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A greeble or nurnie is a small piece of detailing added to break up the surface of an object to add visual interest to a surface or object, particularly in movie special effects. They serve no real purpose other than to add complexity to the object, and cause the flow of the eye over the surface of the object to be interrupted, usually giving the impression of increased size. It is essentially the small detailed technical part of a larger object. The detail can be made from geometric primitives, including cylinders, cubes, and rectangles, combined to create intricate, but meaningless, surface detail. Greebles are commonly found on models or drawings of fictional spacecraft in science fiction.
An early physical example of their application was in the production of the spaceships in 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) where they were called "wiggets". Another first recorded use of the term was by those working on the special effects for Star Wars - the group who would later become Industrial Light and Magic. They also described this design method as "guts on the outside".
In physical models, these greebles could be anything from parts of plastic cut to an interesting shape, or actual elements taken from shop bought model kits. For instance, in Star Wars the original Imperial Star Destroyer was constructed from a plywood frame and adorned with sheet styrene. Panel lines were cut into the sheet styrene, but essentially that left the ship looking extremely bare. Hundreds of model kits were purchased and the model department promptly took pieces of the model kits and cut them up and stuck them along with more sheet styrene to the surfaces of the ship. The ultimate effect was to make the ship appear more believable to the viewer through the addition of these large areas of ancillary details. The nurnies themselves served no purpose other than to fill space and individually had no definite function to the design of the ship. Although later each nurnie was given a specific function by either fans or technical illustrators for fan guides.
Another example of nurnie application was the Battlestar Galactica model for the original seventies series which featured on its hull pieces of Apollo rockets, Saturn rockets and F16 fighter jets with oodles of bits of model tank kits to name a few.
As would be expected, given these origins, greebling is most commonly associated with the particular kind of large city-like spaceships made popular in Star Wars, but has been generalized to refer to any dense covering by different (usually mechanical) components. Similarly, Borg ships (and drones) in Star Trek appear heavily "greebled".
An anecdote from the creation of the first Star Wars movie involves the Tunisian customs enquiring what part of the costume of C-3PO (listed as "assorted greebles") was. Their response was allegedly "Something that looks cool but doesn't actually do anything." Most of the weapons carried in Star Wars were replicas of common World War II firearms with "extra" vents, scopes and other unneeded pieces added on.
Ron Thornton is widely believed to have coined the term "nurnies" referring to CGI technical detail that his company F.I. produced for the Babylon 5 series.
In 3D computer graphics, greebles are often created automatically by specific software, because generating greeble involves a lot of precise, tedious, and repetitive work, and many consider it a task best suited to computers, particularly if a great degree of control is unnecessary or the greebles will not be particularly large on screen. Most greeble generating software works by sub-dividing the surface to be greebled into smaller regions, adding some detail to each new surface, and then recursively continuing this process on each new surface to some specified level of detail. Similar algorithms are used in the creation of fractal surfaces.


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Reg Keys, father of soldier killed in Iraq, responds to Blair's BBC interview
There is no one more qualified than Reg Keys -- whose son Tom was killed in Iraq -- to comment on Tony Blair's admission to the BBC that, if he hadn't used the non-existent weapons of mass destruction to justify a war crime, he would have found another "argument" -- that is, another lie. VIDEO.
After ABC News Report of Secret CIA Prison, Head Spy Resigns
After ABC News Report of Secret CIA Prison, Head Spy Resigns
Chief of Lithuanian Intelligence Steps Down Over "Black Site" Investigation
By Matthew Cole and Mark Schone | ABC News
The head of Lithuanian intelligence resigned Monday in the wake of ABC News' exclusive report that the CIA operated a secret prison for al-Qaeda detainees in 2004 and 2005.
Povilas Malakauskas, head of Lithuania's State Security department, left without prior public notice after two years in the position. Lithuanian media quoted Arydas Anusauskas, head of a parliamentary committee investigating the prison, as saying that the intelligence chief stepped down "in part" because of the government's effort to investigate the details surrounding the CIA facility.
Anusauskas told LNK TV that much of the government's investigation could have been avoided if the intel chief had told the truth about his department's involvement in the CIA program. Anusauskas told ABC News that the resignation was first discussed in September, when Malakauskas refused to provide information to investigators. Read more.
Prosecuting Bush's Poodle
By David Swanson
Compare Tony Blair's latest confession to mass murder with Bush's. The BBC has just aired an interview of Blair in which he was asked whether he would have attacked Iraq even if he had known there were no "weapons of mass destruction" there. Blair replied:
"I would still have thought it right to remove him."
Him is, of course, Saddam Hussein. And of course Blair did know that Iraq had no serious weapons and that any such weapons were not Bush's real motivation. The Downing Street Minutes record a meeting at which Blair was informed of that fact. The White House Memo (from January 31, 2003) does the same.
A Scandal About Afghanistan Shakes Berlin
A Scandal about Afghanistan Shakes Berlin by Victor Grossman | MRZine
Like the peaks of the Hindu Kusch dominating much of Afghanistan, the war in that unhappy country increasingly overshadows the political scenery in Germany. Parallels with the situation in the USA are unmistakable.
On December 3rd the Bundestag voted on prolonging the use of German troops in Afghanistan for another year. But before the delegates crowded to the front of the house to put their ballots in the container, they were surprised to hear an unusual statement. It came close to a confession.
For three months one event has repeatedly grabbed the headlines: the bombing on September 4th of two hijacked German fuel trucks in Kunduz, in northern Afghanistan. The air attack, ordered by a German colonel, resulted in the deaths of 142 people, including women, children and many other civilians despite the fact that the trucks, stuck in the mud while crossing a river, were of no immediate danger to German troops. American pilots suggested flying low over them to frighten civilians and the Taliban hijackers away. But no, the colonel insisted on bombs -- and got them. The fuel caused a terrible explosion.
