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What Difference Does it Make, As Long As We Don't Insult Islam!
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You know, if and when the shooting starts, I'm dipping all my bullets in Pig's Blood – just to be sure.
These Islamic TERRORISTS have planned this for decades…while WE were changing the definition of 'complacency' to 'tolerance'.
There are (2010 KHOU-TV) an excess of 130 Mosques across the USA with many many more prayer centers. Houston has 100 such centers & 20 Mosques.
"Harmony Schools" have grown to 33 (hq in Houston) 17 are in Texas…what about your city?…These schools are funded through the "Cosmos Foundation' & cost the taxpayer a million dollars in 2011. They 'impo9rt' teachers from Turkey on H1-B visas & 'Muslims are principals…
OUR Constitution is being shredded & Big Government is stomping the hell out of the Bill of Rights!!! WE ARE AT WAR !!!And a fight for our Christian way of life found only in this Glorious Land we call home.
EACH & EVERY Christian must become an '(active') soldier in this fight. No more just preaching to the choir, but raise your voice, your vote, keep pressure on our sorry employees we sent to DC. ATTEND CITY MEETINGS (this is where zoning is decided) Keep an eagle eye on the PTA, KNOW what is being taught.
Satan has many arms that are ready to reach out & grab what we treasure most. Stay alert & be safe.
GOD BLESS AMERICA…& grant us strength & courage
Yes, they have planned for decades, or rather centuries if we read Jefferson's warnings that he gave after meeting with the Ambassador of Tripoli who told Jefferson Muslims would one day invade us to conquer us. But we are not paying attention, because we are more worried about being disliked than safe, free, and alive to continue.
If it claims mohammad as it's prophet then it's not worthy of being called a valid religion in the USA. Anyone that worships a child molester is not worthy of respect. they are not worthy of licking the sweat off of my bal$$. All mudslimes must be removed from the USA as their islamic beliefs are not compatible with the Constitution and Judeo/Christian beliefs that our country were founded on. Any muslime that wishes to disagree will be met with extreme prejudice, especially if in a face to face confrontation.


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Only Chris Davis stands between Miguel Cabrera and baseball history
Those who watch struggle to describe what Cabrera is doing
When the Blue Jays have gotten the better of him, Miguel Cabrera has not been shy about letting them know
When you're going good, you're going good -- and nobody in baseball is having a season quite like Cabrera's
San Francisco's Buster Posey has been voted the NL Most Valuable Player after becoming the first catcher in 70 years to win the league's batting title
Miguel Cabrera left Monday's game with a bloody face after a hard grounder from Philadelphia's Hunter Pence hit him near the right eye
DETROIT — It was precisely at this time of year in 2007 that Victor Martinez and his Cleveland Indians started getting smug. Within a few days, they would also get carried away — by the Boston Red Sox, who rebounded from 3-1 deficit to win the American League Championship Series. That experience hit Martinez hard. […]
DETROIT — Jim Leyland collected a new souvenir Thursday night: the base that got in the way of the ball that took the lucky bounce that triggered the most important rally of the Detroit Tigers' season.
DETROIT • Pick a turning point. There were lots, well before Nelson Cruz and Mike Napoli lit the fireworks in the 11th inning that sent the fans scurrying for the exits.
DETROIT • When Victor Martinez hurt himself hitting a home run, the Detroit Tigers had to wonder how much weirder things could get. When Martinez came back and kept on playing, he delivered both relief and inspiration. Already beset by disabling injuries, Detroit could ill afford another to its cleanup hitter. But Martinez played on, […]


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20 Scents That Secretly Defined Your Childhood
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java.net Fairness Board Election Results - We have a tie.
The first java.net Fairness Board Election has resulted in a tie between two of the candidates. Out of the total of 6 candidates in this election both Fred Lavigne (l2fprod) and Alex Winston (thealexwinston) tied for the most amount of votes. As a result, we will be holding a tie-break election online next week from July 25th - July 31st, 2004 to decide which of them will win the election.
Only java.net Members can vote in this election. If you are not a member, you can [join/register] now so that you may participate. Members are instructed to go to the Voting Project for instructions for this election.
I would like to congratulate both both Frederic and Alex for making it this far and wish both of them luck in the tie-break election.
All members are encouraged to get to know these two candidates and contact them if you have any questions about their candidacy. Please turn out and vote for one of them. They both will appreciate your support:
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I would also like to thank the other 4 candidates that were in this election. They all received many votes, but unfortunately not enough. I look forward to seeing them get more involved in java.net in other ways. Members that care enough to get involved are very valuable to the community and we should all show our appreciation to these 4 members for making the effort:
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- Rob Clark (robthomasclark)
- Cliff Schmidt (cliff)
- Gregg Wonderly (greggwon)
All 6 candidates in this election would have made an excellent addition to our Fairness Board. However, there is only one open seat and we still have some work to do in order to find out who gets it.
Thanks to the many members who voted online in the last election and hopefully all of them, along with the rest of the java.net membership will take the time to visit our Voting project and vote for either Fred or Alex in this up coming TIE-BREAK election for the Fairness Board.
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New and updated apps: Airmail, Angry Birds Friends, Mindnode, and more!
