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Skip to comments.Trayvon Martin's Shooter Defended By Fellow Neighborhood Watch Captain
Posted on 03/20/2012 9:36:58 PM PDT by marktwain
A Sanford neighbor of George Zimmerman and fellow neighborhood watch captain in their gated community came to his defense Tuesday, saying that he shot Miami teenager Trayvon Martin after numerous burglaries at The Retreat at Twin Lakes.
Frank Taaffe pointed out the circumstances that he believes led his 28-year-old neighbor to react the way he did on the night of Feb. 26: eight burglaries within 15 months, most done by young black males, he said.
"The stage was already set. It was a perfect storm, Taaffe said. I think any time you use a weapon, there are certain anger issues working.
NBC 6 could not immediately confirm the burglary statistic Taaffe cited in a phone call to Sanford Police Tuesday night.
Martin, 17, picked up Skittles and iced tea from a 7-Eleven that Sunday, then headed back towards his fathers girlfriend's home on a rainy, drizzly night. Martin put on his hoodie and ran to take cover. Zimmerman spotted him, got out of his car and followed him.
In Trayvon Martin's final phone call with his own girlfriend, according to Martin family attorney Benjamin Crump, he could be heard saying Why are you following me? and Zimmerman replying What are you doing around here?
Their confrontation ended with Martin getting shot in the chest.
This guy looks like hes up to no good he looks black, Zimmerman told a police dispatcher from his car. His father has said that Zimmerman is Hispanic, grew up in a multiracial family, and is not racist.
Twin Lakes population is ethnically mixed. A few residents said there is tension within the gated community.
I think he had fed-up issues. He was mad as hell and wasn't going to take it anymore, Taaffe said of Zimmerman.
He insisted, however, that Zimmerman cared about all his neighbors.
"George is a congenial, amiable, admirable person, he said. "He had a passion and a care for this neighborhood to ensure the safety of everybody here. And, furthermore, George is no Rambo."
Taaffe said that Zimmerman actually was appointed as a watch captain, despite reports that he appointed himself to the post.
He said he believes his neighbor acted in self-defense. That is what Zimmerman told police.
Zimmerman has not been charged, despite growing calls for his arrest.
"Its really sad that he's already been convicted in the public media and has already been sentenced to the gas chamber, Taaffe said. Let's let justice do its job."
At the same time, Martins death is devastating, he said.
It's a tragic event we cant bring that boy back, he said. I wish we could.
My son is a clean cut white kid who wouldn't hurt a flea, and he wears hoodies almost all the time between October and March here in Florida.
He wasn't CUTTING THROUGH. He was where he was supposed to be.
When you are INVITED IN they can't just shoot you! There's no "stand your ground" situation here except as it applies to Mr. Martin's right of self-defense.
NOTE: There are several stories from local Sanford sources that say the kid was staying in that gated community.
Zimmerman was told by the 911 dispatcher TO NOT FOLLOW THE KID ~ he did anyway. And he got out of his car and approached him ~ TO WIT ~ he accosted him.
We have Martin's girlfriend on the other end of a cellphone call telling us what was happening and that's consistent with what the police tapes are telling us.
Doesn't matter if Martin knew Zimmerman was armed ~ just that he had a fear for his life. Read the statute on "stand your ground". Martin had every right to beat the cr*p out of Zimmerman if need be.
Remember, "stand your ground" applies to both these people, not just the guy with the gun!
Muawiyah, there's no sense arguing with some of these idiots. They heard a kid wearing a hoodie cut through a neighborhood carrying some Skittles, so dammit - he deserved it! Facts and logic don't seem to be entering into their conclusions about this case.
Martin was LAWFULLY walking to a house where he had a LAWFUL right to be, while LAWFULLY wearing a hoodie and LAWFULLY carrying some Skittles and tea that he had LAWFULLY purchased. when it started raining, he LAWFULLY put his hood up and started LAWFULLY running to get home faster. At some point, he became aware that Zimmerman was following him, and at some point a confrontation ensued, and Martin ends up dead. The information that has been made public so far indicates that Zimmerman was paranoid about black males in his neighborhood, rightly or wrongly, and that he was so determined to see "these guys" pay for their crimes that he was willing to ignore a police dispatcher's urging not to follow Martin, who had done nothing wrong other than being in the wrong place at the wrong time. If he left his vehicle to chase Martin, as the 911 tapes indicate he did, then he placed Martin in a situation where Martin had a LAWFUL right to defend himself from Zimmerman, even up to the point of using deadly force to do so. If Zimmerman suffered injuries in an ensuing melee, then he deserved it, and it's a pity for Martin's sake that he wasn't the one with the gun.
Phone logs will tell us that a call was made. Only the testimony of the parties to the call will tell us what they said, and testimony is sometimes lies or misrememberances.
Now THAT is really, really interesting. Who was wearing a "red sweater", Trayvon or Zimmerman?
Approaching someone is accosting them, wow I did not know that. I guess the next time someone gets close to me on the sidewalk I can beat the snot out of them. Thanks for the legal advice.
All Martin, an invited guest of someone living at that townhouse development, needed was a belief that his life was in danger ........ Zimmerman needed a lot more than that. He's gonna' go down hard over this one.
Somebody was the first person to break the law. You have no way of knowing that it was Zimmerman.
Pretty doggone simple.
Pretty doggone simple.
Aren't both people involved Hispanic? Does anyone have statistics on how much Hispanic on Hispanic murder there is in the country? Any change the press mistakenly thought that 'Zimmerman' was a Jewish name?
He may have been 6'3, but he was built like spaghetti.
He was 140 lbs.
Must be very difficult being them in this case!
Some of them are probably wondering if Zimmerman had run out of dogs to shoot or something.
Must be very difficult being them in this case!
Some of them are probably wondering if Zimmerman had run out of dogs to shoot or something.
Aren't both people involved Hispanic? Does anyone have statistics on how much Hispanic on Hispanic murder there is in the country?
Any chance the press mistakenly thought that 'Zimmerman' was a Jewish name?
Whereas from his own statements to the police hotline, it can be seen that he has already left reasonable far behind.
1. Martin wasn't cutting through the community, he had a right to be there, despite The Z-Man's feelings.
Not buying the 140@6'3". One of these things is not like the other.
Juan Williams was born in Panama, so he should be counted as "Hispanic." He may not have a Spanish surname but he does have a Spanish first name.
Link? The ones I've seen all say that the Girlfriend lived "near" the Retreat.
Getting into a fight means nothing. Most youths, of all races, gets into at least one fight over the course of their schooling.
Most Freepers here advocate the willingness to fight, if you're being picked on.
Maybe it's not an agenda, but the simple truth.
Thanks for the advice, that happens to me all the time. People follow me and approach ggod to know that I can unload on them. Get real.
It's an alternate theory and equally as valid.
I have seen some people claim this but I think it is almost certainly not true. The 911 calls have been made public. If Zimmerman had made a racial slur this would be mentioned in the first paragraph of every story out there.
If they play up the Hispanic angle, that could cause Hispanics to rally to Zimmerman's side, especially any Hispanics who have anti-black attitudes. We could be heading for "mob justice" as activists whip up emotions because of Trayvon Martin's death--having two angry mobs confronting each other won't make things better.
You mean, other than beating the hell out of the Neighborhood Watch guy...
You say this as if the fight just happened. Somebody started the fight. Maybe it was Trayvon.
