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London is the top city for the world's super rich, according to Knight Frank's latest wealth report.
However, the report predicts that by 2023 the capital will be overtaken by New York as the destination of choice amongst the moneyed elite.
In good news for rich people, the report reveals that the number of ultra-high net worth individuals (UHNWIs) across the world rose by 3% last year.
And the number of UHNWIs is predicted to grow by nearly 30% over the next decade.
Knight Frank's report, an annual analysis of wealth flows and property investment around the world, shows that Asian property markets, led by Jakarta, experienced the biggest price growth in 2013, followed by Auckland, Bali, Christchurch and Dublin.
Liam Bailey, Knight Frank's global head of residential research, said: "History, location and their long-established wealth mean that London and New York's positions look unassailable, at least for now.
"It is further down our leader board that the real city wars are being waged. The main battleground is Asia, where a handful of locations are slugging it out in the hope of establishing a clear lead as the region's alpha urban hub.
"By region, the Middle East top five includes Istanbul and Abu Dhabi, two centres from our "hotspots" list – cities that are set to rapidly increase their influence on Ultra High Net Worth Individuals* (UHWNIs) – close behind Dubai in prime position.
"One legacy of the Arab Spring is the enhanced status of Turkey as a safe haven location for investors from the Gulf and North Africa.
"Although it still trails some way behind the top four cities in Asia-Pacific, Sydney is steadily growing in importance as a wealth hub for the region. Despite its geographical remoteness, it comes in as the fifth placed hotspot. Sao Paulo heads the current Latin American top five list.
"Current trends suggest that the city is also set to see its UHNWI population ranking rise from 11th to 8th position globally by 2023."
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Police said recent attacks may connect to assaults last year
The San Luis Obispo Police Department is investigating a pair of assaults that took place over the weekend.
They say the first assault happened in the 1200 block of Foothill Boulevard and the second assault on the 700 block of the same street.
Police say the college age women were approached by a 19 or 20 year old man who unsuccessfully tried to remove their underwear; the suspect is accused of sexually assaulting a third victim.
Police say last March and April two similar assaults happened near the Cal Poly University campus. No word yet if the same suspect is involved.
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[Verse: MF Doom]
Perfect hair, to the second power of forever
Ask him do he need it? Hells yeah, now or never
On a mission with friends of fair weather
Sooner the better, off to Mt. Tuna, wear your leather prepared sweater
And watch out for Catman my brothers
He keep his strand slicked back like Scatman Crothers
A balding boy, sound like Janeane Garofalo
Fiend for a sloppy fro, who seen the evil Coiffio?
Not me yo, I'm leavin', gone
Even if him got them bomb weavin' Kanekalon
No more or less stress than your old boss
The tears burn your eyes less than fresh S-curls sores
And Brenda, the best girl lost
Uncle grandfather bare chest was pearl gloss
Earl tossed, there goes a whole tray of hamburgers
Villain till he old and grey like olden day scamworkers
Circa one nine seventy-one
On the mic machine it seems his work will never be done
He seeks the ninth level of power
But weak geek might freak it in another hour
Or so, they call the fool retarded hair guy
In school you could spot it when he nodded "Here, why?"
I think his true name was Gerald
The toupee, the male pattern anime herald
A good laugh like the walk to the bank
Not the plank, talk to the hand and the hot frank dog
The fourth song off the Mouse and the Mask continues the cartoon theme of the album, this time focusing on the Adult Swim show Perfect Hair Forever, in which DOOM himself had a speaking role as a hungry giraffe named Sherman.
DOOM himself, like the protagonist of the show, has his hair problems and keeps his head bald.
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Weirdo, brown skin'ded always kept his hair low
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Thinking should be like musical meditation. Has any philosopher pursued a thought to its limits the way Bach or Beethoven develop and exhaust a musical theme? Even after having read the most profound thinkers, one still feels the need to begin anew. Only music gives definitive answers.
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SGA Confusion
After investigations made by Academic and Student Affairs administrators, the Student Government Association was informed that the current constitution, voted into effect in April 2006, was invalid due to a lack of administrative approval. SGA's new advisor and Interim Assistant Provost and Vice President of Academic and Student Affairs, Cindy Heider, said she came across the absence of administrative approval while familiarizing herself with the processes of the organization prior to the SGA constitutional convention scheduled for Sept. 16. "Some resolutions were still in a kind of a limbo, and we needed to make sure they were getting formally approved or that they were being revised,†Heider said. "But I couldn't find anywhere that the most recent constitution had actually been approved at the administrative level.†She then approached Provost and Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs Joseph Bragin with the issue. Heider said Bragin wanted to make sure the constitution had the authority and the approval so that it could operate and there wouldn't be any question on what is and is not allowed.  SGA Vice President Luke Herrington believes the constitution was adequately approved because the current Dean of Student Development at the time, Paul Shang, had to have signed it because elements in the new constitution such as the existance of the Student Court were printed in the Student Handbook, which is published by the dean's office. Herrington believes that since the student body approved the constitution more than a year and a half ago and no one has raised objections, then the administration must know and should recognize without question that these changes have been in place. Herrington assumes the constitution was lost on its way to the Vice President because of transitions made between former Vice President David Arnold, Interim Vice President Jeanie Daffron and eventually Bragin. Herrington also believes that regardless of where the constitution was lost, it would have been made valid by the dean of student development's signature alone. Every previous constitution was approved after a student body vote, a signature by the SGA president and a signature from the dean of student development. None of the previous constitutions has required signatures from the provost and president. In addition, there is nothing in The Handbook or the Missouri Western Policy Guide that mandates the additional two signatures. Still, Heider and Bragin both argue that the constitution is illegitimate because it is lacking two additional signatures from the provost and university president. "I think a lot of this is tied up with the SGA fee that's been instituted, and the SGA really has to be sensitive to the fact that since they have the ability to recommend allocations of money and things like that that there is going to be more scrutiny over what they do and how they do it,†Heider said. The SGA fee was implemented in fall 2003 and gave SGA the opportunity to spend over $400,000 on the students. Herrington feels the students should have the right to spend their money as they wish.  "They are trying to treat us like one of their departments…which has to do whatever they say,†Herrington said. "They are not letting us properly represent the students, which is what we are supposed to do. We are not supposed to be a tool of the administration.†With the fear of the constitution truly being illegitimate, senators contested that their positions would all be invalid as well. Under the previous constitution, the Articles of Association, SGA would be reduced to 20 senators, the Student Court would not exist, and the terms of office of the executive members would have expired this past spring after an election held in April. Since an election was not held in April, under the Articles of Association, the only legitimate member of SGA would be Student Governor Harold Callaway because his office is appointed by the state of Missouri. Heider confirmed that SGA is a recognized organization on our campus and that they have a constitution. "We continue to have a smooth operation,†Heider said. "We didn't want this to be disruptive in any way at all. We are just asking them to update their constitution and have it have re-approved.†Though some changes were proposed at the constitutional convention Sunday, SGA plans to continue with the convention forum in October. "The convention is a regular effort by the student body to update their constitution,†Heider said. "And I think they can reaffirm the parts they believe are still current and update the parts that they would prefer to have changed and then we can move that forward.â€


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Borders, governments and the constant need to define ourselves by our differences (human judgement) is the greatest enemy of peace. The awareness that we are all human and the realisation that our greatest similarity is to love and to forgive, is our greatest tool for unity & calm.
