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Southend manager Paul Sturrock refused to criticise his players' display but admitted they lacked a cutting edge as they lost 1-0 at home to Charlton in their Johnstone's Paint Trophy Southern Area Quarter-final encounter.A stunning first-half strike from Therry Racon won the game for the Addicks as the Shrimpers worked hard but lacked the quality in the final third.Sturrock said: "I was pleased with our performance but naturally disappointed with the result. I thought we did more than enough to have at least earned a penalty shootout but it was not to be."My players showed plenty of endeavour but we have really got to start to get more shots on target. We are relying too much on our strikers to get goals and this has put additional pressure upon them."It is up to the midfielders to take on more responsibility in front of goal, and also for our defenders to move up and put additional pressure on opponents from set-pieces."If we can do that I am sure we will start winning games on a regular basis, because we showed that in other departments of our game we are more than capable of holding our own."
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I was sitting on my bed with my legs tucked up against my body. I had my face buried between my legs sobbing my heart out because I was really worried about him. It scared me the fact that he hadn't been seen or heard from in the last three months now, just because of that stupid kid called Chris trapping him in his stupid human world where he could never return back ever again!
You see how much it scares me?
I was trying to tell myself the same thing over, and over, but my brain wouldn't listen. And the same horrible questions kept repeating themselves to me like they were a broken record on repeat.
What if Sonic never comes back?
Is he dead?
Has he forgotten about me?
What If . . .What if I never see him again?
So many questions with so many unanswerable answers . . .
I was literally about to go out of my head and go insane until just at that moment . . . something bizarre happened.
With my face still buried like a bird sticking its head into the sand I was all of a sudden blinded by a bright golden light that warmed me up slowly like a low burning fire place. It gradually grew brighter. But I ignored it, thinking it was the sun rising from the distance.
But suddenly, out of complete nowhere and unexpectedly. I felt such a beautiful voice sliver it's way though my whole body, like a cool seaside draft coming in from an open window. I heard this mysterious voice, and . . . this voice was so seductive. And so, heart-warming. Which a few nanoseconds in time, suddenly struck me that I noticed that this lovely voice was singing to me. I couldn't help but stop crying and listen to its sexiness. How that relieved me. Making me feel rather hot inside.
The unknown voice sang on and on, circling around my mind like a merry-go-round. Suddenly, I felt a soft hand touch my rosy cheek. That was warm too. The feel of that unknown touch made me want to touch it back and hold it tight in my hands, wishing away the moment when I'll have to let go.
That was it.
I couldn't help it but look up.
As soon as I gazed up, staring ahead of me, I had to squint because there was so much light that was covering everything around me. Well, just covering everything but me in this yellow shine. The brightness dimmed so I could see who or what it was there . . .
It was Sonic.
He was in his Super Sonic form and . . . Oh my sweet lord. What a gorgeous singing voice he had.
Even though I've never heard Sonic sing before, in a way it was such an honour to hear him open his mouth and sing. I was . . . Surprised. That not only did Sonic the hedgehog came back. He . . . he came back to me.
As soon as I laid eyes on Sonics perfect handsome face, I started to cry again, because he's finally back . . . back in my arms . . . He made all those horrible questions disappear into the nights starry sky of the full moon, as well making me feel a lot better after all the crying and sobbing of him never coming back which he did but instead he came back to me.
Ok. I must be dreaming. I mean . . . Sonic . . .
He never comes to me and . . . Makes me feel right again.
Atomically without another word, moan, or sigh of relief, or without even thinking. I leaped from my cold, wet bed and hugged Sonic desperately enclosing my arms around his neck tightly so that he wouldn't go away again. I wanted him to stay. Hugged in my arms forever. Sonic . . . he was all I ever wanted and now, I've got him. I can't believe he's finally mine. To my relief I felt Sonic's strong arms wrap like rope firmly around me, hugging me back whilst I was crying. I felt his grip tighten harder around my waist as I felt him pull me into him closer so that I was pressed against his warm chest as hard as possible. At the same time, I heard him whisper in my ear.
"It's okay I'm here, sweetheart."
He called me sweetheart?
He must . . . love me. And I love him. Like I said, he was all I ever wanted. He's finally mine. And I'm his . . . his forever.
I felt his grip around me squeeze our bodies together as if our bodies were being forcefully pushed together like a magnets grip on one another. And we, Sonic and I, were warm because of his supersonic heat that was blazing off his whole body, we were like new born kittens huddling and cuddling together and never letting go of each other.
I was still uncontrollably crying on Sonic's shoulder, so he loosened his grip on me, pulls away and looks at me. Face to face. My eyes were red and puffy but inside I felt happy and relieved so I couldn't help but cry my eyes out and look like a total fool in front of the blue hedgehog.
"Why are you crying?" Sonic asked softly putting on his deep, passionate, cute voice.
Oh god . . . There goes my heart.
I was drained physically. But I finally found my voice in the end.
"Because you scared me. You never came back for three months, I was terrified! I thought — you had forgotten about me . . . I thought you were dead. I thought you'd never come back ever again. I tried to tell myself that, he's alright, he's fine . . . but — but I couldn't help but miss you. I had to scream out your name so that you could hear me from far away — but yeah. Of course. You didn't hear me . . . did you?"
Sonic's eyes were locked with mine and I could see inside of them that he was missing me too. The blue blur shook his head and gave me a warm beautiful smile that made me feel at home in his warm arms.
"No I didn't. But I missed you too Amy Rose. I didn't realize it until I saw that carved messages on that tree one day back in the human world,"
"Huh! You saw it!?" I gasped feeling rather embarrassed. I looked away from his gaze trying to hide my face in the darkness behind me as I blushed hard. But it was useless, Sonic placed his hand on my cheek again as he gentle pulled my face back towards his, and surprisingly, he slowly slid his warm hand down my neck, passed my chest until he stopped at my heart. I looked back up at him with a clueless look. Sonic smiled again (his cute-little-boy-like smile that I can't resist!)
"I knew from then on that you loved me." Sonic whispered, his voice was low and deep.
I placde my hand on his heart so that we were both feeling each others heart beat, I was stunned when I could feel his heart pumping so fast that it made mine do the same.
But wait a second . . .
Our hearts are beating together.
The shiny hedgehog carefully slid his over hand down my back and up again so that it felt like he was stroking me. "You feel cold." Sonic wrapped his arms around my middle again. "Don't worry Ames, I'll keep you warm." he said.
And he did. Sonic kept me really warm and snug. I heated up in his supersonic embrace very quickly. Then I closed my eyes, leaning my ear on his chest pushing it against it.
I love the beating of Sonics heart. The sound . . . it makes me happy to finally get close to him like this and feel him.
When I opened my eyes I was still in Sonics arms but I was outside in the beautiful night right in front of the full moon that was blazing down on us. Sonic released me, holding both of my hands in his, I felt safe in the hands of this brute. I mean, I knew he would keep me safe from danger and that with him in his supersonic form nothing could could defeat him. Sonic pushed my head up with his two fingers so that I was looking straight at him, he stared back at me. Our eyes were locked and they stayed locked for what felt like hours.
Soon. . . We were hovering like birds in the sky. I felt light as air as I looked down to see that my feet were off the ground. I'm flying! I felt light as a feather and I could feel the cool night wind blowing on my face. I closed my eyes again, slowly breathing and enjoying the fact that I was levitating in mid air. It was awesome! Just flying in the sky its . . . cool!
