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It's a great top 10 and I would hope to see all of them released sooner rather than later. For me though Glimmer is the most essential to her faction of the characters listed so she gets my vote.
Horde Troopers
Tung Lashor
Madame Razz/Broom
I'm looking forward (as most are) to the NYTF as Mattel will reveal new figures for 2013. How many they'll show i have no idea but the point of this poll is for a bit of fun only.
Taking into account @yodafreakmaster's thread re: Your Most Wanted List and the results tallied so far (which mind you is on-going of course) and Toy Guru's admission of sorts that one of the characters listed in the Top 10 will be revealed at the NYTF, i thought i'd do a poll to see which one you'd prefer...
Choices are:
* Mantenna
* Scorpia
* Two Bad
* Horde Troopers
* Tung Lashor
* Glimmer
* Modulok
* Madame Razz/Broom
* Mermista
* Castaspella
The Top 10 could obviously change at any time and by no means is this a definitive list but it is current so that's what i'll go by here. Personally i'd gladly take any one the Top 10 but to be honest i have been voting for Modulok in the Idol LoL. So, who would you like to see come NYTF... ?
Most Wanted MOTU Classics:
*200X ~ WMD Roboto/Sorceress *Filmation ~ Teela' Na/Hawke *Play-Sets ~ Eternia/Crystal Castle *Vehicles ~ Land Shark/Roton *Beasts ~ Stridor/Dragoon
It's a great top 10 and I would hope to see all of them released sooner rather than later. For me though Glimmer is the most essential to her faction of the characters listed so she gets my vote.
It's a toss-up between Tung Lashor and Two Bad, but I went with Tung Lashor. He's my favourite Snakeman because he looks like an evil poisonous frog
"A knight is sworn to valor. His heart knows only virtue. His blade defends the helpless. His word speaks only truth. His wrath undoes the wicked."
I only have 4 left I really need or want
Castaspella if done right, is right there at the top.
Mantenna and Two-Bad are next.
Recent.... HATMOTU Trap Jaw
Coming.... Classics Vultak
Wanted.... Classics Masque & Callix?
Oh man, did I forget to use these [sarcasm][/sarcasm] again? Sorry....
My vote goes to Mermista.
"Oh Lord, Bless this M&M... and the mighty cockroach I slain in battle to get it." - Al Bundy
Vintage evil for me...Two-Bad.
"Wheresoever on earth he dwells, man is prey to two weaknesses: the need to pray and the need to love."-Marquis de Sade
"It is not by reasoning or by our understanding that we have received our religion; it is by external authority and command."-Michel De Montaigne
Heretical Vintage Purist and Non-Fan Extraordinaire!
My vote went to Glimmer.
Second would be Tung Lashor and third Mermista.
*Toy version Catra *Sagitar *Drissi *Lizorr *Zilora *Granita *Delora *Battle Armor Queen Marlena *Hawke *Pebb-Liss(Minicomic Comet Warrior) *Lady Slither
Castaspella has my vote.
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"We have a Ram-Man"
Two Bad got my vote.
Top MOTUC wants: Sagitar, Great Black Wizard, Fang-or, Skeletor's Skeleton Warriors, Odiphus, Illumina w/Sleetah, Lady Slither, Tuvar & Baddrah 2-pack
I think that if I don't vote for Glimmer some people may believe I've finally gone insane... so, with that said, I voted for Glimmer... obviously.
FINALLY!! GLIMMER IS IN MY SHELF!! Crita is coming... Now I NEED SONGSTER! The Awesometastic Bard!
Mantenna (please look like the staction!).
Gotta finish off the initial Horde Wave.
The Official 200X Sorceress vs 200X Evil-Lyn 2 Pack Support Thread
The Blonde Teela Thread
Sagitar (Jetlag) Azdar Belzar Chazdar 200X Evil-Lyn 200X Teenage Prince Adam 200X Teenage Teela 200X Sorceress General Rattlor (MYP) 200X King Randor and Queen Marlena 200X Battle Armor King Randor and Battle Armor Queen Marlena Ice Armor He-Man WMD Roboto
I went with Two-Bad. He's who I want most out of these. But don't get me wrong, ANY and ALL of these would be great!
All great characters, but Mantenna would be so great! I loved my Vibtage figure; Dad bought him for me after running my Endor Han Solo over with the lawnmower.
Not to sound like a creepy cheerleader for Uki, but it's nice to know there is at least one person on this forum who is extremely positive & friendly all the time. I don't think I could be that nice even if you paid me. If we ever give out awards for "forum member of the month", Uki gets my vote. -Mr. Shokoti
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Poor Mermista myself and only other voted for her
My vote goes to Castaspella...I'd like to see her made sooner than later. The rest could be used to make 2014 look like the best year to get a sub!
I voted for Mermista, too. You have to think that Mantenna, Two-Bad, Tung Lashor, the Horde Trooper, and probably even Modulok are coming eventually in 2014, if not later this year, but Mermista would be a welcome surprise, especially since her tail (and the extra tooling that would require) might normally make her more of a long shot.
Hmmm...I wonder who I voted for...
While I really dont think we are going to get her this year, I could never vote for anyone else!
glimmer as she is who i need most of that list. gotta have my pop trinity.
but really any would thrill me. glad to see a pop vote cause glimmer and castaspella are top two wants since she ra and bow (and adora)
Tung Lashor gets my vote....Horde...Snake Men.....coolest vintage fig, coolest staction....
Mantenna is my #1, but Two Badd is a CLOSE second. I would gladly have any of the top 10 in our poll results so BRING THEM ON MATTEL
Even though I am sure she will eventually get made, I voted for Glimmer.
She-Ra without Glimmer is like He-Man without Man-at-Arms....
Masters of the Universe and ThunderCats - together for the first time! Pure AWESOME!
**Staunch FILMation lover!!! **** MUST have a New Adventures Subscription!!!**
MOTUC NEEDS more TROLLANS !!!
Oh deary my, how can Madame Razz only have 1 vote...MY vote?!
