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Nick Jensen is well known for his recreations of iconic science fiction weaponry. His latest definitely doesn't disappoint! This gun features a see-through scope, working trigger, removable magazine and a sliding charge handle. So this isn't just a beauty queen, meant to grace a wall or shelf. It is meant to be played with! Nicely done, Nick, nicely done.
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Master Cheese
We see a lot of bright green and dark green Master Chiefs built from LEGO, but the legendary John-117 SPARTAN II super-soldier from Halo is actually wearing olive green armor.
Tyler (Legohaulic) recently picked up over a hundred "cheese" slopes in the new color, and this is the result.
The most accurate LEGO Master Chief? By no means, but this is an absolute tour-de-force in single-part repetition, and certainly the first Master Chief sculpture in the correct color. It'll be interesting to see what other new LEGO models this new color will inspire.
Life-sized Halo Master Chief costume made out of Lego
Ben Caulkins (Benny Brickster) built a life-sized costume of the Master Chief from Halo over the past six months. Those who have followed his Flickr postings have seen the suit develop from the helmet down. Now that this epic project is finished, Ben shares his thoughts on the process and techniques behind the build.
Some of you may have noticed by now that over the past six months, I have constructed a full size Lego costume of the Master Chief from the Halo series. It was by no means easy, and I had to put a lot of time and effort into completing it. It required more thought and patience than any of my previous LEGO projects, not that I have done that many anyway.
But I didn't decide overnight to build a Master Chief costume out of LEGO bricks. The very base of the idea was probably inspired by Simon MacDonald's (SIMAFOL) Boba Fett costume. Then it was after I saw some really amazing LEGO creations at my first LEGO convention, Brickworld, that I really seriously started thinking about it. At first it was just a fantasy, which is reasonable enough, I mean, come on, a full-blown LEGO Master Chief costume? It is pretty ridiculous. But when I started to take it seriously, I finally realized that it was possible, and I committed myself to it.
I put a surprising amount of thought into which part I would construct first, and I finally settled on the helmet because I thought that if I could do a convincing MOC of the Master Chief's helmet, and be able to wear it, I could do the rest of the suit.
The helmet took more planning than any other element. I started in late October and spent many hours getting the necessary resources and devising what size to make the helmet in order for it to be proportionate with the rest of my body. I think that if I hadn't done so it wouldn't have looked nearly as good as it does. But after much planning, I finally started building. I'm generally a pretty slow builder, and I went through a lot of experimenting with parts while building it, particularly for the vents on the "cheeks". I had decided to use a non-LEGO piece for the visor long before I started building, and I had already purchased a sweet looking motorcycle helmet visor with a nice gold sheen to it, and with a few modifications, it fit like a glove.
So, I had at last finished the first part of my suit, and it managed to garner a lot of attention. I had never really been blogged about before so I was overwhelmed. It was one of the most memorable moments in my LEGO building "career", and I jumped for joy when I saw I was on the Wall Street Journal's blog, and then GIZMODO, and a host of other websites including the good old Brother's Brick.
After the initial reaction died down and all the bloggers finally stopped, I got to work on the most time-consuming part of the project: the torso armor. It was one the most challenging in that it had to be able to take a lot of punishment and look good at the same time. I tried strengthening it where I could, but it still wasn't enough. After many catastrophic accidents, in which many naughty words were uttered, I decided that I had to use glue. Yes, it was a lazy thing to do, but I just thought "screw it all" and went ahead with it. But it worked, so I don't see a problem!
I then managed to squeeze the belt in before Christmas break, but I still had a problem: how was I going to achieve the concave shape of the thighs and forearms? It was one day on the bus back from school when I had nothing to do that a solution came to me, and boy was I pleased when it did. It was actually really simple: construct two rings, but make them different sizes, and then construct supports between them that I could put different aesthetics onto. This would achieve the proper concave shape, as it causes the shape to narrow. But before actually building the thighs, I built the arms first and applied my newly devised technique on them.
I'm not entirely satisfied with the upper arms, as they appear a little small when compared to the Chief's. But I couldn't make them any bigger, otherwise I wouldn't be able to flex my arm (plus I couldn't bear the extra weight). And besides, it still looks good as it is.
The forearms actually came out surprisingly well, though they were prone to coming undone. The reason why was that I had made them a little too small, and so whenever I flexed they would come undone. To solve this particular problem, I attached three rings of Velcro to the inside of one section that could wrap around my arm, keeping the section in place. But, it also would squeeze my arm together, so it wouldn't bulge as much when I flex, and the other section now stays snuggly attached.
Afterwards I bought a pair of nice Master Chief looking gloves, glued some plates to them, and then built the thighs. The thighs ate up more tiles (smooth plates) than I can count!
At this point the suit was getting pretty close to completion, although there were unexpected delays (Spring break, a small LEGO convention, me getting sick). But in between I managed to get some work in. I always knew that the legs would be difficult on account of their odd shape (take a look at them and you'll see what I mean). The Master Chief's leg armor bulges in the back in order to shape itself around the calves, and this was something I had feared doing since starting the project. An idea that I had thought of but didn't believe would work was to first build a frame for the legs that would follow that actual shape of the Chief's. Although it appeared crude, I had no other good ideas. So I went about building this frame, and realized that it could work. Yes, it took me several variations, but that was what I ultimately settled on.
It was the next week that the suit's first trial came: the "LEGO fun at Lyndhurst" festival, a small local event organized by Arthur Gugick, which I have been attending for quite some time. I originally planned to just display the suit and not wear it. Not only did I wear it, I walked around the entire event. This proved that I could move in it without too much damage occurring (one lost piece and one part that came undone). Also, it stood up pretty well against LEGO's main adversary, the hands of small and curious children. Also, the helmet went through quite an ordeal, having to be placed on the heads of around 100 children.
Now, there was only one thing left to do: the feet, the least interesting part to look at. But I still wanted them to be of the same quality as the rest of the suit, so I went about making the toe look nice and curved by using segmented plates. But you can't expect me to not loosen up a little bit. If you look closely you can see bits of red and yellow showing through the gaps between plates. Also, for the rest of the foot, I seriously lowered my quality standards, but you can't really tell because, like I said, who looks at the feet?
I have to say finishing it was sort of anti-climactic, especially considering I had built the coolest part of the suit first, and was finishing with the feet. I'm actually a bit relieved it's done because I was getting pretty tired of it, and I'm not sure how much longer I could have gone on. But I am glad I did, because now I can say that I'm the only person to (successfully) build a Master Chief costume out of LEGO. :)
For more pictures, visit Ben's Flickr gallery.
Master Chief is neither the most interesting nor my favorite character from the Halo universe, but he is lucky to have the honor of being sculpted in LEGO by Jack Marquez (Ewok in Disguise).
Though a bit foreshortened in this photo, the assault rifle is a nice build in its own right.
Master Chief's helmet looks good in Lego, but won't stand headshots
Ben Caulkins (Benny Brickster) created a faithful rendition of a gray version of Master Chief's helmet from Halo. If you're like me, you'd like to know if it's wearable. Yes, it is.
Master Chief gets active camo in the February BrickForge promo
For the month of February, BrickForge is giving away an exclusive Trans-Clear Space Marine Armor Set on any order totaling $25 or more. You can see it in the imminent assassination of this Halo Jackal built by Kyle (Armothe).
Photo review of new BrickForge accessories for 2008 [Review]
Those of you who were paying close attention to our coverage of BrickWorld 2008 probably noticed references to and pictures of the latest BrickForge accessories.
Thanks to Nannan and the magic of the United States Postal Service, here's my review of the new items BrickForge will be releasing soon. In general, I'll try to avoid repeating what I said in my original BrickForge review.