Army spokespersons, including Franz Josef Jung, Minister of Defense, tried to belittle the matter and denied any certainty about even a few civilian casualties. This was a crucial matter; it was the first such case involving German troops in Afghanistan and the worst bloodshed caused by Germans in uniform since World War Two. Read more.
Blair Iraq war admission sparks fresh outrage
By Alice Ritchie, AFP
LONDON (AFP) – Tony Blair's admission that Britain would have backed the Iraq war even if he knew it did not have weapons of mass destruction sparked outrage Sunday and calls for his prosecution for war crimes.
The former British prime minister, who backed the US-led invasion in 2003, told the BBC he would "still have thought it right to remove" Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein because of the threat he posed to the region.
Lawyers representing the deposed Iraqi leadership said they would seek to prosecute Blair following his remarks, while one newspaper commentator said it was a "game-changing admission" for the ongoing official inquiry into the war.
Former UN weapons inspector Hans Blix added: "The war was sold on the WMD, and now you feel, or hear that it was only a question of deployment of arguments, as he said, it sounds a bit like a fig leaf that was held up."
Poland, U.S. Sign Deal On Troop Deployments
Poland, U.S. sign deal on troop deployments | Reuters | Submitted by Michael Munk | www.MichaelMunk.com
Poland and the United States signed a deal on Friday that paves the way for the stationing of U.S. troops on the territory of its east European NATO ally.
The "status of forces" accord (SOFA), a technical document tentatively approved in November after 15 months of talks, also makes possible deployments of a U.S. Patriot missile battery in Poland next year as part of plans to upgrade its air defences.
"This agreement is a good basis for cooperation between the U.S. and Polish armed forces in the future," Polish Defense Minister Bogdan Klich told reporters at the signing ceremony.
"For Poland, this signifies a strengthening of our national security."
Poland, perturbed by Russia's more assertive foreign policy, has long complained that it hosts no U.S. troops or major military installations 10 years after it joined NATO and despite a strong track record of sending troops to help in U.S.-led missions in Iraq and Afghanistan. Read more.
What to Do About Europe's Secret Nukes
What to Do About Europe's Secret Nukes
By Eben Harrell | Time Inc. | Submitted by Michael Munk | www.MichaelMunk.com
Is Italy capable of delivering a thermonuclear strike? Could the Belgians and the Dutch drop hydrogen bombs on enemy targets? And what about Germany — a country where fear of atomkraft is so great that the last government opposed all civilian nuclear power? Germany's air force couldn't possibly be training to deliver bombs 13 times more powerful than the one that destroyed Hiroshima, could it?
It is Europe's dirty secret that the list of nuclear-capable countries extends beyond those — Britain and France — who have built their own weapons. Nuclear bombs are stored on air-force bases in Italy, Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands — and planes from each of those countries are capable of delivering them. The Federation of American Scientists believes that there are some 200 B61 thermonuclear gravity bombs scattered across these four countries. Under a NATO agreement struck during the Cold War, the bombs, which are technically owned by the U.S., can be transferred to the control of a host nation's air force in times of conflict. Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Dutch, Belgian, Italian and German pilots remain ready to engage in nuclear war.
These weapons are more than an anachronism or historical oddity. They are a violation of the spirit of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) — the 1968 agreement governing nuclear weapons that acts as one of the linchpins of global security by providing a legal restraint on the nuclear ambitions of rogue states. Because "nuclear burden-sharing," as the dispersion of B61s in Europe is called, was set up before the NPT came into force, it is technically legal. But as signatories to the NPT, the four European countries and the U.S. have pledged "not to receive the transfer ... of nuclear weapons or control over such weapons directly, or indirectly." That, of course, is precisely what the long-standing NATO arrangement entails. Read more.
CagePrisoners Welcomes High Court Ruling On The Ban On The Use Of Secret Evidence
UK - CagePrisoners Welcomes High Court Ruling On The Ban On The Use Of Secret Evidence | Press Release
The High Court ruled yesterday that the use of secret evidence to deny bail to those accused of terrorism was unlawful. The ruling echoes the Law Lords decision in June which similarly banned the use of secret evidence but in the imposition of control orders.
The Only Serious Exit Strategy for Afghanistan
The Only Serious Exit Strategy for Afghanistan | Stop the War Coalition
Inevitably the news of yet another British soldier dying in Afghanistan coincided with Gordon Brown's announcement that he is sending 500 more British troops to fight in a war which in the latest poll 71 per cent of the British public opposes.
We are witnessing a very dangerous escalation of the war. With Barack Obama likely to announce a surge of around 30,000 troops, and other Nato allies adding a further five thousand, the total number of foreign troops occupying Afghanistan will equal that deployed by the Soviet Union in the 1979-89 Afghan war, which ended in its catastrophic defeat.
Gordon Brown's troop surge is a response to failure after eight years of war. All the various war aims have been shown to be false. The war has not made Britain safer from
Journalists for Peace Pen Letter to Swiss President Asking for Lifting of Ban on Minarets
From: Mr Iftikhar Chaudri Most Immediate
Journalists For International Peace
Islamabad, Pakistan
Mr Hans-Rudolf Merz
President of Swiss Confederation
Bern, Switzerland
NO: 786/ops/A-2
Dated: 30 Nov 2009
Subject: Ban on Minarets, attached to Mosques
Dear Excellency
I hope that letter of mine will find you in the best of health and prosperity. The peace lovers and promoters of Interfaith Dialogue, all over the world met a set-back , when Swiss government banned construction of minarets , the slender towers attached to mosques, after the most controversial Referendum (29 Nov), in the history of Switzerland ever. The Swiss government invariably prompted the other countries to take similar actions against the minority religions on the demand of the public and its pressure. The accusation of the Swiss People's Party, the largest party in the Swiss parliament, that minarets can be divisive political symbols and signs of an increasing Islamic presence in Switzerland - is absurd and without any reasoning.