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Fremont residents, 65 years of age or older on June 30, who own and live in a single-family home may apply for Fremont Unified School District's senior exemption waiver to the Measure K parcel tax.
The exemption waiver application is available to the public at every school site, Fremont Main Library at 2400 Stevenson Blvd., Fremont Senior Center at 40086 Paseo Padre Parkway and is posted on Fremont Unified School District's website at fremont.k12.ca.us/seniorwaiver. Chinese and Spanish translations of the waiver are also available. The application can be filled out online, printed and then submitted with the required supporting documentation.
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MANTECA — The Manteca Police Department is conducting a DUI/driver's license checkpoint Saturday evening. The checkpoint will be held in an undisclosed location within city limits and is funded by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Drivers passing through the checkpoint will be asked to present their driver's license and be checked for signs of intoxication.
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The doorbell at Women's Aid in Crisis rings at 10:45 p.m. It is a police officer accompanied by a woman and three children, who are all barefoot, with no coats, no personal items of any kind - just faces full of fear. While this family is being settled in to one of the five bedrooms at the shelter, the phone rings. On the other end of the line someone is sobbing, unable for the longest time to tell the advocate that she has just been severely beaten and raped. Sadly, this often constitutes a normal day at Women's Aid in Crisis.
At 9 a.m. Saturday, numerous WAIC board members and volunteers will leave the Elkins Depot, concurrently walking the 26 miles from Elkins to Buckhannon to raise awareness and funding. This destination was chosen because WAIC's first funded outreach office opened in Upshur County in the late 1980s. Currently, there are offices in Upshur, Barbour, Tucker, Braxton and Webster counties, with the shelter and executive offices located in Randolph County. A celebration will be held at the Upshur County Courthouse at the conclusion of the walk.
WAIC was incorporated in 1979 as a domestic and sexual violence program. What began as a grassroots, volunteer program has grown into an organization serving six counties and assisting as many as 1,500 women, children and men who are victims of domestic or sexual violence or stalking each year. WAIC services are free, confidential and provided around the clock, each and every day of the year.
"The median age of our walkers is 50, with many of us having dealt with some very serious health issues," said one of the walkers, Marcia Drake, WAIC executive director. "Three walkers have survived one or more bouts with cancer, one has undergone numerous surgeries over the last few years and another has diabetes. This individual undertaking by each walker will significantly stretch our physical limits, with the internal awareness that survivors of violence must endure great struggles just to make it through one day. We honor them, and we want to always be the voice on the other end of the phone when they need us.
"Our agency is facing some severe funding cuts in the next year, and we are counting on the dollars raised at this event to help sustain our crisis hotline, and a person to answer that call."
Judy Seaman, committee chairperson for this event, said, "Although domestic or sexual violence does not touch every person, it almost always touches someone they know ... a family member; a co-worker; a friend. Pledges may be made for each mile walked, or be for any amount the donor chooses. A person may want to give in memory of a mother who experienced domestic violence, in honor of a friend who escaped a violent home, of a child who survived physical or sexual violence, or in gratitude for a life free from violence. These names or memories can be shared or held confidential."
Drake said she celebrated 20 years as WAIC's executive director on March 1.
"I have been blessed and humbled to do this critical, and at times, lifesaving work, but there is so much more that needs done," she said. "My goal for this event is to walk the mountain from the Randolph County line to the Upshur County line, crossing through all of Barbour County on Corridor H.
"This walk will certainly be a physical challenge for me. On June 1, the date of our walk nine years ago, I was preparing to leave the hospital after quintuple heart bypass. Walking this difficult 4.5 miles will be a celebration of life for me, and a very concrete way to honor those who endure unimaginable pain and suffering at the hands of those who profess to love them."
"I am thankful for the many friends and business associates I have made over all these years, so if I don't get the chance to personally ask that you sponsor me in this walk, I am counting on your support," Drake continued. "Please give what you can to help WAIC help victims and survivors. It truly does take a village."
Drake also will walk as a representative of the Domestic Violence Project of the GFWC Woman's Club of Elkins.
To sponsor any of the walkers, donations can be sent to Women's Aid in Crisis, P. O. Box 2062, Elkins WV 26241.


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Brad Tosses Out New Technology to Make His New Album
"I turn on the radio and hear a lot of things that sound like what I've done already," he said.
Brad Paisley has dumped the latest recording technology and packed the band into a barn for some old-school "guerrilla" recording for this new album, he tells The Tennessean newspaper.
"So it's a big experiment," Brad says. "My rule for this record is to leave our comfort zone as musicians and songwriters and production-wise, themes and everything, and think outside the box."
Part of that was using his band instead of studio pros, and making the recording in a farmhouse studio he built on his property.
And none of that Auto-Tune stuff, either.
"My opinion, lately, has been that making it better [with technology] is sometimes making it worse, because the first guy decided they could use Pro Tools and take a bass guitar and a kick drum and make that an immoveable sort of symphonic unit," Brad said.
"Everybody else caught on really quick, and now that's on every record," Brad says. "Now, I turn on the radio and hear a lot of things that sound like what I've done already. Where do you go from here?"
The album comes out April 9, but the first single, "Southern Comfort Zone," is out now. It went to radio Thursday night (Sept. 21).
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Does Aldi's sell gift cards? I looked online and didn't see the option to buy one there. There is one in my area, but fairly far from where I live now, so it isn't convenient to just pop in and see if they have them. I want to get one for my sister, and if I know they sell them, I can stop when I'm up that way. I know there are some Aldi shoppers that are here, so thought I'd ask before I make an unnecessary trip.
