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Bill McCollum picked up an endorsement in his run for Floridaââ¬â¢s senate seat from Dick Armey, the former House majority leader who retired in 2002. The formal announcement was made today in temple terrace. In 1995, Armey co-authored the contract for America with Newt Gingrich, he is currently the Chairman of Citizens for a Sound Economy (CSE) and co-chairman of the Alliance for Retirement Prosperity. During their news conference, Armey and McCollum stuck to McCollumââ¬â¢s main issue throughout his campaignââ¬âthe need for a 250,000 dollar limit on medical malpractice rewards. McCollum said he thinks believes that doctors and lawyers are at odds, because trail lawyers encourage frivolous lawsuits against doctors, who then are forced to drive up prices for medical procedures, which then drives up health insurance. Armey told the story of his mother going through extra medical procedures because her doctor didnââ¬â¢t want to be sued.
ACT ââ¬ËIf your mother is sitting in the hospital, are you on want her to go through an extra test. Thatââ¬â¢s the burden of 20 billion dollars of preventative medicine.ââ¬?
McCollum has argued that there is no need to regulate the health insurance industry; he believes that the price of insurance would go down if malpractice suits were regulated. He did list a few other things that would be needed to help bring down health insurance costs.
ACT ââ¬ËWe need electronic medical records, we need to put physical education back in our schools, I didnââ¬â¢t even know they were out, we need to change the tax lawsââ¬Â¦you cnat Deduct the cost of your health insuranceââ¬?
Armey also said that limiting malpractice awards to 250,000 dollars will help small businesses, which will be able to afford insurance for their employees.
ACT ââ¬ÅLong before I ever got interested in politics I knew that the small business sector was the key..anything that threatens the small business sector threatens the economyââ¬Â¦
WMNF asked McCollum if he will support small business and communities when they are fighting to keep Wal-Mart and other chain stores out of their communities.
Dick Armey is co-chairman of Citizens for Sound Economy, a think tank which promotes deregulation of industry as well as less government, lower taxes. Recently a complaint was filed with the federal elections commission about Citizens for a sound economy, whose members in several states, especially Oregon, have recently been involved in efforts to get Ralph Nader on the ballot. Their members do not support Nader, but they see putting Nader on the ballot as a way to draw support way from john Kerry. WMNF asked Dick Armey about his involvement in the Republican dominated pro-Nader campaign.
Recent polls have McCollum leading Mel Martinez for the republican nomination for Senate; a poll by the Florida political action committee has McCollum in the lead 29 percent to 32 percent, while another poll has McCollum leading. the republican primary will be held August 31st.comments powered by Disqus


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Do guys think a lot of pubic hair is gross?
Do guys think a lot of pubic hair is gross? or do they think its like whatever? or do they just not like it period? do they like it smooth better?... Show More
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From what I've heard, I think most guys would rather either none at all, or nicely groomed (trimmed). from a guys point of view it's nicer when your giving a girl head I think....unless it's prickly! lol, and even though this isn't always true, really hairy girls can be seen as unkempt, or even unclean by the guy.
then again, I've heard of fetishes where guys are into a lot of bushy hair. haha so, depends on the guy and his preferences really. I don't think any guy would turn you down if you were bushier than expected, and keep yourself groomed how YOU like. personally, I just keep myself nice and groomed! but I'm not into the bald look myself lol.
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Personally, I LOVE giving a girl oral...
I find it one of the most stimulating things that I can do for a girl, to the extent that I could "give oral" 24/7/365...lol
What turns me on the most is how the girls body reacts...:- by getting wetter, "opening up" and clit getting harder, bigger and how it (and her "internal walls") pulsate and twitch. Not to forget the AMAZING smell and taste of a FULLY aroused and orgasmic girl.
I do, and have found that girls who DO NOT SHAVE are FAR MORE "stimulating".
The reasons for this, I have found (and experienced) are:-
When a girl shaves, the skin around that area actually becomes "harder", "damaged" and less sensitive for her.
Pheromones are "obviously" also released from "that area", and, like with "armpit shaving"; as the skin becomes "harder" so the "pheromone release" becomes more difficult.
A "natural and unshaved" woman "normally" produces and secretes more pheromones, and as they are a "natural aphrodisiac" this in turn further stimulates the guy and also therefore has a beneficial ripple stimulating effect on the girl.
Also, an unshaved "natural" girl is "normally" far more confident in her own sexuality and sensuality...which leads to a far more "satisfying" and "stimulating" encounter.
To me...I FAR PREFER "going down" on a "natural and unshaved" girl... they smell and taste FAR better than "shaved".
But...with that being said, although my "preference"is hairy...I LOVE "giving oral" on ALL girls.
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I'm in my 40s who grew up viewing playboy centerfolds of the mid 70s and 80s. It seems as if the pubic hair began to disappear in the 90s. I still think the models of the mid 70s and 80s look the best.
My wife as all her hair and I like it. I like to stroke and run my fingers through her hair (both top and bottom).
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Can someone tell me the dimensions on the stock USA bars for a /7. I assume they are the same for an 84 R100 too. I have found this page for Flanders bars. Can someone tell me if any of these are the US bars?
Pretty sure its 22mm or whatever the 7/8" equivalent is. Dont think they've changed in a million years? Could be wrong.
BMW bars are 22mm- a CH larger than 7/8. You can save money by getting 7/8 and grinding off the chrome where the controls go. Leave about 1/16 inch for the controls to overlap and no one will know.
You can get the OEM Magura bars from San Jose BMW for about half the cost of BMW and better pricing than the flanders.
They are the correct diameter of 22 mm and as Ernie said, that is NOT the same as 7/8" and it is important.
Angle Grinder Man can make your 7/8's bar a 22mm.
Well duh, I knew they were 22mm. Thanks anyway. :rofl I guess what I was wondering was the height, pullback, center and width on the BMW USA bars. Anyone know that? Chicago BMW sells the stock bars for around $170. Ouch. These Flanders look nice but I don't know which ones are the US bars.
I figured that was your real question - what are the dimensions and bends.
Check out these http://www.bmwhucky.com/010032.html Scroll down to the bars on that page.
And give Hans, the owner a call to discuss. He is very knowledgeable, and great to deal with. Sometimes his German accent is a little thick when talking to him on the phone, but he is a rider as well as a parts stockist and knows of what he speaks.
His prices are good, and he gets high reviews on this forum. I've been down to his shop once and he showed me several of the handlebars in the link above because I'm not perfectly happy with the USA high bars on my R80 ST, and my neck wasn't happy when I tried a set of Euro low bars on it.