Naturally, the big buzz is about the new "Space Marine" armor. When combined with BrickArms weapons, the result looks remarkably like the Master Chief from Halo (we'll be taking a close look at the new BrickArms prototypes as well):
The helmet will cost $1.50, the armor $1.50, and the visor $0.50. If I understand the grapevine correctly, these items will be available in red, blue, white, black, and sand green (pictured above, with BrickWorld-exclusive "steel"). I'm very pleased with the design of each piece, though I'd assess the color matching between BrickForge's version of sand green and "official" LEGO sand green at around 90-95%, as you can probably see from the picture.
Personally, I was most excited by the new Roman helmets (two types), spear, gladius, and shield:
Most interesting, though, is the gladiatorial armor — specifically helmet and face shield for a Murmillon. The face shield fits over the stud on top of the minifig's head, and then the helmet fits over the top of that:
I found that the helmet fit a little loosely (it popped off a lot) with the face shield, but fit snugly when directly placed on my gladiator's ill-fated head.
New turbans can fit a little round cap or a special helmet:
Finally, Mark Sandlin and Chris Giddens worked with BrickForge to create a gun that would fit well with the design aesthetic of the loudhailer and other early Space accessories. Dubbed the "Megagun," many of you have probably already seen Mark Sandlin's photos of it, so I'll just post a couple:
The Megagun has lots of places to attach LEGO, as you can see from the ridiculous gun on the right. :-D
As with their earlier accessories, the latest BrickForge armor and weapons work well with my LEGO. My favorite new items are definitely the Roman items, and I can't wait to order a bunch when they become available from BrickForge in the next week or so.
This is Spartan 117
Okay, so this isn't all that original — how many different ways are there, really, to make a purist Master Chief? — but I've been waiting to improve my first version for a while. With the new bronze/gold visor in the Mars Mission sets, I finally had the piece I needed.


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Chapter 11
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Day was no different to night on Plato, the thick black clouds barely fading as the slum world's distant sun broke over the ugly horizon. Zero looked up and opened his eyes to greet the new day, watching the yellow blur slowly crawl up through the thick cloud layer, he hadn't slept. Not fully. It was too dangerous to sleep here. For the remainder of the night after stealing his equipment from the two enforcers he had remained on the rooftop of this degrading tower block, listening to the communication frequency of the E.D.F for precisely thirty-four minutes before the radio malfunctioned. Water from the puddle the soldier had fallen into had leaked into the system through a crack in the outer polymer casing that was most likely caused by Zero's assault.
It was a loss, but not one that was mission threatening. The chatter between the enforcers and their headquarters had been useful in only discovering their search grids, they had cut the planet into eighteen blocks and each block was patrolled by ten pairs of enforcers. If they discovered his location a troop transport would fly to their position and drop fifty reserve enforcers via low altitude parachutes. That was the only useful information he had gleaned from the stolen radio. His training told him to strip it down for parts, so he did. The few lengths of wire in the device could act as make shift string and even stitching if he became wounded. The electronics could be sold or repurposed, and the metal could be smelted to forge blades, but he would need a great deal more for that.
His training told him he needed to move. It wasn't safe to stay in one place too long. He'd already risked going critical by staying here for the night, he couldn't leave things to chance now, the risk of being discovered by a patrolling ship was too great, he needed to control the outcome of this situation. And that meant moving.
Hauling his rucksack onto one shoulder Zero stood and carefully looked over the edge of the cast iron roof, the street below was empty. He took the opportunity. Jumping off the edge he quickly turned in the air and grabbed out at the empty window frames that lined the building at equidistant points down the wall. The moment he began to slow he released and grabbed the one beneath it, repeating this pattern of movement he hit the floor in under five seconds, rolling to avoid breaking any bones Zero pushed out of it into a casual walk. Hood up, head lowered, hands in pockets. No witnesses.
His objective for today was to discover what information the enforcers had pertaining to him on their database, and for that he needed a computer unit. They were located at enforcer outposts, and through careful planning Zero had positioned himself for the night only a few hundred metres from one such outpost. Watching it through the darkness he had only observed two enforcers enter the white steel hut, they had stayed for twelve-minutes and eighteen seconds before exiting to continue their patrol.
His training told him to enter via the roof. Odds of success, ninety-nine point nine, nine, nine, nine, nine percent.
Dropping down the ventilation shaft Zero landed silently. But a partial yell made him spin. Striking out through pure instinct he blocked the chair his opponent had thrown at him, through blind panic more than tactical thought, and lunged forward. The opponent wasn't skilled in combat, he was not an enforcer. Disposing of him was simple. A single uppercut to the jaw. He was unconscious before hitting the ground. Pausing Zero listened carefully, his hand ready to reach for his sword if the need required. Silence, it was not required. A soft breath whispered between his lips, staring down at his prostrate opponent Zero cursed himself, he should have took into account the potential of other E.D.F staff within the outpost. This one was a technician according to the ocean blue colour of his uniform. That was far too close. He needed to act fast.
Running over to the computer unit the holo-screens blinked into life just when he slid the comp-slate into the import slot, with an audible click the slate took and information immediately began streaming down the screen. He read it all without meaning to. His training told him to. 'Search,' he said loud enough for the inbuilt audiophones to pick up. 'Zero.'
Red flashed over the holo-screens with the words "No Data".
Anger raced through him briefly. 'Search, Subject Zero.'
A single file appeared on one of the four screens. It was a wanted poster. That was all. No photograph, no useful description. Confusion was not a sensation Zero was used too, but for a few long seconds he couldn't understand why they had done this. Then it hit him. With a one hundred thousand credit reward everyone will be looking for him, that much credit could make someone very wealthy, and this way the government could sever all affiliation with him. An arrest warrant would cause a stir and possible questions, by doing it like this they had taken themselves out of the equation...every merc faction; pirate, bounty hunter and enforcer would be wanting to cash in that reward. It appeared his situation was far more grave than he first realised.
The only saving grace was it didn't appear they were sending the other Subjects after him. That raised his odds of success greatly.
Zero twisted his head sharply. Footsteps were approaching from the main entrance. Closing down the data file he was about to extract the comp-slate when something caught his eye. The footsteps were getting nearer. Thud, thud, thud, thud. He pulled up the file and was confronted with a face he hadn't seen in many years. Thud. Thud. Thud.
The door to the office swung open and a second technician strode in. 'Michael have you, Michael!' he cried running to the aide of his unconscious friend. Ignoring the open ventilation grill above him that Zero slowly closed and locked in place. Sliding off the roof Zero strode through the streets with a renewed sense of purpose. No longer blending in his whole posture changed, he was no longer some hunched homeless with his hands in his pockets; he stood straight with his eyes forward and swung his arms slightly.
He was a soldier now. He was a weapon. He was Zero, for the first time since landing on Plato.
Christian rolled the whisky around in his hand, the glass the fine alcohol sat in hardly deserving to carry such a rare year. But it was all he had. He had remained like this for close to three days, barely moving about his apartment, hardly eating, he just drank. He'd wake up here and he'd sleep here. Fitting somehow, the fact that he would also die here .
'I've been waiting for you,' he said to the darkness of his sh*itty living room. The creak of the floorboards could have been anything, a rat scurrying across them or even the wind pushing against the side of the building. But he knew it wasn't any of those. 'I still have a few friends back on Earth, despite what you might think,' putting his glass down on the table Christian sat back deeper into his arm chair. The one luxury in this whole apartment block. 'When they told me what had happened at the facility I knew it would only be a matter of time before you came looking for me...'
The floorboards groaned beneath his weight as he moved, like a viper through the shadows, and sat himself down in the chair across from Christian. Sitting with his back straight, hands flat on the table, eyes front. Gods, what have they done to you? 'Hello Zero.'