Sonic delicately wrapped his arms around me one last time. But before I knew it, Sonic and I were almost both on top of each other. I squeezed onto Sonic while he moved his face closer towards mine.
"Don't let go." The male teenager whispered as his lips were very close to mine now. And I mean very close. I could smell the scent of his breath. Our mouths got closer . . . closer . . . closer. I felt him slowly breathing on my face which made me boil like a hot frying pan.
"No I won't, Sonic."
He grinned happily, that grin turning into a quite, carefree laugh.
Before I could registered what was going to come next. Sonic's lips became locked with mine.
Oh. My. Gosh.
Were kissing.
My heart beat now pumped to the extreme, Sonics kiss was rich and powerful. They weren't just good. They were indescribable. Bold and wild. The hedgehogs kisses made me want more of him. My grip on Sonic got tighter until my fingers were numb. I felt on fire. I didn't want to let go. I wanted this to last forever; I wanted it to keep on going. We both suddenly pulled away from each other, staring into each others eyes both looking dazzled and amazed. It was as if we were exploring the art of kissing and the stunned look on our faces told us that we found it wonderful.
"I love you." I smiled happily.
His green eyes lit up like the green traffic light when I said that.
"I love you too." Sonic smiled back.

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Published: Thursday May 9, 2013 MYT 1:23:00 PM Updated: Wednesday August 7, 2013 MYT 1:27:34 PM
KOTA KINABALU: A senior peninsula lawyer's bid to be admitted into the Sabah bar to represent 21 Filipino nationals involved in the Lahad Datu Sulu intrusion has been dismissed by the Kota Kinabalu High Court.
In dismissing the ad-hoc application by counsel Datuk Sivanathan Nityanantham, Justice Chew Soo Ho held that the application did not comply with Section 10(c) and Section 10(3) of the Sabah Advocates Ordinance 1953.
Justice Chew, however, dismissed the application with the liberty to reapply.
Sivanathan's ad-hoc admission was objected by the Sabah Law Association (SLA), represented by counsel Catherine Chau.
Chau told the court that it was not the association's policy to object to such ad-hoc applications provided they complied with the Ordinance and other guidelines.
She said the SLA was objecting to the ad-hoc application by Sivanathan who appeared to be handling too many cases.
"The logistics involved in one counsel handling so many cases would be overwhelming," Chau said.
"It is not in the interest of justice to allow one leading counsel assisted by a local advocate to monopolise and handle numerous cases even though joint trials may be ordered for some of these cases," she added.
According to Chau, Sivanathan was to appear as counsel for the Filipino nationals, as determined by the Philippines Embassy, when they were charged in court for the various offences relating to the Lahad Datu incursion.
She noted that Sivanathan, who was represented by counsel James Tsai, was making a single application for an ad hoc admission not only for the existing cases, but for other similar cases yet to be brought to court.
Chau argued that Section 10(c) of the Ordinance stipulated that an application had to be made separately for each case.
In submitting the application earlier, Tsai told the court that Sivanathan was a fit and proper person to be allowed the ad hoc admission due to his extensive experience and specialised knowledge in criminal litigation locally and at the International Criminal Court.
Tsai said he had approached six local senior counsel for their services but all of them had turned him down.
He said 21 Filipino nationals had so far been charged with waging war against the Yang di-Pertuan Agong as well as for terrorism and recruiting people to participate in terrorist acts.
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When the trade for TO with the Ravens and Eagles debacle was going down, TO's agent filed a grievence. Some have said that the greivence was that he should have been a free agent in the first place. I thought the grievence was something along the line of TO having a verbal contract with the 49ers to seek his own trade. But I certainly don't remember. Now putting 2 and 2 together, there was the report by cbs sportsline saying Branch was gonna pull a TO, and you have BorgASS yesterday saying Branch had something up his sleeve. Might Branch And Chayut have known all along that the Pats would never agree to the trade and planned on filing the greivence from the get go? In essence, doing what TO did that got him off the Ravens and on the Eagles??? Might this be him pulling a TO? Remember how that went down? Should the Pats lose this greivence, and it concievable they might, this will be a huge blow to the Pats. Anyone know how long till this goes to arbitration?
This playing hardball may backfire and cause a massive distraction for this entire season. Not that I am saying they will lose, but if the choices are losing Branch in arbitration and just matching the Jets offer, I say match the Jets offer. This has the potential to give the front office a black eye bigtime!
I guess I don't understand how this could be a "huge blow" to the pats... Even if they "lose" in arbitration, they will be compensated for Branch, and net result, he doesn't play for them this year. That has been a possibility for a while. So, "huge blow"? Not so much to me...
I think it is and I think it is also what Borges said that Branch had something up his sleeve. I just didn't know that something was going to be something so stupid.
I don't mean huge blow as in the loss of a player(but since we have no one else to play the position, that could be argued). But you can't tell me this won't be a major embarrassment for the Pats PR wise. The Pats will have tried playing hardball and will have gotten smacked around by a snot nose agent! It will be a PR nightmare! And as far as compensation, should the Pats lose the grievence, all they will get is the second round pick. Nothing else. So people who keep thinking that they will inexplicably gain extra picks, I don't know where that is coming from.
I think you misunderstand Mr Branchs intentions. He has no plans to ever play for the Pat's again, "PERIOD" Branch and his agent hatched this scheme to get him out of here right after the Super Bowl MVP. What we are witnessing is by design not chance.
Excuse me..!!! How is the front office going to get a black eye?? ANyone with any type of brain can look at this and see how UNFAIR CVhuyut and Branch have been..If anyone has anything painted on them it is Branch who has a big "M" for malcontent on him. Maybe an "A" as well....
Hey now, I agree with you. I do! But should the Pats lose this arbitration, I think it would be a major embarrasment for the team.
The TO grievance was over the fact that his agent failed to file paperwork in a timely manner that would have voided the last 3 years on his deal in SF thus allowing him to be a FA. SF told him he wasn't a FA but told him to go look for a deal. He found suitors in Baltimore and Philly but wanted Philly more. Philly only offered a 5th and a player while Baltimore offered SF a 2 and they traded him. He then refused to negotiate on a new deal with Baltimore. The union argued that while the new CBA had changed the dates those in TO's original contract should have applied. There were indications that the arbitor was leaning towards voiding the deal and grantine him FA on that basis. Rather than let a ruling result that set a precedent the three teams got together and worked out a deal where SF and Baltimore each got something and Philly got TO. The union advised TO not to let the teams settle and not to sign the contract with Philly because it was not a good deal had he been a FA. TO signed anyway and the rest as we know is ugly history. That said, nothing like this deal. Deion might wish to be arguing coercion on his 5th year of a rookie deal, but that ain't gonna fly. So they are simply arguing that they thought they got a sufficiently good compensation deal that a club should be forced to trade an unhappy asset who remains under contract. That ain't gonna fly either.
I just found the article and TO's greivence was in fact based on him feeling he should have become a free agent. Not a verbal contract allowing him to seek a trade. He just didn't file the greivence until after the trade was being made.
Thank you !! Very interesting perspective. If the grievance fails, this is an excellent rationale as to why it may have failed.