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No, they are strictly DEBIT CARD or CASH ONLY. Although, I did read somewhere they were CONSIDERING beginning to accept credit cards in certain locations. Bet they never do.
Thanks, Marilyn ~ I did google the question too, and found some stores sell paper gift certificates, so I wonder if it's a regional thing. I live in a different state, so I guess I wouldn't get a paper one here and mail it to her just in case it's not accepted at her store.
I'll be at Aldi's in the next few days and will ask specifics for you. I hit their stores a couple of times a week.
Oh, thank you, Marilyn! That's really nice of you! I appreciate it :)
Every Christmas we get a gift certificate [paper]from frienrds for Aldi`s.
Rosie, are those friends in the same area as you are? I'm wondering if they are only good regionally.
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Sorry Amy,forgot to say our friends are in central N.Y and we`re in wny.
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I just took it for granted that you could buy them at all Aldi`s Hope you can.
Thanks, Rosie ~ they may be available for all stores. I will just have to further investigate :)
appreciate your help.
I just inquired at my store in the Kansas City area yesterday and was told YES, they do sell gift certificates. When I asked if they were honored NATIONWIDE, the girl's response was, "Yes, I THINK they are." Hmmmm.....took that as a qualified "yes." My suggestion is, since it is your sister, why not try it and if she CAN'T redeem it, have her send it back and use it yourself and replace her gift with something different.
Thanks, Marilyn ~ I appreciate you remembering to ask. That is probably just what I'll do; get one and use it myself if she can't use it!
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Most cases of retinal detachment begin when the vitreous gel that fills the center of the eye shrinks and separates from the retina (called posterior vitreous detachment, or PVD). Symptoms of PVD include:
Although an occasional floater is normal, floaters and flashes may be warning signs of retinal detachment. A sudden shower of what appear to be hundreds or thousands of little black dots across the field of vision is a distinctive sign of blood and/or pigment in the vitreous gel and may indicate a retinal detachment. This requires immediate medical attention.
Having floaters or flashes does not always mean that you are about to have a retinal detachment, but you should not ignore these symptoms. Call your doctor to discuss whether you need to have an eye exam. If you have a PVD, your doctor needs to examine your retina to determine your risk for a retinal tear or detachment, if one has not already occurred. If you have a retinal tear, early treatment may prevent a retinal detachment.
Rarely, a retinal detachment can occur without warning. The first signs may be:
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Intelligence Production
Collection efforts result in information. Until that information has been processed and converted into usable intelligence, it is of little value to a commander. When I arrived in Vietnam the weekly briefing being presented each Saturday morning to General Westmoreland was basically a current situation report which did not provide the intelligence he needed in order to employ effectively the combat power rapidly being developed in the Republic of Vietnam. The briefing was revised. We prepared an estimate emphasizing enemy capabilities and vulnerabilities. Our briefing normally culminated with J-2 recommendations for tactical operations to exploit enemy weaknesses or to spoil enemy plans. At the conclusion of the first revised briefing General Westmoreland gave his firm approval of this approach. He changed the purpose of the briefing to that of a strategy conference and limited attendance to his component commanders and key staff officers. Such a briefing took only fifteen to twenty minutes to present; but it took an extensive data base, a combined intelligence system, and the full time of a team of highly qualified estimators to produce. Colonel Loi and his staff also produced a weekly estimate, and our staffs compared our estimates. If any major differences surfaced I always included Colonel Loi's conclusions and reasons for the consideration of General Westmoreland. Such differences seldom occurred. Those weekly intelligence estimate updates were timely, accurate, adequate, and usable.
This example demonstrates the raison d'etre of intelligence-providing the commander with knowledge he needs. Converting raw information into meaningful intelligence is a complex procedure for trained analysts. Most Military Assistance Command intelligence analysts were young lieutenant graduates of the U.S. Army Intelligence School at Fort Holabird, Maryland. They were intelligent, educated, and energetic. They needed guidance but they learned fast. A few experienced officers at the Combined Intelligence Center gave them the guidance needed. They performed
the vast amount of collation, evaluation, and production of enemy capabilities and vulnerabilities. They produced such studies in response to requirements originated by my estimators. They had to prove to the estimator the validity of every statement they wrote. Whenever I approved an estimate there was a vast amount of intelligence available to support every statement.
The Intelligence Division of J-2, Military Assistance Command, was responsible for intelligence production. The Combined Intelligence Center was under the supervision of this division. Four important branches within the Intelligence Division merit special attention.
The Current Intelligence and Indications Branch provided the MACV commander and his staff with significant current intelligence from all sources through daily briefings. In addition, the branch published the J-2 Intelligence Summary and the Weekly Watch Report. By virtue of access to intelligence from all sources, the Current Intelligence and Indications Branch was charged with producing studies and reports that could not be produced at the Combined Intelligence Center because certain sensitive information could not be released to other nationalities.
While most order of battle production was accomplished at the Combined Intelligence Center, the Order of Battle Branch of the Intelligence Division functioned as the primary point of contact within Military Assistance Command headquarters on all matters regarding ground forces order of battle. In this capacity the Order of Battle Branch had primary staff responsibility for developing command policy and preparing guidance concerning order of battle. With emphasis on composition, strength, identification, and disposition, the branch co-ordinated order of battle reporting and holdings with the Military Assistance Command staff, the Combined Intelligence Center, and the Vietnamese intelligence staff. By refining the product from the Combined Intelligence Center and incorporating other data available within Military Assistance Command headquarters, the Order of Battle Branch synthesized information from many sources and provided good, timely intelligence about the enemy.
Our order of battle reporting was reviewed by all members of the national intelligence community. Military Assistance Command statistics and holdings concerning the enemy forces often were questioned. Several factors contributed to this problem. Separate reporting channels existed between component commands and government agencies and their headquarters back in the United States. Everyone was forwarding order of battle information
to his superiors in Washington without approval from the MACV commander.
A strong position concerning order of battle intelligence was necessary. We developed definitive criteria that governed Military Assistance Command order of battle reporting. These criteria had to be met before our holdings were altered. For example, we would not accept statistics concerning enemy troops killed by air strikes unless confirmed by ground reconnaissance, a prisoner, or a captured document.
