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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. ? The apparent success of NASA?s first test flight of a new experimental moon rocket has the American space agency beaming with joy.
The Ares I-X booster soared into the sky on a two-minute mission to test out a brand-new rocket design intended to carry humans back to the moon. The short flight, just six minutes in all, comes as the White House reviews NASA?s spaceflight future.
"It was a spectacular day," said a jubilant Ares I-X mission manager Bob Ess after the launch. "The vehicle flew even better than we expected."
After hours of waiting out cloudy weather, NASA seized on a narrow patch of clear sky to loft the vehicle at 11:30 a.m. EDT (1530 GMT) from the Kennedy Space Center here. The flight cost $445 million and marked NASA?s first test of a new rocket for human spaceflight since the shuttle?s 1981 debut.
"We worked methodically, listened to the vehicle and let the vehicle show us it was ready to fly," said Jeff Hanley, head of NASA's Constellation program, which encompasses Ares I-X. "We were ready when Mother Nature was ready, and we took our opportunity, and what a great outcome. It flew straight as an arrow."
By all appearances, the untried rocket performed stunningly, though it will take engineers months to fully analyze the trove of data the flight provided. Over 700 sensors on the booster, plus cameras on the ground and an airborne plane, returned meticulous readings of the rocket's trip to study how much the rocket rolled, how well the parachutes deployed to carry the first stage booster down safely, and myriad other parameters.
Engineers are particularly interested in data surrounding the rocket's first stage separation, which occured two minutes into the flight. The unpowered dummy upper stage appeared to begin tumbling earlier than expected shortly after the two stages separated.
"The vehicle flew well and we're going to get a lot of data back," said Doug Cooke, director of NASA's exploration systems. "We're going to learn a lot to stand us in a good stead for the future."
The flight was a milestone for the planned Ares I rocket program, slated to replace the space shuttles after they retire.
"It's a sense of validation that the course that we have laid out is executable," Hanley said. "An early demonstration like this puts aside any doubts in our minds, if we had them, as to the flyability of this particular design. We have a design that will do the country service if it is put into service."
The flight comes at a tenuous time for NASA, when the future of American human spaceflight is up for review by the Obama administration.
A recent report commissioned by President Obama called into question whether Ares I would be ready by 2015 as planned, and whether it even makes sense to build the rocket, or if perhaps commercial companies could step in to create the next vehicle to carry astronauts to low-Earth orbit, freeing up NASA to focus on a larger heavy-lift rocket. The report suggested that Ares I may not be ready to launch astronauts aboard Orion craft until 2017, though NASA maintained Wednesday that 2015 is achievable with sufficient funding.
"Think about what we just did," launch director Ed Mango told flight controllers just after liftoff. "Our first flight test, and the only thing we're waiting on is weather."
Whatever the ultimate fate of Ares I, mission managers said the test flight was worth it. The successful flight does help establish Ares I's feasibility, mission managers said.
"This test will be a value regardless of any decisions in the future," Cooke said. "Were learning about validating our models. It's about learning form it."
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Skip to comments.Missouri State Senator Says Michael Brown Was 'Assassinated'
Posted on 08/18/2014 7:34:36 PM PDT by absentee
On MSNBC's The Ed Show on Monday, Missouri state senator Maria Chappelle-Nadal said that the results of a private autopsy, which were released last night, show that Michael Brown was "assassinated" by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson.
"I do have to tell you, looking at the autopsy report last evening, um, it looks like Michael Brown was just killed. It was an assassination, and many of the community members are waiting for this police officer to be arrested. They're waiting for a grand jury and an indictment. And so, until that happens, I still see unrest. And many of the people want to continue to protest in peace."
Schultz also asked the senator if she felt there would continue to be unrest until and unless there is "legal action taken against the shooter."
"Yes, there must be an arrest," said Chappelle-Nadal.
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So ... yeah.
It's just ... whatever ... you know?
Are stereotypes still stereotypes if they are true??
Apparently, she was elected to represent just some of the people.
You stupid twit.
all the politicians coming forward just in time for upcoming elections. Whores all of them.
I usually stay away from 'hyphenated women'. If she was the same one on Greta, today, she's a nut.
Maria Chappelle-Nadal do so completely shut up.
Sorry, cannot comment on this post for fear fear of retribution.
Every black person who didn't witness the shooting says Brown was assasinated and has become an expert on crime scenes and autopsies.../s
Indeed it does.
Homes will bw for sale for $1 in Fergeson, and there will be no buyers.
"Assassination" implies the killing of someone of importance...
ask the dude what a police officer should do if a 300lb street thug on drugs charges at them? just what are they supposed to do?
The liberal will say - you are just making that up - how do you know Brown charged at him? I would say the proof of that is represented by the six bullet holes. Policemen don't just waste people. It would be extremely rare that an officer puts 6 bullets into someone for absolutely no reason. In this case we have a video of Brown just a few minutes before the incident so we have proof he is a aggressive criminal and a bullying thug. In six years we have zero proof of this officer being an assassin.
If we don't have video of the actual shooting then I don't see the officer doing time as long as he can make a case of self-defense. There is reasonable doubt. However the wild card is he would need a REASONABLE JURY to get off. Given the location I think that is the problem. Welcome to mob rule. He likely does time because the street has made up their minds.
"Senator" Poke Chop.
The female "thang of color" is not only not sweet, she is neither well mannered nor anything but the lowest of race-baiters.
That was a good shoot, MS Race-baiter.
Why would there be any call for an arrest unless the race-baiter was attempting another "street" canonization of another black Urban Feral thug.
St. Martin of the Purple Drank turned out to be a thug and all the race-baits failed to make a saint of Trayvon Martin. Now, it seems the Democrats/race-baiters have again tried to canonize another black Urban Feral thug but were foiled by the Internet.
Since he had $hit for brains, and was shot in the head, I'd said he was assinated, not assassinated.