The arbitrator never ruled in the TO case, so there was no precedence set. In the TO case, a deal was brokered to make everyone happy before any decision was made. There was nothing decided.


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Leave the frying pan and veggie oil at the restaurant, because this pad thai is raw and oil free! Yes, it's still high in fat since we're using coconut meat as the base but we're talking about the good fats here. Not to mention coconut is super healing and nourishing for the body. At first glance, this Pad Thai looks pretty impressive but what I love is that it really doesn't take much time to prep and you can also bring it to pot lucks as a share dish.
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Tetris (who hasn't signed up to Troperville yet) thinks that today's (12 May) Dilbert strip would make an excellent image for this trope. I'm afraid you'll have to look it up yourself as the page script won't let me link to it. Wally is trying to recruit Asok as a henchman. Asok asks what a henchman does. "A henchman's job is to be gunned down in reverse order of importance", Wally explains. "How important am I?" says Asok? Wally replies that he shouldn't bother to pack a lunchbox for orientation day.
: Removing this:
The film adaptation of
is guilty of this. Our hero, Matt Murdock AKA Daredevil is more than willing to kill random hoods guilty of lower crimes (and in fact, goes out of his way to hunt them down), but managed to avoid jailtime. Near the end of the movie, he kills the hitman who supposedly killed his lover while the guy is helpless and
begging for mercy
. (Okay, he doesn't die, but that's just
.) However, at the very end of the movie, he has the Big Bad at his mercy. The Big Bad A: Murdered his father, B: Ordered the murder of his lover, C: Had enough pull and resources to potentially beat the rap, and D: knew his secret identity. Of course, Daredevil simply lets him live, because he, Matt, is "not the bad guy". Like other times heroes have killed, it's arguable that actually killing him in this case would be an execution, not actual self-defense, and as he mused, "Go ahead, tell the guys at Rikers you got beat by a blind man,"... but still, he's the goddamn Kingpin; point C remains unrefuted.
Character Development
. In the beginning of the movie, he had no moral compass. He just executed people he thought were guilty. Children fled from his presence, and he as an all-around jackass. He eventually decided to adopt
Thou Shalt Not Kill
. Yes, the movie was rather ham-fisted about this, but that doesn't mean it wasn't there.
OK, I moved all the relevant examples from
What Measure Is a Non-Human?
here and edited that page to be
more specifically about non-humans
. Anyone want to take care of the
Moral Dissonance
Some Guy
: Done.
TTD: Thank you! (Organizes them into categories...)
Air Of Mystery
: So, a bunch of orcs are "known" to be evil but a bunch of stormtroopers, who let us not forget are basically
, are innocent? Despite both they and their clone counterparts attempting to kill the heroes dozens of times, not to mention
casually blowing up a planet
? (Some stormtroopers are admittedly conscripted, but still...) Oh, and I'd question the validity of the "families of the henchmen" defence, as having a family doesn't automatically make you a good person - organised crime people have families and they do all kinds of horrible things.
: Regarding
Justice League
. When, at any point in the show, do "non-speaking villains" get "slaughtered"? And... I don't even understand the reference to the "Savage Time" episode. They didn't hold back against
, period, whether soldier or Savage himself.
: Ding. It sounds like someone wasn't paying attention.
Justice League
, non-speaking villains get slaughtered easily. During a
World War II
Time Travel
sequence, the heroes manage to destroy a lot of machinery and
bloodlessly shoot a lot of guns out of Nazi hands
, but they don't save the bad guys from gravity or the ensuing explosions.
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*** Scarily
Truth in Television
, especially if you're unfortunate enough to be living in the UK and work for certain companies... Thank goodness said invaders are all too scrawny to complete even a day's worth of martial arts training and have to resort to shoddily constructed IEDs.
" ...Unless the real life example covers someone who intentionally killed
low-level employees but had the
to kill a boss or owner and
chose not to
, it's not this trope. Failing to kill someone you can't get to or who isn't present isn't WMIAM. And an IED is usually targeted at "whoever is near it at the time", not a specific person. Random killing is by definition random, a bomb doesn't know who it's blowing up.
Danel: I cut the Buffy example and brought it here, since there's a hell of a lot of semi-reasonable conversation on it that should be discussed here:
The fifth season finale of
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
makes a big deal of Buffy's refusal to take human life — but only two episodes before she killed over half a dozen of the Knights of Byzantium (with the Knights' general explicitly referring to the fight as having left eight of his men dead), including
throwing an axe into one man's chest.
No other character makes any mention of Buffy's killing spree. She was admittedly a
stressed at the time and determined to protect her sister above all else, but yeesh.
Buffy might have been less inclined to spare Ben if she'd known how he betrayed Dawn to Glory earlier.
Heightening this to outright
Moral Dissonance
in Season Six, Buffy
gets all hot and bothered
over Willow going all
Psycho Lesbian
to kill the very
guilty Warren, declaring that its the place of the justice system to decide. Long story short, Buffy can't seem to decide if
Humans Are Special
or if it's just the "innocent" ones.
Although the episode does go a bit out of its way to have several hero characters, including perpetual innocent (at that point, anyway) Dawn, comment that Warren got exactly what he deserved; their concerns were entirely the effect that the vigilante actions would have on the already junkie-like Willow.
Refer to the Jedi example - it's not what you do, it's why you're doing it. Slaughtering your way to the target is fine, deliberate vegeance is dangerous.
and lets not forget the episodes in earlier seasons, where Buffy showed zero hesitation in using leathal force on human beings on several occascions.
to be fair, killing someone in the heat of battle is very different from killing someone at your mercy in cold blood.
As some of the arguments point out, in the example of the Knights of Byzantium she is desperately trying to defend her little sister against fanatics trying to kill them both. Ben, by contrast is both helpless, (as far as she knows) innocent, and also something of a friend. He's not the
Big Bad
(he just turns into her occasionally). Thoughts?
Also, there seem to be a number of examples here of another trope entirely - the main description seems to be that the Hero slaughters nameless mooks with no hesitation, but considers their named boss to be worthy of sparing. There are a bunch of examples here where the complaint is that the mooks are evil at all, not even
Punch Clock Villains
; they are innocent dupes, or out-and-out brainwashed. This seems to be a different trope, and in any case some of the examples should be purged of their extreme stupidity: particular noticeable in the
example, which seems to suggest that since the evil armies of the
Big Bad
were essentially conscripted against their will, the rebels should... what? Lie down and let themselves be killed?
Most objections or examples here, especially the Eragon "examples", are mainly flawed however when one stops to consider the stakes of most of these series. Eragon or Deus Ex being the most obvious examples, or Star Wars. When your entire world is being dominated and plundered, or even worse your entire galaxy in the case of the Galactic Empire, by some sociopathic monster of a king or emperor or whatever...why should you care about his minions? What right do they have to live when they're most likely actively preventing the downfall of a tyrant? Even if they're not truly evil, just stupid or enslaved, they're still directly responsible for what has happened in many ways...for the Eragon example, even if they're slaves they still choose, for all practical purposes, to do what the Emperor says. They could rebel, like the resistance does, and show the courage to risk their lives but instead they chose to serve either out of craven fear or simple greed (you can't believe
every single one
, even the officers, are slaves!) and so every time The Empire sacks a village, or starts some pogrom, then yes it
most certainly their fault as much as the Emperor. He's evil, they're just blind and stupid. No one has ever wept over the SS troopers who only wanted to make their mommy proud by joining the Nazis, because every one that died brought the world closer to the death of Hitler, a man who would have—and
—kill tens of millions without a second thought. The measure of a mook, then, is irrelevent unless or until they do something other than serve the Empire of Darkness or whatever.
