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|23rd July 2009 16:54
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After a long long time in the making, the forums have arrived!
Some of you who are familiar with online forums may (or may not) have noticed that we are not using standard forum software (Like vBulletin, or Invision.. etc). This was a bold move that i took the gamble with a couple of weeks ago when I contemplated adding forums to the site.
I figured it would be easier to add forums to the existing user system, rather than move the user system to other-available forum software. Was it a good idea? Hopefully!
So yeah. I have done a little testing by myself.. and hopefully can get you guys involved to tell me what you like and don't like about it with help from the Suggestions, Improvements & Feedback forum! In there I have added a sort of 'todo' list for myself which everyone is able to see. Hopefully this will motivate me to getting bits and bobs done around the site, as procrastinating is one of my specialities
Anyway, as a little warm up.. I'll leave this topic open for you guys to tell me what you think!
I'm looking forward to talking to some of you guys after seeing you online so much, with the users online list!
Andy Kerr
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|26th July 2009 03:53
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|I like it a lot, but the only thing is, this thread would get clogged up quickly with only 'general discussion' There should be a manga/anime part for only that stuff, since 'general discussion' includes...anything general. That's what i think.
|26th July 2009 10:51
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Cool, thanks for the feedback MelodicKiseki.
I did sort of notice some of the bigger anime forums had literally 40 different forums. The reason we only have a few (at the moment, that is), is simply not to overwhelm everyone with so much choice of where to post.
I think as the forum activity increases, we will be able to add a few more forums. (Even though it took me long enough which ones to decide what to start with, haha)
I've added 2 more forums, under the "Anime & Manga" Forum.. which.. is in general
Of course, these are in no way permanent.. and will more than likley change when the forums expand a little bit
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|27th July 2009 23:43
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|Maybe we should have a manga request tag to where the members can request manga's that aren't on here an also we should have a manga bulletin board that let's member's or you suggest manga of what they thought was really good!!!!!!
|28th July 2009 11:29
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How do you mean with the "request tag" moonwolves? :D
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|29th July 2009 21:55
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|I mean by maybe we can have a request bar at the top so that the members can request manga too!!! That's what I ment.
|22nd October 2009 02:47
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Thanks a bunch, An--Errr...Mr.Kerr.
It's cool to be able to communicate with the fellow Mang-aly Disabled.
(bad pun on Mentalty Disabeld)
It's the Lambizzle, yo.
Moo ^.^
|9th August 2010 02:28
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Echii is my middle name !
|9th August 2010 19:26
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Haha. It's kinda cool to see it pretty active here.. :)
|10th August 2010 21:26
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*tackle hugs Jepinay* Where have you been?! *clings* :D Now you cant leave again!
This user would like to announce that she is in fact dsylexic, has a wonky keyboard and is often chemically inconvenient. The user requests you take spelling and grammatical errors with a pinch of salt.
Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool.
|10th August 2010 23:09
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lulz. Oh you know, I've been around...doing absolutely nothing. ^_^
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My grandmother gave me this recipe, so it always brings back warm memories.
- 1/2 pound ground beef
- 1/4 cup chopped onion
- 1/4 cup chopped celery
- 1 cup canned diced tomatoes, undrained
- 3/4 cup beef broth
- 3/4 cup cubed peeled potato
- 1/4 cup thinly sliced carrot
- 2 tablespoons uncooked long grain rice
- 1/2 teaspoon salt, optional
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
- In a large saucepan, cook the beef, onion and celery over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Stir in the tomatoes, broth, potato, carrot, rice, salt if desired and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer 40-45 minutes or until rice and vegetables are tender. Yield: 2 servings.
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There's movement at NBC as a couple of fan favs are ready for their curtain call and one of last year's breakout hits is heading for a new night. Final seasons for "Parks and Rec" and "Parenthood" highlight the network's fall line up, released on Monday, May 12 during the NBC Upfronts press conference.
Probably the biggest news out of the announcement is the shake up on Thursday night. For years, it has consisted of two hours of comedy preceding a drama, having seen the likes of "Cheers", "Seinfeld", "Friends", and "The Office" sit atop as ratings kings. But the network is trimming back the comic fat and injecting it with a little more drama. This fall, the lineup will consist of "The Biggest Loser", a new series called "A to Z", and "Parenthood".
Speaking of "Parenthood", this season will be the the popular drama's fifth and final when it bows after it wraps in 2015. This will also be the final season the longest running NBC series. "Parks and Recreation" will call it quits after its seventh season. The only catch is, there's no word on when or where "Parks and Rec" will air when it does indeed return.
The big move on the NBC schedule really won't take place until after the NFL season. "The Blacklist" will start on Mondays, but then will be featured in the post Super Bowl slot on February 1, 2015, before setting up shop on its new night and time on Thursday, Feb. 1.
As for new series heading to the NBC airwaves, the big question mark centers around "Constantine". Based on the DC Comic, "Hellblazer", the show centers on supernatural detective John Constantine, who has literally been to hell and back. If it sounds familiar, you probably saw the 2005 film starring Keanu Reeves.
You can check out NBC's full fall 2014 line up below. All times are listed in EST. Check local listings.
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8:00 p.m. -- The Voice
9:00 p.m. -- MARRY ME **new series
9:30 p.m. -- About a Boy
10:00 p.m. -- Chicago Fire
8:00 p.m -- THE MYSTERIES OF LAURA **new series
9:00 p.m. -- Law & Order: SVU"
10:00 p.m. -- Chicago P.D."
8:00 p.m. -- The Biggest Loser
9:00 p.m. -- BAD JUDGE **new series (The Blacklist moves to the 9 p.m. on Feb. 5)
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Is there a Windows RAM disk that can:
- Be installed/controlled from the command line.
- Supports > 4GB on a 64-bit system.
I've written a .NET app to decompress some .rar files to a temporary directory, do some operations, then delete the decompressed files. Due to various technical reasons (mainly to do with speed), I'm calling the command line version of .rar behind the scenes. Setting up a RAM disk in effect gives Windows a hint: "when you decompress these files to a directory, you don't have to persist them to disk" which will definitely speed things up in the long run.