Every day dozens and dozens of new and updated apps and games hit the iOS and Mac App Stores. It's impossible to keep up with them all, but it's not impossible to pick out the very best. Today we've got updates to the popular Mac email client Airmail, task app Any.DO for iOS, and more. Let's take a look!
New and updated iOS apps
- Instagram: The most popular Facebook-owned photo sharing network on earth hits version 5.0.4 for — you guessed it! — yet more bug fixes and performance enhancements! - Free - Download now
- Facebook Messenger: Facebook's dedicated instant messaging app has been updated with, um... they forgot to say what beyond "placeholder" so we have no idea. But, updated! - Free - Download now
- Angry Birds Friends: - Popular sequel in the Angry Birds series of games. New levels and themes and unlimited using of Wingman. Free - Download Now
- Mindnode: Productivity app that focuses on mind mapping and diagramming. Lots of performance enhancements and bug fixes. The ability to save documents with the same name as long as they aren't in the same folder. $9.99 - Download Now
- Any.DO: Alternative task app for iOS. Tighter integration between Any.DO and Cal. Lots of bug fixes. Free - Download Now
New and updated Mac apps
- Airmail: Alternative email app for OS X. Lots of new features and fixes including a brand new Exchange engine, Omnifocus and Things integration, and much more! $1.99 - Download Now
More apps and updates?
If you try any of the apps or updates, let me know how they work for you. If you got any new or updated apps today that you loved, but don't see here, let us know about them!
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New and updated apps: Airmail, Angry Birds Friends, Mindnode, and more!
Macworld just reviewed Mac mail apps, ( http://www.macworld.com/article/2099441/top-choice-our-favorite-mac-mail... ) and concluded "Postbox" was best for the average user and "MailMate" for power users. Have you guys reviewed them? Thanks!
Here's Ally's best mail clients/apps for Mac post:
"It's impossible to keep up with them all, but it's not impossible to pick out the very best." I'm pretty sure you can't guarantee the latter, if you can't do the former.
That's a terribly nihilistically literal world view!
Ally, can we get a wallpaper link? :)
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We are a thriving and active branch – in Pony Club Area 13 – based in north Hampshire – with rallies occurring around Hartley Wintney, Eversley, Heckfield, Winchfield and Newnham. We're really lucky that we have some wonderful facilities in and around our 'patch' that we can access for training and competitions. We encourage the highest standards of horse and pony care, horsemanship and riding, whilst also having fun!
Our members are encouraged to learn, improve their skills and gain confidence through training in all the main disciplines (mounted games, dressage, show jumping, tetrathlon and eventing). We have a fabulous range of instructors whose own training doesn't stop either! Rallies happen throughout the year at a range of venues and for all age groups and abilities. We run 3 camps each summer, a Senior Camp for those who've completed their GCSEs, Main Camp for 11-GCSE and Mini Camp for those 11 and under (which is non-residential and at which lots of the older members help).
Many, but not all, of our members are active competitors in all the disciplines, at all levels, and we have a number of teams out competing most weekends throughout the season. Some of our past members have gone on to represent their country, and we welcome them back to inspire our current members.
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Dear All,
It has been announced by the EU Commission that the European Equestrian Riding Helmet standard (BS)EN1384 is to be withdrawn from the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ) at its next publication. This means that hat manufacturers will no longer be able to CE mark their hats using this standard and will need to recertify to a specification currently being developed.
What does this mean for (BS)EN1384 Standard Hats?
The withdrawal of the standard has no effect on riding hats already on the market. Once a hat has been manufactured to a standard it does not become "non-standard" after withdrawal and can continue to be sold and worn. If riders have hats certified to the EN1384 they can continue to use them unless stated otherwise by rules of competition.
The existing EN1384 standard is currently in the process of revision. The withdrawal is due in part to the European working group responsible for the hat standard failing to reach an agreement on this overdue revision and subsequently causing the Commission to take this drastic step. The draft proposal for the revision to EN1384 has to go through a procedure of comment and review and it is still unclear when the final version will be published. An interim specification is being developed by a group of EU test houses and notified bodies (VG1) that will span the gap with a new specification.
Read a full version of the Press Release from BETA, in association with the equestrian bodies, regarding these changes HERE
What does this mean for The Pony Club?
The Pony Club will not be allowing hats which are only marked with the standard (BS)EN 1384 after 31 December 2015
The prefix 'BS' at the start of the EN 1384 standard does not mean the hat has undergone batch testing by the British Standards Institute and hats marked with (BS)EN 1384 and PAS 015 standards must also contain the BSI Kitemark. This is as stated in The Pony Club Yearbook.
How do we tag these hats?
In order to make the transition as smooth as possible, and to allow hats only marked with the standard (BS)EN 1384 to be clearly identifiable, the hat tagging procedure for 2015 will now be as follows:
What does this mean for other equestrian bodies?
Details released so far of plans from other equestrian bodies can be found HERE
Further Information
If you have any queries relating to the above we encourage you to read theConsumer FAQs On Hats Produced by BETA & Champion or email Vicky Kangurs on firstname.lastname@example.com
We will keep you informed of any further developments and relevant information as it becomes available.
