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Punisher is going to make Comedian pay for his crimes
who takes this?
both in their prime
both in their prime
Punisher is going to make Comedian pay for his crimes
who takes this?
Now this is a good fight. The Comedian is one tough SOB and his fists can easily break concrete. He's a vet just like Punisher is, about the same age and are just as sadistic but with different view point on life. the only difference is Punisher has fought super humans. If this is going to be a firefight, the Comedian isn't going to stand much of a chance but if this is a fist fight, this could go either way. Good fight, but overall just as all comic character are about, I gotta give this to Punisher and his wacky BS feats.
Punisher pwns
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Comedian wins because this thread is all just a big joke....
Good one....
@JediXMan: Clearly did considering America lost Vietnam..
Punisher, but it won't be as easy as everyone thinks.
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Comedian wins because this thread is all just a big joke....
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Comedian wins because this thread is all just a big joke....
Good one....
Lol, I know.
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Punisher stomps.
Both fought in Vietnam. Frank didn't need Manhattan.
Not a stomp, but a win for Frank more often than not. People like using the word "stomp" in various incarnations way too much on these forums.... Comedian doesn't have the volume of material that Frank does to flesh out his feats. Like Bats, Frank has been taken up and down the ladder quite a bit, largely due to the lifespan of the franchise. I'd say taking average Frank vs Comedian, you have a very solid battle, almost a novelty on these forums as of late.
Punisher is better at planning elaborate ambushes and such
Punisher in a MASSIVE stomp....massive.
Actually it was not considered an actual war, we Americans won every battle there was in the "Vietnam War", they were just willing to loose more. We pulled out cause of political views not because we were "loosing". We could have turned the whole country into a parking lot if we wanted to but chose not to because we follow rules that most countries decide not to.
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the comedian is not going to die laughing..
comedian wins wen it comes to all out brawl if punisher knows to much about the comedian like where he is and such he takes it just because he is a good strategist. wen it comes to guns blazing fire fight comedian takes it. basically every punished comic ends with him taking the brunt of a grenade or some crap that he just got lucky and happen to live threw. he is just a lucky douche like wen he tried to kill king pin. really? u don't fall out of a skyscraper land in a trash can and live. if that were the case comedian would have lived to. I've never seen the comedian get hurt sept wen he fights Adrian and who wouldn't get hurt from that.
people saying this fight would be a great fight are biased or cluesless about watchmen now comedian was the only character to beat ozy but ozy displayed no exceptional feats that allow him to be competion agains't anyone outside his own universe punisher tanks in this battle comedian showed no fighting skill really except from beating a young trained ozy but all ozy did was beat an old man and 2 very low level street fighters with no extensive training so him beating "trained vigalantes'' is irrelevant to any battle forums in my honest opinion and people this is coming from a fan of the watchmen just feat wise no character showed me anything worth talking about in the combat department, the novel watchmen is more about the characters emotion and views if you read into it in detail like most of the characters contrast eachother example ozy and rorschach same coin different sides rorschach is poor ozy is rich ozymandias is peak human physicallity and mind while rorschach is mediocre in both terms with good detective skills ozy might be homosexual and is liberal while rorschach is republican and asexual.
this is not even a competition punisher wastes the rapist i mean all comedian did was fight protestors and rape silk spectre also he did beat young ozy but punisher has given daredevil deadpool wolverine daken bullseye and other characters a good run so this scumbag gets pummeled by mr frank
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South African trumpeter and activist Hugh Masekela has entertained audiences with his special blend of jazz and world music for over 50 years. The legendary musician continues that tradition, as he currently tours the United States and the world in celebration of his 75th birthday.
Born April 4, 1939 in Kwa-Guqa Township, Witbank, South Africa, Masekela was greatly influenced by American jazzmen at a young age. He combined that influence together with his own African heritage to create a style of music he has shared worldwide. In 1959, he helped form the Jazz Epistles, the very first African jazz group to make a record. This was the start of a successful and artistic career that continues today.
It wasn't just music that influenced the life of Hugh Masekela. As the young jazzman performed early on in places like Johannesburg and Cape Town, he witnessed the injustice inflicted on the South African people under the apartheid government.
In 1955, a large, multi-ethnic group of educators, intellectuals, trade unionists and clerics came together, led by the African National Congress, to author a declaration called the "Freedom Charter." This proclamation openly condemned the racist rule of the South African regime.
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Masekela performed at the New Hazlett Theatre in Pittsburgh, PA on March 30 with his band. It was a long overdue return to this city. When Masekela played here in the late 1960's, he insisted on staying with some of the local concert organizers, who were living in the Pittsburgh project houses at the time. This reflection shows how Masekela has always been one with the people, even as his fame and popularity grew. His concerts are a celebration of life and culture. He thanked the people of Pittsburgh for their generosity, their joy, and their protests throughout the years. The show was sponsored by Kente Arts Alliance, an African American arts organization that strives to showcase performance and heritage in underserved communities.
Hugh Masekela's musical influences have no boundaries. At this recent show, he paid tribute to Bob Dylan with an interpretation of "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" from his latest CD, Playing At Work: Re-Worked released in 2013. He also did an incredibly powerful version of "Stimela: Coal Train." This song reveals the lives of the conscripted men from all parts of Africa who ride the train to the golden mineral mines of Johannesburg and outskirts to work 16-hour days for almost no pay. It was an emotional performance by Masekela and the band, exposing the struggles of those working men and the injustice imposed upon them.