Most Wanted MOTU Classics:
*200X ~ WMD Roboto/Sorceress *Filmation ~ Teela' Na/Hawke *Play-Sets ~ Eternia/Crystal Castle *Vehicles ~ Land Shark/Roton *Beasts ~ Stridor/Dragoon
WOOF! That is a TOUGH group of exciting characters to have to pick just one!
I voted for CASTASPELLA. The character design, colors and appearance, the episodes, and her backstory as a sort of arch-nemesis of SHADOW WEAVER really makes her "POP" from that list. Did ya see what I just did there??
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Winston-Salem, NC -- The Amber Alert for an abducted 7-week-old girl has been canceled, according to Winston-Salem police.
Officers responded to the 900 block of Rundell Street around 11 p.m. Saturday in reference to a disturbance. Kelly Ladd, of Goose Creek, SC, told police she was looking for her estranged husband, Terrence Ladd.
Kelly Ladd told police that Terrence assaulted her, stole her rental car and drove away from the scene. In the vehicle at the time, was the couple's 7-week-old daughter, Alexandria "Alexis" Elizabeth Ladd.
Police do not know if Terrence Ladd knew the girl was in the back of the car, sleeping at the time of the incident. Kelly Ladd told police she was afraid for her child's safety because Terrence Ladd was under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
Police originally issued the Amber Alert around 7:30 a.m. Sunday. Thirty minutes later, they canceled the alert when officers found Terrence Ladd at 227 West End Blvd.; Alexis Ladd was returned to her mother in good health, according to a news release.
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|Funds raised for 2015 4-H trip
A large crowd was in attendance at the annual 4-H barbecue held at the fairgrounds on Saturday, July 27 following the parade. The annual project raises funds for 4-H'ers trip to Washington, the next of which will be in the summer of 2015. Supplies for the barbecue were donated by Pinnacle Bank of Grant. (Photo by Jan Rahn)


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Fabricating And Installing A Custom Rear Bumper - Bump 'N' GrindWritten by on January 5, 2012
Over the years I've owned the Purple Pig '49 Chevy, especially when it was on the road, I've always wanted to do something about the "plain" rear bumper. I felt it needed something a little more elaborate to add extra styling, as well as a little more chrome, to the rearend of the car. A few months ago, I stumbled across a mid-'50s Oldsmobile in my local late-model junkyard. After a few hours with wrenches and a hammer and chisel, the grille was mine for a paltry $18. I figured it'd make a neat addition to the '49, with the exhausts exiting through the oval sections.
To make it more of a feature, as well as an attempt to slim it down a little, I decided to recess the rear panel and form it around the Olds grille. (That's why the centersection of the panel and floor I installed last month weren't fully welded, and why the latch mount was only tack-welded in place.) Once I had the center of what would become my new bumper mounted, I could tackle the ends of the bumper. My Miller Spectrum 375 X-Treme plasma cutter proved its worth in trimming the old Chevy bumper end sections to fit up against the Olds grille. Using the plasma took minutes instead of something that would have taken much longer to do neatly using a grinder and cut-off wheel, especially as I had to sneak up on the final cut, trimming small sections away until I achieved the fit and look I was aiming for.
I took the opportunity to move the bumper ends closer to the quarter-panels, and also welded up the old mounting holes. With new side mounts welded to the backside of the bumper ends, all I have to do now is fabricate a couple of mounts to replace the old bumper brackets, between the quarters and the chassis. You'll notice I mounted the Olds grille directly to the rear crossmember, rather than on brackets that would give a little. I did this for two reasons: mainly so the bumper wouldn't move around and scratch the paint on the edges of the recessed rear body panel, but also, as the car is so low, and the bumper is its lowest point, if it ever gets hit, I have a feeling the bodywork will take the brunt of an accident, not the bumper, so there's no need for it to be fitted on sprung steel brackets! Now I'm one step closer to completing all the sheetmetal welding, and rapidly approaching the body prep and paint stage. Finally!
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I used my Miller Spectrum 375 X-Treme plasma cutter to trim the bumper. This 30-amp machine will cut up to 3/8-inch mild steel, yet is fully portable. It does require an outside air supply though, which was capably handled by a Harbor Freight compressor.The 375 X-Treme can be connected to either 115V or 230V supplies simply by switching these plugs, the machine sensing which voltage is being supplied. The 230 V is required for cutting heavier-gauge steel.The plasma cutter made light work of trimming the bumper. I used a short length of 1x1-inch box section as a guide to follow the Sharpie mark, rather than freehand cutting.With the excess cut away, the "bumper" was placed back against the rear body panel so I could mark where the sheetmetal needed to be trimmed.Note the cut line marked on the sheetmetal, though before I did this I marked a centerline on the body panel and the bumper.Before I cut any bodywork away, I mocked up the complete bumper assembly using a rough-cut section of the bumper end piece. Though not fully trimmed or in the correct position, it gave me an idea of whether or not I liked what I was working toward before any further cutting took place.The lower section of the rear body panel was cut away and clamped in place higher up, meaning I could now mock up the bumper again, with the centersection in its final location. I used racer tape to fill in the upper end section.Moving the bumper into the rear panel area meant I had to also remove the rear section of trunk floor. Here's most of the panel I installed last month, now cut away again!
… as well as checking it was vertical. The '49 is on jackstands, with the rear higher than the front, so I used an angle finder to measure the angle from horizontal of the door bottoms, then set the bumper up so the vertical faces of the oval sections were at the same 3-degree angle. This means they'll be vertical when the car is on the ground.Years ago I replaced the rear crossmember with a 2x3x1/8-inch length of box section, with the intention of fitting a tow hitch. This crossmember is plenty strong enough to support the bumper, so I fabbed these brackets using the plasma cutter, and added a gusset for strength. The brackets support the Olds piece using its original mounting holes. The blue towel is protecting the ceramic coating on the exhaust tips.With the center of the bumper now solidly mounted, I could trim the rear body panel for a butt-weld, while maintaining an even gap between the body and the bumper. I reused the lower piece with its return lip, and used magnets to hold it in place while tack-welding.The EMS trunk floor section was then reused to close the open section of trunk floor, once I'd trimmed the step off it, which previously dropped down to meet the return lip on the rear panel. The top of the bumper recess is now flush with the floor.After tack-welding the rear panel in place, and before I removed the bumper center again, I marked the curve I needed to trim at each end on the stepped section of floor, removed it with a cutoff wheel and dressed it with a rotary file in a die grinder.The curved end pieces of the recess were formed in this shrinker/stretcher from Summit Racing, using the stretcher jaws.With the bumper section bolted in place once again, the curvature could be perfectly matched before the new section was tack-welded in place. I took advantage of the gap in the panel for access to seam-weld the new section to the stepped floor.Another small filler section closed off the panel, again using a magnet to align the sections while tacking. All these pieces were butt-welded.
