyway.
Here's a piece from About.com that looks at whether you should even consider and IPO investment:
Writer Joshua Kennon notes that an early investor in Coca-Cola who bought a $40 share in 1919 would have seen that stock fall to $19 the following year, but then climb over time and, with reinvested dividends, be worth more than $5 million today.
He warns, however, that many IPOs fail, leaving their investors high and dry.
If you decide, despite the risk, to go forward with investing in an IPO, then there are questions to be asked.
One example from Kennon: Would you be comfortable owning this business if the stock market were to close for the next thirty years? In other words, is this business model and the company's financial foundation sustainable or is obsolescence as a result of technological advancement or lack of sufficient capital a possibility?
The Clearfish Research blog gives some good information on figuring out if you want to buy into a company with its IPO. They're from 2005 and the blog looks neglected these days, but the insight still holds today:
Hope that helps.
As always, if anyone else has ideas or suggestions, please share them. And for those of you who may have questions, please e-mail them to me at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Note to readers: Questions may be lightly edited for length and clarity.
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Coventry City have Daniel Philliskirk on trial.
The Oldham born 21 year old midfielder is the son of former Sheffield United star Tony Philliskirk.
Daniel started off at Oldham's youth team before getting a four year deal at Chelsea.
However, he did not make a first team appearance for the West Londoners and was loaned out to Oxford United and Sheffield United for whom he signed after his contract at Chelsea ended.
He has had more Football League experience with another loan at Oxford and was a fringe player for United, scoring for their U21's against City earlier this season.
He is now a free agent after his contract at Bramall Lane ended on January 1st and played well for 78 minutes for City U21's this afternoon in their 3-1 win over Sheffield Wednesday.
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Australian athlete Daniel Batman has been killed in a car crash south-east of Darwin.
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"It appears he's hit a culvert back over near where the sign is there off the actual road and unfortunately that looks like what's flipped the car."
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He was the national men's 200m champion in 2005 and 2006.
His greatest achievement on the world stage was sixth place at the 2003 World Indoor Championships.
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Bristol City hung on against 10-man Barnsley to clinch their first away win of the season in the Championship. Nicky Maynard slotted in to gave City the lead and Evander Sno made it 2-0 when he converted Danny Haynes' cross. Daniel Bogdanovic's shot squirmed in to give Barnsley hope but Marvin Elliott scored after Jamie McAllister's penalty had been saved to make it 3-1. Ryan Shotton had been sent off when he conceded the penalty but Barnsley scored again through Adam Hammill. The.... read more
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Central London House Prices Rise To £880,000
Central London House Prices Rise To £880,000
6 August 2012, London – Average house prices in Central London increased over the last quarter by 4 per cent to £881,437, new research from CBRE has revealed. Kensington & Chelsea recorded the greatest uplift of 7.5 per cent taking the average price to £1.05m, but Knightsbridge still has the highest value homes at £1.4m.
New-build developments in central London achieved values well in excess of the second quarter baseline averages; for example, a second-hand apartment in Westminster sold for an average of £721,414, whilst a similar new build home achieved £1,141,910 reflecting a 58 per cent premium.
Overseas demand for new build schemes is expected to remain strong, but foreign investors are becoming more discerning, so appropriate pricing is critical. Only the very best residential schemes that are well-located with a strong developer or architectural pedigree will do well in what is an increasingly competitive market
Traditionally, buyers from Hong Kong, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and mainland China have dominated international demand, but interest is growing in other countries such as Thailand, although schemes are not yet routinely exhibited in Bangkok. Elsewhere, there has been a notable increase from Indian high-net-worth individuals, who are typically seeking large Prime Central London properties at the top end of the market.
Mr. Mark Collins, Head of Residential at CBRE UK said, "Asian buyers have been particularly active in the new build market and are inevitably the common factor in all of the fastest selling schemes. Many buyers are entering their fourth year in the market, so are highly educated and astute. As a result, there may be a growing distinction between the best and the rest over the course of the next two years."
