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I missed BITW as well but the reason is my upcoming exams #finalyear
Panzer promo in- internet back!
Now... I haven't created a character in QUITE a long time here in the realm of e-fedding. And considering my guys won't all be featured on every show, I can space them out and be fine and not overwhelmed. On that note, I am adding another guy to my Calvary VERY soon. Like... maybe tonight if I can think of a name for him. He's already ready to go with everything but a name and a theme song. I'm excited about this guy too... he's a certified badass.
I think later on I might bring in another tag team- Its one I had waiting in the wings in EWA, then I was going to bring them into ICW until it shut down, opened, shut down
Hope everyone had a good holiday season and didn't die on Black Friday. Still waiting for an assignment. Much love y'all, I'm going to go drink a few more and hit the sack.
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Alpha: The Alpha Dog has a question for all you quiet motherfuckers. Who do you all think The Alpha Dog will pin to become The Best In The World Heavyweight Champion? Will it be Sleeper, Snair, or the human STD K-Jammin? The Alpha Dogs money on is on..."WHO GIVES A FUCK?!!!" The Alpha Dog is going to dominate everybody in the ring!
Music begins playing as a man comes walking into the frame.
A large flag of the United States Of America is hanging as the background. He is wearing a top hat, a maroon petticoat, has a handlebar mustache and is smoking a pipe. He's a huge man, 6'6 and roughly 315lbs. Built of solid muscle. He pulls out his pocket watch and steps over to the side to reveal a smaller man coming into frame from beside him. The man is in a butler tuxedo with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows, wearing white serving gloves.
He has on a pair of combat boots as well. Around his neck hang two boxing gloves that have been worn and are blood stained. The large man puts the pocket watch back in and takes off his top hat. He looks around the room and smiles. His mustache flows up with it and he takes a long inhale of his fine tobacco in his pipe. He places his hat in his butlers awaiting hand and takes off his petticoat and places it on his butlers awaiting arm. It's revealed that he's wearing a white dress shirt with his sleeves rolled up. Black suspenders with a black tie that's loosened.
He is wearing combat boots as well as fine forest green dress slacks. His pocket watch chain is dangling out and begins flapping on his pants as he begins to pace. He takes another drag of his pipe and stops. Finally, the man speaks...
Abraham Cutting: (Picture his voice being BANE form "The Dark Knight Rises") I am here because even though they call this place "BEST IN THE WORLD", no one has yet to prove anything. All you people do is talk. I on the other hand, fight. I am here to represent a simpler time. A time when men settled their differences the right way, the best way. I will knock any of you out right here, right now and not even wince at the bloodshed. I have traveled these United States representing New York to the fullest extent of my capabilities. I then went into the other parts of the world to expand and fight them as well.
He walks over to the boxing gloves and pats them.
Abraham Cutting: These gloves have seen more action than any of you in that locker room could possibly see in a lifetime. I have been through more and have done more than most of you. Is it fair for you to call yourselves the best at anything if you have not indeed faced the best? I'm sorry if any of you doubt the ability of myself after hearing a bit of my story but know this all across the world my name is known in houses, shacks, villages and major cities. I pride myself on my honor, tradition and heritage.
He takes another large inhale of his pipe and then puts it on the table next to him. He puts his coat back on and then his top hat. The butler walks out of frame, the man picks his pipe back up and he opens his arms wide while looking over his shoulders at the USA flag...
Abraham Cutting: Soon, very soon... if you don't know my name already... you will. I will basically be the lifeblood of this place.
He puts his pointer finger on his wrist and runs it up his vein line.
Abraham Cutting: My blood pumps through these fifty stars behind me, my life pumps for competition, I believe we fight to get what we want, we build by desire and work hard for our accomplishments. I will be in your face soon enough and when I am there, it is up to you to make a decision on what you're going to do with the rest of YOUR life.
He smiles and puts his pipe back into his mouth. He looks around and faces forward again. He winks and the screen begins to fade out as does the music.


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Bartolo Colon will return to the Oakland Athletics for 2013 after signing a one year contract for $3 million with incentives. Colon made $2 million with Oakland in 2012. The 39-year old Colon provided a solid veteran option in an A's rotation that was populated by younger pitchers last season. In 152 1/3 innings over 24 starts, Colon had a 3.43 ERA while striking out 91 and walking 23. His 1.36 walk rate was the lowest of his career. His last start of the season was on August 18th after a positive test for testosterone resulted in a 50 game suspension for the veteran. That suspension hasn't been fully served, and he'll still need to sit out the first five games of the 2013 season This isn't a bad signing for the A's at all, and gives them a little bit of flexibility this winter. With Colon safely in the fold for 2013, the team will have to rely on youngsters that didn't get a full season in the majros like AJ Griffin and Dan Straily less, perhaps easing them more gradually into starting every fifth day. Colon's re-signing also makes the A's a bit less likely to bring back Brandon McCarthy, a free agent who is getting a lot of interest this winter despite a fractured skull last September. [follow]
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Senator Menendez, the Dike has Burst
There he was, Senator Bob Menendez, Democrat of New Jersey, holding forth from the well of the Senate making his Alamo stand against some very innocuous provisions to allow Cuban-American family members travel to Cuba and for American agricultural producers to carry out the business they already do with Cuba more efficiently during a time of economic recession.
Most analysts I speak with say this was a picture of a man trying to put his finger in a dike, knowing it was about to burst. Senator Menendez is, you see, the highest ranking Cuban American in Congress and, with the Diaz-Balart brothers and Rep. Lehtinen in the minority, the last hope for defending the embargo against Cuba in the 111th Congress.
Now, however, the dike has burst. At a time when the nation is reeling from the worst recession in years, our failed embargo on Cuba is keeping American farmers and businesses from significant orders. After the devastation of the 2008 hurricanes, the Cuban government is providing 75% of the food for its 11 million people. Most of that has to be imported from countries much further away than 90 miles. China just received the order for a new fleet of Cuban Buses--not Detroit. One third of Cuba's housing stock is still gravely damaged or destroyed because the island cannot get the building materials to rebuild. Yet American suppliers would be happy to fill those orders.
Today that objective reality was made political reality by 15 Senators who signed onto a letter organized by Max Baucus, an ag state Senator from Montana. Addressed to Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, the Senators urged Tim Geithner not to stray from the letter of the law as passed by Congress in the Omnibus legislation, in effect telling Geithner that whatever deal Menendez thought he had with Treasury, it shall not stand.
This is important. The 2008 presidential election showed that the Cuban American community in South Florida no longer has a lock on Florida's electoral vote, liberating the president from having to continue a policy of isolation that makes no sense for America. This letter, and its strong showing of support in the Senate, reveals that the Congressional control that pro-embargo members had is crumbling around them.
Menendez had already angered the Administration by holding up the appointment of Science Advisor John Holdren over perceived slights on Cuba policy. That Menendez, a member of the Senate Democratic Leadership, caused such tumult and likely embarrassment for the Obama administration and for Senate Majority Leader Reid on a must-pass piece of legislation was too much, and now Senator Baucus has added some parliamentary dynamite.
The new reality is that there is no political obstacle to a decisive shift on U.S. Cuba policy. Not in Florida and not on Capitol Hill. Now the question is about political will in the White House.
I have reprinted the letter and signatories below.
March 16, 2009
Secretary Timothy F. Geithner
Department of the Treasury
1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20220
Dear Secretary Geithner,
We are concerned by a March 11 Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) notice outlining its planned implementation of provisions passed in the Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009. The intent of those provisions was to facilitate already legal agricultural trade with Cuba.
The Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act (TSRA) of 2000 authorized agricultural exports to Cuba by payment of cash in advance or third-country bank letters of credit. For several years, until early 2005, such cash-based sales were taking place and working well. After goods shipped from U.S. ports, the Cuban buyers initiated payments, routing them through third-country banks, as required by the law. There were no reported instances in which a Cuban buyer took possession of U.S. goods prior to completing payment to the U.S. seller, a fact acknowledged by the Treasury Department during the confirmation hearing of Deputy Secretary Kimmitt in July 2005.
Despite this fact, OFAC issued a rule in February 2005 that defined "payment of cash in advance†as payment prior to shipment of goods. The change in definition has brought all cash-based sales to a halt, rendering the cash in advance provision useless and undermining Congress's intent to facilitate agriculture sales to Cuba. Your March 5, 2009 letter stated that OFAC will continue to use this definition. This is contrary to the intention of the provisions included in the Omnibus legislation to halt this use.
We are troubled to see OFAC continue this practice. Its March 11 notice mistakenly suggests that the "ordinary commercial meaning†of "cash in advance†requires payment prior to shipment of goods. Such an interpretation is legally inaccurate. The American Law Division of the Congressional Research Service has studied this issue in depth and concluded that, "[I]t would appear difficult to find legal support for OFAC's interpretation that 'payment of cash in advance' requires payment be received prior to shipment. As a review of four traditional methods of payment indicates, it appears customary within the international trade and finance community to place the emphasis on the legal transfer of control, rather than on the date of shipment…OFAC's interpretation appears to limit the available payment options to those that are considered risky, undesirable, and underutilized….â€Â
In your Questions for the Record during consideration of your nomination earlier this year, you committed to "… taking great care to follow congressional intent and working closely with members of Congress to ensure that OFAC's activities with regard to Cuba are achieving its important objectives without unnecessary hurdles or unreasonable administrative delays.†We urge you to stand by that pledge.
We look forward to working closely with you on this matter.
Senator Max Baucus Senator Richard Lugar
Senator Jeff Bingaman Senator Mike Enzi
Senator Tom Harkin Senator Pat Roberts
Senator Blanche Lincoln Senator Mike Crapo
Senator Jon Tester Senator Kit Bond
Senator Patty Murray Senator Mark Pryor
Senator Mary Landrieu Senator Maria Cantwell
Senator Tim Johnson
Cuba's Russia Problem
Just a quick note to reinforce what my colleague Phil Peters is saying about the Russia-Cuba non-axis at his blog, Cuban Triangle.
My contention is that Cuba's broad international strategy follows the Yugoslav model of balancing and taking rents from multiple powers and being beholden to none. China, Russia, Brazil, sometimes the EU, and certainly the hemispheric player Venezuela all fit this model.
We will have to see if this strategy survives the transition of power in Havana, but the strategy, as Phil mentions, has its downsides. Russia's relation to the US is more strategic than its relations with Cuba, and Cuba can get the short end of the stick when its patrons' relationships to Washington change. It is a major weakness of the Cuban strategy with a new government getting on its global feet in Washington.
More soon.
Gains in Congress and OFAC Just the Beginning
Florida Senators Martinez and Nelson
Everyone who seeks normal relations between the US and Cuba is justifiably celebrating the one-two punch of the Cuba language in the Omnibus Appropriations bill and the OFAC regulations to implement it as the first step toward restoring freedom of travel to everyone. While Cuban Americans have not yet achieved the unlimited travel and remittances promised by candidate Obama, they have regained the ground stolen by President Bush in 2004.
The Treasury Department's fast action through OFAC is a more significant indicator of where the Administration is heading than the fig leaf that Secretary Tim Geithner provided the two rejectionist Democrats, Senators Menendez and Nelson, so they could vote for cloture.
It is worth reading his letters carefully as they affirm that a larger change is coming.
We are, however, currently reviewing United States policy toward Cuba to determine the best way to foster democratic change in Cuba and improve the lives of the Cuban people. Your views and the views of others on Capitol Hill will be important to that review, and the President remains committed to consulting with you as we consider changes to Cuba policy. (Texts here posted by Jake Colvin.)
Of course Senators Menendez, Martinez and Nelson will be consulted, but not more than other Senators like Kerry, Lugar and Dodd. A further encouraging note was in a Miami Herald story:
''The guidance issued yesterday by the Treasury Department was issued pursuant to a law passed by Congress,'' White House spokeswoman Gannet Tseggai said Thursday.
''The president was not involved in the drafting of that provision, and it does not take the place of his own review of family visits and family cash remittances,'' she added.
Americans who care need to add their weight to the Administration's discussion so the President does not stop at family travel. A Citizens' Appeal for engagement with President Obama on Cuba can be seen here in the just posted newsletter of the Fund for Reconciliation and Development.
The extent to which the other side is in a state of aggressive denial can be seen in a leaked internal memo from the US-Cuba Democracy PAC
the mobilization of Democratic Members of Congress, and their aggressive outreach to the White House and Leadership on this issue has made it clear to the Obama Administration that there is a very vocal majority, bipartisan coalition in Congress that opposes even the slightest changes to current policy
Also possible is that the White House concludes that there are a few unreconcilables so married to narrow sectarian interests that they are ready to expose their Party and President to a week of diversionary and politically costly debate about embarrassing Congressional earmarks and ballooning deficits.
While some advisers may counsel accommodating them to avoid future problems, others will note that once the President changes travel policy to the maximum non-tourist level, that issue is over as a direct White House concern. The bitter end opponents can't do much beyond grumbling to their donors and their shrinking piece of the Florida and New Jersey community,
The tactic of putting the Cuba language in the Omnibus Appropriations bill foreclosed amendments in the House, but gave disproportionate power to two Democrats in the Senate whose votes prevented cloture. The reverse will apply to the stand alone full travel bill. There should not be a major problem in obtaining subcommittee and committee approval and assembling sixty Senate votes to end travel restrictions, but the House will afford more difficult terrain at all stages.
I am of mixed feelings about how Secretary Geithner addressed the precedent setting creation of a new general license category for the marketing or agricultural and medical products. OFAC has not yet published regulations in this area but his intent is clear and reasonable:
"regulations promulgated pursuant to that provision will seek to ensure that only travel for credible sales of food and medical products is authorized."
The problem lies in implementation.
"Any business using the general license will be required to provide both advance written notice outlining the purpose and scope of the planned travel and, upon return, a report outlining the activities conducted, including the persons with whom they met, the expenses incurred, and business conducted in Cuba."
Pre and post trip notification requirements are an annoyance and are hard to independently verify, except in cases of egregious public violation. A more relevant control is inherent in the nature of a general license, i.e. it applies to a category of people based on who they are and the reasonableness that travel is consistent with their professional or avocational identity.
OFAC may be tempted to apply a similar formula to grant general licenses for other forms of non-tourist travel like educational, religious and humanitarian. This requirement would be petty and unnecessary but is preferable to a time consuming and politicized vetting process of applications for specific licenses. (More on general vs. specific licenses here )
Senator Dodd pushed back arguing this novel restrictiveness of the meaning of a general license violated the intent of the new law in a letter posted by Phil Peters.
Obama's campaign statements on unlimited and unrestricted travel vs. how Sen. Nelson mischaracterized them during the Omnibus debate can be seen here
Cuba: Obama's "Relaxation Measures" Tippy Toe in Right Direction , Sort Of....
I haven't had time yet to digest the Obama administration's "relaxation" of restrictions in US-Cuba relations. I'm on a boat -- and sailing in the vicinity of Cuba tomorrow, though in Curacao today.