With the welds dressed, I cut the ends from the old gravel pan, as I still wasn't entirely sure what I was going to do at the ends of the bumper.The '49 had a three-piece rear bumper, so to free the end sections the rivets had to be ground down and then punched out.With the stock bumper end trimmed to fit the Olds piece, and moved closer to the body, it looked like this when mocked in place.I cut a section of 2x1-inch box section C-channel, drilled it, and welded a 3/8-inch nut on the rear, then welded the assembly to the rear of the bumper end to form a new mount.Here's what the mount looks like from the inside. I'll fabricate a new bumper bracket to go from here to the chassis, so the ends of the bumper aren't simply bolted to the sheetmetal.My Millermatic 211 handled welding the sheetmetal as well as the 1/8-inch bumper material, both on 115 V, though as with the plasma cutter, the 211 can be used on 115 or 230 V, simply by switching the plug. Welding steel over 3/16-inch requires 230 V.Looking across the car you can see how the top edge of the bumper ends align with the outer edge of the centersection. Note, I also welded the bumper boltholes closed, though since we showed you how to do this last month, I've skipped that step.
Though this looks fine in bare steel, I can't decide whether the remaining gravel pan sections should be painted or chromed. Or should I section the bumper ends and roll the top over into a plate where the gravel pan is, making the whole assembly one piece? That'd mean lowering the reveal on the quarters, but might look best. Hmm …


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WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of children are gathering at the White House for the annual Easter Egg Roll.
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will kick off the festivities on the White House South Lawn.
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The president and his family celebrated Easter with a visit to a church a few miles from the White House.


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Two in jail for fireworks Wednesday
GOSHEN — Two men were taken to Elkhart County Jail, arrested for lighting fireworks that ignited a grass fire.
Jay Zheng, 25, of 1213 Westwood Drive, and Joe Dorbin, 29, of 14368 Redfox Drive, Granger, were arrested for Violation of an Emergency Order, a Class B Misdemeanor, and transported to Elkhart County Jail.
According to Goshen Police, the fire started about 4:13 p.m. today, July 4, at 1213 Westwood Drive and spread to neighboring lawns, damaging or destroying the yards at four residences. No structural damage or injuries were reported as a result of the fire.
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|Sagehorn attends ag tour of China as state FFA officer
|Written by April Peregoy
Most people who travel to other countries hope that while they're there, they can meet new people and experience a culture different from their own. Yet, between all the tourist stops, few get the opportunity to actually witness the way ordinary people live their lives day to day.
Elisa Sagehorn, daughter of Keith and Diane Sagehorn, is one of those lucky few who was able to get a real sense of the way many Chinese people work and live, when she traveled with other Colorado State FFA officers to China Nov. 10-20.
Sagehorn, a 2008 graduate of HHS, is an executive committee member of the FFA's state officer team. Her duties as an officer are hard to describe in a few words, as they encompass a wide variety of services.
Basically, being a state officer is all about service, she said. Though she is based out of her home, she travels all over the state to work with and teach to different local chapters. She's also always on call to attend conferences, speeches and funerals as an FFA representative.
Though she had to put her college plans on hold one year to be an officer, Sagehorn said she is probably learning much more than her peers in school. "It's a different kind of education I'm getting," she said.
Certainly she got quite an education on her trip to China. According to Sagehorn, the purpose of the trip was to experience agriculture in another country, and to compare it with agriculture in the U.S. "It also gave us an opportunity to work as a team and bond, and to learn to work as a team with people who don't speak English," she said.
The group of 10 officers spent the first four days of their journey in Beijing. They did some of the usual sightseeing activities, including a visit to Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden Palace, the Great Wall and the new Olympic Stadium.
On the first day, the FFA officers visited the American Embassy, where they were briefed by the USDA agricultural attaché on basic Chinese agricultural customs and what to expect during their visit.
For instance, Sagehorn said, she and the others learned that land in China is measured by units called mu. Fifteen mu equals one hector, which is equivalent to 2.7 acres. The average farm size in China is also much smaller than the farms in the U.S. Sagehorn said most are one-acre farms.
Nearly everything produced is grown in greenhouses and crops are in the ground all year long. Everything is done by hand labor—there are no tractors.
Sagehorn said she was especially struck by the corn harvesting process. She said rather than doing it when the corn is moist like it is done in the U.S., the Chinese allow the corn to dry before they gather the stalks. When the corn is sent to feedlots for feed, water is again added to the corn to make silage.
A special treat for the group was a tour of Beijing's Ecological Farm Village. This particular farm has won many international awards for its ability to remain entirely self-sufficient. Over 800 people, making up 260 families, live in the village in a communal environment.
The village grows organic vegetables like eggplant, celery, turnips and cauliflower in the 200 greenhouses located on the farm. Over 200,000 chickens are also raised on the farm and produce enough eggs in one hour to supply each person in Beijing with one egg.
The farmers of the village are incredibly proud of their high-tech facility, said Sagehorn. However, she admitted, at first glance a Westerner would probably not think it is.
What makes this village so unique is its ability to produce its own gas supply. Manure from the chickens is used to create methane gas at the village's gas station. The station supplies gas for seven neighboring cities, which is transferred by an underground pipeline.
