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IRVINE and MILPITAS, Calif., Sept. 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Western Digital ® Corp. (NASDAQ: WDC) and Virident Systems, Inc. announced today that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Virident, a provider of server-side flash storage solutions, will be acquired by HGST, a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Digital. Virident will be acquired for approximately $685 million in cash. This represents approximately $645 million in enterprise value, net of Virident's estimated cash balance at closing. Virident is a technology leader in one of the fastest growing segments in enterprise and cloud computing. Virident solutions enable enterprises to tackle performance-intensive datacenter applications with PCIe-based enterprise flash storage solutions for virtualization, database, cloud computing, and webscale applications. Virident's FlashMAX™ II can be installed in any server and provides the highest capacity in a single low-profile card, enabling organizations to maximize the use of valuable datacenter space, reduce datacenter sprawl and provide uncompromising performance. In addition, the company's FlashMAX Connect™ is the industry's first software suite to deliver a shared server-side flash storage tier with enterprise-class reliability.The pending acquisition extends HGST's presence in enterprise SSDs, which IDC predicts will grow from $2.5B in revenue in 2012 to $7B in revenue by 2017 1. The acquisition further enhances the value of HGST solutions through Virident's intelligent storage software. The integration with HGST will enable Virident to accelerate its go-to-market efforts by leveraging HGST's strong brand, extensive channel relationships, and global customer reach. Virident CEO Mike Gustafson will upon closing join HGST as a senior vice president leading the Virident team. Mr. Gustafson, who has more than 20 years of experience in the storage, server, networking systems and IT industries, will report to HGST President Mike Cordano. "We have established a competitive position in the enterprise SSD space and with our recently announced acquisitions we are increasing our commitment to become an even more significant player in this high growth segment," said Steve Milligan, president and chief executive officer, Western Digital. "Virident has a proven leadership team and a culture of innovation. Its combination of great people, leading products and advanced technology will enhance our increasingly strategic position in enterprise storage." "The Virident acquisition is a continuation of HGST's strategy to address customers' rapidly changing storage needs by delivering intelligent storage devices that tightly integrate hardware and software to maximize solution performance," said Cordano. "Virident's server-side flash storage helps datacenter customers solve their most significant data infrastructure challenges, including application performance across diverse workloads, power efficiency, and total cost of ownership. We welcome the Virident team to HGST and look forward to further accelerating their momentum."
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Puget Sound Energy ratepayers should expect a 13.2 percent increase in their monthly electricity bills triggered by a federal court ruling earlier this month.
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Dr Harry Hagopian is a London-based international lawyer, political adviser and ecumenical consultant on the MENA region. He is also a second-track negotiator and works closely with European institutions.
Who would have thought it? Well, many people did in fact. The world - and largely our Western world - was so engrossed in the black and white discussions of the MENA region where we often see-saw in our viewpoints on the good, the bad and the ugly according to the latest development or theory, that we had conveniently overlooked the most glaring fact of all. Politics often finds its highest resolution in the grey areas rather than in certainties or abstracts. And that grey area is also where the humanitarian disasters breed often.
The ISIL factor - since we have sidestepped al-Qaeda with its ignominious excesses - is not something that was created in Tal Afar, Mosul or even at Fallujah and Ramadi. The ISIL
Who would have thought it? Well, many people did in fact. The world - and largely our Western world - was so engrossed in the black and white discussions of the MENA region where we often see-saw in our viewpoints on the good, the bad and the ugly according to the latest development or theory, that we had conveniently overlooked the most glaring fact of all. Politics often finds its highest resolution in the grey areas rather than in certainties or abstracts. And that grey area is also where the humanitarian disasters often breed.
The ISIL factor - since we have sidestepped al-Qaeda with its ignominious excesses - is not something that was created in Tal Afar, Mosul or even at Fallujah and Ramadi. The ISIL factor had been growing ever since 2011 when US forces drew down almost entirely from Iraq.
But let me go back in the annals of history. There is no doubt in my mind that the dismemberment of the Ottoman Empire and the subsequent colonial rule in Iraq played their roles in keeping the citizens of the Tigris and Euphrates subject to the whims of their rulers and by proxy to that of their foreign puppet masters.
It is also quite true that Operation Freedom 2003 and the brutal let alone ill-advised debaathification (de-institutionalisation) of Iraq played its part in rendering the situation more perilous. Add the fact that the US pullout in 2011 and the heavy-handed policies of the Nouri al-Maliki government became recruiting sergeants for ISIL.
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However, in my opinion, based as much on my own familiarity with the country as on the opinion of regional analysts, there are two key reasons why ISIL has become the new manifestation of a problem infesting many of those MENA societies that are ruled pitilessly top-down.
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The first one is the rampant sectarianism exercised by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. True, the Shia majority in Iraq had a truly awful time of it with Saddam Hussein but it is inadmissible to turn the tables on the Sunnis so much so that they feel like pariahs in their own country.
As a large community that has suffered discrimination and segregation, the Shia must not act in the same manner. Yet, this is what the current prime minister has done, and in this he has enjoyed a pat on the back from Iran that is trying to consolidate its own geopolitical hold on the whole country.
An equally bad reality in Iraq - as much as in the broader MENA region - is the miserable failure of healthy economic and social benchmarks despite one of the largest oil reserves in the world. Many Iraqis are still poor and such penury, when wedded to rampant corruption, produces anger, divisions and ultimately insurrections. The enemy of my enemy quite easily becomes my friend.
When one places all these factors affecting Iraq into the MENA socio-political and ethno-religious crucibles, and when one also takes into consideration that neighbouring countries such as Syria, Libya, Egypt and even Yemen are also suffering from not-too-dissimilar problems, it becomes evident that closing one's eyes to reality is as helpful as an ostrich hiding its head in the sand. But at least with ostriches, this is instinctive, whereas with us it is much more purposeful.
So who suffers most as a consequence of the abysmal meltdown of many state institutions, the dearth of an inclusive vision and the terrorism unleashed by radical bigots?
The majority of ordinary men, women and children of course who end up turning into refugees in their hundreds of thousands and who become prey to the vultures of society out for a quick profit - or worse.
If Iraq wishes to disengage itself from the spiral of tit-for-tat violence that is beginning to bleed it dry again, as it did few short years ago, the politicians should ensure that there is national cohesion in the country.
But this cannot happen if all the different communities are not dealt with equably, fairly and inclusively. Only then would it be possible to talk of an Iraq of Shia and Sunnis reaching out in partnership to the Kurds or to other numerically "minority" communities.