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Part four of the "Day in Gay America" photo series heads to work with gay Americans, including Christopher Allen, Jennifer Higgins, and Anastasia Genouzos as they prepare for Vote for Equality's Harvey Milk Day canvass in Los Angeles.
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I have been reading over old questions asked ans searching MSDN help but I cant really understand what a PropertyInfo is, specifically relating to the question of looping through an array list
c# foreach (property in object)... Is there a simple way of doing this?)
I made a simple class
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public double myProperty; // etc
and then I add class objects to a list. I want to loop through the list, to change just a property of each object
foreach ( MyClass i in MyClassList)
foreach ( double myProperty in i.GetType().GetProperties() )
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You'd think from the opening credits that Real Housewives of Atlanta was a show about some of the most successful women in the country.
I get quite a bit of surprised responses when folks find out that I'm an avid sports fan. An incredulous "You really know your shit," says someone, or maybe, more derisively, "Where did that come from?" Or else, I get a well-meaning affirmation that I'll make some guy very lucky (presumably because the guy will get to share his presumed sports fandom with his girlfriend).
love electronic music—a genre that had its mainstream heyday in the 90s
with a small resurgence in the form of electro-clash in the early
naughts. Throughout my years listening, I've gathered quite a
collection with my favorites including: Aphex Twin, Plaid, µ-Ziq,
Boards of Canada, Bogdan Raczynski, Venetian Snares, Squarepusher and
on. Guess how many of those musicians are women? Zero. Sure. I like
Mira Calix and Ellen Alien...but they are rare in their field.
In yet another entry in my one-person attempt to override the portrayal of women/queers/everyone else in dumb tattoo magazines like "Inked," I present Ana Maria Ventura, a totally awesome San Francisco high school teacher who has many incredible tattoos. The description that follows, in her own words, is in regards to a fantastic piece on her arm and involves Spain, big questions about home, and bats.
So, Halloween is upon us once again. Or, as I like to call it, "The Night of a Thousand Gagas."
You guys! SO MANY PEOPLE are going to be Lady Gaga! You can find tips on how to be the Gaga of your choice; you can design your own Gaga; a close friend of mine is getting into the spirit by manufacturing multiple Gaga costumes for a Gaga-themed party.
The appeal of the Gaga costume is undeniable. For one thing, it is easy. It goes (a) blond wig, (b) sunglasses, (c) the most absurd thing you can think of. Do you have a leather jacket? Would you consider wearing it with a swimsuit? Lady Gaga sure would! BLAM, Halloween costume achieved. But then, there's another factor: the fact that the entire "Lady Gaga" concept is, basically, a Halloween costume already. Gaga just wears it all year round.


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In today's Gospel Jesus reminds his disciples, 'without me you can do nothing.'
After 25 years of working within the Church Institutional, I have found one astounding fact to be consistently true — those in the Church's employ very often tell me that as the years go on in their work for the Church they find that their spiritual lives don't flourish, but atrophy.
Two common threads usually emerge as I dig deeper into my professionally-religious-colleagues — (1) familiarity with holy-things breeds contempt, and (2) as they come to know-well the human foibles of ecclesial personnel, mystery seems to be demystified. I will not expand on these for the sake of blog brevity, but let me simply suggest what I have found to be the key 'difference' among those who have not allowed their professionalized faith to become demystified: unrelenting prayer.
It is no doubt one of the Tempter's most subtle and successful strategies to convince those who work nearest the center of the Fire in the heart of the Church that because they 'do churchy stuff' they don't need to/have time to pray. And while they may sputter a few vague phrases about work being their prayer, or that they pray when they can in the midst of their godly busyness, they often admit that their spiritual lives have suffered and their prayer weakened. No time for silence, no room for time dedicated to God alone.
Those church-pros who number among the relentless pray-ers cling to the Rock, Christ Crucified-Risen, and are able see, even in the midst of the thousand bleeding wounds in Christ's Church, the hope-light-life-mercy of the resurrection already dawning. These cling to the Vine, imbibing a lifetime supply of fresh nourishing Sap, and know that when they cease to cling they quickly dry up and burn out. These also know that it is Christ-alone who is the unending source of mystic-thrill in the midst of a mundane Church and lackluster world.
Falling Up
In 1995 my grandfather once told Patti and me that the secret to his 70+ year long passionate marriage was, 'Don't lose the mystery of that first moment your eyes met.'
Jesus said something similar in Revelation 2:4, 'Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken your early love.'
So, my fellow Ecclesial Laborers, fall in love again with Christ, remain in love with him and it will decide everything.


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Backcountry Horsemen of America
Old Spanish Trail Trek
Autumn of 2014 and Summer of 2015
1200 miles of riding Mules and Horses from Cajon Pass, CA to Santa Fe, New Mexico along the Old Spanish Trail
This ride replicates and commemorates the Old Spanish Trail trading route that linked New Mexico with California during the years 1829 to 1848.
The team consists of 3 riders, 2 drivers and camp staff, and 2 cinematographers Members of Backcountry Horsemen of California, Nevada, Arizona , Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico are invited to ride with us on sections. We rode 600 miles to the Parowan, Utah in October and November of 2014, and the final 600 from there to Santa Fe, starting August 16, 2015 finishing at the Plaza on September 16, to kick off the Three Trails Conference
Trail Boss: Richard Waller
Volunteers Needed: logistics, fundraising, film makers and more.