On several occasions we were called upon to defend my order of battle criteria. First, a representative from the Office of the Secretary of Defense came to Saigon to examine and analyze our policies, criteria, procedures, and holdings. During his entrance interview he informed me that he had authority to order changes in my criteria and holdings. I told him that he would have full access to my entire organization and my full support, but that as long as I was Military Assistance Command J-2, those decisions would remain mine. Upon completion of his investigation, he strongly supported our methodology. No changes were recommended or made. Next, a team commissioned by the joint Chiefs of Staff came to Vietnam to determine the validity of our statistics on enemy attacks contained in the J-2, Military Assistance Command, periodic intelligence report that did not coincide with statistics assembled in Washington. The team reviewed our order of battle files and traced the origin of the questioned statistics. Their findings supported our report. We reported finished intelligence; in Washington they had been using daily and weekly operational reports. Finally, in an effort to resolve once and for all the order of battle controversy, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff directed that a conference be held in Hawaii to standardize the methods for developing and presenting statistics on order of battle and infiltration trends. Just before this conference I had published a Military Assistance Command order of battle manual on developing enemy strength. This manual contained all criteria, terminology, and definitions we had been using in developing order of battle holdings. This was the first of a series of order of battle manuals to be published. The conference convened on 6 February 1967 with representatives from the Central Intelligence Agency, Defense Intelligence Agency, National Security Agency, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Pacific Command, Military Assistance Command, and the component commands. Our order of battle manual was reviewed and readily accepted by all the conferees, thus vindicating our criteria and means of developing
order of battle intelligence that had been in use since November of 1965. The Commander in Chief, Pacific, reproduced the manual and gave it wide distribution.
The most important part of the Intelligence Division was the Estimates Branch. This small, highly specialized group was created in late 1965. 1 worked very closely with my estimators and helped prepare all estimates. The questions they were asked to answer equated to: What is the enemy capacity to affect adversely the accomplishment of our mission? What are his vulnerabilities, and what is his will to persevere? Emphasis was placed on the quantity and quality of his available manpower.
The Estimates Branch became the focal point within the J-2 staff for all information regarding the enemy, and it enabled me to provide General Westmoreland with a continually updated estimate reflecting enemy losses, gains, trends in force buildup, combat effectiveness, capabilities, vulnerabilities, strengths, logistics, leadership, training, and morale.
Another branch of the Intelligence Division that played a key role in the Military Assistance Command intelligence effort was the Strategic Resources Branch. Focusing on domestic events and activities in the Republic of Vietnam, the Strategic Resources Branch kept the Military Assistance Command staff apprised of the political situation and related developments within South Vietnam. In the early days when governmental instability threatened the country, it was imperative that the MACV commanders and staff be kept abreast of fast-breaking developments during political crises. Such a situation evolved in March 1966 when the "Buddhist Struggle Movement" spread throughout the country and caused a virtual standstill in South Vietnamese military operations. The Strategic Resources Branch monitored the situation and dispatched daily situation reports as well as presented briefings as required. Also, the Strategic Resources Branch provided the point of contact for J-2 with the Military Assistance Command Office of Information, the Political Section of the U.S. Embassy, and the Joint U.S. Public Affairs Office.
Development and Publication of the Military Assistance Command Order of Battle Summary
The first issue of the Military Assistance Command J-2 Order of Battle Summary was published on 21 January 1966 and encompassed the period 15 December 1965-15 January 1966. It contained thirteen pages organized into a two-part format. Part I was a list of enemy units identified as main forces or local forces
and as Viet Cong or North Vietnamese. Units were categorized according to the established Military Assistance Command and Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces acceptance criteria of confirmed, probable, and possible. Part 11 provided a recapitulation of enemy forces and total enemy personnel strength located in each corps tactical zone. In this first summary the total enemy strength was 79,500 in a force structure consisting of 29 regiments and 129 battalions. Of the 129 battalions, 77 were regimental and 52 were subordinate to provinces and military regions. In the ensuing months, the size of the order of battle summary increased proportionately with the increase in enemy strength and our knowledge of the enemy. Accepted enemy units in the first order of battle summary were listed on 8 pages. The list in 1967 required 40 pages to depict 9 divisions, 36 regiments, and 196 battalions.
After the publication of the first order of battle summary, additional sections were added. The section "Enemy Organizational Structure" showed the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese chain of command as it existed in South Vietnam. The maps showed the enemy forces located in each corps tactical zone as well as the boundaries of Viet Cong military and political organization. The section "Identification of Newly Reported Units in the RVN" provided a listing of all newly reported units and served as a watch list in focusing the attention of collectors on suspected units. Data on infiltration and retroactive strength were added to show the actual growth of the enemy force in South Vietnam. These data provided a true measure of the enemy's escalation of his war effort against South Vietnam. The section "Validity of Holdings for Enemy Battalions in RVN" provided a ready reference on the validity of each unit's acceptance in order of battle and "red flagged" those units which had disappeared from sight. Continuing effort was made to reconfirm the existence of units. Units which could not be reconfirmed were dropped if the total information on the unit and its area of operations left doubt of its existence. The section "NVA/VC Unit AKAs and Cover Designations" was one of the most useful and important sections of the summary. (AKA is an abbreviation for also known as.) The enemy's practice of redesignating units and using cover designations to deceive the allied forces was not successful. This listing provided users with reference material to relate an enemy unit's cover and alternate designations to accepted designations.
Besides the addition of these sections, formats were changed and revised continually for improvement. As a result of recommendations from Military Assistance Command J-2, the enemy force
structure was recategorized as maneuver, combat support, administrative service, irregular, and political.
The summary's timeliness was insured by electrical dissemination of changes in the enemy's order of battle as soon as these changes were detected. A weekly summary cable, also dispatched electrically, recapitulated all information on current strength status as affected by changes which took place during the week.
Distribution of the order of battle summary increased steadily from 72 copies among 38 addressees to 425 copies among 75 addressees. This growth was indicative of the increased interest in Military Assistance Command order of battle throughout the U.S. intelligence community.
Development and Publication of Infiltration Statistics
The data base for the development of Military Assistance Command statistics on the infiltration of North Vietnamese soldiers into South Vietnam was maintained by the Combined Intelligence Center, Vietnam.