The Eragon troops aren't serving an Emperor, they're serving a king, KING Galbatriox of the EMPIRE(blame the author of the book and read the literature entry for it). If your side had horrible monsters that most likely dealt with deserters I'd bet you'd stay in line and
the praises of the King of the Empire. Also there wouldn't be a draft if there weren't any members of the resistance killing the King's troops in the first place! See
Offstage Villainy
for more. About the SS: I'm betting the mothers that they wanted to make proud shed alot of tears over their sons who were fooled into thinking what they were doing was right, but they aren't people are they? Just numbers, which is part of what this trope is about. The other part is that they LET THE BAD GUY GO or RISK THEIR LIVES TO
AFTER KILLING 10,000 OF HIS TROOPS THAT HE SET IN MOTION IN THE FIRST PLACE WITHOUT A MOMENT'S PAUSE OR REGRET OF ANY KIND JUST BECAUSE THEY KNOW HIS DAMN NAME. Darth freaking Vader got redeemed to Force Ghost and Luke made an attempt to save his life after massacring people by the truckload and neck crushing others, but the guy who joined the Imperial army because he wants a steady job and three meals a day while upholding the
? Nope, lightsaber to the neck while heroic music blares.
That's asinine. By your logic then we should have never fought backa gainst Hitler, or any other dictator in history, because some mother somewhere may be upset. Again, this is completely pointless as an argument: these people don't matter, unless or until they do something to prove they matter, and serving the Empire of Evil or whatever is not that. So no they
people, they're monsters who are helping a monster murder, pillage and rape and I'm sure they think they're doing the right thing, but they're still monsters and at best they're stupid, at worst they know what they're doing but don't care. You're not even taking into acount how many people those "poor men" who need "steady jobs" have killed...how many villages they put to the sword, how many women and children they murdered. And more so, if they just want a "steady job" that makes it even worse because that means they're serving evil
out of fear or ignorance, but out of pure greed and that they don't care about the people who die so they can make money. That makes them, at best, mercenaries. Either way you're not changing anything with this argument: their lives are, indeed, meaningless unless they show some reason to give them meaning. So far all they've done is attack people who showed defiance to the Emperor (or King, in this case) and helping him with his acts of wanton cruelty and murder. Remember he came to power because he executed the other people who kept peace in the world before him...even Hitler had the courage to actually be elected legitimately, this guy just killed anyone who stood in his way. And these "poor men" helped him, most likely, or stood by doing nothing. So again, the measure of a mook is irrelevent, unless or until they show some reason why their lives mean more than human freedom. By the way we executed rank and file SS soldiers for working in Death Camps, just as a steady job...but I'm sure their mothers were upset right?
: It may have been deleted from the main page, but...
Subverted in real-time chat MST sessions of bad fanfiction attended by this troper: a running gag is making up "guard backstories" for cannon-fodder mooks slaughtered by the good guys.
I still want to know. Where can I find these MST sessions?
: Pulled most of this off of the main page:
Eragon does some angsting after killing rabbits to eat them and resolves not to eat meat anymore because it involves killing living things. (Let's not start on the
Fridge Logic
of a young man raised as a medieval peasant being squeamish about dead animals.) This does not prevent him from later in the book massacring enemy
in a borderline
manner, even after the opening to
establishes that most of these mooks just got picked up by the draft, and some may even be from his home town. Nor does it stop him from
draining the life from small animals to replenish his magical energy
just so his brother can fight better in the beginning of
While Eragon's killing sprees were quite justifiable in the early series, they've begun to cross the
Moral Event Horizon
more and more the closer Eragon gets to becoming a
Physical God
. By the time of
, Eragon can sense most mooks walking toward him more than half an hour before they can even see him and has enough magical power to turn himself invisible and wait for them to pass. Yet this doesn't stop him from sacrificing innocent slaves for the sake of convenience or killing an unarmed soldier, who was, frankly, just working for an Empire that is explicitly stated to make most of its population happy. Eragon has been known to angst about the lives he's taken, but these moments are few and far between when compared to how often he attempts to justify it.
All of the actions you've described were needed. Eragon had no way of attacking the Ra'zac without sacrificing the slaves, but he does note that no further slave will die. Eragon also only drained the lives of the animals in order to survive and help his cousin survive, and he felt like puking just from killing shrubs. As for the mooks, in war conditions, they can not afford to let anyone go, no matter what. They were unable to hide at the time due to extenuating circumstances, but they did the best they could.
Did the best they could? Eragon can
Why did he even bother facing them at all? In fact, there was a number of ways Eragon could've dealt with the unarmed guard: erase his memory, take him as a prisoner, etc. Hell, the LEAST he could've done was snuff out his life instantly instead of
him to death like a
Complete Monster
would like to point out that it may or may not have been established that the Ra'Zac can smell humans; even if Eragon could sneak past the guard invisible, the Ra'Zac would likely notice him anyway, the guard would be alerted... someone would have died anyway. I don't like it, but hey: not my book, not my call.


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BRISTOL — The Bristol Recreation Club has backed out of its negotiations with the town of Bristol to sell some of its property for a site on which to build a new firehouse.
The move came after a Bristol resident pitched a new location and financing plan for the firehouse that the recreation club endorsed and both the town and fire department believe is viable.
BRISTOL — The Bristol Fire Department may have a new, viable location on which to build its new firehouse, thanks to a land deal inked by a local businessman with a history of partnering with the town.
Kevin Harper told the Bristol selectboard Monday evening that he and business partner David Blittersdorf had just purchased two adjacent parcels on the south side of West Street, directly across from the West Street site currently under consideration for a new firehouse.
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BRISTOL — Bristol may soon complete another step on the way to building a new home for its fire department.
Since the fall, members of the selectboard have been negotiating with the Bristol Recreation Club, a private organization, to purchase some of the club's land on West Street as one part of a future building site for a new firehouse.
This past year in Bristol and the Addison Northeast Supervisory Union, residents debated two major projects that would require taxpayer-approved bonds: a new Bristol firehouse and a renovated Mount Abraham Union High School.
The Bristol Fire Department inched closer to getting a new firehouse this year, a process that firefighters have discussed for more than two decades.
BRISTOL — About 20 members of the Bristol Fire Department crammed into the basement of Holley Hall Monday evening to hear how the selectboard planned to fix their crumbling headquarters on North Street.
Firefighters expressed a general sense of frustration that the town has not yet approved a plan for a new firehouse structure, and that the current firehouse does not meet the needs of the department.
BRISTOL — Bristol Fire Chief Brett LaRose gave a grim appraisal of the town firehouse's condition to the Bristol selectboard Monday evening.
LaRose presented a 10-page study by Williston firm Childs Engineering that outlined the numerous shortcomings of the North Street firehouse, which was built in 1897.
"This report makes it reality, all the issues we have had and currently have," LaRose told the board. "We're dealing with a building that's just unsafe."