Fake, but accurate.
He was shot FOUR times in the ARM, tell me, how is that an assassination?? If Wilson wanted to assassinate this punk he would have shot him clean in the head end of story
Typical liberal redefinition of a word to suit their needs, like marriage, etc. Sister girl should have just used the ebonics word for assassinate.
Do you feel loved for the trillions and affirmative action we wasted on this tribe?
Pray America wakes up
Of course she thinks that. She is black.
She came to her brilliant deduction after seeing bullet holes in Michael Brown. Yes dear he was shot. Those things happen when thugs attack cops, and rush at them. Michael thought he was invincible, but a lead weight in his brain pan proved different. Justified use of lethal force is what they call it, not assassination, or murder, but the ditz is right. Michael was killed, another thug is dead. If we could just do the same to the looters....
Why do we even give idiots like this a voice...especially before all the facts are known.
Did you mean "twit?" Or was that a misspelling? LOL!!
assassination requires a significant amount of Planning.....
this femi-puke...has what it takes to be a good democrack I must say
This gal was the chucklehead who was beefing about being gassed during the riots.
Lay down with dogs, get up with fleas, ChapelleHypenNidal.
Another idiot heard from.
The autopsy not so good for officer. No powder residue, no stippling on Brown's hands from the car struggle.
The 2 bullets to the head..one hits eye socket goes under chin to collar bone...other on top of skull both downward shots.. subject is kneeling, going down, unless officer is 7 feet compared to Brown, 6' 4". Others on arm, well an arm moves running so different angles possibly.
So unknown whether charged or fled, turned, etc. Need more witnesses, footage.
Where are the cop car's police videos? If none available probably liable in civil court for that alone one would think.
Yea, she is helping.
Uh - - - - is this duly elected Public Servant trying to bypass the legal system and go straight for the vigilante system that the KKK was so fond of?
Yet another example of why the police should wear body cameras.
Good points. Police are not going to release all their evidence. Gives time for other side to make up lies. If he gets an OJ jury of course he is in prison for life. The only witnesses are the thug's friend - I believe. not sure of that.
On a side note, has anyone noticed the MSM using the pronunciation "missoorah"???? Yes, I know the locals use that pronunciation........but the MSM are sooooooooo pretentious as hell.
Her scientific and medical qualifications to come to that determination are what? I note she did not say after reading it, because I doubt she could understand a quarter of the words in the report.
All will go quiet if a civilian kills a looter or two justifiably.
Send the Panthers back to Oakland in body bags.
She probably thinks Guam "will tip over and capsize."
The only thing the Left has is lies. It's literally all they have.
"The autopsy not so good for officer"
IMHO it upholds the officers side of the story.
I read that there were no video cams in cruisers..which is unbelievable..not sure if true but that's insane.
Yeah the thug's friend — another criminal who for some reason is not in jail — has a story, the witness Crenshaw gal on CNN today has same story:
and another gal (with Crenshaw pre-makeover) from a few days ago:
All vids have crime scene tape up. A little late in regards to what happened. This will probably take weeks for more forensic evidence, etc.
The officer most likely pulled on the trigger too hard & his shots drifted. I'm sure he was going at the center of the body. Happens when you do not remain calm firing the weapon.
Brown IS someone of importance....to the race hustlers and the Just Us, free $hit crowd.
Also for the communists, radical islam, and foreign intelligence from anti-American govt's..all have history of trying to create racial tensions, chaos to undermine our country.
***damn, I have had it with these Victim-Americans.
Stuff it in your cry hole, lady.
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By jimgris-Oracle on Aug 05, 2006
Mauri: No, we're not. I think that OpenSolaris is a little bit of a game Sun is playing to try to get good PR. But I don't think it's in the spirit of true open source.
We have been very happy to get directly involved and contribute to Linux and Apache and the Eclipse Foundation. We're not going to open-source AIX. It's best run on the current model, where we have the expertise. We enhance it. We work closely with our customers to listen to their requirements. But in the end, it's best that we control that source code.
Any substantiation for any of those references to OpenSolaris, Ross? I love the "in the spirit of true open source" bit, though. It's code for those afraid of being direct. Whatever.
This response fascinates me, though. Rhetorically, Ross has himself all boxed in here, which can easily happen when you're distracted by attacking others. Remember, competitive attacks are more difficult to pull off than most people realize. I've only met a few people who could deliver them effectively, too.
Stephen Shankland (the reporter) didn't ask Ross if Sun was playing PR games with OpenSolaris, and he didn't ask if OpenSolaris was "true" or not. The emphasis of the question was on AIX, not OpenSolaris. He asked if IBM had considered opening AIX like Sun had opened Solaris. Pretty clean question. Ok, you could argue that the question may presuppose that IBM should open AIX like Sun opened Solaris, but it's pretty subtle and easily ignored. But even leaving out OpenSolaris, it's a perfectly logical question to ask given IBM's investment in Linux and AIX.
Anyway, instead of answering the question by focusing on AIX development and IBM's customers and engineers, Ross uses the opportunity to first attack OpenSolaris by saying it's a "PR" move and a "game" and not "true" open source. Huge mistake. Now he has to go back to AIX and answer the substance of the question. But to be credible, everything he says should be consistent with the reasoning behind what he said while attacking OpenSolaris. This is where he drowns. In an effort to substantiate himself, Ross provides examples of communities that his company contributes to, which by itself is fine. However, juxtaposed against the untrue OpenSolaris, we are led to believe that Linux, Apache, and Eclipse are the "true" open source. Perhaps. But people usually compare OpenSolaris with Linux, and I think that's what Ross intended here but decided to toss in Apache and Eclipse for good measure. Who knows. The trouble is that he actually undermines his own statement about OpenSolaris since all three communities he cites are licensed differently, and two of them don't fit with what Ross appears to mean by "true" open source. And if that's not what he means and Apache and Eclipse are also "true" open source, then OpenSolaris should also be described as "true" by that definition as well. I mean, is Mozilla "true" open source in Ross's opinion? I don't know. Maybe not.