Captured documents, interrogation reports, agent reports, and tactical unit intelligence summaries were screened for information pertaining to infiltration into South Vietnam. This information was evaluated and used to compile statistics in accordance with the criteria of accepted, confirmed, probable, possible, or reported infiltration. Those North Vietnamese Army personnel, groups, and units which had entered South Vietnam and were carried either in the confirmed or probable categories were considered accepted. A confirmed infiltration unit or group was one which was accepted as in South Vietnam on the basis of information provided by a minimum of two prisoners of war or returnees from the unit or group, by two captured documents from the unit, or by a combination of personnel and documents. A probable infiltration unit or group was one which was accepted as in South Vietnam on the basis of information provided by one prisoner of war or returnee from the unit or group or by a captured document supported by information from other sources which could be evaluated as probably true. A possible infiltration unit or group was one which might be in South Vietnam on the basis of information which could be evaluated as possibly true even though no prisoner of war, returnee, or document verified the reports. Other units or groups which were mentioned in agent reports, captured documents, interrogation reports, or sightings by friendly forces were classified under reported infiltration; however, such information
was insufficient to warrant inclusion into one of the other categories.
Infiltration statistics were discussed in detail at the intelligence conference held at Commander in Chief, Pacific, headquarters on 6-12 February 1967. It was concluded that infiltration statistics as then developed were based upon valid criteria and that Military Assistance Command would be the single source of infiltration data. To preclude confusion it was agreed that infiltration data would be cut off on the last day of each month and transmitted throughout the intelligence community on the first day of the following month. It was recommended that all agencies use these infiltration data in all reports, briefings, and releases until the next monthly report was received.
The conference further recommended that the Military Assistance Command monthly infiltration average be computed on a base beginning with October 1965. This beginning was decided upon as the most valid since it coincided with a period of substantial increase in infiltration and provided a sufficient data base on which to establish the average figure. Two averages were computed each month, one for accepted infiltration which included confirmed and probable, and one for the accepted and possible categories.
Enemy infiltration was such that it was difficult to detect many groups until after they had been in South Vietnam for as long as six months or even longer. This problem was compounded in 1967 because the enemy was forced to infiltrate greater numbers of replacements for his main force units. It was much more difficult to discover an infiltration group consisting only of replacements, which quickly blended into the existing force structure and lost their identity, than it was to discover a newly infiltrated battalion or regiment. For these reasons infiltration statistics were subject to continuing re-evaluation with the receipt of updating information.
Publication of Enemy Tactics Studies
In order to provide our combat units in Vietnam with information about enemy tactics I asked my staff to prepare a series of studies to assist the field commanders in developing measures to fix and destroy the enemy.
Our intelligence analysts reviewed and analyzed the existing information on Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army tactical doctrine and past performance as reflected in captured documents,
prisoner interrogations, and after action reports. In addition, they interviewed unit commanders, advisers, and troops in the field who had recently engaged in combat to draw on their experience. Eight analysts traveled to the field and interviewed small unit leaders and unit intelligence officers. These interviews were particularly valuable in that they provided us with recent firsthand experiences to include in the studies. Other significant information was obtained from translations of captured lesson plans and notebooks of Viet Cong and North Vietnamese cadres. These notebooks included information on the conduct of an ambush, the use of antiaircraft machine guns, and the employment of supporting arms. In addition, knowledgeable captives and returnees at the military interrogation center were interrogated. The former Assistant Chief of Staff Plans CT 5 VC Division was particularly informative in this regard. Information derived from other knowledgeable returnees, captives, and documents after the studies had been published were used to update existing information.
The product of this research was a series of hard-copy studies published in January 1967 to meet the immediate requirements of field commanders. Included were studies on the following:
Ambush tactics
Attack on fixed installations
Antiairborne and antiairmobile operations
Antiheliborne and antiairmobile operations Antiaircraft defense by ground troops
Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army night operations Employment of snipers
Command and control of field units
Employment of guerrillas with local forces and main forces units
Night operations
Defense against armor Reconnaissance tactics River mine warfare
Crossing water obstacles Command and control
Supply and resupply in combat
Employment of supporting weapons in attack and defense
Employment of guerrillas with local forces and main forces units
Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army fire discipline
Enemy antiaircraft techniques, tactics, and employment
Viet Cong withdrawal tactics
Viet Cong evacuation of battlefield casualties
Viet Cong retrieval of weapons from battlefields
Viet Cong tactical use of inland waterways in South Vietnam
Viet Cong structures and field fortifications
Emphasis in the publication of these studies was placed on timeliness and accuracy of the material presented rather than on details of format and composition. Between eight and twelve hundred copies of each study were printed and disseminated to field commanders, the intelligence community, and U.S. service schools. Approximately ten thousand copies of tactics studies have been distributed since the program began.
Aerial Rice Survey of IV Corps Tactical Zone
An unusual project begun in December 1966 and completed in March 1967 was entitled "Aerial Rice Survey of IV Corps Tactical Tone." It was initiated and coordinated by the Strategic Resources Branch of the Production Division and was prepared by the IV Corps imagery interpretation team of the Combined Intelligence Center.
This study was initiated to determine the number of hectares of rice under cultivation within each province of IV Corps during the main 1966-1967 harvest period. This information was then compared with the November 1966 pacification area within each province by the Revolutionary Development Support Directorate so that a determination could be made of the number of hectares in areas controlled or contested by the Viet Cong. A determination was also made of the total number of hectares of row crops and orchards under cultivation within each province.
Because of the use of aerial photography, the results obtained were considered to reflect the true situation and provide a firm base on which to estimate rice production for the Mekong Delta region.
High altitude photography at a scale of 1:22,500 and 1:37,000 provided the basic coverage used in this study. Supplementary missions were flown to fill gaps in the basic photo coverage. The photography was accurately plotted on 1:250,000-scale maps and the rice-cultivated areas delineated on overlays of the same scale. The Itek rear viewer projectors and light tables with magnifying stereoscopes were used to select and define the ground areas under cultivation. Next the AR-85 Viewer-Computer was used to measure the cultivated areas on the photography. The areas under rice cultivation were delineated on the 1:250,000 overlays and were then
transferred, using a Map-O-Graph, to a 1:500,000-scale map to present graphically the rice cultivation in IV Corps.
This study did not define those hectares on which two crops were grown annually. However, somewhat less than 5 percent of the total yearly production in IV Corps fell into this category. When using the estimate provided by this study, the double-crop areas had to be taken into consideration to provide a true production estimate.