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Otherwise, what we witnessed in Mosul and elsewhere will be no more than the continuation of waves of violence that could increase inexorably and engulf willy-nilly other parts of the country. Just like cancer metastasises, so does violence, and neither the south nor the north of Iraq would be impervious to a proliferation of radicalism, suppression, sectarianism and homicidal violence.
We will then surely witness a dislocated map of Iraq that is in three shades - with the middle part of the country in endemic instability and spawning terrorism, self-murder and more instability.
But such a scenario for Iraq will also be the fate of Syria and of other MENA countries teetering on the verge of uncertain and compass-unfriendly collapse. No ruler who dares call himself (and alas it is always a testosterone-driven male in the seat) a patriot should be allowed to cause such mayhem and get away without proper judicial accountability.
Mind you, we in Europe also carry our fair share of burden and guilt about the excesses we committed in centuries past - through our rich history of colonialism, violence, awkward injustice or religious intolerance. Therefore, it is not that I have any right to preach at others. Rather, I would argue that two wrongs do not necessarily make one right. Iraqis and the whole MENA region deserve better - freedom from enslavement to political thugs and religious extremists alike.
And let me be self-interested - and candid - enough. We in Europe have laboured so hard within our own EU-friendly institutions to develop painstakingly an imperfect culture of peace in our post-WWII continent. So we do not really need the additional backlash of such radicalism and violence impacting our shores. After all, do we not have enough headaches of our own already?
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Kipjang's husband is a teacher in a private school, and his earning is insufficient to manage the family's expenses. The income that her husband generates is mainly used for their kids' education. The rest of the expenses are borne by Kipjang, who raises cattle and weaves to supplement the family income.
Kipjang is raising cattle at her home, and she has one female cow with a calf at present. The cow and the calf are usually reared at the nearby fields for fresh grass to eat. The milk produced is sold every day to the neighbours, as the milk quantity is enough to sell. The income generated is usually used for daily expenses, which is why there are times when they don't have enough cash to purchase feed for the cattle.
Besides raising cattle, Kipjang also weaves to make more income for the family. She usually purchases yarn and thread from the city market and weaves with them. Her woven finished products are women's wrap-around skirts, men's traditional shawls, and women's traditional shawls. The demands for woven products are high, as they are the main attire for the women in their tradition. Kipjang could not meet the demands of her customers. The unavailability of looms paralyzes her to produce more woven products, as she weaves with the traditional back-strap. She hardly manages three or four at the maximum in a month.
She wants a loan from Kiva and WSDS to purchase nutritional feed for the cattle and more yarn for weaving purposes. The nutritional feed is necessary, as the cow is also used in place of a machine for ploughing purposes, and the milk production needs to be adequate in quantity. She also wanted to purchase various yarn for weaving purposes to weave better and expensive woven products. That way, she will generate a better means of income and repay the loan amount in time.
She thanked Kiva and WSDS for the wonderful deeds and says she is delighted to work with them.
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This loan is part of WSDS's effort to reach some of the most underserved parts of India's troubled northeast region, where there is very poor penetration of both formal and informal financial services. By supporting this loan, you are enabling access to finance for women living in some of India's most remote areas.
Important note about this loanDue to Indian government regulations, if you fund this loan, you will not be repaid for at least 3 years. This borrower will likely repay your loan much sooner than that, in which case, the Field Partner may re-loan your funds to help other local borrowers. We want you to be aware of this minimum 3-year waiting period and the associated risks before making a loan to Indian borrowers on Kiva. Learn More >
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WSDS-Initiate is an inclusive nonprofit that works with women across all tribes and minority communities in Manipur, located in the remote northeast region of India. Most organizations concentrate their work in the plains region of Manipur, but WSDS is among the very few organizations serving women in the isolated hills. Political unrest and frequent economic blockades in the area make it very difficult to provide services, resulting in Manipur having the lowest penetration of financial services in the country.
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Kiva's Field Partners typically feature one borrower from a group. The loan description, sector, and other attributes for a group loan profile are determined by the featured borrower's loan. The other members of the group are not required to use their loans for the same purpose.
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The group has an excellent payment history and the members treat one another very well. Thanks to their work as a solidarity group, the members have been able to increase their incomes. To this day, they continue to work with the program.
This loan will be used to buy merchandise for a food pantry such as rice, sugar, noodles, dairy products, baked goods, tea, and other items. Sra. Marciana has a small food store that provides for the daily needs of her family. She wants to give her children a better quality of life and provide for their general well-being.
All of the group members actively participate in the weekly meetings and work together harmoniously.
El grupo tiene un excelente comportamiento de pago, y el trato entre ellas es memorable, gracias a esto y a su trabajo solidario siguen adelante incrementando sus ingresos y trabajando con el programa hasta estos días.
El crédito será destinado a la compra de mercaderías para la despensa y el almacén (arroz, azúcar, fideos, lácteos, panificados, yerba, etc.), especialmente la sra. Marciana, quien posee su pequeña tienda de comestibles para el sustento diario de su familia. Ella desea mucho poder darle a sus hijos una mejor calidad de vida y bienestar general.
Todas las miembros del grupo participan activamente en las reuniones semanales y tienen un trabajo solidario impecable.
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About Fundación ParaguayaFundación Paraguaya is a financially self-sustaining social enterprise that promotes entrepreneurship in urban and rural areas through microfinance, education programs, and more. Its focus on agriculture has helped many farmers boost their crop yields. And a number of other borrowers have taken out loans to start and grow social businesses that have helped deliver eyeglasses, medicines and other helpful services in their local communities.
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Kiva's Field Partners typically feature one borrower from a group. The loan description, sector, and other attributes for a group loan profile are determined by the featured borrower's loan. The other members of the group are not required to use their loans for the same purpose.
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My REVERB: Ivan & Alyosha's Pretty Tunes, Sparrow-Bot's Vagina Song, Mike Seely's Faith Hill Cover, and The Young Evils' Smiley Set"/>
Laura Musselman The wicked Young Evils
4:00pm, Tractor Tavern: I introduce and watch Ivan & Alyosha's set. Impressively, for this early of an hour, the Tractor fills up, and it turns out to be a great way to kick off REVERB Fest. I&A's fluent folk-pop is easy on the ears; last night the duo played with three backing musicians -- a bassist, an extra guitarist, and a drummer. Initially the lineup disappointed me -- I usually prefer to see only the original players in a band -- but the full band only rounded out Ivan & Alyosha's beautifully melodic sound. And, as Paige pointed out earlier today, "Easy to Love" is a damn near perfect pop song.