7/8 is 22.22 mm, but fear not, I have fitted BMW controls (22 mm) to Renthal bars (22.22 mm) and standard Moto Guzzi Bars (22.22 mm), with only a small application of a large rat tail file on the clutch side clamp area to allow the control to slide over the knerl on the bars.
DON'T do anything to alloy bars, like Renthal, or you will bugger them.
What in name of sweet baby corn is up with that tank?
Do you have more normal views of it?
Thank God you averted disaster!
(everyone else knew what I meant)
And who would start grinding on aluminium?!
oh. Never mind...
It had to fit between the fairing "wings" but clear the handle bars at full lock.
I wanted the extra range this tank offered as it is on my R100 parked in Melbourne, stashed on the "mainland" as I live on an island, and the ferry sh1ts me to tears.
Got to pi$$ with the dick you have :D
OK, got to ask?
What's up with the buisness name "SEXIE COFFIE" and do I dare go to thier webpage for fear/love of it being a porn site?
BTW, very interesting pictures!
You don't associate <!--EndFragment--> this area with good coffee, but Sexie Coffie is in a failed (what) McDonkeys, and is OK, they wanted to stand out, hence the name :evil.
Have a look their web site, its fine, from a coffee snob like me anyway, http://www.sexiecoffie.com.au/
What a sad fate for a 90S tank! :cry
oH well, ugly is as ugly does.
It does make sense though if it was still on an RS.
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Hawker Beechcraft chairman Bill Boisture says he expects to see rapid "payback" from a new three-year, $10 million employee education and training programme funded by the state of Kansas.
"I think we'll start to see some payback as soon as 90 days," says Boisture. "We'll start with primary skills and make sure [employees] are as competent as they can be". The initial results, he says, should include a reduction in scrap and rework and a "significant improvement" in first-pass yield to "get it right the first time". In the longer term, he says the programme will "broaden workforce skills".
The money is part of a broader $45 million incentive package assembled by the state, Wichita and Sedgwick County in December in return for the airframer retaining its production line in Wichita for 10 years and keeping 4,000 workers employed. Hawker had been considering a move to several states, including Louisiana.
Boisture says $5 million will be dedicated to education and $5 million to training, some of which will take place at the nearby National Center for Aviation Training, a Wichita-based technical college dedicated to the hands-on training in general aviation manufacturing, aircraft and engines.
"The agreement benefits and focuses resources on our factory workers, the craftsmen and craftswomen in our factories as well as people who want to pursue college level work," he says.
The remaining $35 million will be used for new and existing product development and improvement projects over a five-year period, says Boisture.
Training will include sheet metal, composites, avionics, interior completions and troubleshooting. "This is foundational to having a more flexible and efficient workforce," says Boisture. "I think it improves [employee] pride and participation in building aircraft. We have a very positive vision of what this will do for the workforce."
Boisture adds that the $5 million is a "very sound amount of money for training a workforce of this size".
The agreement to stay in Kansas may also salve soured relations with the machinists union, which had opposed a move out of the state.
"Because we have had some uncertainty in where we were going to locate parts of our company, making the decision to accept the offer from the state is a very positive thing," says Boisture. "It brings some stability and some assurance to the workforce. When you combine that with the investment in [employee] skills and training, it's hard to read this as anything but real positive for Hawker Beechcraft's workforce."
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Will and Max Graf have grown up together as brothers, even though they are from opposite sides of the earth.
"When you are in trouble or something, he'll be there," Will said of Max.
"We were made the same way inside," Max said. "We just look smaller, that's all."
Watch the story Friday on "20/20" at 10 p.m. ET
Will and Max are dwarfs. Each is around 3 feet 7 inches tall.
They are 13-year-old students at Avonworth Middle School in Pittsburgh, where they blend in with their larger classmates and have a network of friends who both look out for and learn from them.
Will was born in October 1995, to Suzanne and John Graf, with a type of dwarfism called achondroplasia. The Grafs had no history of dwarfism in their families. Their other children, Charlie, 6, and Laura, 14, are average-size.
To learn what problems they would face in raising Will, and to gauge what his needs would be, Suzanne and John began attending meetings of Little People of America. They were welcomed into the group and encouraged by what they learned.
"You start to feel that, wow, this is going to be okay," Suzanne Graf said.
The Grafs are in the hospitality business. They own and run the Priory Inn in Pittsburgh, a former German Catholic Church that had been closed to make way for a freeway. What they had learned about dwarfism made them want to open the doors of their home to another child -- one who needed help and would also understand what Will was going through.
Looking through a newsletter of children with dwarfism, the Grafs saw a picture of Max, who had been abandoned in South Korea and was about to be placed in an institution.
"His picture literally just jumped out of the page," Suzanne Graf said. "I think it was just meant to be. Which is what we tell Max -- that he absolutely was meant to be with our family."
The Grafs arranged to adopt Max, meeting him for the first time Jan. 22, 1998, when he was flown from South Korea to Pittsburgh. He was a week shy of his second birthday.
"My whole body was tingling and shaking, all at the same time," Suzanne Graf said. "When [Max] came off, we already knew that he was our son. I just cried and cried, which, in retrospect, Max was probably wondering why this crazy lady, why was she grabbing him."
In the middle of an airport passageway, the family sat down for an introduction. Will and Max began to bond "almost immediately," she said.
"And I think that's what we were hoping," John Graf said, "that the two of them together would be stronger than either one apart."
Older sister Laura also assumed a large role in supporting her brothers.
That airport meeting set in motion an exercise in brotherhood and family ties that has now progressed through 11 years of vacations, birthdays, holidays, family weddings and hundreds of other photo-ops.
"If somebody has a bad day at school, or is frustrated because he has trouble getting to wash his hands in the sink because there's not a stool there, or is having trouble with his backpack because the books are so heavy, there's somebody there who can say, you know, 'I know what you're going through,'" John Graf said.
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Michigan State (7-5) vs. Boston
College (10-3)
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2007 CFN Champs Sports Bowl Preview
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Best Eagle Bowl Moment:
The 1984 season will forever be
remembered fondly by Eagle
fans. It was the year of Flutie,
the Heisman and the miracle in
Miami. It was also the scene of
Boston College's first bowl win
in 44 years, a 45-28 thumping of
Houston in the 1985 Cotton
Bowl. Flutie threw three
touchdown passes, but the real
hero was running back Troy
Stradford, who ran for 196 yards
and was named the game's MVP.