And why does a gated community have a neighborhood watch wandering about in the dark with guns? Don't they have a gate?
Do you see the problem here? Unless we visit the site via Google.Earth we don't know ~ I do, but you don't. Right now I'm trying to site the specific 7/11 he visited.
Watch how Zimmerman's location is always cited as "his neighborhood" ~ not a specific townhouse development but "neighborhood". Why is that? Doesn't he live there?
Really? Are you serious?
Kid is walking home with some skittles and tea, that he bought at local convenience store. There is nothing to suggest the kid was up to anything more than that.
Zimmerman notices the kid and phones the operator and tells the operator explicitly that he wasn't going to let the kid get away and gets out of his vehicle to confront the kid.
And you still don't know who likely attacked first?
The law defines first contact of any sort as attacking. So much as a touch on the body is defined as an attack. How many kids, when confronted by a man with a gun are going to throw the first punch?
The person iniating aggressive contact is always considered the attacker. It's unlikely that an unarmed kid is going to be the one to initiate aggressive contact with somebody with a gun.
Many presume the law was written for the sole purpose of protecting gunowners from legal repercussions if they end up shooting some bad guy. Actually, this law protects unarmed victims from guys with guns as well. They don't have to stand there and take it. If they feel in fear for their lives they can mount a resistance using any means feasible.
That much is obvious. What is less obvious is why you have so much faith that the MSM is objective, accurate, and unbiased. This, despite the decades of evidence to the contrary...
Unless Zimmerman was carrying it in a hip holster, it's unlikely the yute knew he had a gun.
That's right, he has a right to watch. That's what security guards do, observe and report.
He was told to stand down and not do anything else beyond that. He choose to confront the perp anyway.
There is no credible defense in this situation.
Is this the new modus in the US
The Justice Dept doesn't like how a case is resolved so they step in.
Nuts...birthed in the 50s and 60s and now the Holder gang is making hay of it.
man what a mess
"If you get out of that car and approach me ~ that's all I need. YOU HAVE NO BUSINESS getting inside my comfort zone."
This whole thing seems to be very emotional for you. Perhaps I'm misreading this but, if what you're inferring is that if someone on a neighborhood watch is following you then you will physically attack that person if they "get in your comfort zone", you might want to consider whether an "anger management" course could be helpful.
I think very few folks here are defending the entirety of Zimmerman's actions—he clearly displayed bad judgement and immaturity. His actions are troubling to me. As for me, I'm waiting for all the facts to come out before I render final judgment on this.
You skipped some steps, Ace.
Well, that whole getting the crap kicked out of him thing might be a defense. Especially if you look at his narrative, listen to the released 911 tapes, and take into account the defensive wounds Zimmerman reportedly suffered.
Or... You can just take the MSM/CBC narrative and stick to it despite any contradictory witness info...
You can reject the whole internet if you want, because that's what every site is saying. If you look at the kid's pictures, it's well apparent that he's not a well-muscled 250 lb person or something.
Wearing hoodies puts out an image...I have a bunch of boys too
I don't allow it in my presence unless...as in this case it's for a reason like very cold or rain
I'm sure your son is great...it's not against him
but a hoodie pulled up is straight gangsta style for an image to project something
it gives the wrong impression like tattoo sleeves or neck ink
i don't allow hip hop either...no way
No we do not have every reason to believe this. Zimmerman is apparently claiming that Martin attacked him. This is a reason to believe that perhaps Martin broke the law.
You mean all of those news sights with the same AP story on it? Or that kids picture from 4 years ago when he was 13?
Rumor has it that aging four years and growing to a height of 6' 3" will change a person...
Or course, if the rest of the Internet has evidence to the contrary I'm willing to review the data...
Maybe, maybe not. How do you know?
You mean the armed, heavy-set man who did not identify himself as the Neighbourhood watch guy, but walked up to a teen, armed with Skittles and tea, aggressively demanding the whyabouts as to why the teen was lawfully carrying about his business?
That Neighbourhood Watch guy?
Zimmerman initiated contact, in an aggressive manner. The teen likely, and had reason to, thought his life was in danger. He had every reason to fight under the assumption his life was in danger.
I would to, under the known circumstances, and so would you as it would be very stupid to not do.
Physically attacking someone is illegal and that means something.
Then again...
Maybe you were there and saw the whole thing. We'll just go by what you present as facts. The heck with anything that doesn't fit your narrative.
You do not know how Zimmerman acted toward Martin or what he said to him after he got out of his car.
You claim otherwise because you are a liar.
If somebody, for reasons that are completely unknown to me, came up to me and started hassling as for my reasons for being, I am going to assume possible danger to my well-being. I think most rational people would assume it to be a distinct possibility.
I'm not inclined to stand around and have a rational conversation with a person who isn't acting rational.
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interoperability - the ability of human and automated agents to coordinate their functioning based on a shared understanding of the data that flows among them - is a major economic enabler.
Consequently, semantic interoperability problems drive up
integration costs across industry.
An integration analyst takes on the task of mapping one concrete data structure to another, which has to be done all too frequently when integrating systems. The data structures that the analyst must map are often lengthy and complicated, containing many data elements. Current state-of-the-art data mapping tools display both data structures on the screen and allow the analyst to graphically draw connections and write expressions to specify what should map to what according to what rules. These tools take the graphical map as input and produce an executable transformation, in keeping with a model-driven approach that is a genuine advance over having to write transformation programs in lower-level code as per the predominant practice of a decade ago. Thus, once the analyst has figured out what the mapping should be and has entered the mapping into the tool, the tool does useful things.
However, it is very time consuming and error prone for the analyst to figure out what should map to what. The integration tools lack the ability to help the analyst figure out what the mapping should be. Consequently, bottlenecks delay project implementations and subtle mistakes occur in data transformations used to integrate systems, costing the involved parties serious money. Even if the analyst has access to good documentation of the data structures, their size and complexity means the process is fraught with opportunities for delays and mistakes.
In sum, once the analyst has decided what should map to what, current-generation data integration tools simplify the mechanics of describing the mapping and getting it into executable form, and that is really a big help, but it's not sufficient, because if the analyst makes the wrong decision then the tools will simply make it possible to execute the wrong decision quickly. This is the essence of the semantic interoperability problem. The semantic
interoperability problem not only causes delays and errors; it also stops projects from happening altogether. Parties often shy away from initiating a project that could add value in a market segment because high up-front integration costs stretch the return-on-investment horizon so far in the future that the project is not economically viable.
Why should you attend: The semantic interoperability problem is so large that it can be difficult to know where to begin when seeking to mitigate it. CIOs generally estimate that integration costs eat up 30 to 60 percent of their IT budgets. The good news is that the size of the problem means that we don't have to solve it completely in order to have substantial positive impact. Visa conducted an econometric study that suggested that modest improvements in semantic interoperability have the potential to measurably increase global GDP.
This seminar describes techniques for improving semantic
interoperability that are starting to make their way into industry. It places an emphasis on the approaches that are relatively simple to implement and yet provide real business value. It also places those first steps on a path whose next steps are also incremental yet valuable.