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Achievement Guide
***Disclaimer*** You must save in order for the achievements to unlock
First Consultation - 50G
Take over 3 fiefs in Empire mode
Second Consultation - 50G
Take over 10 fiefs in Empire Mode
Third Consultation - 50G
Take over 20 fiefs in Empire Mode
Four Guardians - 50G
The easiest way of getting this is to have the ability to make 4 consults with other generals in a turn. Choose 4 Generals you wish to have this title and put the remaining Generals as Lieutenants or dismiss some. Ally with nearby enemies so that they won't bother you when doing this. Now consult with the 4 people you have chosen to be your 4 guardians constantly and eventually the 4 Guardians cutscene will occur.
Most Valuable Warrior - 50G
Attain 1000 kills during battle with a warrior who is not your Lord during Empire mode.
Moon Child - 50G
Acquired during Empire mode by doing Western/Chinese Trade constantly and this horse will be a reward.
Persian Mare - 50G
See "Moon Child"
Matsukaze - 50G
A reward given to you by your people if they are happy enough. Constantly use Inspection which will unlock Exemption. Use Exemption and Inspection until you unlock the good policy Benefaction. Continue to make your people happy and they will give you the horse Matsukaze as a reward.
Level Four Weapon - 50G
Make your smiths reach level 4 and then attain 500 kills during an empire mode game.
Stage: Battle of Kawanakajima - 50G
Plays as either the Takeda or Uesugi during the "Battle of Kawanakajima" scenario, wait 1 turn you will be asked to participate in the special battle.
Stage: Battle of Anegawa - 50G
Play as either the Oda, Azai, Asakura or Tokugawa during the "Battle of Anegawa" scenario, wait 1 turn and you will be asked to participate in the special battle.
Stage: Incident at Honnoji - 50G
Play as either the Akechi or Oda during the "Incident at Honnoji" scenario, wait 1 turn and you will be asked to participate in the special battle.
Stage: Battle of Sekigahara - 50G
Choose any of the clans available during "Battle of Sekigahara" scenario, wait 1 turn and you will be asked if you wish to participate in the special battle.
Stage: Osaka Campaign - 50G
To get this special battle you must be playing on the "Battle of Sekigahara" scenario. Edit Yukimura Sanada from the Sanada clan and put him in the Toyotomi clan. Pick the Tokugawa as your starting clan. Now here is the hard part, you must keep the Toyotomi to only 2 fiefs and keep Yukimura Sanada with the Toyotomi or else this will not work. As the Tokugawa, take over most of the area surrounding the Toyotomi while limiting the Toyotomi to only 2 fiefs. Around 1610-1620 you will be asked to participate in the "Osaka Campaign"
Scenario: Battle of Anegawa - 100G
Complete any of the regional scenarios.
Scenario: Incident at Honnoji - 100G
Complete the "Battle of Kawanakajima" scenario.
Scenario: Battle of Sekigahara - 100 G
Complete the "Incident at Honnoji" scenario.
The Oaska Campaign can also be gotten with the Toyotomi has that's how I got it. All I did was constantly make sure I was allied with the Tokugawa and helped them in pretty much every battle and when it came close to the year I annuled the aliiance and on the next turn I was asked to participate in the battle.
How long did it take for everyone else to complete 4 Guardians? I have been using that method for about and hour and a half now and the only thing that has happened was one of my officers asked to become strategist. I only have 5 generals, including my lord. I have taken all but 2 territories and allied with the remaining enemy and have made about 500 thousand gold doing this but it has not worked yet.
Most Valuable Warrior
Can someone please tell me a good way to get the Most Valuable Warrior achievement. The most I've ever been able to get is a little over 600. I always either run out of time, or I run out of people to kill.
Any advice?
I don't have the 1000 kills, but a good tip would be to use one of the battle time increasing tactics. That way you can get 10 more minutes in a single battle. You should also fight against an enemy with a large number of troops, logically this means more troops for you to kill.
You also need to be efficient when attacking, if you want to take down an officer then kill their support troops first otherwise they run away. This also applies when taking over bases, before taking out the base captains kill their troops.
Draw out the fight for as long as you can, you might want to choose a Defend mission so that you don't need to worry about the time limit and can just keep on killing. And put your allied officers all in your main camp and use the defence command so they don't go around stealing your kills.
Hot off the presses, apparently you can get the level 4 weapon by finishing a level within 1 minute =o
I got the Most Valuable Warrior... the way i did it was to go to a mission where you didn't have a leader to defeat you just had to capture the main base. Run straight for the main base.. making sure that you don't have a base captured close to it.. it will say you can not capture the base when it is isolated from yours. Start killing people. Everytime you kill a Base Captain a new one will come to replace it... sometimes you have to turn around in circles to find them but it worked for me.