Masekela also performed "Bajabula Bonke (The Healing Song)," which he explained stands for hope in a world of dangerous weapons and dangerous governments. Following this song, he openly condemned all frontiers and borders of nations, saying the time has come to end those games. He went on to express the need for the world to come together, and stop acting stupid politically, and environmentally.
No Masekela concert would be complete without a rousing version of "Grazing in the Grass," his instrumental hit from 1968 which remains popular throughout the world. A Hugh Masekela show is a celebration of joy and unity among the people, and many were dancing in front of the stage. His encore included a tribute to former South African president and anti-apartheid revolutionary Nelson Mandela, who was imprisoned for 27 years because of his stand for human rights. The song, "Bring Him Back Home," was written by Masekela and is remembered as being a worldwide anthem of support for Nelson Mandela's release from prison when it was released in 1987. The Pittsburgh show ended in a standing ovation, as a large birthday cake was brought on stage to honor the great musician and humanitarian.
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Similiar to category drop down box for a list of terms with the same parent, I want to make such a drop down for a list of tags with the same group name( or some other conditions that works). Seems WP doesn't provide a way to use term group, any other way to make the drop down ?
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This is a discussion on WV/CO WV/GA Reciprocity . . . MO/RI/ID Warning . . . Confirming Information within the Concealed Carry Issues & Discussions forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; West Virginia and Colorado have signed a reciprocity agreement. West Virginia has also made it official with Georgia and both honor each other now. West ...
West Virginia and Colorado have signed a reciprocity agreement. West Virginia has also made it official with Georgia and both honor each other now. West Virginia in the coming weeks should start honoring Alabama, Indiana, Iowa, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire & Nevada. Wisconsin is iffy as Wisconsin only honors WV permits issued after 6/8/12. WV changed their law on how they run background checks and to WI that is everything when it comes to them honoring a state.
Holders of Missouri and Rhode Island Permit/Licenses. Nevada has dropped both those states and no longer honors them. Those with a Idaho Permit/License Pennsylvania has stopped honoring your Permit/License. Other RKBA's Orgs are still reporting that NV honors MO and RI and that PA still Honors ID. I don't want to see a good Guy/Gal lose their right to carry because of some out of date info.
Which brings up the point that you shouldn't trust anything you read on the web without verifying the information. It is you that will pay the price. We try to have all the relevant links to state sites to confirm the information on Handgunlaw.us. I am human and humans make errors. We try to make sure all the information is correct but we are human. Again confirm the information as it is you that will pay the price.
Once in a blue moon even confirming may not be enough. I want to also add that over the years I have seen states make major errors on their state websites. Most have been very quick to correct the error when it was reported to them. Some have left incorrect info up for over six months. Two different states over the years have listed Massachusetts as a state that would honor their permit/license. A couple have dropped a state but left them listed on their website. Many have a disclaimer just like www.handgunlaw.us has. They state that the info is not legal advice or that it is listed as a convenience to the citizens of the state.
Handgunlaw.us has been updated to show the changes listed above.
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Does anyone have any word on if NV will swing the other way and come back to honoring AZ? Not asking for opinions, just for specific info.
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Has anyone tried the spec r s1? It looks good but how strong is it?
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My wife has a camera,but it has too many pixels to email the pics.I raced with the new set-up and had no problem lapping the field but kept getting taken out buy some clown with a lightning.I had...
Yes they are.
I changed the diff fluid in my fs truggy with 7 10 3k oil .The diff gears are the same as a mugen and look real strong.
A my home track about 12 guys have the hot bodies truggy 1 losi and me with a monsoon and a fs racing.Hot bodies is like a bellybutton everyone has one.
Yea, some guy with a hot bodies truggy ask me why a would buy a off brand truggy and i said like hot bodies is a high end truck.
I don't know where you can find your part but if another company makes one that looks close try them.I raced my truggy this week end and it ran great until the center diff blew.Lucky for me that the...
I paid 260 shipped.Look on ebay and you will find it for that price.
This truggy and the monsoon are not alike at all.The engine mounts are different fuel tank,diff cases,steering bellcrank,servo saver,shock towers,chassis all different.The parts are thicker and made...
The FS truggy is not like the monsoon at all. It is more like a mugen/vtx type truggy.I tried to post some pics but the file is too large.The stock engine was taken apart to see the quality of it and...
Well I bought one and am very happy with it and will set a new track record with it as I did with the monsoon that I have.I race oval and have a jato that holds the track record as well for that...
The web site is www.fs-racingart.com and I emailed them about the parts on friday.Pictures will be soon.
My FS racing truggy came in and I put the rb on it and tried it out, it works great.Some things on it look cheap but it is real strong and all the screws were thread locked(i found that out when i...
I am getting the fs racing.The engine is coming off first and my RB WS7 II is going on it.
Thanks guys I am getting it in 4 days and hope to have some good luck with it.
Did you have one or hear they are no good. They look like a mugen to me or a vtx.
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I don't really have anything to add just now except the obvious - don't pick anybody from the first three players on the list.
I'm going with dj, byron, mucky and me.
Nooooope. I can't rightly vote for a team with you or Analoge on it. I don't trust you two after that first mission.
I'm not a spy. Seriously.
If you're not then he is, and he's trying to put himself on another team.
I'm torn. I want to vote FOR this since I'm on the mission and I'm not a spy. However, Artful is also on the mission and I don't know if I can trust him after that first mission.
Voting against. No problem with the particular group, but want more info.
Wait wut, I'm a Noob And pm'd my vote to myself, good job son.
Here are the votes!