Laura Musselman The wicked Young Evils
5:45pm, Hattie's Hat: I'm squished into the back hallway of Hattie's selling wristbands. It's packed and sweaty. I pass the time riffing with the comedian Anthony C., who's serving as emcee for the Hattie's stage; we create fake slogans for Pop Chips, one of REVERB Fest's many sponsors. Some samples:
Also while working the door at Hattie's, I get to watch the lo-fi acoustic stylings of Lincoln Barr of Red Jacket Mine -- sweet and crooning songs of the type young ladies swoon for, including one completely wasted dancing girl in the audience who was celebrating her 21st birthday -- and Sparrow-Bot, the nom de plume of Sydney McClune, who played the guitar, ukelele, and music box, and sang a pleasant song about her vagina.
9:00pm, Ballard Loft: It's karaoke time at the Loft. SW Managing Editor Mike Seely -- aka Mugsy -- performs about six songs in the space of an hour, the highlight being a horrific rendition of Faith Hill's "This Kiss." For the rest of my life, I'll never hear the words "it's centrifugal motion" without flashing back to this moment.
10:00pm, Tractor Tavern: I introduce the Young Evils, who then perform my favorite set of the festival. Troy Nelson plays acoustic guitar and shares lead vocals with girlfriend Mackenzie Mercer; they are backed by a bassist, a guitarist, and Mark Pickerel on the drums. Their album is called Enchanted Chapel, an apt name for the absolutely enchanting music they produce. The bouncy tunes coupled with the entire band's cheery attitudes makes for a happy audience, myself included (and the Tractor is packed. As in, good luck squeezing past anywhere in this crowd). Methinks the Young Evils will do a fine job opening for the Vaselines at Neumos in a couple weeks. I'm a sucker for sunny pop music -- and it was just what we all needed in last night's gloomy rain pour.


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Three decades ago, the Gold Nugget Triathlon got its start at Tryon and Marianne Wieland's Sand Lake home. "The transition area was our driveway," recalled Jennifer, one of the Wieland daughters.
Created in 1982 by moms who wanted to make sure girls got the same opportunities to play sports as boys, the first race featured about a dozen little girls, ages 9-11, who belonged to the Girls Club Running Team.
It survived what would have been a scandal on a bigger stage but instead is a fondly remembered anecdote -- the winner of the open-lake swim didn't swim, she jogged! -- and went on to become Alaska's biggest triathlon and the nation's oldest all-female triathlon.
"We swam close to the shore because some of the kids who did it couldn't swim," remembers Carrie Bjorn-Roli, daughter of Judy Sedwick, the woman who dreamed up the race. "We ran through Jennifer's yard and rode around in her neighborhood.
"We didn't have any idea it would turn into what it is now."
Sedwick, 64, said the kids swam close to shore so they could touch the bottom of the lake if they needed to. "And we had two little rowboats out there," poised to help if needed, she said.
Jennifer Schrage, 40, remembers a short swim, a bike ride of eight to 10 miles to Kincaid Park and back to her house -- "the bike trail was in place, so we went on the bike trail; I don't think McDonald's was at the corner yet, so there was not a lot of traffic there yet," she said. The run was about three miles, "to the Jewel Lake Carrs and back."
Striking a chord that reverberates more than 30 years later, Sedwick insisted on making the race as inclusive as possible. To that end, instead of an overall winner being recognized, awards were presented to the three winners of the swim, the bike and the run.
A minor hiccup: The girl who won the swim did not swim her way to victory. Schrage's memory is that the girl didn't know how to swim, so she jogged through the waist-deep water. Sedwick's memory is that the girl realized jogging was quicker than swimming, so she ran.
"I said, 'Nikki, you were supposed to swim,' and she said, 'But I can run faster. You taught me to run faster,' " Sedwick said. "And I said never mind. It's all about the doing."
It's all about the doing. That is the Gold Nugget Triathlon mantra.
From a dozen little girls in the original race to the 1,500 ranging in age from 9 to 79 who are signed up for Sunday's race at Bartlett High, the triathlon has never strayed far from its roots.
"Whenever I would go on the 'Norma Goodman Show' (on KTVA, Channel 11) and do those different things," Sedwick said, "I would always say, 'Most of you take your kids out to Spenard Lake or Goose Lake or Jewel Lake, so you can swim; if you have to stop, it's OK. We all ride our bikes on the bike trail and that's what it is, a bike ride. And most women like to shop, so we walk the malls; therefore, we can run.'
"We tried really hard to make it about your fitness, your accomplishment, your goals. I love (eight-time winner and defending champion) Shannon Donley to pieces but even she realizes this is about getting people into sports and fitness."
The Gold Nugget is one of three wildly popular all-women competitions in Anchorage. Each has its own distinct character -- the Ski for Women is the best costume party in town, the Alaska Run for Women is a bathed-in-pink fundraiser for breast cancer that sends a powerful message of hope and strength, and the Gold Nugget Triathlon is a life-changing event for the scores of girls and women inspired by the race to get active and fit.
Hundreds, maybe even thousands, of Alaska women know how to swim because of the Gold Nugget.
"It seems like every year I hear stories of women who learned to swim just for the event," said Bjorn-Roli, 39, co-director of the swim portion of the race. "I love the super-fast racers, don't get me wrong, but what I love more is watching the women who swim a different stroke every length of the pool and hang on the side to rest, and then you see them get out of that pool and you know they conquered something.
"I love that part. I love that the race has kept its heart, which was to be for any woman who wanted to try to do something new and different and good for herself."
The Gold Nugget's goal to be for Everywoman was established in the race that started it all, the one for the little girls of the Girls Club Running Club.
Sedwick started the club when she realized the disparity between the Boys Club and the Girls Club in Anchorage. One was well-funded and offered lots of activities. The other wasn't and didn't. Guess which was which.
In 1982, Title IX, the federal law requiring gender equity in publicly funded schools, was only a decade old. Many parts of the country still had huge disparities when it came to boys sports and girls sports.
Sedwick was a product of the pre-Title IX era, yet she never knew those disparities. She grew up in Alaska but attended high school at an all-girls Catholic boarding school in Arizona that offered lots of sports.
"I was very fortunate," she said. "They were very forward-thinking in sports, and because it was a boarding school, if you played sports you got off campus, so I played everything."
Field hockey, basketball, track, tennis, swimming -- Sedwick did it all. When she arrived at the University of Arizona as a freshman, she was shocked to learn few other girls had been given similar opportunities.
When she and her husband, Bill, began a family in Anchorage, "I made it my kind of job to go out and fund the Girls Club and get more programs involved," she said.
Along the way, she met Diane Barnett, a gymnastics coach, and the two worked together on establishing Girls Club programs.