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Yeah, okay, at this stage we all know
Against my better judgement, I find myself writing about it at the moment in the context of a little historical perspective for the Semantic Web.
But I'm stuck on the
Anyone have pointers to some material (or thoughts) about what the Proof layer is doing in there?
Maybe someone has seen the Proof layer lying about somewhere?
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Did you lose it down the back of the sofa?
(26 Oct '12, 17:08) Rob Vesse ♦
Unless the layer is for remotely controlling the television, then no.
(26 Oct '12, 17:09) Signified ♦
So you know, at least, what the "Unifying Logic" layer is about? :-)
(26 Oct '12, 17:16) Michael Schn... ♦
Oh sure! I just asked it and it told me.
(26 Oct '12, 19:37) Signified ♦
Here is what TimBL has said about this in an old design issues document:
From what I read here and from what I think to remember from other statements that I heard/read, the idea was probably to use formal proofs in fully-automatic agent-based negotiation or access-request activities, where one client agent (on behalf of a human) proofs to some service agent that it is allowed to access some information, etc. So there would probably be some client-specific challenge, stated in the form of an assertion in logic (see the layer below), and the client agent would have to provide a formal proof for it, otherwise (for other clients without access), creating such a proof would be too hard computationally. As checking a proof is much easier than creating it (without clues), the service agent would be able to check whether the client agent has access rights or not (or whatever). Based on all of this is then - obviously - trust! :-)
Now, this all sounds a little odd today, and I haven't heard of such a logic/proof based method for access control in the last years, and this may mean that the proof part is perhaps not relevant anymore.
PS: I believe to remember that the classic Scientific American article as of 2001 included something about this agent-related stuff. EDIT: Signified's self-response provides a proof! :-)
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Thanks for that! I must check out that Sci.Am. article again anyways, but after the weekend.
(26 Oct '12, 21:11) Signified ♦
You can add this: http://www.w3.org/DesignIssues/RDFnot.html , and look for the word "proof".
(27 Oct '12, 05:47) Antoine Zimm... ♦
For posterity, the relevant part of the Scientific American article is:
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26 June: HSBC online banking goes off the wall: Many HSBC customers are currently struggling to access the company's online banking system.
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Feb 14, 1962
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Josef Hader (born 14 February 1962 in Waldhausen im Strudengau, Upper Austria) is an Austrian comedian and actor. Hader grew up in Nöchling in Lower Austria and attended the Catholic secondary school in Melk. After his civilian service at the Red Cross he started studying German and History. As a student he began working on his first comedy programme "Fort Geschritten". His second programme "Der Witzableiter und das Feuer" won the "Salzburger Stier" comedy award. Soon after he quit studying and wrote "Biagn oder Brechen" and "Bunter Abend". Haders programme "Privat" is one of the most successful comedies in Austrian history. His most recent show called "Hader muss weg" is more acting than comedy. He plays seven different roles using no props other than a simple Trenchcoat and acts only through gestures, voice and facial expression. Hader has starred in many different movies such as "Indien", "Komm, süßer Tod" and "Silentium".
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- White Cherries (Gelbe Kirschen) 2001
- Blue Moon 2000
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- Hounds (Jagdhunde)
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- Boneman (Der Knochenmann)
- Come Sweet Death (Komm, suesser Tod)
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- Aufschneider: Teil 2
- Das ewige Leben
- Kafkas Der Bau (2014)
- Way to Live (Wie man leben soll)
- Der Tote am Teich
- Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe (Vor der Morgenrote)
- Movies Written by Josef Hader
- Indien
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We reported Wednesday that a federal appellate judge in California accused a federal district judge in Nevada of foul play in a case over the Silver State's "none of these candidates" ballot option. We got one side of the story, and now we have the other.
Let's recap: Judge Stephen Roy Reinhardt of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit alleged that Chief Judge Robert C. Jones, head of the Nevada federal district court, dragged his feet in the case to avoid appellate review.
That is a pretty serious allegation, given the political subtext. Republicans sued the state in June to have the "none of these candidates" option raked off the ballot. They feared it could divert votes from their candidates in what are expected to be close presidential and U.S. Senate races. Judge Jones, an appointee of George W. Bush, sided with Republicans and said in an Aug. 22 hearing that he intended to kill the option. But he didn't issue a written order.
Meanwhile, the clock was ticking. The ballot-printing process must begin by Sept. 7, a deadline state officials repeatedly raised with Judge Jones. They waited for an order they could appeal to the Ninth Circuit. None came.
Finally, the Ninth Circuit intervened on Tuesday without a written order, suspending Judge Jones's oral ruling while the appellate court reviews the case — and virtually guaranteeing that Nevadans will be able to vote for "none of these candidates" in November, if they so choose.
In a concurring opinion Tuesday, Judge Reinhardt, an appointee of President Jimmy Carter, accused Judge Jones of "dilatory tactics" that "appear to serve no purpose other than to seek to prevent the state from taking an appeal of his decision before it must print the ballots."
Later in the opinion, he was even more blunt: "Such arrogance and assumption of power by one individual is not acceptable in our judicial system."
Judge Jones fired back Wednesday, in this order. He wrote:
Unfortunately, Judge Reinhardt chose to write separately impugning the personal integrity and motivation of the undersigned judge. Hopefully, his separate decision does not reflect a trend in appellate decision writing to attack the integrity and motivation of a colleague or lower court judge, rather than simply pointing out the error in a lower court opinion. His assertion is false. Judge Reinhardt writes that the undersigned intended to defeat appellate jurisdiction over the Court's decisions over this case. Contrary, this Court clearly indicated its intent to embody its decision in a written order, and it was the clear contemplation of the Court and all the parties that the Defendant would file a notice of appeal forthwith, following that entry.
Judge Jones gave no explanation why he hadn't issued a written order since stating his intentions in the Aug. 22 hearing, given the looming printer deadline. He did, however, offer some criticisms of Judge Reinhardt — including "inappropriate judicial activity."
According to Judge Jones, Judge Reinhardt contacted him through the Ninth Circuit clerk "for the purpose of influencing the lower court's decision and earlier entry of its order."
He closed with a hard jab:
Judge Reinhardt's separate decision to impugn the integrity and motivation of the undersigned judge, together with his contact to Chambers through the Ninth Circuit Clerks's Office, was an example of assumption of power by one individual which is not acceptable in our judicial system.


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Arista Networks Latest Test for Tech IPOs
Shares of fast-growing technology companies are generally still well off their recent highs, but Arista Networks Inc. has one thing many lack: profits.
That could help lure buyers to the Santa Clara, Calif.-based company's initial public offering Thursday. Arista Networks, which provides data-center equipment to Microsoft, Facebook and others, expects to sell 5.3 million shares for $36 to $40 apiece in its IPO, raising up to $210 million.
"They combine big revenue and very fast growth—but profitability as well," said ISI Group analyst Brian Marshall, who has a "strong buy" recommendation on the shares. "That's a pretty important thing in this environment where money-losing companies are out of favor."
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These days, the company's customers include providers of cloud-computing services and media and financial-services firms. Sales to Microsoft, through systems integrator World Wide Technology Inc., account for more than 10% of Arista's revenue.
The company's management also has pedigree that could help attract investors. Co-founder Andy Bechtolsheim helped start Sun Microsystems in 1982. Chief Executive Officer Jayshree Ullal formerly served as senior vice president of Cisco Systems Inc.'s data center switching and services group.
By some measures, the stock appears likely to start trading at a premium to other networking equipment companies. At $40, the top of the price range Arista forecast for its IPO, the company would have an enterprise value to sales ratio of 4, pricier than peers Cisco Systems Inc., Juniper Networks Inc. or F5 Networks Inc., which trade at 2.1, 2.8 and 3.7-times Mr. Marshall's 2015 revenue estimates, respective.
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Arista Networks is due to begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange Friday under the symbol "ANET." Morgan Stanley is leading the offering with Citigroup Inc.