The result is that Ross demonstrates his own lack of knowledge about OpenSolaris -- PR is actually not that involved, it's an engineering community from top to bottom, it's open source as specified by OSI (they don 't offer a "true" category as of yet), and we don't play games with the company's core technology. Sorry, Ross. You don't know what you are talking about, and this is a PR disaster for you. But delicious nonetheless.
Now, Ross is probably a smart guy. He probably runs a pretty large organization at IBM, and you can't do that without being smart. So, I can respect him for that. But even smart guys can sound foolish when they lack competitive rhetorical skills and get distracted by attacking others. None of this would have happened had Ross simply focused on IBM and AIX and ignored OpenSolaris. However, I do think he has to work on his AIX/Linux answer, though. Although IBM has consistently stated that its strategy with AIX is to keep development closed (which is a perfectly fine business decision), I think the reason Ross offers undermines his statements supporting the benefits of open source development. I mean, open source is supposedly good for Linux, Apache, and Eclipse, but it's simultaneously bad for AIX because the AIX code needs "control" by the "expertise" at IBM? I don't get that. And OpenSolaris? Well, that's so low it's a "game" not even worthy of being "true" so it's dismissed with contempt.
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By Kevin Snow - Sabres.com (@kwsnow)
"As you will notice, Lindy Ruff is not on the ice today," Regier explained. "I think most of you are also aware that he has broken three ribs – which is a little different than we historically refer to these as 'upper body injuries.' He's listed as day-to-day … and hopefully it remains that way.
"I did speak with (Lindy) this morning; he is in a lot of pain. He said he got about four hours of sleep last night. He was, when I came in this morning, on a conference call with the coaches going over practice."
Regier was unsure as to whether Ruff would be behind the bench for Wednesday's home game against Boston. His condition will be evaluated in the morning, and a determination will be made at that time. In Ruff's absence, James Patrick will assume the day-to-day duties – including running practices as he did today. In addition, Teppo Numminen would move from his current seat in the press box to behind the bench.
There's some concern that even if Ruff wants to go behind the bench tomorrow, it would be more than just a pain tolerance issue. There's always the chance that he'd be unable to move quick enough to avoid a puck that might be shot out of play. With this in mind, Regier said they'd consider an alternative plan if Ruff is feeling healthy enough to come to the arena.
"I think a possibility would be that he's in-house, but maybe not available behind the bench."
Regier also mentioned another potential problem.
"My concern is he won't be able to yell at the guys," joked Regier.
Whether Ruff is in the building or not, Patrick doesn't foresee any problems for the team as they get set for yet another big divisional matchup against the Bruins.
"We're going to prepare the team like normal. It's going to be the same routine. We're going to meet with Lindy today and go over preparation for tomorrow. We're going to do everything we can to get ready to win a game tomorrow. That's our focus. If he isn't behind the bench, we're confident we can handle it. I'm hoping and expecting to see him here tomorrow. I don't know if it'll be in the morning or later on."
Regier did confirm that Thomas Vanek won't return to the lineup on Wednesday, as he continues to recover from an upper body injury suffered January 31 in Montreal. Vanek has started skating on his own, and Regier wouldn't rule him out for this weekend's back-to-back home games against Dallas (Fri.) and Tampa Bay (Sat.).


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Stella thumped the already maxed throttle, the metal so hot to the touch it damn near blistered her palm. Logic told her the engine didn't have anything more to give. Still she calculated angles to take the choppy sea faster. She stayed well clear of the other vessels just as they stayed away from her. Everyone kept their distance in these lawless waters.
The hull's nose popped over a wave and slammed back onto the churning surface. She bit her tongue. The metallic taste of blood filled her mouth. The motor revved and muffled, catching hold of the water and shooting forward again. Seconds counted. Timing was everything.
A team of Navy SEALs and a pair of Air Force pararescuemen were counting on her to be in place for the pick up if things went wrong with their helicopter rendezvous. Sure, those special operations dudes could swim for miles, but even the most elite of the elite warriors didn't relish hanging out in shark infested, pirate riddled waters.
Sea spray stung her overheated face as the sun melted downward in the sky. She gripped the steering wheel tighter, her eyes on the sonar and radar screens feeding images of the SEALS and pararescuemen – also known as parajumpers or PJs. Six SEALs and two PJs were diving, about to "count coup" on a suspected pirate frigate, a stealthy tap and go.
The mother vessel was towing four faster skiffs for overtaking their targets once they reached the open sea. Except today the US forces were under water disabling the smaller crafts, something the Somali pirates wouldn't discover until they were out in the middle of the sea ready to prey on others. Those four malfunctioning boats, clearly dismantled right under their very noses, would screw with their heads.
Never underestimate the power of psychological warfare.
As a field operative for Interpol, she'd been sent to assist with the investigation into stolen artifacts by pirates off the Horn of Africa, to decipher the codes and patterns to their movements. Local government officials in the region had requested international help. Those stolen treasures brought major bucks on the black market, money then used to fund separatist groups and local warlords that increased criminal chaos. Groups responsible for instigating ruthless uprisings. Rampant looting where women were brutalized. Young males, barely teenagers were being pressed into service. At least one of those child soldiers was on that main vessel today.
Another reason the PJs had been tapped to participate – for the safety of the kid as well as the SEALs if things went to hell. PJs received the same SEAL training needed to carry out the mission, but with additional medic skills to make a house call behind enemy lines. PJs were like Supermen with EMT bonus powers.
There hadn't been any PJs around for her mom. Melanie Carson died here and her family had been given sketchy details along with her body to bury. Authorities had written off the injuries as results of a car accident. Stella hadn't believed them then, any more than she believed them now. She'd worked her entire career with Interpol with one goal: To find the truth about her mother's death. Finally, she had her chance and she wouldn't allow anything to derail her plans.