Proposal 2.1, proposed by Artful-dodgeR: Artful-dodgeR, djnealb, Byronic Man, Muckfoot
ZombiePlatypus - AGAINST
Artful-dodgeR - AGAINST
Analoge - AGAINST
Flamoctapus - AGAINST
noobspoon - AGAINST
djnealb - FOR
Byronic Man - AGAINST
Muckfoot - AGAINST
With only one FOR vote to seven AGAINST votes, the motion does not pass.
Analoge: You are Team Leader for Proposal 2.2! Please propose a four-person team for this mission. You may choose to send yourself. Remember to bold you official orders; any unbolded text will be assumed to be discussion and will be ignored by me.
Everybody: Before Analoge makes her decision, you are free to make suggestions. After Analoge makes her decision, PM me with your vote of whether you are FOR or AGAINST her proposed mission group. To make my life easier, please format your PM subject line as "Mission 2.2: FOR" or "Mission 2.2: AGAINST".
Once all of the votes are in, I will reveal them simultaneously and resolve them.
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Don't pull a Dodger, Analoge!
Does noone think that it's a little suspicious that Dj is the only person that voted for the proposal? He's definitely in my bad books now.
You think DJ and Dodger are bad dudes? Or DJ and one (or more) of the others on the proposal?
I'm not sure, but dj is certainly a suspect now.


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Westin Hotels continues its well-being initiatives with the "Well-Being Movement" to continue to build loyalty and draw new guests to its comfy rooms. This campaign aimed at employees, as well as guests, kicks off Thursday at all Westin Hotels where activities include meditation and yoga sessions and samples of healthy foods. (Think I'll add a trip to the local Westin on my calendar, just for research purposes, of course!)


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VMware Inc. fell the most in three months after the software maker announced a management shuffle including the departure of Chief Financial Officer Mark Peek.
VMware fell 2.5 percent to $107.61 at the close in New York, the largest decline since Jan. 13. That trimmed year-to-date gains for the Palo Alto, California-based company to 29 percent.
Peek will leave on June 1 to become CFO of Workday Inc., a Pleasanton, California-based maker of software, where he currently serves on the board of directors, VMware said today in a statement. Earnings at VMware have more than doubled to $723.94 million since 2008, the first full year after Peek joined. The company is initiating a search to replace him.
"Investors are disappointed to see him leave because he's been a key ingredient in the company's success," Daniel Ives, an analyst with FBR Capital Markets, said in an interview.
Peek, who helped take VMware public in 2007, will probably be replaced by an outsider, Ives said.
The move to Workday reflects larger shifts in the $113.8 billion business-applications market. Workday and other providers of software over the Internet, including Salesforce.com Inc., have been nabbing customers from bigger, older business-software makers, such as Oracle Corp. and SAP AG.
Workday, which plans to file for an initial public offering this year, replaced Oracle and SAP systems at companies including Flextronics International Ltd., Kimberly-Clark Corp., Sun Life Financial Inc. and Lenovo Group Ltd. Companies as varied as Bayer AG, Zynga Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co. have opted in recent months for Salesforce over Oracle.
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Financial results for the first quarter will meet or slightly exceed the forecast provided in January, VMware said. The company projected revenue of $1.02 billion to $1.04 billion, compared with the average estimate of $1.03 billion compiled by Bloomberg.
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In a video message released Monday, Holder said addiction to opiates and heroin is affecting Americans from "every background and walk of life."
The attorney general said the number of heroin overdose deaths rose by 45 percent between 2006 and 2010.
Federal law enforcement is working to address the problem, he said, but more work is needed on education and prevention.
He also encouraged first responders to carry the drug naloxone, which can reverse a heroin overdose if administered quickly.
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Woman answers to theft; stolen goods chargesJune 19,2013Woman answers to theft charges
A Rutland woman denied this week that she shoplifted or was found in possession of more than $1,000 worth of stolen goods from stores in Rutland and Manchester.
Rebecca L. Lambert, 32, pleaded innocent in Rutland criminal court Monday to misdemeanor charges of retail theft, possessing stolen property and operating a motor vehicle without a license. She was released after her arraignment on court ordered conditions.
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Think you had a hard time getting around during the recent ice storm?
Consider the Catch-22 of Amarillo taxi cab companies.
The bad weather means more business, which means more money.
The bad weather also means it is more dangerous to make money.
"It sure is a mixed blessing," said Sam Flowers, a dispatcher for Bob & Sons Taxi Service in Amarillo. "This is the time when we have most of our accidents. Cars can break down because the weather can take a toll on them."
And contrary to popular belief, taxi cabs are not indestructible.
And not all cab companies are run by someone with the greed quotient of Louie DePalma.
"I had a lady call us and I told her we were shut down for a few hours (during the recent storm)," said Ron O'Hara, owner/operator of Ace's Taxi Service in Amarillo. "She said she thought taxis always went. If it is not so bad that we can't move, we'll go."
Both Flowers and O'Hara estimate that their businesses pick up as much as 25-30 percent during bad weather.
"A lot of people are so scared of the snow and ice they won't take their own cars when they actually could," O'Hara said. "They want to be on the safe side."
So do taxi cab drivers, who have to balance making money with safety.
"We face the same thing everyone else is facing (in bad weather)," Flowers said. "Normally, we go all over, but when the weather is bad, we don't try to take out-of-town trips."
"We saw a tremendous increase during the day (when the storm hit), but we were able to be efficient with careful driving," O'Hara said. "You've got to know what you're doing and not take chances."
Fortunately, neither business had any accidents during the recent ice storm.
"We've been fortunate," Flowers said. "We've been awfully careful," O'Hara said.