One of them was the Girls Club Running Club. Its coach was Sedwick and its members included Schrage, Bjorn-Roli, Tracy (Middleton) Houser and Barnett's daughter Hetty, who all went on to distinguish themselves as high school athletes.
"I was at a point in my life," Sedwick said, "where I thought I might be an athlete -- of course I wasn't -- but I had been involved in watching triathlons and had done one and I thought, we ought to do one for the girls."
The idea took off, bolstered by a desire to teach the girls that their world had no limits.
"It was really all about trying to empower these young girls to believe they can do anything they try," Sedwick said. "Please don't call me a feminist but I really wanted them to grow up thinking they could do anything."
That's exactly what happened.
Said Bjorn-Roli: "I don't think I ever heard in my whole life 'Girls don't do that.' It would never cross my mind. There was no reason we couldn't try."
Said Schrage: "Judy and all the mothers, they never had a you-can't-do-something type of attitude. We always just did these things. I feel so fortunate. My whole life, I've never had that feeling of not being able to do something."
Soon enough the little girls had to learn to share. Their mothers wanted to race too. In 1984, the triathlon was reborn as the Gold Nugget Triathlon, a fundraiser for the Girls Club. It attracted more than 150 girls and women.
"It wasn't like doing an event at Jennifer's," Sedwick said. "It took much more funding that I anticipated."
Ellen Arvold, one of Sedwick's friends who later served as a board member and race director, owned a company called Webco, which became the Gold Nugget's first sponsor. Jerry Walton, the city's former Parks and Recreation director, helped organize things. Tom Besh and Guy Thibodeau, ski coaches at UAA at the time, offered their help.
This year marks the 29th edition of the Gold Nugget Triathlon. Organizers are calling it the 30th anniversary in a nod to the backyard event at the Wielands'.
Sedwick and Barnett still serve on the board of directors, although Sedwick said this will be her final year. It's time for the next generation to take over, she said.
Among those entrusted with the race's future are former Girls Club Running Team members Schrage, who joined the board of directors two years ago, and Bjorn-Roli, a longtime volunteer who is in her second year as the co-director of the swim.
Schrage, Bjorn-Roli and Houser will all race Sunday, while the memory of a fourth member of the old running team will be honored. Hetty Barnett Carlson, who was 10 when she raced in the original Girls Club, died last summer at age 39 in a plane crash that also killed her husband and two children. This year's race has been dedicated to her.
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- Defictionalization: "green, egg and ham" was a real dish, but the "green" referred to a vegetable side dish rather than the color of the meal as a whole, hence the joke. While the real dish has fallen out of favor, actual dishes of green eggs and green ham, however, have cropped up as references to the book:
- The Friendly Toast, a breakfast joint in Portsmouth, NH (with a second location in Cambridge, MA) is one of the more famous of the Greasy Spoon-type places that actually make their own version, though the ham isn't usually dyed green.
- In 2012, as part of promotion for The Lorax movie, International House Of Pancakes offers Green Eggs and Ham, mixing spinach with scrambled eggs.
The animated version
- Actor Allusion: When the nameless guy eats the green eggs and ham and likes it, he lets out a "Hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!"
- Talking to Himself: Both Sam-I-Am and the nameless guy are voiced by Paul Winchell.


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Twins pitching starting to come around
The Minnesota Twins are feeling good about their starting rotation, which is finally settling into a groove, posting a 2.86 ERA over the last 12 games.
It's taken nearly three months, but it appears as if the Twins' starting rotation is finally settling into a groove.
Minnesota's starting pitching got off to a bumpy start to open the 2014 season, despite the big free-agent signings of Phil Hughes and Ricky Nolasco. The Twins' offense carried the club through the first month as the rotation struggled to find its footing.
As is the case with any baseball season, Minnesota's offense has fluctuated throughout the year. Over the course of the last few weeks, though, the Twins' starting pitching has been rock solid as the offense has faltered.
Now as the Twins begin their six-game road trip in Anaheim and Arlington, they're feeling good about the way the rotation has pitched as of late.
"Our pitching, if it holds like this, we can hang with anybody," said Twins manager Ron Gardenhire. "We've competed with just about every team now. We've seen just about every team. I like our chances. I like our chances to compete with all these guys. We have to go out and pitch. We know that. We have to get a little more consistent offensively, but there's a lot of good things happening."
Over the last 12 games, Minnesota's starters have posted a 2.86 ERA as the Twins have climbed closer to a .500 record. Eight of those 12 outings were quality starts, and the rotation held opposing teams to two runs or fewer in nine of those 12 games.
Oddly enough, the Twins' rotation has turned things around despite two less-than-stellar starts from Hughes -- Minnesota's best starter this year -- over his last four outings. The rotation's resurgence has been led by right-hander Kyle Gibson, who has not allowed a run in each of his last three games, throwing seven scoreless innings each time.
Veteran right-hander Kevin Correia has been nearly as effective after a rough April and May. In his last three starts, Correia is 2-1 with a 1.00 ERA. He allowed a total of two earned runs in those outings, pitching six innings each. After surrendering just one run in six innings Saturday against the White Sox, Correia lowered his season ERA to 5.02. It was at 7.33 at the end of April and as high as 6.80 on May 14.
"I've been steadily doing a little better," Correia said. "I think the ball's just kind of bouncing my way a little more than it had. I think I'm getting into less trouble, and when I do get into trouble I'm able to make maybe that one or two pitches that you need to get out of it giving up a run or two rather than three or four. That's a huge difference."
Minnesota had the worst ERA of any starting rotation in baseball last year at 5.26. They held that dubious title at one point this season too, but the Twins' starters have slowly started to climb out of the cellar in that category. After a four-game sweep of the White Sox, Minnesota's rotation now has a collective 4.63 ERA. It's not great, but it's more than a half run lower than it was a season ago. And it's currently better than four rotations in the majors, including American League Central foes Cleveland (4.66) and Chicago (4.75).
The hope is that this rotation will only continue to get better. The Twins invested a lot of money in Nolasco (four years, $49 million) and Hughes (three years, $24 million) this past winter. While Hughes has looked like a bargain at $8 million a year, Nolasco's numbers haven't quite lived up to his contract, which was the largest ever given to a free agent in Twins history. Nolasco's 5.52 ERA in 15 starts is the highest of any Twins starter.
One big key for Minnesota's rotation has been that four of the five starters have remained the same all year; Gibson, Correia, Hughes and Nolasco have all made at least 14 starts each. The only change has been what is now the No. 5 spot. Mike Pelfrey began the year in the rotation but was placed on the disabled list. Samuel Deduno took his spot as a starter but has since been moved back the bullpen. Now 30-year-old Yohan Pino has been given a shot to show what he can do in the rotation.