Today's launch of her mission was everything.
A helicopter had dropped the SEALs and PJs in the water five miles out from the pirates. Afterward they were supposed to swim five back where the chopper should be able to pick them up. But as a failsafe, she and four heavily armed CIA operatives stayed nearby in the speedboat.
She'd plotted contingencies, and more contingencies for the contingencies, because logic was her strength, her secret weapon even. It was all about back up plans–
Pop, pop, pop.
The unmistakable sound of gunfire carried across the water. Stella braced, sweat chilling under her bulletproof vest. She looked over her shoulders at her four CIA teammates aiming MP5 submachine guns.
"Is it pirates?" she shouted over her shoulder, wind tearing strands of hair loose from her braid.
"Don't think so," an operative known only as Mr. Smith barked back, scanning distant horizon where two fishing boats bobbed. Of course CIA agents were always Smith or Brown. Or if working in a pack like today, Jones and Johnson joined in. "They seem to be shooting in the air, partying maybe."
His buddy Mr. Brown squinted into the scope on his gun. "The place is littered with these bastards. I'm not trusting that party spirit."
Mr. Jones hitched his weapon higher. "We can outgun them."
Stella eyed the horizon. A whale arched just ahead, then slapped its tale in a majestic display so at odds with the turmoil playing out on the water's surface above them. "Or we can stay cool and keep moving closer in case the chopper needs to bail out."
An explosion in the sky sent shockwaves across the water. The CIA dudes dropped to their knees. So much for keeping cool.
Stella steadied the boat and studied the radar. Her heart punched into her throat. Had the pirate ship blown up? Had the PJs and SEALs been injured in the raining debris and flames?
The radar offered plenty of details.
But the news?
As bad as it got.
"The chopper exploded," she announced, forcing her voice to stay flat, calm. Professional.
Now that she knew where to look, debris rained in the distant sky, a splash spewing on the horizon. The crew she'd briefed this morning was almost certainly dead, and if not, a different contingency was in place to search for them – a second PJ pair. Just the thought delivered a sock in the gut as she thought about another child hearing the news her mom or dad wasn't coming home.
But she had to push through the feelings threatening to
suck her under. Her role now? Crystal clear.
"We have to get our guys out now rather than waiting for them to swim closer. Those look like dolphin fins out there, but if I'm wrong… We need to move."
Nailing the throttle again, she compartmentalized. Later, she would climb up onto the embassy roof alone and mourn the aircrew. At this moment, her focus had to be on extracting the men in the water.
How far had the special ops men swum from the vessel? How close would she have to sweep by the known pirate frigate? And the unknown bad guys in these waters? Who had launched that rocket at the chopper?
She took a read off the sonar beside the radar, homing in on the blips. Beacons sent signals from her pick up targets. Men. Swimming. Closer. She eased back on the horsepower. Searching the surface for the slightest… ripple.
"Got 'em," Mr. Smith announced with conviction an instant before she saw what snagged his eagle eyes.
The barest perceptible cuts through the water. The pirate vessel was a surprisingly distant shadow in the sunset. Good God, how had the men made it so far so fast? Even if the other boat was speeding away.
She cut the engine back to idle. Her four CIA field agents went into action while she kept the boat as steady as possible. They didn't talk much – but dudes from the agency rarely spoke. One at a time they hauled sleek bodies in wet suits into the deck. Her muscles burned as she gripped the wheel straining to spin free.
Man after man rolled onto the deck. Six, seven… eight.
The final guy whipped off his facemask and pinned her with piercing brown eyes and an intense focus that kept people alive beyond the odds. The air snapped in an indefinable way that defied the logic she embraced.
Had to be.
He nodded once, giving her a thumbs-up. "Go, go, go!"
Shaking off the momentary distraction, she revved the engine to life again. Her brain cycled to contingency twenty-freaking-two, a cave cut into the mountainous shore line. Minutes passed in a blur as she drove and watched the screen, monitoring traffic. Pathetically few officials policed the area. A boat racing across at a reckless speed wouldn't appear at all out of the ordinary around this place.
Even as the yawning entrance to the cave came into sight, she refused to relax her guard. She pulled back on the throttle. Entering slowly, she scanned while her quiet companions held their MP5s at the ready. Would an Interpol operative, four CIA agents, six SEALs and two PJs be enough to face anything that waited inside? The low hum of the motor echoed like a growling beast in the cavern, one light strobing forward into the darkness.
Illuminating a waiting U.S. fishing boat.
Her final contingency.
Her plan had to work, otherwise, she would screw up her hard earned chance of working in Africa before the mission barely got off the ground. She flung open the door to the small forward cabin of her speedboat. The clang of metal hitting metal echoed in her mind like the closing of her mother's coffin. Melanie Carson's daughter would not give up on day one.
Digging around in the hull, Stella pulled out small duffel bags, one after the other, tossing them to each of the men in wet suits.
"Change, gentlemen. We're about to become American tourists on a sightseeing excursion. Mr. Jones," who could blend in best with the locals and even spoke a regional dialect thanks to his mother, "will be our guide. We're swapping boats, then splitting up at the dock. Blend into the crowds. Report at the embassy. You've got a duress code if you need to call in. Any questions?"
Only the sound of oxygen tanks and gear hitting the deck answered her.
"Good." Her heart rate started to return to something close to normal again.
The sound of zippers sent her spinning on her heels to take care of her own transformation. She unrolled a colorful rectangular cloth, an East African kanga, complete with the standard intricate border and message woven into the red and orange pattern.
It would be hot as hell over her black pants, top and bulletproof vest. But a little dehydration was a small price to pay for an extra layer of anonymity.
"Need help?"