Best Spartan Bowl Moment:
While rival Michigan has a
timeshare in Pasadena, it's been
a long time since Michigan State
has played a meaningful game in
January. The Spartans are 3-1
in the Rose Bowl, including a
couple of wins over UCLA in the
1950s. In the 1954 game, No. 3
Michigan State rallied from a
14-0 halftime deficit to pull
out the win, getting a touchdown
run and a back-breaking punt
return for a score from RB Billy
Boston College's best win ...
Boston College 14 ... Virginia Tech
Shut down cold for roughly 55 minutes, Boston College and QB
Matt Ryan woke up to pull off the improbable comeback thanks to a 24-yard
touchdown pass to Andre Callender with 11 seconds to play. Down 10-0 and the
ball on his own eight, Ryan took the Eagles 92 yards in just over two minutes,
finishing up with a 16-yard scoring pass to Rich Gunnell. With 2:11 to play, BC
went for the onside kick and got it as the ball bounced off a Hokie before the
Eagles recovered. Ryan went 66 yards in seven plays for the game-winning score.
Virginia Tech got a 44-yard Jud Dunleavy field goal and an eight-yard Eddie
Royal touchdown catch for the lead, but only finished with 265 yards of total
offense, while BC finished with 32 rushing yards.
Player of the
Boston College
QB Matt Ryan completed 25 of 52 passes for 285 yards and two
touchdowns with two interceptions
Stat Leaders: Boston College - Passing: Matt
Ryan, 25-52, 285 yds, 2 TD, 2 INT
Rushing: Andre Callender, 7-29. Receiving:
Brandon Robinson, 5-86
Virginia Tech - Passing: Sean Glennon, 15-25,
149 yds, 1 TD
Rushing: Branden Ore, 21-101. Receiving: Eddie Royal,
Boston College's worst loss ...
Maryland 42 ... Boston College 35
Maryland put up 472 yards to Boston College's 466, getting a
37-yard Darrius Heyward-Bey touchdown run off a reverse along with three Chris
Turner touchdown passes, including two to Jason Goode, on the way to a 42-21
lead. BC and Matt Ryan tried to bomb their way back late, with Ryan connecting
with Ryan Purvis for touchdowns from five and 13 yards out, but the Terps
recovered the onside kick after the final score and held on. The two teams
combined to convert 20 of 32 third down chances.
Player of the
Maryland QB Chris Turner completed 21 of 27 passes for 337 yards and
three touchdowns
Stat Leaders: Boston College - Passing: Matt
Ryan, 33-56, 421 yds, 3 TD, 2 INT
Rushing: Andre Callender, 12-56. Receiving: Ryan
Purvis, 10-102, 2 TD
Maryland - Passing: Chris Turner, 21-27, 337
yds, 3 TD
Rushing: Lance Ball, 32-109, 1 TD. Receiving: Jason
Goode, 6-56, 2 TD
Michigan State's best win ...
Michigan State 35 ... Penn State 31
Down 24-7 at halftime, Michigan State rallied with 28 second
half points on three of Brian Hoyer's four touchdown passes, and a
one-yard Jehuu Caulcrick scoring run. Devin Thomas scored from 12,
33 and 26 yards out for the Spartans with two coming in the second
half rally. Penn State started out hot, and kept pace for a while,
with Deon Butler scoring from 37 yards out, Rodney Kinlaw getting
two four-yard touchdown runs, and even getting a five-yard touchdown
run from PK Kevin Kelly on a direct snap. The Nittany Lions had the
ball with one final shot at pulling it out, but the drive stalled
and MSU pulled out the stunner.
Player of the game:
Michigan State WR Devin Thomas caught seven
passes for 139 yards and three touchdowns
Stat Leaders: Penn State - Passing: Anthony
Morelli, 16-35, 188 yds, 1 TD
Rushing: Rodney Kinlaw, 28-125, 2 TD. Receiving:
Rodney Kinlaw, 4-22
Michigan State - Passing: Brian Hoyer, 16-21,
257 yds, 4 TD
Rushing: Jehuu Caulcrick, 22-99, 1 TD. Receiving: Devin
Thomas, 7-139, 3 TD
Michigan State's worst loss ...
Northwestern 48 ... Michigan State
Northwestern QB C.J. Bacher threw five touchdown passes
including a 12-yarder to Omar Conteh in overtime. Michigan State
misfired on four passes, and the Wildcats pulled off the big road
win. The two teams traded shots all game long, with neither getting
up by more than a score in the see-saw battle. Northwestern rolled
up 611 yards, with Conteh scoring three times, with touchdown runs
of 11 and nine yards in the first quarter, and then it was all
Bacher, hitting five different receivers for scores, including a
78-yarder to Jeff Yarbrough and a 70-yarder to Eric Peterman. Until
overtime, MSU always had an answer, with Javon Ringer ripped off
three touchdowns with dashes from four, 47 and 80 yards.
Player of the game:
Northwestern QB C.J. Bacher completed 38-of-48 passes for 520 yards
and five touchdown passes, and rushed five times for five yards.
Stat Leaders: Northwestern - Passing: C.J.
Bacher, 38-48, 520 yds, 5 TDs
Rushing: Omar Conteh, 19-70, 2 TDs. Receiving: Eric
Peterman, 9-141, 1 TD
Michigan State - Passing: Brian Hoyer, 17-31,
194 yds, 1 TD
Rushing: Javon Ringer, 12-185, 3 TDs. Receiving: Javon
Ringer, 6-54
2006 Champs
Sports Bowl
Maryland 24 ... Purdue 7
Maryland outgained Purdue 206 yards
to 21 on the ground and held on to
the ball for almost forty minutes in
a methodical, surprisingly easy win.
The Terps scored the first 21 points
of the game helped by two Sam
Hollenbach touchdown passes
including a perfect 46-yard strike
to Darrius Heyward-Bey. Purdue got a
little bit of momentum going into
the locker room on a 12-yard Greg
Orton touchdown catch with thirty
seconds left, but never got going in
the second half. Dan Ennis connected
on a 22-yard field goal for the only
points in the final thirty minutes.
Player of the
game ... Maryland RBs Lance Ball and Keon Lattimore combined for
183 yards on 38 carries
Stat Leaders: Maryland - Passing: Sam
Hollenbach, 15-24, 223 yds, 2 TD
Rushing: Lance Ball, 18-98 Receiving:
Darrius Heyward-Bey, 4-81, 1 TD
Purdue - Passing:
Curtis Painter, 23-36, 264 yds, 1
Rushing: Jaycen Taylor, 6-19 Receiving:
Dorien Bryant, 8-101
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Any individual or business that has a state tax debt, or that has not filed a tax return for a qualifying tax year, can avoid penalties and possible prosecution through Tax Amnesty.