The way i got it was to take Tadakatsu while he is full on all his special moves and slots and took him all the way to the main base and wrecked shop on all of them.... Did it in 20 mins with a lvl 1 weapon cause i forgot to change it. Finished the senario with 7 mins to spare. Also got my lvl 4 weapon ach with it too =D
'Edit Yukimura Sanada from the Sanada clan and put him in the Toyotomi clan'
Umm how do you 'edit' Yumimura Sanada and put him into the Toyotomi please? I'm confused o.0
please can someone tell me how to move guys from one clan to another as i cant figure it out
I cant get the Stage: Osaka Campaign achievement to work, everything has to be just right, I guess Im doing something wrong...
To switch someone to another clan: before you pick the clan you will be playing, find the person you want to change, then hit the back button (not the red B, but the actual back button) go to the person to change and hit X to remove him or her, then go down to the bottom and hit OK to confirm. next go to the clan you want to put the person in and hit back, then pick a slot to put them in and hit X, find your person and select, don't forget to go to the bottom and hit OK to confirm.
Stage: Osaka Campaign: Play the Battle of Sekigahara, first Edit Yukimura Sanada out of the Sanada clan and replace him with anyone not already in a clan. Then Edit Yukimaru Sanada into the Toyotomi clan. Play as the Toyotomi clan. Simply Defend the 2 Fiefs, do not take any others, and dont let the Tokugawa clan be destroyed. make sure your troop levels for all officers in your clan are at or above 2000 in the year 1614, the event will start in 1615. it takes time and to keep everything in check but if you do it right then you should be good.
I second the method above for the Osaka achievement. It's much easier to play at Toyotomi and wait it out rather than trying to conquer everything and keep the Toyotomi in check with the Tokugawas. Could a Mod/Admin make an adjustment to the site's achievement guide??
Also, I know there's alot of discussion and irritation over the third horse and the four guardian achievements and I agree they're total bitches, but they seem to be random more than anything. I actually got my four guardian achievement after I lost a territory!!! Only way I was trying to be certain I had the right four guys was just to release all other characters, just have your lord and your four "guardians" in your entire Empire and you're guaranteed this achievement!!!
Damn, I thought I could randomly purchase the Matsukaze horse lol. I tried for hours, good thing I found this thread.
I need help getting this achievement
Stage: Osaka Campaign
In Empire Mode, play the special stage "Osaka Campaign" and save your game.
Thanks for the advice with the Osaka one. It was the only one I had real trouble with.
No problem but I still need to have this achievement unlocked.
Great guide ... used parts of it for my 1000. Just wanted to say Thanks. ^-^
The guide makes it look so easy. Only about the first 50% is easy. The rest is annoying!
not a bad guide have to sey its really good i will be sure to max this game out soon now.
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text: The Mirage wiki last edited by Roekon on 10/27/14 12:52PM View full history OriginThe future origin of Mirage starts 10 years into the future. In this time line the villain known as Lord Chaos reigns the world with tyranny. Battalion is the second in command of a team named " Team Titans". These Titans were created to defeat Lord Chaos and restore the peace and freedom of the world. This time line was proven false.Miriam Delgado (Mirage) was abused ever since she was a little girl by her own father, causing Miriam Delgado (Mirage) to be traumatized against men. Miriam Delgado (Mirage) would also become one of the youngest women to have ever joined the resistance against Lord Chaos. Part of the reasons that she was able to join so young was because of her great powers. Along with them was the ability to change his appearance to anyone she wanted. This ability gained Lord Chaos' attention leading to Miriam Delgado's (Mirage) capture and torture in both mental and physical ways by Lord Chaos.Besides torturing Miriam Delgado (Mirage) Lord Chaos was also able to brainwash her and use her as her newest soldier of his Force Elite. While Miriam Delgado (Mirage) was member of the Force Elite she proved thanks to her powers to be the best soldier for the spy missions. However one day she would be freed from that brain control. That was the day that Lord Chaos would send her to spy one of the camps from the rebellion. Thanks to the fact that she formerly worked with the rebellion as a member the brain control started to lose power, giving Miriam Delgado (Mirage) the ability to break free from the brainwash that Lord Chaos had done to her. After breaking the brain control she would become once again a member of the rebellion.Soon after that she joined the Team Titans, a team that was considered as a resistance force against Lord Chaos's reign. Mirage worked there meet the Nightwing of the future (Later revealed that he wasn't a future version of Dick Grayson) and start a romantic relationship with him. Back to the PastOne day the leader of the Team Titans decided to make one risky and dangerous mission, the team titans would travel 10 years into the past to kill Donna Troy in an attempt to stop Lord Chaos from being born. Of course this had to be made before Donna Troy was able to give birth to his son (The future Lord Chaos).The first part of the mission was successful and the team of the future (Team Titans) were able to go back to the past before Donna Troy gave birth to Robert Long. When the Team Titans tried to kill Donna Troy they encountered the team of Titans from the present (the new Teen Titans) and fought them.However before the two teams would fight each other Miriam Delgado would change her appearance to the one of Starfire and use it to have one night of sex with the young Dick Grayson (Nightwing). Before the team titans could kill Donna Troy she gave birth to his son. Although the mission looked to have failed the teen titans and the team titans were able to both stop the future of Lord Chaos and prevent the death of Donna Troy. After the mission was accomplished the Team Titans were trapped into the past, with no way to return home. Without any options they decided that they would stay on that era until they