'Good evening Doctor.' It had been many years since he'd been called that.
Christian looked at his work for a moment; he was marvel of creation, those obsidian eyes so typical of genmods staring at him impassively. Even now, even after all that had happened, he was proud. 'How?' was all he needed to ask.
'I acquired a comp-slate from an Enforcer, found your location on their database. Reached target building, disabled the two watchers observing the building, entered via fifth floor window, picked the lock of apartment door.' rattled off Zero with rigid wording. It was like talking to a badly programmed A.I.
'Is that in your training Zero?' he didn't answer. That was almost as interesting as if he had. 'Improvisation...how interesting.' he picked up his whisky and downed the last of it in one huge mouthful. Savouring the taste for every moment. It would be the second to last thing he would ever taste. 'They trained you well,'
'They trained what you made me, Doctor.' he said simply. His face still unmoving.
'Do you think I wanted that for you!?' he bellowed. Throwing the glass at him. As drunk as he was the glass missed wildly and smashed against the back wall. Zero never flinched. 'Do you think I wanted...this, for you?' he asked wildly gesturing to Zero. 'They made you what you are! Those, bastards that stole my research and techniques the moment I was finished with you. I didn't make you into this Zero, I furthered you, I advanced you...in you, I created the next step in human evolution! They turned you into a weapon. Them. Not me.'
Leaning forward onto the table Christian laughed madly. 'You don't even understand what you are do you? You...Zero...you are the future of our species, proof that long term genmodding can be beneficial to the human race.' looking into those unfeeling black eyes the former Doctor felt a sudden blossom of pity in his heart, of grief, of regret. Look at what they had done to him, his perfection...ruined. 'I never wanted this for you Zero.' sitting back a horse laugh broke from his lips. 'I regret a lot of the things I did in my life, but my work at Exogen, working with the government to further my research, creating you...I don't regret any of it.'
Zero still stared at him. Never blinking. Never moving. Never speaking. Anti-social disorder....Jesus, they repressed him. 'Do you remember anything? Before the government took you from me?' he didn't speak. But for Christian he didn't have to, he could see it in him. He knew him that well, at least. 'Have you started having the visions yet?' Zero blinked. Christian laughed, disguising the tears that ran from his eyes. 'Oh my dear boy, what did they do to you?' the Doctor didn't expect an answer and he didn't get one. 'The reclamation process isn't pleasant Zero, but don't fight it.'
'How does this end, Doctor?' he asked, a muscle in his arm twitching.
Christian smiled slightly. 'Well you tripped the silent alarm the moment you opened my door, Enforcer reinforcements should be here anytime now.'
'How long?'
'A minute. Maybe two.' Christian sat back in his chair, resting his hands on his legs. 'It's funny. Every day I see genmods, a twisted, weak, impure replication of my legacy. Everyone I look at reminds me what work I could have done if given the chance...whether I like it or not I've left my mark on humanity. Permanently. I suppose that's something.' Christian paused and took a small breath.
'Promise me something, my boy. Promise an old fool one last thing,' Zero didn't answer. But he didn't refuse either, he had expected him to. 'Tear this wretched government to the ground, rip it apart brick by brick, and kill them all.'
Pulling the pistol from beneath the table Christian shoved it in his mouth and pulled the trigger.
The metallic taste of rusted steel left on his tongue.

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Los Angeles wins approval for highlighted sharrows
This past month, the Bikeways Department for the Los Angeles Department of Transportation announced their pilot project approval to experiment with highlighted sharrows. Also called greenback sharrows, these pavement markings have a square of green paint around the sharrow, contrasting with the street's pavement and increasing its visibility to drivers and bicyclists alike. The department plans to install this pilot project in early 2013 and study the impact on bicyclist safety and encouragement over the year.
LADOT gained approval from the California Traffic Control Devices Committee (CTCDC) to experiment with highlighted sharrows, the first step to approval for use statewide, although LADOT still needs to gain approval for experimentation from the Federal Highway Administration. As the FHWA has typically been more willing to experiment than the CTCDC — the FHWA last year approved green-painted bike lanes – winning approval isn't expected to be difficult.
LADOT is known for its exhaustive research, last year releasing a report definitively showing that the presence of sharrows improved driver interactions with bicyclists and increased the passing distance between drivers and bicyclists. At CalBike we're hoping their study of highlighted sharrows will provide similarly unimpeachable results that can be used to support more robust and progressive bicycle infrastructure around the state.
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Thousands of passengers stranded in Thailand could start coming home today after protesters called off their occupation of Bangkok's airports and airlines laid on rescue flights.
The anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy announced its airport protests would cease from midnight tonight (5pm GMT) after a court ruling banned the prime minister from office for five years.
The foreign secretary, David Miliband, said some Britons had been able to leave using airports outside Bangkok. He said 12 international flights were laid on yesterday, and that there would be at least 12 more today.
Officials in the UK and Thailand were doing all they could to liaise with airlines to fly people out of the country, Miliband said. "We are working with all the airlines to ensure that they honour their responsibilities to ticket holders."
He said the British embassy in Bangkok had been open "around the clock" to help passengers.
Some Britons escaped Thailand with the Australian carrier Qantas. The Dubai-based Emirates and Abu Dhabi-based Etihad were among other airlines laying on relief flights. For many Britons, however, the struggle to leave Thailand continued.
Among those stranded was Nadine Howard, an advertising agency worker from Hampstead, north-west London, who was stuck in the Thai resort of Phuket at the end of a two-week holiday with her boyfriend. She had been travelling with the Taiwanese carrier EVA Air, but was unable to get a flight from Phuket to Bangkok to get back to London.
Her father, Philip Howard, said today: "They have had to pay £1,000 to get a flight from Phuket to Hong Kong and then they are hoping to fly back to London from there.
"Nadine told me of a military airfield where thousands of people were waiting for flights. Locals told her not to go there as fights have broken out. Apparently the place is like a refugee camp."
Officials initially said the main Bangkok airport, Suvarnabhumi, would not open until December 15 at the earliest, but after the protesters' announcement they said a new assessment would be made tomorrow.
A government official said the first flights out of Suvarnabhumi international airport would leave for Rome and Sydney on Friday.


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ps4 extended warranty
I pre ordered the playstation 4on amazon.com and it did not give me an option to add an extended warranty. I am just wondering if ill have the option to get one or will I have to add one through you guys after i get one will i have that option
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A new study sheds light on the murky topic of childhood pesticide exposure.
New Orleans has the sense of a wild laboratory, with free-wheeling discussions about food security and plenty of action. It's partly because of Katrina's ruin, but it's also just part of the culture, reports David Hanson for Feeding the City.
The School Nutrition Association exists to "advance good nutrition for all children." So why is it promoting sugary milk drinks in school cafeterias?
This very week, the sweet-corn patch on Maverick Farms came ripe. Harvesting and processing it took half a dozen people nearly all day. Here's what I fed them for lunch.
Can local, sustainably grown, organic ingredients make street food actually good for us — and the planet?
The District of Columbia is about to embark on what may be the nation's most unorthodox public-school food program: meals made from scratch, using locally grown ingredients, by a charitable social-services agency whose primary mission is feeding the homeless and …
A new federal law went into effect last month, supposedly designed to reduce the risk of Salmonella enteritidis contamination, which requires farms with more than 3,000 hens to abide by strict sanitation practices, including keeping customers out of the chicken …
Nowadays growing food is totally hip, delicious, and sure to appease the most Frugal Freddy. But this is the weirdest place we've ever heard of growing food.
In the recent wave of goodwill toward the ocean, some people are channeling the Noah's Ark approach to saving sea life while others are channeling Hungry Hungry Hippos. Check out this snack-rifice.