The architectural designs are not aimed at promoting any 'ism' in general or Islamization in particular. Journalists For International Peace supports the stance of The Swiss Council of Religions, which includes Jewish, Christian and Muslim leaders - it issued a statement rejecting the call for the ban. In a statement, Catholic bishops said the ban would hinder interreligious dialogue and that Swiss building codes already regulate the construction and operation of minarets.
Iraq Inquiry: Blair Deal On Regime Change?
Iraq inquiry: Blair deal on regime change? UK former ambassador to Washington tells Iraq inquiry he was excluded from Blair and Bush talks in 2002
Swiss Vote To Ban Minaret Construction
Swiss vote to ban minaret construction | CNN
Minarets are tall spires extending from mosques or built next to them. They help identify a mosque and also serve as a spot where a religious leader can call the faithful to daily prayers.
The move to amend the constitution to ban new construction is part of a campaign by the nationalist Swiss People's Party (SVP).
The party says the minarets are political symbols and therefore go against the the country's constitution.
It designed fliers that feature a veiled woman against a background of a Swiss flag pierced by several minarets resembling missiles.
Swiss voters on Sunday adopted a referendum banning the construction of minarets, seen by some on the far right as a sign of encroaching Islamism.
"The Federal Council respects this decision," said a statement from Switzerland's government. "Consequently the construction of new minarets in Switzerland is no longer permitted. The four existing minarets will remain.
"It will also be possible to continue to construct mosques," the government statement said. "Muslims in Switzerland are able to practice their religion alone or in community with others, and live according to their beliefs just as before." Read more.
Torture Evidence Judgment [UK HC]
Torture Evidence Judgment [UK HC]
Al Rawi, et al. v. The Security Service, et al., British High Court, November 18, 2009 [ruling that the government may withhold evidence from seven claimants suing UK intelligence services MI5 and MI6 for their roles in alleged torture at Guantanamo Bay].
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Blood On Their Hands Iraq Inquiry Protest Tomorrow, 11/24, London
What: BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS PROTEST
When: IRAQ INQUIRY TUESDAY 24 NOVEMBER 09.30 - 12.30
Where: QUEEN ELIZABETH II CONFERENCE CENTRE, SW1P 3EE (Near Parliament)
The first public hearings of the Iraq Inquiry begin on Tuesday 24 November and Stop the War has called a protest outside to demand that Tony Blair and Gordon Brown are held to account for war crimes which led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis and 179 British troops.
Joining the protest will be representatives from Military Families Against the War, reminding the inquiry committee of the anger felt by many relatives of British soldiers killed in Iraq.
Sir John Chilcot, the chairman of the inquiry, insists that it will not be a whitewash but the committee - the five members of which were all hand picked by Gordon Brown - looks like it was set up with exactly that purpose.
Leaked secret government reports that prove Tony Blair's serial lying throughout 2002, as he repeatedly denied there were any preparations for war, will make it difficult for the enquiry to deny that Parliament and the British public were mislead.
But the logical conclusion that Blair or anyone in his government should be indicted on the basis of such evidence has already been discounted by Chilcot, despite the majority of bereaved military families having already told his committee that this is the outcome they expect if war crimes are proven.
Did Rumsfeld Tour KGB Torture Museum to Pick Up Useful Tips?
Did Rumsfeld Tour KGB Torture Museum to Pick Up Useful Tips?
By Jonathan Schwarz | Tiny Revolution
Where has the CIA tortured people? ABC has just reported that one place was Lithuania:
The CIA built one of its secret European prisons inside an exclusive riding academy outside Vilnius, Lithuania, a current Lithuanian government official and a former U.S. intelligence official told ABC News this week. Where affluent Lithuanians once rode show horses and sipped coffee at a café, the CIA installed a concrete structure where it could use harsh tactics to interrogate up to eight suspected al-Qaeda terrorists at a time.
But here's the lighter side of the CIA-Lithuania torture story, which ABC didn't mention: Donald Rumsfeld visited Vilnius in 2005, where he took the time to tour the KGB torture museum there. Then the U.S. embassy in Vilnius released an "Open Letter to People of Lithuania" from Rumsfeld: Read more.
Brown eyes Afghan summit to set handover timetable
By Alice Ritchie, AFP
LONDON (AFP) – Prime Minister Gordon Brown offered to host an international conference on Afghanistan in London, which he said could set a timeframe for a handover of security to Afghan forces from 2010.
In a speech here late on Monday, Brown stressed that such a handover was a requirement for the withdrawal of Britain's 9,000 troops deployed in the country.
"I have offered London as a venue in the new year," Brown said in his annual speech to the Lord Mayor's Banquet. A pre-released version of the speech quoted him as offering to host a conference in January.
"I want that conference to chart a comprehensive political framework within which the military strategy can be accomplished.
"It should identify a process for transferring district by district to full Afghan control and if at all possible set a timetable for transfer starting in 2010."
Anti-War Soldier Arrested: Protest Now
Lance Corporal Joe Glenton, the soldier who faces desertion charges for refusing to return to Afghanistan, has been arrested and charged with five further offences for leading Stop the War's demonstration in London on 24 October and for expressing his opposition to the media in defiance of orders.
The new charges carry a maximum of ten years imprisonment in addition to the sentence of three to four years that Joe could get if the desertion charge is upheld.
Joe's mother, Sue Glenton, has spoken out against his arrest: "You've got government ministers, army commanders and MPs speaking every day in support of the war. What's so scary about a Lance Corporal having his say? My son is only speaking out for what he thinks is right."
Our Debt to Italy
By David Swanson
The United States of America owes much of the hope it has right now of remaining what John Adams called "a nation of laws, not men" to Italian law enforcement. Were it not for the fact that Italian prosecutors, unlike their American counterparts, answer to the law rather than a president, the enforcement of laws against a massive crime spree by U.S. officials (and their Italian accomplices) would not have begun.