Areas Covered in the Session:
• The current state of the art in data integration - what we have achieved, and what remains to be tackled
• The business impact of the lack of semantic
interoperability on data integration complexity and costs • New techniques for improving semantic interoperability, leveraging international standards
• How the new techniques are being incorporated into key finance and business reporting standards to which the presenter has been a major contributor
• Avoiding unnecessary disruption to the traditional data modeling process
• How the techniques leverage business vocabularies • The relationship of the techniques to semantic technology such as the Semantic Web
• Applying the techniques to service-oriented architectures • Applying the techniques to big data
• Keeping it simple: Identifying the approaches that are most achievable in the short to medium term and yet provide substantial benefit
Who Will Benefit:
• Chief Data Officers
• Data Architects
• Data Integrators
• Enterprise Architects
• Business Architects
• Business Analysts
• Solutions Architects
• Application Developers
Speaker Profile:
David Frankel has over 30 years of experience as a
programmer, architect, and technical strategist. He is recognized as a pioneer and international authority on the subject of model-driven systems and semantic information modeling. He has a wealth of experience driving companies and industry at large to
successfully adopt strategic technologies.
He has an outstanding ability to communicate in technical mentoring situations, publications, and presentations. He has published two books and dozens of trade press articles, and has presented at many industry conferences. He has a reputation for facilitating
collaboration that, along with his strong technical expertise, has led him to co-author a number of important industry software standards, including UML®, ISO 20022, BIAN, and the XBRL Abstract Model. He served terms as an elected member of the Object
Management Group's Architecture Board and Board of Directors.
The IT domains in which he has expertise include data integration, domain-specific languages, enterprise architecture, model-driven systems, semantic information modeling, semantic interoperability, service-oriented architecture, and software product lines. The business domains in which he has applied his technical expertise in recent years include financial services, ERP financials, and
business reporting.
His most recent project involved setting up the service-oriented architecture and tooling framework for the Banking Industry Architecture Network (BIAN) standards organization, during his tenure as SAP's Lead Standards Architect for Model-Driven Systems. Price List:
Live: $239.00
Corporate live: $479.00
Recorded: $289.00
Thursday, October 10, 2013 | 10:00 AM PDT | 01:00 PM EDT
Duration: 90 Minutes
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An athletic 280-pounder with a big wingspan, Dunlap is a naturally gifted playmaker with statistics to bear it out ... Led team in 2015 with career-best 13.5 sacks, ranked fourth in the NFL and third in the AFC, the best-ever rankings by a Bengal ... Logged team's 2015 single-game high of three sacks on Dec. 28 at Denver ... His 13.5 sacks rank second in Bengals history, surpassing Eddie Edwards' 13.0 in 1983 and trailing only Coy Bacon's 22.0 in 1976 (14-game season) ... Dunlap's previous high sacks total was 9.5 as a rookie in 2010 ... Entering his seventh season in 2016, he is roster leader in career sacks (49.0), ranked fourth in club history ... Has 12 career forced fumbles, eight fumble recoveries, 26 passes defensed and four blocked FGs ... Has scored two career TDs, on a 35-yard fumble return and a 14-yard INT return ... Excels not only on pass pressure, but as a downfield pursuer trailing runs and screen passes ... His agility and speed convinced his high school coaches to use him as a 240-pound kickoff returner, and he had a 95-yard TD.
Career transactions: Selected by Cincinnati in second round of 2010 NFL Draft (54th overall) ... Signed with Bengals on 7-28-10 ... Signed contract extension with Bengals on 7-16-13.
Pro Bowl participation: Earned first Pro Bowl nod for 2015 season game at Honolulu, added to roster after being voted a first alternate ... Had one tackle and one pass defensed, playing for victorious Team Irvin.
2015 general: Started at LDE in Games 1-16 and Wild Card playoff ... Led D-line in tackles (55) in regular season ... Led team in QB hits (31), ranked second in total tackles-for-loss (16), and had two blocked FGs ... Tied with 49ers' Quinton Dial for most blocked FGs in NFL ... His three sacks at Denver were most by Bengal since LB Vincent Rey had three on 11-10-13 at Baltimore.
Unique honor: Dunlap was named AFC Special Teams Player of the Week for his performance in a Dec. 20 win at San Francisco. He blocked a 41-yard FG attempt by veteran Phil Dawson in the fourth quarter, effectively ending San Francisco's remaining comeback hopes in an eventual 24-14 Cincinnati win. Dunlap is the first Bengal not a kicker or kick returner to win a Special Teams Player of the Week award. Dunlap also had a game-changing defensive play against the 49ers. Midway through the second quarter of a scoreless game, he stripped the ball from WR Anquan Boldin and returned it 21 yards to the San Francisco 11, setting up the contest's first score.
More 2015 highlights: Had six-yard sack of Matt McGloin Sept. 13 at Oakland ... On Sept. 20 vs. San Diego, his six-yard sack of Philip Rivers in third quarter helped Bengals hold Chargers to missed FG after fumble recovery in Bengals territory ... On Sept. 27 at Baltimore, led line with five tackles (two for-loss), and his pass pressure helped force Joe Flacco into an intentional grounding penalty in fourth quarter ... On Oct. 4 vs. Kansas City, sacked Alex Smith for eight yards ... On Oct. 11 vs. Seattle, spurred comeback win by forcing Seahawk punts with a fourth-quarter solo sack of Russell Wilson and an overtime shared sack ... Totaled six QB hits vs. Seattle, the team season-high ... On Oct. 18 at Buffalo, had 1.5 sacks of E.J. Manuel ... On Nov. 5 vs. Cleveland, had two sacks of Johnny Manziel in fourth quarter, for 16 combined yards ... Logged four tackles and four QB hits Nov. 29 vs. St. Louis ... On Dec. 6 at Cleveland, logged a five-yard sack of Austin Davis, an eight-yard tackle for loss, a forced fumble (Bengals recovered) and a blocked a 47-yard FG attempt ... Led line in tackles (four) on Dec. 13 vs. Pittsburgh, including third-down sack of Ben Roethlisberger ... Details on Dec. 20 at San Francisco are in previous item, "Unique honor" ... On Dec. 28 at Denver, logged six tackles, including three sacks of Brock Osweiler for a combined loss of 22 yards, and had one additional QB hit ... In Wild Card playoff on 1-9-16 vs. Pittsburgh, his three tackles included a shared sack, and he had a pass defensed and one additional QB hit.