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A Spot of Smuggling at the Border
Well I've dreamed about Ulanbatuur and now I'm here; a little fragile from train journeying, two nights on a local train and excruciating border 'formalities' on both sides, and another goodbye to new friends....
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The funny thing is it's better than MMOs being released today and gets the core mechanics perfectly right, MMOs today have massive flaws that can never be fixed unless they do a major overhual. I really wish Blizzard never added enter dungeons or battlegrounds from anywhere and I wish they never did TBC because the outland takes away from that seamless world feeling. I also wish that they never did flying mounts because it killed the world size feeling, exploration and killed the little world PVP that the game had left.
WoW got the world right which no other MMO to date has done nearly as well. MMOs today are all instanced and zoned like made with loads of loading screens and often have player limits per zone of 100 before they clone the zone again. WoW just had each zone flowing into the next one seamlessly and it just felt so amazing to explore that world. The only loading screen was inbetween the two major conts and even then you had to go on a boat ride, as a result it still felt kind of a seamless transition. Most MMOs would just have you go into a portal or click on an NPC or a bell. WoW had you actually getting on the boat and have it sail across the sea, so it all felt built into the world and real. WoW also had a few zones per level range to level up in, where MMOs today are so linear you only have one clear path, so making ALTS is really boring. If you hate the first 4 or 5 planets in SWTOR for example, then you'll never make an ALT in the game as you have no other choice of places to level.
The world felt amazing, it all felt so hand crafted and had lots of personality and I loved exploring it. There was just such amazing atmosphere, from the graphical effects and the sound design which just brought life to the world. I never have the same feeling in MMOs today, like SWTOR the worlds just feels so lifeless, empty and lacking in atmosphere. All I ever heard in SWTOR was my own footsteps, they seemed to lack NPCs talking outside of cutscenes and there was no atmosphere music or sounds like wind or crickets. WoW had all this and it had a day/night cycle and eventually weather, which I dunno how they left out of SWTOR. I haven't played an MMO since WoW that has made me want to explore the world, they all feel pretty generic or poorly built with loading screens everywhere, so they don't feel like worlds but game levels.
The other thing WoW got right was instances, before WOW instances were just lame and like 3 mobs standing in an empty room lol. The first instance I ever done in WoW was The Dead Mines and it would have been an epic instance for any high level content in another MMO, in WoW it was at level 20. This blew everyones minds at the quality of the instances in WoW and people still talk about it today, never before did we see instances with such detail, especially at such a low level.
The other amazing thing is WoW built the instances into the world so they felt seamless again. Like they would take up real world space and have a location on the map inside a building or cave. You had to travel inside a dungeon first to get to the instance and you had to travel manually to that instance, there was no warping automatically straight there. Taking the Dead Minds for example, it was based in a cave in Westfall and actually had a real exit, no teleporting you out and you could see the back of The Dead Mines from STV. As a result it all just felt very real and part of the world, normally I hate instances as they break the immersion, WoW however just got the balance perfectly right. Any MMO I play today either warps you inside an instance via talking to an NPC or something, they don't feel like they're in the world. You used to get PVP outside WoW's instances too as you fought to get inside them and you had to travel to them, no sitting in a fleet hub like SWTOR and warping to some unknown location that isn't on the map.
WoW also got the combat and UI right, people say WoW had bad PVP compared to DAOC but I don't agree. I played DAOC back then and the PVP sucked, it might have had good keep mechanics behind it, but the the UI and combat mechanics sucked. It felt like you were trying to steer a brick around in DAOC, the movement in WoW however was so fast and fluid. UIs before WoW were all so bad, barely functioning and just a general clusterfuck, WoW refined the MMO UI to what it is today... functioning. The combat is just so fast, fluid and instant, there isn't any weird ability delay like you get in most MMOs. It just feels so satisfying and that is why IMO it had much better PVP than other MMOs, it was actually fun to fight with the combat system. MMOs before WoW just weren't really about the combat, they were more about socialising, which is great but that doesn't make the actual PVP fun.
World PVP was amazing, again it was PVP like no other game had and still doesn't have. There were city raids every weekend, there were guilds setup to protect lowbies, massive PVP fights at Tarren Mill and Southshore. We had fights breaking out at The Crossroads and everyone remembers the nightmare levelling up was at STV. It was just amazing and all it needed was proper objectives, rewards and an Honour system. They added battlegrounds in which was great, you actually had to travel to them and queue up outside them, people were chatting to eachother outside, the enemies often raided so you got fights outside and people dueled. Then for some reason they allowed you to enter them from anywhere and world PVP really took a massive hit, I don't understand why they did that....
WoW is still the only game that got the class system right because they're all so unique and fun to play. Every MMO I play I find myself levelling up several characters to work out I don't find any of the classes fun. They either have too many classes so they feel watered down and generic or they have this 4 type of class archetype system to where every class in the archetype feels the same. WoW however had a small amount of classes but each one was so unique and very fun. I found myself levelling up every class, not to find one I found fun but to play them all as they were all so fun. The best thing is each class had 3 roles they could play to, I could be a healer as my priest or I could do damage or go for a balance for survival. In most other MMOs you never have those options, your classes are generally clear cut. It really got rid of the standard trinity system as I had options to play other roles, Priests could do DPS, Druids could Tank or heal or do DPS, Paladins could tank or heal or do both etc. Sure this wasn't the case in the super high end raids, but it never will be in MMOs. To raid you need to be set up to the optimum loadout and spec for your class, people who loved what Raids used to be were happy with that. Not all content should appeal to everyone, yet in todays MMOs they want everyone to love everything and so it all feels so dumbed down as everyone needs to be able to do it.
WoW also was the most polished MMO launch by miles for it's day, before WoW MMO launches were a mess. I'm not talking server issues, the games were always broken at launch and took months of patching to get them stable. WoW barely had any bugs at launch and was justa smooth experience apart from the server issues. You cannot blame them for that, no MMO before WoW ever attracted those kinds of numbers so they didn't expect to have to meet to such demand. There is no excuse for server issues today, now we know millions of people will login on day one, back then however MMOs had a few hundred thousand subs at most.
WoW got the core mechanics right and that was the most important thing, MMOs today fail to do this and so they lose players fast. WoW's problems were things like lack of customization, PVP objectives, crafting as abit weak etc. It was all stuff that could easily be improved upon over time, until then people had a great, innovative and amazing MMO to play. WoW was the first MMO ever to blend great PVP and PVE together, I don't care what the haters say, it had such an amazing combat system and UI to make it better. However MMOs today like take SWTOR for example again, the problems people have with the game are core issues that can never be fixed. Things like the planets feeling so linear, lifeless, instanced and enclosed would really mean scrapping and starting again and that isn't possible. WoW nailed the world and so all they needed to do is keep improving it, it was an amazing MMO and this is why it's my fave MMO of all time.