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What if there were a way to save the nation $30 billion a year in energy costs, reduce greenhouse gas emissions by more than 300 million tons a year and create thousands of new jobs - using existing technologies and at a price so cheap that it would pay for itself in the first year? Evan Mills, a researcher at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, says there already is one: building commissioning, the art and science of maximizing the energy efficiency of commercial buildings.
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There might be some tension in Scooter Braun's offices this morning, as PSY's "Gangnam Style" officially overtook the music video for Justin Bieber's "Baby" to become the most-viewed YouTube clip of all time.
In the span of only four months, PSY has been able to rack up 805 million views for his candy-colored K-Pop hit, surpassing the 803 million that Bieber's Ludacris collaboration has garnered since its debut in 2010. (If you were curious, the third-most-viewed video on YouTube is Jennifer Lopez ft. Pitbull's "On the Floor," with 624 million views. We challenge anyone to find a reason why.)
Interestingly enough, though both music videos stand far above all others on the YouTube charts, neither song made it to no. 1 on the Hot 100. The Biebs is still looking for his first chart-topper, while "Gangnam Style" was marooned behind "One More Night" for more than two months. Does this make Carly Rae Jepsen the alpha-dog at the Schoolboy reunions?


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The Smithsonian is a variable time capsule of American history and as such they have more pieces in the collection than they can actually show to the public. Right before Christmas the Smithsonian announced a new contest to help select two of eight vehicles currently in storage--two of which include the General Motors EV1 electric car from the '90s or GM's 1987 Sunraycer solar car. They are calling the contest "Race to the Museum." The final two selections, made by votes from the general public, will be displayed from January 22nd to February 21st.
It has been a while since the EV1 has gotten a ton of press, but the all-electric car developed by GM was leased to consumers for testing during an eight-year program. Why don't you see them on the road? That is the way GM wanted it. The cars were only seen as a concept for testing the viability of electric vehicles; after the leases on the EV1s were up GM took them all back and destroyed the majority of them. A handful still exist because they were donated to different Universities for studying, but they were strategically disabled. A couple of Universities have put their EV1s back together by reengineering the electric technology, but the majority, including the one donated to the Smithsonian collection, have been disabled. The EV1 was one of the first large scale electric vehicle tests in the United States, in fact, I can remember when Car and Driver wrote about their test drive of the EV1 in Los Angeles rush hour.
The General Motors 1987 Sunraycer solar car was entered in the 1,864-mile solar car race in Australia in partnership with AeroVironment. The body of the car was made of Kevlar and Nomex, satellite-type solar cells, sliver-zinc Hughes batteries and a GM Magnequench motor. The Sunraycer reached speeds of up to 70 mph and ultimately won the race. If displayed at the Smithsonian, it may very well be the first time some have ever seen the Sunraycer or at the very least since the 1987 race.
You can actual vote for eight different vehicles from the collection besides the two GM vehicles above. The other vehicles include the 1948 Tucker Sedan and 1903 Oldsmobile Curved-dash Runabout. The two vehicles with the most votes will be the ones put on display at the American History Museum on the National Mall. Voting opened December 21st, 2010, but have no fear because you have until January 11th, 2011 to put your vote in. To vote visit the American History Museum page here.
For more information on "Race to the Museum" visit the Smithsonian American History Museum website. Also be sure to keep up with the Denver Classic Car Examiner on Twitter and Facebook.


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This week marked quite a momentous occasion for us here at Twin Leaf — the arrival of our brewing system! We purchased our 10 bbl brewhouse from Specific Mechanical in Vancouver, Canada. Mash tun, hot liquor tank, cold liquor tank, kettle, mill, auger, grist hopper, five fermenters, four serving tanks, unlimited awesomeness.
Our baby finally came home to us on Wednesday, and its arrival was definitely one of the best moments of my life. I documented the day in pictures, here are some of the highlights.
Our poor Big Ass Fan got no fanfare of its own since it just happened to get installed on the same day the tanks arrived. Rest assured, we were really excited to see it finally go up on the ceiling. It's a 14 footer, and it's quite lovely.
Next thing that needs to happen is to get the tanks placed where they're supposed to go. Everything has to be precisely placed so we can plumb and wire everything together. It's gonna take a lot of work to make the brewery functional, and we crazy nutbag engineers decided we're going to do it ourselves! No small undertaking.
So that was our big day Wednesday! We have a ton of work to do to get this place going, but we're still on track for a grand opening in late February. Keep on keeping on!


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To many of us in this physical world, physical science (i.e. Gravity, Force, Work) makes sense. We can touch it. We can experience it. We've seen it happen in our every day life.
The majority of us, however, find quantum physics much harder to grasp (i.e. String Theory, Space vs. Time, Wave Particle Duality). We cannot see these things with our own eyes, touch them, taste them, smell them.
Maybe in our spirit forms, we weren't able to understand physical science, but we could grasp quantum physics. There are things in each life that we simply have a hard time understanding because we haven't been able to truly experience them. Maybe we are simply being forced to looking at things from an entirely different frame of reference.
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My take is that the exercise of our agency in the pre-mortal existence is the major determinant of the circumstances of our birth here.]]>
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From a command window, you can use the "ASSOC" and "FTYPE" commands to add/edit/delete file type associations.
So (on my system), regarding .bkr files, these commands return:
I created a new "test" file extension/file type (may require admin permissions):
This opens "Notepad" editing my "dummy" file.
To delete the filetype association, first delete the connection of the filetype to the program like this:
Then delete the file extension association (may require admin permissions):
For a GUI solution, I use PowerTools by Creative Elements. You can download and use it for free for 45 days on trial. This is a collection of tools, and you'd be using their
You can remove the association in the registry:
And delete the key with the GUID that corresponds to WordPad.
You can use this cool third-party application, Default Programs Editor:
Right click a .cfg file -> Open with -> Choose Default program. Then check the "Always use the selected program to open this kind of file" and select a program from the list or click the Browse button to manually select a program from the filesystem.
Full guide with images: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/12196-open-change-default-program.html
The way to change associations (it doesn't seem to let you remove though) with built-in Windows 7 tools (UI ones) is to open the Start Menu, then choose Default Programs. (Or if it's not present, open Start Menu, Control Panel (you might need to change from View by category to View by large icons) and then Default Programs.)
Then select Associate a file type or protocol with a program. You'll get a list with the associations currently configured in your computer. Find the extension you want to change and double-click it to change its configuration.