A journey to a local meat company also proved to be a lesson, not just on the meat industry in China, but also in Islamic religion. As this particular company is owned by Muslims, everything is done according to the rules of Islam.
Slaughtering can only take place on Wednesdays and Thursdays, and a prayer must be said for every cow that is butchered. At 300 head a day, this means the prayers and slaughtering must be done very quickly—approximately one head per minute.
Sagehorn added the company does not breed its cattle; they buy them at approximately one year of age. The company is a major supplier for KFC, Pizza Hut and the local supermarkets.
A special beef hot-pot lunch allowed the group to sample the meat. Sagehorn said the dish is similar to fondue, only with broth. Inside the broth are different kinds of meats and vegetables.
"There was one thing in there, though, we couldn't figure out what it was. It turned out to be a seven-year-old egg."
Having made a commitment to try new things while on her trip, she was the only member of the group willing to try the egg. So how was it?
"It was chewy on the outside," she answered, "but the inside tasted like an egg. It was definitely different...I don't think I'd ever do it again."
However, the biggest culture shock of all was felt by the FFA members during their walk through the Xin Fa Di Wholesale Market. As the second-largest market in the world, Xin Fa Di is the means by which most goods are supplied to the Beijing market.
Within the market is a meat building, which is where Sagehorn said the group got the biggest surprise of all. Inside were huge tables lined up from end to end, displaying all the different types and cuts of meat. According to Sagehorn, the meat was kept out at room temperature, with small freezers hooked up behind them. No gloves were used and the meat was uncovered, which attracted a large amount of flies.
"We're used to seeing our meat covered up and in freezers at the grocery store," said Sagehorn.
She added there were fat tables set up for each seller. After cutting up the meat, the butchers would throw the fat through the air onto the tables. While all this might not sound very sanitary to Westerners, Sagehorn said everything was very clean.
The group's time in Beijing closed with a Kung Fu Show, which featured different acts of performing arts from the Tang Dynasty era. The show, explained Sagehorn, was fashioned after the kind that used to be performed for royalty during that time.
A dumpling dinner was served during the show, and the group had the chance to sample every kind of dumpling cooked in every way possible.
Real Chinese food is different than American Chinese, said Sagehorn. The diet contains a lot more vegetables and not as much meat. Restaurants feature more of a banquet style of dining and the food is served on lazy susans.
For health reasons, the group was cautioned to stay away from meat and to not drink the water. They also chose to eat their meals with chopsticks rather than forks.
During their first night in China, group members were treated to a Peking Duck Banquet. Sagehorn said the dinner is an absolute must for any tourist to participate in while visiting Beijing. The dinner ritual requires a very specific way to cut up, cook and serve the bird.
And the end result? "It wasn't bad, but I think I'll stick with beef," said Sagehorn.
Upon leaving Beijing, the group took a train to Xian, one of the oldest settled regions of China. Sagehorn described it as being more condensed, but cleaner than Beijing. A bike ride along a portion of the old city wall allowed her and the rest of the officers a good glimpse of the city from above.
Out of all the activities and sightseeing the FFA visitors did, Sagehorn said it was agreed their visit to Northwest A&F University, just outside of Xian, was everybody's favorite. It was there they were able to speak with other students of agriculture and their professors.
"We didn't learn as much from them as we hoped, though," said Sagehorn. "It turned out they were just as excited to see us as we were to see them, and we spent more time answering their questions and talking about ourselves than we intended."
This was something the officers encountered at most places they went, said Sagehorn. "Most Chinese people have never seen a Westerner other than on TV," she said. "Often they had more questions for us than we did for them."
However, she added, some of the officers are still keeping in touch with the students they met that day.
What the group did learn from the students was somewhat surprising. For instance, though most of the students are majoring in agriculture, they are still up in the air about whether that's the direction they will take when they graduate.
Sagehorn also learned 80 percent of the people in China work in agriculture, but 80 percent of those in the field do not have any agricultural education background. One of the goals of the university is to teach these farmers more effective and efficient agricultural practices.
After Xian, the group took a flight to Shanghai, where they stopped at the Sun Qiao Modern Agri Development Zone. The Zone has won many awards for its research and has received visits from important world leaders.
Like the other farms the group saw, this one had greenhouses, but it also had more open plots of land, including water plots to grow water chestnuts and garlic chutes. Many of the materials and ideas used at the Zone came from other countries such as Japan, Denmark and Holland, according to Sagehorn.
Next, came a two-hour canal ride to the city of Suzhou. "It was really cool," she said. "It was gorgeous." However, she experienced another jolt of culture shock during the ride as they came upon houses situated right on the river.
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At Suzhou, the group visited a traditional silk factory, took a tour of the Vegetable Research Institute and went to a big dairy farm.
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The trip to China was not paid for by the state, and Sagehorn said she was able to come up with the money by selling her beef this past summer. However, there were a couple of people who helped by donating some money. She said that is definitely appreciated by her.
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Testimony :: Selim Beslagic
Mayor - Tuzla
Through the ages Bosnia and Herzegovina has been a multiethnic society. People lived together, not one group
against others. Bosnia has never been composed of two or three uni-national parts. The religious monuments of
the four great confessions stood side by side, and for centuries this did not bother anyone.
There has never been a war in BiH caused by internal factors. The First and Second World Wars came from the
The experience of World War II shows that BiH, in comparison to the rest of the former Yugoslav republics, was
the strongest bulwark of antifascist and anti-nationalist sentiment. Of the seven offensives that Hitler launched in
Yugoslavia, six took place in BiH. And in all six the united forces of the Bosnian and Herzegovinian peoples
Bosnia and Herzegovina contributed least to the fall of Yugoslavia.
And the most recent war was imported from outside BiH. It was all thought up in the circles surrounding
Milosevic and Tudjman. The believers in two opposing great power concepts found common cause at the
expense of BiH. From the beginning they wanted to divide BiH into a Serbian Republic and Herzeg-Bosna. For
the Bosniaks, they proposed leaving the land immediately around Sarajevo, Zenica, and Tuzla, as well as the
isolated enclave around Bihac.