Btw I have played UO,EQ,SWG,EVE,PS and DAOC all before WoW. I know what I'm talking about before veterans flame me, my friends didn't like MMOs before WoW and then suddenly there was a game with all the right mechanics which got them playing. I remember how bad things like combat and UI were in MMOs before WoW, I mean Everquest was standing still in first person, hitting a button and waiting like 8 seconds for an attack lol... it was so slow and clunky. SWG as well was got to doctor, get buffs, make sure you have comp armour and never ever die but you will have to get new armour within the day because it decays so fast.
I'm talking about Vanilla WoW and most of it is pre allowing you to enter battlegrounds from anywhere era, I stopped playing fully though thanx to TBC and have only come back to play trials of each expansion since and hate what they've done to the game. I think most of the WoW hate today is because of how Blizzard have dumbed it down and ruined it so much, it isn't really directed at Vanilla WoW.
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While I will whole-heartedly agree that vanilla WoW was leaps and bounds better than current WoW, it still never tickled my fancy (is it just me, or does that phrase sound kinda dirty?),
I didn't care much for the world at all. It felt small in comparison to games like EQ and FFXI. The low ceiling was partially to blame for this. Mountains were nothing more than over-glorified hills, and they felt like poorly disguised bars of a playpen, keeping you locked into every area you entered. Instances disconnected you from the world, and the reused maps in many areas just felt like lazy area design.
I would say my favorite MMO would be Final Fantasy XI pre-Wings of the Goddess. For me, the game had everything I could ask for.
Teamwork: Grouping was pretty much required to advance in level and to handle a lot of the quests/missions the game offered. Fighting in a group required a bit of strategy, including coordinating your attacks with your teammates to form skillchains and magic bursts.
Variety: The game had so many jobs to choose from, and trying a new job didn't mean starting over from scratch since you could change jobs at your mog house at any time.
Crafting: I'm a craftoholic when it comes to MMOs, and FFXI didn't restrict you to learning only two skills like a lot of games do. In fact, many recipies actually required you to train multiple skills in order to craft them. Crafted items also made up the bulk of equipment and consumable items players used as well, which made crafting much more meaningful than you typically find in games these days. It also took a good amount of effort to obtain the materials and skills to go far in crafting, so it wasn't the sort of thing anyone and everyone got into as well, meaning if you were a crafter, your skills were pretty valuable.
FFXI always had something to keep you busy. Even though solo leveling was next to impossible for most classes, you always had something else you could do, even alone. Whether it was farming items to sell, crafting, fishing, starting a new job, participating in Beseiged events in Aht Urghan Whie Gate, or looking for soloable NMs, there were plenty of tasks besides just level grinding to keep yourself busy in the game.
Story: This was the first MMO that really had a progressive storyline that you followed. The storyline differed depending on your home nation, but they ultimately all tied in together. And the stories were actually interesting.
The Music: FFXI's music is easily my favorite out of any MMO I've ever played. Nobuo Uematsu isn't famous for no good reason.
There were so many dynamic elements to the game as well, from the wheather affecting crafting results, spell power, and the appearance of elementals, to the conquest system affecting the availability of teleports, and the items certain vendors carry. I loved how some monsters would aggro by line-of-sight, others by sound (proximity), undead would aggro to low HP, and some creatures to spell casts. It really made it important to know your enemies and your surroundings.
I could go on, but this has gotten pretty long-winded as it is, and I doubt anyone will want to read it all anyway.
I can't help but notice that when people tend to list their favorite MMO, it more often than not turns out to be something they can no longer play. Or in some cases, an MMO that they were never able to play (see MEO).
I have to wonder how much of that involves crimson tinted contacts.
Originally posted by Robsolf
Why is it so difficult to believe that not everyone's favorite game is something current? Do you really believe that every new game is better than every old game? Have you played any old games? We've given legitimate reasons for our opinions how about giving one for yours?
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Originally posted by Robsolf
So what ?
My favorite MMO would by the way be Vanguard.
I still would know a ton of improvements for that game. But its better than anything else in existence.
Originally posted by Adamantine
Then my statement didn't apply to you, now, did it?
Originally posted by FrostWyrm
It's not. It's just interesting that, again, MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, it turns out to be a game that they can't play anymore.
My current favorite is LotRO. My past fovorites have included games that no longer exist, such as SWG pre-NGE, Tabula Rasa, Motor City Online...
It's interesting that you go for the "if you like newer games better than new ones, you're probably a noob" line right off the bat. Especially since Vanilla WoW isn't what most would consider to be an "old game".
I did like those games, but I also can't help but consider the fact that if they came back, just as they were, that my visit to them would probably be a short one. Many aspects of them (and vanilla WoW) were frustrating then, and would be even more frustrating, now.
Originally posted by Robsolf
I think I stated good reasons and why I cannot stand newer MMOs.
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Originally posted by FrostWyrm
I played EQ and the zones were the same layout apart from there was loading screens inbetween and most zones were full of nothing with low detail and obvious boundaries like square walls. I know it was in the limitations of it's time but the world was rather full and empty, though it did have a feeling of being scared to travel in it.
FFXI's world felt the same because it was designed for the PS2 which didn't have much memory. The world was rather barren and lots of zones felt like corridors and I remember feeling stuck to the ground, which I hate in a game.
It's all opinion though, no one is right or wrong, I just didn't like either of them games for their world.
Originally posted by Adamantine
I loved what they had setup for Vanguards world, it had my MMO dream of sailing across to conts yourself. I just wish the world wasn't so barren and uninteresting to explore, the character models were good and they added content lol.
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Vanilla WoW wasn't too bad (i still have my disagreements with the fact they completely separated the factions and don't allow the players to communicate while NPC's can talk to both factions).
I did like the no overland zoning but the instances felt kinda hallow, they werent things you explored like in EQ, they felt isolated which didn't sit well with me. In the end the game entertained me for a few months but at WoW's release i still felt EQ was better (especially given the direction WoW went towards casual)
Also you were wrong about the loading screens, dungeons in WoW had loading screens too (the lack of those is one thing i love about Vanguard, you just walk into a dungeon and it opened up without any loading screens)
In all while i think that Vanilla WoW was a good game in its own right. it wasn't for me (which is why I only played a few months at release), But it went astray after that. Plus i do beleive than Vanguard had more potential than WoW but sadly suffered from too many release issues.