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Also finally managed to finish on normal mode.
I have a plan that never fails
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Have one of the following setups
Hard mode
Get lucky enough to have enough weapons to blast through the 4 point sheild.
Easy mode
Forget weapons, upgrade your blast doors, your medbay, get a fully upgraded teleporter at least 7 crew (3 for systems and 4 for brawling) and a fire bomb, and some crappy laser.
By concentrating on the teleporter as your offensive weapon it frees up all your weapons power to the engines, sheilds and medbay which you wont need to power as much once his weapons are down.
As for defense you either want 4 shields and full power to the engines or 3 shields at least 70 percent engine power and a cloak, 5 sec is enough)
In phase 1 teleport your crew over two at a time take down his weapons in this order
Missile room (3rd from left)
Ion room (Leftmost)
Beam laser room (Rightmost)
Pew pew laser room (2nd from left)
Then you are pretty much free to mess him up anyway you want, divert power back into the weapons and get to arse kicking.
My preferred method is to teleport your two attack crews over to mess up his cloak room and drop a few fire bombs in (using the laser to knock down his shields a bit.
I start with the medbay then the cloak room then the shields.
Make sure you get your crew out in time.
Second phase
Teleport your crew over again to take out his missiles and his pew pew lasers but keep your strongest on board, the enemies you killed in phase one will still be dead so they will have no resistance.
Use you strongest two man crew as defense to deal with the drones and use the cloak to dodge his power surges. (This is where the doors and medbay are a godsend (keep them off your bridge, you can't dodge when it is unmanned.)
Once his weapons are down concentrate on ridding him of his drones then your smooth sailing.
Phase three
All power to engines, weapons and shields, you have no choice but to dodge until his super shield is down, save you cloak until you need it a high powered engine plus a cloak will give more that 100% chance to evade, I save it for the super weapon power surge you can tank the rest until you get your crew on board.
Other things:
If your thinking about drones get a defense drone mark II or two defense drones over an attack drone it will keep most of the missiles off you, as they ignore shields and cause you the most hurt.
DO NOT kill all the men on the boss ship, if you do the AI kicks in and will repair his weapons systems, which is not fun, you will end up having to keep a crew member in each of his weapons systems and have to micromanage like an idiot.
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"True Blood" Finale: Season 2 Episode 12 TV Recap
Well… that was underwhelming. After a season full of great twists, creepy characters and hot shirtless vampires, the second season finale of "True Blood" was a bit of a letdown. Not only was there no epic showdown, but the cliffhanger was kind of lame and predictable, and the plotlines set in place for next season — Sam looking for his parents, Tara presumably seeking revenge for Eggs' death, Sookie looking for Bill's kidnapper — don't grab me half as much as the plight of Godric and the Newlins did earlier this season.
So what went wrong? First, the structure of the episode was a bit of a mess. Maryann was defeated fairly early in the episode, and then the other characters were given rambling wrap-ups resembling the unnecessary final hour of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy. Second, barely any Eric. The Viking vamp was only seen in one scene, in which he takes Bill's place as the Queen of Louisiana's Yahtzee partner ("We play to five million"), and the audience learns that he's been ordering humans to sell vampire blood on Queenie's orders. Sophie Anne does get in some good lines — she tells Eric at one point, "I heard about your maker. That blows." — but just as she starts to get interesting, the camera cuts away. More backstory next season, please!
As for primary plot, the episode begins in Sookie's house, where Tara carries down the egg she's been nesting — the physical object, not the man — and a possessed Lafayette orders Sookie to take her clothes off. Luckily, he just wants her to put on a white dress, because three rape attempts on the poor girl in half a dozen episodes would be a bit much, even for this show. Sookie is then guided to Maryann, who has put on Gram's wedding dress and wants the telepath to be her maid of honor at her wedding to her god. She wants Sookie to zap her with electricity again, an effect the latter is unable to reproduce, and then explains that she's using her as bait to catch Sam ("He'll come running like a dog. Maybe as a dog"), whom she's planning to sacrifice as a wedding gift to her new hubby.
Sookie is taken to the tower o' meat, after being forced to lick the sacrificial egg — ostrich, it turns out — and is bummed out when she sees both her brother and Andy have fallen prey to the black-eyed zombie curse. Maryann is muttering some mumbo jumbo about Dionysus and how his ripped-out heart was placed in his mother to survive in ancient times, when Bill arrives on the scene, ready to exchange Sam for Sookie. Maryann happily obliges, has the shapeshifter tied up, and then has Eggs stab him in the heart. A vengeful Sookie retaliates by breaking the sacrificial egg and knocking down the meat mountain, but is quickly forced on the run after Maryann — having transformed her hands into minotaur claws — angrily chases after her. In the woods, the would-be bride is gored by a Brahma bull she thinks is her husband… but actually turns out be a transfigured Sam, living large and healthy, having apparently drunk a ton of Bill's vampire blood.
In other news, Hoyt finally grows a pair and tells his awful mother that he wishes Jessica had finished her off. He later shows up at Jessica's door bearing flowers… not knowing that she's gone rogue and is now feeding on random truckers. Andy gets his badge back, because as Sheriff Bud points out, "You might have faults. But at least you got pants on." A woman eyes Sam's ass and says she'd wear him like a scrunchie. Jane Bodehouse reconnects with her cut-off index finger.
The episode ends with three semi-related threads. First, Eggs, who's recovered his memory thanks to Sookie's help, confesses to Andy about his past as Maryann's go-to zombified killer, but is shot by Jason when the latter thinks his new bud is in trouble. Secondly, Sam goes to see his adopted mother, and gets the address of his "bad" natural parents. And finally, Bill proposes to Sookie — but while she's thinking his question over in the bathroom, he's abducted by an unidentified assailant.
Bill's disappearance, if Alan Ball stays semi-truthful to Charlaine Harris's third book in the Southern Vampire Mysteries series, is right on track, but a small plea for a better developed big bad villain next season, please.


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ARE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE GOING TO BE SEEN GULLIBLE AGAIN, AS IN THE 1986 AMNESTY?

 As an independent voter just having heard the broadcast on TV of the move towards legalization status for illegal migrants and immigrants who have either remained here after their visa has expired, called overstay. Or those people who enter America without permission, via the Southern border or those who slip easily across the border with Canada. It's important to check the website of "American Patrol" which shows the limits of the fencing between the U.S. and Mexico. In 2006 former President George Bush signed into law the Secure Fence Act, which according to the bill was to stretch 700 miles. Learn more about the fence as it is currently stands today, which is just 40 miles. The only areas have heavy concentration of fencing barriers is between cities and towns between the two countries. This was the promise before but one politician in particular wrecked the whole scheme of things, by adding an amendment to the enforcement law. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson severed funding and that is why we don't have any double layer fencing at the Southern fence, and therefore brought upon us floods of more desperate foreign nationals who we are still forced by law to support.

The new plan from the Gang of Eight indicates they will have enforcement triggers before; illegal aliens get any immigration reform, including the strictest of enforcement at the fence. But how can we trust the words of our politicians, when all they do is lie to us, over and over again? Is this going to be yet another circus of fools, who cannot even honor their oath of allegiance when they place their place their hand on the bible. Are we going to remain just as gullible, when the majority of the American populace signed on to the 1986 Amnesty fraud? Then they are talking about a mandatory E-Verify program, but that is a heavy commitment to prosecute without reservation employers. To me MANDATORY means that every business and corporation needs to be held accountable? But look at the statistics for this, few businesses owners are ever prosecuted by going to prison?