In Europe, Most Swine Flu Shots By Invitation Only
In Europe, most swine flu shots by invitation only
By Maria Cheng, AP Medical Writer | Yahoo! News | Submitted by Michael Munk | www.MichaelMunk.com
In Britain, there are no long lines of people seeking swine flu vaccine. Doctor's offices aren't swamped with desperate calls. And there are no cries of injustice that the vaccine is going to wealthy corporations or healthy people who don't really need it.
Here, and across most of Europe, vaccine to protect against the pandemic flu is mostly given by invitation only to those at highest risk for flu complications.
"That is one of the great advantages of the British health system," said Dr. Steve Field, president of the Royal College of General Physicians. "We have a list of all the names of patients who qualify to be vaccinated."
When Britain unrolled its pandemic vaccination program last month, it designed its campaign to ensure that priority groups — including pregnant women, health workers and those with chronic health problems like diabetes, cancer and AIDS — get the shots first.
Instead of advertising that vaccine had arrived and waiting for the lines to form, Britain's National Health Service sent letters, inviting all those who qualify to make an appointment and get the shots first.
Field said Britain's socialized health care system allows the country to target people who need to be vaccinated quickly: "It's not like the U.S., where it's the survival of the fittest and the richest." Read more.
Berlin Wall: From Europe Whole And Free To New World Order
Berlin Wall: From Europe Whole And Free To New World Order
By Rick Rozoff | Stop NATO | Blog
"When the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, NATO was an Alliance of 16 members and no partners. Today, NATO has 26 members – with 2 new invitees, prospective membership for others, and over 20 partners in Europe and Eurasia, seven in the Mediterranean, four in the Persian Gulf, and others from around the world.
"NATO matched the Partnership for Peace with the establishment of the Mediterranean Dialogue, and...NATO realized the need to reach out to new partners around the world....This included establishing the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative to reach out to nations of the Persian Gulf. In addition, Australia, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, and now Singapore are making valuable contributions to NATO operations, especially in Afghanistan...."
On November 9 a modest gathering of political figures and at least one long-since-its-prime American rock band will gather at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate to make political capital or attempt to revive a flagging career.
The Fall of The Berlin Wall has been enshrined as a mythic event comparable to the parting of the Red Sea, the defeat of Bonaparte at Waterloo, Neil Armstrong hopping over moon craters and the 1985 We Are the World musical extravaganza to eliminate world hunger.
This year's twentieth anniversary ceremony, though, will reflect the West's preoccupation with the after-effects of the new world order that the Berlin events of a generation ago are considered to have ushered in.
The twin offspring of the end of the Cold War, global neoliberalism and the transformation of the North Atlantic Treaty organization into history's first international military bloc, have assuredly both assisted and reflected the domination of the world by the United States and its Western allies. They have also resulted in the near collapse of the American financial sector with reverberations around the world, especially in Europe, and the worst global economic crisis since the Great Depression preceding World War II.
1989-2009: Moving The Berlin Wall To Russia's Borders
1989-2009: Moving The Berlin Wall To Russia's Borders
By Rick Rozoff | Stop NATO | Blog site
November 9 will mark the twentieth anniversary of the government of the German Democratic Republic opening crossing points at the wall separating the eastern and western sections of Berlin.
From 1961 to 1989 the wall had been a dividing line in, a symbol of and a metonym for the Cold War.
A generation later events are to be held in Berlin to commemorate the "fall of the Berlin Wall," the last victory the West can claim over the past two decades. Bogged down in a war in Afghanistan, occupation in Iraq and the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s, the United States, Germany and the West as a whole are eager to cast a fond glance back at what is viewed as their greatest triumph: The collapse of the socialist bloc in Eastern Europe closely followed by the breakup of the Soviet Union.
All the players in that drama and events leading up to it – Ronald Reagan, Mikhail Gorbachev, George H. W. Bush, Vaclav Havel, Lech Walesa – will be reverently eulogized and lionized.
Gorbachev will attend the anniversary bash at the Brandenburg Gate and the editorial pages of newspapers around the world will dutifully repeat the litany of bromides, pieties, self-congratulatory praises and grandiose claims one can expect on the occasion.
What will not be cited are comments like those from Mikhail Margelov, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the upper house of the Russian parliament, the Federation Council, on November 6. To wit, that "The Berlin Wall has been replaced with a sanitary cordon of ex-Soviet nations, from the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea." [1]
British Break Up Several Bailed-Out Banks
British break up several bailed-out banks
Some want U.S. to follow suit to increase financial competition | Washington Post
The British government announced Tuesday that it will break up parts of major financial institutions bailed out by taxpayers, highlighting a growing divide across the Atlantic over how to deal with the massive banks that were partially nationalized during the height of the financial crisis.
The British government -- spurred on by European regulators -- is forcing the Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds Banking Group and Northern Rock to sell off parts of their operations. The Europeans are calling for more and smaller banks to increase competition and eliminate the threat posed by banks so large that they must be rescued by taxpayers, no matter how they conducted their business, in order to avoid damaging the global financial system.
The move to downsize some of Britain's largest banks comes as U.S. politicians are debating whether American banks should also be required to shrink. Read more.
CCR: Rendition Victims Can Get Justice in Italy and Canada But Not in U.S.
CCR: Rendition Victims Can Get Justice in Italy and Canada But Not in U.S. | Press Release
November 4, 2009, New York – In response to news of an Italian court's conviction of 23 U.S. officials for their role in the extraordinary rendition of a Muslim cleric unlawfully seized from the streets of Milan more than six years ago, Center for Constitutional Rights Executive Director Vincent Warren issued the statement below. On Monday, an 11-judge panel of the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit here in New York dismissed the case of CCR client and rendition victim, Canadian citizen Maher Arar.