BRISTOL — Town officials and representatives of the Bristol Recreation Club met Sept. 18 to begin negotiations for the town's purchase of club land for a new firehouse.
The meeting was held in executive session as to not disadvantage either party. Town Administrator Therese Kirby said the talks lasted about 90 minutes and were productive.
"It was a great meeting, very positive, and we're going to move forward with negotiations," she said.
BRISTOL — The Bristol Fire Facility Site Selection Committee will recommend a location for a new town firehouse at the selectboard meeting Monday evening.
"We're ready to go in there and bring the selectboard up to speed on where we're at," committee member and Bristol Fire Department Chief Brett LaRose said late last week.
BRISTOL — The Bristol Planning Commission on Tuesday took a look at the final two proposed sites for a new firehouse and determined that one aligns with the town plan and the other does not.
Commissioners voted for the West Street site, and against the North Street site.
The group was not comparing the two sites against each other, but rather evaluating each individually according to their adherence to the Bristol Town Plan. Only the selectboard has the power to choose a site.
BRISTOL — More than 30 potential locations for a new fire facility were proposed this past Saturday at the first public gathering to discuss potential ways to expand the Bristol Fire Department's headquarters.
After a contentious bond that would have funded a first stage of expansion to the firehouse on North Street was rejected by voters on Town Meeting Day, 587-293, town officials committed to facilitating public discussions to identify a new site.


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Best Of 20120
This was not a bad year for games.Many people keep telling me how bad this year was for video games, well allow me to show you my list then you tell me that again.
GOTY 2008 - Retrospective0
Games I Own on Steam but Have Not Played Yet1
I have unopened copies of Far Cry 3 and Binary Domain on my shelf but I'm not going to get around to playing them before the end of the year. They'd of both probably made my top ten, though. My hardest choice turned out to be picking a no. 10, whic
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Jeff's Top 10 of 20122
My top 10 for 2012!
Games The Polly Has Completed In 20130
Presented in chronological order for everyone to not care about, it's the 2013 edition of games I've completed in 2013! This list's actual starting date is around December 24th, as I was already finished with my own internal "of the year" deliberatio
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These games are the reason video games are awesome. 0
I have been playing video games my entire life, the earliest memory I have is playing Super Mario Bros 3. Well when I say playing it, I mean my mother would be playing it and I would be holding a unplugged controller thinking I was playing. Ever sinc
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Best Professor Layton Characters47
My (probably) top (so many) games of the year 2013 (so far)... (:)26
Man, these current-gen consoles bloody suck, don't they? As I've (repeatedly) whined about my plight surrounding my lack of a gaming PC, I'm pretty much stuck with these archaic hunk of shit. I'm not planning on getting a next-gen console this year e
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PlayStation 4 Collection14
Top 25 Games of the Generation37
I've whittled it down to the Top 25, and I think that's the best I can do. List can include games from: Nintendo DS PlayStation Portable Xbox 360 XBLA PlayStation 3 PlayStation Network (PS3/PSP) Wii PC (from 2005 forward) Only one game per franchise
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Wii U Collection12
I bought a Wii U on Black Friday...2013. Why? I don't know. I wanted to play Super Mario 3D World I guess. And turns out the GameStop I went to was sold out of it actually. Perfect. But I figured it was probably my last chance to get one of the Zelda
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Best of 20139
PsEG: Best of 2013 Right, let's do this. This list is subject to change if I play any more 2013 games this year, but that seems unlikely. Maybe I'll play Brothers. Run that shit into the ground, right? I played Brothers. The list is altered as a resu
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Best of 201314
We're contractually obligated to do this, right? And, yeah, The Last of Us is not on my list. I played the first few hours of it and wasn't really enjoying the game part of it. I love Uncharted, so...I don't know. I DON'T HAVE TO EXPLAIN MYSELF TO YO
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All other lists are bullshit. These are the best ten games from 2013.26
Fuck you, Matt!
Jumping on the GOTY bandwagon: My favourite games of 201310
Work in progress. As normal, I missed out on a bunch of releases this year that I'm sure would have made the list had I played them. I got a PS3 this year and spent half of the year catching up on older PS3 exclusives that I missed the first time rou
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Game of The Year 2013 Submissions13
Hey, the rules clearly state that our choices don't necessarily need to be released in 2013!
Xbox One Collection1
I actually pre-ordered an Xbox One on the first day they started offering it on Amazon (during E3), but I did not get it until Christmas. Despite my age, my mother is still somewhat obsessed with Christmas and always wants to have that one "big" gift
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Games I Should Have Played in 201318
Every year there's a growing list of regret for me, as good games fall through the cracks and don't get any playtime. The following games all well up twinges of regret in my psyche as unloved children I should have devoted some time to this year. Cat
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Games I been buying and/or playing and stuff in this year of 2014s.8
Captain's Video Game Log!
Games The Polly Completed in 2014!0
In the 2014 let's all play more gamesoft!
Games I been completing and stuff in this year of 2014s.4
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Name This Genre8
minimalist esports min-eSports?
Resident Evil Games I Haven't Played.18
I've always wanted to do lists & blogs and shiette related to my love of most entries in the Resident Evil series. Though rather than starting off with a regular ''MI FAVRIT RESIDUNT EVEEL'' list, I think it'd be interesting if I list the Residen
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The dawn of a new generation.I've been a fan since the beginning of Mortal Kombat and I probably know way too much about it. Does anyone else remember rat.org from about 20 years ago? Entering info and creating pages for the original actors that port
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Games with Great Names48
All these games have cool names. I'll add more as I remember them / discover new ones. Feel free to give suggestions.
RIHKAL - RPG's I Have Known And Loved17
Work in progress. Yes, I am old.
Slicker than an oil spill.4
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Resident Evil - Ranked!17
...Gaben??Partly inspired by Game Informer's recent ranking of the series, which reminded me that despite being such a self-proclaimed Resident Evil nut, I still haven't formally listed the games from Best to Worst. It would ideally go the other way
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Potential GoTY contenders for 201426
This is a work in progress, trying to wrap my head around this years big releases. I haven't played many most of these games.
Game of the Year 201418
WIP / unordered for now
Game of The Year 2014 Users Choice0
2014 has been a great year for games. Lots of variety and different things to be experience. Such variety and differentiation are explored in my definitive Game of the Year list.
Game of The Year 2014 Users Choice0
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A group of eight men from King's Kitchen, a ministry of The Sanctuary, and Birmingham-based Refuel Ministries loaded up May 23 with enough food for about 4,000 meals and headed for Moore, Okla., which was devastated by a May 20 tornado that killed 24 people, including seven children, and injured hundreds. The tornado ripped a path through the city roughly two miles wide with winds more than 200 miles per hour.
King's Kitchen Coordinator Bobby Davis, who also assisted during hurricanes Katrina and Sandy and the 2011 Alabama tornado outbreak, said Oklahoma was a different kind of destruction than what he has seen at other disaster sites.
"It was totally devastated," Davis said. "I've always thought if you've seen one, you've seen them all when it comes to tornadoes, but one thing that was different about Oklahoma is the debris was shredded so small. They said the tornado sat in the same place for eight minutes without moving, so everything was just completely shredded."
The food ministry set up a serving center about a block away from the heart of the destruction and about two blocks from an elementary school that was leveled by the storm, he said.