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New Data on Border Crossings Could Change Immigration Debate

There's a confrontation coming between the Obama administration and Republicans in Congress over the most basic question of immigration reform: How secure is the U.S. border with Mexico? Not only does the administration not know -- and perhaps doesn't want to know -- but there are signs the border is less secure than some of the most skeptical Republicans thought. Last year the Border Patrol began experimenting with a new drone-based surveillance system that had been developed for finding Taliban fighters in Afghanistan. Starting in the fall, officials used the radar-based system over a fairly small portion of the Arizona border. The results were striking.
 "According to internal reports, Border Patrol agents used the airborne radar to help find and detain 1,874 people in the Sonora Desert between October 1 [2012] and January 17 [2013]," reported the Los Angeles Times last week. "But the radar system spotted an additional 1,962 people in the same area who evaded arrest and disappeared into the United States."
 "The results speak for themselves," says one GOP Hill aide involved in border security issues. "We can't really use apprehensions as an accurate measure when we're not even seeing half the people."

The promise of illegal aliens that are eligible for legal status, will still remain in the United States, when hundreds of thousands of honest people in backlogs sit patiently waiting in other countries to receive an entry visa? Those already here are supposed to pay back taxes, pay a fine, learn English and civic law as more or less the same situation as in 1986. However because they were designated low income or itinerant or so they said on their applications, were able to apply for waivers and paid nothing in fines, back taxes and even skipped learning English to any degree. The whole amnesty was one solid fraudulent mess, even down to the photocopies of doctored documents filed with the authorities, which indicated they had been in America before the deadline. Then as I stated before once grasping their "Green Card" vanished from the farms and headed into the communities. This seems to me exactly what is going to happen for the second time? All those millions of Americans still unemployed, in temporary work or only have part time jobs, including those just given up trying, will be fighting competition from the extensive onslaught of new legal job seekers.

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Baltimore families with young children are no doubt familiar with Port Discovery Children's Museum: the mummy's tomb, the twisted apartment, the three-story-tall Habitrail, the holiday-themed kinetic sculptures. Yes, you read correctly. For one more weekend until January 26th you can see the fabulous moving sculptures of Steve Gerberich. Mom and Dad, this is for you.
It is wonderful when a child-themed attraction has something that catches the adult fancy. To see a working railroad locomotive is great, but then it gets even better when you discover that none of the parts are locomotive-related. Here are a 60-gallon drum, a vacuum cleaner hose, the exhaust system from an old Buick, a wood stove pipe, a tractor engine, and some serving platters. Entering the mind of Steve Gerberich, you might wonder if the stuff in your attic might be the makings of a rocket ship or perhaps a submarine.
Other marvelous sculptures include Santa and his Dr. Seuss-inspired sleigh, an automated pie-making machine (I use the term "making" loosely), and an Oscar the Grouch (by this I mean junk-decorated) Christmas tree. You know Santa's sleigh, but you don't know this one. Electric headlamps, cb radio, multiple gearshift levers and controls are all welded and duct-taped together into functional magnificence. The reindeer themselves are two-dimensional, but life-sized, and stretch all the way across the fifty-foot floor. They each sit on bicycle-based mechanisms that give them leaping ability and presumably lower rolling resistance.
The pie-making piece uses a sewing machine motor to make it move. What it is moving to do is not immediately clear, but eggs and flour are involved and you can draw your own conclusions. The startling thing about this exhibit is the presence of an eight-inch replica of the robot from the TV series Lost in Space. I didn't know such a thing existed, but some questions arise. What is he doing there? What does he have to do with pie? Where did Gerberich even find him? Most importantly, where can I find one?
My children and I had a nice time at Port Discovery last week. Thanks to Steve Gerberich, you moms and dads can too. Now if you will excuse me, I have a spaceship to build.
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Sat 10:00 - 5:00
Sun 12:00 - 5:00
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Intriguing cases present themselves and Mma Ramotswe juggles new clients with her usual formidable talent. However, when her first-class assistant Mma Makutsi decides to expand the agency by opening a much-needed typing school for men, things become complicated.
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As always, interesting story and lovely characters. Only negative point is the price for this short a book! Narrator has a very soothing voice but very English accent. I prefer the African accent for these stories, it adds to the authenticity and atmosphere.
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Kinda like a hammock for your groceries, the Organic Cotton String Shopping Bags ($8) gives them a place to hang out until they meet the dreaded chopping board. Made from organic cotton, they're lightweight, compact, and can stretch to hold up to 40 extra pounds (why can't our favorite jeans do that?).
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Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Small Group Tour from Munich
Venture out of Munich by local transport for a comprehensive small group tour through Dachau Concentration Camp and memorial site. An authorized guide will ... Read more
Location: Munich, Germany
Duration: 5 hours (approx.)
Eagles Nest in Berchtesgaden Tour from Salzburg
Visit Kehlsteinhaus, better known as the Eagle's Nest, on a half-day tour from Salzburg. Journey through the spectacular scenery of Königsee River Valley ... Read more
Location: Salzburg, Austria
Duration: 4 hours 30 minutes (approx.)
Berchtesgaden and Eagle's Nest Day Tour from Munich
Embark on a guided tour of Berchtesgaden, Hitler's mountain retreat and the southern headquarters of the Nazi party on a full day coach trip from Munich. ... Read more
Location: Munich, Germany
Duration: 10 hours 30 minutes (approx.)
Private Tour: Dachau Concentration Camp Tour from Munich
Take a private tour of the Dachau concentration camp, the first Nazi concentration camp, on a half-day trip from Munich, and put the horrors of Nazi Germany's ... Read more
Location: Munich, Germany
Duration: 5 hours (approx.)
Private Walking Tour: World War 2 and Cold War Sites in Berlin
Discover Berlin's tumultuous history on a private 4-hour historical walking tour. Your private guide will tailor the tour to meet your interests, so you can ... Read more
Location: Berlin, Germany
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Berlin's Infamous Third Reich Sites Half-Day Walking Tour
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Private Tour: Nuremberg Nazi Party Rally Grounds and Old Town Tour
Visit the must-see sights of Nuremberg with a private guide at your side! This comprehensive private sightseeing tour offers a flexible itinerary that's ... Read more
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Final Days of World War 2 Walking Tour of Berlin
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Berlin Bike Tour: Third Reich and Nazi Germany
How could the Germans allow Hitler's rise to power? Who, if anyone, stood in his way? What was known of the extent of the Holocaust, and what was done against ... Read more
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Nuremberg Old Town Walking Tour
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I hear that the Java standard library is larger than that of Python. That makes me curious about what is missing in Python's?
The one flaw in Python imho is that Python lacks one real canonical method of deployment. (Yes there are good ones out there, but nothing that's really rock solid).
Which can hamper its adoption in some Enterprise environments.
Java provides a lot of varied implementations of interfaces for the basic types. Java has an ArrayList and single-linked-list and double-linked list, whereas Python just has a list. Java includes multiple Map implementations such as TreeMap or LinkedHashMap, whereas Python generally sticks to the single dict implementation. An ordered dictionary was proposed is now part of Python 3.1, but in general, Java has a richer set of collections and base classes.
In defense of Python, however, the need for more rigorously defined base classes and interfaces is much less necessary with the dynamically-typed approach (where interfaces are often accepted implicitly).
Python also comes With Batteries Included... The only place where I've felt Python lacking is a good GUI toolkit (no, TK doesn't compare to Swing xD).
Python lacks a robust XML implementation (with full XSLT and XPATH support). The Python stdlib has a few decent implementations for working with XML (DOM parser, SAX parser, and a tree builder called ElementTree), but more advanced XML requires a third party library. I've used 4XSLT and now defer to LXML when I need to do some real XML work in Python.