She turned and there were those coffee dark eyes again. Static-like awareness snapped when she looked back at the intense gaze that had held hers earlier as he'd lifted his facemask. Except now he was more than eyes and a wet suit. He was a lean, honed man in a pair of fitted swim trunks he must have worn under the diving gear. He was glistening bronze with a body trained for survival anyplace, anytime.
The boat rocked under her feet from a rogue wave. At least she thought it was a wave.
"Uh, no, I'm good. Thanks. You should get dressed. We need to haul butt out of here." And his current state of undress definitely didn't qualify as "low profile."
"I meant, do you need help with the cut on your temple?" He gestured to the left side of her face, almost touching. "You brought along two PJs for a reason, ma'am."
Her skin hummed with a sting that her brain must have pushed aside earlier for survival's sake. She tapped the side of her forehead gingerly.
"Ouch!" Her fingertips were stained with blood as murky red as her hair.
"A bullet must have grazed you," he said with a flat Midwestern accent. A no-accent really, just pure masculine rumble. "Could have been much worse. This was your lucky day, ma'am."
"Stella." For right now she could be more than Miss Lucky Smith.
"They call me Cuervo."
Call him.
Call signs.
No real name from him for now. Understandable and a reality check to get her professional groove back on. "Do I need stitches?"
He tugged a small kit from his gear, a waterproof pack of some sort. "Antiseptic and butterfly bandages should hold you until we can get someplace where I'll have time to treat you more fully."
Her brain hitched on the word, the answer to who she would be partnering with as they escaped into the crowd. She wasn't saying goodbye to him – to Cuervo – at the dock. Irrational relief flooded her, followed by a bolt of excitement.
"Thanks, Cuervo. Blood dripping down my face would definitely draw undue attention at an inopportune time." She forced a smile.
Still, his face, those eyes, they held her, and while she wasn't a mystical person, she couldn't miss the connection. Attraction? Sure, but she understood how to compartmentalize on the job. This was something that felt elemental. Before she could stop the thought, the words soul mate flashed through her head.
And God, that was crazy and irrational when she was always, always logical. Her brothers called her a female version of Spock from Star Trek.
Still, as those fingers cleaned her wound, smoothed ointment over her temple and stretched steri strips along her skin, she couldn't stop thinking about spending the rest of the day with him as they melded into the port city and made their way back to the embassy.
Damn it, she could not waste the time or emotional energy on romance or even a fling. Right now, she could only focus on working with the Mr. Smiths and Mr. Browns of her profession. She needed to make peace with her past, then move on with her life. Then and only then she would find Mr. Right and shift from the field to a desk job so she could settle down into that real family dream she'd missed out on.
Yet those brown eyes drew her into a molten heat and she had the inescapable sense that Mr. Right had arrived ahead of schedule.
Chapter One
East Africa: Six Months later
Five years, eight months and twenty-nine days sober.
Staff Sergeant Jose "Cuervo" James flipped his sobriety coin over and over between his fingers as he reviewed the satellite feed on the six screens in front of him. If he and the multi-force rescue team around him didn't save Stella Carson in the next twenty-four hours, odds were his coin would end up in the trash.
The cavernous airplane hangar echoed with the buzz of personnel calling directives into headsets and the low hum from each image on the dozen screens. Techies gathered information for the eight man rescue team – two Air Force pararescuemen, eight Navy SEALS and five CIA operatives. The volume on the speakers increased whenever something of specific interest captured their attention about Stella and the eleven college students who'd been kidnapped with her during a foreign exchange trip.
Only one screen interested him. The one showing Stella being held hostage by separatists in some concrete hell hole south of the Horn of Africa. His eyes ate up the image of her – alive – for now.
She wore jeans and a black tank top with gym shoes, looking five years younger than her twenty nine years and just like the exchange student she was pretending to be. Her titan red hair was half in, half out of a ponytail. A long strand stuck to blood on her cheek from an oozing gash in her eyebrow that made him think of the scratch on her head from the bullet that grazed her the day they'd met. The day she'd saved his ass.
Right now, she was dusty, strained, and bruised. But still keen eyed, pacing around her cell, nothing more than concrete walls with a pallet and bucket in the corner. A table filled another corner with a scattering of artifacts and relics. Frustration knotted his fists as he held back the urge to reach through the screen and haul her out. To hell with the objectivity and the logic she worshiped.
Usually his job as a pararescueman gave his life focus and stability. But today's assignment was more than just a mission. Stella Carson was more than an Interpol agent to pluck out of a sticky situation. She was the only woman he'd ever loved.
She was also the woman who'd dumped him four weeks ago.
He prayed to every saint he'd memorized in parochial school that the captors bought her cover story of being an over privileged student studying overseas on Mommy and Daddy's nickel. He couldn't even let himself think about all the atrocities committed against women in this region. He could only focus on willing her to stay alive. God help her if they figured out she was a top-notch intelligence operative with an uncanny aptitude for code breaking.
God help them both if he failed to get her out….
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Moving beyond paper
October 22, 2008 10:38 AM
Remember during the early 1990s when some predicted that software would eventually allow us to work in paperless offices?
Now, of course, we see that technology ironically has us printing out more than ever before, steadily increasing our demand for paper.
SF State is certainly no exception. The ubiquity of electronic communication and the emergence of iLearn, the university's online classroom program, have done little to stem demand for paper on campus. With few exceptions, professors still print out syllabi and assignments, and students still print out their homework and essays. Though it is 2008, this habit of shoving paper into each other's face is older than a Cubs World Series ring.
Bryan Ting, an environmental studies major, wanted to know just how much paper SF State uses and how much of it came from recycled sources. All that paper we use—at least 50,000 reams a year, according to Ting's research done while interning at SF State Recycling Center—has to come from somewhere, and his findings uncovered another primitivity: up to 70 percent of the paper the university buys is "virgin," with no recycled content.