But I will say that the Obama team needs to prepare for an onslaught of frustration and anger regarding anything that designates certain "ethnic categories" of Americans.
Relaxing Cuban-American travel is discriminatory against other Americans. We have had too much law and too many norms that didn't permit some classes of Americans access to. . .hmm. . .let's say the White House and many other positions and opportunities.
Communist governments often tell their citizens where and when they can go somewhere.
An American government only soils its own reputation by trying to restrict the travel of US citizens -- in a way not dissimilar than what the Soviets did, or the Chinese government used to do, or even the Cuban government today.
Obama needs to show the "courage of his convictions" and stand up for American democratic values with regard to US citizens. Restricting travel for any US citizens as payoff to a cabal that run a political machine in Miami is a gross violation of the social contract American citizens have with their government.
Even the George W. Bush administration for the first three years of its tenure allowed non-tourist people-to-people travel and exchange. Engagement works and would benefit American interests in the region. From what I can tell, Obama does not even go back to the status quo under the last Bush administration. That's a shame, and it's wrong.
Opening opportunities for "Cuban-Americans" as opposed to other "Americans" is something one can hardly imagine a man like Barack Obama doing.
It's wrong. He should fix this immediately. Or expect a wave of dissent about the racism and discrimination that Obama is apparently upholding in these "relaxation" moves.
-- Steve Clemons publishes the popular political blog, The Washington Note.
Senate Omnibus Debate Targets Cuba
Yesterday in the Senate debate on the Omnibus Appropriations bill Bob Menendez (D, NJ) delivered a long and impassioned speech against Cuba. Any policy change we can imagine had a condition attached which would make it a non-starter in Havana. In the case of even family travel he took a position reflective of his long links to hard liners in Miami.
In exchange for more frequent visits from Cuban-American families who bring money and resources to the island, let us insist that the Cuban regime permit those who want to travel to Cuba and visit human rights activists, democracy activists, independent journalists, and other civil society advocates, be given visas as well.
He threatened that the Cuba language, "put the Omnibus bill in jeopardy".
After he spoke, Senator Reid took the floor, expressing warmly his long association with Menendez:
As the distinguished Senator from New Jersey knows, I have locked arms with Congressman and now Senator from New Jersey for many years. In fact, my votes in years past have not always been in the majority, but they have always been something I felt comfortable doing and still feel comfortable doing.
I appreciate the statement made by my friend from New Jersey. I am committed to work with him to see what we can do to resolve the injustice that is taking place 90 miles off the shore of America and, once and for all, give those people who live in Las Vegas--people do not realize the largest number of Cuban Americans live in Florida, next is New Jersey, and, surprisingly, next is Nevada.
I worked with my friends there, Tony Alamo and many others, over the years to try to bring justice to an unjust system. I appreciate very much the statement made by my friend from New Jersey. I look forward to working with him on all other issues.
Reid did not say he would support Menendez' goal of stripping the Cuba language from the bill. A news story says Bill Nelson, Florida's Democratic Senator, favors inclusion of the Cuba language
Amendments will be accepted for debate, but the Democrats may try to vote down all of them in order to get the bill adopted by Friday and avoid its return to the House.
However, if Menendez and Martinez succeed in blocking the Cuba language with Reid's help, this bodes ill for a stand alone Cuba travel bill. It also could have a negative effect on the Administration's interagency policy review.
[Look here for the Cuba language. See below for my previous posts on the Omnibus bill.]
CUBA: Big Changes in Castro's Guard
Something big is up in Havana. So big that some are saying that Fidel Castro has finally moved on to the next world -- though I don't believe this to be the case.
Others are saying that they saw Fidel out in public today on an odd shuffling, walk about, flanked by well armed security guards -- and a trailing Mercedes.
What has happened is that Raul Castro, now President of Cuba, has sacked his brother's closest followers and advisers in government.
Both Vice President Carlos Lage and Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque have been given pink slips. These were Fidel's most obvious heir apparents and his chief ideological spear carriers in the next generation of Cuban political leadership.
This is one of those historical pivot points in normally opaque (often Communist) regimes that will be remembered for generations.
Raul Castro seems fully in control now -- and he's done with ideology.
Raul not only demands pragmatism from his team, he wants a government that "works" and which can function with greater efficiency than the past. This is particularly the case given the grim reality that the global economic crisis is hitting Cuba hard -- as the price of oil has made Venezuela's patronage less robust and global tourism to and investment in Cuba have both taken significant hits in recent months.
Ideology is on feeble legs throughout Cuba despite Senator Bob Menendez's anachronistic screed on the floor of the Senate this afternoon about Cuba's governing villains. Menendez today seemed to be pining for the enemies of the past, so the warped politics of anti-Cuba, anti-Castro compulsive obsessiveness could live another day.
But Menendez is behind the times and has been complicit in undermining American national interests with Cuba for far too long -- and he and others in Cuba who have strangled opportunity for a new course in US-Cuba relations should pay a political price for for their destructive intransigence. Menendez should go check in with his friends at the formerly right wing Cuban American National Foundation who for the most part think that pols like Menendez, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, the Diaz-Balart brothers in Congress, and their Democratic Party ally Debbie Wassmerman Schulz went way too far in strangling Cuban-American family emergency travel and financial remittances.
We are at one of those significant punctuation points in Cuban history.
We may be at a real moment of opportunity in US-Cuba relations if Obama's team of foreign policy hands can find the guts and smarts to realize that it was wrong during the Bush administration for a Cold War with Cuba to actually get colder over the last ten years -- and to realize that incrementalism only works in times of historical continuity.
As Brent Scowcroft, Zbigniew Brzezinski, James Baker, David Abshire, Paul Volcker, Thomas Pickering, George Soros, Bill Joy, Jeffrey Sachs, Joseph Stiglitz, Francis Fukuyama, and many others have said -- this is a time of significant "historical discontinuity."
Change is needed and is a smarter, better choice than incrementalism and inertia.
Let's not see a Foreign Affairs article written this next year titled "Who Lost Cuba?"
Cuba matters a great deal -- far beyond its 11 million people and beyond even Latin America. Cuba is the ripest fruit for picking on America's tree of foreign policy options.
Change there can happen at extremely low cost to the United States. And America's approach will telegraph much about exactly what kind of America Barack Obama is trying to usher forth in this next phase of restoring U.S. benign moral, economic and political prestige. . .and power.
-- Steve Clemons publishes the popular political blog, The Washington Note
Brookings Offers Obama a Roadmap
"I didn't come here to do the same thing we have been doing or to take small steps forward. I came to provide the sweeping change that this country demanded when it went to the polls in November.â€Â
--President Barack Obama, radio/internet address 2/28/09
"Obama's leadership is needed to change the dynamic between the United States and Cuba. The status quo is no longer an option. Not only has it failed to achieve its goals; it has tarnished our image in the hemisphere and throughout the world. Waiting for Congress to act will only further delay change. Fortunately, even in the case of Cuba, Congress has not materially impaired this country's venerable constitutional arrangement under which the president has the ultimate authority to conduct our foreign affairs.
Again and again we hear that the embargo can't be changed because the Helms-Burton law codified it. Nothing could be further from the truth. Whether you agree or disagree with the current commercial embargo, the president can effectively dismantle it by using his executive authority.â€Â
--Carlos Pascual and Vicki Huddleston, Miami Herald Op Ed
If President Obama brings the same boldness to international problems as he shows domestically (above quote), and if intellectual and policy expertise matters, his Administration's interagency review of US relations with Cuba will be a breakthrough--and receive a warm welcome. (A compilation of studies and statements released in the past year can be found here.)