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Another weekly sign America is heading downhill: Texas Gov. Rick Perry is sticking with a bill he signed six years ago that allows illegal immigrants to pay in-state college tuition. The governor has been quoted as saying he thinks "it serves a good purpose." At least four bills have been filed to end this practice, but to no avail. The governor needs to be a little more specific in describing what good purpose is served by allowing lawbreakers to save thousands in college tuition, while legal U.S. citizens who just happen to hail from a neighboring state are not afforded the same privilege. Almost 4,000 people in Texas took advantage of the tuition break in 2004. Something is wrong when people who broke the law to get here are rewarded, while those who respect and follow the law get money deported from their wallets.
A pat on the back . . .
To Potter County Precinct 4 Commissioner Alphonso Vaughn: Vaughn has big shoes to fill in succeeding former Precinct 4 Commissioner Iris Lawrence, who was known as a voice of reason in a county government often lacking in this area. At his first official commissioners court meeting Jan. 8, Vaughn voted to approve a 10-year tax abatement for Bell Helicopter. Vaughn and County Judge Arthur Ware were the only members of the court to support the abatement, which should have sailed through easier than an Osprey on a test flight, but didn't. Vaughn also abstained from voting on controversial legal fees related to an investigation into the Road and Bridge Department. Normally, an abstention like this would be passing the buck, but Vaughn showed wisdom in steering clear of a matter that preceded his arrival and shows signs of eroding into a personal conflict. Vaughn could have just followed the lead of Lawrence, who made it known she did not support the county paying the fees. Vaughn doesn't necessarily need to follow Lawrence so closely that he can't think for himself.
and a kick in the pants.
To those still clinging to the belief that there is no national media bias: CBS News was practically giddy Tuesday over the official unofficial announcement by U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., that he plans to run for his party's presidential nomination in 2008. A gushing Katie Couric thought it a big deal that Obama made his announcement of a presidential exploratory committee on a Web cast. A Web cast? The man is a wizard! Such fawning brings back memories of how the national media thought it was cutting edge that former Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean was raising money through the Internet, as if he were some sort of pioneer. While it is true that at least one cable news network leans to the right, it is just as true that at least one national network teeters to the left.
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Adellion Devchat is scheduled at 10pm GMT (6pm EST, 3pm PST) on Friday, April 30 2004. So EST and PST remain the same, but it's 10pm GMT, thanks to summer time.
Adellion devchat will be on irc.stratics.com.
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Recapturing the Phantom of the Brooklyn Basement
Written in a basement room in Brooklyn Heights in 1960, "The Phantom Tollbooth" began as an escapist project for its author, Norton Juster. An aspiring architect at the time, he had received a grant from the Ford Foundation for a book on cities, "and while everything interested me, I didn't have the focus to do it," Mr. Juster told the Journal this week. So he began to piece together the story of a curious little boy named Milo.
Fifty years later, Knopf is releasing two new, expanded editions of the book, which has been translated into 20 languages and has never gone out of print: "The Annotated Phantom Tollbooth," with margin notes by Leonard Marcus, and a 50th anniversary edition that includes essays by noted authors on how the book effected their lives.
Born and raised in the Midwood section of Brooklyn, Mr. Juster calls himself "a child of the streets." The 82-year-old author now lives in Amherst, Mass., where he serves as a Professor Emeritus of Architectural Studies at Hampshire College.
Tuesday marks the 50th anniversary of "The Phantom Tollbooth." What do you recall about the process of writing the book?
When I do look back, sometimes it's very happily, sometimes I say, "why did I do this?" But the thing I think about mostly is how it has really changed me—it has made me see a lot more about who I was and who I was becoming. It had an enormous effect on my life. Not just if it sold or lasted 50 years, but writing the book itself. I was at a time in my life, I didn't have a clue of who I was or what I wanted to do. Except I knew I'd been a strange kid who looked at things very differently and intimidated my parents.
You and the book's illustrator, Jules Feiffer, were neighbors in the 1960s.
I was living in Brooklyn Heights with Jules in a big old decrepit duplex apartment. I had been looking for a place to live and he just happened to be living above [what became] my basement room. That was in the 1950s and it was a very different place. I went back recently to Montague Street and I couldn't remember a single store or restaurant or anything. Things do change.
What has stayed with you?
My childhood and my outlook to things are really shaped by New York. It was still at a time when I was young, where you could go anywhere by hopping on a trolley car. From where I lived I could run down to Coney Island for a nickel. I remember I had a date and I traveled from Brooklyn to the Bronx, which is the end of the world when you are 13 years old. And I would go by subway, it was like a trip to the moon.
What adventures did you have growing up in the city that may have seeped into the character of Milo?
When I was 12, in 1942, it was the first time I ever went into Manhattan on my own, using the same important nickel, which was akin to traveling through Asia on a bicycle. I did something in Midtown Manhattan, and was left with only four pennies in my pocket. I tried to figure out how to get home, and I was walking on the street with the big post office in the 40s. It was the height of the Second World War and an old man stopped me on the street with a very heavy accent to ask if I would help him. So we went inside to the post office and we found a desk. He didn't write English and he wanted to write a letter to his son in the service. Every sentence began "my dear son." We stayed there for an hour and wrote this long letter out. When we finished, he was overcome with gratitude and he wanted to do something for me. And I couldn't think of anything except the one penny to get home. And he was mortally insulted. I didn't want to take anything. I was never so touched or moved by anything just to get back to Brooklyn. It was this whole adventure that's probably apropos of nothing.