This shocking find spurred Ting to start a petition asking SF State—which often touts its rising recycling numbers, composting and reduced energy use—to become a green leader in another avenue by purchasing only paper made from 100 percent post-consumer waste (PCW) paper. Hundreds of students have signed the petition so far, he said.
The main obstacle would be higher cost: a quick scan of office supply store Web sites shows 100 percent PCW paper costing up to a dollar or more per ream. But Ting said SF State could use its voluminous demand to its advantage and negotiate a bulk discount, a tactic it may not necessarily be using now.
Ting said SF State recently changed its paper purchasing protocol, buying paper in increments online from Office Max rather than in bulk and storing it on campus. Though this method may be more convenient, "you're less likely to get the big discount," he said.
While full conversion to 100 percent PCW paper "is what we'd absolutely love," Ting said he understands if added cost meant it could not happen all at once. Even switching to 30 percent PCW paper would be a meaningful step in the right direction, and the price difference "isn't that steep," he said.
"Any action we take that takes our PCW level higher is something in which we would absolutely be a real leader [among universities]. It makes headlines for colleges to 30, so just imagine if we got to 50 or more," Ting said.
Such a switch could effectively reduce carbon emissions associated with university operation, as it takes more energy to create virgin paper than to recycle it, Ting said. And of course, if we reduced demand for virgin paper by tens of thousands of reams, "we could save thousands of trees a year," he said.
Hearing about Ting's petition reminded me of just how much of the paper we do print is likely unnecessary. I have not crunched numbers like Ting, but I have anecdotal evidence to which most of you can relate.
A professor began one of my fall classes with an e-mail (zero pages so far) asking if I would please view his syllabus on iLearn (still zero) before the first day of instruction. "How contemporary," I thought happily. "I can read the syllabus without printing it out and we do not even need to spend much time going over it in class."
So of course, the first class featured the professor going over his iLearn page in a class overhead anyway, yet he still printed it out, single-sided on several pages and handed the syllabus out to more than a hundred students.
Perhaps there is a university protocol protecting a student's right to access his or her syllabus, but surely it can be fine-tuned in today's age to serve paper copies only to those who request them. I would not be surprised if a majority of students who got paper syllabi that day did not need it in the first place.
And in most classes, of course, the syllabus is just the beginning. Ting said he received a 1000-page reader—which could have been 500 pages had it been printed on both sides of the paper—for a class with about 200 students. That egregious example spurred him to ask: "How much resources went into this? How much paper does higher education use? And if you're going to be using paper, why not use the kind that has the smallest environmental impact?"
Conversely, I took a few classes at SF State that tried to use iLearn and e-mail as much as possible. These classes dramatically reduced the amount of paper used and actually made it easier for me to keep track of things. Rather than fish through binders and folders of documents every time I needed to look up an assignment—admittedly, I am not the most organized student—I could simply click on a bookmarked link or iLearn resource.
In a time where visiting the Internet is a daily occurrence for most people, SF State already has the tools—e-mail and iLearn—to move us closer to the paperless society of which we once dreamed. If it also tweak its printers to print on both sides and buy only recycled paper, it could rein in a primitively wasteful aspect of our contemporary culture.
anon e mous said
October 29, 2008 4:12 PM
On a related note: I did a back of the envelope calculation that went like so:
There are about 220 students in my Bio 230 section, and each bought a $45.00 GTOcalcomp PRS RF clicker, for a total of $10125.00.
A dozen Ticonderoga pencils at OfficeDepot sell for $2.29, or $.19/pencil.
So, $10125.00/.19 = 53,289.
That's right, one section of one semester of Bio 230 used, at least in terms of price, 53,289 pencils.
Then, consider also that nearly all of those students have cell phones, and most have computers.
Add that to the fact that 79% of faculty and students use some form of transit (mass- or auto) to get to SFSU...
It makes me wonder, how much energy, in reams of paper equivalent, would equal that used to push one 2000 lb vehicle 5 miles?
Just thinking out loud here...
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Is this how the world ends—not with a bang but with a Wintour?
The bobbed icicle was spotted sitting in the second row at a Valentino show, but the most terrifying thing about the lightning-strikes event was that she did it to be nice.
Human embodiment of the wispy, intangible world of social media for Tyra Banks and prolific-fashion blogger Bryanboy (not real name) explains:
According to reports, Wintour took the backseat to allow the Vogue writer covering the show for the magazine's website to have a better view.
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LOS ANGELES -- The series is over, but the bad blood between the Warriors and Clippers certainly is not. After a riveting seven-game series, the teams had yet another altercation after the game in the halls of Staples Center.
It all began with someone shouting near the Warriors' locker room, "It's awfully quiet in there now." They said it again. And again.
The Warriors, still fuming from a nail-biting 126-121 loss to end their season, went out to confront the loud mouths. Some among the Warriors suspected it was Clippers assistant coach Tyronn Lue. But one source from the Clippers end say that wasn't possible because everyone was accounted for in their locker room.
When the Warriors got to the hall, they wound up shouting back at what turned out to be some Clippers ball boys. Just as that situation was dying down, several Clippers players came out of their locker room.
As usual, they were led by Chris Paul -- who has made a home under the skin of Warriors players. With now a collection of Clippers and Warriors in the hall, the mouthing picked back up. Before long, Marreese Speights and Glen Davis were jawing at each other and had to be separated.
No punches were thrown, according to multiple sources, but police were needed to break up the ruckus and make sure it didn't escalate.
Seems this is now officially a rivalry.
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NEW YORK (AP) -- If there's a player out there who could possibly test No. 1-seeded Serena Williams in the U.S. Open final, it's her opponent Sunday, No. 2 Victoria Azarenka.
Williams has lost only four of 70 matches this season, and two of those defeats came against Azarenka, including just last month at a hard-court tuneup.
There's one significant switch in circumstances: Those were at smaller tournaments. This time, there's a Grand Slam championship on the line, and Williams is at her best when the stakes are the biggest.