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Why is this? The backfire effect can be seen as the flipside of confirmation bias. Confirmation bias makes you seek out information that agrees with your preexisting beliefs. The backfire effect is what you do when information that doesn't agree with those beliefs finds you. In both cases, your mind protects you from the pain of being wrong. As Thomas Gilovich wrote in his book How We Know What Isn't So, "For desired conclusions...it is as if we ask ourselves, 'Can I believe this?', but for unpalatable conclusions we ask 'Must I believe this?'" Learn more about your tendency for bias in the videos below.
The Backfire Effect Says When You Hear Contradictory Evidence, Your Beliefs Get Stronger
It was Thomas Jefferson who said that an informed electorate is a prerequisite for democracy. Recent research, however, finds that being informed may not be as beneficial as we think. In 2010, political scientists Brendan Nyhan and Jason Reifler had two groups of people read articles about how Iraq had weapons of mass destruction before the U.S. invasion. One group then read an article correcting that information: the 2004 Duelfer report, which confirmed that the country had no such weapons. Of conservatives who read only the first article, 34% believed that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction before the invasion. But of conservatives who read both, that number climbed to 64%. Contradictory information didn't change their beliefs; it actually strengthened them.
Why Facts Won't Help You Win Arguments
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From Major Randy Schmeling, a 43-year-old Army National Guardsman who commands the American police mentoring teams in Ghazni, on the endemic corruption in Afghanistan:
Right now, there is no meritocracy here. It's, "Hey, your sister has a pretty mouth — do you want to be a general?"
There's nothing in this article to be surprised about if you've been paying even the slightest attention to Afghanistan. But you should read it anyway, just to remind yourself all over again of just what we're up against there.


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- 2a position, a time, or an opportunity for someone or something, for example in a list, a program of events, or a series of broadcasts He has a regular slot on the late-night program. Their album has occupied the Number One slot for the past six weeks. the airport's takeoff and landing slots
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Got my 4tec In the mail today. Did a quick run though of the diffs. Front diff was wide open.
Rigged up an tensioner for the front belt.
Popped in a 3s 5000mah and a sidewinder and added a radio. And the tires need new glue
I thought these things had 5x8 bushings in the carriers? Mine had 5x11 metal shielded bb's.
I had very pour handling. The car will pull hard left under acceleration and may spin out.
And long right hand sweepers handle great but left handers the car will just spin out.
Geared 25/84 and Temps never got over 115 period without body on.


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Author has written 6 stories for Harry Potter, Naruto, Avatar: Last Airbender, Ouran High School Host Club, and Vampire Knight.
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Possible Stories:
Black and White make Gray: Chapters Rated T. TomokoxNekozawa OHSHC. Tomoko is a transfers from Kuran High to Ouran Academy, where she meets Uhemito Nekozawa. After joining the Black Magic Club, they gradually become closer, but of course, there is one girl in the club that wants Tomoko out of the way. Rated for violence, language, and suggestive content.
The Scarlett Rose Series: Book One: Chapters Rated T ScarlettxDraco Harry Potter Scarlett Rose looks like the perfect Slytherin princess; long black hair, one green eye and one silver/ blue eye. But there's just one problem: Malfoy is the Slytherin Prince, and everyone assumes that the prince and princess will end up together. Travel along side Scarlett as she experiences randomness, stupidity, and even love. Rated for language and awkward moments.
Welllll... I'm really REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY random at most times and well, I love to read an write!!
There will b a DJ , I'm throwing a party... everyone is invited! So everyone come. But read the rest of this bulletin first.
Come Kick it at The Biggest Party Ever. DETAILS BELOW..
Special Guest: Jesus Christ, God The Father, Featuring DJ Holy Spirit.
When: When you enter the Gates of Heaven
Where: Kingdom of Heaven
How: Just Ask
Why: Because God Loves You! ... Come As You Are! Bring Nothing but Your Heart and Soul.
98 OF TEENS WON'T STAND UP FOR GOD... REPOST THIS IF YOU'RE ONE OF THE 2 WHO WILL. Jesus said, "If you deny me in front of your friends, I will deny you in front of my Father."
Sanity? I never had such a useless thing to begin with!
That which does not kill me had better run pretty dang fast.
Curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought it back.
Stupidity killed the cat. Curiosity was framed.
A wise man once said, "Ask a girl."
When in doubt, push random buttons!
Fighting is mind over matter. I don't mind, and you don't matter.
There's always a light at the end of the tunnel. Of course, it's usually an oncoming express train.
Last night I was looking up at the stars when suddenly I wondered..."Dude, where the heck's my ceiling?"
There are three kinds of people. Those who learn by reading, a few who learn by observation, and the rest who have to test the electric fence for themselves.
They say guns don't kill people; people do. Well, I think guns help. I mean, if you just stood there and yelled 'BANG!' I don't think you'd kill many people...
Just when I think you've said the stupidest thing ever you just keep on talking.
You know, you do this annoying thing where you open your mouth and then these things you call words come out. Yeah like that. Stop it.
He who laughs last thinks slowest.
An idiot is a 44th floor window washer who steps back to admire his work.
I'm not cynical, everything just sucks.
I respect your opinion, I just think it's stupid.
It's not denial. I'm just selective about the reality I accept.
They say hard work never hurts anybody, but why take the chance.
Why be difficult, when with just a little bit of effort, you can be impossible?
Ask me no questions and I'll tell you no lies.
Everyone has a photographic memory, some just don't have film.
A clear conscience is usually a sign of memory loss.
There are no stupid questions, just a lot of inquisitive idiots.
The secret to success is sincerity. Once you can fake that you're good.
I'm not as dumb as you look.
The newscaster is the person who says "Good evening" and then tells you why it's not.
We live in an age where pizza gets to your house before the police.
If you don't like the way I drive, stay off the sidewalk.
Sarcasm is one more service we offer.
Hate is just a special kind of love we give to people who suck.
I used to have super powers, but then my therapist took them away.
They say the truth will set you free. Then why is it every time I tell the truth, I get sent to my room?
Some people are like slinkies. They seem to have no purpose, but they still bring you a smile when you push them down the stairs.
Keep smiling; it makes people wonder what you're up to.
Love your enemies. It gets them really confused.
I'm not a complete idiot. Some parts are missing.
If you have ever said that an anime character is sexy and you love them and you mean it, copy and paste this into your profile
If you have told at least 5 people that you are in love with your favorite character from Naruto paste this on your profile
If there are times when you wanna annoy people just for the heck of it, copy this to your profile.
If you hear the characters from Naruto in your head, copy and paste this in your profile.
If you think that -/_\- looks like Itachi, copy this into your profile.
If you think girls should rule the world and that it would be a better place copy this onto your profile.
If you have ever dreamed about being an Anime Character, copy and paste this into your profile.
If you avoid teen fads and don't live your life according to others copy and paste this.
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If you don't care if your not popular, you're just who you are, copy and paste this onto your profile and add your name: Gaara's weakness, Vampire-Gaara-and-Sasuke-girl, ItaSakuxTenshi, Kirathis-Chan, ioOShiroTenshiOoi, HidanKakuzuFanGirl, DeathsLittleBirdie
If you have ever been so wrapped up thinking about anime, anime fanart or anime fan fictions that you zone out and come back to reality 5 minutes or later with no idea whats going on, copy this onto your profile.
If I don't call you
When I walk away from you mad
When I stare at your mouth
When I push you or hit you
When I start cussing at you
When I'm quiet
When I ignore you
When I pull away
When you see me at my worst
When you see me start crying
When you see me walking
When I'm scared
When I lay my head on your shoulder
When I grab at your hands
When I tease you
When I don't answer for a long time
When I look at you with doubt
When I say that i like you
When I bump into you
When I tell you a secret
When I look at you in your eyes
When I miss you
When you break my heart
When I say it's over
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If you like the cold and to walk in the moonlit night,copy this onto your profile.