I think that's strangely apropos of you and Milo, who famously goes on a journey to "The Lands Beyond" in search of wisdom.
New York is such a strange place like that. Years later, I was in my 50s and living in Massachusetts. I was coming into the city to see the dentist. I went to see him in Midtown and he gave me pills to take before I got on the bus. So I went into a little place and asked for a glass of water, and the guy said to me, "I'll sell you a cup, there's a water fountain outside." In those two stories, that's all you need to know about New York.
You moved to Massachusetts from New York in the 1970s. Do you still consider yourself a New Yorker?
Yes, in so many ways. That doesn't go away. I consider myself happy up here but I am a New Yorker. If you wake me up in the middle of the night and shake me and say: "Where are you from?" New York.


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European Union Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn said he will apply new economic-goverance rules "with vigor."
EU finance ministers reached political agreement on the so-called six-pack of economic-governance rules at a meeting today in Luxembourg.
"These are powerful tools for fundamentally changing the way the Economic and Monetary Union is governed," Rehn said in an e-mailed statement. "These will enable us to ensure sustainable public finances, to pre-emptively address economic imbalances and to correct the looming problems before the risk spreads and the crisis is there."
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In its most recent meeting, finalised on 25th November, the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) Shadow Monetary Policy Committee (SMPC) decided by seven votes to two that Bank Rate should be raised on Thursday 5th December. Four SMPC members voted for a 1⁄4% increase, three members voted for a rise of 1⁄2%, and two wanted to leave rates unaltered. This pattern of votes would deliver an increase of 1⁄4% on the usual Bank of England voting procedures.
There were two main reasons why a majority of the SMPC thought that it was now necessary to start a gradual and phased process of raising Bank Rate towards a more normal level. One reason was the feeling that the hyper-low interest rates appropriate in the 'lender of last resort' period some half-a-dozen years ago were no longer required. In addition, it was feared that such abnormally low rates of interest were encouraging financial and property speculation at the expense of savers and genuine wealth-creating investment and damaging potential growth in the longer term. A second reason for wanting a rate increase was the strength shown by recent business surveys and the official growth figures. The SMPC poll was largely completed before the release of the second estimate of third quarter UK GDP on 27th November. However, this showed unrevised quarterly and annual increases of 0.8% and 1.5%, respectively. The two main reasons for wanting to hold rates were the belief that there remained ample unused capacity in the domestic economy and concern that the problems in the Eurozone had abated – but not been resolved – leaving a potential threat to UK export demand and activity.
The SMPC is a group of economists who have gathered quarterly at the IEA since July 1997. That it was the first such group in Britain, and that it gathers regularly to debate the issues involved, distinguishes the SMPC from the similar exercises carried out elsewhere. Because the committee casts precisely nine votes each month, it carries a pool of 'spare' members since it is impractical for every member to vote every time. This can lead to changes in the aggregate vote, depending on who contributed to a particular poll. As a result, the nine independent analyses should be regarded as more significant than the exact vote. The next quarterly SMPC gathering will be held on Tuesday 14th January and its minutes will be published on Sunday 2nd February. The next two SMPC minutes will be released on the Sundays of 5th January and 2nd March, respectively.


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I made this eye with Adobe Photoshop CS4 and a Cintiq tablet.
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Wow, wow ,wow. i do not know what to say, this eye is so beautiful. Your tutorial is really nice and very helpful. I downloaded it from youtube using total video downloader for mac, I hope you can allow me to keep this!
how beautiful eye!
uuuuuu that's exactly MY eye!!! no kidding, I've got the exact same eyes as this one, even the colors match
btw very nice tutorial and the painting is amazing too, very realistic.
Wow! Awesome!! Beautiful!!
This is kinda like my eyes.
Wow, how many realism I congratulate you
So sorry for my bad english >.<
So sorry for my bad english >.<
Great job!
I kinda missed your videos gotta admit. Lovely one, I'm getting obsessed with eye drawings and paintings already!
perfectly done Stephanie
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Released: Nov 01st, 1996
Running Time: 88
Director: Joe D'Amato
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Cast: Valentino (I), Cindy Scorsese, Alberto Sanchez, Francesco Malcom, Nicolette (I), Tina Latour, Monica Orsini, Silvio Evangelista, Hakan Joel
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Must we suffer through yet another costumed mini-epic, with good photography, attractive performers and beautiful locations - that is laughably executed, and with lame sex?
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UN expert urges States to stand up for right to education, especially for girls
Published on Dec 12, 2012 - 8:43:16 AM
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Michelle Bachelet (UN Women), President Asif Ali Zardari of Pakistan, Irina Bokova (UNESCO), Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault of France, and UN Special Envoy for Global Education Gordon Brown, at launch of Malala Fund for Girls' Education. Photo: UNESCO/E.Urbano
Dec. 12, 2012 - An independent United Nations expert has urged governments worldwide to stand up for the right to education, especially for girls, and to take the necessary steps to ensure that all children can go to school without fear.
The Special Rapporteur on the right to education, Kishore Singh, also stressed the importance of safeguarding the fundamental right to education of women and girls who have been victims of social injustice and educational deprivation.
Addressing the high-level event on girls' education, organized by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to mark Human Rights Day, Mr. Singh said the "tragic but hopeful" story of 15-year-old Malala Yousufzai, shows how far there is still to go before all girls can go to school without fear.
"Malala, who was shot by the Pakistani Taliban in an attempt to prevent her from attending school, has become a rallying cry for the world to fight for girls' education rights," he stated at the event, which was held in Paris on Monday.