"Over the course of a season you're going to have changes," said Twins general manager Terry Ryan. "Two weeks ago, somebody asked me when we were going to make a move on that starting rotation. I said, 'Well, it has a way of correcting itself.' And it has. We'll see if we say the same thing in two weeks or a month. I don't really gauge much until we get to about October to see what they do over 35 starts."
The Twins enter Tuesday's game against the Angels in a tie for third place in the AL Central, five games behind first-place Detroit. While Minnesota will need its offense to get on a roll -- they're tied for the fewest runs scored in the division -- the Twins will also be counting on the starting pitching to continue to perform at the level it has over the last two weeks.
"We didn't get off to the greatest of starts as a staff. We knew we were a lot better than that, and we knew it was going to turn around," Correia said. "It was just a matter of sticking to it and going out there and keep giving it your all every start and we knew it would turn around, and it's starting to."
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Fiji maintains an independent, but generally pro-Western, foreign policy. It has traditionally had close relations with the United Kingdom, as well as with its major trading partners Australia and New Zealand. These relations cooled after both the 1987 and 2000 coups, and Fiji was suspended for a time from the Commonwealth of Nations, a grouping of mostly former British colonies.
It was readmitted to the Commonwealth in December 2001, following the parliamentary election held to restore democracy in September that year. Other Pacific Island governments have generally been sympathetic to Fiji's internal political problems and have declined to take public positions.
Fiji became the 127th member of the United Nations on October 13, 1970, and participates actively in the organization. Fiji's contributions to UN peacekeeping are unique for a nation of its size. It maintains nearly 1,000 soldiers overseas in UN peacekeeping missions, mainly in the Middle East.
Since independence, Fiji has been a leader in the South Pacific region, and has played a leading role in the formation of the South Pacific Forum. Fiji has championed causes of common interest to Pacific Island countries.
Diplomatic and trade developments
As of 2005, Fiji has become embroiled in a number of disagreements with other countries, including the United States, Australia, New Zealand, China, and Vanuatu.
Tensions with the United States
On 2 March 2005, Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase strongly reacted to a U.S. State Department report criticizing Fiji for practicing racial discriminiation, and for the racial divide between Fiji's two main political parties, the SDL (mostly indigenous Fijian) and the Fiji Labour Party (mostly Indo-Fijian). "Fiji can make a similar report on the US on all those issues. Our report would be far worse than the US State Department's report on Fiji," he said. He went on to rebuke the United States for interfering in Fiji's "domestic affairs."
In an interview with the Fiji Times on 29 May 2005, America's outgoing Ambassador David Lyons renewed his country's criticism of Fijian policies by criticizing the Qarase government's proposed Reconciliation and Unity Commission. Lyons expressed concern that its provisions for amnesty for persons convicted of involvement in the coup d'etat that overthrew the elected government in 2000 would encourage further coups in the future.
"If a democratic society doesn't make it clear that the violent over-throw of its elected leaders is a crime against that society, I have to think that it is inviting future upheaval," he said. He also condemned statements of public figures predicting coups if they, their party, or their race is not successful in the next parliamentary election, saying that such threats were "absolutely despicable in a free, democratic society" and constituted "the worst form of scaremongering."
Lyons said that the amnesty for perpetrators of the 1987 coups had been an error of judgement and had set a precedent which could negatively affect the future unless stopped now. He concurred with statements made by a number of Fijian politicians, including deposed Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry and Senator Adi Koila Nailatikau, that a coup culture had taken root in Fiji.
He warned that tourism, which forms the mainstay of the Fijian economy, would be adversely impacted by any further instability. He believed, he said, that the Qarase government was sincere in its commitment to democracy, and acknowledged positive steps taken by the government to restore the rule of law. He added a word of caution, however: "All of these positive steps … will vanish in an instant if there is another coup or sufficient political upheaval questioning the legitimacy of future elections."
On 12 July, however, Lyons cautioned the Fijian Military against using the legislation as a pretext for a coup d'etat. Their concern over the proposed law was understandable, he said, but it did warrant the overthrow of the government. "Extra constitutional action against a duly elected democratic government … is unacceptable," he said. A coup would be detrimental not only to Fiji, but to the entire Pacific region, Lyons said.
Relations with Australia
On 13 April 2005, Qarase rejected criticism from Australia and some other countries over the prosecution and imprisonment of two foreigners charged with committing homosexual acts, which are illegal in Fiji, and said that other countries needed to respect Fiji's independence. Qarase said that as member of the United Nations, Fiji was as entitled as any other country to make its own laws as it saw fit.
The Australian government has taken a more measured position than its New Zealand counterpart (q.v.) over the controversial Reconciliation, Tolerance, and Unity Bill currently being debated in the Fijian Parliament. Susan Boyd, a former Australian High Commissioner to Fiji, has strongly criticized the legislation, but Foreign Minister Alexander Downer has said that it is an "internal matter" and that Australia does not want to get involved.
He did, however, condemn recent threats from the Military commander, Commodore Frank Bainimarama, to declare martial law and arrest members of the present government if the bill is passed. The Australian High Commission in Suva told Bainimarama that his threats are not "the proper role for the military in a democracy."
Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer visited Fiji for two days of talks, from 28-30 September 2005. Downer met government ministers and officials, Opposition Leader Mahendra Chaudhry, and Military commander Commodore Frank Bainimarama. The talks covered the controversial Unity bill, as well as the future of Fiji's preferential trade access to the Australian market, which the Fijian government regards as a priority. Downer said that he intended to elaborate further on Prime Minister John Howard's promise of a seven-year extension of the SPARTECA-TCF scheme, which assists Fiji's textile, clothing, and footwear industry.
Foreign Minister Tavola expressed grave concern on 7 February 2006 about a proposed Regional Trade Agreement (RTA) between Australia and China, saying that Fiji's exports to Australia would be unable to compete with Chinese products. For that reason, Fiji was persisting in its efforts to persuade Australia to renew the South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Cooperation – Textile Clothing Footwear (SPARTECA-TCF) scheme, to improve the competitiveness of Fijian exports, the Fiji Live news service reported.