Today the Italian legal system held 23 U.S. officials accountable for unlawfully grabbing a man, Abu Omar, off the streets of Milan and sending him to be tortured in Egypt. In 2006 and 2007, the Canadian government concluded an extensive public inquiry and apologized to our client Maher Arar for its role in his rendition by the U.S. to Syria for torture when he was unlawfully seized while changing planes at JFK on his way home to Canada. On Monday, our own courts threw out his case and told him and the world that our legal system was no place to bring his grievances.
Italian Court Convicts 23 Americans In CIA Rendition Case
Italian court convicts 23 Americans in CIA rendition case
By Craig Whitlock | Washington Post
An Italian court on Wednesday convicted 22 CIA operatives and a U.S. Air Force colonel of orchestrating the kidnapping of a Muslim cleric in Milan in 2003 and flying him to Egypt, where he said he was later tortured.
The judge in the case, Oscar Magi, said three other Americans, including the former Rome station chief for the CIA, were covered by diplomatic immunity.
The Americans were all tried in absentia. A Milan prosecutor said his office would seek to have them extradited from the United States, but a formal decision will be made later by the Italian Justice Ministry.
The case is the only instance in which CIA operatives have faced a criminal trial for the controversial tactic of extraordinary rendition, under which terrorism suspects are seized in one country and forcibly transported to another without judicial oversight. Read more.
Soldier's mother wants Tony Blair to answer for Iraq war
The mother of a teenage soldier killed in Iraq broke down today as she told an inquiry she wanted Tony Blair to be held to account for the "illegal war".
UK Peace Movement Opposes Escalation With Demand to Bring All Troops Home
Lance Corporal Joe Glenton is refusing an order from his
regimental commander that he returns to barracks and does not
attend the Stop the War Bring the Troops Home demonstration on
Saturday 24 October.
Lance Cpl Glenton faces court martial because he refuses to
return to fight in Afghanistan. In July he gave his reasons in
a letter to Gordon Brown.
He says, "I am marching tomorrow to send a message to Gordon
Brown. Instead of sending more troops, he must bring them all
home. He cannot sit on his hands and wait while more and more
of my comrades are killed.
"I am proud to be marching again - this time for Stop the
For more details on why Joe is defying the orders of his
military commander, go to: http://bit.ly/CYOUE
Joe Glenton will lead the demonstration tomorrow, together
with ex-soldiers, a number of military families and Peter
Nabucco: Pipeline Politics
Nabucco: Pipeline Politics
Azerbaijan could scuttle the Nabucco pipeline over the Turkey-Armenia rapprochement, Brian Whitmore writes for RFE/RL.
By Brian Whitmore for RFE/RL | ISN
Azerbaijan could scuttle the Nabucco pipeline over the Turkey-Armenia rapprochement, Brian Whitmore writes for RFE/RL.
By Brian Whitmore for RFE/RL
Azerbaijan has apparently decided to play its energy card.
As much of the world applauded Turkey's historic rapprochement with Armenia last week, Azerbaijan felt left out in the cold and abandoned by its closest ally.
Baku had argued strenuously that a deal to reestablish relations between Ankara and Yerevan should not be signed while Armenia continued to occupy Nagorno-Karabakh, and it threatened to take unspecified countermeasures if one was.
Speaking at a nationally televised cabinet meeting on October 16, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev revealed one of those steps: "It is not a secret to anyone that for many years Azerbaijan has been selling its gas to Turkey for one-third of market prices."
Aliyev added: "What state would agree to sell its natural resources for 30 percent of world market prices, especially under current conditions? This is illogical."
Aliyev presented the move as a purely commercial decision and did not explicitly link it to the Turkish-Armenian deal. Azerbaijan currently sells Turkey natural gas at the bargain rate of $120 per thousand cubic meters. But the timing of Aliyev's announcement, less than a week after the accord between Yerevan and Ankara was signed, left little doubt.
If Baku follows through on the move, analysts say it could severely undermine - if not completely kill - the Western-backed Nabucco pipeline project to bring gas from the Caspian Sea to Europe via Turkey.
"Potentially this is very important because it could potentially deliver a knockout blow to Nabucco. Without Azerbaijan it would be even more difficult than it is," says Federico Bordonaro, an energy-security analyst with the Italian-based group equilibre.net. Read more.
Soldiers & Their Families Lead This Saturday's March in Trafalgar Square
Lance Corporal Joe Glenton (http://bit.ly/eO3V0 )will become
the first serving British soldier to openly attend an anti-war
demonstration when he leads marchers from Hyde Park to
Trafalgar square on Saturday 24 October calling for all troops
to be withdrawn from Afghanistan.
Joe, who is currently fighting a court martial for refusing to
return to Afghanistan, will be joined by families of soldiers
who have given their lives during the occupations in Iraq and
Joan Humphries' grandson Kevin Elliott, 24, from Black Watch,
was killed while on on foot patrol in the southern Afghan
province of Helmand on August 31 of this year. She says:
"I have supported CND all my life and have been involved in
Stop the War since the march in 2003 when more than a million
people were on the streets. Kevin knew my feelings. But there
were no jobs, education was poor and the politicians down


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Space: the final frontier.
These are the voyages of the Rovio franchise. Their three year mission: to destroy strange pig forts, to seek out new life and new bird variations, to boldly go where no birds have gone before.