could find a way to go back. In an ironic twist they accepted the offer of Donna Troy to live in her farmhouse in the city of New Jersey. After that they decided to investigate this time line and find where they belonged in.Soon after this the man that Miriam Delgado (Mirage) thought that was an older version of Dick Grayson (Nightwing) would also travel to the past and reunite with Miriam Delgado (Mirage). However nothing is forever. The evil version of Raven would soon decide to use the body of Nightwing as a host for the Trigon seed. As a result, this Nightwing was corrupted and became aggressive. This lead to a new codename for himself, Deathwing. It was also discovered at this time that Deathwing wasn't really a future version of Dick Grayson (Nightwing) but a completely different person. Deathwing would also decide to go to where Miriam Delgado (Mirage) was living and in the night he rapes her, causing Miriam Delgado (Mirage) to become pregnant. Zero HourIn this time crisis was revealed that the real leader of the Team Titans was the being known as Monarch (Previously known as Hawk). The Team Titans were actually being that were from a false future created by Monarch who wanted to have sleeper agents that would serve him as assassins in order to help him to rule the entire timeline. That future also had another purpose. It would help Monach to train young metahumans and have a bigger and more powerful army against the heroes of all generations.Monarch (Now as Extant) absorbed the power of Waverider and used it to take advantage of the incoming time crisis. Using the army that he created, along with the Team Titans, he attacked the world's heroes who wanted to stop the time crisis.However Extant's plan was unsuccessful and the Team Titans were defeated by the Earth's heroes. At the same moment, time started to collapse. This made all the parallel and false timelines erased from existence. As another result the Team Titans were erased from history and disappeared. The only three team titans members that weren't erased were Terra II, Mirage (who was actually a runaway street urchin from Brazil) and Deathwing because it was revealed that they were from the present timeline and that Extant had taken them from there, erasing their memories to make them part of his army. A Titan Terra and Mirage remained members of a new Titans team, led by Arsenal. Shortly after the team was reformed, a strange orb appeared, with messages for Mirage and Terra.The orb was sent by the Time Trapper, who revealed that Mirage, Deathwing and Terra were from this time line, not an alternate time line, as they had thought, which is why they survived the zero hour crisis. Mirage was actually a runaway street urchin from Brazil. Mirage had been implanted with false memories by the Time Trapper and turned into a "sleeper agent" who would fight the villainous Monarch in the coming Zero Hour event.The Titans then encountered their old foe, Psimon, after reforming the team. Psimon revealed that Mirage had much untapped power, including psionic abilities. These abilities have surfaced on a few occasions, but Mirage has yet to explore the full extent of them.The Titans eventually came into conflict with Raven once again, now reborn as an evil avatar of Trigon. During this conflict, Mirage was captured by Deathwing, who took a sadistic interest in his unborn child. During the ensuing battle where the dark version of Raven was at last expunged, it appeared that Mirage had a miscarriage.In truth, Mirage was still pregnant and used her illusion abilities to make it appear otherwise. While a Titan, Mirage began to develop romantic feeling for Arsenal, but he appeared oblivious to her flirtations. Mirage eventually went into labor while the Titans were off-world on another mission. She gave birth to a baby girl, who she named Julienne. Mirage then elected to spend time with her baby, and shortly after that, the Titans disbanded.Mirage aided the Titans again during the Technis Imperative conflict, which involved the Justice League as well as all Titans, past and present. The two teams eventually worked together to save the earth and former Titans teammate, Victor Stone (Cyborg). Mirage aids the Titans when needed, but devotes much of her time as a mother to Julienne.Mirage was one member of the Teen Titans during "the lost year" after Infinite Crisis. However she left the team.Skills and abilitiesMirage has the ability to alter her appearance by casting illusions. She has used these abilities mostly for subterfuge, but has also learned she can project illusions from a distance as well - an ability she is still learning to control. Mirage's powers have great unrealized potential; During a conflict with Psimon, some new psionic abilities were unlocked. This psionic abilities have yet to be fully cataloged.Thanks to the fact that Mirage has fought as a soldier in Lord Chaos' army and that she has also been trained by Battalion, she is a very good hand to hand combat


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My desk at The Times faces out onto Spring Street and LAPD headquarters. Normally it's a pretty dull view, a lot of gray concrete and slim ribbons of glass.
But around 4:30 each afternoon, something quite wonderful happens: The shadow of what must be the flag on top of The Times building appears on the side of the HQ just in my line of vision. And if there's a breeze, the shadow dances.
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The shadow only lasts a few minutes -- yes, about the length of a song -- and then disappears as the sun moves toward toward the west.
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Passion and love drive Jay Leno to fill a 130-car garage
On a sunny day in the Burbank hills, Jay Leno's canary yellow McLaren supercar shatters the silence.
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"I just can't stop driving it," Leno says at a stop sign, before roaring off again. "It's just a perfect blend of science and technology.... And you get the anthropomorphic sounds of the engine breathing."
Back in Burbank where the drive started, a nondescript hangar next to the airport houses Leno's enviable collection of 130 cars, 93 motorcycles and a menagerie of engines, spare parts and memorabilia. The world knows Leno from late-night TV and stand-up comedy, but within car circles, Leno and his collection eclipse even his contribution to the annals of television.