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You don't have to prove to me that the mind/body/spirit connection is so incredibly powerful, but in Western medicine we have spent so much money on research of the physical body. We have done a little bit of research on the mental. How stress and positive attitudes make a difference on outcome. We have done so little to look at the absolute overall benefit from our spiritual practices. I would love to do a breast cancer prevention trial looking at a group of high-risk women and get them into decreased stress, decreased risk type behaviors. Meaning following them to make sure they are exercising at least three hours a week because we know that decreases the risk of breast cancer by 20 percent.MORE: Wow.DuPree: I give talks to women, and they are afraid of breast cancer. And I'm looking around the room and thinking, there is not a woman in this room who can't shed 50 pounds. And yet they're worried about breast cancer. Yeah, they're at higher risk to get it because they've got the extra fat; they've got extra circulating estrogen. When you talk about where research needs to go, prevention is a huge part of all of it. I think we need to look at ourselves as a society, as a group of women, and empower each other to get breast cancer to go away. I mean to get it to go back to where it was before where it wasn't affecting one in eight women. Let's go back to when it was one in 25 or one in 50. I would love to put me out of business. I've got plenty of things I can do with my days. One of the reasons why I love the book I wrote, and one of the reasons why I do the speaking that I do, is that I think empowering women to find their voice and take charge of their lives again is one of the best things we can do to prevent cancer. Don't make the excuses of no-time-to-exercise or de-stress. My stress reducer? I dig in the dirt. I go to my garden, I plant my vegetables, I pull my weeds. In summer I don't have to work out in the gym because my body is so sore from doing squats and pulling weeds. MORE: So would you advise women to experiment a little and find the de-stressing thing for them as a preventive measure?DuPree: We each need to do something that reduces our stress level. Someone sent me a great e-mail the other day that said if you pick up a glass of water, and you hold it in your hand for an hour, [your hand is] okay. If you hold it for four hours, it starts to get sore. You hold it for a day, you're really in spasm. If you hold on to it for a week, you're gonna end up in the hospital because you are going to be frozen, and you're not going to be able to move. If that glass of water is the stress that you have in your life, if you hold on to it so tightly, it [can] paralyze the rest of your life because you can't let it go. And don't put it off.My sister, she has always loved art but she goes, 'I'll paint when I retire.' Why would you wait until the end of your life to do something that really fuels your passion? We lack passion anymore. We lack passion in our relationships; we lack passion in our jobs. I love what I do. I love going to work. I was just in a business meeting with a bunch of guys who are investing in a hospital we're building. So I am sitting with these guys at the table and they're saying, 'You know you're so spiritual, and you're so passionate.' And I'm thinking, do you go to work just to get a paycheck? Is that what your life is about? Is that what our lives have become about? Are we so caught up in getting the stuff in life that we forget to love what we do? So whether your passion is found in yoga, in gardening, in cooking — some women find passion in cooking and providing for their families. Hello, that's my mother. She is 81 years old. There is nothing that makes her happier and more passionate than preparing a meal for her family. She is in heaven when she is preparing a meal for her family. Women can be passionate about being homemakers, and we've kind of made that a dirty word. It doesn't matter what it is. But we've stopped really promoting and embracing passion, and it's sad. If you could prove with a clinical study that going back to a lifestyle that is less stressful and more fulfilling would decrease your risk of breast cancer, then we could save a whole lot of money on very toxic drugs.
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"The Court believes the defendant failed to fully take into account the repercussions of poisoning living things," the order said, "and finds that his actions placed the public at considerable risk of health concerns."
The lion's share of the payment Updyke is ordered to make will go toward paying for replacing affected soil, removing the trees and offsetting lost revenue from seedlings sales. Those items carry a combined price tag of $632,530, the Opelika-Auburn News reported.
The remaining $164,201.98 will pay back the costs of Auburn's attempts to save the trees and soil, the design and construction of the wire structure that will replace the trees and repay the money paid for labor through the AU Facilities department.
On top of the nearly $800,000 he owes Auburn University, Updyke must also pay $2,000 in legal fees and $16,500 in court costs.
In the order, Walker specified that Updyke must make monthly payments of $500 toward the restitution. That's more than 132 years worth of $500 installments.
"The Court finds that the defendant is not without financial resources to make restitution payments to the victim in this case," the order stated. "In particular, the court finds that installation payments will not be overly burdensome on the victim or the defendant."


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Senior Amanda Lutzow posted her third double-double of the season Friday against Tulane.
Oct. 28, 2011
GREENVILLE, N.C. - East Carolina won the first two sets for the first time this season Friday, but ultimately fell victim to a Tulane rally as the Green Wave captured a 3-2 (20-25, 21-25, 25-17, 25-21, 16-14) victory at Minges Coliseum. The loss drops the Pirates to 2-19 overall and 0-12 in C-USA play while Tulane is 9-14 and 4-8.
Senior Amanda Lutzow recorded her third double-double of the season with 11 kills and 20 digs. Kelly Derby and Whitney Campbell also reached double figures offensively with 12 and 11 kills, respectively. Defensively, Shelby Beasley racked up 13 digs while Hannah Allgood fell one block short of her career high as she posted nine. Additionally, Zarah Cecich distributed a personal-best 35 assists and career-high four aces.
ECU hit over .200 for just the second time this season and first since a .253 performance at UNC Wilmington. The Pirates put down 49 kills on 150 attempts with just 16 errors for a .220 mark. The Green Wave recovered from a slow start to produce a .243 percentage. It was all East Carolina in terms of blocking as it enjoyed a 14.0-4.0 advantage. The total was the highest of the year for ECU.
The Pirates broke a 5-5 tie by going on a 11-7 run to assume a 16-12 lead in the first set. Tulane rallied to within a point at 16-15 on a Cori Martone kill, but East Carolina scored four of the next five points to give itself some breathing room. With the score at 22-20, the Pirates ripped off the final three points as the frame ended with a Britney Roper service ace.
The Green Wave jumped out to a 7-3 advantage to begin the second interval, but an attack error by Olivia Utt capped an 8-4 run for ECU which tied the score at 11. The Pirates had to rally once more as Tulane took an 18-16 lead and they did so, scoring the next five points to grab a 21-18 cushion of their own. East Carolina held off the Green Wave the rest of the set, taking a 2-0 lead into intermission.
The third set was nip and tuck throughout until, with the score tied at 13, Tulane scored two consecutive points to force a Pirate timeout. The Green Wave extended that lead to 19-14 and allowed ECU to score just three more times in the frame.
It was all East Carolina at the outset of the fourth set as the Pirates looked in control with an 18-13 advantage. However, Elysa Jackson put together a nice serving run for Tulane as the Green Wave scored 11 of the next 12 points to reach set point. ECU captured the next two rallies but Martone ended it with a kill to send the match into the deciding frame.
Tulane stayed in front by a few points as the fifth set progressed, but with the visitors holding a 7-5 lead, the Pirates netted four-straight points to assume a two-point advantage of their own. When Martone connected to make it 12-10 in favor of the Green Wave, East Carolina ripped off three-straight to establish a 13-12 margin in its favor. A kill by Derby gave the Pirates their first match point of the conference season, but Tulane answered with three consecutive scores to compete the comeback.
ECU completes the weekend on Sunday, taking on Southern Miss at Minges Coliseum. First serve is set for 2 p.m.