Previous seasons: 2010—A Pro Football Weekly all-rookie team selection, Dunlap contested Detroit DT Ndamukong Suh for the league's rookie sacks title, posting Bengals rookie record of 9.5 ... Lost the rookies sacks crown when Suh went to 10 with a zero-yard sack late in fourth quarter in Week 17 ... Dunlap eclipsed former Bengals rookie sack record of 8.5, set by DE Justin Smith in 2001 ... All of Dunlap's sacks came in last eight games, including 8.5 in last six games ... Became first rookie to lead team in sacks for season since 1990, when LB James Francis led with eight ... On Nov. 14 at Indianapolis, brought down Peyton Manning for first career sack. 2011—His sack total dipped to 4.5, from 9.5 as a rookie, but despite missing four games he still led team in QB pressures (27) and had an impressive fumble return for key TD ... Played in 12 games and in Wild Card playoff ... Missed Games 9 and 11-13 due to hamstring injury ... On Oct. 16 at Indianapolis, with Colts looking to erase a 20-17 Bengals lead in the fourth quarter, Dunlap scooped a Pierre Garcon fumble at the Colts 35 and ran for a game-clinching TD ... On Nov. 6 at Tennessee, had two sacks of Matt Hasselbeck, for 22 yards. 2012—Began action in Game 3, after missing time in rehab from a preseason knee injury ... Had a 14-yard INT return for a TD to seal Dec. 30 win vs. Baltimore ... Named AFC Defensive Player of the Week for his performance Dec. 2 at San Diego, when he forced fumbles on each of his two sacks, recovering one late in the game to help preserve win ... Tied for team lead in both forced fumbles (four) and fumble recoveries (three) ... His seven combined fumbles forced and recovered led the team by three ... Had 27 QB pressures (second on team) and five tackles-for-loss ... On Sept. 23 at Washington, set up Bengals TD when he forced a fumble by Robert Griffin III and recovered it at Redskins 12. 2013—Played in all 16 games for first time in his career, with 15 starts at LDE, and made first postseason start ... Logged 70 tackles, with 7.5 sacks (tied for team lead) ... His 10 passes defensed led D-line ... Led team in forced fumbles (four) and QB pressures (34), and tied for second with seven tackles-for-loss ... On Sept. 29 at Cleveland, deflected 51-yard Billy Cundiff FG try ... On Oct. 6 vs. New England, forced a LeGarrette Blount fumble (recovered by Cincinnati) ... Provided major momentum shift in win Oct. 20 at Detroit, blocking 34-yard David Akers FG attempt late in second quarter to prevent Lions from making a third straight unanswered score, and offense responded with a TD to erase for a 14-10 lead ... On Oct. 31 at Miami, ran down RB Lamar Miller after 41-yard gain to Bengals 11, forcing fumble that Cincinnati's Adam Jones recovered in end zone and returned 43 yards ... On Nov. 10 at Baltimore, had sacks of nine and eight yards against Joe Flacco ... On Dec. 22 vs. Minnesota, returned a Matt Cassel fumble 42 yards to Vikings four in first quarter, setting up a TD. 2014—Started at LDE in Games 1-16 and in Wild Card playoff ... Led team in sacks (eight), tackles-for-loss (17), QB hits (27), forced fumbles (two) and combined fumbles forced-and-recovered (three) ... Led D-line in tackles (66), a personal career first, and also led D-line in passes defensed (five) ... Had 10-yard sack of Matt Ryan on Sept. 14 vs. Atlanta, and credited with four total QB hits ... On Oct. 19 at Indianapolis, had a shared sack of Andrew Luck, a forced fumble (recovered by Bengals), a fumble recovery and a pass defensed ... In shutout win Dec. 14 at Cleveland, tied for team lead with six tackles (two for-loss), including a seven-yard sack of Johnny Manziel ... Led line with four tackles (one for-loss), including a five-yard sack of Peyton Manning, in playoff-clinching win Dec. 22 vs. Denver ... Two tackles and three QB hits in Wild Card playoff on 1-5-15 at Indianapolis.
College: Played three seasons (2007-09) at Florida, with totals of 84 tackles, 19.5 sacks, 26 tackles for loss, eight passes defensed and four blocked kicks ... Entered NFL Draft following his junior season ... Named Defensive MVP of 2008 season BCS national championship win over Oklahoma ... Helped Gators to 13-1 records in each of his last two seasons, including 51-24 Sugar Bowl victory over University of Cincinnati to close 2009 campaign.
Personal: Hometown is North Charleston, S.C. ... Spends offseason time in Miami. Fla., as well as in North Charleston ... Attended Fort Dorchester High School, and closed his career ranked 15th on ESPN's Top 150 recruits list ... Actively supports children in need in both South Carolina and Greater Cincinnati, through the Carlos Dunlap Foundation, with events including an annual football camp and holiday shopping trips ... Pursuing a business degree from Florida ... SEC Academic All-American in 2008 ... Selected to SEC Academic Honor Roll as a freshman ... Enjoys playing basketball and jet skiing ... Was named 'Mayor for a Day' in North Charleston on 3-13-09 ... Lists parents, Diane Ross and Carlos L. Dunlap Sr., as his greatest source of inspiration.
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Bengals DE Carlos Dunlap today was named AFC Special Teams Player of the Week by the NFL, for his performance in last week's victory at San Francisco.
DE Carlos Dunlap is the Bengals' nominee for the 2015 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award. The sixth-year pro from the University of Florida is among 32 team winners in contention for the league WPMOY Award, the only NFL award recognizing a player's off-field community service and playing excellence combined.
If it's not the Dunlap Scholars, it's the Christmas party at Kroger last year when he helped the kids build gingerbread houses and donated all the fixings for a holiday dinner. Or if it's not that, it's having a manicure to the delight of the women he's hosting at a spa day for breast cancer patients. Or . . .Look anywhere in the community and Carlos Dunlap is there.
This Thanksgiving, thousands of families across the nation were able to share a holiday meal because of the generosity of NFL players. Fifty of those benefitting were at the Boys & Girls Club in Avondale, Ohio as Cincinnati Bengal Carlos Dunlap and his foundation handed out turkeys to those in need.
DE Carlos Dunlap was singing the praises of his teammates after Thursday Night's win over the Miami Dolphins. Dunlap notes the contributions of DT Geno Atkins and LB Vontaze Burfict.
Miami Dolphins quarterback Ryan Tannehill is sacked by Cincinnati Bengals defensive end Carlos Dunlap for a loss of 8 yards, after which Dunlap goes into a perfectly-executed tuck and roll.
DT Geno Atkins, WR Tyler Boyd, and DE Carlos Dunlap unveil the white tiger inspired Color Rush uniforms at the Cincinnati Zoo. Zoo Director, Thane Maynard, also shares the history of the white tigers at the zoo.
Carlos Dunlap talks to the media in the locker room before the season opener against the New York Jets.
DE Carlos Dunlap speaks with the media as the team prepares for its final preseason game against the Colts.


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Nike please make a men size for this color way!!!
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The Nike LeBron 9 was built in such a way that would make it conducive to some funky color-blocking. It's got some atypical styling, with the non-symmetric design (the medial and lateral sides look like completely different shoes), and the weave panel makes for an interesting contrast as it juts out a bit from the rest of the Hyperfuse shell upper. This latest colorway of the LeBron 9 is actually for kids, featuring a nice Joker-like combo of Grey, Black, Volt, and Purple – almost like a Miami Nights 2. You're seeing these first on Sneaker News so delve into the gallery that's just ahead, and let us know what you think of this new colorway. via taobao.
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Nike please make a men size for this color way!!!
i love em im finna buy me a pair!
Copped Them ;)
Copped Them :)
when do they release ?
-_- why gs? these go way too hard
I HOPE THEY RELEASE FAST ;p
did they come out already?
They need some colors like this on NIKE ID already! I want to design a pair, but I want more colors to work with...
please release these in mens....
Finally!!! I'm sick of the basic GS colors pink&black or some funky ass crayola crayon colors. Cant wait for these to drop!!! :o)
Constructicons or Devastators.
Constructicons or Devastators. wish these were mens releases.
Nike, you should have released these in men's size.
not big on the 9s but im robo coppin out
Too badd they did release the miami night to us
Not too crazy about them myself. But for my nephews they might be a good look though.