If you have canines or fangs,put this on your profile.
If you can raed tihs, cnorgadluatoins! you are one of the samrt peploe who dno't need to look at the wrod idniviudlaly, but as a wolhe! Olny samrt poelpe can raed tihs bceuase tehy are good raedres. Msot good raedres can raed wrdos wehn the frist and lsat ltetres of the wrod are the smae, and tehre are the smae auomnt of lteters in the wrod...if you could read that, copy and paste this onto your profile
Random Conversations with my Friends
Friend#1: I wonder what Voldemort's real name was?
Friend#2: I know, I know!
Me: It was... ProffesorSparkleluffle Pants of The Seven Rainbow Pony Castles in the Glitter Villaage of Magical Rubber Duckies!!
Friend#2: I thought It was Tom Riddle.
Friend#1: Yesh, but that name sounds totally awesome!!
Friend#2: Lets look at our golden moments (shows the video clips and theres one where im trying to kiss my self with the mirror image thingy)
Me: Oh Man, I could have totally licked myself!
Me: I know what gay gay men are!!
Erin: What?
Me: Happy men that like happy men!!
Erin: Really?
Me: Yup. So like a whole get together would be like "Oh hi im a gay gay guy. Oh im a gay gay guy too! Wanna go out? Sure, But you've have to be gay gay. I am gay gay. Happy Gay? No gay gay. I only have eyes for men. I said gay gay not GAY GAY. But but I thought we had something together!! We had nothing!! What, but youre gay and im gay.. Yea, buy your not gay gay. What is gay gay?! Happy gay. What?! Yup. Ive been gay gay my whole life!! So this whole conversation was pointless? Yes. Might as well hook up. I know a great place with jello shots. Good bye. What? I dont drink."
Erin: Wow...
Never ever underestimate me. I smarter than I look.
Oh, wow, those things reeeeeeally scare me...
I was born on the day of Xion + Zexion
In the month of Xemnas
In the year of Xemnas, Demyx, Demyx, Axel
And I'm Larxene years old. You could also say I'm Lexa years old.
My favorite number is Roxas + Xaldin
But my lucky number is anything with Axel in it
If you get it, put your own in your profile.
epic win plus a side order of awesomesauce.
A Nerd's List of Things to Do
1.) Write alien vs predator: The Musical.
2.) Develop the ability to talk to vegetables. (Brocotongue!)
3.) Learn how to "billow" like Severus Snape.
4.) Make action figure of yourself.
5.) Prove to the world that gay sparkly vampires are even more pathetic than they believe.
6.) Enrage obsessed fan girls.
7.) Scream out random endings when walking out of the movie theater. (I can't believe it! Optimus killed Sam and ran off with Megatron!)
8.) Teach fox's how to skydive.
9.) Create first ever pizza laser.
10.) Have own theme music.
11.) Find the penny at the bottom of the razor blade and and salt-filled jar.
12.) Discover why Dora the Explorer's parents let her explore the world all by herself.
13.) Sing made-up lyrics to Christmas Carols. During the summer.
14.) Read Shakespeare. You know, like in Romeo and Juliet, where Juliet fights that lion, and Romeo destroys the giant space station, and they all go to Burger King...yeah, I don't really know my Shakespeare stuff that well.
15.) Also prove to the children how Santa sits on the throne of lies.
16.) If this isn't enough, scream "I GOT CAKE MIX!" all the time. (Nemesis.)
17.) Warn younger children that if they aren't good this Christmas, Santa's little Dementors will come and suck all of their happiness away. Run from livid parents.
18.) Use security cameras as mirrors to pick your nose.
19.) Run around with a Force FX lightsaber, claiming you are a Jedi that must slay the evils of the world. Then attack anyone wearing Hannah Montana apparel.
20.) Develop sense of irony.
21.) Don't die yet.
22.) Conquer the world with flying fox's.
23.) Teach fox's how to skydive, then start an airshow.
24.) Build a city...then destroy it with multicoulered dinosaurs!
25.) Copy and paste this onto your profile if you're an insane authoress/author, too!
(credit to She-Who-Has-A-Very-Long-Name the originall creater of this list)
97% of teens would cry if they saw Robert Pattison (Edward Cullen from Twilight) standing on top of a sky scraper about to jump. If you're one of the 3% who would sit there eating popcorn screaming "DO A FLIP!" then copy and paste this on your profile.
Yaaaay kitty!
This is Kitty. Copy and paste Kitty into your
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Deidara o\/
Zetsu \o.o/
Tobi @
Sasori -.-
Kisame =0_o=
Hidan o.o
Kakuzu --_--
Copy and paste this to your profile to help them take over the world!!
If you are so obsessed with Naruto that every time someone says the word "ninja" to you and you think of a hyper blond guy wearing bright orange -the utter opposite of what a "REAL" ninja should be like- copy and paste this into your profile.
If you believe that without the Akatsuki, Naruto is just crap, copy and paste this into your profile.
If you think art is either "a bang" or "eternal" copy and paste this into your profile.
If you think that those cheap romance novels aren't just for women, copy and paste this into your profile. (Kakashi reference)
If you've ever threatened a computer or video game console, copy and paste this into your profile.
I once read that only math can save us now. Put this in your profile if you're screwed.
If you hear voices of the Naruto characters in your head...copy and paste this on your profile.
Post this on your profile if you have ever had a major fan girl moment.
If you are obsessed with fanfiction copy this into your profile.
If you ever suffered from FanFiction withdraw copy this into your profile!
If you think Orochimaru is what you get when Michael Jackson and Voldemort have unprotected sex, C&P this into your profile.
If you are constantly comparing pairings from other animes and mangas, copy and paste this into your profile
If there are times when you wanna annoy people just for the heck of it, copy this to your profile.
Most people would be offended if someone asked them what was wrong with their mind. copy this into your profile if you would be one of the few people that would answer, "where to begin?"
If you have ever had a mad laughing fit for absolutely no reason, copy and paste this into your profile.
If you like filling your profile with 'copy this into your profile' thingys, then COPY THIS INTO YOUR PROFILE!( I LOVE doing this!)
If you've ever copied and pasted something onto your profile, copy and paste this onto your profile.
If you are obsessed with fanfiction copy this into your profile
If you spend at least 3 hours a day looking at fanfictions...writing fanfictions...or looking at others profiles than copy and paste this on your profile!
FANFICTION: MY ANTI-DRUG. because, who has time for drugs if you're reading and plotting and writing and checking reviews? If this is true for you, copy and paste this to your profile. -- Damn straight.
If you hear voices in your head, copy and paste this onto your profile!
If your still reading this then copy and paste this onto your profile
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93% of American teens would have a severe emotional breakdown if someone called them a freak . I'm a part of the 7% who would ask the person, "What was your first clue?"
96% of teenage girls would sob if Justin Beiber was about to jump off a building. Post this on your profile if you're the 4% who'd be at the bottom, eating popcorn and chanting "JUMP! JUMP! JUMP!"
[O.o] - Moo, I'm a pig.
- Dude, you're an owl.
[O.O] - My mother has lied to me!
Random crap that seems funny!!
~Smile. It makes the world wonder what you're up to.
~Out of my mind. Be back in five minutes.
~Normality will be restored as soon as we figure out what it is.
~Be yourself. That's crazy enough.
~You always get whats coming to you; unless it gets lost in the mail.
~Silence is golden but duct tape is silver. I guess I can settle for second place.