As they always have, the peoples of BiH could live together even today. It is a little-known fact that during World
War II the Bosnian and Herzegovinian peoples suffered a far worse blood-letting than has occurred in this war.
There were massive expulsions along ethnic lines and a drastic violations of human rights. And what happened?
By means of historic circumstances, in the former Yugoslavia national chauvinism was declared to be the
equivalent of illegality, and a violation of human rights and freedom. Anti-nationalism was placed on the pedestal
of patriotism. In that political configuration, there was a strong reaffirmation of the value of unified life and for the
enthronement of compromise as the best path for both the individual and the collective.
The Dayton Accords were a wonderful means to stop the war. In the intervening years much has happened. But
as much as the Dayton Accords were effective against the war, they have been problematic for the further
development and reintegration of BiH. Why?
The Dayton accords, as is well known, respected the results of ethnic cleansing. As ambassador Viktor Jakovic
once said, Serbia conducted an invasion of BiH. To understand this point fully, it is sufficient to take a look at the
national composition of the cities that are now part of the Republika Srpska. Karadzic's SDS won the most recent
local elections because in their campaign they insisted that they had achieved the goals they had outlined in 1991.
In many respects this is precisely the case. The Dayton Accords insisted on a strange and almost unbelievable
combination of one Federation and one Republic, which is officially called the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Those two entities have two completely different legal systems. But the fact that Bosniaks and Croatians form a
minority in the Republika Srpska and that Serbs form a minority in the Federation proves that no single nation is
fully represented in its territory.
This legal situation is to the liking of the nationalists who have still not given up on the idea of dismembering BiH.
BiH should be a treasure house of differences, but today's situation has turned it into a house of horrors.
In the meantime, however, Tudjman's forces have suffered a definitive defeat. Croatia is no longer a factor for
disintegration, but has become a strong factor for the reintegration of BiH. Milosevic, the one-time signer of the
Dayton Accords, has now definitively been declared outside the law, and Serbia is in the midst of a terrible crisis.
The only hope for the nationalists is for obstruction backed up by the Dayton Accords.
It is extremely important that the Croatians have turned their backs on the HDZ. This invitation has been taken up
by the Bosniaks in BiH. In those areas with a Bosniak majority, the SDA has been defeated. Thus, Bosniaks are
also turning their back on the ethno-national option. One can expect to see a similar development among the
Serbs and Croatians of BiH. The Social Democratic Party, as the strongest opposition party in BiH as a whole
now controls some twenty communities. They need economic help to speed the return of refugees and to build
new administrations; this would show that democratic change brings concrete rewards. One third of the votes for
the Social Democratic party came from non-Bosniaks in the last elections. This indicates that Serbs and Croats
have begun to turn away from the nationalist option. In 1996 the SDP garnered 3% of the vote, in 1998, 11% and
in 2000, 20%. The November elections will be a great opportunity for the SDP and for civil society.
The defeat of the HDZ in local elections opens the door for a similar defeat of nationalism in the Republika
Srpska. Everything would be much easier if a single legal system governed Bosnia and Herzegovina, along with a
respect for decentralization. This would lead to the abolition of the two entities and to the cantonization of the
entire territory of BiH on the lines of what has already occurred inside the Federation.
Eventual changes in the legal system of BiH should be carried out with an eye toward integration, harmonization
and the creation of a system in tune with a European orientation. It is impossible for a constitutional system based
on ethno-nationalist principles to coexist with European and regional integration.
The return of refugees is going too slowly. Relatively recently the return of property has been speeded up,
however the majority of people sell this property and do not return to their homes. The reason for this is again the
Dayton Accords, which do not guarantee the same rights to all citizens. In addition, many war criminals are still at
large. People are afraid to return.
The role of international forces is crucial. People are thankful for the end of the war. It is well known that the
presence of 20,000 SFOR soldiers is the only guarantee of peace. As long as they are in place there is no fear
that remaining structures could plan for new conflicts. With the help of NATO we should be integrating the
national armies in BiH into a multiethnic army of BiH as a guarantor of continued security.
The belief in the High Commissioner grows with the promulgation of every measure that guarantees equality. It is a
fact that the country could not function without a higher authority to cut the various Gordian knots. This is the
strongest proof that we must revise Dayton. Bosnia and Herzegovina needs strong central organs -- that is, a
single legislature, a single executive branch, and a single judiciary. Until they exist, the role of the High
Commissioner is necessary.
The single greatest danger for the recreation of multiethnic society is the continued existence of ethno-nationalist
political parties. The international community should impose the requirement that local election slates contain a
reasonable proportion of people from the various ethnic groups perhaps as they were represented in the
population in 1991. Some changes in the Dayton Accords and in the election laws would very quickly neutralize
the main dangers facing BiH.
Up to this point the Brussels Declaration has been the basis for the stabilization of the situation in BiH. The World
Bank and the IMF should provide transparent help with credits to strengthen the state.
Two key things will lead to a better future for BiH. They are changes in the constitutional system of BiH to bring it
in line with European standards, and election victories of multiethnic and pro-European political forces.


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Canadian-born to New Zealand parents, writer and director Alison Maclean helmed one of the most successful NZ Film Commission-funded short films of all time, Kitchen Sink, which debuted at Cannes and won eight international awards.
A graduate of Elam School of Fine Arts, she has directed feature films Crush (which she also wrote) and Jesus' Son. A director of commercials and television series including Sex and the City and Gossip Girl, Maclean divides her time between New York, Canada and New Zealand, and she is developing several feature films.
In this ScreenTalk, Maclean talks about:
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- Persuading her sculpture department professors to let her make her first short film, Taunt
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- The joy of directing anti-apartheid music video Don't Go with Chris Knox, Don McGlashan and Rick Bryant
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FORT MEADE, Florida -- November 17, 2012
Twenty-four arrests were made during an undercover drug investigation in Polk County, but authorities are still searching for four suspects.
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Seven individuals were arrested, but four others are still on the run. Another seventeen individuals were arrested for assorted narcotics violations.