Caution had to be exercised when comparing the imagery interpretation statistics for the 1965-1966 harvest season with those for the 1966-1967 season because of the variance in coverage available. The coverage available to the Combined Intelligence Center for the 1966-1967 harvest was 98.7 percent; that available for the 1st Military Intelligence Battalion, which interpreted the 1965-1966 harvest, was 97.1 percent.
No attempt was made to determine production statistics for the provinces. These computations were dependent upon accurate yield estimates, various types of crop damage estimates, and a determination of the area which had been double cropped. Such estimates fell within the expertise of agricultural specialists and were not in the scope of this study.
During 1966-1967, 1,543,007 hectares were under rice cultivation. This was 40,923 hectares less than the Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture had estimated for the 1965-1966 harvest period. Of these 1,543,007 hectares, 579,045 fell within Viet Cong controlled areas and 415, 069 hectares were in contested areas. This left 548,893 hectares in areas secure to the government of South Vietnam. A total of 18,305 hectares was found to be under row crop cultivation, and 2,276 hectares were orchard areas.
The most significant difference found between the 1965-1966 and 1966-1967 harvest periods was the shift in rice hectares under cultivation from the provinces along the major waterways to provinces which have relatively minor waterways and which were predominantly under Viet Cong control. This change was believed to be a result of increased Viet Cong effort to raise production in areas under their control. Provinces predominantly under Viet Cong control in which production increased were An Xuyen, an increase of 8,935 hectares; Ba Xuyen, an increase of 23,577 hectares; and Bac Lieu, an increase of 44,630 hectares. Major decreases took place in those provinces which border the major rivers, specifically the Hau Giang, Co Chien, Ham Luong, My Tho, Mekong, and Cai Long and their tributaries. Provinces with the greatest decreases were An Giang, Chuong Thien, Dinh Tuong, Co Cong,
Kien Hoa, and Phong Dinh. The greatest part of the decrease could be attributed to the flood damage sustained in the fall of 1966.
Subsequent studies, using the graphics included in this study, would tell whether or not there was a change in the number of hectares under cultivation and where these changes took place.
In a telegram dated 29 April 1967 from the Secretary of State to the American Embassy, Saigon, this survey was cited by �r. Rusk as being a most useful effort that provided sound bench marks to compare to future acreage estimates.
The Combined Intelligence Center Imagery Interpretation Photo Study Program
In December of 1966 the III Corps Tactical Zone imagery interpretation team was tasked with making a photo study of the Lo Go area in Tay Ninh Province. The purpose of the study was to furnish photo intelligence on areas in which elements of the Central Office of South Vietnam had reportedly been operating. To accomplish this it was decided that, first, a detailed analysis of the photography would be made and all items of military significance identified and annotated on the photographs. Then, in order to establish the pattern of defenses, trail configurations, and proximity of collateral data to the items of military significance gleaned from the photography, a mosaic of the photos would be compiled. In the mosaic form the information extracted from each individual photograph began to form a pattern, particularly in the lines of communication and perimeter defenses. That is to say, instead of a trail simply spanning a single photograph, it could be followed from one photo to another and the entire defense system in an area identified.
Because the study consisted of twenty mosaics, an indexing system had to be devised that would allow the user to locate a particular mosaic without going through all of them to find the one of interest. To do this the mosaics were plotted on a 1:50,000 map and numbered. To show what intelligence items would be found on the mosaic, an overlay was prepared at a scale of 1:50,000 which reflected all lines of communication and defenses taken from the photography. The complete photo study package consisted of defense and lines of communication overlays, a 1:50,000 index to the mosaics, and annotated mosaics.
After briefing the field units on the photo study, it became apparent that its full value would not be realized unless it could be reproduced in sufficient quantity and appropriate format size to be distributed to each unit operating in the area covered by the
study. The original size of a complete study was 30 by 40 inches, a size too large for field use. Arrangements were made at the 13th Reconnaissance Technical Squadron to reproduce the studies at a 50 percent reduction of the original size and in sufficient quantity to satisfy all requesters.
The reduced format was 15 by 20 inches and the mosaics were at a scale of 1:10,000 while the map and overlays were at 1:100,000. There was no appreciable loss of information in the reduction, and the smaller size was ideally suited for field use. The popularity and success of the Photo Study Program in III Corps led to its adoption as a product for all of the corps tactical zones in the Combined Intelligence Center, and in 1967 sixty-four such studies had been produced by the Combined Intelligence Center.
This type of study had a variety of uses. Special Forces units used the studies for setting up the security of their camps and hamlets. Advisory units used them in briefing and debriefing their counterparts and troops. Counterintelligence agents used them in the briefing and interrogation of indigenous agents. They were of immeasurable value in the planning and conduct of U.S. and Free World forces ground operations. In many cases the individual mosaics were removed from the studies and distributed down to platoon level for photo intelligence coverage of a platoon tactical area of responsibility. In addition to field uses, the photo studies were used by the Targeting and Strike Objectives Teams of the Combined Intelligence Center in determining targets for B-52 strikes and tactical unit objectives. In many instances the studies were used as a base for comparative cover from which ground activity was easily noted.
Starting from the receipt of the photography it took approximately fourteen days to complete and reproduce a study. Because of the great demand for the photo studies, it was decided that all original mosaics and the negatives made in the reproduction process would be held in a Combined Intelligence Center repository. These mosaics and negatives were on file in the corps team. Both the mosaics and the negatives were indexed and filed for easy retrieval. If a requirement existed for any single mosaic it could be retrieved and reproduced in a matter of hours.
The combined military intelligence system provided extensive and responsive collection and production. The estimator had the support he needed, and his support improved every day. The entire system existed to provide timely, accurate, adequate, and usable military intelligence to support sound decisions concerning conduct of the war.
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The penal codes in Florence, Italy, are different from those in America, so it appears that a set of twins engaging in intercourse with the same man is not only legal, but encouraged. But with these Terrible Twins, it seems the crew of the most important sociological experiment of our time has finally met its match.
But before we can talk about Ugly Brittani and Busted Eriqua, the twin terrors of the University of Florida, we must first identify some of the guidos' vocabulary so we'll know just what the hell they're talking about.
- Lean Cuisine: A man who is less of a muscular "gorilla" and has a physique that is trim and toned. This should not be confused with one of JWOWW's dog's which has the same name, possibly after a trim and toned man that JWOWW was once attracted to.
- Twilight Zone: Just like the television show of old, this is a very dangerous area. It's when a guidette must walk unaccompanied by a female companion through an area teeming with horny men. It is much like walking a gauntlet, but, similar to the real Twilight Zone, guidettes who casually enter this space are known never to return.