Relations with China and Taiwan
A diplomatic row with the People's Republic of China erupted on 5 May 2005, when Taiwan (ROC) President Chen Shui-bian arrived for a private visit and was welcomed at a private function at Suva's Sheraton Resort by Vice-President Ratu Joni Madraiwiwi, Ratu Ovini Bokini (Chairman of the Great Council of Chiefs), Senate President Taito Waqavakatoga and several other Senators and MPs, and several judges including Chief Justice Daniel Fatiaki. Foreign Minister Kaliopate Tavola asserted that those who attended the welcoming ceremony did so "of their own accord," not as government representatives, and that Prime Minister Qarase's presence in the same hotel where President Chen was staying was purely "coincidental." Chinese Ambassador Cai Jin Biao rejected this explanation, and said that the visit was a violation of the One China Policy, to which Fiji had agreed when diplomatic relations were established in 1975, which would "sabotage relations between China and Fiji." He charged that Prime Minister Qarase and Foreign Minister Tavola had known of the upcoming visit for months. The embassy issued a further statement on 7 May, demanding that Fiji discontinue any effort to establish a dialogue with Taiwan.
The row escalated when, on 16 May, Health Minister Solomone Naivalu voted in support of Taiwan's bid to gain observer status at the World Health Assembly in Geneva. Naivalu had apparently done so on his own initiative, contrary to a government briefing, sparking a major public disagreement between himself and Foreign Minister Tavola. Jia Qinglin, chairman of the People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), was dispatched to Fiji and met Prime Minister Qarase during a brief stopover on 21-22 May, a move that Tavola said was not coincidental. He said that Fiji could not afford to lose China, and that the government would ensure that "careless incidences" like Naivalu's vote in Geneva would not recur. Naivalu responded by saying that his vote was nothing new: "We always support Taiwan to get observer status every year," he said.
On 10 December 2005, the New Zealand Herald quoted Tavola as saying that Fiji would have to find a way to resolve a stand-off between the PRC and Taiwan, over membership of the Suva-based Council of South Pacific Tourism Organisation; China was resisting Taiwanese attempts to join the organization on an equal basis. "If China had its way it would not want Taiwan on that. So we have to resolve the situation amicably and are looking at how both countries can be represented there,"'Tavola said.
In defence of the earlier incident over the Taiwanese President's visit, Tavola said that it was the Pacific way to welcome people. "Even when considering Taiwan as a province of China, he went on, the President of a province is a man of high profile, so when he comes there is an urge to extend hospitality." It did not signify any modification to Fiji's adherence to the One China policy, he had explained to the Chinese ambassador.
China has invested in a number of major projects in Fiji. These include the Suva sports stadium, built for the South Pacific Games of 2003.
On 14 December 2005, Fiji's Military Commander, Commodore Frank Bainimarama began an official visit to China, at the invitation of the People's Liberation Army. He reaffirmed Fiji's support for the One China policy.
It was announced on 24 January 2006 that Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao would visit Fiji in April to open the China-Pacific Islands Countries Economic Development and Cooperation Forum Ministerial Conference 2006 at Sofitel Fiji Resort in Nadi, a conference of economic and trade ministers from Pacific island countries. Six Prime Ministers from neighbouring countries are expected to participate, according to a Fiji Times report on 23 February. His visit to Fiji will be the first by a senior Chinese government official.
In an interview with PACNEWS on 1 February 2006, Jeremaia Waqanisau, Fiji's Ambassador to Beijing, made a stinging attack on the efficiency of the Fijian civil service, saying that it negatively affected Fiji's ability to present itself to China. Cabinet Ministers visited China without the Fijian embassy being informed, he complained. Certain civil servants were extremely passive in their dealings with China, he said. Another factor inhibiting Chinese investment was the instability caused by friction between the government and the Military, he surmised, and the Fijian embassy in Beijing was continually engaged in damage control.
Relations with New Zealand
On 10 June 2005, Foreign Minister Tavola signed a Memorandum of Understanding with his New Zealand counterpart, Phil Goff, aimed at fostering cooperation in the fight against terrorism. Meanwhile, New Zealand's Prime Minister Helen Clark announced that New Zealand would double its annual aid to Fiji, from NZ$4 million to NZ$8 million. Much of this aid, the Fijian government revealed, would be used for poverty alleviation and squatter resettlement.
New Zealand's Foreign Minister Winston Peters (who replaced Goff in late 2005) flew into Fiji on 8 February 2006 for three days of talks with Fijian government officials. He met Prime Minister Qarase, Finance Minister Ratu Jone Kubuabola, and Military Commander Commodore Frank Bainimarama on the first day of his visit; meetings with Foreign Minister Tavola and House of Representatives Speaker Ratu Epeli Nailatikau were held later. The meeting with Bainimarama attracted some media attention; Bainimarama said that the meeting had been approved by Prime Minister Qarase and that there was nothing underhand about it.
The talks are to cover such matters as the Pacific Plan and a cost-sharing agreement for a citizen education project, promoted by the United Nations Development Programme.
Concern over reduced British presence
Foreign Minister Tavola expressed concern on 11 July about moves by the British government to reduce its presence in the Pacific region. "We were not happy with that and on occasions, informed them of the folly of their decision to downsize their presence in the Pacific," Tavola said. Britain has already closed its consulate in Kiribati and plans to close its missions in Tonga this year and Vanuatu next year. Britain has also withdrawn from the Secretariat of the Pacific Community, a regional organization of which it was a founding member and a major donor.
Tavola said the British withdrawal could create a power vacuum which others could exploit. A new Cold War era could come to the Pacific region, he said, with rivalries between China and Taiwan, as well as between China and Japan.
Trade war with Vanuatu
On 11 March 2005, Vanuatu imposed a ban in biscuit imports, ostensibly to protect its own biscuit manufacturing industry, giving a monopoly on the business to the Santo-based Wong Sze Sing store. The ban was the second in a year. Bread and breakfast cereals produced by Flour Mills of Fiji (FMF) were the worst-hit; the company claimed to be losing F$2 million annually.
Fiji retaliated on 13 June with a threat to impose a total commercial embargo on Vanuatu. Major income-earners for Vanuatu targeted by the Fijian government include Vanuatu kava, valued at almost US$3.2 million, and Air Vanuatu flights (US$8 million).
On 29 June, Foreign Minister Tavola said that Fiji was "running out of patience" and that he was writing to the government of Vanuatu in what he called a "final gesture of friendship."
On 27 July, Vanuatu's Trade Minister James Bule signed an order lifting the ban, effective from 22 July. No reason was given for the change of policy, but the Fiji Live news service reported that the decision averted a lawsuit from FMF and the threatened kava ban.
Fiji's Foreign Affairs chief executive officer, Isikeli Mataitoga, said that Fiji's policy of pursuing diplomatic channels in dealing with such disputes had been vindicated. "Whilst I agree that it can take a bit of time to see it through carefully, it nevertheless, demonstrates to our regional friends that we are principled in our approach to international relations and diplomacy," Mataitoga said.