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The Buffs' starter under center for much of the 2012 season is already in jeopardy of missing his entire senior season this fall after tearing an ACL in spring drills. Now he's trying to explain to coach Mike MacIntyre why he was part of a 3 a.m. incident with Nebraska offensive lineman Alexander Lewis, a former CU teammate, that got both arrested on suspicion of second degree assault after Lewis apparently knocked a man unconscious by throwing him into a brick wall and parking kiosk.
Lewis, who announced he was transferring to CU's old, bitter rival on Friday after playing two years for the Buffs, is also facing two counts of harassment.
Before we go any further we should point out that Lewis admitted to police he consumed six glasses of wine, 10 beers and six shots of various other alcohols that night celebrating a friend's graduation. The fact that Lewis wasn't unconscious from drinking so much before the fight ever happened is a marvel.
According to a report in the Daily Camera in Boulder, Webb and Lewis crossed paths with Lee Bussey, a 22-year-old student at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. Lewis and Bussey bumped into each other on the street and things escalated from there.
Witnesses told police that both players punched Bussey, but Lewis pushed him into a brick wall several times and into a parking kiosk, which knocked him unconscious. Considering Webb underwent a significant knee surgery a month ago, you have to wonder how significant his role was in the fight and why he allowed himself to get involved at all.
"Jordan's exact involvement in this incident is still being investigated," first-year CU coach Mike MacIntyre said in a statement. "We continually stress the importance of appropriate behavior to our players and do not tolerate any detrimental conduct in our football program. Once all of the facts come to light, if Jordan is found responsible for any misconduct, he will be disciplined according to team rules."
"As for Alex Lewis, as of Friday he was off of the team when he did a media interview and announced that he is transferring to Nebraska. Since he is no longer a Colorado Buffalo, it will be up to Nebraska to decide what discipline he might face."
MacIntyre originally said Webb was not expected to be able to play in 2013 after suffering his injury in an April practice and undergoing surgery. But when the NCAA indicated Webb would have no chance at a sixth season of eligibility because of the injury, MacIntyre said last week he hoped Webb would be able to return by October and contribute.
Webb's arrest over the weekend could put that in jeopardy. Regardless, junior Connor Wood emerged from spring as the clear leader to be the Buffs' starting QB this fall, but Wood is inexperienced with only one start under his belt. No other quarterback on the roster has played much, if at all, at the college level. That is the primary reason MacIntyre was hoping to have Webb back in the fall, even if he's not 100 percent.
As for Lewis, it remains to be seen if his arrest affects his standing with the Cornhuskers. It's doubtful coach Bo Pelini would pull the plug on his transfer because Lewis' father played in the program, but Pelini has to be disappointed to be bringing a guy to Lincoln who spent Mother's Day weekend in the clink on assault charges.
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On Future Cities, we have written extensively about the fight against pollution and emissions in many world cities. While European cities appear to be mostly clean, and pollution levels are (with some exceptions) somewhat under control, the European Union commissioners think that current standards are far from safe.
The human toll for poor air quality is worse than for road traffic accidents, making it the number one environmental cause of premature death in the EU, states the press release.
The EU is absolutely right. According to the United Nations Division for Sustainable Development, the most pressing environmental concern worldwide is air pollution, specifically the production of sulphur oxides (SOx), nitrogen oxides (NOx), and particulate (total suspended particles, or TSP). All of these emissions are produced by traffic in cities, as well as by the burning of coal.
The new policy calls for a 59% reduction of emissions of sulphur oxides and 42% for nitrogen oxides by 2020. The percentages that apply to member states are directly related to their current emissions levels and, while countries such as Sweden need to reduce their SOx by only 22%, Cyprus needs to reduce theirs by 83%.
Cities in particular will have to adjust quickly to the new levels. Most European countries have large metropolitan areas responsible for a significant amount of the emissions and, in places such as Athens, Belgrade, and Sofia, the situation is out of control. A report late last year from the European Environment Agency, for instance, found Bulgarias air to be the worst in Europe, thanks to high concentrations of particulate matter.
Interestingly, these cities differ from ones such as Copenhagen, Oslo, and Helsinki, which not only are doing better environmentally (with room for improvement) but have substantially higher gross domestic product (GDP) figures. The correlation between wealth and environment are intriguing, though the reasons for the trend aren't clear.
There is much to do to achieve significant results in the commissions plan, but the European Union is not famous for letting things go. Last year, Environment Commissioner Janez Potočnik warned cities such as London and Madrid to cut emissions or face heavy fines. "Poor air quality... is an 'invisible killer' and it prevents many people from living a fully active life," Potočnik said. And Jenny Bates, a campaigner with environmental umbrella group Friends of the Earth, told the UK Guardian, The government, London mayor and local councils must take bold action to tackle air pollution building new roads and expanding airports will simply add to the problem. The UK has been allowed to drag its heels on delivering clean air for far too long.
The EUs proposal includes discouraging more cars, enhancing public transport, and using zero-emission vehicles. Cities cant absorb more cars and they have no money for more tunnels and bypass roads.
Janez Potočnik is optimistic about the plan: The actions we are proposing will halve the number of premature deaths from air pollution, increase protection for the vulnerable groups who need it most, and improve quality of life for all, he said in December. It's also good news for nature and fragile ecosystems, and it will boost the clean technology industry -- an important growth sector for Europe."
All this makes abundant sense; and its to the EUs credit that it hasnt let the problem go unaddressed. Its now up to the individual countries and cities to take action to improve Europes quality of life, and by extension, that of the world as well.
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22:33, UK, Wednesday 07 March 2012
Six British soldiers have been killed after an explosion hit their armoured vehicle in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence has said.
The blast struck a Warrior Armoured Fighting Vehicle on the border of Helmand and Kandahar, near the town of Lashkar Gah, on Tuesday.
The group - which included five soldiers from the 3rd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment and one from the 1st Battalion The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment - was on a mounted patrol.
The MoD has said the soldiers are missing, presumed dead, while the recovery operation continues.
The soldiers' families have been informed.
Sky's defence and security editor Sam Kiley said this is the first time a Warrior has been destroyed in Afghanistan.
It is understood there were two of the huge, heavily armoured vehicles travelling in a convoy on Highway One but the second Warrior was not hit by the blast.
If the servicemen are confirmed dead, it would become the biggest single loss of British life in one incident since the RAF Nimrod crash which killed 14 service personnel in 2006.
It would also involve the largest number of fatal casualties in a land attack.
Speaking from Downing Street, Prime Minister David Cameron said it was a "desperately sad day for our country".
"It is a reminder of the huge price that we are paying for the work we are doing in Afghanistan and the sacrifice that our troops have made and continue to make.
"I do believe it's important work for our national security right here at home but of course this work will increasingly be carried out by Afghan soldiers and we all want to see that transition take place."
Defence Secretary Philip Hammond said the incident "brings home to us the dangers that are faced on a daily basis by the men and women of our Armed Forces deployed in Afghanistan".
"I utterly condemn those responsible for this incident who will ultimately fail to derail a mission that is protecting our national security at home and making real progress in Helmand Province - a testament to the bravery, commitment and professionalism of our Armed Forces," he added.
Chief of Defence Staff General Sir David Richards said: "I was deeply saddened by the news of this incident and that six soldiers are believed to have lost their lives doing what is a dangerous but important job.
"My thoughts and prayers at this difficult time are with the families of those affected by this tragic event."
Shadow defence secretary Jim Murphy said: "This tragedy underlines the daily dangers our forces face and the importance of their role in stabilising a nation that can never again become an incubator for terrorism.
"In our sadness it is still important to remember that this painful mission is in our country's national interest."
At the Yorkshire Regiment headquarters in York the flag flew at half mast. A spokesman for the regiment said it had been a "tough morning" as families of the soldiers had been told the news.
The battalion, also known as The Duke of Wellington's Regiment or The Dukes, is mainly based at Battlesbury Barracks in Warminster, Wiltshire, had only been in Afghanistan for a number of weeks.
Its troops were due to return home later this month.
A statement from the Archbishop of York said: "We hold daily prayers for this regiment in our chapel at Bishopthorpe - indeed earlier this morning we were praying for all those serving in the regiment.
"My heart goes out to those affected, we will continue to pray for you. We owe a debt of gratitude to our brave soldiers who are the best in the world."
Kiley said the "critical issue" to be examined now is the nature of the bomb - whether it was a huge explosive, an unexploded Nato bomb being recycled by the Taliban, a homemade explosive or most worryingly, a shaped charge, which could indicate Iranian involvement.
Sky reporter Mark Stone said the recovery operation may take some time because of bad weather in the area and the fact that the Warrior was completely destroyed.
CBS correspondent Mandy Clark, in the capital, Kabul, told Sky News the incident could be the start of a "spring offensive" by the Taliban.
January and February are very cold months in Afghanistan and attacks on foreign forces typically decrease at the beginning of the year.
The Times newspaper correspondent Jerome Starkey, who lived in Kabul for five years, told Sky News the explosion proves the Taliban are still a "potent force".
Mr Starkey said he has seen very little evidence that the group is a "spent force" and believes it could just be waiting for Nato troops to leave the country so it can then "topple" the Afghan government.
The incident would take the total number of British forces personnel or MoD civilians who have died while serving in Afghanistan to more than 400 since the start of operations in October 2001.