"I would like to join with UNESCO, the Government of Pakistan and others to denounce those who threaten violence against girls seeking an education, and I call upon all governments to take the necessary steps to ensure that all children in their countries – boys and girls alike – have a right under law to receive an education."
At the event, UNESCO and Pakistan launched the Malala Fund for Girls' Education, with the latter announcing that it would donate the first $10 million. In addition, participants adopted a Statement of Commitment to Girls' Rights to Education, promising "to actively strive to make every effort to end all forms of violence against girls and to eliminate the obstacles that prevent them from attending school."
Mr. Singh noted that while all 193 UN Member States have signed up to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which include achieving universal primary education and gender equality by 2015, many of them need to modernize legislation that empowers parents and children to demand that right when it is being denied.
"We must move beyond slogans and ensure that the fundamental human right to education is enshrined in law, and fully implemented," he stated.
He also called on States to ensure that their citizens are made well aware of their right to education. "Governments must ensure their national legislation provides a binding recourse to courts or national human rights institutions to allow all those who are entitled to receive an education to fight for their rights when they are being denied."
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For entry into the EBS European Business School / DBS Durham University Business School - dual Executive MBA programme, I was asked to analyze a case study from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. I then had to write a handful of essays and give a 1-hour presentation consisting of 30 min of briefing and 30 min of Q/A from the EBS faculty audience.
Starbucks Corporation is known world-wide for their specialty coffee innovation and creative business design. Over time Starbucks has built a business around a relaxing, somewhat romantic atmosphere that brings to the customer a European feel and thus provides a strong user experience for its customers. In Starbucks' earliest days, coffee consumption in the United States (US) was considered nothing special. Most US coffee offered a similar taste and wasn't offered in a special "European" environment. With this absence of uniqueness, convenience was the dominant criteria used by US consumers to choose their coffee.
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Maybe a Triple Murder Death-Penalty Trial Is Not the Best Place to Ask for a Date
Murder trial or middle school — one alternative juror got confused.
While the rest of the courtroom was focused on figuring out whether guilty Connecticut triple murderer Steven Hayes should get the death penalty, an alternate juror passed a note to the court marshal, asking him to meet her at a restaurant that weekend. Judge Jon Blue told the juror he was a "romantic at heart" outside the courtroom, but passing a note was a "goddamn dumb thing to do." The court reporter was unable to make out some muffled sounds toward the end of the judge's ruling, but we think it was, "cough, tacky! cough." [CNN]


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The exit polls for Tuesday's election show President Barack Obama doing better with Latinos than he did in 2008, and Mitt Romney doing better with white evangelical Christians than John McCain did in 2008.
Though not enough to win, Romney was better than McCain's 2008 showing in almost every demographic category. Obama was helped by a strong Democratic and Latino turnout.
On Tuesday, The Christian Post wrote about what to look for in the exit polls. Here is what the exit polls show in each of those categories: more >>
I know that I'm supposed to say that God is in control and that we should simply pray for our president and put our faith and trust in the sovereignty of God, but I'm not going to.
This seems like I'm backtracking on statements made in my previous column "America Needs a Different Type of Leader," where I said that regardless of who wins this election, we must remember that Jesus is the King on His throne both in Heaven and in our hearts. I'm not backtracking. I believe that with all of my being.
But for those who seek to live according to the Word of God by the power of the Holy Spirit, these astonishing election results should cause us to fall to our knees and grieve for our nation. Colorado has legalized recreational use of marijuana, while Massachusetts, Maryland, and Oregon have approved it for medical usage. Maine, Maryland, and Washington have legalized homosexual marriage. And Massachusetts has also joined Oregon and Washington in allowing euthanasia. It has become clear that in every instance where Biblical values were up for a vote, the American people have chosen to reject them. This election goes so much deeper than just who was elected president for the next four years. This election was a barometer of the soul of America, and America is in critical condition. more >>
Election Day on Twitter became the most tweeted about event in U.S. political history with 20 million tweets. By late Tuesday evening, Twitter announced that there was a spike of 327,453 tweets per minute when TV news networks declared that President Barack Obama had been re-elected shortly after 11 p.m. EST.
Even though Twitter traffic was expected to be high, no one really knew how the popular social media bird would handle the volume that was double the previous high water mark of 10 million tweets during the first of three presidential debates.
In the early evening, when election results first started to roll in, Jay Kranda, pastor of Saddleback Church's online campus, tweeted from somewhere in Southern California: "States are already being called. Its going to get interesting. I hope Twitter breaks. #election2012." more >>
The Rev. Franklin Graham, son of the famous evangelist the Rev. Billy Graham, has stated that he believes that America is on a "path of destruction" due to yesterday's election results.
In an interview with CNN last night, Graham explained that the path he was referring to involved, among other things, the legalization of same-sex marriage.
"If we are allowed to go down this road in the path that this president wants us to go down, I think it will be to our peril and to the destruction of this nation," Graham said. more >>
Whether you voted for Mitt Romney or Barack Obama, whether you're recovering from your all-night celebration or drying the tears from your pillow, today's a good day, as Chuck Colson reminded us, to heed these words of the Apostle Paul: "I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone-for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness" (1 Timothy 2:1-3).
As I record this, I don't know the outcome of yesterday's voting. But I'm sure of one thing, whether the president's last name is Romney or Obama, he will need our prayers, because he and his administration face huge, serious challenges to the health of our nation and to peace in the world - challenges that we cannot overcome without divine aid.