That some BS, I need these in a size 11.5!!! Come on BRON!!!
nike bringing color back, JB need to too Dwade n Melo trippn
Decent nothing to go ape shit over
looks like a Buzz Lightyear Edition Lebron IX :)
my youngins need theez asap
a splash of red and they would be jokers
Yes! Gotta have these
This colorway is FIRE! I need these in Mens.
trash caca
lucky kids!
...this color-way enhances the shoes over-all design.This may be the BEST color-way i have seen for this particular shoe.
This right here is my swag. Lebron lives in miami just like these. Might have to cop again!
these are pretty nice but i dont know many girs who would wear those smh ... should be a mens release
I agree!!!! These are pretty nice tho black and green the purple was unexpected
Agreed to the 10th degree!
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Members of Truman's alumni chapters and clubs devote time and effort planning events, serving in leadership roles, supporting current students, and initiating fun and innovative ways to bring alumni together. This award singles out a volunteer leader who has gone above and beyond the call of duty.
2016 Bulldog Forever Volunteer of the Year: TBA
2015 Bulldog Forever Volunteer of the Year: Naomal "Vid" Vidyasagara ('92)
Naomal "Vid" Vidyasagara is a manager in information technology working for Honeywell Aerospace in Phoenix, Ariz. Previously, he worked as a counselor for the Upward Bound Program at Truman State University.
Vidyasagara received a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Truman in 1992 and an MBA from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana in 1997.
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take the kinder egg toy container and pour in some rice. close the container and shake to hear the sound, and adjust amount of rice as desired.
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This is the pattern i used to make the bird:
whilst stuffing the bird make sure you place the kinder egg toy container inside then finish stuffing.
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For the eyes and beak you have a few options, either use safety eyes or embroider the eyes.
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It can't get much better than this. Even dear old Dr. Pangloss scarcely could have written a better script for the stock market than what actually occurred in the first quarter.
In true melodramatic fashion, 2013 got off to a scary start as we seemed about to hurtle over the fiscal cliff -- only to avoid crashing into the abyss in the wee hours of New Year's Day. Then came sequestration on March 1, a term few could define let alone understand before that date. The dreaded Ides of March this time brought a crisis in the tiny Mediterranean island nation of Cyprus, which appeared to subside by the quarter's end.
And in the tradition of melodramas, the U.S. stock market overcame those obstacles to triumph in the end. First, the Dow Jones Industrial Average eclipsed its previous high of October 2007, and the Standard & Poor's 500, after a series of failed attempts, finally managed to get past its previous closing high on Thursday, the final trading day of the week, month, and quarter before the market took off for Good Friday. Those who stayed through the entire performance were amply rewarded, with the Dow industrials returning 11.9% (including dividends) for the quarter. That gain accounted for almost all of the blue chips' 13.4% total return for the past 12 months. As for the S&P 500, the first quarter was good for a 10.6% total return, bringing the 12-month return for the large-capitalization-stock benchmark to 14%.
And in the tradition of The Wizard of Oz (the original, not the prequel), there was no place like home for American investors. Small- and mid-cap stocks, which tend to be more domestically focused, outdid their bigger, multinational counterparts, with the Russell 2000 returning 12.4% for the first quarter and 16.3% for the latest 12 months, and the S&P MidCap 400 posting returns of 13.5% for the quarter and 17.8% for the 12 months.
Venturing abroad didn't pay in the latest quarter, as the U.S. proved a haven in a world of woe. That helped lift the dollar, reducing returns when translated from depreciating foreign currencies. In greenback terms, the MSCI EAFE (which tracks developed markets outside the U.S.) returned 5.2% for the quarter, having been juiced by an 11.7% surge in Japanese stocks (which rose 21.5% in yen terms). Emerging markets lost ground in the quarter, with the MSCI EM price-only index off 2.1% in greenback terms and 1% in local currencies.
ALL OF WHICH SHOWS it doesn't pay to worry about such things as fiscal drag, the inevitable rise in interest rates, the ever-more precarious situation in Europe, and the uncertain outlook in China. Indeed, these are reasons to be bullish. With risks abroad and interest rates near zero, it's been dubbed a TINA market -- as in There Is No Alternative to U.S. stocks as a place to store your money.
Clearly, nobody should care that the Congressional Budget Office figures the reversal of the 2% payroll tax cut and the tax hikes on upper-income earners that took effect on Jan. 1, plus the sequestration cuts, could shave 1.5% or more off of gross domestic product growth in 2013. Ignore, too, the fact that the 99% are trying to maintain their spending despite losing more of their paychecks to taxes, or a 70% jump in food-stamp recipients since 2008, to a record 47.8 million.
The 1%, meanwhile, have a windfall of extra dividends paid at the end of 2012 before the taxes on payouts were hiked for hoi polloi, as had been anticipated as part of the deal to avoid the fiscal cliff.
A disintegration of the euro zone and an end to the common currency also are reasons to be bullish. If you're a rich European, where would you want to stash your wealth -- a Cypriot bank or U.S. stocks? Not only did large depositors in Cyprus have to take a haircut, but Cyprus became a roach motel where cash could come in but couldn't get out. Effectively, a euro on that island is different from one in Germany, Spain, or even Slovenia. Think what would happen if a Rhode Island resident couldn't withdraw dollars or move to Massachusetts or New York. Oh, well, it's only Cyprus. As for Italy not having a functioning government, what else is new?
And rising bond yields are likely to impel investors who have poured billions into fixed-income funds to shift in the much-heralded Great Rotation into equities. So far it hasn't happened to any discernible degree. It may take something worse than the minus 0.12% total return on the Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index in the first quarter to induce individuals to stampede into equities. Of course, steep capital losses in bonds would be just the lure to get folks to venture into riskier assets.
Finally, it is futile to fight the Fed as it keeps short-term interest rates pinned to the floor and bends longer-term yields by purchasing Treasury and agency mortgage-backed securities. While critics carp that the central bank may take losses on its bond portfolio if it ever has to sell securities, for now it is engineering returns that would make Stevie Cohen envious. By Wilshire Associates' estimates, U.S. stocks have increased by $1.9 trillion in value so far this year while the Fed has increased its holdings by some $274 billion. At a $1 trillion annual pace of purchases, just think what Bernanke & Co. can accomplish. Clearly, we can print our way to prosperity.
Happy April 1.
WHATEVER ELSE IS SAID about the quarter, the winners have been a curious bunch, notably some companies all but left for dead last year.
The top-performing Dow stock was Hewlett-Packard HPQ -0.4638833664678595% HP Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD15.02 -0.07 -0.4638833664678595% /Date(1474923730907-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 7428897 AFTER HOURS USD15.05 0.0300000000000011 0.19973368841544606% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 55637 P/E Ratio 8.032085561497325 Market Cap 25817118747.3871 Dividend Yield 3.3022636484687085% Rev. per Employee 213986 More quote details and news » (ticker: HPQ), which scored a 67.3% gain through the first quarter, on hopes that CEO Meg Whitman will turn around the floundering PC and printer company into an IBM-esque services outfit. But Hewlett's shareholders only are back to even to last May after a 44.7% drop in 2012. Other worst-to-first performers included Best Buy BBY -1.263490392208476% Best Buy Co. Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD37.51 -0.48 -1.263490392208476% /Date(1474923979084-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 4321370 AFTER HOURS USD37.51 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 154313 P/E Ratio 12.211478985578019 Market Cap 12053239291.6891 Dividend Yield 2.9858704345507863% Rev. per Employee 315344 More quote details and news » (BBY), up 86.9% after a 49.3% drop last year, and Radio Shack (RSH), up 58.5% after a 78.2% decline in 2012, apparently on hopes they can compete with the likes of Amazon.com AMZN -0.8178715482469748% Amazon.com Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD799.16 -6.59 -0.8178715482469748% /Date(1474923600388-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2630997 AFTER HOURS USD799.89 0.730000000000018 0.09134591320886931% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 20400 P/E Ratio 199.07829509503526 Market Cap 381985129631.042 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 522691 More quote details and news » (AMZN).