"Opportunities for central London residential are emerging in new countries. Thai investors have significant buying power, but are still relatively new to the central London market so tend to stick firmly to the well known 'Monopoly board' areas of Mayfair, Belgravia and Knightsbridge. Indian high-net-worth individuals are also showing an increasing interest at the top end of the market around the £4m to £15m price bracket."
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Following a recent article about a poll showing less meat consumption in America, Yumi Media offered comments on the news.
Bohemia, NY (PRWEB) December 25, 2012
On December 25, 2012, Yumi Media commented on a Choose Veg article regarding a recent poll showing that 39% of Americans are eating less meat.
According to the Choose Veg article, "The NPR-Truven Health Analytics Health Poll surveyed 3,000 adults nationwide and found that thirty-nine percent are eating less red meat now than they did three years ago."
The article stated that the reasons for this increase in eating less meat came from environment awareness, animal welfare, and most of all health benefits of eating less meat. The article states that not only is there a growing number of people becoming vegetarians, but more Americans are just choosing to eat less meat then they used to.
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SEATTLE – Despite early assurances by Egypt's new President Mohamed Morsi regarding his "commitment to international treaties and agreements," one can already foretell a confrontation between Egypt and Israel.
A chaotic transition notwithstanding, a new, postrevolution Egypt is emerging. It is is more self-assertive, emphasizing issues of national dignity and respect. In fact, the world karama — dignity in Arabic — is now paramount in the budding discourse.
The key to understanding post-January 2011 Egypt is to appreciate the inferred but real transformation of the collective psyche of Egyptian society, one that is unequivocally challenging the denigrating stereotype of Egyptians as docile and submissive.
This would mean that neither President Morsi, the Muslim Brotherhood, the Salafis, the liberals nor even the generals of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) could steer Egypt in the sole direction of their own interests.
Thus Morsi's words in Tahrir Square on June 29 were by no means detached from a parallel reality of heightened expectations. In fact, no matter how fervent and ardently clear his rhetoric, Morsi could barely keep up with what the chanting millions expected of him. He said: "I will endeavor to regain Egypt's free will in its foreign relations. I will abolish all meanings of subordination to any power. Egypt is free in all its actions and discourses."
True, Morsi did state that Egypt would honor its international commitments, as it most likely will, and insinuated that Camp David is one of these. But the peace treaty with Israel is no ordinary "commitment." It is an exceptional contract signed under immense pressures and sustained through constant bribes that were never ratified by a democratically elected parliament. It was problematic from the start. The treaty alienated Egypt from its Arab surroundings and denied the country its historical role as a regional leader.
The whole endeavor was draped in secrecy and lack of clarity. For over 30 years, it defined an anomalous relationship between the United States and Israel on one hand, and Egypt's military and politically elites on the other. The Egyptian people were never a relevant component in the treaty. Those who challenged then President Anwar Sadat's normalization with Israel were severely punished. Still, throughout the years, large segments of Egyptian society challenged Camp David. They were not challenging peace, per se, but rather the undemocratic nature and humiliating conditions of the accords.
Sadat then claimed to represent the "Egyptian people." Of course he didn't, but the U.S. and Israel have historically perceived Arab nations through individual leaders. The rest simply never mattered.
Western countries quickly clamored to capitalize on the opportunity of ousting Egypt from the fight against Israel, generously endowing Sadat with perks, honors and funds. He was handed the Nobel Peace Price in 1978, even before the treaty was officially signed in Washington.
Sadat then saw himself as representing not only all Egyptians but also the "great majority of the Arab people," claiming that he had responded to the "hopes of mankind." From a pro-Israeli Western viewpoint, he was not simply a "peacemaker" but, in the words of American evangelical preacher Pat Robertson, a "prince of peace."
The mood in Israel was simply that of giddy anticipation. In 1978, Israel invaded parts of Lebanon, and shortly after peace was officiated with Egypt, it invaded the rest of the country, killing and wounding thousands of civilians.
The war in Lebanon and the continued subjugation of occupied Palestinians were orchestrated by Likud leader Menachem Begin, previously the wanted head of the Irgun terror gang. But Begin was now a friend, a fellow-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, and a gracious host, who spoke profoundly of peace and friendship.