"The city was torn to pieces as far as you could see in any direction," Davis said. "There were some sticks left on trees, and that's all that was left. No houses."
One thing that stood out as the group assessed the area was the clean-cut path of the storm. One side of the street "had no problems at all, but on the other side, everything was gone except maybe a wall and a bookshelf left standing," he said.
During its five-day stay, the group served meals of pot roast, chicken and rice, jambalaya and barbecue pork and chicken for Memorial Day. Davis said residents were "doing the best they could trying to put the pieces back together," and the assistance King's Kitchen offered was well-received.
"It was a great response," he said. "They were thrilled. We even fed some of the police officers and made friends with them. People in the community would come by and tell us 'thank you' and 'God bless you.'"
Much progress toward recovery was made in the week King's Kitchen was there, he said, as numerous volunteer groups helped sort through the aftermath of the tornado and provide essential services.
For King's Kitchen, a warm meal has become an effective ministry tool in situations such as this, said The Sanctuary pastor Freddie Edwards, who did not travel to Oklahoma, but has served during other disasters.
"Everybody needs to eat, and it gives people one less thing to worry about," Edwards said. "We have ministers with us, so our guys can go out in the community and spend time praying and ministering with people as well. Just being able to give them that opportunity to not have to worry about what they're going to eat or where to get it from is worth our effort for the trip out there."
Over the last decade, the church has traveled to multiple states providing food and other items during disaster and is now called upon by the national Chaplain's Commission when a disaster occurs.
"They usually call and ask if we would be able to go, and of course, we're ready," Edwards said, crediting community support for allowing the ministry to continue.
"We really have to thank the community for always being willing to donate food, supplies and funding for these trips," he said. "The response is always great."
The group may be returning to Oklahoma next week, if the need persists, Edwards said. Volunteers are welcome as well as donations. For more information, call 256-207-2464.
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This theory would explain where Madara and Sasuke would fit.Plus.. If madara(tobi) is in the history.. how Sasuke will fit in? Sure its manga for Naruto, but Kishimoto wouldn't just use Sasuke to kill his brother and thats it..
^This is the second theory that I'd like to see in the outcome of the manga.
At least there's a couple decent theory to read among the 95% of the total crappy theories in the NF forum. Since the Tengu thing is a theory, it's meant not to be perfect or else it's no longer a theory.


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So here we are, or you are; on the floor with Masky on top of you chewing on your nose. He had lifted his mask up just enough for his mouth to show and be functional. You squeeled in disapproval as BEN video taped it from behind. "This is so going on Red Tube." He chuckled, in which caught Maskys ear. While he was busy glaring at BEN your eye got stuck on his Side burns, you stared at them, unable to pull away.
Your hand struck out and petted it, breathing heavily while whispering; Dicki Dicki
And then you two did the frick frack in the dick dack
The end you lil shit.


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- Jun 1:
- Freed anti-tax activist Douglas Bruce deplores jail conditions
- May 31:
- Slimmer but still-cantankerous Douglas Bruce released from Denver jail
- Colorado tax scofflaw Douglas Bruce out of jail
- Feb 17:
- Anti-tax activist Douglas Bruce handcuffed, sent to jail
- Feb 14:
- Doug Bruce sentenced to 180 days in jail, six years of strict probation for tax evasion
- Feb 13:
- Doug Bruce sentenced to 180 days in jail, six years probation for tax evasion
- Feb 12:
- Douglas Bruce, anti-tax champion, to be sentenced on tax-evasion
- Dec 22:
- Douglas Bruce convicted of tax evasion, faces prison time
- Apr 9:
- Colo. anti-tax activist Douglas Bruce arrested in tax-evasion case
- Apr 8:
- Douglas Bruce indicted for failing to pay taxes
- Sep 8:
- Bruce may fight judge's order to answer questions about anti-tax initiatives
- Jul 26:
- Douglas Bruce likely won't get jail time if guilty of contempt of court
- Aug 9:
- Anti-tax activist Douglas Bruce hires David Lane
Jailers defended their new "state of the art" jail in the wake of criticism from former Colorado legislator Douglas Bruce.
Bruce stood in judgment of jail conditions this morning following his release on a tax evasion conviction. He lambasted the jail for bad food, unnecessary and humiliating strip searches, low room temperatures, isolation and brutality.
"For him it was probably a culture shock, a wake-up call, but for us he was no different than any inmate we've had," said Capt. Frank Gale, Denver jail spokesman. "He had it about as easy as it gets in our facility. He probably just didn't like being in jail."
Bruce lost 47 pounds, complaining that the food was inedible including the gravy, which he said looked and tasted like sewage.
Gale said the food is nutritionally sound and "acceptable." It is prepared in a "state of the art" kitchen that is only two years old.
"We think it's superior to what you would get at other jails in the area," he said. "You just have to consider the source."
Bruce said as a testament of how bad the food is, jailers don't eat the same food. But Gale said they eat the same meals but also get salads, fruits and sometimes additional entrees. He said most jailers bring their own meals to work.
Bruce complained that he was initially placed in solitary confinement when he entered the jail and was later punished by being placed in solitary confinement after another inmate threatened to stab him.
But Gale said when Bruce entered the jail he requested protective custody. Also, when Bruce reported that his life was threatened he was placed in protective custody again for his own safety.
"If you say you are threatened, we will isolate you from other prisoners to make sure you are safe," Gale said.
Bruce complained that everyone in his cell block was unnecessarily strip-searched once after a razor blade went missing. He said it was a degrading experience.
But Gale said the jail must keep a close watch on razor blades because inmates have used them in the past to fashion home-made weapons to attack each other.
Plastic shaving razors are handed out, but they must be immediately returned, he said. Sometimes inmates will report that their razor was stolen.
"We're going to shake it down," Gale said, referring to the pod. "You are going to be searched."
They do body cavity strip searches for a reason — inmates hide contraband drugs and weapons in body crevices, he said.
He said because Bruce was a trustee, he was searched more frequently than higher security inmates because he was given more access to different parts of the jail like the kitchen, where knives are used to prepare food.
Bruce was a trustee by choice because he earned time off his six-month sentence for good behavior, Gale said.
He said he hadn't heard of Bruce's brutality complaint, but he said the jail vigorously investigates all such complaints.
Gale said the jail is in the business of helping to turn lives around by offering educational and vocational programs.
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Biological Chemistry
The biological chemistry concentration is designed for those students who wish to go on to graduate school, medical school, or who desire to work for biotech firms, government agencies or environmental organizations. It strongly emphasizes complementary coursework from both the biology and chemistry disciplines. To promote the interconnectedness of these disciplines, students choosing a research advisor in one discipline are strongly encouraged to have their second reader from the other discipline. Our interdisciplinary curriculum will benefit students who choose to pursue graduate studies in biology, chemistry, or biochemistry. Advisory Board:
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Electives:Electives are shown below. Students concentrating in Biological Chemistry must take at least four electives totaling at least 12 credits. Two of these electives must be from Biology and two must be from Chemistry. Other FAU courses may be counted only with the prior approval of the Concentration Advisor. Students are reminded that they need 45 upper-level (3000 or 4000-level) credits to graduate. Electives should be chosen to compliment post-undergraduate plans. For example, students planning on pursuing a graduate degree in biochemistry are strongly encouraged to take CHM 3400 Honors Introduction to Physical Chemistry. Those wishing to pursue a graduate degree in molecular biology are strongly encouraged to take BSC 4403L Honors Biotechnology Lab. |
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NORCROSS - The slaying of a Norcross man found in his apartment earlier in the week is the city's first homicide of 2008, Norcross Police Chief Dallas Stidd said Friday.