Whether rational or otherwise, exuberance of a most curious sort has put the staidest of sectors in the lead, consumer staples. Some of that is because Big Pharma stocks have gotten their mojo back as their new-product pipelines get refilled to replace drugs that have gone generic. What's more striking has been the steady ascent of companies that provide the mundane necessities of life instead of medications that improve or extend life.
Who would have thought the new market darlings would be the likes of Procter & Gamble PG 0.10255241567912489% Procter & Gamble Co. U.S.: NYSE USD87.85 0.09 0.10255241567912489% /Date(1474923611162-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 52989505 AFTER HOURS USD87.85 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 7287058 P/E Ratio 25.12584372497426 Market Cap 234265319862.58 Dividend Yield 3.048377916903813% Rev. per Employee 621895 More quote details and news » (PG), Colgate Palmolive CL -0.19112627986348124% Colgate-Palmolive Co. U.S.: NYSE USD73.11 -0.14 -0.19112627986348124% /Date(1474923710802-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2299268 AFTER HOURS USD73.11 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 203579 P/E Ratio 47.16774193548387 Market Cap 65301860855.1025 Dividend Yield 2.1337710299548625% Rev. per Employee 409103 More quote details and news » (CL), Clorox CLX -0.663874180036355% Clorox Co. U.S.: NYSE USD125.69 -0.84 -0.663874180036355% /Date(1474923701824-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 760544 AFTER HOURS USD125.44 -0.25 -0.19890206062534807% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 13381 P/E Ratio 25.522885107419892 Market Cap 16381711670.5701 Dividend Yield 2.5459463760044554% Rev. per Employee 720125 More quote details and news » (CLX), Kellogg K -0.4117874147471368% Kellogg Co. U.S.: NYSE USD77.39 -0.32 -0.4117874147471368% /Date(1474923727509-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1184896 AFTER HOURS USD77.39 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 26068 P/E Ratio 44.47701149425287 Market Cap 27218626778.0222 Dividend Yield 2.6876857475125986% Rev. per Employee 391220 More quote details and news » (K) or General Mills GIS -1.160092807424594% General Mills Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD63.9 -0.75 -1.160092807424594% /Date(1474923706421-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 3041209 AFTER HOURS USD64.02 0.119999999999997 0.18779342723004694% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 135262 P/E Ratio 23.236363636363638 Market Cap 38232911568.2724 Dividend Yield 3.004694835680751% Rev. per Employee 417003 More quote details and news » (GIS)? Only folks who actually go to the supermarket and stare in astonishment at the prices of cereal, paper towels, toothpaste or detergent wouldn't be totally shocked in the steady ascent of these stocks. In a widely repeated story that originated in New York Magazine, Tide has become a hot commodity in the inner city, where thieves brazenly steal the high-priced detergent and sell the jugs that go for $15 or more in stores for $5 in cash or $10 worth of drugs on the street.
These staples stocks also are commanding rich price-earnings ratios, some upwards of 20 times this year's forecast earnings, even though some of their earnings are likely to grow in the single digits, which speaks volumes about investor attitudes. In an uncertain world, no price seems to be too high to pay for this sector's relatively assured cash flows and decent dividends.
Taken a step further, Société Générale strategist Andrew Lapthorne attributes consumer-staples stocks' outperformance to their ability to cushion losses during times of market turmoil. "Essentially, fund managers are not seeking yield but buying downside protection, and in a world where market shocks are more common, the resulting premium is perfectly understandable," he writes in a research note. Indeed, consumer-staples stocks have performed in line with lower-risk high-yield bonds until recently -- when these stocks have pulled away from junk bonds. Similarly, Martin Pring, of the Pring Turner Capital Group, manager of the AdvisorShares Pring Turner Business Cycle exchange-traded fund (DBIZ), writes the increasing relative strength in consumer staples is a warning "confidence under the surface is waning."
David P. Goldman, head of the Macros Strategy advisory and former head of bond research at Bank of America, points to investors' preference for leveraging annuity-like cash flows from stable companies, especially those in the consumer sector. That contrasts with "the miserable performance of capital-goods producers" such as Caterpillar CAT -0.0849102377486657% Caterpillar Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD82.37 -0.07 -0.0849102377486657% /Date(1474923607965-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 3321458 AFTER HOURS USD82.45 0.0799999999999983 0.09712273886123589% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 19330 P/E Ratio 44.284946236559136 Market Cap 48164006555.7398 Dividend Yield 3.739225446157582% Rev. per Employee 395412 More quote details and news » (CAT), Oracle orcl -0.5098139179199592% Oracle Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD39.03 -0.2 -0.5098139179199592% /Date(1474923843193-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 9681118 AFTER HOURS USD39.09 0.0600000000000023 0.15372790161414296% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 159823 P/E Ratio 18.585714285714285 Market Cap 161061387393.082 Dividend Yield 1.5372790161414296% Rev. per Employee 273485 More quote details and news » (ORCL) or Illinois Tool Works ITW -0.06790595025889143% Illinois Tool Works Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD117.73 -0.08 -0.06790595025889143% /Date(1474923783019-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1123631 AFTER HOURS USD117.73 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 10390 P/E Ratio 21.92364990689013 Market Cap 41817835726.7212 Dividend Yield 2.208443047651406% Rev. per Employee 277792 More quote details and news » (ITW), which reflects poor capital-spending orders -- the true drivers of the economy.
In a risky world, Bounty may be a better hedge than Treasury paper. P&G yields 2.9%, half again the U.S. 10-year note at 1.9%. Procter's stock also has had the attractive attribute of actually rising in price, up some 30% from the lows of mid-2012. But the leadership from companies that peddle such pedestrian wares is cause for caution in this stock market.
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Extensively revised, the fourth edition of this highly successful book takes into account the many newly determined protein structures that provide molecular insight into chemiosmotic energy transduction, as well as reviewing the explosive advances in 'mitochondrial physiology'-the role of the mitochondria in the life and death of the cell.
Covering mitochondria, bacteria and chloroplasts, the fourth edition of Bioenergetics provides a clear and comprehensive account of the chemiosmotic theory and its many applications. The figures have been carefully designed to be memorable and to convey the key functional and mechanistic information. Written for students and researchers alike, Bioenergetics is the most well-known, current and respected text on chemiosmotic theory and membrane bioenergetics available.