Last week began with a compelling letter from Senator Richard Lugar and far reaching recommendations from senior Foreign Relations Committee staff member Carl Meacham. (pdf here) It concluded with an eminently practical road map to normalization drawn up by a diverse group under the sponsorship of the Brookings Institution.
The project directors were Carlos Pascual, Vice-President and Director of Foreign Policy Studies at Brookings (a rumored prospect for an important State Department post), and Vicki Huddleston, Visiting Fellow and former head of the US Interests Section in Havana (a member of the State Department transition team). Membership ranged from pro-engagement professors, a scholar at a prominent conservative think tank, and former European ambassadors--to a Cuban American denounced by Havana as a terrorist.
From the preface, which suggests how large a departure this is from the hostile rhetoric and policy of the previous Administration and much of the past five decades:
It should be understood that a policy of critical and constructive engagement -- while having as a goal evolution to a peaceful and democratic Cuba -- does not promise an overnight metamorphosis. It is a process, a pathway with various detours and obstacles that over time arrives at its destination. It will take Cuban cooperation to achieve a real improvement in relations, but we should not publicly link the initiatives to specific actions of the Cuban government.
The road map was divided into short, medium and long-term initiatives. Go on line here to review the whole list because their achievement step by step constitute a practical road map to full normal relations. Following are selected points which I found particularly positive:
ï® Remove all restrictions on family and humanitarian travel to Cuba.
ï® Permit and expand specific licenses for people-to-people travel for educational, cultural and humanitarian purposes -- all travel permitted under law.
ï® Allow all Cubans who meet requirements of U.S. immigration law to travel to the United States.
ï® Provide licensing for providers of U.S. government and private assistance in order to advance the goals of U.S. policy identified in this report.
ï® License Cuban state and non-state entities to access satellite and broadband communications networks.
ï® Review the evidence to determine if Cuba should continue to be listed as a state sponsor of terrorism.
ï® Conduct a review of the purpose, content and implementation capacity of the new contracts awarded to private companies and non-governmental organizations during the last months of the Bush Administration
ï® Encourage and fund a wide variety of educational exchanges and scholarships that promote understanding and provide training in diverse fields such as arts, economics, and journalism.
ï® Allow licenses for U.S. companies to participate in the development of Cuban offshore oil, gas and renewable energy resources.
ï® Work with Congress to restore Executive Branch authority over travel to Cuba.
ï® Reach mutually acceptable solution for restoring Cuban sovereignty over the territory of Guantanamo Bay.
Huddleston told the Miami Herald that the position on travel restrictions reflected differences within the group. Returning travel authority to the executive is a step back from most similar policy documents and pending legislation to end all obstacles to American visits although it could amount to the same thing. Internal differences may also be the reason for the counterproductive stipulation of specific rather than general licenses for people to people travel which requires OFAC bureaucratic vetting and forces trips within groups. There is no direct reference to ending the embargo, but nor is there endorsement of making that step conditional on actions by Cuba. Lifting the embargo could be implied by the final recommendation:
ï® Achieve full diplomatic relations between the United States and Cuba.
The road map contains a welcome dramatic departure from similar reports by calling for the return of the territory of Guantanamo Bay. This might reflect that all Cubans, whether leaders in Havana or alienated exiles, share a view that US control of the base compromises their country's sovereignty, was forced on them as a classic unequal treaty, and is the sole surviving provision of the shameful Platt Amendment.
I don't agree with every recommendation, or with the premise that any country should have a "goal" for another, but the Obama Administration could do far worse than adopt this road map as its own.
Cuba: Low Hanging Fruit for Obama
Ripe mangos in Cuba, by Lergik.
When President Barack Obama looks out the curved windows of the Oval Office and ponders where in the world he can get a decisive foreign policy victory, the landscape is pretty bleak. His special envoys, Richard Holbrooke and George Mitchell have been assigned the most complex negotiations. Chris Hill, fresh off the six party talks over North Korea's nuclear program, is decamping for Baghdad, at last report. Dennis Ross is sitting in the cat bird's seat on Iran policy. Secretary of State Clinton has taken China on.
But none of those problems will yield a major victory anytime soon. That is not acceptable for a new, young president who has to send signals both to the international community and to the folks back home that not only can he deploy diplomats effectively, but that he can close the deal and win a principled victory for America overseas.
Cuba, however, is a different story. This article from Reuters makes the case clearly: the domestic politics and the changes in leadership here and in Havana are all lining up to give Obama the chance to get that win and change the perception of America abroad while ending a dysfunctional era in the politics of a state with 10 percent of the electoral college votes.
Here's a snip:
"Latin Americans would view U.S. engagement with Cuba as a demonstration that the United States understands their perspectives on the history of U.S. policy in the region and no longer insists that all of Latin America must share U.S. hostility to a 50-year-old regime,†the Foreign Relations Committee staff report said. "The resulting improvement to the United States' image in the region would facilitate the advancement of U.S. interests.â€Â
Portraying normal relations with Cuba as something that serves U.S. national interests strengthens the case of a growing number of lawmakers and business groups who think it is time to remove the last vestige of the Cold War in the Western Hemisphere. It would also provide backing for Obama if he were inclined to go beyond his campaign promises on Cuba  easing restrictions on Cuban Americans traveling to Cuba and sending money to relatives there.
In the words of Steve Clemons, a Latin America expert at the New America Foundation, a Washington think tank, Cuba is "the lowest hanging ripe fruit on America's tree of foreign policy options. Change is easy there  and overdue.â€Â
Pork Over Politics: Omnibus moves from House to Senate
The House voted 245-178 on February 25th to pass the Omnibus Appropriations bill.
As summarized by Lesley Clark and Frances Robles in the Miami Herald, it will
* Prevent the U.S. government from spending any of its budget enforcing 2004 rules that keep Cuban-Americans from visiting their homeland more than once every three years.
* Create a general travel license for Americans who sell food and medical supplies to Cuba.
* Let Cuba pay for the American products it buys in cash when they arrive in Havana. Current law forces Cuba to pay upfront before products leave U.S. ports.
* Require the U.S. Treasury Department to issue a report showing how much of its staff and funding is spent on enforcing the ban on travel to Cuba.
Robles today diminished its significance by leading with a more cynical but possibly accurate view that the bill
tweaked U.S.-Cuba policy,making it easier for Cuban Americans to get away with illegally traveling to the communist country
The only Cuba related intervention during the debate came from Miami hard liner Lincoln Diaz-Ballart. However instead of denouncing the travel and agricultural provisions, he just wanted to be sure that $20 million of Cuba "democracy" funding that largely benefits his supporters in Miami was still in the bill. Rep. Nita Lowey, the manager of that part of the legislation, reassured him that his pork was safe.
His Democratic soul mate, Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (photo above), also spoke but her comments were entirely in favor of the bill, skewering its Republican opponents. Not a word did she utter about the dastardly Cuba language .
The bill was debated under a no amendments rule so there was not much they could really do to challenge its content.
The test comes very soon in the Senate where Majority Leader Reid said he wants to complete work on the legislation by the end of next week when stopgap funding runs out. Senators have privileges that could allow travel opponents Martinez and Menendez to hold the bill hostage if the Cuba language stays in.
As reported by Bill Gibson in his Sun-Sentinel weblog
Florida Senator Mel Martinez this afternoon threatened to block a big spending bill that would ease restrictions on Cuban-American travel to visit relatives in Cuba....