- Twinning: When anyone, especially Charlie Sheen or The Situation, is hooking up with a set of identical twins at the same time. Money may or may not be involved in the transaction.
- Ménage à Twin: Having a three-way with two twins.
- Ménagerie: Using the traditional guido slang of using animal terms to describe sexual hijinks, these are the participants of any sort of group sex.
Now that we have plumbed the glossary for their terms about taboo intercourse with unattractive college students, let us look at our favorite subjects' behavior for the week.
Before we can adequately discuss the Misadventures of Brittani and Eriqua we have to talk about Deena and her quest for love in Italy. Deena has arrived on the shores of her spiritual homeland with a mission: hook up with a real Italian man. This is much more difficult than you would imagine. Not only is there the language barrier, but there is also a taste barrier. It seems that guidettes and Italian men aren't necessarily each others' shot of espresso, so finding one she is attracted to who is also attracted to her might be a little bit difficult. However, while at "breakfast" with Sammi (it warrants quotation marks because it happened at 4pm, as is the guido custom) she meets a nice waiter named Ellis who meets Deena's three criterion for an Italian man: speaks English, finds her attractive, and isn't a swamp monster.
In fact, Ellis is quite cute. Deena gives him her phone number and lets him know that they'll be at the club that night (as is their contractual obligation) and invites him to join them. Much to everyone's surprise—Deena's rate of return on numbers given out to phone calls received is about 756,824:1—Ellis actually shows up at the club. And not only does he show up at the club, he is all up in Deena's face (that's "face" in Italian) and they go home together.
There's only one problem: Deena doesn't want to take him to the smush room. She insists they're not having sex, so they're just going to cuddle in the bedroom she shares with Vinny and DJ Paulie Displaced. Well, that's not actually the real problem. The real problem is that Deena has been socialized like a guido, not a guidette. Not only does she sleep in the same bedroom as the men, but she behaves like them, being the aggressor in sexual relationships, bringing strangers home, and being open about her sexual appetite. The other guidos in the house also treat her like a fellow male, and give her the Guy Code courtesy of staying out of the room while she hooks up. But they are drunken and resentful about it, especially when the smush room is available. Vinny and DJ Paulie (Gender) Divide treat Deena like a guido, but she still behaves like a guidette. If she was truly a male, there would definitely be smushing going on, so they don't understand that she can have someone over and not want to "get it in," as it were. Oh, the confusion of messing with gender norms.
But eventually everyone goes to bed in the same room and Ellis, sneaky no-good Ellis tip-toes out in the middle of the night. Apparently he thought that Deena was going to put out too. And she has to slumber through yet another night in Florence, her Italian destiny unfulfilled.
Alright, now it's time to finally get to Brittani and Eriqua, the terrible twins. Brittani, if you remember correctly, is the most "DTF" girl that The Situation has ever met, and he keeps dragging her back to the house in the middle of the night when he can't get any other girl to sleep with him. By all accounts, she is "ugly." We then find out that Brittani has a twin sister named Eriqua. While Brittani is annoying and ugly, Sitch is trying to have a threeway with the both of them, so he keeps them around until that happens. He even calls Brittani on the phone to invited them both over while hardcore macking on Snooki, his stated romantic target for the trip to Italy. He basically says, "I really want to spend the night with you, Snooki, but since you won't, I'm going to try to fuck these twins instead." Yeah, that's a tactic that's sure to work.
The real problem with Brittani is that she is a stalker. She calls all the time, shows up at the same clubs as the crew, and even pops by the house (usually after The Situation beckons). She may or may not be a secret agent for Danielle, Agent of Mossad, the original stalker who has been chasing DJ Paulie Dogged for so long. Always a fan of a prank, Ronnie and DJ Paulie Dialtone keep answering the phone when she calls and playing mean tricks on her. Eventually Ronnie pretends to be Situation and invites Brittani over to the house and tells her to bring Eriqua. Now, I don't know about you, but if my roommate invited over a set of twins that wanted to fuck me, I would nominate him for roommate of the year.
When they arrive, Snooki describes it best when she asks, "What are they doing here in the daytime?" There are two types of girls for guidos: nighttime girls and daytime girls. Nighttime girls are the ones you bring home for a swim in the hot tub and a roll in the hay. Daytime girls are the kind of girls you want to get serious with and introduce to your mother. Never ever once in their lives have Brittani or Eriqua seen the light of day. Never. So Snooki is totally confused about their presence and the girls are excited that someone finally wants to see what their blond hair looks like in the sunshine.
Though he's not interested in anything more than his twin three-way, Situation is a good sport and takes the two out for day on the town, but when it's clear they won't be putting out, he sends them on their way and relegates them back to the nighttime.
While The Situation is taking his nighttime girls out during the day, Ronnie is finally having a daytime chat with his ex Sammi. Every time they get drunk together, Sammi is all like, "I want you back," and Ronnie is all like, "When we're sober." Well, they're finally sober, and man, no one likes what they have to say.
Actually for people who do nothing but talk and fight, Sammi and Ronnie don't really say anything at all. They conversation consists of vague platitudes and amorphous statements. They talk about feelings, but they don't even feel them. Or they do, but they have no way to express them other than the thumps and grunts that have been passed down in their culture.
"So, I...."
"Yeah, me too..."
"I mean, you haven't...."
"No. But I..."
"Yeah. I know..."
Just like that, Sammi and Ronnie are back together. This relationship, at least while in Italy, should be declared an act of international terrorism. We all know what is going to happen. Their getting back together is like a bunch of dead leaves blowing in a circle on the dusty ground. It doesn't seem that threatening while it's happening, but after a few moments those leaves in the wind whip themselves up into a tornado and a thousand years of civilization and architecture will be destroyed in its wake.
Ronnie thinks that they aren't going to fight this time. He actually says this out loud like it is a true statement. Hello, Ronnie! What makes you think this time is going to be different? All you two have ever done is fight. That's like saying, "Oh, this rabid dog isn't going to bite me because it's been in a cage for a few months so now it's cured." It is not cured. It is foaming in the mouth. There is more foam than at some rave party in Ibiza and it is going to drown every last person in Florence.
And as they embrace on the sun dappled rooftop, the future stretched before them like the multi-tiered roofs so romantically arranged across the Italian hills, a bell rings in a town next to their perch. Oh yes, motherfuckers, it tolls for thee.