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Carnival of souls
* Comic-Con is delaying its decision on whether to stay in San Diego or move to Los Angeles or Anaheim until after this year's show. (Ha, "Schrodingers Comic-Con"!)
* Today on Robot 6: C.B. Cebulski gets a promotion;
* Tom Brevoort mulls bringing back the split book;
* The announcement I'd love to hear in San Diego this week;
* and Johnny Ryan reveals the cover for Prison Pit Book 3.
* Anders Nilsen draws Dennis Hopper.
* Renee French draws this charming young fellow.
* Dennis Culver keeps drawing Batman villains!
* These gig posters for fictional bands from Scott Pilgrim are pretty terrif. Here's Hellen Jo's.
* Kevin Huizenga presents the real cover for The Wild Kingdom.
* Might Kenneth Branagh's Asgard be pretty interesting after all?
* Go buy stuff from the great Geoff Grogan. Especially Look Out! Monsters, that thing's really special.
* I like this bit from this Ken Parille post on R. Crumb's Genesis: "The wonder of Crumb's Genesis is not the unknowable wonder of God's ways but of people's actions as the bible recounts them."
* Hey, neat, Tom Neely is sharing a table in San Diego with my Partyka chum Shawn Cheng.
* There's something really fitting about Theo Ellsworth drawing with Craig Thompson.
* I realize that "what Tom said" might as well be the name of my blog nine times out of ten, but what Tom said.
* I don't know what this Lake Mungo movie Jason Adams is talking about is about, but it's apparently a first-person horror mockumentary involving a lake, and I'm interested because lakes are frightening.
* Man it's bizarre that they're putting a crucial epilogue for Lost into the DVD release instead of into the finale as it aired. Spoilers at the link.
* It didn't occur to me until I read this Graeme McMillan post on Will Smith's upcoming vampire movie that Smith by rights should already have had a vampire movie under his belt, I Am Legend, and had that film stuck to its source material it would have anticipated the zeitgeist rather than felt like a belated jump aboard the zombie-apocalypse train.
* Zak Smith explains how he tries to cram every last nook and cranny of his D&D stories with something memorable, transformative, or both. Wouldn't you like to see comparable adventure comics do the same? Couldn't you rattle off the names of several that really coulda used Zach's advice off the top of your head?
* 28 essays on Prince's song "Purple Rain" by the same guy? Sure, I'll eat it. (Via Douglas Wolk.)
* The Republican Party's repeated intimations of militarization have disturbing implications.
* Will nothing ever live up to Jason Overby's exacting standards?
* Remember that bit in The Fellowship of the Ring in the Mines of Moria, after they defeat the cave troll, where they run into the big hall and they get totally surrounded by like hundreds and hundreds of goblins, but then the Balrog roars all the way at the other end of the hall, and the goblins freak out and run away because they don't wanna be anywhere near that place anymore, and Gimli laughs all cocky and brash because he thinks they were scared of him? Yeah, me too.
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Odin's throne is a sword. That's nifty.
Lake Mungo is pretty good. It's a much tougher meditation on loss than I thought it would be.
Chap over on And Now The Screaming Starts has a good write up, but I wouldn't recommend reading until you've seen the film.
Argh, no thank you for linking to that 500-page dialogue between the Very Angry Comics Critics. I have some kind of compulsion to read all the way through such things (which may not be unrelated to their compulsion to write them) and it just seems like a miserable activity all around. It was like watching skilled sculptors feverishly building massive Baroque statues out of old baby shit, then picking up the statues and flinging them at each other, yet always missing.
Sean: Nice catch! I hope it's as tall as you would expect it to be, then.
Zom: I do so enjoy tough meditations on loss. Dunno how I missed CRwM's take--I'll dig it up at the appropriate time.
Hob: Hahahaha, I got you good! A late entry in the latest H.U. post on the contretemps got it right: When people say "A," and you reply "So-and-so said B," and they reply "Actually, no, I said A, and B is pretty much the opposite of A," and you then respond "That's nice, but you REALLY said B and here's what I think of that," you really shouldn't be surprised when they don't wanna discuss C-Z with you anymore.


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