Martinez, a Republican, said he would object to consideration of the bill. It's a procedural move that would force the bill's supporters to round up 60 votes to overcome delays that would kill it, a modern form of filibuster.
The bill returns travel for Cuban Americans only to the less restrictive formula of the Clinton Administration, annual visits to a normal definition of family that includes cousins, nieces, nephews, aunts, and uncles. However it does so by blocking enforcement of existing law and regulations rather than by changing them.
An Associated Press story suggests that the travel may need to go through third countries:
Tessie Aral, owner of ABC Charters in Miami, said that because of the way the measure is written, she worries individuals won't be prosecuted for traveling to Cuba, but companies arranging the trips may be targeted.
"This is not what President Obama promised," Aral said. "If it only stops enforcement, I still can't sell you a ticket knowing I'm going to break a law."
The leading voice for the campaign on behalf of family travel in Miami went further in an editorial in Progresso Weekly pressing President Obama to keep the promise of his campaign and the Democratic Party platform for unlimited Cuban American travel and remittances:
in our opinion, the Cuba travel piece should be removed completely from the Omnibus Bill making the rounds in Washington, DC.
Finally, what we would like to stress to the president is that every time a family member dies in Cuba, alone; a son, daughter or nephew sits in the hospital with little hope of seeing a loved one who lives in the U.S.; every minute that passes while family members are kept apart for political reasons, is yet another black mark on one of the most un-American and cruel pieces of legislation passed in this country over the last 20 years.
Methods of agricultural sales also are normalized by dint of preventing expenditure of funds for enforcement of politically motivated obstructions created by the Bush Administration. On the other hand, travel for the purpose of sales of agricultural and medical products received a general license, i.e. no application necessary.
Reuters saw the economic implications this way
The legislation approved by the House does not lift the overall embargo. But it would prohibit the Treasury Department from enforcing Bush administration rules requiring payment of cash in advance for agricultural sales to Cuba.
Analysts believe that U.S. rice sales to Cuba will soar if the provision becomes law. Rice sales declined every year after the cash-in-advance rules were imposed in 2005, because Cuba could turn to Vietnam -- a country with which it has close ties -- for rice on easier terms.
Lawyers will sort out the exact implications. The crucial element is that implementation will be by officials in the Treasury and Commerce Department answering to a different more pro-engagement political drum. Before they expire on September 30th, all provisions will probably be supplanted by more fundamental change available through executive orders and notices in the Federal Register or by new legislation.
The BBC went to the core of the issue:
The measures announced in the US bill represent a first move in broader efforts to ease the US trade embargo and end travel restrictions for all Americans.
However the path is not certain report Clark and Robles:
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Weston, who backs the current restrictions, said she believes the travel measure wouldn't pass on its own, because most Republicans and about 80 Democrats are opposed.
Winning the battle begins in the Obama Administration whose allies and supporters must insist to the White House and to Tom Shannon, Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, that vision and boldness be the product of the interagency review, including general licenses for all non-tourist people to people travel.
The question is still in play, as the Miami Herald also reported today
Cuba watchers say it's unclear whether he will lift restrictions not just for Cuban Americans, but for American academics, church groups and others as well. Key administration posts in charge of such decisions have yet to be filled.
The link changed for Sen. Lugar's excellent letter calling for a new policy and Carl Meacham's far reaching report after the final text was issued, although the PDF appears to be the same version as the draft.
Omnibus Appropriations Bill First Step on Cuba
The House debate on the Omnibus Appropriations bill has begun on C-SPAN.com or TV
(and can be viewed later in its archive).
The bill contains language on Cuba with several positive aspects that was inserted by Representative Serano with the assistance of Representative Castor. It should be considered a significant forward step that shows how the majority can use the rules to its favor and is upsetting to the hard liners in Florida. Passage helps build momentum for stronger action by the Obama administration and Congress.
It will be interesting regarding prospects for legislation to end all travel restrictions to see whether Sen Martinez can use Senate rules to block the bill, Sen. Menendez (pictured above) gets involved and Sen Reid accommodates him. (See Miami Herald story and on line poll here.)
However if the legislation survives intact, it is only a partial victory. The section on Cuban American travel is non-enforcement language. It does not suspend or reverse the law. Oddly travel for agricultural sales receives a general license but not family or other non-tourist travel. OFAC's politically distorted role in the Bush Administration is also a target.
[Text of Cuba language can be seen here.]
Passage will effectively enable at least annual Cuban American travel for the balance of the fiscal year. However, it does not remove from President Obama the responsibility to use his authority to enable general licenses for all twelve categories of non-tourist people to people travel, including Cuban American, educational, religious, humanitarian, cultural, sports and "support for the Cuban people".
The comment page of the Office of Public Liaison can be used to put all non-tourist travel on the agenda of the interagency review of Cuba policy through this link.
The urgency and importance of making your voice heard to President Obama is reflected in a report yesterday from our friend and colleague in Miami Silvia Wilhelm.
Senator Menendez was on Miami TV right now very positive that the only thing the administration is going to allow is a roll back to the Clinton era family travel and that absolutely NOTHING else is going to move and that if it came down to listening to Lugar or him and others in the community, Obama would listen to him and others.


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It is true that developing film in Dektol can lead to very high Contrast Index, for example I show CI over 1.2 in Dektol 1:2 when I once grabbed the wrong bottle. But deliberately developing in Dektol can lead to low CI. In my test I diluted 1:9 to give me a reasonable development time.
PE, a subscriber here, tipped me off that the old "rule of thumb" is to develop for as many minutes as you dilute Dektol. So following this rule of thumb dilution of 1:6 would be for 5 minutes or 1:9 to give 9 minutes developing time.
Here is more information about the test I performed: My test was 35mm Tri-X in Dektol 1:9 at 68-degrees F
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Holiday gift-giving is an opportunity to splurge or be practical. For the food lover on your gift list, there's plenty of opportunity to do both . . . often at the same time.
The best way to make your selections? Put yourself in the shoes of the recipient. One size rarely fits all.
That's what we've done this year with our gift guide.
Following are just a few suggestions from a world of delicious ideas.
1 - For the frugal friend who loves to eat out: CityTins are sets of 20 coasters. But each coaster is actually a coupon, good for $10 off a $25 purchase at any of 20 participating restaurants. Separate sets for Milwaukee and Madison sell for $25 at citytins.com, where you'll find lists of the specific restaurants for both cities.
2 - For the coffee lover with a conscience: A coffee CSA that connects coffee lovers directly with an individual coffee farmer of their choice. The farmer gets 100% of the profits. Prices vary. Available through www.coffeecsa.org.
3 - For the chocoholic: Wisconsin has many artisan chocolatiers who can satisfy practically any craving. Two examples:
Indulgence Chocolatiers in Waukesha offers assortments of handmade truffles and chocolate bars with intriguing flavors. Chocolate bars include milk or dark chocolate sea salt, coconut curry, Mayan spice, cherry almond, cranberry pumpkin seed, citrus ginger, espresso bean and vanilla bean malt. A flight of three bars is $18; a flight of six, $32. Available at www.indulgencechocolatiers.com. Individual bars also are sold at many area retail stores.
Kohler Original Recipe Chocolates offers a special seasonal Caramel Trio, available only through the end of the year. The uniquely flavored caramels in chocolate shells are available in a six-piece box ($11.95) or individually ($2.25 each). Flavors include Rosemary Caramel, Salted Vanilla Bean Caramel and Pumpkin Spice Caramel at www.kohlerchocolates.com.