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I saw a lot of positives, but also some negatives. It's a Big 12 road game, and those are tough.
We are still in this race, we'll just need some help now.
No moral victories. We need wins. Gotta win out at home.
"Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing."
I think Angel Rodriguez just traveled again.
When you're Iowa State, you always have to deal with crappy refs on the road. And at home.
Tough to win when you turn it over 20 times and our leading scorer only has 6 pts.
Would have been nice to get a good road win for the resume.
We do have a good shot at our next 5-6 games.
When Prepared, Fear No One.
Just gotta take care of 2-8 Texas. Don't need that feeling like we had after the the tech game again.
After games like this, I really miss college. I could just go smoke all my problems away.
I'd like to meltdown but I won't. @ K-State will be the toughest game we play all year but man, sometimes ISU plays so soft. It's annoying to watch.
Just take care of Texas and everything is fine.
Oh and KSU fans are doing that stupid *** wabash cannonball dance again. My God they look stupid when they lean back and forth and clap their hands and point to the ceiling like that.
Refs were balanced. A lot of suspect calls went in our favor.
Wasn't our night. No real complaints here.
The fact is until Hoiberg can recruit better post defenders, we'll always be a bubble team that can't close on the road. You have to have insane talent to outscore quality opponents on the road when the opposition can score at will within 5 ft of the hoop.
KU will beat K-State this Monday and bring K-State fans back down to earth. No way in hell KU will lost 4 straight. Then we will only be one game back.
Originally Posted by Cardinal2001
I saw a lot of positives, but also some negatives. It's a Big 12 road game, and those are tough.
We are still in this race, we'll just need some help now.
We have now finished playing at the 3 toughest road venues in the Big 12.
Need to defend home court.. Get 2 wins on the road, and that is 12 wins in conference. NCAA Bid.
Not too bad for a team that was picked to finish 8th.
I think the title is actually OSU's to lose, the only tough road game they have left is us.
They get KU, KSU, Oklahoma all at home.
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I'd like to meltdown but I won't. @ K-State will be the toughest game we play all year but man, sometimes ISU plays so soft. It's annoying to watch.
Just take care of Texas and everything is fine.
I agree that this was the toughest game left. I think we have a great shot in all of the last eight games.
Will doesn't seem to be nearly as aggressive with his offense on the road. I'd like to see Freddie run a few plays for him right out of the gate against UT and get him in the flow.
offensive Rebounds. KSU scored on 80% of them. And thee was a bunch
Cut the turnovers down by a few
KSU when 100% from the line 2nd half.
We lost by 9.
Pretty easy to see what we needed to do.
Its tough to swallow that we should be in first place, but we didn't finish on 3 games that we had won. I can take this loss, but those other 3 we had won.
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National Honors Society members, left to right, Jack McGraw, Logan Bischoff and Tayler Nordhausen display some of the food collected in the National Honor Society food drive. A total of 485 cans were collected in the drive.
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The holiday season brings with it good tidings and makes for a wonderful time to give back to the community.
Members of the Frenchman Valley National Honor Society at Wauneta-Palisade Public Schools planned and coordinated a food drive titled, "CAN Fight Hunger," which ended Friday, Dec. 21, the last day of school before the holiday break.
The food drive was open to the entire school, pre-kindergarten through seniors. NHS members encouraged all grades to participate and even encouraged "grade wars" to see which class could round up the most food to be donated.
Students who contributed to the drive were rewarded with a lollypop or "tootsie roll" sucker at the office when they dropped off their donated goods.
The grade who collects the most food will be rewarded with an additional incentive. W-P administration encouraged classes to suggest what that incentive might be.
The food items gathered through the event will be distributed to the Chase County Food Pantry in Imperial and the Hitchcock County Food Pantry in Culbertson.
Due to the snow storm, food items will not be distributed to the two food pantries until after the winter break.
Therefore, students or the public can still make contributions to the drive by dropping nonperishable food items off at the school office in Wauneta or Palisade.
As of Friday, Dec. 21 485 cans of food have been collected, totaling approximately 363 pounds. Food contributions by class is as follows:
Pre-K, 6 cans; Kindergarten,13 cans; first grade, 12 cans; second grade, 50 cans; third grade, 96 cans; fourth grade, 18 cans; fifth grade, 0 cans; sixth grade, 94 cans; seventh grade, 37 cans; eighth grade, 2 cans; freshmen, 6 cans; sophomores, 31 cans; juniors, 11 cans; and seniors, 109 cans.
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The Pontiac TempestWritten by Jeff Smith on December 5, 2013 Tempestuous
The early years of the 1960s were time-stamped with the mark of the dinosaurs—behemoth 1962 406 Galaxies, 421 Pontiac Catalinas, and 409 Chevrolet Impalas stomped the earth. On the dragstrip, these big-block production cars attracted crowds nearly as large as those for the much faster and much noisier purpose-built dragsters. Each marque's true believers wanted to see their chosen brand stomp the competition.
The American Manufacturers' Association's (AMA) 1957 ban on racing had thankfully lost support (because performance was selling!), and Pontiac was enjoying the fruits of conquering the competition on NASCAR oval tracks and the NHRA's increasingly popular dragstrips. On the street, It was often a 389ci Pontiac, not a Chevrolet, that the fast guys were wheeling. Guys like Don Gay were winning races with A/Stock Pontiacs, and you could drive that same Catalina right off the showroom floor.
In the 1960s, there was no more inventive car crafter than Mickey Thompson. So it was not surprising that he persuaded the suits to let him champion the Pontiac name into the record books. In 1960, Thompson had been the first man on earth to hit 400 mph with a streamliner powered by four normally aspirated Pontiacs. It wasn't a world record because the car broke on the return run, but he was still fast.
