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Problem with Headphones
I have some Plantronic headphones I got for my Dell Inspiron 560 desktop and can't seem to get audio out of any connection in the back of the computer. I do have speakers hooked up and they work fine. I know the headphones work as I plug them into my MP3 player and get signal. There are actually 6 in/out slots in back for audio as follows:
rear L/R surround
side L/R surround
front L/R line out (speakers are connected here)
line in
I've tried the headphones in every output connector including the front l/r line out and I get nothing.
Am I doing something wrong? Or do I have a hardware problem? What is the proper configuration if one wants to have both speakers and headphones connected to a computer or is that not possible?
Thanks for any direction and/or suggestions.
Is this an aftermarket audio PCI card? Just asking because I did not think Dells came with surround sound hardware and outputs.
Either way, see if you can find the audio control panel and check the headphone volume. Feature-rich audio cards often have separate volume controls for the various outputs. If that is not it then I would suspect that you have bad connection at that jack since your getting sound out of speakers and the headphones work with other devices.
After tinkering some more I believe what I've learned is that if I have audio playing through the speakers...and then unplug them and plug the headphones into the line out I just unplugged the speakers from....the headphones don't pick up the signal in progress. But if I then stop and restart the media that is playing...seems to work. Someone advised me to pick up a Plantronics PC Headset Speaker switch so I just ordered one on Amazon for $20. Hopefully it will work fine and I can keep everything plugged in and use the switch to select what I want to use..speakers or headset.
I did notice that the headphone volume wasn't all that loud....that's where the audio control panel you mention might help out. Will have to look for that.
Re: Problem with Headphones
I have another suggestion for you.
1. First be sure that you are not sharing ports in the front and back. The green port in the back is the same port thats used as a headphone in the front. The same goes for the pink microphone jack. So be sure only ONE of these (either the front or the back) is in use.
2. If no sound comes from the front jacks, go into "Reaklek HD Audio Manager" and in the "Audio I/O" tab click the little wrench button next to the word "Analog."
3. In this setting, CHECK "Disable Front Panel Jack Detection."
4. Click OK and suddenly you should be hearing audio and recording with your mic from the front jacks.
Hope this helps you guys, Good luck!
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Acknowledgements: Well it has been quite the ride everyone. It looks like this will be my last issue of Sensation Comics, and I leave it now with a heavy heart, but also with a bit of excitement as I look to the future. Mayhem has been very kind to me, and I would like to that
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Tis the Season: Part Four
Dec. 24, 2012 3:29 PM
Kitrina was never the biggest fan of hospital food. She held up the cardboard like Salisbury, eying it with disgust, and made a sort of grunting noise before setting it back down on the plate.
"You know, sometimes I think I would have preferred freezing to death over having to eat this crap." She said to the woman sitting across from her, sitting up wearing a leopard print long sleeve blouse, and leather pants.
Selina had never been the type to dress casual for her daytime outings. Kitrina had learned from her short time period as her working partner. Selina had a sort of appreciation for the finer things in life, and she would sometime wear the things she stole from the higher echelon of Gotham as a sort of trophy or statement. What she didn't keep for herself was normally sold to fences, and the cash from that was used to buy even more nice things. This outfit Selina was wearing today was one of those stolen items she had decided to keep. Kitrina knew because she had seen Selina steal the outfit on their first outing together, when Kitrina was just starting to learn the ropes in the "Catwoman School of Burglary".
"Don't complain. At least you're getting the chance to live another day. It's already a miracle that you managed to get away from Doctor Elliot. The guy cut out my heart once, literally, but you managed claw up his ugly mug after turning yourself into a walking Popsicle."
Selina was right. She really shouldn't be causing a fuss. The truth was that Kitrina had barely escaped with her life a few nights ago. She had sustained not only lacerated liver, bruised ribs, a sprained ankle, and several cuts and bruises all over both wrists; she had also developed critical hypothermia. Her body temperature had dropped below eighty degrees Fahrenheit, and Selina had told her that when they rescued her she resembled a corpse. Kitrina had been very lucky though. None of her limbs had turned black, or had to be removed. For the first day she had been in intense pain, as feeling slowly come back, but today things were a little easier. She had been sewn and bandaged up, the pins and needles feeling she had felt when recovering from being numb was gone, and now she was receiving blood to replace what she had lost during her tangle with Hush.