"The Tonight Show" was a job. Cars are an obsession.
Most blue-chip car collectors focus on a particular marque or era and curate it like artwork. Jerry Seinfeld, for instance, sticks to Porsches. Local businessman Peter Mullin prefers French art deco cars and keeps his in a museum. Leno's friend and neighbor, Bruce Meyer — board vice chairman at L.A.'s Petersen Automotive Museum — is into American hot rods.
Leno takes a more organic approach: He just buys what he likes, across a seemingly limitless spectrum of styles, eras, cost, countries of origin and methods of propulsion. He's keen on cars with an intriguing back story, or those marking an engineering milestone.
But mostly Leno just buys cars he wants to drive. He finds it silly to collect cars purely for show.
"I never thought of it as a collection," said Leno, looking over the rows of neatly parked classics. "Probably in the mid-1980s, I just started to keep stuff."
The simple strategy has since filled a warehouse with one of the world's most valuable and eclectic collections.
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What is electional astrology?The electional astrology (known also as elective astrology) is the branch of astrology which identifies the most astrologically auspicious moments, the best astral configuration, in order to succeed in life, to have success in all our actions. The timing of the beginning of something new is an important factor which determines its outcome.
The electional astrology helps you start an action when the astral rhythms are favorable, when the Universe is willing to help you. It is fit for those persons who wish to be in control of their life. It was compared with the surfing, because it actually means to catch the favorable temporal wave which goes in the desired direction. Through electional astrology we can find the favorable moments, the windows of opportunity for our actions. Most successful people do this instinctively, without using the astrology, just as there are many people who drive in a foreign country without a map, using only the traffic signs. It is however wiser to use a map when driving in such conditions, as it is to go to an astrologer before starting a new business or changing something really important in life.
The use of electional astrology won't guarantee you the total and unconditional success of your action, which will be mainly the result of own your talent and efforts. The situation can be further compared with the importance of the meteorological prognosis for the planning of our vacation. We'd like to have sunny days so that we enjoy our holiday, and would not go on a trip during rainy, windy days. The electional astrology is complementary to the meteorological prognosis, helping us to avoid unnecessary bad lucks or other unexpected unpleasant situation. There are many times when the entire holiday was spoilt by the loss of the luggage or the robbery of the wallet These situations can be avoided through electional astrology.
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TV Info
Episode PremiereFebruary 27, 2000
DistributorFox TV
GenreAnimation, Comedy
Show Period1997 - 2009
Production CompanyDeedle-Dee, Judgmental, 3 Art, Film Roman, Fox TV
Cast and Crew
DirectorKlay Hall
ScreenwriterGreg Daniels, Mike Judge
Main Cast
- Mike Judge
- Kathy Najimy
- Pamela Adlon as Bobby Hill (voice)
- Brittany Murphy as Luanne Platter/Joseph Gribble (Age 12)
- Johnny Hardwick
- Stephen Root
- Toby Huss
Additional Cast
- Andy Dick
- Vicki Lewis
- Maura Tierney
Frustrated with Hank's rules, Luanne moves out
Late one night, Hank and Peggy are "getting jiggy" when Luanne tries to sneak into the master bathroom, killing the mood and infuriating Hank. He lectures Luanne about the rules, including no hot water after 11 PM and no entering the master bedroom, ever. Luanne thinks he's overreacting and that his rules are ridiculous.
The next day, Bill, Dale and Boomhauer convince Hank to chip in with them to rent a vacant house on the block. Their plan is to make it their clubhouse, complete with secret knock and clever codenames. After getting Hank to agree, they break the "lock box" on the rental and start making plans for a clubhouse remodel. Hank decides that if he starts charging Luanne rent, he can put that money towards his share of the clubhouse. He's shocked to find out that Luanne has taken matters into her own hands, and has rented the vacant house with some fellow students.
Luanne loves the freedom of her own place, but soon realizes that her roommates are not very reliable. They eat her food, talk on the phone long distance, don't clean up and mysteriously don't have money when it comes time to pay the bills. But Luanne refuses to lean on Hank and Peggy for help. She'd rather starve than admit she's in trouble. Meanwhile, Hank has converted Luanne's room back into his private sanctuary. Unfortunately, the guys have decided that Hank's den is now their "Plan B" clubhouse and are constantly in there!
Hank, Peggy and Bobby surprise Luanne by bringing over dinner one night. She returns home from a double shift, frazzled and frustrated. It only takes one comment from her slacker roommates to set her off. After she finishes a huge lecture about respecting the rules, she is mortified that she's become Hank! Later, Hank tries to give her a pep talk, but Luanne figures out her own solution. She pays every bill then cancels all the services, making her roommates pay up or suffer. Hank finally realizes that Luanne is becoming quite the grown-up.


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Ooooh, I shall save this for when I have actually played the game... Love the idea of game-specific podcasts.
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been a long time since a game specific one. Guess I'll download this but need to get portal 2 and play it before I listen
I'm about 2/3rd into the game. Will finish it first, then listen to the BC.
