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Soros's 'Glee' Over OWS Violence
Posted By Matthew Vadum On January 26, 2012 @ 12:21 am In Daily Mailer,FrontPage | 27 Comments
George Soros is delighted that chaos is coming to his adopted homeland.
"In the crisis period, the impossible becomes possible," the anti-American financier told Newsweek [2] in a recent interview, restating the Alinskyite adage that a good crisis is a terrible thing to waste.
"I am not here to cheer you up. The situation is about as serious and difficult as I've experienced in my career," Soros says. "We are facing an extremely difficult time, comparable in many ways to the 1930s, the Great Depression. We are facing now a general retrenchment in the developed world, which threatens to put us in a decade of more stagnation, or worse. The best-case scenario is a deflationary environment. The worst-case scenario is a collapse of the financial system."
Like some of the more dimwitted commentators on economics, Soros loves to spew the usual socialist drivel about so-called market fundamentalism running amok as if he were living during the Cleveland administration. "The collapse of the Soviet system was a pretty extraordinary event, and we are currently experiencing something similar in the developed world, without fully realizing what's happening."
To people like Soros, the mortgage bubble was caused by the Snidely Whiplashes of the financial world, not by venal real-life politicians like Barney Frank and Chris Dodd and the monstrous financial blunderers known as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Free markets are to blame even though they have never been tried.
As the U.S. economy continues to deteriorate, anger will grow and rioting in the streets is sure to follow. "It's already started," he says. "Yes, yes, yes," Soros adds "almost gleefully," Newsweek writer John Arlidge editorializes.
For years Soros has longed for an opportunity to transform America into a socialist state. "The system we have now has actually broken down, only we haven't quite recognized it and so you need to create a new one and this is the time to do it," he said in 2009 as he created the Institute for New Economic Thinking with a $50 million endowment.
This Communist sympathizer co-founded the ultra-secretive Democracy Alliance, a billionaires' club that funds leftist political infrastructure. He has said that European-style socialism "is exactly what we need now" and favors American decline. Soros praises Red China effusively, saying the totalitarian nation has "a better-functioning government than the United States."
Soros now counts on the armies of street thugs [3] that comprise the "Occupy" movement to ramp up the violence. He praises Occupy Wall Street as "an inchoate, leaderless manifestation of protest," disingenuously distancing himself from the supposedly spontaneous uprising.
The movement will spread. It has "put on the agenda issues that the institutional left has failed to put on the agenda for a quarter of a century," he says.
In a sense Soros is right. It's impossible to turn on the radio or the TV without hearing today's issues framed in Marxist terms, as pitting the "1 percent" against the "99 percent."
In an impressive feat of cognitive dissonance Soros holds himself blameless for the state of the economy.
"Unrestrained competition can drive people into actions that they would otherwise regret," said the convicted inside-trader whose speculative adventures have harmed perhaps hundreds of millions of people worldwide. "The tragedy of our current situation is the unintended consequence of imperfect understanding. A lot of the evil in the world is actually not intentional. A lot of people in the financial system did a lot of damage without intending to."
When asked if the financial wizards who played a role in the economic meltdown were not just wrong but evil Soros replies, "That's correct."
In other words, this man who has described himself as "some kind of god" blames everyone else on Wall Street for the current economic mess.
Meanwhile, Soros has virtually admitted [4] he plans to flood this year's campaign with money to help Democratic candidates.
In case the economy doesn't completely implode, Soros is counting on Democrats to help administer the coup de grace.
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When Ron Paul was filling thousands of seats at events, Cenk Uygur reported no one was following Ron Paul and laughingly stated Ron Paul didn't have a chance at the nomination. Yes, he said Ron Paul was insignificant. He claims he is alternative media but never covered any third party candidate during the Republican race. When mentioning Dr. Paul, Cenk was patronizing and derisive. On the other hand, Rachael Maddow of mainstream MSNBC, respectfully spoke of Dr. Paul and wanted an interview during the Republican campaign.
Cenk does not support Roe vs Wade??? He is flip flopping on that one.
Cenk disrespected Ron Paul and his followers as much if not more than any mainstream outlet.
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University of Wisconsin-Whitewater will make its first appearance in the NCAA Women's Bowling Championships beginning Thursday, and former Harlem star Michelle Wallenberg is a big reason why.
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University of Wisconsin-Whitewater will make its first appearance in the NCAA Women's Bowling Championships beginning Thursday, and former Harlem star Michelle Wallenberg is a big reason why.