4 - For the baker who has everything: Zenker Ring Mold Creations make possible an elegant, professional presentation of miniature cylindrical desserts, quiches, appetizers and single-serve side dishes. Use to bake, chill or freeze 12 individual portions. $36.89 at Amazon.com
5 - For the latte-cappuccino enthusiast: The Capresso froth PRO creates frothy hot chocolate, frothy milk for a cappuccino and steamed milk for a latte with the touch of a button. Three temperature settings. $59.99 at Sur La Table and Amazon.com.
6 - For the cupcake lover: The Chicago Metallic Cupcake Surprise Pan. Place your favorite filling (sweet or savory) on the center spike (a peanut butter cup or maraschino cherry, perhaps, or a cube of cheese). Then fill each compartment with batter for a treat with a hidden burst of flavor. Nonstick finish, rolled edges and aluminized steel. $19.95 at Sur La Table or surlatable.com and other sites.
7 - For the pint-size foodie: The Leafy Keen Salad Set. It's a plastic salad play set, complete with a bowl and plastic lettuce, sliced carrots, bell peppers, cucumbers and onions. A great way to encourage healthy eating from an early age. It's $24.95 at The Land of Nod, landofnod.com or (800) 933-9904.
8 - For the health-conscious locavore: Teraswhey from Reedsburg. It's a gluten-free, MSG-free source of protein flavored with high-antioxidant superfruits, fair-trade chocolate or natural vanilla. Mix with water or milk for a high-protein shake.
Teraswhey manufactures organic 80% whey protein concentrates using whey from local artisan cheesemakers and family farms. Choose from organic cow, goat or rBGH-free cow options. Starter kits, $33.95 at teraswhey.com or (888) 292-7408.
9 - For the cheese lover: And who in Wisconsin is not one? Plymouth cheesemaker Sartori Co. offers a wooden crate gift box this holiday season featuring 4-ounce wedges of each of its five cheeses in the Bellavitano line for $65.99 (including two-day air shipment) through its website, sartorifoods.com.
The flavor profile begins like a premium Parmesan and finishes with hints of melted butter. The five flavor rubs are: balsamic (vinegar), black pepper, espresso, merlot and raspberry.
Or give a hunk of a limited-edition cheese, such as the cognac Bellavitano cheese ($49.95 a pound) from the West Allis Cheese & Sausage Shop (three locations; (414) 289-8333), a 12-month-aged cheese soaked in Remy Martin cognac for "seven to 10 intoxicating days," or the Rush Creek Reserve ($24 a pound) from Uplands Cheese Co. in Dodgeville.
10 - For the truly altruistic: Donate to a shelter or community organization that helps those less fortunate in the person's name. Heifer International is among the world organizations that promote helping children and families become self-reliant through gifts such as a sheep ($20 a share), a goat ($10 a share), a flock of chicks ($20) or a pig (a share is $10) available at www.heifer.org. Or consider a gift of emergency food, a community garden or clean water to help refugees through the International Rescue Committee, gifts.rescue.org.


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Buisness leaders discuss the future of downtown Tampa
Roberto Roldan
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A group of business leaders in Tampa are envisioning downtownâs future. The Tampa Downtown Partnership looked at development plans over the next ten years during their 27th Annual Meeting and Luncheon Thursday afternoon at the Tampa Convention Center.
Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn has been a champion for revitalizing the downtown business district.
âWe have done more in the last two years than has been done in the last decade. Think about what has been accomplished in the last two years. That Riverwalk that we broke ground on last week to where we are today â two years from now, a year and a half from now thereâll be two miles of uninterrupted stretch, anchored on one end by Richard Gonzmartâs restaurant in Water Works. Where a new federal courthouse in the next 18 months will be turned into a boutique hotel. Where just two days ago we broke ground at the Aloft Hotel on the corner of Kennedy and Ashley. Where you look at three towers that have been announced. Iâm here to tell you, for the hand-ringers and the naysayers, density in downtown is a good thing and donât let anybody tell you itâs not.â
The theme this year was âDowntown Fast Forward: A look at the last ten years and the future.â The cornerstone of the luncheon was the four person panel discussion made up of young business professionals who live and work in Downtown Tampa. Brian Seel, a Senior Project Engineer with the Beck Group, said he wants to see more economic development.
âSome things that I want to see happen in the next ten years: I donât want to see another surface parking lot in Downtown Tampa, I want them to be developed into at least mid-rise to high-rise, mixed-use buildings. I want to see some form of mass transportation take effect at least between TIA and downtown. Iâm not going to say what form that needs to take, but there needs to be some form of mass transportation between there. And I want to see a greater diversity of economic support in downtown. We need to be the strongest center of economic and creative activity.â
Senior Urban Designer Erin Chantry with Tindale-Oliver & Associates, said she believes the key to developing downtown lies in the uniqueness of Tampaâs Ybor District.
âThe best thing, in my opinion, that Tampa has and the greater downtown area has is Ybor city. Ybor City represents that strong heritage and that culture that Shaun [Drinkard] fell in love with, that I fell in love with, that a lot of people have fallen in love with. The Cuban history and culture is something that is unique to us and thatâs what we need to build on.â
The panel also discussed obstacles. Panel member Brandon Hicks, an architect with Twelfth Street Studio and teaches architecture at USF, said he thinks the biggest hurdle is attracting and keeping young people in Tampa.
âThe challenges for me is, what I see yearly is, talent, talent, talent. About number one, how you develop talent, which we have figured out. We have incredible Universities and incredible programs. The second part is about keeping that talent here, which is a struggle and something weâre all trying to help with. The third part is encouraging that talent and promoting that talent.â
The Tampa Downtown Partnership is made up of over 40 member businesses who operate in the downtown area. The partnership is aiming to improve the collective downtown community by working with the private and public sectors.comments powered by Disqus


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One PacificCoast Bancorp completed its $8.75 million purchase of Portland-based Albina Community Bank's stock.
We live in a world of unprecedented prosperity and are much better off then our parents and grandparents were. Regardless of the progress, the recent recession and sluggish recovery has turned attention to the growing gap between rich and poor.