Rovio's announced a March 22nd release date for the next game in their wildly popular franchise, Angry Birds Space! I don't know if that exclamation is part of the title. I hope not. I have enough trouble yelling Paladog! Here's the post from their blog:


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I WAS NOT SATISFIED AT ALL HAD ROACHES THE FIRST 4 WEEKS WE WERE HERE. WE HAD TO DEAL WITH MOLD AND MILDEW. WE WERE BESIDE KIDS THAT MADE NOISE AT 6 AM IN THE MORNING. WE FELT LIKE WE WERE… Full Review ▶
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Beside the cable everything is great! Great staff and excellent community. I love the apartment. It's very quiet. I haven't met my neighbors but the people i have met are cool so far. The property is beautiful and they have the… Full Review ▶
My experience at this community is great so far. The customer service is great. The area is just where I need to be. All the amentities I need is right in the complex. The layout of my apartment is exactley what… Full Review ▶
The Paddock Club is a wonderful community. It is extremely quiet and the floor plans are the best. The upkeep of the property is the best that I have seen. If you are looking for something quiet, well kept, spacious and… Full Review ▶
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I've been a resident of this community over a year right after I resign my lease I regret I did due to maintenance I feel nothing as simple as lighting to nothing as major as your air condition unit should take… Full Review ▶
Very good comunity, is a fast way to move in the staff makes easy and fast the pain that is moving. Has very good management. Havent been too long on the apartments but so far so good. Nice instalations, pool, gym,… Full Review ▶
The staff has been cordial. We recently moved in and have had only a positive experience with staff and maintenance. On our first day in the apartment, staff and maintenance quickly responded to our request of vacuuming the carpet. We are… Full Review ▶
I like living here. I love the amenities. The staff is friendly. The building I live in could use some extra parking spots. Very kid friendly and pet friendly. Love the patio being screened in. The dishwasher is the best. (Powerful)… Full Review ▶
Since my stay at the Paddock Club Apartments I have been for the most part satisfied. There are some areas in which I feel the management needs to improve. One of those is following up to make sure that when it… Full Review ▶
Some promises were never kept. My floors were old and dated, it took over a year to replace them. They never answer the phone. I do not understand why you charge me to go paperless. If I live here, why do… Full Review ▶
I have enjoyed living in the apartment complex with the exception of the big increase in rent and not getting the incentives for renewing my lease. I would like new carpet because it's very nasty. I would greatly appreciate the carpet… Full Review ▶
Ilove the are it quite, safe , apartment very well maintain staff friendly especially Brett he very ice, not that the others are not but Brett stand out.he's apeople person he try toplease everyone.so do christine and jamie the staff is… Full Review ▶
When I moved into the Paddock Club over a year ago, the staff was just as courteous as they are today. Every time I have a request, they are there to handle it right away. I absolutely love my resident manager!… Full Review ▶
I would like to use the tennis court but the light is not is not working at night, I'm a big tennis player and I work in the day time so I like to play in the evening time. I talk… Full Review ▶
The community is nice but my neighbors are not as quiet as they should be. I absolutely hate the cable company we are locked into. Wow cable makes life here awful. The staff needs to explore the property and ask for… Full Review ▶
The apartment was dirty and the rug nasty!! I think is too much money for the conditions of the apartment even tho the place is nice the conditions aren't nice. To have to pay for the pool and the gym $50… Full Review ▶
I would highly recommend this apartment to others. Quiet & safe community. Enjoyed the convenience of commuting to work everyday (to/from HMMA) and easy access to local shopping centers nearby. Friendly and outstanding staff. Just a great experience!!! Full Review ▶
This place is horrible !!! I moved in around March 2013. Upon getting ready to move in I was called a week before telling me the apartment that told me I would be living was no longer available because the people… Full Review ▶
I just moved into this apartment here and I am EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED! This by far is the worse rental experience that I have ever had! The customer service here is comparable to Wal-Mart. These people dont care about their tenants at… Full Review ▶
I would not rent here, nor reccomend it. Full Review ▶
Please do not move in this -------- --- apartment complex... Looks nice but all they care about is the landscape you watering the grass planting plants trees ect... But I have a leak in my bathroom and it's damaging the carpet… Full Review ▶
Where can I start with this place? As others have mentioned, upon moving in our carpets where not cleaned and our walls were not painted. Mgmt said they would clean carpets and paint. The carpet had the look of something you… Full Review ▶
Wait until you move out. That is really when they stick it to you. Full Review ▶
I was living in another state and wanted to transfer to a different school to finish my M.Ed. I had the school, but not the place. I didn't want to pay extra to break a lease, so I transferred my lease… Full Review ▶
The Paddock Club is the worst place I have ever tried to work with!! And i've lived in a lot of places, so thats saying a lot. When my boyfriend and I first looked at these apartments everything seemed ok. Since… Full Review ▶
This apartment complex is the worst. The maintenance is nonexistent, and management is rude and doesn't care about you once they've moved you in. They quote you one price, then add on all these extra fees once you've signed the lease… Full Review ▶
ok so when my husband and i decided to move here we were excited because the apartments were large and had cheap rent (or so we thought) we were having a baby and wanted a 2 bedroom apartment. when we moved… Full Review ▶
ok i just moved in in late July! i was very excited because the neighborhood was nice and quiet and the landscape is great and seems like a great place to live. Pros- it is very quiet and the people are… Full Review ▶
Okay moved to Paddock Club Feb 2010...Actually got approved in Jan and we get a call from one of the leasing consultants saying that the apartment that we leased (which was downstairs) was unavailable b/c the people staying there decided to… Full Review ▶
We have lived here almost 4 years. My apartment is spacious and doesnt have many pronlems when there is problems the staff is quick to get it fixed. The office staff is wonderful Christine,Brett, Jami are all wonderful. They know you… Full Review ▶
I lived at PC from 2006 until 2008, until i moved away for school. At the time, I was annoyed by the gate thing {the others aren't lying... they are always janky... either don't work or people just run right through… Full Review ▶
Just moved in and love my new apartment! My neighbors are nice and I'm really glad I decided to move to this place. I haven't had problems with anything. Its very quiet out here too. Full Review ▶
Gates always broken, Managment unprofessional. Only Brett knows how to dress like a leasing agent, others dress like they are at a bar. No maintance whatsoever. Noisy and new tenants are all lower class. Full Review ▶
First let me start by saying that I apologize for my last negative review of the community. I was upset with myself for miscalculating my balance and was charged a late fee. When I went to address the notice at the… Full Review ▶
i have been living here for about three months. my lease is up in june and i will be moving somewhere else. The main purpose of me moving to this community was because it was a gted community. Well the gates… Full Review ▶
I HAVE LIVED HERE OVER 3 YEARS. NEW MANAGEMENT IS BAD. THEY CARE ABOUT TALKING ON CELL PHONES, NOT PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE. GATES ARE ALWAYS BROKEN, MAINTANCE HAS GONE BAD, USED TO BE GOOD. POOL IS DIRTY IN THE SUMMER,… Full Review ▶
If you're reading this review you are probably a person who does their research before jumping blindly into anything!Great experience so far!