Williams will be playing in her third consecutive U.S. Open final, seventh overall, and the 21st major title match of her career. She is 16-4. Azarenka will be in her fourth major final.


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Roger in his 7th Grand-Slam final
Roger will play unseeded Marcos Baghdatis in the Australian Open final! He overpowered Nicolas Kiefer (GER) 6-3 5-7 6-0 6-2 in the semi-final today.
Roger sealed his win on his fourth match point when Kiefer netted a service return after two hours and 40 minutes on Rod Laver Arena to reach his seventh final in the past 11 grand slams. "We have had many close and tough matches over the last few years," Roger said of Kiefer in a courtside interview. Roger had too much power and shot variety for Kiefer, who was playing in his first grand slam semi-final in 35 attempts.
Roger has never lost a grand slam final and will be seeking his third straight title after winning Wimbledon and the U.S. Open last year, leaving only the French Open to complete a "Roger Slam" of all four major titles in succession! With a victory this Sunday he would be the first player since Pete Sampras, twelve years ago, to make the triple.
Roger beat Baghdatis in straight sets in the fourth round in Melbourne last year before he fell to eventual champion Marat Safin in the semi-finals. The Cypriot has made extraordinary progress through the tournament, toppling second seed Andy Roddick in the fourth round and then seventh seed Ivan Ljubicic in the quarters. Baghdatis, a former world junior champion, then stunned fourth seed David Nalbandian in Thursday's first semi-final, coming from two sets down to win 3-6 5-7 6-3 6-4 6-4.
"I'm looking forward to it. What a great effort by Marcos," Roger said.
Good Luck!!!
Congrats for your wonderful match with Kiefer.
There are a few hours left for the final match, and I do hope (I'm sure you will) you get this new grand slam title.
Dear Roger: It's time to put Baghdatis in his
Now its the finals, and I like the way u respect yr opponent. Certainly Marcos has done very well in this tournament, and i supported him vs the other opponents that he had, but today, YOU are the one we all here suppor
"The Kiefer match showed you approaching your "Finals Form"!! What a joy to see. Please keep your focus with Baghdatis Sunday; he's playing like a possessed man! Wishing you low unforced errors, first serves in, continuati
We hope and pray that you are hungry for this title and that you are extra focused. Show Marcos your best game, move like a tiger! Go Roger!
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NEW DELHI: Steel Authority of India (SAIL) has sought Prime Minister's intervention to resolve its dispute with the Jharkhand government over cancellation of its mining lease in Chiria mine region. Chiria mines in Jharkhand, which has one of the largest reserve of good quality iron ore in Asia, has become the bone of contention between SAIL and the state government that has cancelled three of the mining leases in the area belonging to IISCO. According to...
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KOLKATA: Prism Cement has awarded Perthbased India Resources a Rs 1,200-crore contract to develop a captive coal mine, underscoring a growing trend of Indian companies outsourcing their mining operations to foreign entities. India Resources (IRL) will develop and operate the first phase of BSE-listed Prism's Sial Ghogri coal deposit in Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara district for 30 years. The mine, which is expected to produce some 9.06 million...
SAIL scouts for a foreign company to operate Chiria mines
September 28, 2011
Rakhi Mazumdar , ET Bureau
KOLKATA: Steel Authority of India (SAIL) is scouting for a foreign company to operate its mines at Chiria, estimated to contain the world's second-largest iron ore reserves. This is the first time that the country's largest steel maker is looking to outsource its mining operations, prompted by the growing realisation that mining activities invariably have environmental implications and are best left to specialists who can handle compliance issues better. ...
SAIL iron ore mines to double production
September 15, 2011
Rakhi Mazumdar , ET Bureau
KOLKATA: Steel Authority of India, or SAIL, will increase production from its iron ore mines to 38 million tonnes, in line with the company's Rs 70,000-crore mega expansion plan to produce over 23 million tonnes of hot metal by 2012-13. SAIL currently makes about 13 million tonnes. In order to meet the enhanced needs of its raw materials, SAIL is working on a three pronged strategy that will double output from its captive mines at an investment of over Rs...
Cabinet nod for revival of FCI's Sindri unit
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ET Bureau
KOLKATA: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Friday approved Steel Authority of India's (SAIL's) proposal for revival of the Sindri unit of Fertiliser Corporation of India at an investment of nearly Rs 35,000 crore. SAIL has been selected on nomination basis for allocation of land to set up a steel, power and fertiliser plants at the site. The proposed revival plan envisages setting up of a 5.6 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) greenfield...
RINL gets nod from Steel Ministry for mining at Chiria
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We had a fantastic time here and stayed away from the organised trips which we were proved right by other experiences. On arrival we "Negotiated" with a taxi driver who for 90 euro return (All of us) (Didnt pay until returned) took us to Pompei for the day and boy was it a fantastic trip !!
On arrival we went to the main entrance and booked a guided tour (WITHOUT HEARING DEVICE or TRANSLATOR) in english with a Professor of Archeaology (He was FANTASTIC) at 10 euros each and the tour took about 2 hours around the ruins which are huge and not what I expected. He was very interesting but I wont ruin what we saw as it would give it away, but let me say it is well worth the visit and the 11 euros entrance fee.
The total we paid per person for a top trip to pompei was 51 euros per person including travel from the dock, entrance fee and guided tour !! Fantastic !! against 120 euros via the ship per person.
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Now !! dont do what we did and get "Ripped Off" with a Hop on Hop Off bus service from GLT (Green Line Travel) they were a nightmare !! and never again !! pick a Company that does NOT have a 20 minute cycle, as you can end up getting stuck over by the Vatican which is a serious distance from the Train Station, so my recommendation is the Vatican City first and the coliseum second which is walking distance from the Train Station. We also by accident came across the first Popes house PIOS X1 and his basilica which is only over the road from the Colliseum and this was really interesting. Also, it is worth PAYING for the escorted guide (20euro) as this gets you to the front of the queues and round the Vatican, Colliseum in record time. Please note even on this trip you only have time for 2 visits ie, Vatican & Colliseum and I wouldnt risk trying to do anymore with the time you have.