~They say guns don't kill people. People kill people. Well, I think guns help. I mean, if you just stood there and yelled, "BANG!" i don't think you'd kill many people. (Unless you're Deidara. And have explosives.)
~Flying is not inherently dangerous- crashing is.
~I have animal magnetism-- when I go outside, squirrels stick to my sleeves.
~The trouble with real life is that there is no background music
~I have not lost my mind; its backed up on a disk somewhere
~Beware the letter 'G'. It is the end of everything.
~Forecast for tonight: darkness
~If you try to fail and succeed, which one did you do?
~I am reading a most interesting book about anti-gravity. I just can't put it down.
~Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.
~How come when you mix water with sugar, you get glue and then when you add eggs and sugar you get cake? Where does the glue go?
~If everything seems to be going well, you obviously overlooked something
~Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall through a sewer hole and die.
~Hell is full of musical amateurs
~There is a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line
~I'm not random I just have many thoughts
~I'm the kind of person who walks into a chair and apologizes
~ -sticks hand in electric box- CHIDORI!!
~If you had a life you would stop talking about mine
~We're not retreating! We're advancing in a different direction!
~Just when I think you've said the stupidest thing ever, you keep on talking
~The below statement is true
~The above statement is false
~Heaven doesn't want me there and Hell knows I'll take over.
~Don't make me angry, I'm running out of places to hide the bodies
~Wanna know how to keep an idiot busy? Take him into a round room and tell him to sit in a corner.
~People are like slinkies. Basically useless and yet its so amusing to watch them fall down stairs
~In a world of cheerios, be a frootloop!
~Earth first. We'll screw up the other planets later.
~God must love stupid people...he made so many
~There is no great genius without a mixture of madness
~When I'm not in my right mind, my left mind gets pretty crowded.
~You, you, and you panic. The rest of you follow me.
~Lately the only thing keeping me from becoming a serial killer is my dislike for manual labor.
~PMS: Every woman's legal right to be a bitch.
~If you can't dazzle 'em with brilliance, baffle 'em with nonsense
~One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor.
~I'm mature and you're not. Nah nah nah nah nah nah!
~Eat healthy. Work right. Die anyway.
~I have a dream and in it, something eats you.
~Its sad your own mom dresses you like that.
~Everyone is beautiful on the inside. If you think bones and guts are beautiful.
~Its always funny until someone gets hurt. Then its hysterical
~My imaginary friend thinks you have serious problems
~If aliens are looking for intelligent life, why the hell are you scared?!
~I called Sasuke gay and he hit me with his purse.
~I met Nicole Richie!! No wait, that might've been a twig...
~Looking for a perfect girl? Go buy yourself a barbie doll.
~If idiots could fly this place would be an airport.
~I know KUNG-FU and 42 other dangerous words
~Me and the gummy bears have a plot to rule the world but shhh its a secret!
~Quick, whats the number for 9-1-1?
~You should always proofread what you write in case you any words.
~I could eat a bowl of alphabet soup and crap out a better conversation than you.
~I ran into my ex today. Then I put it in reverse and hit him again.
~By the time you finished reading this you'll realize you just wasted 5 seconds of your life
~I burst laughing out in class today...I got that joke you told yesterday
~Hi! I'm human. What're you?
~Have you considered suing your brain for non-support?
~I'd like to see things from your point of view but I can't seem to get my head that far up my ass!
~Everyone has a right to be ugly, but you're abusing that privilege.
~If we were to kill everyone who thought you were stupid, it wouldn't be murder; it would be genocide!
~I'd like to leave you with one thought...but I'm not sure you have anywhere to put it!
~Wherever there is life there is love
~I may not be perfect but at least I'm confident
~Sometimes all we need are each other
~Life is like a circle. No wonder I'm so dizzy.
~Yeah I'm a loser, but I'm the coolest loser you'll ever meet
~A friend would call you a retard but a best friend would call you one and act like one with you.
~Boy break hearts so why don't we break their necks?
~One night, I looked up into the sky. I began counting the reasons why I love you. I was doing great until I ran out of stars.
~When they laugh, we'll laugh along too. Because we know better. We know.
~I wanted to send you something SEXY... but the mail man told me to get out of the mail box...
~When you call us BITCHES we just look at each other and crack up, because we knew that WAAAAAAAAAAY BEFORE YOU DID!
~Last night I lay in my bed looking up at the stars and thought to myself, WHERE THE FUCK IS MY CEILING!?
~Am I pissing you off-fa-fa?
~We are the people our parents warned us about!
~If I promise not to kill you... can I have a hug?
~Some people are like slinkies... they're really good for nothing! But they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight of stairs! ( )
~I don't have a short attention span, I just... Oh look a kitty!
~I love this RETARD I call my BEST FRIEND!!
~I didn't hit you... I simply high-fived your face!
~Exactly how much fun can I have before I go to hell?
~ If I had half a mind..I would still be smarter than you!!
~Some say the glass is half full, others the glass is half empty, all I want to know is who's drank my water!
~All people have the right to stupidity but some people abuse the privilege.
~MENtal pain, MENtal anxiety, MENstrual cramps, MENopause... all our problems start with men!
~Don't knock on Death's door. Ring the bell and run--he hates that.
~Come to the dark side. We have cookies.
~In order to lose your mind, you have to have one in the first place.
~I've learned from my mistakes, and I'm sure I could repeat them exactly.
~In the play Hamlet, Hamlet says to be or not to be that is the question. What I wanna know is... whats the answer?
~The word "politics" used to describe the process so well; "Poli-" in latin means "many" and "tics" means "blood-sucking creatures."
~Light travels faster than sound. That is why...some people seem bright until you hear them speak.
~You have the right to remain silent, anything you say will be misquoted and used against you.
~An optimist is someone who falls off the empire state building and after 50 floors says "So far so good!"
~Chaos, panic, pandemonium, my work here is done.
~If two wrongs don't make a right, try three


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If you can break like thunder and have the skills of Fast Eddie, then you have been warming up for the 28th Annual Seminole Florida State Billiards Championships taking place at the Hard Rock Live at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino this week. The tournament is open to all sanctioned, qualified VNEA players in the State of Florida and the Bahamas (if you have to ask what VNEA is, then you aren't qualified). BCA and ACS sanctioned players are also invited to participate (you know who you are). The tournament will consist of several divisions including men's singles, women's singles and Scotch Doubles. The entry fees are $50 for singles and $100 for doubles. If you have no pool skills but just like to see the science of physics at work, admission is free for spectators.
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— Bank of America plans to cut at least is 3,500 jobs and possibly up to 10,000 in a major restructuring of one of the nation's largest banks, the Wall Street Journal reported.
In an article posted online late Thursday, the Journal said Bank of America would cut 3,500 of its approximately 300,000 positions by the end of September. The total number of cuts has not been determined but one person familiar with the situation said at least 10,000 jobs are likely to be eliminated.
"I know it is tough to have to manage through reductions," "but we owe it to our customers and our shareholders to remain competitive, efficient and manage our expenses carefully," CEO Brian Moynihan said in a memo to managers, according to the Journal.
Many banks have been eliminating jobs as the global economy hits another slow patch after barely emerging from a recession that technically ended in 2009.
London-based HSBC Holdings recently announced plans to cut about 30,000 jobs worldwide by the end of 2013.
Bank of America shares are down 47 percent this year and 28 percent this month alone, when the market has been hit by a wave of volatility.
The bank has been working through a slew of problems related to the mortgage mess, many of which it inherited when it bought subprime lending specialist Countrywide Financial in 2008.


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Original Air Date: December 18, 2010
The Self-Sufficient Homestead
Original Air Dates: Monday, December 6th and Monday, December 13th, 2010 at 12:00PM CT.