Update: Been here for 4 months now...still having a positive experience. Well kept premises that are quiet and peaceful. The… Full Review ▶
I really like living here. Never had a problem with the office or maintenace staff.
I have recommended some of my co-workers to live and they now do. Full Review ▶
I have been staying in the paddock club going on three years, and I love the property and the apartments. The grounds are always neat and clean,and so is the fitness center. The apartment itself is hughe with stand up showers… Full Review ▶
I enjoyed living at the Paddock Club. I really had no maintenance problems and they keep the grounds very nice and neat. The tanning bed is a plus even though it is not very strong. The apartment is quiet and all… Full Review ▶
The Property manager at Paddock Club is very rud and hood! For this property to be nice the manager doesn't make a good impression. What was the company thinking when they let something like that lead a property as nice as… Full Review ▶
Management puts the good ones on here!
Although the apartments are spacious, management suck and some of the maintanence workers are lack luster, they don't want to change out the carpet and if you complain about to many problems they get crazy… Full Review ▶
Our stay at the Paddock Club was top of the line. Their facilities are wonderful. The apartments are very spacious. The kitchen is so roomy and there is plenty of closet space. The staff is wonderful. I had a great stay.… Full Review ▶
Let's start with this, granted they are big apartments but maintanence is under the gun of a manager who should not be a manager. They don't wont to fix anything right.You have mold growth, extensive fees for moving out which always… Full Review ▶
Can't use your a/c mold growing around windows and having a hard time getting it taken care of Full Review ▶
I have been a tenant at The Paddock Club for 3 years and I have to disagree with the negative comment made on 1/28/06. When I ever I had an issue with anything maintenance and management have always responded promptly and… Full Review ▶
hidden fees, unprofessional staff, over priced, everything is broken, get used to seeing maintenance man and talking to answering service, no one is ever in the office and when they are they are usually out back smoking Full Review ▶
Everything has its problems, abd some better than others they are a means to an end, no murders, breakins etc. but many problems internally. Full Review ▶
Having been part of the Paddock Club community for 4 months now, I can attest to the quality and professionalism of both the staff and tenants. Having moved 9 times in 13 years with the military, I can tell you that… Full Review ▶
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Ms Angela Combs-leasing Consultant. She allways have that pretty smile.. She's smart and she knows her job. I will be moving… Full Review ▶
I am a current tenant here at the Paddock Club and I am truly enjoying my time here. The maintance staff is wonderful. They are courteous and go the extra mile to help whether it is a maintance issue or not.… Full Review ▶
I rented an apartment in this community last year. I had no major complaints about the Paddock Club or its management while I lived there. The staff was friendly and usually helpful, the grounds were generally well kept, and I had… Full Review ▶
We only had two days to find a place in Montgomery since we were moving from another state and had found that The Paddock Club looked nice and had a great deal at the time. Little did we know that they… Full Review ▶
These apartments looked so pretty from the pictures in the guide and from the road. It all started going downhill with the move-in. I put my apartment on hold with a leasing agent who is no longer there when I came… Full Review ▶
I have lived at the Paddock Club for 3 years, recently moving due to a home purchase.
Though I have seen a change in staff, this one is the best! They are always there to help in what ever way… Full Review ▶
I have lived at The Paddock Club since July 2000, the first & only person to live in my apartment. I recently moved due to a home purchase.
This is a great place to live. The staff in the office… Full Review ▶
We moved in Apr 01, when we moved in it was a great place to live. In or around Dec 01 the apartments went under new management and downhill. The gate stopped working and residents would have to break the bar… Full Review ▶
I currnetly live at Paddock club and must say it´s the worst apartment community I´ve ever lived in. The managment changes at least every other month. The office staff is very unreliable and have no clue on how to run an… Full Review ▶
Yes I have to admit this apartment complex was nice, IF you weren´t fighting over parking spaces, waiting for maintenance (or new manageers), and well plugging your nose when the trash men didn´t come around. When our apartment had a leak,… Full Review ▶
I lived there for one year and to sum the entire worthless management team up, they should be sued and put under the jail. My apartment flooded (due to negligence of their staff according to the independent heating and ac guy)… Full Review ▶
The jacuzzi tub does not make up for snotty management (that changes about every 2 weeks), poor maintenance, and no return calls when you have a problem. Even after you leave, they don´t send you your deposit check until you harass… Full Review ▶
Amenities remain a huge plus.