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Capcom Fighting Evolution
Quote List by Basel
Updated: 02/09/05 | Printable Version
------------------------- Capcom Fighting Evolution ------------------------- ------------ A Must Read: ------------ This F.A.Q. is for the quotes to each character. So if anybody have anything to add, please do so. Otherwise... do not bother. For those who are wondering, the list goes from favorite game to the least one... that goes to the characters in each game as well. Complete F.A.Q.! ======================================================= First: Red Earth ======================================================= ---- Leo: ---- 1)Thou hast witnessed the power of Leo! - 2)On my honor, I swear that my kingdom shall rise again. - 3)Be the enemy hundreds or thousands, my sword shall strike them all down. - 4)Thou art no match for my divine power. - 5)My sword has no equal. - 6)Nobility sees with unclouded eyes. - 7)My strength comes from courage and justice. - 8)Gods, I beseech thee. Guide me on my path to ultimate glory. ------- Hauzer: ------- 1)Grr... how foolish to have challenged me! Go now and wallow in your regret. Grr... - 2)Grr... I feel nothing but... grr... emptiness... grr. - 3)Grr... still want to fight? Grr... don't you value your own life? - 4)Bear witness to... my awesome... power. - 5)Grr... you cannot touch he who... grrr... soars across the heavens. Grr... - 6)Grr... give up now... grr... you stand no chance against a God... grr... - 7)Grr... you still have time... grr... to admit your foolishness and apologize... grr... - 8)Grr... can't you hear it? Grr... the cries of the earth... grr... ------ Kenji: ------ 1)Fate is on my side in the fight against evil. - 2)You do not have the spirit of a warrior. - 3)My sword cuts through darkness and pierces the veil of magic. - 4)Live by the shadow... die by the shadow. - 5)May the wrath of heavens rain down upon you. - 6)You lost long before you stepped into the ring. - 7)I dedicate this victory to my Shogun. - 8)You must learn self control if you ever hope to win. ------- Hydron: ------- 1)Y-y-you look surprised to have lost. D-d-don't you realize how powerful I am? - 2)I-I-I told you! Nothing in this world can touch the likes of me. - 3)W-w-we both knew I'd win from the s-s-start! - 4)I-I-I suppose it's best that you give up now, while you can s-s-still walk away. - 5)L-l-look at you! You're a p-p-pitiful wretch! - 6)P-p-puny humans aren't even worth wasting my p-p-power on! - 7)I-i-is that all the regret you can m-m-muster? - 8)M-m-my powers are a waste on someone as puny and w-w-weak as you! ======================================================= Second: Darkstalkers ======================================================= -------- Felicia: -------- 1)Time for a catnap! Not that you tuckered me out or anything. - 2)Are you OK? You barely moved during the fight... - 3)Throw me that ball of yarn! What? You mean you aren't gonna play with me? - 4)Dance! C'mon! Move your feet! - 5)You don't look so good. Maybe you should go home and get some rest. - 6)I don't care how seriuosly you take fighting... you've gotta smile! - 7)I like it when my opponents smile, but I could tell you were faking yours. - 8)What a relief! Winning is so much fun! ------ Jedah: ------ 1)Death is the only constant is this universe. - 2)Look within yourself for the reasons behind your defeat. - 3)Whining is a waste of time. And time is a precious commodity to mortals. - 4)I embrace that which negates existence. - 5)The passage of time provides no solace to the loser. - 6)Don't be so quick to deem yourself the winner because merely you're still alive. - 7)Forget all that you know is true, for my new world is about to be born. - 8)feeling regretful? I'm afraid I have no idea how that emotion feel. -------- Demitri: -------- 1)You've bored me. Let's call it a night. I have no more time to waste with you. - 2)Now, that's what I call a fight! Don't you agree? - 3)Perhaps you'd make a good side dish, but you're far from entree material. - 4)I can turn you into a pile of dust with a snap of my fingers. - 5)The moon is beautiful in this evening, no? Perfect for a little feast. - 6)I can smell your blood. Why don't I move closer so that I can get a little whiff? - 7)You have far too much pride for one so weak. - 8)You're getting in the way of the feast I had planned for this evening. Begone! --------- Anakaris: --------- 1)Those who honor life need not fear the specter of death. - 2)Let's worship the power of the Gods. They alone have brought me victory. - 3)The world is a strange place. One never knows what will happen next! - 4)Listen to my words not with your ears, but with your body and soul. - 5)Going against that which has been prophesized often bears fruit. - 6)Every descent of this into realm brings with it victory after victory. - 7)I need not worry, for my spirit is eternal. - 8)I sense 5 dimensions distorting and overlapping as we speak. ======================================================= Third: Street Fighter 2 ======================================================= ------ Guile: ------ 1)If you don't keep your eyes on the prize, you'll never win. - 2)Fighting is gambling with your life. Go home now if you can't take that risk. - 3)No one is invincible. - 4)Don't expect any mercy from me. - 5)Giving up already? It's just as well, you have no chance at winning anyway. - 6)Give it up. You're not good enough to compete at this level. - 7)make no mistake. I'm always the last one standing. - 8)I can't remember the last time a victory made me feel so good! ---- Ryu: ---- 1)No match for my special moves, huh? Better luck next time? - 2)You got one good blow in, but it will take more than that to knock me out. - 3)This isn't the end. I'm certain we'll cross paths again. - 4)My quest continues... I must find a worthy opponent. - 5)I must continue to hone my skills. - 6)Come back for a rematch anytime. I will neither run nor hide from a challenge. - 7)I'm neither superhuman nor invincible. But I can handle the likes of you. - 8)But, what lies beyond this victory? --------- M. Bison: --------- 1)Fighting you has brought me pleasure. As your reward, I'll let you live. - 2)You are mistaken. I'm no demon. My power has evolved beyond that level. - 3)The despair you feel now is the very source of my Psycho Power. - 4)You can't avoid your fate. It is better to embrace hopelessness than to fight. - 5)Go ahead. Beg for your life. Perhaps I will take pity on you. - 6)My power will replace all that is good with fear and hopelessness. - 7)Ready to surrender? Pledge your allegiance to me or meet your destruction. - 8)The great darkness is approaching. Surely even you can sense it. -------- Zangief: -------- 1)You gave it your all, but you will have to work 100 times harder to touch me. - 2)You can't beat me with such puny moves! - 3)Why do you hold back? Come at me with all your strength. - 4)Might makes right! And no one is mightier than the Red Cyclone. - 5)Not bad, surely you could have beaten a lesser opponent. - 6)Well? Are you blown away by my perfect physique? - 7)ha ha ha! It is because you cling to imperialism that you lose! - 8)Quake before my magnificent power. My muscles will bring about revolution. ======================================================= Fourth: Street Fighter 3: Third Strike ======================================================= -------- Chun-Li: -------- 1)Do you always fight with your eyes closed? Even a child could beat you. - 2)Was that really the best you could do? How did you get into this tournament? - 3)Ready to apologize? Don't worry, I don't hold grudges. - 4)Sometimes, the best offense is a good defense. - 5)I thought you might prove a challenge, but you turned out to be like the rest. - 6)Continuously finding inner peace when I go astray is the key to my strength. - 7)Winning is the easy part. It's not losing that proves a challenge. - 8)Looks like you've reached your limit. Your desperation is pitiful. ---- Yun: ---- 1)Just looking at that pitiful expression on your face has me feelin' down. - 2)Don't blame bad luck or fate. You lost because you suck. - 3)You're useless! Just shut up and go home! - 4)Don't forget what's left of your dignity when you leave. - 5)You're not really cut out for fighting. - 6)I tired myself out just from trying to slow down to match your pace. - 7)Was that the best you could do? I'd laugh if it weren't so pitiful. - 8)I knew the moment the fight started that you weren't good enough to fight. ----- Alex: ----- 1)Can't beat me! Any pain you can dish out is nothing compared to a broken heart. - 2)Not bad! But you'll have to hit me harder than that. - 3)If you hope to beat me, you'll need to use your brains as well as brawn. - 4)I'm not interested in winning unless I look good doing it. - 5)If we meet again, I'll wipe that look off your face permanently. - 6)Are you finished, or you wanna get knocked out again? - 7)Keep fighting like that and you won't be in this business long! - 8)If you enjoy getting knocked out, go ahead and get back up. ------ Urien: ------ 1)I don't need your allegiance. Your worship is enough. - 2)I will not deviate from my plan of destroying this wretched planet. - 3)Bow down in fear and wonderment at your new lord and master. - 4)All who doubt my power will meet their doom by my hands. - 5)Knowledge has made me invincible and granted me eternal life. I rule all. - 6)Forget all you know of history! From this day forth, a new god is born. - 7)This whole world was a mistake from the beginning. - 8)Let there