Originally posted by OberanMiM
I know they had loading screens.
I said I loved how the instances werre built into dungeons with no loading screens so they felt like they were part of the world. The took up real world space and that's why I felt like instances in WoW were acceptable. Like when you see the rear of The Dead Mines from STV, it takes up space from Westfall to STV.
Originally posted by tixylix
I found the new quests to be really linear so I don't like what they did with Cataclysm. Yeh the old quests are now really boring but for it's day they were fresh and innovative in the fact you could level 1 - 60 on quests alone. WoW was the first mainstream MMO to do this (I say mainstream cause there might have been some underground one that I have never heard of) and as I remember every MMO just made you grind with one or two quests dotted around.
The other thing I hate about WoWs new quests is they all feel broken like they're trying to done something the engine cannot handle. Like when I did the Death Knight stuff the flying doesn't feel good and when aiming with turrets the circle is like a texture on the ground because there is no physics. They also make you do crazy over kill amounts of damage and display the numbers but it's worthless. I mean why give me crazy high level mobs when I'm 55 and then let me own them so easily? It isn't fun, I want a challenge. The worst one is when you fight that big monster in Arthas's floating castle and it has the health of some end Dungeon boss but it lets you do crazy damage to it and it do barely any damage to you, it still takes like 15 mins to kill. I don't understand that, it's like the level system in mobs means nothing anymore. I remember the last quest where you go to fight off people with Arthas or something and you're immune to it all but you cannot do any damage, so you sit there and watch, it feels so broken.
I just hate the new stuff in WoW the game just feels like a mess of new and old code and the old code cannot cope with the new stuff.
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Originally posted by tixylix
You might want to check back in summer or autumn then, they are going F2P and they might do new content afterwards.
Nothing sure about it yet, though.
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Couldn't agree more with the OP.
That feeling when you first looked out over the mountains of Dun Morough or the fields of Kalimdor was amazing. It truly felt like you were in another time, and could just lose yourself in this fantasy world. I remember opening the world map and comparing the amount of space I travelled in levels 1-5 to the size of both continents and I was astounded. When I first walked into Ironforge/ Stormwind, that was great too.
Everything from the SW/IF tram, to the gryphon rides, to the boats and the instances was great.
If you look on the back of the original 2004 World of Warcraft retail box, there are 3 words on the top, and they sum up everything that was brilliant about the game.
"A World Awaits..."
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And when, exactly, did I say this? What post were you reading?
As for Vanilla WoW...8 years is pretty old for an MMORPG. Its only 1 year younger than Final Fantasy XI.
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1) I think it took me about six months to level to 60, I was a very slow leveler.
2) I died a lot, it really didn't take that much, just grabbing aggro on a few extra mobs.
3) I started off as a Warrior but really had no understanding on how to tank. I remember trying to do dungeons without a shield.
4) My brother had been playing, we lived in different states so it was a good way for us to hang out.
5) There was a bit of a grind to it. Especially if you were trying to get rep.
6) I really didn't use the auction house that well. so I was always short on gold, I remember it taking forever getting enough gold to buy the riding skill for my first mount at level 40.
7) some dungeons were tough to find groups for, it seemed no one wanted to do Uldaman. Unfortunately I loved the big dungeons. (the ones everyone seemed to hate) It wasn't till years later with the dungeon finder that I did all the Vanilla dungeons.
8) Overall I had a really good time in Vanilla wow. I made a ton of rookie MMO mistakes but also made some friends.
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Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney reportedly spent the night before his wedding at Yom Kippur services.
McCartney married Jewish-American heiress Nancy Shevell in London on Sunday. They reportedly attended Yom Kippur services and a break fast at a local London synagogue, where Shevell, 51, received a blessing in honor of her upcoming marriage.
The couple married Sunday in a civil ceremony at London's Marylebone Register Office, followed by a small reception at McCartney's north London home.
McCartney's first wife, Linda Eastman, also was Jewish. She died in 1998 after a battle with breast cancer.
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Trust me on this. There is no way that this lady is 51 years old. (Of course, I used to think, more than that, I used to tell people, yes I admit it, I used to actually tell people that Al Gore was going to be our next President. So, better take anything I say with a grain of salt. But those pcitures were salty, very salty, I'll tell you.)


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It's called the "Ready to Rent" program, but the goal is far more important than that.
By the end of next month, the city hopes to hire case managers that will help as many as 30 households move this year from homeless shelters, to rental housing to, self-sufficiency. The presence of case managers marks a significant change from the program's first year, when the lack of a hands-on "team captain" for participants produced less than hoped-for results.
Funded through federal grants, the program will work with as many as eight local shelters to identify people most likely to succeed: people who have been employed at least three of the last 12 months, have an income and have earned a high school diploma or equivalent or are working towards one. "We won't take the hard cases," city spokeswoman Rebecca Karcher said.
Once in the program, case managers will determine participants' potential income after 12 months, with that projection determining the rent they will be charged during that period. Program vouchers will make up the difference between participants' income and their rent.
But Ready to Rent is much more than a short-term housing program, Karcher said. Participants will work with the WorkOne Northeast career center to improve their employment readiness and planning and will also receive help with financial literacy, credit repair and other life skills necessary. Participants must also continue to seek and hold jobs.
"We want to lay out a path to self-sufficiency," Karcher said. "Many of them know (from their own past) what stability is. They know how to do it but need help." After a year, participants will have hopefully stabilized their housing and reduced or even eliminated their need for government assistance.
The program has another important benefit, Karcher said.
Because many of Fort Wayne's homeless shelters are at or near capacity, there is often no room for people in need of help. When people leave the shelters to participate in Ready to Rent, it will free up space for people who have nowhere else to go – and may benefit from next year's Ready to Rent program.


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Finger Nail Abnormalities
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Posted 25 April 2010 - 04:42 PM
I had very definite horizontal indentations on both of my thumbnails. They went away after being on the diet for a while, never to return.
Does anyone else have this? When many of my symptoms started, I also got horizontal bumps and dents in ALL my nails, still have them 2 yrs later.
All of my nails--both finger and toe--are so much stronger and healthier now.