This is a 2-hour podcast containing two episodes of The Self-Sufficient Homestead show with Johnny Max and the Queen.
1st Hour: Episode 103: Improving Soil Naturally. John and Tammy look at how to improve your sandy soil naturally based on a book published in 1898 called "Clover Farming." John says, "We are learning so much from old books we find on www.archive.org."
2nd Hour: Episode 104: Drought Tolerant Plants. John and Tammy talk about a few plants they plan on trying on their Texas homestead. These are plants that are drought tolerant and they are hoping to plant them and forget them. They also chew the fat and shoot the breeze quite a bit. 🙂
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No restraintsMature
She holds me in her arms possessively for a minute or two before she finally let go. She backs off an inch or two and her gaze meet mine. A moment pass in complete uninterrupted silence from our part yet just the glow in her eyes tell more than words could.
We don't need to think about it, we don't need to say it, we just follow our impulse; our lips meet and our mouth become one. We make out without holding back in the dimly lit alley, her back against the cold brick wall.
It doesn't end with just the lips, our tongue soon follow while out hands begin drifting away and exploring the shape of the other's body. Inside of my head, primal instincts, fuel by the predatory nature of the blood, work their way to slowly take over the rational mind.
Silently beast cries; Take her, dominate her, make her yours, take what should be yours. Now, no more waiting, no fooling around. She belongs to you.
That's what the beast is, kill or be killed, dominate or be dominated. There's no middle ground to the blood's urges, love, compassion, friendship are irrelevant at best, bitter lies at worst.
Gently, I push her away and we both take a moment to catch our breath, leaning against the other, breathing strongly into the other's neck and exhaling cloud of vapor.
"I'm sorry, I got carried away..." I apologize to her once my breathing regain it's normal rate.
"What are you apologizing for? You didn't do anything."
"I shouldn't have come onto you like this."
"If I hadn't wanted it, I would have pushed you away before it even began. Look, I know what I've said before about not wanting a relationship but your absence made me realized I cared for you. I kept worrying if it was my fault and then I saw that your disappearance itself was something that hurt even if it wasn't my fault."
"What about Alek?" I ask with a moderate degree of reluctance and a crack of discomfort.
She sighs and take a moment to gather her thoughts before she answers; "I don't even know myself what is going on with Alek and I. It's a big wobbly mess of complicated and ambiguous. He likes me and I do kind of like him back but is it romance or love or not, that I have no F'ing clue."
"But you like him?"
"Maybe, but it doesn't mean that I can't like other people... I don't even like that word to describe relationships,; 'Like' I don't think you can love someone halfway..."
"So you're saying that you don't have to choose?"
"Basically, yes. Look... Do you want to go back to my place?"
"Just like that?" I ask surprised, almost shocked.
"Just like that. No strings attached, no pretend to be knightly crap. No ritual and all, just doing what we want."
Once more, there's a maelstrom of feelings inside of me, the surprise of the offer against preconceived notions of romance that I sort of held, anticipation, desire and a dash of happiness of companionship all mixed with the beast's confusion about who 'wins' against who...


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All across the nation, families are sitting down with loved ones to meals of turkey and mashed potatoes, but for local people without any place to go, the holiday can be asad time. However, that couldn have been farther from the truth on Saturday at the Tigard Church of God, which hosted an early Thanksgiving dinner for anyone interested in having a home cooked meal. The church put the word out to local senior centers, Tigard High School students, Boy Scout troops and members of the church youth and children ministries. want to make the community aware that we are here to serve them, Culver said. The yearly feast has become a way for local seniors who don receive meals on weekends to get a meal and socialize with friends, and provides a place for families in need to spend a few hours. to have dinner, Culver said. Looking for a Thanksgiving meal? There are a few places locally offering a free Thanksgiving meal to families with no place to go this year. O St. Elsie J. Hall Blvd., in Beaverton. There is no shortage of places to gather this Thanksgiving for people looking to get a home cooked meal. Beaverton Christian Church is also hosting a holiday meal for members of the community on Thanksgiving and Portland Meals on Wheels People a nonprofit organization that provides warm meals to seniors across the Portland area is organizing two local Thanksgiving day meals at the Tigard Senior Center and the Elsie J. Stuhr Center in Beaverton. The group has Thanksgiving meals at sites across Portland for 43 years, said Julie Piper Finley, director of marketing and communications for Meals on Wheels People. is the one holiday we have that all about food and being thankful. For seniors, we serve many who have had an abundance of life experience. They fought in World War II, they worked careers, and these are people who very often have ended up in a place in life where their family is gone or lives far away from them. How can you turn your back and say, you on your own? Both Meals on Wheels dinners are open to all ages. lot of people are coming over because they don have anyone to have Thanksgiving with, Piper Finley said. on Thursday. Meals on Wheels spends its days making sure local seniors have access to warm meals, but Piper Finley said the Thanksgiving dinners do more than just supply food for people. percent of it is making sure they have someone to have the dinner with, she said. The agency delivers about 5,000 meals on an average day, Finley Piper added. is actually a small day for us, she said. The group plans to serve about 1,000 people at its dinner celebrations and is delivering another 1,000 dinners to homebound seniors as part of its regular deliveries. The dinner includes all the traditional Thanksgiving delights, Finley Piper said, including roasted turkey and gravy, cranberry sauce, stuffing, mashed potatoes, yams, potato rolls and, of course, pumpkin pie. 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A also is referred to as a in a game and an extra shot a golfer gets in informal golf after making a poor stroke. could call it the mulligan on Mulligan Street, Rainer said. Sarah Kwartler mom accidentally started her on the 10K instead of the 5K and, though the the Lake Oswego High School freshman realized after about three miles that it was the longer race, she finished it. just decided to go for it, so that awesome. She could have quit, Rainer said. It changed the participation count by one when Kwartler mom emailed Rainer after the fact, and there were a few other changes. Timing company Accustat Sports Timing, which clocked the runners (except for the non timed Kids Dash), did an excellent job, but as is typical of larger races, a few runners times didn come through because the plastic timing chip in some racers bibs was covered up by a sweatshirt knotted around someone waist, or a bib got balled up, Rainer said. But she said she only received three or four emails from people saying something went awry with their timing, which is on a percentage basis because of how many people participated. No matter what time runners got, with the cost of admission, they supported local charities. The primary recipients of event proceeds are Clackamas Women Services, Clackamas Children Center and Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA). The Women Club also supports three $1,000 college scholarships per year for Lake Oswego and West Linn students who perform an exemplary level of community service. Since 1974, the Lake Oswego Women Club has donated almost $2 million to local charities. The event also benefitted locals with the free to attend Lake Run festival at Millennium Plaza Park, which featured an inflatable slide, crafts and activities, food vendors, music pumping from ClubSport speakers and sponsors tents offering some complimentary items for visitors. 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--While insiders maintain the Dolphins have Jake Long as the highest-rated prospect in the draft, their grade on the All-American offensive tackle is only slightly higher than that of pass rushers Vernon Gholston and Chris Long. The Dolphins are so torn as to whom to select, they're essentially auctioning off the pick -- for the lowest contract.
Insiders tell me the initial offer sent to Jake Long's representatives was $10-15 million less than what the first and second picks of last year's draft (Oakland quarterback JaMarcus Russell and Detroit wide receiver Calvin Johnson) stand to earn with their rookie deals. Should one of the three be willing to sign for a significantly lower sum, the Dolphins could find themselves drafting a player who they don't necessarily have ranked at the top of their board.