Unfortunately, while the streamliner effort revealed Pontiac power, it didn't promote production cars, which was really what Pontiac wanted. Thompson already knew how to win races; all he needed was the right car. If there is one unalterable rule for building a performance car, it's that you put the strongest engine in the lightest car. In late 1961, Pontiac shared something new with Thompson, a brand-new car called the Tempest. It was Pontiac's version of the new GM compact car, similar to the Buick Special and Olds F-85. With its four-cylinder engine, the Tempest weighed 2,785 pounds and rode on a short 112-inch wheelbase that looked miniscule compared to a Wide Track Catalina that outweighed it by nearly 900 pounds. The 1961 Tempest attracted no attention from drag racers because of its weak slant-four engine, which was one-half of a 389. The Tempest also came with a weird swing arm independent transaxle assembly, first used on the Corvair. This fact alone placed it neatly into leper status with performance buffs. Who would want a 1961 Tempest when you could buy a tri-power 389 Catalina or a 409 Chevy? But the fates were aligning in Thompson's favor, when he connected the dots to a brand-new NHRA drag racing class called Factory Experimental.
A/FX allowed Super Stock–legal engines to be transplanted into any car of the same marque. It was as if NHRA was inviting Thompson to stuff Pontiac's vaunted, twin four-barrel Super Duty 421 engine into this lightweight chassis. The only other real contender was the Chevy II with a transplanted 327 and a four-speed—Chevy didn't get the hint for production until 1965—and Tasca Ford was still months away from prototyping its 427 Fairlane.
Thompson enlisted Hayden Proffitt to cut up a new Tempest that Hot Rod magazine quickly chronicled ("Thompson's Terrible Tempest") in the Sept. 1962 issue. Proffitt immediately removed the clumsy two-speed transaxle and replaced the spindly piece with a more traditional manual transmission and a narrowed, fullsize Pontiac rear axle. The Super Duty 421ci engine actually fit into the Tempest's engine compartment; that was the easy part. The factory transaxle configuration required only a small hump in the floorpan for clearance and was otherwise nearly flat, prompting Proffitt to cut much of the floor to clear the traditionally located heavy-duty Pontiac three-speed manual transmission. Thompson showed up at the NHRA Winternationals with Proffitt driving and cleaned house, while running low 12s. That got everybody's attention. By the Indy Nationals in September, there were several Tempests in attendance, but Lloyd Cox drove the Thompson entry, and once more the team took the A/FX class trophy.
Just a few months hence, 1963 would prove to be the pinnacle of GM participation in all things racing. Mickey Thompson and Royal Pontiac's successes on the dragstrip with the Tempests and Super Duty Catalinas set the wheels in motion to construct 14 cars—six Le Mans coupes and six Tempest wagons, and then later two more Tempests coupes were constructed, all in white with 421 SD engines. But these cars came with a twist. They retained the transaxle and independent rear suspension (IRS). All production Tempests came with a two-speed automatic transaxle (called the Tempest Torque) that was modified by Pontiac Engineering with a second planetary gearset added to the rear of the transaxle, transforming the two-speed into a four-speed called the Powershift. According to Tempest owner Tom Schlauch, he witnessed two of these cars being delivered to Jess Tyree's shop.
According to Schlauch, the cars he witnessed were equipped with a clutch, but it's possible that a few came with a fluid coupling, which is very inefficient because it lacks the stator that multiplies torque. A few Tempests attempted to run fluid couplings, but none were successful. Unfortunately, breakage was a big problem. Schlauch says that most of the cars could get roughly 10 runs out of a ring-and-pinion before they failed. This eventually forced most of the SD Tempest racers to convert to the traditional solid rear axle and transmission configuration. Schlauch says there are four surviving original SD Tempests, and three of them retain the incredibly rare original transaxle and the so-called "rope" driveshaft. The actual production Tempest driveshaft was in reality a solid, 3⁄4-inch bar that was encased in a torque tube that incorporated a significant fore-aft bend in the tube to create less of an intrusive tunnel in the floorpan.
The 1963 factory cars also enjoyed even more exotic weight reductions. Part of the Tempest weight-loss plan was to offset the fact that the 1963 redesigns were heavier, due to the 5 additional inches of overall body length and 2 inches in width. The low-calorie program included an aluminum front end, including fenders, hood, lower valence, and grille surround. Aluminum bumpers on the early cars proved too thin and were replaced by acid-dipped steel versions. The idea behind the wagons followed Junior Stock theory that the additional rear weight would improve traction, but the extra 200 pounds hurt elapsed times so that the sedans were considered the most desirable.
Thompson continued his winning ways, with Bill Shrewsberry driving his 1963 car to take the Winternationals A/FX class win with a 12.04 at 116.29 mph. By now, the NHRA had also created B/ and C/FX classes for lower horsepower configurations and times for all the classes were dropping fast. By the end of the year, the A/FX record was still held by a Tempest with Arlen Vanke running an accredited 11.89/123.11 pass. While Chevy, Ford, and Chrysler had been caught napping the year before, the factory teams quickly stepped up their game, and Dave Strickler won the A/FX class trophy at the 1963 Nationals, driving a 427ci Z-11 Impala.
There was certainly more development that might have kept Pontiac in the limelight of the quarter-mile drama, but the axe fell at the end of 1963 when GM "officially" pulled out of active participation in motorsports. Pontiac followed the rules and retired all its factory drag racing support, while Chevrolet continued a clandestine effort. This corporate push to avoid racing came about due to pressure from the federal government that believed GM was approaching a near monopoly on auto sales in the U.S. Since Ford and Chrysler were the underdogs, they could continue to fund and support racing programs, and by the 1964 Nationals at Indy, the once-heroic Tempests were already outclassed. As often happens, most of the racers who had championed Pontiacs a few years earlier moved on to Fords, Chevys, and Mopars. Even Thompson transferred his allegiance to Ford by the end of 1963. It was the end of Pontiac's drag racing domination.
Road-Racing Tempests
Perhaps even more obscure than the drag racing Super Duty Tempests were even fewer 421-powered Pontiacs that made their way onto to road courses and oval tracks soon after Mickey Thompson's cars began invading America's dragstrips. Four cars were prepared by Nichels Engineering (in Indiana) for the inaugural NASCAR Daytona Continental sports car race in 1962, but only one finished.