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"Life is what happens while you're busy making other plans"
"When people show you who they are, believe them"--Maya Angelou
"Bloom where you are planted"--Bev
Posted 25 April 2010 - 05:27 PM
the more i keep to the diet, the stronger they have gotten ( i was even able to maintain a natural French manicure for around 5 weeks in a row. )
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-penicillin allergy 2008
-multiple other food & environmental allergies starting 1982
-non-iron deficient anemia - life long
-migraines 3/07
-negative celiac blood testing 10/09 & upper endoscopy biopsy 3/10
-negative GERD observation during upper endoscopy 3/10
-positive hereditary hiatial hernia during upper endoscopy 3/10
+continually working on gluten-free/CF/SF related to allergies & celiac like symptoms
+continually working on elimination of caffine, chocolate, & spicy foods related to hernia & heartburn
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"Everything that can be counted does not necessarily count; everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted." - Albert Einstein
"Life is not weathering the storm; it is learning to dance in the rain"
"Whatever the question, the answer is always chocolate." Nigella Lawson
Caffeine free 1973
Lactose free 1990
(Mis)diagnosed IBS, fibromyalgia '80's and '90's
Diagnosed psoriatic arthritis 2004
Self-diagnosed gluten intolerant, gluten-free Nov. 2007
Soy free March 2008
Nightshade free Feb 2009
Citric acid free June 2009
Potato starch free July 2009
(Totally) corn free Nov. 2009
Legume free March 2010
Now tolerant of lactose
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Posted 25 April 2010 - 06:16 PM
My nails look like waves almost...sometimes throughout you can see very thin horizontal lines, I have little diagnol lines on my toe nails, about 15 on each. I have had this for 2 yrs so far.
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Posted 25 April 2010 - 06:21 PM
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Newly diagnosed Celiac trying to learn the ropes
Very Positive tTG 3/10
Positive EGD/Biopsy 4/10
Posted 26 April 2010 - 07:41 AM
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-IgE to oats and rye
-Diagnosed with Colitis via endoscopy/colonoscopy Oct '10
-Following FODMAP diet since June '10, Positve SIBO test, July '10
-Diagnosed non-celiac gluten intolerant June '10 (celiac in March '10, endocsocopy in Oct '10 shows no signs of celiac)
-Osteopenia June '10
-Gluten free since July '09 & Soy free since December '09
-Dairy free since '06
-IBS & Sjogren's diagnosed '05
-RA diagnosed as a toddler
Posted 26 April 2010 - 07:59 AM
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~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Posted 26 April 2010 - 02:48 PM
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Posted 26 April 2010 - 05:06 PM
Is celiac considered systemic?
celiac causes various varieties of malnutrition so it could certainly be the root cause of Beau's Lines.
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Posted 26 April 2010 - 08:21 PM
The exception to these are the two nails I managed to yank clean out with a belt sander. They grew back in a little crooked, but damn, they're strong and not wavy like their predecessors. That was back in '99 I think.
I also have a spelling problem, apparently. I had to look up "predecessors".
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Posted 27 April 2010 - 10:28 AM
Oh please let me have this!!
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Posted 27 April 2010 - 02:03 PM
Is celiac considered systemic?
Yes, although many still consider it a GI disorder it is actually an autoimmune disorder that can pretty much effect any organ in the body.
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celiac 49 years - Misdiagnosed for 45
Blood tested and repeatedly negative
Diagnosed by Allergist with elimination diet and diagnosis confirmed by GI in 2002
Misdiagnoses for 15 years were IBS-D, ataxia, migraines, anxiety, depression, fibromyalgia, parathesias, arthritis, livedo reticularis, hairloss, premature menopause, osteoporosis, kidney damage, diverticulosis, prediabetes and ulcers, dermatitis herpeformis
All bold resoved or went into remission with proper diagnosis of Celiac November 2002
Some residual nerve damage remains as of 2006- this has continued to resolve after eliminating soy in 2007
Mother died of celiac related cancer at 56
Twin brother died as a result of autoimmune liver destruction at age 15
Children 2 with Ulcers, GERD, Depression, , 1 with DH, 1 with severe growth stunting (male adult 5 feet)both finally diagnosed Celiac through blood testing and 1 with endo 6 months after Mom
Positive to Soy and Casien also Aug 2007
Gluten Sensitivity Gene Test Aug 2007
HLA-DQB1 Molecular analysis, Allele 1 0303
HLA-DQB1 Molecular analysis, Allele 2 0303
Serologic equivalent: HLA-DQ 3,3 (Subtype 9,9)
Posted 27 April 2010 - 05:04 PM
Koilonychia - feature of iron deficiency characterized by spoon shaped nails with vertical ridges/Thin nails with depression in the center; Iron deficiency:
White spots and white bands in nails - Omega-3, Fatty Acids, Zinc deficiency,
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March 2009 - Negative Blood work
April 24, 2009 - Gluten-free
April 29, 2009 - Notably positive response to gluten-free Diet.
May 2, 2009 Dairy Free
May 6, 2009, Soy Free
May 27, 2009 Enterolab Results: Positive Anti-gliadin IgA, tTG IgA, Casein, HLA DQ2.2, HLA DQ8
June 4, 2009 Refined sugar free (except Raw Honey, pure Maple syrup)
June 29, 2009, Dad diagnosed Celiac by GI specialist via blood work and dietary response.
July 2009, Dad's gene test: double DQ8! Thanks Dad - I'll try to get you something nice for Christmas!
August 8, 2009 Really Soy free this time - Thanks Blue Diamond for the soy lecithin in the almond milk!
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The rips were terrible tough. I sent them back. The new rips were of the same terrible quality. I don`t understand at all that a "Steak Ranch" can serve meat of that bad quality. My wife`s greek salad was OK.
There are few choices in Upington for a dinner and Spur situated in the Protea Hotel is an obvious choice. It is a traditional family style eatery with no bells or whistles and if you are looking for an upmarket fine dining experience this is not for you. Middle of the road burgers and steaks.
I ordered a medium rar steak and it was overcooked. Next steak was rather undercooked and very tough, but friendly and attentive. The desert was brilliant
Food arrived cold and had to be sent back to be warmed. Long wait for food as well as bill. Steak was originally correctly prepared: medium/rare but returned after warming as a medium steak
As per always a Spur's a Spur. Either you love them or you hate them. In Upington you are not spoiled for choice with eateries, so sometimes you just gotta go. The service is good and the meal is promptly served. The food is Okay as you would get it most spurs.
This is the kind of place you use as a back-up, if you don't know what the other resturants food taste like and youre hungry go here.
Steak was OK but they only have plastic cutlery which makes it impossible to eat!
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A defiant Col. Moammar Gadhafi declared today that he won't quit until he dies and blamed the Libyan uprising on foreigners and "rats" of international governments.
"I will not leave the country. I will die as a martyr in the end," Gadhafi, who has ruled for 42 years, said in a taped speech televised on state television. He warned of a civil war if protesters don't back down.