She helped Harlem to a state title as a freshman and then placed eighth individually her senior season, and now the Warhawk senior has helped take her college team to the next level as well. Wallenberg is averaging just over 201, ranked sixth in the nation, which includes all divisions.
"Michelle has been so consistent for us this year; she's just always got that groove going," UW-W head coach Leann Eimermann said in a telephone interview. "We're going to have to make those clutch shots at this time of year, and Michelle is the kind of bowler we can rely on in these big ones."
Wallenberg rolled the team's third- and eighth-highest games of the season (257 and 246) and has the team's best series (741). She also has five of the team's top 20 series' of the season.
The Warhawks earned an at-large bid and will compete in the eight-team, all-division national field beginning with Thursday's preliminary rounds at Super Bowl Lanes in Canton, Mich. Teams will be seeded for bracket play based on their win-loss record during the qualifying rounds, and then they will compete in best-of-seven Baker matches in a double-elimination tournament on Friday and Saturday.
The other teams that qualified are Central Missouri, Maryland-Eastern Shore, Nebraska, Arkansas State, Vanderbilt, Sam Houston State and Farleigh Dickinson. UW-Whitewater is the only Division III school in the field.
UW-Whitewater has not qualified for nationals before, but it has postseason experience. In 2003 the Warhawks were the runners-up in the Association College Unions International Collegiate Championship, and they have also been to four consecutive United States Bowling Congress Team Championships.
But the NCAA national tourney will be a new experience.
"All the other teams that are in it have been there before, but not us. But we're going in with the right attitude: We've got nothing to lose," Wallenberg said. "We want it. We want to be in the top three, and we want to win it all. And for us, we're not feeling any pressure.
"This is our chance. I could tell when the season started that we could do something special, and here it is."
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Who: Top 8 teams in country that earn at-large bids
Where: Canton, Mich.
When: Preliminary rounds today; double-elimination Baker tourney on Friday and Saturday
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Road Construction Across Wyoming
Having just spent the last three days on a tour around Wyoming, I am reminded of the old joke,
There are two seasons in Wyoming, Winter and construction.
Obviously when the weather turns to warmer temperatures and sunshine the road crews are pressed into service to repair the damage from the past seasons and to complete new projects
Snow Totals Across Wyoming
Work Begins on WY 70 Slide
Work begins next week building a new, permanent roadway realignment to circumvent a slide that destroyed a section of WYO 70 between Baggs and Riverside in south-central Wyoming. The damage, which was discovered by a snowmobiler on May 30, 2011, is 600 feet long and located just west of the overlook at mile post 30.
WYDOT: Political Says Signs in Rights of Way Prohibited [AUDIO]
The Wyoming Department of Transportation reminds event planners, real estate agents, and political candidates and their supporters that advertising placards are generally forbidden in the state roadway rights-of-way. The Wyoming Department of Agriculture is proposing new rules for raw milk. Doug Randall reports. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.
New Law Allows Drivers to Exceed Speed Limit While Passing
Traffic Disruptions in Laramie For Graduation Weekend
If you are planning to attend University of Wyoming Spring Commencement activities this weekend, be prepared to face some traffic disruptions due to a major road construction project east of campus.
WYDOT Releases State Transportation Improvement Program Update
Another update to WYDOT''s "State Transportation Improvement Program" (STIP) for 2012 has been issued and is available for viewing on the agency's Web site, www.dot.state.wy.us.
Wyoming Has 4th Best Economic Outlook in New Report [AUDIO]
Wyoming was recognized recently as having the 4th best economic outlook in the country in the Rich States, Poor States Report from the American Legislative Exchange Council. The Wyoming Department of Transportation is one step closer to finalizing plans for the proposed relocation of an I-90 interchange in Sheridan. Doug Randall reports.
Real-ID Act Requirements Causing Delays in Wyoming [AUDIO]
A report released Tuesday says that hydrologists are predicting below average runoff this year, because of a lack of snow so far this winter. Doug Randall reports. The Wyoming Department of Transportation says the new security requirements under the Federal Real-ID act are causing delays for people trying to get their driver's license. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.


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Congressional Report Blasts Government Money Spent on Massages for Rabbits, Other Waste
Toys-R-Us Remove "Breaking Bad" Figurines — Smart or Stupid? [POLL]
After a Florida mom threw a fit, Toys R Us agreed to pull the "Breaking Bad" action figures from its shelves and online. I think this is silly. Kids will not be attracted to these toys unless they're fans of the show. If your child is a fan of the show, that's an issue with your parenting, not a store's choice of toy selection. My coworkers all disagree. What do you think?