There was another twist on 28 July, however, when FMF Chairman Hari Punja called the lifting of the ban a fabrication. He said that in place of the ban, the Vanuatu government had introduced a restrictive new quota system for imports which would make it "impossible" to export to Vanuatu. He called on the Fijian government to continue to pressure its Vanuatu counterparts.
Foreign Minister Tavola denounced the latest move of the Vanuatu government on 3 August, saying that it breached an agreement. On 9 August, he announced that the government had decided to go ahead with its threatened embargo against the importing of Vanuatu kava. On 16 August the Cabinet finalized the decision, banning all imports of Vanuatu kava for six months, after which the ban would be reviewed. On 18 August, Fiji Islands Revenue and Customs Authority chief executive Tevita Banuve said that importers would be given two weeks to clear their kava stock from the wharf. A special license would be granted only to clear the stock, he said. It would not be usable for importing more kava.
On 27 August, Tavola announced that following negotiations at the Melanesian Spearhead Group meeting in Papua New Guinea, he expected the Vanuatu government to lift the biscuit ban soon. If they did so, he said he would ask the Cabinet to lift the embargo against Vanuatu kava.
The Fiji Village news service reported on 11 October that Vanuatu's Trade Minister, James Bule, would visit Fiji on 25 October. The purpose of the visit would be to deliver his government's decision to lift the ban on Fijian biscuits, in return for Fiji lifting its ban on Vanuatu kava.
In return for Vanuatu's lifting of the biscuit ban on 25 October, the Fijian government announced on 7 December that it was lifting its kava ban for the sake of freer trade among the members of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG).
On 22 December 2005, Vanuatu's Finance Minister Willie Rarua formally apologized to Fiji's Acting Foreign Minister, Pita Nacuva, for having imposed the ban.
Relations with India
Fiji's relationship with India is often seen by observers against the backdrop of the sometimes tense relations between its indigenous people and the 38 percent of the population who are of Indian descent. A major diplomatic event for Fiji in 2005 occurred from 8 to 15 October, when Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase and Foreign Minister Kaliopate Tavola made an official visit to India.
Relations with Tonga
It was reported on 2 November 2005 that a territorial dispute was looming between Fiji and Tonga over a reef lying to the south of both countries. The people of Ono-i-Lau in the Lau Islands archipelago claim that Minerva Reef is part of their traditional fishing ground. Attorney General Qoriniasi Bale told the Lau Provincial Council that the government had a team of experts preparing a case to be taken to the United Nations International Seabed Authority, which is based in Jamaica. The reef has also been claimed by Tonga since 1972, and Tonga's Surveyor General, Tevita Malolo, told Radio New Zealand that Fiji had never contested Tonga's claim until now.
Relations with Papua New Guinea
Relations between Fiji and Papua New Guinea became strained in November 2005, in the wake of revelations that a number of Fijian citizens, possibly mercenaries, had entered Papua New Guinea illegally and were involved in arming and training a separatist militia on the island of Bougainville.
On a separate matter, PNG Trade and Industry Minister Paul Tiensten was quoted in Fiji Village on 21 February 2006 as saying that sanctions against Fiji were being considered, following a Fijian refusal of a PNG kava shipment and an earlier rejection of corned beef shipped from PNG.
Relations with the European Union
The European Union announced on 3 November 2005 that it would increase its assistance to Fijian schools from 2006 onwards. The assistance would cover infrastructure and building, as well as supplying schools with running water and telephone services.
Relations with South Africa
Foreign Minister Kaliopate Tavola announced on 15 February 2006 that South Africa would be the first African country to establish a diplomatic mission in Fiji. Diplomatic relations would open up new opportunities for trade and investment, Tavola said. On 27 February, it was announced that South Africa would be opening a High Commission in Fiji.
Relations with Brazil
Fiji Live reported on 23 February 2006 that Fiji's United Nations Ambassador Isikia Savua and his Brazilian counterpart Ronaldo Mota Sardenberg had recently signed a communique to establish diplomatic relations. Savua expressed the hope that Fiji's bio-fuels industry could benefit from Brazilian technology.
Fijian missions abroad
Fiji maintains direct diplomatic or consular relations with countries with historical, cultural, or trading ties to Fiji; Ambassadors stationed in such countries are often accredited to neighbouring countries. Fiji maintains embassies in Belgium (taking care of Fiji's relations with the entire European Union), China, Japan, and the United States; and High Commissions in Australia, India, Malaysia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, and New Zealand (in keeping with the Commonwealth practice of calling missions in fellow-commonwealth countries High Commissions rather than Embassies). Fiji also has a Permanent Mission to the United Nations.
Foreign reaction to Fijian legislation
Australia and New Zealand have both expressed concern over legislation currently before the Fijian Parliament (as of June 2005), which proposes to establish a Reconciliation and Unity Commission, with the power (subject to presidential approval) to compensate victims and pardon persons convicted of crimes related to the coup d'etat which deposed the elected government in 2000.
On 30 August 2005, Commonwealth Secretary-General Don McKinnon called on the Fijian government to ensure that the legislation reflected the views of its citizens. He emphasized, however, that the Commonwealth did not have a position on the bill.
Fiji and international organizations
Fiji plays an active role in numerous international bodies. The South Pacific Forum was largely the brainchild of Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, Fiji's first Prime Minister. The country has been an outspoken participant many international forums.
Oceania Customs Organisation
On 1 September 2005, it was announced that the Oceania Customs Organization would relocate to Fiji in 2006. Though located in Fiji, it would be totally independent of the Fijian government and of the Fiji Islands Revenue and Customs Authority (FIRCA), Finance Minister Ratu Jone Kubuabola said, and for the first three years of its presence in Fiji, its secretariat would be financed by the New Zealand government.
World Trade Organization
Speaking at the 18th Fiji-Australia Business Forum in Sydney on 17 October 2005, Prime Minister Qarase strongly criticized the World Trade Organization, saying that its policies were unfair to small countries like Fiji. "WTO is trying to impose equality of trade in an unequal world," he said, "but for developing countries like Fiji there is no level playing field, just a slippery slope." It would be a long time before Fiji's economy could compete on equal terms with that of more developed nations, he considered.
International Labour Organization
On 10 January 2006, the Fijian government criticized the International Labour Organization for what it said was the organization's unfair treatment of the Fiji Islands Congress of Trade Unions (FICTU). Labour Minister Kenneth Zinck said the government had received a complaint from FICTU about the ILO's discrimination against it in favour of the rival Fiji Trades Union Congress.