Darryl Marcellus Mason, 38, was found by police in his apartment in the 200 block of Meadowood Commons off Beaver Ruin Road late Wednesday. A co-worker of Mason's alerted authorities when Mason didn't show up for work. Police have not commented on the manner in which Mason was killed and have no suspects. His tan 1997 four-door Mazda Protege was missing from the apartment. Stidd said the vehicle's information has been registered with the National Crime Information Center and is asking the public to be on the lookout for the sedan, which police say has driver's side bumper damage. Anyone with information is asked to contact Norcross police at 770-448-2111.More like this story
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EOS Bodies / Canon Repair on 5D3 problems
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I just had my 5D3 returned from Canon Repair for correction of the light leak on long exposures and a general 18 point cleaning. My camera is acting funny. Aside from having to re-set all of my custom button settings, etc, I noticed that when in Av mode and taking a photo, if I try to rotate the Quick Control dial for some EV compensation while pressing the shutter halfway down, the shutter speed in the viewfinder changes to the letter "L" and the center mark on the exposure bar does not move. Also, I selected a 3x3 grid to show but it does not. Any ideas? I've emailed Canon and will try to call but if there are any quick fixes for this let me know. Thanks.


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The Second Wave Of Mobile Financial Services In Africa And Asia: LeapFrog Announces Investment In BIMA, Bringing Insurance To Millions
LONDON, Feb. 21, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- LeapFrog Investments, the world's largest investor in insurance for emerging consumers, today announced an investment in BIMA. Launched in 2010 by Kinnevik, a leading emerging markets investor, BIMA was built on the simple idea of bringing more affordable insurance to people in emerging markets via their mobile phones. 18 months later, the firm is one of the largest mobile insurance platforms in the world, reaching and protecting nearly 4 million people in Ghana, Tanzania, Senegal, Mauritius, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. The total equity investment amounts to $7m of which $4.25m comes from LeapFrog, and the remainder from existing shareholders.
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Both investment firms are backing BIMA to lead a second wave of mobile financial services. The first wave saw a cascade of mobile payments and banking across emerging markets. "Just as banks ultimately embraced mobile money, insurers will become rapid adopters of mobile technology," explains Gustaf Agartsson, CEO of BIMA. "LeapFrog provides us with world-leading expertise in product design and distribution, plus access to its portfolio of insurance companies. This distinctive support will enable us to innovate and scale in current markets and roll out in many new markets in the coming two years."
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I really liked the permaslow on Skarner's Q. There's no champions that need you to spam Q to stick to the target. They were a lot of counter play with that : escape ability, knock back, slow. To start his 'permaslow' he needed his MS buff to reach his target (was in long CD, so he didn't have it after reached the target) and he needed to land at least 1 Q, 1 AA and an other Q. With this ability he could run in the enemy team and slow them all, chase down enemy. To counter this, just use any CC. If we look at other champions, like bot lane : Tristana x2, Corki x1, Ez x1, Vayne x2, Graves x1, Twitch (x1 stealth), Sivir (x1 shield can block 1 Q), Draven x1, Varus x1. All those ADC have at least 1 ability that could help them escape : slow, konck back, escape ability, stealth. Did you try ganking a lane where they had some sort of CC ? So his Q had already a lot of counterplay. Look at Volibear : MS buff, Kockback, slow, high damage early. Look at Udyr : MS buff on 5 sec CD, a stun at 6 sec CD. His E need a rework, but I don't like the idea having the slow here.
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[QUOTE=Dalthine;40737869]Mostly, I'm looking at what each ability is used for... (And I'm leaving the rest out because of length.)/QUOTE] Before anything else:
am I really the only one who thinks skarner is just fine the way he is?
The Champion
Any news from Scruffy?
What are the most fun aspects of playing Skarner? His speed buff, allowing you to rush in and grab their carry, and utility when it comes to things like mana cost and CD of his abilities making building items like "Manamune" or the "Archangel's Staff". What are the most frustrating/unfun aspects of playing Skarner? the short range of his E, it does little to no damage late game, can be easily kited and the range of his ulti fills slightly to small What are the most frustrating aspects of playing against Skarner? when playing a squishy champ knowing you could be his next target of his ulti, but you know thats Skarner's job in team fights to separate the carry from their team and pull him/her to his allies Are there champions that do Skarners job better than he does? Why? well Thresh seeing as he can pull at a longer range, he has a stronger shield that he can put on his allies and is more viable in team fights because of that, can play the role of tank better then Skarner (my opinion) But in the end Skarner was my first champ and i've learned to cope with his downsides (love you Skar Skar XD lol)


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I guess it was only a matter of time before researchers discovered what we all have long suspected — most babies are manic depressive. And not just "most," but an astonishing 98 percent of them meet the criteria for bipolar disorder, again suggesting the dangers …
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Check your sources a little better. This post was citing a fake study from the Onion. It's an April Fool's joke.
Indeed, the original post over at the spoof site, theonion.com (http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/98_of_babies_manic?utm_source=EMTF_Onion) appeared over a week ago.
after all Am, it was posted on aprils fools day
Even if it wasn't an April fools day joke, it contains misinformation. "exhibited extreme mood swings, often crying one minute and then giggling playfully the next" is not bipolar disorder.
-Depressive episodes must last at least 2 weeks
-"Giggling playfully" is not even remotely close to hypomania
In future, make reasonable, funny April fools day jokes, there's enough misunderstanding over mental illnesses without this.
It appears that the article was more for "laughs" and not something to take seriously. It was certainly a rather cruel "April Fool's" joke, especially if people aren't able to differentiate between true data and false data. Or even if someone truly does have a child with bipolar disorder, I'm sure they wouldn't find this funny.
There is a lot of misunderstanding of mental illness Mangry, I agree. This is not funny.
Hopefully no one actually believed what was written as a true research finding! What a tragety that would be.
Well I have been diagnosed with cyclothymic disorder and I thought this Onion article was funny because I believe it is overdiagnosed.
i am bipolar, and i think this article is hilarious. take the sticks out of your bums, people.
Wow… you all (well most) took this all too seriously… Including the stuff in the Onion lol. "crying is not hypomania…" and all that. Look at your own posting and realize there is humor even in the psych world.
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Green in the winter garden
(Read article summary)Tired of your winter garden being all brown? Here are four plants that will green it up.
Courtesy of Gene Bush
Mr. Kermit the Frog said it best. "It isn't easy being green." I would add that it isn't easy being green in a Midwestern winter garden. Gardening in a woodland or shade garden further refines the various hues of green available.
Because of prevailing weather patterns during winter, Mother Nature took the easy road out and simply does not attempt to keep many large-leaf plants green during winter in our area. That can make maintaining a shade garden of interest during winter a little difficult. Such a garden tends to be a bit on the brown and gloomy side. However, over the years, I have selected enough native and non-native plants that do stay green to make it worth a walk in my winter gardens.