Utah Soldiers in Trouble After Letting Bikini Models Drive Tank [VIDEO]
Utah National Guard soldiers allegedly allowed "Hot Shots Calendar 2015" bikini models from Britain onto their base to drive military vehicles for a photo shoot.
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10 Weirdest Things People Do They Don't Know Are Weird [LIST]
North Korean Men Now Must Copy Hairstyle of Leader Kim Jong Un
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It's going to take all you can muster not to shout the Lord's name in vain over this one, so brace yourself: corporations are going to court to fight for the right to have an explicit religious identity.
The argument may seem groundless, but unfortunately it has at least one leg to stand on: corporate personhood. After all, corporations are considered people, and since people have a Constitutionally protected right to religious freedom, corporations may be entitled to that same right to worship.
Make no mistake – allowing corporations this "freedom" really means depriving employees of their own respective rights. For example, a devout Christian corporation (whatever that means) may be able to discriminate against employees for their sexuality, health practices and own forms of spirituality. In that sense, instituting a certain religious viewpoint at the workplace actually negates people's freedoms.
Thus far, lower courts have disagreed on whether corporations are entitled to religious views, delivering contradictory verdicts. Therefore, it seems inevitable that the Supreme Court will ultimately weigh in on whether a corporation can legally take a pious stance.
The Obama administration might have invited trouble on this matter when it allowed religious nonprofits to receive exemptions from Obamacare's contraception mandate. With that precedent, for-profit corporations, which have always been viewed differently in the eyes of the law, want to opt out of it, as well.
Currently, 39 companies are suing the government because the Affordable Care Act includes forms of birth control. The companies claim that their businesses shouldn't have to provide employees with these options since the care contradicts with their religious values.
The most notable case actually chalked up a victory for a company's right to religious freedom. Hobby Lobby, an Oklahoma craft store chain, says it was established on biblical principles and does not wish to offer its 13,000 employees with IUDs or the morning-after pill. The company (or rather a representative for it as corporations can't actually talk) insists that such forms of birth control are essentially like abortions and therefore against its religion.
To be clear, morning-after pills and IUDs are not abortions since they prevent fertilization from occurring in the first place. Nonetheless, the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with the Hobby Lobby that Obamacare infringed on the company's religious freedoms, even citing the infamous Citizens United decision as a precedent. "We see no reason the Supreme Court would recognize constitutional protection for a corporation's political expression but not its religious expression," the judges said.
Citizens United has already compromised the electoral process by declaring corporate money a form of "free speech." This next move to obtain religious freedom is yet another way to abuse corporate personhood.
Can a corporation sit next to you in a pew at church? Can a corporation have a Bar Mitzvah? Can a corporation wrestle with existential questions to either strengthen or weaken its own faith? Heck, can a corporation think independently in any capacity?
Personally, I won't be convinced that a corporation is capable of having religious thoughts until a business begins practicing a religion that differs from its owner. We'd see real quickly just how far a Jesus-loving CEO's plight for religious freedom extends if his company were to somehow convert to Islam.
These upcoming legal battles will certainly be worth watching.
Read more: business, citizens united, companies, corporate America, corporations, first amendment, free speech, religion, religious, religious freedom, Supreme Court
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Two secret new global pacts -- the TPP and TTIP -- could massively increase the power of corporations to sue our governments
Check this: http://www.exposethetpp.org/TPPImpacts_CorpPowerAttacks.html
Religious Nutters.
Whatever happened to "All Men Are Created Equal"? What gives ANYONE the right to tell ANYBODY what religion, if any, their employees or citizens the religion they are supposed to become?
What happened to a little thing in the US Constitution called "Religious Freedom"?
Why is it these Radical Religious Fanatics are allowed to pick & choose only the parts of the Constitution they want, ex: Gun Rights for Everyone-the more the better, etc., etc.?
The Tealibans definition is NOT the TRUE definition of Christianity that so many of them believe, and once they try to make their employees/citizens worship their vengeful & unforgiving God then they will truly show the world the lengths they will go to assume complete Power.
It's well Past the Expiration Date of the Party of NO!
Spread the word & get the Vote out in 2014!!
Like the saying goes..."I'll believe corporations are people when Texas executes one!"
Corporations are NOT People & the sooner we get rid of that along with 'fetal personhood' & 'Citizens United' we'll be a Lot closer in taking our country back from those crazed Tealibans!