Diplomatic initiatives
Speaking at the 6th Session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York City on 23 May 2005, Isikia Savua, Fiji's Permanent Representative (Ambassador) to the United Nations, called for equal recognition of individual and collective rights in national and international policies. He said that Fiji had embodied both concepts in its Constitution, through such provisions as communal voting (giving each elector to vote for two members of the House of Representatives, one from his or her own ethnic group, and the other from any ethnic group).
On 1 September 2005, Prime Minister Qarase announced his intention to ask his Australian counterpart, John Howard, for more favourable market access for Pacific Island products. He called on Australia and New Zealand to revise the rules of origin under the SPARTECA trade agreement, and reduce the figure from 50 percent to 35 percent, thereby allowing Fiji to export a higher percentage of garments made elsewhere to Australian and New Zealand markets.
On 28 October 2005, Prime Minister Qarase criticized Australia and New Zealand for refusing to grant temporary work permits to Pacific Islanders. He said the two countries were acting unfairly in assuming that such permits would encourage illegal immigration. The Prime Minister claimed that in the absence of such work permits, Pacific Islanders visiting Australia and New Zealand often undertook illegal employment anyway.


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Too bad they did not breakdown imaging unit results in terms of point and shoot and interchangeable lens cameras.
It would have been interesting to see how well the sale of their interchangeable lens cameras are holding up given, last week, Canon warned of declining DSLR camera sales.
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Corn refiners use shelled corn which has been stripped from the cob during harvesting. Refiners separate the corn into its components — starch, oil, protein, and fiber — and convert them into higher value products.
Corn sweeteners are the most important refined corn products. Last year, corn sweeteners supplied nearly 50 percent of the U.S. nutritive sweetener market.
The second major refined corn product category is feed. Refined corn feed products provide protein, fiber, minerals, and vitamins to feed the cattle, fish, hogs, and poultry that enrich our diets.
The third major corn product — a mainstay of the industry and of the U.S. economy — is starch. Americans rely on corn refiners for over 90 percent of their starch needs.
Corn oil, which is high in mono and poly unsaturated fats, has gained attention as a top choice for reducing saturated fat and trans fat in numerous food products.
Ethanol, which is gaining increasing acceptance as a cleaner burning option for motor fuels, is another important product. Approximately 10 percent of ethanol produced in the U.S. is made by the corn wet milling industry.
Corn refining is America's premier bioproducts industry, with increasing production of amino acids, antibiotics, vitamins, and biodegradable plastics adding further value to the U.S. corn crop.


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Today, speaking on Meet the Press, Arizona governor Jan Brewer picked Mitt Romney to back in the upcoming primary to be held in her state. Though not a particularly effusive endorsement, she did say that "he's the man that can carry the day" and "by far the person that can go in and win." So seems electability is the order of the day again. The governor was also asked to respond to a perceived snub to President Obama after she declined to attend a governors' dinner being held at the White House tonight. (And so soon after that widely circulated photograph of her pointing a finger accusingly in Obama's face on an airport tarmac.) "I would never disrespect the president," she said, "but I have other commitments and I am going to be at the White House on Monday when we all meet and discuss policy." She then signed off with a rather feeble fist-pump for Romney.


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I miss my computer. Still working on getting one, y'all.
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I miss my computer. Still working on getting one, y'all.
please update real soon
I've been without a computer for over a month and there's no other way to have uploaded the pages I have ready. I'm typing this on a phone right now. But you will see two updates today if things go well, because I'm going to be spending the night with some family and they might have access for me to update!
No, I just found this today and read all of it at once and I need more!!!
I am dying, this is amazing! It inspires me to get crackin' on my own webcomic soon. You must have a crapton of patience to make something this amazing! I just wanted to let you know how strongly I feel about this.
I am dying, this is amazing! It inspires me to get crackin' on my own webcomic soon. You must have a crapton of patience to make something this amazing! I just wanted to let you know how strongly I feel about this.
I am greatly flattered that you're enjoying the comic! Sorry I haven't been updating-- I've been without a computer for over a month. The only thing I have to communicate is the phone I'm using to type this. But today I'm spending the night with some family, so I'm going to lovingly hijack my family's computer to post two more pages.
I just read them and I'm on the edge of my seat! I've been checking regularly for updates and about peed myself when there were new pages. XD
In all honesty, I hope Fox in the future will beat the crap out of that guy. He just pisses me off so much! XD
Static will eventually get some comeuppance... just a different kind than what most will expect.
I know Fox is in a desperate situation, but does he really think that they'll let him or his son go? They could easily say they let the kid go when really they left him dead in a ditch. It's so suspenseful. As much as I love Static's character, I can't wait to see what the heroes do to get through this!
Well, I suppose Fox is really counting on the fact that their Superior doesn't really believe in harming a child. But hey, you do have a point. Maybe he's going crazy!
I'm really appreciating Static's screen time right now. XD
I hope you get a new computer soon. I know I'd be kinda lost without one...
I hope you get a new computer soon. I know I'd be kinda lost without one...
I certainly feel lost! I've only been doing by phone lately. It's driving me nuts!
Oh man, I know how that feels! D: At one time I had to use my 3DS for the internet for about a year. X')
*swat* Bad Fox McCloud do it again!
Like he's a bad puppy. XD
Like he's a bad puppy. XD
Oh dear lord Stat's eyes are turning red
no guns! XD
I just love that smart ass squirrel
I think fox (and the community as a whole) underestimated how smart static was
I think Fox wasn't responsible for the gun additions. That is smart to do, making sure that situations like these they can't get the full complete set.
Man, you can really see how stressed Fox is in those last panels. Guy needs a vacation!
Its only a matter of time before they find out that Fox wasn't the one that built it.
And here I thought Static only had his brain on women
Maybe he's into brainy women and he made the decision to study that field. Now THAT'S dedication to your womanizing craft!
That what the Landmaster looks like.
Oh so close
if they think they can take over the world with landmasters they are going to have a tough time. (seriously, i always die driving those things)
Maybe a way to make some money via selling high-tech military equipment under a new name and getting away with it?
At this point, I'm gradually revealing that they don't really care about the landmaster as much as they care about what's on the inside of it.
Fox is gettin' reeeal tired of your shit, Static.
You seem upset Fox.


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well a reflector would been better
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a reflector might work better than a flash.
Thanks Ginger. I sure am blessed and lucky to have the opportunity to work with her.
I am a one man photo studio so reflectors become a bit unwieldy especially because it is very windy out here.
But thank the lord for all the software engineers who can help me correct, nee enhance and transform the pictures as desired.
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Using the software option have lead to loss in details of the dress, which is a pitty, try to find a balance between both shots or as said a reflector would have been a good option.
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