I haven't played Portal 2 yet, and I'm still going to listen to this; time to live dangerously.
No spoilers in comments! I will delete any spoilers.
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Neat-o! I don't really like the intro-music though. Too electronic-y.
I've heard that this podcast also spoils Shutter Island. You've been WARNED!
This podcast also kinda spoils the film Moon.
havent played portal 2 so ill skip this :(
" This podcast also kinda spoils the film Moon. "not fully, but spoils a big key in the ending
That was really good. It's a shame that Valve games are just about the only games that tell a decent story (as opposed to most games which just have a movie hap-hazardly cut into them that tell a decent story), maybe the success of games like Portal and Bioshock will create more people in the industry like this.
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Love the leopard print turret. Also fat turret was awesome too.
F-ing Moon!
I finished the single player, but not the co-op. Is this podcast safe for me to listen to?
One of the best parts about Portal 2 to me is realizing that they avoided giving in to creating any memes for people to saturate the internet with for the next couple years. Instead, there was just great dialog.
The only thing that sort of annoyed me was how at first it seemed like every line coming from GlaDOS was an insult at Chell. The first few times were haha but the next fifty was diminishing returns, especially fat jokes and whatnot.
I hope someone captures audio from all the turrets as well. Those were some funny lines.
" I finished the single player, but not the co-op. Is this podcast safe for me to listen to? "Yes. They barely talk about the co-op story at all (and none of that goes into spoiler territory).
" @Spoonman671 said:Alright then, thanks." I finished the single player, but not the co-op. Is this podcast safe for me to listen to? "Yes. They barely talk about the co-op story at all (and none of that goes into spoiler territory). "
This podcast spoils Old Yeller.
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Man I do need to finish Portal 2 but MK won't let me :(.
They spoiled shutter island...those damn bastards
" These game specific podcasts are pretty cool. I like 'em. "100% this :)
I just finished Portal. Get into my ears!
He is a ghost the whole time!
I was waiting for this one...
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According to Wikipedia, Melvin Jerome Blank (IPA: [blæ̃ːŋk]) changed his name to Blanc, the French word for "white" (IPA: [blɑ̃ː]), with the final consonant unpronounced. But he kept the original pronunciation. Had he francisized it, as some with the name Blanc do, then it would be [blɔ̃ːŋk] as Ryan said.
I wish this spoilercast was longer! There's so much more questions that could've been asked!
That being said, thanks Ryan for the spoilercast.
... and now I am disappointed. Ryan did his best, but the guys are so not talking about anything interesting, IMHO. They are stuck in meta-jokes, talking about things not related to anything really interesting, and saying nothing really interesting.
It's not 'developers commentary'. No "behind the scenes" explanation why they did what, to what extend, for what reason - or going for which effect. This is just another 30 min with 'the developers' during the Valve/Portal 2 media event (journos playing/reviewing the game in Seattle).
Rather funny, that the 'writers' are the ones having the least thing to say about the game. The Portal 'fiction' also isn't really the most compelling element of this game? It's ok. I like parts of it. Would have had a couple questions on my own - but now I'm done.
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This was far too short a podcast! I feel Ryan just barely scratched the surface.
I really enjoyed this podcast. Ryan is a great moderator.
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As far as Portal 2 goes, this podcast was pretty unenlightening.
Spoilercasts are the best!
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That music is so chill.
I'm glad I finished Portal 2 so now I can listen to this!
Pam Ewing dreamed the whole thing!
I stopped listening after he said Shutter Island wasn't a very good movie.
Pinkerton! I'm a fan of his writing going way back. Wondered where he went after This Is Vegas fell apart. Awesome to find out he had a hand in Portal 2.
WAIT....what is this?New intro music yet I still see season 3 and the same banner...what is the meaning of this!?
Portal 2 for the Northies!
I saw the title and i went "YES giantbomb i love you so" out loud to myself keep doing these spoiler casts i love to hear your detailed opinions on specific games!
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Just finished the game, listening now.
sorta of...some what disappointed it's not a GB crew portal cast
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Fuck yes, animal king!
" WAIT....what is this?New intro music yet I still see season 3 and the same banner...what is the meaning of this!? "Spoilercast music. I believe they've used it before.
i listened to the podcast and am now downloading the game
It might be a bit backwards but whatever, I got portal 1 when it was on mac for free so I can wait


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Poached Pears
4 Jan 2011
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|1⁄2 , sliced
|Bartlett pears/Bosc pears
|4 Large
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|1 Teaspoon
|Whole cloves
Measure water into a saucepan, add the lemon slices and simmer gently for 5 minutes.
Meanwhile wash the pears, leave peelings and stems on, but remove and replace blossom ends with 4 of the cloves Add the remaining ingredients to the water and lemon slices, lay the pears on their sides, cover kettle and gently simmer them for about 45 minutes, or until they are tender.
Turn once or twice during the cooking.
When done, remove pears to a plate to cool.
Allow the liquid to cook another 5 to 10 minutes or until it is quite thick and syrupy.
Pour over the pears and chill.
While cooling, occasionally spoon the syrup over the pears to give them a thick glazed coating.
Serve as a salad, a garnish for meat or with whipped cream for dessert.
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Poached Pears Recipe