Joseph B.
What is good for coporations is good for unions as well-
If Citizens United unlocked dirty money from coporations, Doesn't it follow union dirty money and influence peddling is just as bad and must be stopped?
Corporations don't even run by people!
What is good for coporations is good for unions as well-
If Citizens United unlocked dirty money from coporations, Doesn't it follow union dirty money and influence peddling is just as bad and must be stopped?
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Idk if anyone is interested in this, but we did this with my June 2009 babycenter board and it was fun.
Basically everyone who wants to participate is paired up with someone and you exchange a shower gift. It can be for the mom or baby. We can set a limit on the price, I think our max was $10.
My shower partner sent me a travel bag for the hospital with travel size shampoos/soaps/ lotion for me and a pair of booties. I sent her 2 Sesame Street bibs and a cute onesie.
Anyone interested in an online baby shower?
Online baby shower is full! FIND YOUR SHOWER PARTNER ON PG 9
Posted 10/27/2012
Is there a mail by date?
Posted 10/27/2012
I love this idea!!! Sound so fun!!! Im totally in!!!!
Single mom to DD 02/08/13
Keyla & Willy <3
Expecting again EDD 01/29/16
jaderaven · Original Poster
Posted 10/27/2012
The mail by date is nov 30th!
No 5 on the way! Feb 2013
No 5 on the way! Feb 2013
Posted 10/27/2012
where are the guidelines (what page?)
Posted 10/27/2012
So, my partner never answered me & has signed up on the other shower thread. Can I request a new partner here, or should I see about getting paired up over there? I'm confused, lol.
-Beth, married to Matt 10/28/2011 (together since 6/20/2002)
-Beth, married to Matt 10/28/2011 (together since 6/20/2002)
Posted 10/27/2012
I want to do it!
jaderaven · Original Poster
Posted 10/28/2012
There is a second baby shower thread for new sign ups.
No 5 on the way! Feb 2013
No 5 on the way! Feb 2013
Posted 11/06/2012
FYI Group leader I sent my gift :)
Sarah :)
Baby Carter arrived via C-Section 1/31/2013
Wife to Kevin, Mom to DD Shaylynn (14yrs) and DS Seven (7yrs)
Posted 11/06/2012
I'm in if its not too late!
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Bibi Does Economics
Can a former prime minister find happiness reforming Israel's economy?
Mar 10, 2003, Vol. 8, No. 25 • By TOM ROSE
DEMONSTRATING that petty political maneuvers don't necessarily have petty outcomes, last Thursday's decision by Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon to reshuffle his cabinet may prove to be one of the most important of his career and a huge step toward victory in Israel's 55-year war for legitimacy, permanence, and peace in the Middle East.
At first, Sharon's decision to dump Foreign Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in favor of a lightly regarded Likud party insider named Silvan Shalom sent shock waves through a country seldom fazed by the machinations of its political class. Initially, even Netanyahu's most vocal domestic critics condemned Sharon's maneuver as a trick designed to sideline his longtime party rival at the expense of the national interest.
But a few hours later, something even more shocking happened. Rather than take Sharon's hint to quit the government, Netanyahu took the job Sharon had offered him, finance minister. The Tel Aviv stock market reacted with a nearly 5 percent rise, its single best performance in more than three years. It understood that Israel's most pressing challenge may well be not its fight against Palestinian terror, but its fight to stave off economic collapse.
Thanks in part to continued generous financial support from the United States, successive Israeli governments have been able to maintain the kind of unsustainably extravagant socialist infrastructure that European, Latin American, and East Asian countries have been jettisoning for decades. Today, few countries have larger state sectors, higher marginal tax rates, or more lavish social welfare systems than Israel. Until now, successive Israeli governments have managed to avoid choosing between economic reform and economic collapse by turning to Washington.
In fact, as Sharon was reshuffling his cabinet, his office was putting the final touches on its largest request ever for economic aid. Israel's current request is for $8 billion in U.S. backed loan guarantees and $4 billion in direct cash assistance paid out in $1billion increments over four years. Since the United States already provides roughly $1 billion a year in direct economic assistance, the latest "emergency" request, if granted, would double the level of American economic aid.
It would be a mistake for American policymakers to conclude that Israel no longer needs or deserves American assistance, even though its current request may well merit conditions or modification. The threats Israel faces are real. Maintaining the country's strength and stability in a volatile Middle East still depends on its ability to obtain assistance from the United States. But maybe the time has come for the United States to try helping in a different way: insisting on reforms in return for new economic aid. As long as Israel can count on being bailed out of an economic mess largely of its own making, it will refrain from the changes necessary to propel it to prosperity.