Think about it. At home, the economy is still sluggish, to say the least. We face the so-called "fiscal cliff" and sequestration. Economists and politicians on both sides of the aisle are telling us this would be an economic disaster for the nation. And speaking of disasters, there's the national debt. more >>
With election results pouring in and President Obama re-elected to a second term, according to network projections, gay marriage activists are celebrating three, and possibly four victories in their efforts to legalize same-sex marriage in Maine, Minnesota, Maryland and Washington State.
Although results were not in for Washington State at the time of publication, it appears same-sex marriage is set to become legal in Maine, Minnesota and Maryland.
With 37 percent of the precincts in Maine reporting, same-sex marriage is leading by a margin of 52 to 48 percent. In Minnesota, same-sex marriage is leading by a slight 49-47 percent. more >>


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Landscape painting isn't for everyone, so after posting last night's wild landscape as recommended by 'Big Picture' presenter Hamish Keith, I figured it's time to explain very briefly how one finds values in landscape paintings -- or, more accurately, allow painter Michael Newberry do the job for me.
These two landscapes from two different centuries and with two very different world views are chosen by Newberry to explain the point. The important question to start with is this: "Imagine that you are really in each of these places -- do you think this would be a good place to be? Are these roads or paths likely to happiness on earth?" As you can see, each artist has very different answers to these fundamental questions. Further questions and answers here at Newberry's site.
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The big-time chef news just keeps rolling in today. Eater DC reports that onetime Jaleo executive chef John Paul Damato has been tapped to open Compass Rose Bar & Kitchen, a street foods-focused restaurant set to open late February at 14th and T streets NW.
The cozy restaurant set in a rowhouse next to Café Saint-Ex will specialize in international street foods as well as Georgian wines.
Compass Rose's soon-to-open neighbor across the street, Lupo Verde, also announced a new chef today, as did Liberty Tavern in Clarendon.
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I am a meteorologist from New York who has been studying and forecasting the local weather for years. I especially enjoy tracking winter storms.
By: NYCvort, 9:01 PM GMT on June 29, 2010
Today we are transitioning from heat and humidity to much cooler and drier weather. In fact, the humidity has already come down a bit across the area as the cold front has moved off to the south and east. A secondary cold front will pass through this evening along with an 850 mb front pushing through. Temperatures at 850 mb will plummet behind this mid level front from 57 degrees this evening all the way down to 47 by tomorrow morning. This will be felt at the surface as temperatures starting out in the mid to upper 80s this afternoon will easily fall into the lower 60s overnight. I have a feeling the MOS guidance may actually be underestimating the effect that such a strong mid level front will have overnight, and temperatures will likely drop off very quickly under a strong northwest flow early tonight. The upper level bowling ball will be closest to us in proximity tomorrow over southern Quebec; however, another round of cold advection, this time more upper level based, will come through Wednesday night at which point the full effects of the trough will be felt. I'm completely discarding the GFS MOS as it doesn't do well in cold advection situations, and even the NAM MOS looks too high to me. Despite full late June/early July sun, highs will only make it into the low to mid 70s, with perhaps some upper 70s in the urban areas. Lows at night will drop into the 50s with low 60s urban. Plenty of sunshine along with dewpoints in the 40s Wednesday through Friday will make for very pleasant weather. There will be less wind and mixing on Wednesday but 850 temperatures will still be higher; on Thursday, though 850 temps are lower, more mixing will take place. For this reason, I don't expect a big temperature difference each day, but even with a lot more mixing it will still be slightly cooler on Thursday with 850 temps in the low to mid 40s. High pressure will build down into the Great Lakes region tonight through Thursday before nearing our area on Friday. As a result, less mixing is expected on Friday so highs may be even cooler when combined with the core of the cold 850 mb temps overhead. With an omega block that is slow to break down as additional energy drops into the Gulf of Alaska, this will teleconnect to a ridge moving slowly across the central US and southern Canada, and a trough lingering in the northeast through early Friday. As a result, cool and dry weather will prevail right through the end of the week. Heights will start to rise on Friday as the upper level pattern shifts eastward and a ridge starts to build into the east, beginning a slow warming trend in time for the holiday weekend.
By: NYCvort, 6:41 PM GMT on June 28, 2010
I personally am not that hyped on the idea of widespread severe weather today. We do have close to 2000 J/KG of surface based CAPE forecast across the area this afternoon; however, the mid level CAPE, which I consider to be more important for thunderstorm development, is low because the air at 500 mb is relatively warm. So we don't have the mid-level buoyancy, and 35-40 kts of shear really isn't that remarkable. The observed storms currently north/west of the city have not been classified as severe, and I think the factors discussed above are the reason why they haven't developed into severe status. The precipitable water is very impressive, over 2 inches widespread. For this reason I do expect heavy rainfall with these storms. Shortwave energy and a prefrontal trough/cold front approaching from the west will help to ignite the storms and keep them going.
Also of note this afternoon is a stationary frontal boundary that is evident on the radar showing a coastal air mass dividing line. A marine layer of air has pushed onto the south shore of Nassau and most of Suffolk County on Long Island. The rest of the area including all five boroughs, the remainder of Nassau, and extreme NW Suffolk are under a WNW flow with no ocean influence, so temperatures across the city and NW Long Island are a bit hotter but also a little drier.