Introduction to Part 1
Introduction to Part 1
1. Chemiosmotic Energy Transduction
1.1 The Chemiosmotic Theory: Fundamentals
1.2 The Basic Morphology of Energy-Transducing Membranes
1.3 A Brief History of Chemiosmotic Concepts
2. Ion Transport Across Energy-Conserving Membranes
2.1 Introduction
2.2 The Classification of Ion Transport
2.3 Bilayer-Mediated Transport
2.4 Protein-Catalysed Transport
2.5 Swelling and the Coordinate Movement of Ions across Membranes
3. Quantitative Bioenergetics: The Measurement of Driving Forces
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3.2 Gibbs Energy and Displacement from Equilibrium
3.3 Redox Potentials
3.4 Ion Electrochemical Potential Differences
3.5 Photons
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3.7 The Equilibrium Distributions of Ions, Weak Acids and Weak Bases
3.8 Membrane Potentials, Diffusion Potentials, Donnan Potentials and Surface Potentials
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4.3 Proton Current
4.4 Voltage: The Measurement of Protonmotive Force Components in Isolated Organelles
4.5 Proton Conductance
4.6 ATP Synthase Reversal
4.7 Reversed Electron Transport
4.8 Mitochondrial Respiration Rate and Metabolic Control Analysis
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Introduction to Part 2
5. Respiratory Chains
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5.2 Components of the Mitochondrial Respiratory Chain
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5.4 Mechanisms of Electron Transfer
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Photos: Kell Brook, Carson Jones Go To War in Sheffield
Motorpoint Arena, Sheffield, Yorkshire - Kell Brook (28-0, 18KOs) survived some very tough moments but he did enough to win a twelve round majority decision over Carson Jones (34-9-2, 24KOs) in an IBF welterweight title eliminator. The scores were 114-114 for the draw, 116-113 and 115-113 for Brook.
[QUOTE=Mayweather41-0;12316760]i was talking to ppl who were @ this fight said it was a tough/brutal fight and damn brook's girl has an a$$ on her[/QUOTE] I didn't see Brook's girl during the fight, pics?Comment by Doctor_Tenma on 07-09-2012
Jones got a Buddy McGirt shape headComment by UTEP on 07-09-2012
Damn, Brook's homecoming queen's got a fatty.Comment by Mayweather41-0 on 07-08-2012
i was talking to ppl who were @ this fight said it was a tough/brutal fight and damn brook's girl has an a$$ on herComment by -PBP- on 07-08-2012
Great fight. Valiant effort by Jones. And props to Brook for answering the challenge, digging deep and pulling out the win.Post a Comment - View More User Comments (5)


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Because this is my last week of blogging until 2014 (my team is taking over the last two weeks of the year), I thought we'd have some fun.
No trends, no leadership lessons, no new tools or technologies, no education.
Just some fun, crowdsourced topics that will be a nice diversion from our hectic schedules this week.
Villains in Literature
Today we're going to talk about the greatest villains in literature.
I crowdsourced this on my personal Facebook page. If you'd like to participate in tomorrow's post, please follow me there and the topic will soon be unveiled.
Now, without further ado.
Earlier this year, Jason Konopinski laid down the law and said Randall Flagg (originally from Stephen King's The Stand and then appearing in eight more of his books) was the greatest villain of all time. Erika Napoletano +1'd that nomination.T
Then, during wine:thirty last week, we had the conversation internally and it was fun to hear what everyone else thought (I also learned I'm a really big book nerd…like more than I thought).
We discussed Randall Flagg, Voldemort (and I learned NO ONE on my team has read Harry Potter, which should be a fireable offense), Count Dracula, and Professor Moriarty.
In fact, Clay Morgan wrote a top 10 list, which you can find at the very bottom of this post (clearly he's a big nerd, too).
14 Greatest Villains of All Time
I added Cruella deVille, Satan in Paradise Lost, Norman Bates, and Hannibal Lecter. And then I turned it over to you.
So here they are. The 14 greatest villains in literature.
- Roger Chillingworth in The Scarlet Letter. His psychology is so richly layered. Hawthorne shows Roger is inherently good, but the temptation of revenge consumes him completely. He is smart, eerily calm, and deeply manipulative. Like a leech depending on its host for sustenance, Chillingworth drains vitality from his enemy, Arthur, and depends on the pursuit of vengeance to fulfill him. Totally creepy, but sad, too. – Jono Smith
- Professor James Moriarty in Sherlock Holmes. Just because he was so good. A burr under Sherlock Holmes' saddle. – Chris Reimer
- Patrick Bateman in American Psycho. I choose Patrick Bateman because any one of us could be him (and please–from the book, not the movie). Bateman is completely banal, and represents what could happen to any of us, really, if we cannot make meaning in our lives. – Tom Webster
- Lord Walder Frey in Game of Thrones. My money is on Walder Frey because his list of crimes is most impressive…incest, violation of the "guest" rule, murder, treason, regicide, need I go on? He's so well written, you literally feel like you need a shower just reading about him. – Rosemary O'Neill
- Man in Bambi. Every villainous act is an act of man. Bambi just exemplifies it. The villain doesn't need to be a character per se. When you break down any work, the antagonist is a human with human flaws and failings that we can all identify within ourselves, only magnified to the unthinkable point of no return. So in this way, we are all the villain by human nature. – Raymond Konkoleski
- The Firemen in Fahrenheit 451. First they can destroy all other literary villains just by burning them, and second, they destroy knowledge forever which I think is the most evil thing one can do. – Pascale Bishop
- O'Brien in 1984. He is someone who believes to seek freedom of thought and opinion is insane. He is willing to torture Winston Smith and we never learn enough about him to have our questions answered. – Bob LeDrew
- Anton Chigurh in No Country for Old Men. A ruthless emotionless hitman who occasionally flips a coin to determine someone's fate. – Darryl Robinson-Keys
- Fernand Mondego in The Count of Monte Cristo. Mondego used a fairly complex series of lies, collusions, etc, to achieve his goals. And was without any semblance of remorse. In fact, he reveled in his cleverness. – Marty Thompson
- Count Olaf in the Series of Unfortunate Events. He is cruel, lazy, and works through subterfuge to turn others against the orphans. He takes away all sense of comfort, leaving them forever on the run with no place to call home. Each time they think they've achieved it, he swoops in and takes it away. – Mickey Gomez
- Big Nurse in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Granted, much of her characterization comes through the eyes of a paranoid Chief Bromden, but she represents absolute and unwavering authority to the patients. Her battle of wills with McMurphy is about controlling joy — and snuffing it out. She's cold, calculating, and domineering. McMurphy's rebellion against the Combine can't stand, and she puts an end to all he is — and more. – Jason Konopinski
- Professor Umbridge in Harry Potter. She is the worst kind of person: Small-minded, cruel, cat-lover, and effective–very scary. – Keena Kincaid. And Mickey adds, "Umbridge is far more evil than Voldemort. She revels in petty cruelties and is willing to cross any number of lines in her thirst for power over others. Umbridge is everything evil about the facelessness and heartlessness of bureaucracy. Think about how delighted she was to turn Professor Trelawney out of Hogwarts, or how she immediately punished Harry in a way far beyond that of acceptable discipline, or her willingness to use an Unforgiveable Curse out of "necessity" (illegal for others but not her). Her subsequent rise to lead an office created solely to eradicate Half-Bloods smacked of genocide. And she loved it."
- President Snow in The Hunger Games. Cold, calculating, cowardly. perfect. – Rusty Speidel
- Time. Time is a betty big villain in most stories. There is never enough (just ask Jack Bauer), and when you really need more what does time do? That's right, abandon you. – Brian Tudor
There were quite a number of other nominations, but I included only those that told me why…not just a list of villains.
If you'd like to review the entire list, you can find it by clicking here.
Add Your Villain
And now it's your turn.