One out of three of Israel's workers is on the public payroll. Another quarter of Israel's workforce is employed by companies either supported or owned by the state. In 2002, government spending accounted for nearly 70 percent of Israel's economic activity. Half of the government's $80billion budget is spent on salaries. Another third is devoted to transfer payments to Israel's protected classes and direct assistance to the poor, leaving less than 10 percent for everything else. On average, Israelis face a full-spectrum tax burden of more than 60 percent. Rather than declining as a share of GDP, Israel's government sector and tax burdens both continue to grow.
Not surprisingly, Israel faces its deepest economic crisis since independence. For one out of five Israelis, government assistance is now the sole source of support. Unemployment is at an all-time high. Half of Israel's children live below the official poverty line. Exports, upon which Israel depends for half of its growth, have declined in real terms despite a 25percent devaluation of the shekel against the dollar. An exploding budget deficit combined with a state-supported banking monopoly dangerously close to insolvency has rendered commercial credit all but nonexistent. Prohibitive interest rates have led to a steep decline in consumer spending and devastated the housing market. New business starts are a thing of the past. In Jerusalem alone, one third of all retail businesses have folded since the renewal of terrorism in September 2000. Israel's response to its economic "perfect storm" has been to make it worse. The independent Central Bank has refused to cut interest rates, while the government has raised taxes and spending and halted privatizations.


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Mexico southern border control so far just talk
CIUDAD HIDALGO, Mexico (AP) — Mexico is promising to stem the flow of Central American migrants to the United States by tightening control at its notoriously porous Guatemalan border.
But messages from the country's top two leaders in little more than a week have provided few details on how. And the scene on the ground is business as usual.
Dozens of Central Americans who paid $1.50 a head could be seen this week crossing the broad Suchiate River on improvised rafts of inner tubes and wooden boards, in full view of Mexican police on the shore and immigration agents posted on a bridge overhead.
"I don't see anything has changed," Guatemalan Luisa Fuentes, 56, said as she rode a raft to Mexico.
"La Bestia," a decrepit freight train that carries migrants north from the border state of Chiapas, still carried many riders on its roof.
President Enrique Pena Nieto's government says it is catching and deporting far more Central Americans, but it remains unclear if enforcement has increased or just that the number of detentions is simply rising along with the larger numbers of Central Americans moving through Mexico.
In the U.S., the migration has overwhelmed the Border Patrol, shelters and immigration courts. Top officials, including the vice president, have traveled to Central America with a stern message for those contemplating the trip, and President Barack Obama is seeking $3.7 billion from Congress to respond to the crisis. About 44,000 unaccompanied minors from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras have been apprehended at the U.S. border from October through the end of June.
The United States has been sensitive about appearing to be pressuring Mexico. But at a June 20 meeting in Guatemala, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden warned Mexican Interior Minister Miguel Angel Osorio Chong that with the economic growth in Mexico, Central Americans might decide to stay in Mexico, according to a senior administration official familiar with the session.
"We found very willing partners in the Pena Nieto administration," said the U.S. official, who spoke only on the condition of anonymity to describe the private session. "It's not something where we need carrots and sticks; it's been more like we need your help and they said, 'All right, let me tell you what we can and cannot do.'"
Pena Nieto this month announced a plan that includes more border inspection stations to help fight trafficking of immigrants from Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras. Osorio Chong said last week that Mexico would put an end to illegal migrants catching rides on La Bestia.
The government had been expected to provide details about the effort Tuesday. Instead, officials just announced the appointment of a little-known politician to head its immigration-enforcement plan. They promised again to improve border-crossing facilities but gave no details on what is actually planned.
"We have to get more cooperation ... to make the southern border an area of stability, and rule of law," said Humberto Mayans, Mexico's newly appointed head of southern border improvement plans.


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New Jack City (Father Ted)
|"New Jack City"
|Father Ted episode
Father Stack blasts jungle music.
|Episode no.
|Episode 9 of series 2
|Directed by
|Declan Lowney
|Written by
|Graham Linehan, Arthur Mathews
|Original air date
|3 May 1996
|Guest actors
Brendan Grace (Fr Fintan Stack)
"New Jack City" was the 9th episode of the second series of the Channel 4 television sitcom Father Ted.
At the inaugural Ted Fest in February 2007, it was voted the best Father Ted episode.