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There hasn't been any confirmation just yet, but we can guess that the original Black/Metallic Silver colorway of the Air Jordan V will make a return in 2013, joining the White/Black/Red, Grape, and any other OG Air Jordan V re-issue this year. We've seen reiterations of this model several times over the years, starting with the '99 Nike Air Retro, the 2007 and 2011 re-issues, and the limited-edition Premio, so would we welcome yet another release? Let's take a look back at one of the rarest 5s ever made – the '23' PE that was created just for Michael Jordan; this particular version comes with the original box and attached Jordan hang-tag, which could hint at what the 2013 Retro may return as. A full gallery of this rare PE is just below so take a look and head to the full listing from cnoriega_2007 on eBay.
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jordan 3,4,5,6,7 & 8 are my shiiiit. ESPC THE 5s
anyone have one of those hang tags and booklets for sale ?
How would what someone is selling on EBAY be a hint at ANYTHING? This site's writing is appalling.
Theses 5s are official i would cop no daubt, i HAD the 2011 but got jacked so these are a must cop.
Everybody stressing bout these dropping again... I bet right now if they do release this year which they will!! They are going to be designated og just like the 3s. If I'm wrong I will eat my words but that's my nastrodomus for 2013. Shit I'd rather see these in og form for 200.00 since the 2011s were so recent. But I'll cop either way, a must have classic for me.
Jb mite as well start putting nike air on all of the og color way retros from now on. The price may go up but at lest everybody would be satisfied and i will stop hearing folks complain about it.
They are pretty dope even with the yellowin..It's my size, my bday is close.So you know what's up..Thanks for great gift on my 20th birthday Guys))
If they do release this year only differences would be probably "Nike Air" on back. I have a 2011 pair. Im not greedy.
These look betta with the yellowing sole than the recent icy blue. So thats cool. But who in the hell comes up with these resell ebay prices? Like really? Even if i had that kind of money i would put that into no sneaks.
If these release this year I'm done. Way too soon to put them out AGAIN.
I had these back in 99'....wouldn't mind having these again
I have the 2011 ones but I would copp again cause those r one size to big now n that is the only reason I would copp n if I do get then I guess to other pair I can get it customize
That Durabuck Upper is sickest sh#t I've ever seen on a shoe!!!!!! That's how the 23 on the Playoff 5's should look like too.
I remember rockin these in elementary school
7500.. da fuck
"Man, look at that 23 stitching and over glue... smh...JB quality."
Wake up people. Nothing was ever perfect.
if i had it id probably co no lie
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@FoamFanatic Add the 11's up there and you nailed it on the head.
@Kardi you talking bout if they release this yr or the ones on eBay for $7500 ? Cause that's not just dumb but stupid as hell $7500 no Jordan or Nike is worth that much n if u were waiting for this shoe on a blog to show up n now u realize u can get it most likely u can't afford the $7500 cause if u really had the dough u could have got these yrs ago same exact pair,lmao to many fake people on these blogs now a day but ur only 20 hopefully you'll learn with more time lying is not becoming of a man
@John2581 real talk fam I won't even be surprised if they do jb don't be caring about what they put out deez days its not even a thing no more
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TF man ? I don't know nobody who want voluntarily spend 7,5K $ for pair. I didn't say anything about that I have these money for shoes. If i'd buy these I guess i do a lot of searchin', 'cause find OG or '00 in size 13 is kinda almost unreal..Usually you can find most common sizes 9-11..Whatever..I was talkin' about this pair just 'cause of my bday that's all..I know that everybody is stoked about nike logo on the back, me too..But you could have nike logo on the back but quality is kinda fckdp on the other hand OG quality was dope we all know it..You should watch some comparison of "88" and 2011..and you will know that 2013 leather is much softer..And please sir don't talk about lyin, 'cause i ain't say any fuckin lie..Talk to me nice or don't talk to me at all. Regards Adam
@Kardi ok maybe I was to hard on u pause lol but explain ur self more next time,then u won't get a response like that am in my 30's so I actually had og's before thy were called og's but I will be the first to say yes I was a little to hard on u cause u were sounding a little hypebeast but at least u doing research on the shoes u like which is better then most kids ur age and am a sz 12 to 13 n yes those sz r hard to get so I know where u coming from
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It's Official: Feds Call Former Bayou CEO a Fugitive from the Law
Just where will Sam Israel III, the hedge-fund-CEO-turned-felon-turned-fugitive, land? Would Israel be too obvious? Might he turn up in Namibia?
One thing seems to be sure: We won't find him floating under the Bear Mountain Bridge. According to the WSJ, the feds have ruled out the possibility that Israel, the former CEO of defunct hedge-fund firm Bayou Management, took his own life last week when his 2006 GMC Envoy was found parked atop a bridge in Westchester — about 90 minutes before Israel was to report to a federal prison in Massachusetts to serve a 20-year prison term. (Written in dust on the hood of the vehicle was "suicide is painless" — the title of the theme song for the movie and television show "M*A*S*H.")
Rebekah Carmichael, a spokeswoman for the U.S. attorney's office in Manhattan, said Monday that the search for Israel, 48, is now solely a fugitive investigation. The U.S. Marshals Service is reportedly leading the search, with the assistance of the FBI and other federal and state agencies.
Israel was sentenced in April after pleading guilty in September 2005 to conspiracy, investment-adviser fraud and other charges in a scheme to defraud Bayou investors out of more than $400 million. Two other former Bayou execs, including former Bayou CFO Daniel Marino, also pleaded guilty to criminal charges in the matter. Marino is serving a 20-year sentence at a federal prison in Arkansas.
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