Native selections
The following are favorite groundcovers that stay green in my area during winter:
Wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens, hardy to Zone 4) is a dwarf creeping shrub without equal. It's only 4 inches or so in height with a continual creeping habit. It has leather-like leaves of heavy substance that are just as green and polished in January as they are in July. The deep, lustrous green leaves have companions of scarlet red berries in winter. Add a touch of frost or light snow and you have a Currier and Ives postcard in your garden [see photo above].
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"Clearly, the retention policy suffers design flaws. If retention's purpose is to produce more academically able students, the loophole in state policy that allows large numbers of failing students to bypass retention needs to be closed. What good is retention if it doesn't help educational outcomes?"
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W. C. Fields
"There can never be any excuse for sacrificing our children's futures to keep corporate tax loopholes and tax giveaways to millionaires. If we can't put our children first, who can we put first? If we can't put our kids first, what does it say about our nation?"
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"This is a loophole that needs to be closed. Their ought to be full sunshine and limits on these activities."
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"If someone construes that clause to be a loophole, I think it's strictly an interpretation that was not the intent of the authority."
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Resolution: standard / high Figure 1. Mutations in the ChU-B mutant fusion gene. The α-factor pre-leader is depicted in orange, the α-factor pro-leader in blue, and
the mature laccase in red. The 15 mutations accumulated in the directed evolution
for functional expression in yeast are represented as yellow stars, while the 7 mutations
resulted from the evolutionary process for activity in blood are shown as white diamonds.
Silent mutations are underlined.
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minor flaw, but it shouldn't be there
this feeder, paired with my cats' water fountain, is great for when I go out of town for a couple of days. my issue with it, like others, is that the container has to be shaken to refill the bowl. now, this doesn't mean that the bowl will eventually run out while there's still a full top container; when food in the bowl is low enough, a little food from the top will drop in. I've also taken the liberty to teach my cats how to reach up and paw at the food so it will drop down. but even though I've found ways around this problem, the fact of the matter is it shouldn't be there in the first place. I'll be looking for a better gravity feeder, but as I'm only using it for when I leave them alone for a few days, it's not big on my priorties.
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I have the chance on a good deal for a G17 this will be my 1st Glock of any kind. I know this is a full size firearm but does anyone EDC a 17 and how do you carry it.
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I have the chance on a good deal for a G17 this will be my 1st Glock of any kind. I know this is a full size firearm but does anyone EDC a 17 and how do you carry it.
Well, it's a long story, and I'll attempt to abbreviate it for you. First.....IWB or OWB? Need to get that out of the way. EDC my G17? Only in certain circumstances. It's pretty much a dedicated match pistol for me now. But I still do on occasion carry it, and that's OWB under cover (like in the winter with an OWB pancake under a jacket). Can the G17 be carried and concealed effectively IWB and in summer clothing? Generic reply would be yes......depending on a few things. I can easily conceal the G17 with a particular holster of mine under a t-shirt.......thing is, comfort while doing most activities is out the window for me. Fine when I'm walking, standing, etc....... but a PITA when I sit. Mind you......I'm talking about the holsters I have, and the way I do things. My EDC is a G23, and I also like to carry the G27 since that was my number one for CC from the start.
Mind you that CC is what you make it. Make it what you want. Where there's a will, there's a way. Leather, kydex, or hybrid. I took probability and statistics in high school as an elective course since I liked math. The variables here boggle the mind, and escape the influences of math and science all together. Best advice I can give a new Glocker is to get one of the universal holsters that will accommodate all models. More than likely this would be kydex. One of the best, and my favorite (since I can carry any size Glock in it IWB) is the DeSantis Scorpion holster. Best I've found that works for me and any of my Glocks....full size to sub-compact.
Thing is....if you've really got a good deal in your mind on a G17, I'd say buy it without a doubt, and I'm saying buy it because you've got a good deal. Now.....if you want to pursue the G17 for your CC, then you've trials and tribulations before you like we all have, and with the right things in order and in your mind it can work no problem. But.....if you have the opportunity to get this G17 at a steal, just think of the bargaining power you'll have once you want to go to the compact or sub-compact for CC. By all means......you should get into the Glock at a good deal and work it out at the range. this will be a most important experience for you and decide if you're going to stick with the Glock. All the rest of the Glocks will be Glocks after you've tried it. Get used to the trigger reset, and follow up shots, etc. If you've got a good deal before you, then look at it as an investment from the get-go. That goes for anything. Do with it what you will, and let it at least be a bargaining tool to get you where you want to be. I guess I've rambled on enough for now.
Thanks Ram good info. It would have to be IWB I believe. I can carry my PT145 both ways. It may turn out to be just a target pistol for the range but I sure would like to find a comfy way to carry it.
Yes....IWB. Comfy way to carry could likely be within your reach. Like I've said....that full size Glock for me just gets me in certain places when I do certain things while doing what I do. That's why I've become dependent on the abbreviated versions for carry anytime, anywhere. After having several of Glock's full size pistols, My G17 is the only one remaining at home. There are plenty of good reasons for that. By gosh...I'm gonna get it out of the safe right now and feel it!
I carried a G22 for years. Very doable with the right gear.
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CC a Glock 17 very doable, I carry a G22 via Galco SOB holster about 5 o'clock, conceals very well under my shirt and winter jacket helps, but driving takes some getting used to.
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I carry a G17 everyday OWB, D.M. Bullard Combat Holster. I can usually conceal under a golf shirt with no problem.


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Maine Corporate and Individual Income Tax Repeal, Referendum Question (1971)
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A Maine Income Tax Repeal Initiative, appearing on the ballot as Measure 1, was on the November 2, 1971 ballot in Maine. It was defeated.
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It was the ninth initiative to appear on the Maine ballot subsequent to the time that I&R was approved as a process in Maine in 1908.
The Income Tax Repeal initiative, in 1971, was the first initiative on the Maine ballot since 1947, thus breaking a 24-year-gap in initiatives.
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There is definitely nothing wrong with it, but many girls have that technique and it's nothing special. It is something I dislike about the WTA, most players have the same technique, while on the mens side almost everyone has a unique technique.. Most girls are better on the backhand side too, so that flair you talk about is again standard.
Also I don't think she gets easy power, because you can both see and hear the effort she puts when hitting balls.
I recently watched a short clip of
Abanda hitting
, and that is what I mean when someone gets easy power, it's gentle.
Anett has power no doubt about that, she has an Azarenka style of baseline grinding game in my opinion. But what influence comes from technique is if it looks like a gentle stroke, and I just don't see it in Anett.
When you see her live, you can see. She doesn't have flair in the way that Federer has flair, but her forehand is definately not machine made. Her backhand may be, but it has such beautiful timing and gets good spin and she always hits it in the middle of the racket. I know what you mean about her being the same as everyone else, but I think she is slightly different in that I think her shot selection is more thought out and she come to net. In terms of technique, I understand your point even more as she has the "ballbasher" footwork and follow throughs but I think despite her forehand looking bland, it has many intricacies to it that would surprise you. She is more than most think
Her technique is not what made me like her though. She reminds me a lot of my sister
Anett+Them Eesti Gals have to be the best players that ever existed
Kaia hit 24 Aces (the WTA record) vs Safarova Tokyo Round 1 2008
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