If you don't see your villain listed here, tell us in the comments who it is and why.
The only rules are the villain has to be from literature (not a movie or comic books) and there has to be a reason why.
We'll add to the list and keep a big tally of the greatest villains of all time.
And – don't forget – if you want to participate in tomorrow's post, follow me on Facebook by clicking here.
Bonus: Clay's Top 10 List
10. Count Dracula, Dracula by Bram Stroker
9. The Judge, Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
8. Iago, Othello by William Shakespeare
7. The Deaf Man, six different 87th Precinct novels by Ed McBain
6. Mr. Dark, Something Wicked This Way Comes, Ray Bradbury
5. Pazuzu, The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty
4. Diogenes Dagrepont Bernoulli Pendergast, various "Agent Pendergast" books by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
3. Randall Flagg, The Stand by Stephen King
2. Croup and Vandemar, Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
1. Professor Moriarty, Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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124 Comments on "Fourteen Greatest Villains in Literature"
The Snowman, in Jo Nesbo's Detective Harry Hole series. Brrrrrrrrr. http://jonesbo.com/
belllindsay Tell me WHY, please.
ginidietrich He is a twisted, insane serial killer – who sets out to destroy the detective by killing his conscience through killing people. Every death – until he's caught – is Harry's 'fault'. It's a crazy, psychological torture game he plays.
I'm sticking with Moriarty. Brilliant. Calculating. Evil. To be honest, Voldemort would wind up as Moriarty's butler by the time he was done.
The Firemen…I'd forgotten about them…
Love the fun posts.
Baby Kochamma – The God of Small Things
Bell 200 X 200 :o)
I think you could make the argument that Satan in Paradise Lost functions as a hero in the epic, though Milton wouldn't have seen it that way.
The CIA in Ludum's Bourne novels. Evil, manipulative, sociopathtic behaviour bent on destroying opposition thereby ruining the lives of otherwise normal human beings. Basically, treating humanity as a disposable weapon.
Ahhh, such a Christmas-y thought.
Um, I was serious when I said the Grinch!
And I gave a reason!
Yay, fun! (Not that your regular posts aren't fun.)
A great list. I would add Javert from Les Miserables. I first read the book in high school, and it remains one of my top 10. Javert is really anyman, driven by hate for Valjean because he wouldn't ever face the sin in himself. His inability, or refusal, to forgive reminds me what a destructive force that can be in any person's life. The best villains are the ones that once had the capacity to be something better.
jonmikelbailey The Grinch gets a bad rap, if you ask me. Then again, I've been accused of being Grinch-like myself from time to time. I mean, honestly. What's the point of putting up decorations just to take them down in a few weeks?
I've always liked The Teacher from The Da Vinci Code. Frighteningly cruel, calculating, and absolutely convinced he's morally and ethically motivated, and right.
You guys missed Sauron from Lord of the Rings.
MattLaCasse jonmikelbailey Our Christmas tree isn't up yet. And won't be until Friday. In fact, we haven't even *bought* a tree yet. Sigh.
RobBiesenbach (as an aside) I loved Memoirs of a Geisha!
On a side note, what's up with these random people who keep popping in to different posts and crapping all over the bed? It's so jarring since this is such a respectful community and not, say, a typical YouTube comment thread. And at the holidays, no less! People have issues …
I admire the way you and Lindsay handle these, Gini.
Goldilocks, Red Riding Hood and Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz should be on there.
Harry Brumleve I was going to say Brutus yesterday, good one!
Where's Hannibal Lecter!?
Let's recap: Eats people? Check. Can force people to swallow their own tongue by the power of suggestion? Check. Is certifiably insane? Check.
I saw him on your Facebook list, but I'm surprised he didn't make the final cut.
Other than that, great post, Gini!
bhas I thought hard about Sauron on my list. I'm one of those who reads The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings annually. Unlike some villains, we don't see things from Sauron's point of view. Also, while I think he is awesomely evil, I personally think those villains with just a touch of humanity (or are faking it) are the best.
Word Ninja Javert is great because in a way you begin to have some sympathy toward him and his obsession.
Veda Pierce, Mildred Pierce's ungrateful, manipulative, scheming, hateful daughter, who demeans and then bankrupts her mother with demands for lavish attention, sleeps with Mildred's husband, and then after financially and emotionally ruining her mother, sneers in victory as she leaves for New York and the acclaim she craves.
RobBiesenbach I have my theory on who some of them are…it is jarring, particularly because they're people who don't hang out here. Ever. And they're not in the industry, either.
jonmikelbailey You're right. I totally missed him. Please forgive me.
biggreenpen I feel positively Oprahfied for bringing it up, but it is a good book, isn't it?
jonmikelbailey Harry Brumleve Cassius > Brutus.
ClayMorgan Like you echoed in another comment…the villains with some bit of humanity left are the best ones. Those beyond saving, Lecter (oh, and Heath Ledger's Joker!) for example, can be terrifying, but not quite as interesting.
ginidietrich jonmikelbailey That you are willing to admit your mistake is enough for me.
When I think VILLAIN, I automatically think Darth Vader but even though there are Star Wars books, I guess he doesn't qualify as a literary villain?
ginidietrich Heath Ledger's Joker. Every bit as terrifying as Anton Chigurh in my book.
LSSocialEngage That's a great one, but I didn't read the books, although I suppose he's in there…I can hear him breathing.
sydcon_mktg I was going to suggest the same Christmas present. 🙂
LynnMcConaughey Oh yes! Very good one!
bradmarley I put him up there in my list, but didn't think it was fair to add to the big list.
Joshua Wilner/A Writer Writes SHOULD NOT!
Harry Brumleve Brutus is a great entry!
MattLaCasse Super good one! I didn't even think about that book.
Word Ninja Love it!
rdopping Ohhhhh. I like this one. A lot.
jasonkonopinski I think you should zip it.
RobBiesenbach Both very good adds. I also loved Memoirs of a Geisha.
LSSocialEngage Tell me why!
ginidietrich Sigh.
ClayMorgan Yeah, leave it to my brainiac friend Pascale to come up with the Firemen.
ginidietrich Do you disagree?
ginidietrich Yes they should. Dorothy murdered two people, Goldilocks is guilty of breaking and entering and theft and the hood chick placed a hit on the wolf.


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JSE-listed independent banking and financial service firm Sasfin says its headline earnings decreased 11% to R96m for the year ended 30 June 2011.
Headline earnings per share dropped by 16%, while Sasfin's business banking profit jumped to R80m, an 87% increase.
Sasfin says its results were affected by lower business volumes.
"In particular, private and property private equity results were negatively impacted through a combination of impairment charges and fair value writedowns in its portfolio where certain of the material investments failed to achieve their profit targets and generate the resultant revaluation surpluses," Sasfin said on Wednesday.
Banking assets jumped 23% to R4,4bn in the period under review.
Sasfin says this is mainly due to positive momentum in the business banking segment.
"The group's operating performance was positively impacted by the strong lending base in the business banking segment, which contributed approximately 70% of the group's profit for the year," the bank explained.
Sasfin says it is positive about the next year and expects to grow its franchise.
"Despite the prevailing level of global economic uncertainty, the group expects to see improved levels of business activity across all segments. Sasfin's growth trajectory is indeed sustainable on the back of its strong capital position, improved liquidity levels and diversified funding and activity base," Sasfin said.
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