The management has experienced an overhaul since 08/02 with many individuals fired. The new staff is highly qualified, honest, and has turned this place around. The tanning bed, swimming pool, and hot tub… Full Review ▶
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A meeting last week to determine the best use of Cedar Oaks led to some solid ideas and the hope to meet again in the fall to keep finding the best use for the historic home. (July 1, 2011, Page 1A)
Hearing set on alcohol use at Cedar Oaks
Those with concerns on what limitations should be placed on Cedar Oaks as an event venue should attend the public hearing at 5:15 p.m. at the Oxford Conference Center to discuss the historic home with the Tourism Council. (October 20, 2010, Page 2)
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Jack Howard writes to explain the position of many residents of the Avent Park Hills area in regard to proposals about Cedar Oaks, which is located there. He explains that safety for the people who live there is the major concern, and should be addressed when considering an exception to the municipal code. (October 5, 2010, Page 4)
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A handful of Murray Street residents voiced concerns during a public hearing on Tuesday about Cedar Oaks. The historic home may soon have alcohol served at events as the Tourism office continues to find new ways to market the home to increase revenue. (September 22, 2010, Page 2)
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City officials see a future for the historic Cedar Oaks home. Local leaders say the home if rezoned could be used for venues such as weddings, showers and club meetings. While the interior of the home would limit guests to 49 people, the grounds area could host larger events. To make the home more attractive as an event location, the city's conference and tourism staff asked the Oxford Board of Aldermen to allow the use of alcohol in the home during social functions. The aldermen approved the first reading and plan to hold a public hearing on Sept. 21. (September 14, 2010, Page 1)
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Gen. Ulysses S. Grant learned that his army could live off the land when he attempted his first capture in 1862 of the Gibraltar of the South in Vicksburg, after the Battle of Shiloh. This was significant for the citizens of Oxford and Lafayette County. His troops would plunder the homes and farms around Oxford for not only food supplies but also for personal items. (May 28, 2010, Page 3B)


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Hallways, classrooms, and audio/video rooms in the facility at 800 West Berry Street all took on water Tuesday. Wednesday afternoon, dozens of exhaust fans hummed while workers tore out damaged wall board.
We had three or four inches of water in here, said the Rev. Michael Dean.
That's three or four inches times 10,000 square feet.
Water pouring through an air vent filled up a basement bathroom thigh-high, and caused the ceiling to collapse. On the first floor of the pre-school building, water rushed in from the parking lot when a storm drain couldn't handle the load.
Within a matter of minutes, we had probably a hundred church members swarm the place, Dean said. [They] helped push water out, put furniture up.
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Glad for rain, Dean said. Just wish it would have gone into lakes and not into our building.
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Austin Airport Shuttle Service is Now Being Offered by Royal Austin Ltd.
Austin Airport Shuttle service is now being offered by Royal Austin Ltd. The news has attracted comments from people on the Company´s website.
Austin, TX. (PRWEB) April 08, 2012
Austin Limo service is what Royal Austin Ltd. is best known for but this week they have just launched a new airport shuttle service for people in the Austin area. People who want to get to the airport with Royal Austin Ltd. will now be taken there is style according to the management team at this company.
Sean Compton, one of the Directors on the site said that "We have wanted to introduce this new service for some time now as many of our Limo customers were asking for it during the last year. We are now providing a quality transportation service to the Airport that we are very proud of and we hope that our customers will appreciate this extra service. We are hoping that many of our customers that use our Austin Limo service will consider using us for their journeys to the airport as well. We have bought some top of the range vans for our new shuttle service so we are confident that people will enjoy the ride."
There are a number of people that have visited royalaustin.com already and left messages about the new Austin airport shuttle service. Many of the comments have been very positive so far with many people saying that they are really happy to see increased levels of competition in airport transportation in the city of Austin.
In addition to the new service that the team at Royal Austin Ltd. have set up this week they are also giving away some monthly special offers on their Shuttle service for people who visit their site this week. People can pick up more information on these offers by visiting the site at http://royalaustin.com/.
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Not one match wrestled yet. I'd like to check the value with a few live matches first.
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Not one match wrestled yet. I'd like to check the value with a few live matches first.
I think some people are getting a little bent out of shape about trades. I just want to try to explain in my mind why some of it is happening.
1. Alot of time between draft and first week.
2. Three of my guys I drafted changed weights.
3. Holes started to appear and people are reacting.
4. Schedules were not all complete when the draft came out.
5. Wrestle-offs continue to happen and weights are shaking out.
I'm not just trading to be trading. I feel I have a strategy for this year and I am trying to go with that if the opportunity exists. None of my traded are of the three week type. I am trying to solidify my team as scheduled start to become more clear.
I think you created a hole at 33. Any Okey st. wrestler has to be backed up. Horrible schedule. Plus JO is going to All star.
I don't think one guy at one weight is going to be an issue...I've improved my schedules at 125, 149, 157, and 184 since the initial draft. I see your point but overall I think I have more matches and I feel pretty good about my bench.
Isn't Ryan Mango the type of guy you said you were going to avoid? Someone who is just going to be a regular season point scorer?
A few of the trades I've made were to look out for other guys -Wiltz didn't have an 84 and Snackem didn't have a 97 -a few more were like this -but i am in this league to have fun -and if the situation arises I will do the same thing .
Have I bettered my team doing this -probably not -but I haven't destroyed it yet either .
Besides -the supplemental draft is coming and I can guarantee I'll be using all of my picks . :)
I think Mango has as good or a better schedule than Santaite. I think 125 is not as deep as 133, I think Mango has a better shot in a better fantasy conference to make the finals with Robles and Lara then Santaite does against King Lou and Hutter. Mango is right there with Lara. Good enough explanation?
Why would you even draft Santaite in the first place unless you somehow thought he was going to be good?
And if you thought he was going to be good, why would you trade him before the season even started?
I could ask you that about half your team LoSt. I thought I had explained my reasons for trading above. Maybe you didn't see it?
Why would you draft the fourth best wrestlers in a conference at 125 and 197? I am sure you had good reasons for it.
I guess I'm not sure why we are debating the merits of trading. If you dont' want so many trades next year its easy enough to make a rule or set up a waiver wire right?


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New Devil's Due International Poster
Devil's Due looks good even though they released a weak silent night mix trailer. I really like the spin on this demon possessed movie with the added benefit of having the devils baby; I hope it is a horror fans dream. Devil's Due stars Allison Miller and Zach Gilford. Look for this new 2014 demon movie this upcoming January 17, 2014 in theaters.
Synopsis: After a mysterious, lost night on their honeymoon, a newlywed couple finds themselves dealing with an earlier-than-planned pregnancy. While recording everything for posterity, the husband begins to notice odd behavior in his wife that they initially write off to nerves, but, as the months pass, it becomes evident that the dark changes to her body and mind have a much more sinister origin.
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