Camp David was never a peace treaty between two nations, but rather a political oddity sustained by billions of U.S. taxpayer dollars. For decades, the question of Camp David was never truly settled. Israel understood that to maintain the treaty, Egyptians would have to be forced into submission by a strong ruler, and the U.S. understood that the ruler had to be fed with cash and other perks to remain content.
Based on this understanding, Israel remained Hosni Mubarak's most faithful ally until the very end. Just days before Morsi was sworn into power, the Jerusalem Post expressed this sentiment in its editorial: "With the junta maintaining a strong grip on power … relations between Egypt and Israel are more likely to remain stable than in a scenario where both the parliament and the presidential seat are controlled by Islamists."
Israel is interested in maintaining the status quo with Egypt, which would help it carry on with its colonial military schemes in Palestine and its aggressive policies in Lebanon and throughout the region. Egypt is unlikely to let that reality continue for much longer, particularly once the power struggle within Egypt is settled and a new political discourse is fully articulated.
Unable to truly appreciate the changing face of Egypt, American mainstream media is busying itself with neo-Orientalist discourses pertaining to secularists vs. Islamists and other wholesale generalizations.
Such convenient dogmas completely ignore the fact that Egypt's relationship to the Camp David treaty — and with Israel in general — will not be determined by a false dichotomy setting up bearded religious men against clean-shaven liberals, but by a new revolutionary mood that will continue to grip the country for years.
In Tahrir Square, Morsi had proclaimed: "I emphasize the concept of national security in perspectives pertaining to the depths of Africa, the Arab World, the Muslim World and the rest of the world. We will not relinquish our rights; we will not relinquish the right of any Egyptian abroad. Our regime will drive our discourses in our foreign relations."
Egyptians would accept no less anyway, and Morsi's promises are precisely what Mubarak withheld all these years. Per this road map, it is becoming clear that the new Egypt is potentially dangerous. That danger hardly stems from the religious leaning of the president or his political party, but from the very idea that Egypt's national dignity — karama — is compelling the country into a change of course in foreign policy.
If Israel doesn't change its own course to accommodate this new reality, a confrontation will become more inevitable than likely.
Ramzy Baroud (www.ramzybaroud.net) is an internationally syndicated columnist and the editor of PalestineChronicle.com. His latest book is "My Father Was a Freedom Fighter: Gaza's Untold Story."


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Darius Henderson grabbed a dramatic late winner as Sheffield United earned a victory at Bristol City.Henderson had put the Blades two-up with an 18-yard shot before latching on to a Jamie Ward ball and slotting in. Louis Carey powered home a header from a Paul Hartley cross and City levelled when Alvaro Saborio scored from 12 yards five minutes into stoppage time. But a minute later Henderson completed his hat-trick when he produced a cool finish after a Stephen Quinn pass. Bristol City .... read more
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In celebration of AK-47's 32nd birthday...
"I've been so overwhelmed by all of your birthday love that I HAD to do something extra special for you! Love to you!!! Big shout to Crystal Waters for your inspiration!"
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I didn't know it was possible to make a song worse than the original, but she did just that with this. smh @Meka - Did you really just call her AK-47? Really?
I use to love this hirl so much but now like every other puppet in the industry she's trying to fit in with pop culture!
Motherfucker what do you think most hip hop/r&b acts today are? Pop culture is not a bad thing. Just means we actually care about what they are putting out. Ask your co-workers if they hear the last slum village track.
I'm a big Alicia Keys fan, but this song right here, I'm not feeling
Baltimore get out your whistles,neon outfit ,mollys, and call Miss Carey,Alicia Keys is takin it to the house.
@kiko I knew it was gone be some emotional faggot that was gonna say that shit LMAO! But no bitch it isn't a good thing! Mary J hasn't went pop and her last album was NICE, Keyshia Cole hasn't went pop and her last album was really NICE
Todays pop is horrible! You probly listen to Nicki and Katy fag boy!
Nice! I'm feeling this.