Father Jack contracts "Hairy Hands Syndrome" (level 6 out of a maximum 12) and is sent to St. Clabbert's Hospital for elderly priests (jokingly named "Jurassic Park" by the Clergymen of Craggy Island, after the film of the same title).
To replace Jack while he is on leave is a new priest, Father Fintan Stack, an obnoxious, rude and destructive priest, who torments Ted and Dougal. Stack's torments include deliberately driving Ted's car into a wall and then telling him all about it and saying that all that mattered was that he liked it, insulting Ted and his friends in the priesthood, getting Dougal drunk on Jack's whiskey, drilling holes in the living room drywall for no particular reason and blasting Jungle Music at three in the morning (Ted labels him "worse than Hitler", because "you wouldn't find Hitler playing jungle music at three in the morning").
Fed up with Father Stack, Ted and Dougal kidnap Father Jack back from Jurassic Park. Jack, upon returning to Craggy Island's parochial house, finds out about Stack giving his booze hoard to Dougal. This angers Jack to do what are presumably terrible things to Stack, however he is stopped from taking his revenge when both Ted and Jack notice that Stack has caught the "Hairy Hands Syndrome" from Jack's ancient, diseased chair. Stack is sent to Jurassic Park (where he still insists on playing jungle music), and everything returns to normal (though Jack is locked in a hermetically sealed chamber to prevent him passing the hairy hands syndrome onto Ted and Dougal, which Ted considers an improvement).
Pat Laffan auditioned for the role of Father Stack. He went on to appear as Pat Mustard in "Speed 3", an episode in the third series.[1] Fr. Stack's jungle music is Limb By Limb (Dj SS Remix) by Cutty Ranks and The Way by DJ Taktix. The episode was named after the film New Jack City. Mrs. Doyle parodies the opening scene of Dont Look Back, a 1967 documentary film by D.A. Pennebaker that principally covers Bob Dylan's 1965 concert tour of the United Kingdom.
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101. Miami University (4-8)
How quickly can the team get past the big collapse? After losing the final four games and six of the last seven, the RedHawks have to gear it back up in a hurry around Austin Boucher, a good, veteran quarterback who should have no problems taking over for Zac Dysert. The offensive line couldn't block anyone, but it was a young group that welcomes back four starters. Nick Harwell leads an outstanding receiving corps and starting running back Jamire Westbrook returns. The second-worst run defense in the nation needs better play out of Mwanza Wamulumba and Wesley Scott up front, and a pass rush has to emerge from some new sources on the outside. Three starters are back in the secondary and both kickers return.
102. Navy (8-5)
Navy righted the ship and got back to a bowl game, but it wasn't quite the smooth ride it was expected to be. Sophomore-to-be quarterback Keenan Reynolds is the new star of the ground game, but he loses speedy Gee Gee Greene and Bo Snelson out of the backfield. Fortunately, fullback Noah Copeland is back to pound away behind a rebuilding line that loses the left side. The defense has to come up with a pass rush from somewhere, and while tough tackling linebacker Matt Warrick is gone and Rover Tra'ves Bush needs to be replaced, there are plenty of returning veterans. Unfortunately, Warrick, Bush, end Wes Henderson and linebacker Keegan Wetzel were the top playmakers in 2012, and they all need to be replaced.
103. Southern Miss (0-12)
After a strangely disastrous season, Todd Monken takes over the reins for a team that should've been in contention for the Conference USA title, but instead finished 0-12. The Golden Eagles have to replace just about everyone on the offensive front and need to find more playmakers for a passing game that finished 117th in the nation in efficiency. Quarterbacks Arsenio Favor and Anthony Alford return, but leading rusher Desmond Johnson is gone as is top targets Tracy Lampley, Quentin Pierce and Darius Barnes. The defense that's used to being such a dominant force welcomes back nine starters, but do it all end Jamie Collins is a massive loss. Tackle Khyri Thornton is a good anchor to build around.
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In an almost impossible turn of events, Western Kentucky lost head coach Willie Taggart to South Florida and actually upgraded its coaching situation w ith Bobby Petrino coming in. It might be a one-and-done for Petrino, but he has good team returning as long as the quarterback situation is figured out. Kawaun Jakes is gone, tight end Jack Doyle will be missed, and the right side of the line has to be replaced after losing guard Adam Smith and tackle Seth White, but all-around yardage machine Antonio Andrews is back at running back and Willie McNeal should do more as the No. 1 wide receiver. The pass rush takes a massive hit with the loss of Quanterus Smith, but Andrew Jackson is an All-America caliber defender who'll combine with Xavius Boyd to give the Hilltoppers one of the Sun Belt's best linebacking corps. All four starters are back to a solid defense led by ball-hawking free safety Jonathan Dowling.