By: NYCvort, 6:27 PM GMT on June 26, 2010
Temperatures have been well above normal for a while now, but there is the possibility of a pattern change of sorts as we had into the middle of next week. I first recognized this potential on Wednesday when I saw the teleconnections from both ESRL/PSD and NCEP. One particular indication of such a change that caught my eye was that the EPO, which has been positive for some time, was shown by both models as going neural or slightly negative for the start of July. In addition, the NCEP teleconnections showed the possibility of the PNA going from negative to neural, and also of note was that the NAO was forecast to go from negative to either neural or positive. If all of this had actually occurred, I think the idea of a major pattern change would be imminent. However, I doubt the idea of a major pattern change as the models have since altered their tune somewhat. There is also little support for a long-term change, but there is still one feature that I think will win out and reverse the pattern for a few days.
The GFS and European models have been playing a game of hot potato of sorts, passing back and forth the idea of a deep upper trough/embedded closed low developing over the east coast. It's almost as if the models can sense that for a while now their depiction of deep troughs over the east has rarely panned out as a result of convective feedback error. However, I believe that this trough is different, and I'll explain why. First, the idea of an upper trough over the northeast is supported by the fact that a ridge is expected to build from the Rockies all the way up into central Canada as an upper low approaches the Gulf of Alaska. Just following the physical properties of a wave, if it bumps up in one place, then the wave must be just as negatively amplified in another. Second, the energy that would create this trough/upper low couplet has its origins in north central Canada, not in an area that would see thunderstorms this time of year and thus eliminates the idea of convective feedback errors generated by the models. Third, the AO oscillation, which is currently neural, is forecast by all of the ensembles to turn negative for the last week of June. As a matter of fact, if the ensembles are correct, the AO will be in the lowest state that it has been for over a month (it wasn't lower since the end of May). Just as an aside, the NAO is also forecast to plummet, likely to a lower state than it has been for over a month as well, which would support this trough staying locked in for at least a couple of days. The fourth and final reason why I think this situation is different and why the trough/upper low will influence our weather late next week is because although the models have been waffling with its intensity for a while now and continue to do so, the GFS, the European, the European ensemble mean, and the Canadian models all show this intense feature impacting our weather by mid to late week. One thing that the models have been doing is continuously pushing back the time of the upper trough's arrival, but this is to be expected as we are in an extremely strong negative QBO, especially for this time of year, which slows down all of the longwave weather features.
So to reiterate, I would expect hot and humid conditions to persist through early next week, but a return to a more springlike weather pattern can be anticipated later on in the week as the upper trough and potentially an embedded upper low begin to take hold of our area, at least for a short time. However, the key word there is short because we do, of course, continue to head into a weak La Nina pattern characterized by a ridge whose influence is likely to return to the northeast, as the AO is forecast to go strongly positive for early July. Once this occurs, there will be no support for a deep upper trough/low over the northeast.
By: NYCvort, 2:33 PM GMT on June 24, 2010
Under a WSW flow of about 5-10 mph throughout much of the night, La Guardia airport failed to drop below 83 degrees for an overnight low. In fact, the low of 83 degrees was higher than our normal high temperature for this time of year. Today will only be hotter with temperatures already climbing close to 90 this morning. As of 10 am, it is already 89 at La Guardia and 88 at Farmingdale Republic airport on Western Long Island. The south shore of Suffolk County may be a bit cooler today under a SW flow into early this afternoon. However, the five boroughs, Nassau County, and the north shore of Western Suffolk should see highs reach their full potential under a strong WSW flow. Expect highs in the lower 90s with a chance of strong storms later on this afternoon.
By: NYCvort, 8:21 PM GMT on June 23, 2010
Felt across parts of New York and New England:
By: NYCvort, 8:01 PM GMT on June 23, 2010
Anomalous upper ridge persists across the south central/southeast with jet stream near US/Canadian border. WNW flow at the surface and aloft will continue the unseasonably warm spell of weather today. Shortwave ridging is currently providing plenty of sunshine along with hot and moderately humid conditions. Light winds and partly cloudy skies tonight will preclude temperatures from getting close to the dew points, which are pretty high anyway. Lows will be uncomfortably warm with mid and upper 70s urban areas to lower 70s elsewhere. Parts of northern Queens may even struggle to get below 80! A shortwave/associated cold front will move through Thursday afternoon providing a little bit of much needed relief from the oppressive heat and humidity for Friday. However, in the meantime ahead of the front, Thursday will feature sun and clouds once again but with rising humidity levels. Temperatures will start out warm and only get hotter as the day progresses. With good mixing and very warm 850 mb temperatures in the mid 60s, that will likely translate to afternoon highs in the mid 90s in much of the five boroughs and lower 90s elsewhere, with little ocean influence as winds will be strong out of the WSW turning WNW late.
In terms of thunderstorms Thursday afternoon, I certainly think the potential exists. The shortwave looks good (especially the mid-level one, and it's close by when the front approaches), the jet dynamics are good, and there is a well-defined surface front providing the necessary lift to get things going. CAPE (providing the buoyancy) values are pretty good (around 1500 J/KJ), and I like the amount of shear that I see present on the vertical profiles (although winds at the surface are pretty strong, so even though winds aloft are strong there isn't as much shear as there could be). There's quite a bit of mid-level dry air, which is a plus for thunderstorm development. The LI is below –4, which just shows how unstable the air will be. To be honest, my main concern is that even though all of the factors listed above will be present, the cold front will be moving through late in the afternoon so it may come through too early before things can get going. Let's just say, if any strong/severe thunderstorms are going to develop, it's probably going to have to happen earlier rather than later. Once the front moves through, all bets are off in my book. Taking all of this into account, I would say that for Thursday we'll have a chance of thunderstorms later on in the afternoon. I think the chances actually increase further to the east of the city as the front will pass through there later with greater time for the atmosphere to become more unstable.
Updated: 8:09 PM GMT on June 23, 2010