Pontiacs returned to Daytona in 1963 with a strong car entered by Nichels and driven by Paul Goldsmith. In a wet Daytona American Challenge Cup race on the big oval, the little Pontiac bested a Mystery 427-powered 1963 Corvette owned by Mickey Thompson, a Cobra, and other import cars, including a Ferrari. The next day, in a contest called the Continental Cup race, the Tempest unfortunately retired with what was later attributed to driveline failure.
Goldsmith's number 50 car used the similar twin four-barrel 421 Super Duty engine but retained the intriguing four-speed Powershift factory transaxle assembly. This design used a clutch located at the very back of the transaxle but only employed it to launch from a dead stop. Once moving, all gear changes were made without the use of the clutch by merely moving the gear selector, although shifting in this manner probably contributed to the early transaxle failures. Major suspension changes had been applied to the original swing-axle design to improve the handling, and the car was clearly competitive. Unfortunately, this factory-enhanced effort was discontinued soon after the Daytona race in deference to Washington, D.C. sabre rattling.
The Super Duty 421
The 421 Super Duty took Pontiac's very successful 389 and made it bigger all the way around. They increased the bore by 0.030 inch to 4.093 inches and added a 0.250 inch to the stroke for a total of 4.0 inches. The first 421 Super Duty appeared as a dealer-installed engine in 1961, followed as optional engines for the Catalinas and, of course, the SD 421 Tempests in 1963. In that year, there were three different Super Duty 421 configurations. The single four-barrel version was factory-rated at 390 hp, sported 12:1 compression, and was intended for NASCAR stock car racing. Adding another carburetor to the same engine pushed the second version to 405 hp. Pontiac's big dog in the factory horsepower hunt retained the twin four-barrel induction but added another point of squeeze to 13:1. Rated at a ridiculously conservative 410 hp (500–550 hp is more realistic), this engine was intended for drag racing.
All SD engines were equipped with forged crankshafts, forged pistons, and 3.250-inch main journal diameters, increased over the 389's already large 3.00-inch journals. Rod journals remained the standard Pontiac size of 2.250 inch. Four-bolt main caps were also standard. Iron Super Duty cylinder heads (the 980 head carried the late 1962 and 1963 casting number, while earlier 1962 engines received 127 heads) and to keep the inlet air temperatures cooler, both units were built without the usual heat-riser passage. All SDs also came with one of three mechanical lifter camshafts, referred to as McKellar cams, in reference to Pontiac chief powerplant engineer Malcolm "Mac" McKellar, who was responsible for their lobe designs. McKellar also designed not just camshafts but also oversaw the creation of the SOHC inline-six and many of the exotic DOHC engines that Pontiac experimented with in the late 1960s.
The Super Duty 421 engines also spawned a number of interesting factory-inspired performance components. If you were connected to the pipeline in 1963, you might have scored one of perhaps as many as 40 or 50 two-piece "bathtub" tunnel ram intakes cast by Pontiac. Other unique pieces included a three-barrel Carter AFB carburetor (PN 3636S) intended for NASCAR circle-track engines. Due to the GM corporate ban of late January, 1963, all engine production halted. While successful in killing Pontiac's factory support of racing, this performance ban would last only a few months until Pontiac again pushed the envelope with the more street-worthy '64 GTO.
More Info
Pete McCarthy Publications; 714/997-5856; PeteMcCarthy.com
Little Indians Chapter of the Pontiac Owners Club, International; LittleIndians.com
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Among the SD 421 components were these now ridiculously rare, long-tube factory cast-aluminum manifolds that were intended for use only on drag-race engines that would run only for very short periods. If used in steady-state engine speeds at more than 70 mph, the concentrated heat would burn holes in the castings. Racers discovered that lightweight tubular steel headers handily outperformed the factory whimsy.The major fabrication work was performed at the rear of the car, and it began when Proffitt removed this near-new transaxle/swing arm IRS assembly from the Tempest and unceremoniously dumped it in the dirt behind Thompson's shop.As you can see, the 421 Super Duty was an easy fit in the Tempest engine bay. Left-side header fitment was challenging to clear the steering column, but otherwise the engine nearly drops right in. Note the twin Carter carburetors.Here, we see the sheetmetal work required to adapt a manual transmission underneath the stock Tempest floorpan. Then, long lift bars made from rectangular tubing pivoted off brackets welded to the rear axle assembly. Note the triangulated brace just above the shock absorber.It may not look like it, but this is the interior of a class-winning A/FX Pontiac in 1962. The shifter is for a manual transmission. Though we could not find a reference to a transmission in the Hot Rod story, it is likely that Thompson eventually used a Borg-Warner T-10 four-speed, perhaps out of a Super Duty Catalina.According to the Hot Rod story, the only changes to Mickey Thompson's stock 421 Super Duty engine were M/T forged pistons with 12.4:1 compression and a McKellar experimental flat-tappet camshaft. Other sources list the cam at 308/320 degrees duration.Apparently, Thompson performed some minor sheetmetal work probably to fit the larger wheelwells. Note the new car sticker. Enlarging the image to maximum size reveals the as-delivered total on this Tempest was $2,622.54.Bill Shrewsberry drove the number 755 Mickey Thompson '63 Tempest to win A/FX at the '63 NHRA Winternationals. This factory-built car was running the four-speed planetary "clutch automatic," along with the 421 Super Duty engine. Shrewsberry won the final with a 12.04 at 116.27.A trunk photo of the first Thompson car reveals a smooth floor and the addition of a battery. The later factory-built 421 cars used a "Powershift" four-speed rear transaxle that required a bustle, or a hump in the trunk floor, to clear the additional rear-mounted planetary gearset needed to convert the two-speed to a four-speed.
This 1963 Tempest was driven by Paul Goldsmith at a time when road race and stock cars were very closely identified with their production namesakes.This photo of the Number 50 road-race Tempest reveals an additional fuel tank. This image also shows the bustle in the trunk necessary to clear the additional planetary gear box and clutch and pressure plate assembly that was added to most of the 421 Super Duty Tempests.


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