Speaking of budding relationships, when the crew goes to their favorite nightclub in Florence, Flo (named after your aunt from Red Bank, New Jersey), they run into Ugly Brittani and Busted Eriqua. Who else?! Situation is surprised to see them at first, but figures getting them drunk is the way to finally get his three-way. After all, it is nighttime again.
Wait a minute, Eriqua is not at all down with The Situation or the situation. It turns out she is a virgin. Yes, they are like the opposite twins. Brittani is such a slut that she is like a giant black hole, but Eriqua, well, she's a virgin. She may be one of those girls that is like, "I'm a virgin, but you can fuck me in the butt," but she still claims to be a virgin. I think the reason is that Brittani was the first to give it up and, like any twins, Eriqua felt exactly what Brittani was feeling. So now, Brittani goes out tossing her biscuit at every hungry man that passes by and satisfies the sexual appetites for both of their twins. Didn't Lindsay Lohan do a documentary about this?
But Deena has different plans. Since she can't score an Italian man, she is doing what her male cohorts have resorted to and is hitting on drunk American college girls. Yes, Deena is behaving like a man, so not only does she get sexually aggressive with Eriqua, but she pulls a "robbery" on The Situation, and plucks his girl right out from underneath her. Not only do they make out in the club, but Deena actually takes her home.
OK, here is where things get really crazy. Situation leaves Brittani alone in his room to go talk to Snooki (more on that in a second) and Deena takes Eriqua to her room to make out and snuggle. After awhile, she gets up for some unknown reason and leaves a very drunk Eriqua in the room alone with Vinny. As is always the case when Vinny's enormous sausage is in the general vicinity of a drunken vagina, it is naturally attracted to him, and like a magnet to a piece of metal, her snatch is snatching Vinny's snatcher in no time. She's all up on it and they're about to go to town when Deena comes back into the room and takes her girl back.
Now, the girl was rightfully Deena's, by the rights of Guy Code, which she seems to be adhering to, and for Vinny to pull a robbery on the girl Deena robbed from The Situation is a little bit wrong. After making out for a bit longer, Deena decides she's not ready to go "full lez" and gives the girl back to Vinny so that he can enjoy her for the night. Vinny, who has never met a piece of day-old pizza or a sloppy second he didn't like, is happy to dine on the virgin Eriqua at Deena's behest.
There is so much craziness going on here, but what happened was clearly right. And this offering to the great fertility god in Vinny's pants should make up for any inconvenience Deena caused the other night with that asshole Ellis.
As for Eriqua, how does she expect people to believe she's actually a virigin when, on the same night, she was going to have an incestuous threeway with Situation, lesbian sex with Deena, and regular people sex with Vinny? She is, perhaps, the world's sluttiest virgin.
While Eriqua was being passed around like a Foosball on the world's smallest table, Brittani was lying in bed waiting for Mike. Why? Because he, yet again, was trying to get with Snooki while he had a girl in the other room. But while he's making romantic progress out on the porch, Ronnie is telling Sammi and JWOWW that Situation told him that he hooked up with Snooki and she cheated on Jionni. Phew. Get all that? Good!
According to Guy Code, Ronnie should shut the fuck up, but, as he points out, The Snitchuation has ratted on him so many times that he is no longer beholden to Guy Code. Ronnie drunkenly spills the beans for a bit of revenge. JWOWW, adhering to Girl Code goes out on the porch and interrupts Snooki's private moment to tell her about the rumors Situation is spreading. When Snooki comes back, her attitude is totally different and a fight ensues.
Snooki, of course, says that The Situation is lying about their relationship and the cuckolding of Jionni, Snooki's boyfriend. As an expert in these matters, I think it is right to say that Snooki is probably telling the truth. Even if she's not, I'm running on that assumption, because lying about their relationship to either gain attention or to break Snooki and Jionni up and assert his dominance is totally something The Situation would do.
Snooki's problem with this is, not only is he lying, but he's doing it while they're in the midst of their experiment so the allegations are going to get back to Jionni, even if she doesn't want to address it with him. Now she has to bring up that Situation says he situationed himself in Snooki's snooki, but she also has to assert her innocence while her boyfriend is an ocean away. Jionni is just going to think about this and stew while Snooki continues to wriggle in The Situation's clutches. This has wrought complete destruction and will not only divide the house, but probably end Snooki's relationship. Mike doesn't care if he is the ruler of a ruin as long as he's the ruler.
After arguing among themselves and in different configurations, everyone goes off to their respective beds. The Situation finally joins back up with Brittani, burying his shame and self loathing deep inside of her, even as the woman who he claims is his true love lies just feet away. Deena rolls over in her twin bed, solitary for a change, wishing there was something warm and Italian and male next to her. Sammi and Ronnie curl up next to each other, happy to be together again, two pill bugs in the stinking rot of a compost heap they call their relationship. Vinny is grinning in his sleep, as the world's sluttiest virgin lies next to him, her exhausted hand lying on his chest and her sore ass hanging off the bed. And Snooki the saddest of all, cries alone into her pillow, wishing that she could make it all better, that she could make her lover believe, that she could sail on one of her tears all the way back to the salt water that washes up on the Jersey Shore, back to the boardwalk and Shore Store, back to Karma and the Beachcomber, back to her man and the simpler times before she was experimented on at all, a little rat trapped in a cage, trying to make the most out of her sad, sad trip abroad.


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Vladimir Malakhov, ballet director at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden since summer 2002, created La Bayadère in 1999 for the ballet of the Wiener Staatsoper. Because it fits superbly into the classical repertoire of the Ballet company at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Vladimir Malakhov decided to present his first choreography to the audience in Berlin.
This ballet was originally created in 1877 by Marius Petipa in St. Petersburg. Over the years Bayadère was performed in parts as well as full-length in the Soviet Union, until in 1961 the Kirov Ballet showed the »Kingdom of Shades« during the tour to the western world. Rudolf Nureyev staged this scene for the Royal Ballet in 1963, where he and Margot Fonteyn danced the principal parts. In 1974 Natalia Makarova mounted this act for the American Ballet Theatre, where in 1980 she created the whole ballet in four acts. Since that time several choreographers developed their own full-length Bayadere, nowadays it is part of the repertoire in some of the most excellent ballet companies around the world. Vladimir Malakhov refers to the Russian tradition and recreated his own version of the fourth act.
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