An angry and rambling Gadhafi said he was broadcasting from houses bombed by the United States and the United Kingdom. As for the protesters, he blamed the uprising on "rats" and agents of foreign governments and blamed Tunisia for manipulating the youth.
"A small group of young men that are using hallucinating 'pills' and drugs attacking police station like rats. They took advantage of Libya's calmness and attacked police stations," he said. "They are young men who got paid money and drugs. Those were the ones killed by the police. They are encouraged by external forces."
Reading from what appeared to be the Libyan constitution, Gadhafi vowed fierce punishment for dissenters.
"If we have to use force we will use it, according to international law and according to Libyan constitution," he said. "I will fight until the last drop of my blood with all the Libyan people behind me."
The embattled dictator, swaddled in brown clothes and speaking often in a passionate but erratic style, took to the television for the second time since the uprising began in the eastern part of the country this weekend.
In Tripoli, residents described a scene of chaos where foreign mercenaries trained by Gadhafi attacked not just protesters, but even residents.
Gadhafi is lashing back with force and brutality on a scale not yet seen in the revolutions that have been sweeping across the Arab world. Warplanes swooped over the country's capital reportedly bombing protesters, as foreign mercenaries -- a group that Gadhafi has recruited, trained and paid over the years -- indiscriminately fired at unarmed protesters.
"There's been constant gunfire for the past hour. Right outside our house," he told ABC News. "I saw them with my own eyes -- the AK 47s and the shootings. ... They're massacring. They're punishing the people. That's what's happening. And it's going to get worse because if you watched his speech, he said he's going to use force brutally and he's true to his word when it comes to that."
Tunisian radio interviewed a man who said helicopters were shooting randomly at people on the street and that people in cars are shooting from the windows as they drive by.
Tunisian radio also reported that in the wake of Gadhafi's inflammatory speech this afternoon, foreign nationals were attempting to head from Tripoli to Tunisia overland, and that they do not feel safe waiting at the airport in Tripoli.
Libya's ambassador to the United States earlier today appealed to the international community to intervene. Ambassador Ali Suleiman Aujali said on "Good Morning America" said Gadhafi's supporters are using tanks and gunfire to kill not just protesters but also the capital's residents, adding that he's seen images of "people cut in half, just like they're being killed by bulldozers."
"Tripoli is burning," he said. "Please please help the Libyan people. Help them. They are burning. They are being killed in their streets, their houses."
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Super Sandwich Loaf
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|French bread loaf
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|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|Shredded sharp cheddar cheese
|1 Cup (16 tbs)
|Dry mustard
|1⁄2 Teaspoon
|2 Tablespoon
|Chopped onion
|1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs)
|Chopped parsley
|2 Tablespoon
|Prepared horseradish
|1 Teaspoon
|Salami slices
|Mozzarella cheese slices
|Dill pickle slices
|Green pepper rings
|Baked ham slices
Cut loaf into 1 1/2 inch slices almost through to bottom.
Using a sharp-pointed knife, cut out alternate slices, leaving 1/4 inch of the crust at bottom.
Blend butter and cheese; mix in the dry mustard, ketchup, onion, parsley, and horseradish.
Place loaf on a large piece of aluminum foil or a baking sheet.
Spread cheese mixture generously over the surface of each cutout section.
Arrange vertically in each cavity: 1 slice of salami, folded in half, 1 slice of mozzarella cheese, 1 slice of pickle, 1 green pepper ring, and 1 slice of ham, folded in thirds.
Set loaf in a 400°F oven and heat about 10 minutes, or until cheese mixture begins to melt.
With a sharp knife divide slices in half, cutting through bottom crust to separate.
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Yushin made something like 100k with a win...but I think that's baseline for a top 5 fighter. I think the issue is he was a spoiler for guys the UFC was looking to bank on like Belcher and Lombard, and would have been another loss on Bisping's record if they ever fought.
ehhh.... nothing personal. UFC cuts him now and asks him back in a year or two, no big deal. this is one of those decisions that can possibly end up being good for both the ufc and okami.
I think they're betting that Okami is on the decline of his career. I think it was an early cut, but I think he's going to perform worse outside of the UFC than folks expect.
Dana's explanation is very stupid really. His excuse for cutting him is basically because he will never be a champion and he does not win the really big fights. LOL in that case why he has not cut Chael Sonnen?? Oooh right! Because unless Okami, Sonnen is a big draw and brings money to UFC.
In few words, this only confirms once again what everybody already know: UFC is first and foremost a business. The sport aspect is way behind.
If not wanted/requested by Yushin , this is a completely cunt move by Dana and Co. Of the classic divisions MW has the least stand outs and name fighters and and is by no means "stacked". Okami is valuable for the Asian market and MMA landscape altogether. His record , especially recently , is damn decent and gatekeepers are a useful divining rod to see where other fighters stand and if they're ready for top competition or maybe a title shot. This is purely attacking the less-appealing-to-the-masses style YO employees. If GSP wasn't able to string together so many wins and be so marketable he would be out on his ass as well , considering his style since Serra and the KTFO heard round the world.
Not sure why anyone would ever want to fight in the UFC lol either get into entertaining brawls and give up your body to be for sure entertaining enough to stick around if you can at least win here and there, or be one of the best fighters in the world which is obviously really hard.
Plus, as Rivet pointed out, even if you are doing enough, some people just aren't smart enough to realize it. Very few people are stupid enough to enjoy Leonard Garcia's brawling, untechnical, unskilled style. Not sure how stupid Dana thinks the general public is.
Get sick of Dana playing favorites. Kisses the guy in my sig's ass after the Barnett stoppage when Frank's been put out cold over and over again (and the same thing would have happened), yet says Wineland-Barao was just. I'm not saying either was unjust, but at least Wineland didn't fall flat on his face. Then takes his frustration out by shitting on the ref in the Mir fight. Says since it was a co main event that the ref should have let it go on a bit longer lol. Well guess what fatty, Wineland-Barao was also a co main, and a title fight, and they are Bantamweights, not fucking Heavyweights. Wineland also doesn't have a history of getting his ass brutally beat a few times. He says so much dumb shit.
A dumb move by the UFC in the sporting aspect. I honestly think he was commanding too much money. Mad he should. He can probably make more fighting in Japan and become a champ. Then the UFC can pay him a ton of money for a champ vs champ fight.
The idea of them getting rid of him for being too good of a gatekeeper also makes a lot of sense. Either way, Dana White is still a jackass. I'm on the die hard side of the fan spectrum and I have no idea who half of the guys on the upcoming cards are. And some of the ones I know aren't that impressive.
And CB should have been cut after his win over Miller.


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