--Several teams in the top 10 are looking to make a trade, but none more so than New England. Owners of the seventh overall pick due to their trade during last year's draft with the San Francisco 49ers, the Patriots aren't opposed to the idea of moving up to secure a unique pass rusher like Vernon Gholston. They may look to swing a deal with Kansas City at No. 5 to leapfrog ahead of the rival Jets.
A significant trade-down possibility also looms, as there is a lot of smoke coming out Dallas that Jerry Jones is willing to package his two first-round picks to move into the top 10. So who would the Cowboys be packaging the picks for -- since running back Darren McFadden is considered a lock to be among the first six players drafted? Sources wouldn't specify, but the Cowboys are thought to be quite high on the versatility of Troy cornerback Leodis McKelvin and Michigan state wide receiver Devin Thomas, prospects who also happen to be two of the elite kick returners in this draft.
A draft-day trade landed Calvin Pace and Bryant Johnson
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--If the Falcons draft someone other than Ryan with the third pick, could it spark an Aaron Rodgers/Brady Quinn-like drop down the board for the BC passer? Some teams seem to think so. Three general managers mentioned Ryan as the likeliest "surprise faller" of 2008's first round. "He's a good player," one GM told me, "I'm just not sure he's a great player. Some of the teams we thought would jump all over him now we're hearing may not." Despite the hype, Ryan hasn't been a legitimate candidate for the first overall pick for weeks and may be growing out of favor in the Atlanta and Kansas City front offices, as well. Some suggest Baltimore, with the eighth pick, is the earliest Ryan may now go.
--One player who appears well on his way toward recovering his once falling stock is Oregon running back Jonathan Stewart. In visiting with several teams over the past two weeks, Stewart is reassuring clubs that his turf toe injury is healing as expected. Speculated by some as falling out of the first round, Stewart is now a possibility to make the top 15, and could leap back ahead of Illinois' Rashard Mendenhall as the second running back selected.
Meanwhile, LSU defensive tackle Glenn Dorsey continues to be a hot topic because of lingering concerns about a 2006 stress fracture in his leg. Dorsey skipped the medical re-check in Indianapolis in early April, but one team said, "We checked him and our doctors believe he is healing well." Considered a top three pick, the perception on Dorsey's leg among teams with high selections will help shape the first hour of the draft.
Considered a late first-round prospect, Auburn defensive end Quentin Groves is also trying to steady his stock. He sent a letter to all 32 teams following heart surgery March 27 to treat his Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome. WPW is an abnormality in the heart's electrical system that can lead to rapid heartbeats if left untreated. Said a source from one team, "The procedure is effective. There is no concern."
--The news that Michigan wide receiver Mario Manningham and Kansas cornerback Aqib Talib admitted to testing positive for marijuana during their collegiate careers is certain to have a negative impact on their draft stocks. The question is just how much -- and is it the same for both players? Both are first-round caliber athletes, but some insiders would be stunned if either was selected that high. "I don't know how you could justify to your owner that you're taking one of those two," one source explained. "On the one hand (Manningham) you've got a guy who lied to your face. On the other, you have a guy (Talib) who's failed multiple tests."
Rob Rang is a Senior Analyst for NFLDraftScout.com, distributed by The Sports Xchange.


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Superstocks Joe Burns moves to BSB for 2015
Burns to join In House Developments Kawasaki team
BRITISH Superstock front-runner Joe Burns is to move to the British Superbike championship for 2015.
The 22-year-old, who finished eighth in the Pirelli National Superstock 1000 championship this year, will join the newly-formed In House Developments Kawasaki team in BSB.
Burns made a BSB wildcard appearance at Assen this year in addition to lining up in the Superstock class. He's now working on a winter testing programme ahead of his first full BSB season.
He said: 'I can't thank everyone involved at In House Developments enough for this great opportunity. We are building a new bike for the season and we aim to be testing towards the end of January and the start of February. I am over the moon to be moving into the Superbike championship. I feel that I am at the point now where I wanted to move up and I am really chuffed we have been able to make it happen in 2015.
'I know the Kawasaki very well and the team of guys around me is set to be extremely strong. We think that top 10 finishes aren't out of reach. The package will be by far the best I've been involved with to date so testing can't come soon enough.'
In House Developments Director Russell Crowther said: 'We're delighted to be working with Joe and the team in 2015. We have followed motorcycle racing around the world for many years, from BSB to MotoGP, so to finally have our own team on track is a tremendous feeling. We're confident that 2015 can be a great debut season and we can't wait to get out there.'
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There are early signs that the car companies will come out of what has been a very dark period far stronger than predicted just as the market starts growing again. The key players are going through something of a self help programme to get back on track after the government well of support ran dry. Whilst far from perfect, they are carrying out one of the largest restructurings ever to deal with overcapacity issues that have dogged European car manufacturing since the 1970s. Meanwhile, industry body LMC Automotives data points to a period of greater predictability around demand. This could all mean a return to balance sheet optimisation and normal liquidity levels, potentially resulting in EUR15 billion becoming available for European headquartered car makers alone. Volume players have seen the proportion of the manufacturing capacity they actually use fall from 80 per cent before the crisis to close to 60 per cent. Some production plants in Western Europe are believed to be running at as low as 20-30 per cent capacity. But looking at their plans to close plants and optimise production, we predict capacity use will rise to 75 per cent by 2015 which is when meaningful growth is expected to return. This means capacity use at the bottom of the sales cycle could be close to what it was when the market was performing at its peak. That is real progress for a sector going through one of the most difficult periods in its history. The combined losses of high-volume car manufacturers reached more than EUR12 billion last year. Even the premium car makers, who previously benefitted from extraordinary profits in China, are no longer immune to the challenges of the European market. Faced with this backdrop, and more than five years substantial uncertainty, optimising balance sheets for shareholder returns has been a luxury none have afforded. CEOs have instead acknowledged the pressure from credit ratings agencies since the 2008 crisis and demanded shock-proof balance sheets with substantial liquidity. The US addressed the overcapacity issue after the financial crisis by pumping some USD80 billion of government money into the industry. After the American market peaked in the 1960s, VMs struggled to deal with structural overcapacity. The injection of public cash allowed a one off re-setting of capacity which had a profound impact on the big three car makers GM, Ford and Chrysler bringing them back from the brink. Europe had to find another way. Although European governments spent EUR30 billion to provide what the European Commission described as breathing space for reorganisation or rather, avoiding reorganisation its help largely ended there. Thats why more capacity reduction from full plant closures has been announced in the past 12 months in Europe than in the decade-and-a-half before that. Estimates vary about how many plants need to close. Some have said as many as 20, and our own analysis suggested 10. Thats from a total of 51 volume VM assembly plants across the continent. Last year, we moved on from thinking about how many plants should close and undertook a detailed study into which ones could be closed. We analysed models, engines, platforms and suppliers, and did not underestimate the social and political sensitivities behind closing car plants. We developed a five plant closure scenario which we believed affordable and enough to make a meaningful difference. The European VMs then started announcing their restructurings. We predicted fairly accurately what GM, Ford and PSA would do all have shut plants but Fiat and Renault decided to shut none. Both have moved production of new models, initially planned for elsewhere, to Europe to make better use of their capacity. Plenty of risks remain of course. The European macro economy is probably top of the list, but there are also more specific car industry concerns. Price discipline is one of them discounting appears to be increasing but we see pockets of more promising progress. We should also not forget that none of the scheduled plant closures have yet happened and a reversal would be very damaging. However, if anything, these plans are being accelerated. Another concern is, while debt markets have been exceptionally helpful to VMs in providing ready access to capital, this support must continue to 2015 and beyond. Linked to this is the view of the credit ratings agencies. It is intrinsic in their approach that they will lag in their re-rating of the sector as it improves. This might delay the potential reduction in liquidity as they await a greater degree of proof that the change is long term and sustainable. 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