be light! Light for me alone. ======================================================= Fifth: Street Fighter: Alpha ======================================================= ------ Karin: ------ 1)That was even easier than I thought! Is that really all you've got? - 2)I can't get too excited about such an easy victory. - 3)For all your bragging, you sure turned out to be a pushover. - 4)There's more to fighting than strength. You can't win until you figure that out. - 5)Meybe if you'd have kept your eyes off my body for a second, you'd have won. - 6)I've had enough of third-rate fighters like you. - 7)Don't bother trying to explain. There is no excuse for such a disgraceful loss. - 8)That has to be the dullest, most boring fight I have ever been in... ----- Rose: ----- 1)If you don't have inner peace, you leave your soul open to evil spirits. - 2)I sense a strong presence. The balance of good and evil is at risk. - 3)Do not grieve over your defeat. It will help you to improve. - 4)We cannot reverse the flow of destiny. We can only divert it. - 5)We inheritors of Soul Power must never accept defeat! - 6)Don't avert your gaze. Losing can teach you great lessons. - 7)My winning was preordained, your sloppy fighting merely sped up the process. - 8)Stains from an unclean soul eventually seep through to the surface. ---- Guy: ---- 1)Now you understand the gap between your power and mine... - 2)With that, I bid you farewell. - 3)Devotion to training is key. - 4)The ninja is most at home on the battlefield. - 5)Like the transient wind... I blow through ranks of foes and disappear. - 6)Do not confuse a heart of stone with indifference. - 7)Realize that you are but a grain of sand on the beach called the universe. - 8)This is the power of Bushinryuu. ------- Sakura: ------- 2)I guess I don't know my own strength. - 3)Oh no! I forgot to try out that new combo I was practicing yesterday. - 4)I can't allow myself to lose! I have my reasons... - 5)I'm learning a lot of new skills today. And I'm just getting started... - 6)That was fun! Let's do this again sometime! - 7)What's that? A rematch? You've got it! See you next time. - 8)C'mon! Get back up! This is too fun to give up soon. ======================================================= Sixth: Capcom Fighting All-Stars (cancelled project) ======================================================= ------- Ingrid: ------- 1)I feel really tired. No... I can't give into the temptation of sleep. - 2)What were you doing? It was supposed to be a fight, but all I felt was tickling. - 3)It makes me really sad to see someone so pitiful. - 4)Ah, the bitter taste of victory. - 5)Good job! I needed some practice in holding back my strength anyway. - 6)Oh... my head hurts... - 7)Ha, ha, ha! So, is this what it feels like to have giggles? - 8)Everything in moderation, right? I'll leave you be instead of finishing you. ======================================================= Seventh: Bosses of Capcom Fighting Evolution ======================================================= -------------------------- Pyron - From Darkstalkers: (sub-boss) -------------------------- 1)I like an opponent with ambition. It keeps me on my toes. - 2)I make up the rules in this place. No exceptions. - 3)Let's sing a song of praise to the sublime stars. - 4)How do you my place? Don't mind me, tear up the joint if you'd like. - 5)Let's do this again some time... if you're still alive. - 6)To a deity like me, the whole fight was over in the blink of an eye. - 7)Without fights like this, eternal life can get pretty boring. - 8)I've spent eons attaining my collection. Take time to admire the variety. ----------------------------------------------- Shin Akuma - From Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo: (final/secret boss) ----------------------------------------------- 1)My rage burns like a flame! - 2)You cannot grasp the depths of my power. - 3)Only through sacrifice can you attain power! - 4)My power is eternal. - 5)You lack concentration. - 6)The stronger mind will always prevail! - 7)Knowledge is power! - 8)True strength can be attained by only those with a heart of stone. ======================================================= ----------------- Best Quote Award: ----------------- Yun gets the award easily for his quote: "Don't blame bad luck or fate. You lost because you suck." I think most of the people know why I chose this one over the others. Well, because I have been in the Arcades for a very long time and the "bad luck & fate" sentence is something that you always hear there. ^_^ As Rose said in one of her quotes: "Do not grieve over your defeat. It will help you to improve." What say you? ^_^ ======================================================= ---------- Last Word: ---------- Give the game a chance and find some friends to play the game with. You will have lots of fun and it will get intense. It did with me to the point I remembered the good old days where intesity was all over a fine game called... Samurai Spirits 2. Thanks to Capcom for the balance even if its early to tell (something very rare these days), gameplay, fun factor and old school themes, especially Leo's (brings a tear to the good memories). Remember, treat people the way you want to be treated. There you have it. If anything is wrong, tell me. Respect the hard work, please. Thank you for your time! --------------- Special Thanks: --------------- 1)To Capcom for this nice game. 2)To Gamefaqs. 3)To all my friends for the encouragement. ======================================================= Capcom Fighting Evolution is Copyright Capcom Crop. This document Copyright 2003 Basel Al-Shehab If you need to contact me to add or ask me about anything, E-Mail me at firstname.lastname@example.com or firstname.lastname@example.com Credits for GameFAQs and Capcom Crop.


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Duke vs. NC State Picks
- Updated: January 12, 2013
College Basketball Picks
Duke Blue Devils
NC State Wolfpack
Date/Time: January 12th, 12:00 pm ET
Television: ESPN
College Basketball Odds from BetDSI
Point Spread: Duke -3
Total: 149
Basketball Betting Game Trends
Duke Blue Devils
- Duke is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games on the road
- The total has gone OVER in 5 of Duke's last 5 games when playing on the road against North Carolina St
- Duke is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against North Carolina St
- The total has gone OVER in 4 of Duke's last 5 games on the road
NC State Wolfpack
- North Carolina State is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Duke
- The total has gone OVER in 11 of North Carolina State's last 13 games when playing Duke
- North Carolina State is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games when playing Duke
- North Carolina State is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
- North Carolina State is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
- The total has gone OVER in 5 of North Carolina State's last 5 games when playing at home against Duke
NCAA Basketball Pick – January 12th
A pair of high flying teams from the ACC are going to meet on Saturday afternoon in NCAA basketball betting action, as the Duke Blue Devils pay a visit to the NC State Wolfpack.
The Blue Devils still haven't been beaten this year, and they have seemingly played better away from Cameron Indoor Stadium than in it. In fact, the team is 6-0 ATS in neutral site games this year, though this is the very first game that is a legitimate road game. The Dookies have been all over the place offensively, scoring 68, 80, and 67 in their last three games. With F Ryan Kelly out of the fold injured, there are really just four scoring options left on this team. F Mason Plumlee, G Seth Curry G Quinn Cook, and G Rasheed Sulaimon are the only men on this team that are healthy and are averaging more than just 3.8 points per game. It's going to be tough to have really just one big time big man, and Plumlee is going to have to be tremendous to win this game on the road. The good news is that he is averaging 17.7 points and 11.4 boards per game, but the bad news is that he is the only big time rebounder left in the fold.
The opportunity is there for the Wolfpack to do themselves some major favors when it comes to the NCAA Tournament. Many think that this team has the ability to play in the Final Four this year, and with the talent that NC State is bringing to the table, it's no wonder why many think that. Granted, this is only a team that goes six players deep, but all six players are averaging at least 10.0 points per game. There are no medical problems to worry about, and the good news with Kelly out, is that the big men like F CJ Leslie, F Richard Howell, and F TJ Warren can roam free in the paint and get things done on the glass. The bad news is if this one is lost, at home, with one of Duke's best players not playing, it's tough to see how this team is going to be able to beat some of the best in the land in the biggest spots that all of sports have to offer.
For as much as we would like to back the Pack, we just can't do it right now. We need to see NC State beat someone first of note before wanting to only take 3.5 points against the No. 1 team in the country, even in this situation. That being said, we're not really ready to back Duke without Kelly for the first time on the road either. Go with the 'under' in this one, knowing that offense could be problematic, relatively speaking, for both of these teams. NC State 71 – Duke 70
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