Head coach Bobby Hauck continues to fight the uphill battle of trying to make UNLV football relevant, and after yet another miserable season, he needs to find something that works this year out of a veteran team that gets 20 starters back. Ten starters are back on a baby-young D, but the one departure – weakside linebacker John Lotulelei – is a big one. Tim Hasson is a safety-sized linebacker who should put up big numbers, and with depth across the board, finding options won't be a problem. Tim Cornett is a dangerous back who'll be the focal point of the attack once again, but quarterback Nick Sherry has to make the job his after fighting through freshman year growing pains. Devante Davis is a big, talented young receiver.
106. Middle Tennessee (8-4)
8-4 wasn't enough to get to a bowl game, with the 45-0 clunker against Arkansas State to close out the regular season not helping the cause. The offense ran well thanks to an offensive front that finished second in the nation in sacks allowed, and now it should be truly fantastic with four starters back, only losing center Micah James. Quarterback Logan Kilgore is an efficient, effective veteran who should do even more with Kyle Griswould and Christian Collis returning. Jordan Parker and Drayton Calhoun form a nice 1-2 rushing punch. The defense that had so many problems getting into the backfield returns nine starters, but it has to get more out of end Shubert Bastien with Omar McLendon gone on the other side. Leading tackler Craig Allen is back to lead an excellent linebacking corps and all four starters – three of them underclassmen last season – return to the secondary.
107. Hawaii (3-9)
Yes, Norm Chow's first season – at least the first ten games - couldn't have been more disastrous with just three wins and an offense that stunk from the start, but the production might quickly turn everything around with all 11 starters back. While experience is great, the same players that were awful last year have to suddenly become better at playing college football. Is Jeremy Higgins the answer at quarterback, or will Sean Schroeder get another shot? Billy Ray Stutzmann is a good receiver to ramp up the offense, while Joey Iosefa is a big back who should fit what Chow wants to do. Now the line has to block someone. The defense was a surprising bright spot, especially against the pass, and while corner Mike Edwards is leaving early for the NFL, eight returning starters including linebacker John Laurel and strong safety John Hardy-Tulian are excellent veterans to help keep the momentum going.
108. Troy (5-7)
Can Troy rebuild and get back to a bowl level in the same season? The new world of the Sun Belt should make it more interesting, losing several key teams to other leagues, but the Trojans have to replace seven starters from the league's top offense. Fortunately, quarterback Corey Robinson is back to crank up the numbers for the nation's eighth-best passing attack. But leading rusher Shawn Southward is gone along with leading receiver Chip Reeves. Even so, Eric Thomas and Bryan Holmes are back to give Robinson targets to work with. The biggest problem is the line that loses four starters. The defense that can't seem to find much that works has to get more of a woeful pass rush. End Tyler Roberts has to become a factor, while linebacker Mark Wilson has to be one of the team's leading tacklers to make up for the losses of Brannon Bryan and Kanorris Davis. Safety Brynden Trawick will be missed from a rocky secondary.
109. Army (2-10)
2012 was supposed to be when Army turned a corner and started to become more Navy-like. Bad defense, no passing game and an ill-timed fumble against the Midshipmen made the year a disaster, but there's enough experience returning for Rich Ellerson to hope for a little more luck. Quarterback Trent Steelman and running back Malcolm Brown are gone, but second-leading rusher Raymond Maples is back along with center Ryan Powls and the right side of the line. The offseason will be about the fight between A.J. Schurr and Angel Santiago for the starting quarterback gig, but it would be nice if a receiver could emerge. The defense that couldn't stop anyone from throwing deep or running up the gut gets back eight starters led by middle linebacker Geoffery Bacon, but the front three will be really, really small. Eight underclassmen started on D, and now it's time to grow up.
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it could have been the same excelsior class, surely a galaxy classes core would be more powerful, most powerful that is, but that doesn't mean it would automatically be the most efficient. there could easily be an efficiency competition between 2 different ships with 2 different cores. also, the intrepid class and voyager wasn't even thought of yet during the 7th tng season. but i think the intrepid class was lunched the same year as tng's 6th or 7th season in universe, so it could have been the original intrepid class Geordi was competing with.
Yes and no.
The Excelsior class USS Fearless in "Where no one has gone before" was mentioned as being more efficien than the Enterprise-D, but only because of the power the traveller had and not beause the Excelsior is so efficient.
In addition I already took your thoughts about efficeincy into consideration:
The Intrepid's warpcore is also smaller than the Galaxy's but much newer.
So the efficiency thing is already taken into account there.
Also they talked about percentage values in that episode not absolutes.
When it comes to the matter of whether the "voyager" show was thought about at that point...well I'Ve got en edition of the Encyclopedia which contains the information that "Voyager" was in the works but has an equally nbulous entry about Star Trek Generations.
So just because the show was not released at that point doen (for once) not mean they had not actually thought about it at that point.
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so we see that the USS Galaxy has a registry of 70637, and according to memory alpha, the lowest nebula registry listed is USS Honshu NCC-60205, the USS nebula probably has a slightly lower number. its likely that the more utilitarian nebula class first launched in the mid to late 2350 with that number. the Galaxy, Yamato and Enterprise were all being built at approximately the same time, with the enterprise launching in 2363, so the galaxy class cant be older then 2362 or 63.
i believe the borg attacked in 2365, so the defiant was probably built in 2366 or 67, and then mothballed for a few years. its registry is NX-74205, so that number is mid 2360s. the intrepid's registry is 74600, so the intrepid is probably from about 2367. but, voyager's 74656 is not much higher, so it was probably one of the first intrepid classes, and it was launched in 2371. hmm. maybe the defiant wasn't even assigned a registry before it was pulled out of mothballs in 2371. the USS Prometheus has a sub 75000 registry in 2374, so it seems like ship building really slowed down between the 2350s and 2370s, witch is odd, considering all the new classes. USS nova's registry is 73515, so more mid 2360s
the akira class USS Thunderchild NCC-63549 actually has a registry number lower then the galaxy! so it was launched ln the very late 2350s? its possible. the Norway class USS Budapest registry of NCC-64923 puts it in a similar time frame as the akira class, another product of the 2350s apparently. the saber class USS Budapest has a registry of NCC-64923, so more 2350s. the oldest of all is the steamrunner class USS Appalachia, NCC-52136. 2340s?
and finally the USS sovereign's not quite canon registry of NX-73811, that seems kind of low. it could have been scheduled to be launched at about the same time as the first borg attack, but was pushed back to be further developed in light of new threats, and kept a registry number of a ship that proboly should have been launched years earlier.
based on all this, it apears the registry range for years is a bit like this
3555- ~60000
2360- ~65000
2362- ~70000
2364- ~72000
2366- ~73500
2368- ~74000
2370- ~74600
2372- ~74800
2374- ~75000
i think making sense of registry numbers is a bit hopeless lol
Using the registries only makes your head explode.
For example:
Springfield class (looks like the same era as the Cheyenne)
USS Chekov NCC-57302
Cheyenne USS Ahwahnee NCC-71620/NCC-73620 (the model in "Best of Both Worlds had the higher number, the ship listed in "Redemption" had the lower one).
This would actually mean the Cheyenne is more modern than the Galaxy while the Springfield is decades older (!).
It seems Starfleet assigns registries based on the what the dice said not based on any reasonable concept.


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"To make it into the semifinals, I think we have a very good chance. After that, it's anybody's ballgame," said Reyes during yesterday's press conference at Mall of Asia Arena.
Reyes picked China, Iran, South Korea, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Japan, Qatar, Chinese Taipei and the Philippines as strong contenders for this year's tournament, which offers three Asian slots to the 2014 Spain Fiba World Cup.
"Anyone of those teams can beat the other on any given night. Some teams will be more favored that the other, but every team must bring its best," said Reyes. "Because if one team stumbles a little bit they're going to get beat, and we've seen that so many times in the past."
Bracketed in Group A, the Philippines faces Saudi Arabia on opening night tomorrow at Mall of Asia Arena before wrapping up the first round of the group stages against Jordan and Chinese Taipei on Friday and Saturday.
"There's a lot of expectations playing in our home court, but I'd rather be playing at home than anywhere else," said Reyes. "The bigger pressure will really come from these teams and we should be ready for them. This is the biggest challenge of our professional lives."
Also present during the gathering were top officials of the organizing Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas headed by SBP president Manny V. Pangilinan and executive director Sonny Barrios, Fiba Asia secretary general Hagop Khajirian and television executives Wilson Tieng (Solar TV) and Noel Lorenzana (TV5).
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