Kitrina had really been lucky, because the thing about Dr. Thomas Elliot is that he was much more than just a typical psychopath. Doctor Thomos Elliot, also known as Hush in the criminal underworld of Gotham, had once been a great surgeon, but at some point he had gone off the deep end, cut up his own face to resemble that of Bruce Wayne in some strange attempt to get back at him, or at least that was what Selina had explained to her. Selina had also explained to Kitrina that she had suspected that Hush might be involved when she saw the operating table in the container back at the docks. She had wanted Kitrina to get away before Hush got to her, but she had no idea that he was already there, waiting for her. The only way that Batman, Nightwing, and she had found Kitrina was because of a lone bat-tracker that Selina had placed on Kitrina's uniform.
"I suppose I should say, thank you."
"There's no need to thank me. I said I would help you, and I meant it, but you're welcome anyway."
"What happened to Hush anyway?"
"After you were taken care of, Nightwing went to help Batman. The two of them took him down pretty quickly, and took him to Arkham. When he wakes up, Batman and the Commissioner are supposed to question him."
"So that was his equipment in that cargo container."
"It seems that way. You never quite explained to me what you were looking for there anyway. I figured it had to do with your cousin, but I didn't want to interfere because, I know very well what it's like to want to settle a personal score, and the need to settle it on your own terms." Selina's words resonated with Kitrina, at least a little bit anyway. She highly respected her former mentor, but after what she did there was very little connection left between the two of them. At one point, Kitrina had hoped to never see her feline-loving mentor ever again, but after all that had happened, she could appreciate that Selina was at least trying to repair what damage had been done. It was more than her Uncle Mario had ever done.
"I suppose I do owe you a little bit of an explanation."
"A little?" Selina mocked
"Don't push it." Kitrina retorted, "After Ana's funeral, I got a hold of an old family friend, named Samuel Finch. He gave me some financial records of my Uncle Mario's business dealings over the past few months. He also pointed out a name to me, a Doctor Loeb. Payments made to the docks, plus the connection Uncle Mario, and Doctor Loeb had to the records is what led me there. I was hoping I could find another lead that would lead me to Ana's killer, and I suppose in a way it did. I figured out pretty quick that Hush had to be Doctor Loeb. It was only thing that made sense." Kitrina sighed, "Do you think Hush, killed Ana?"
"I don't know, but if he did there's no way you could get to him now." Selina replied. Kitrina looked down, and clenched the bed sheets in her palms. She felt defeated, but more than that she was angry. She was so close to getting the answers she needed, and possibly even to avenging her cousin. Now, thanks to the Bat, her one solid lead was locked behind bars, and in her current condition, she was in no shape to go trouncing into Arkham, just so she could bloody or kill the once great surgeon.
"What am I going to do, Selina?" Kitrina asked. Now that her lead was gone, she would have to start all over, and this time without a name. Perhaps she could salvage something, but it seemed almost impossible at this point. "I can't let whoever killed Ana get away with this."
What happened next was the last thing Kitrina expected. Selina reached up and took Kitrina's hand, and actually smiled what actually seemed a genuine smile, and was that actually a look of sympathy coming from the Catwoman of all people?
"I know it's hard, kiddo, and I'm not the best when it comes to doing something like this, as you probably well know, but sometimes the best way to get our vengeance on those who hurt us, is to keep moving on. I know it sucks, and it hurts like hell, but sometimes the biggest kick these assholes get out of hurting others, is seeing them hurt. When you show them that they can't hurt you anymore, it's like you're spitting in their face, and I think, right now, that maybe trying to keep moving forward would help you more than anything." After Selina finished a long silence passed between them, until Kitrina finally spoke up.
"Okay, so when did you become Granny Fortune Cookie?" Kitrina started to laugh before clutching her side, and wincing in pain. Selina drew her hand back and scrunched her face up at Kitrina.
"That's what you get, you smart-mouth brat!" Selina spat. Kitrina was still chuckling slightly while trying to bear the pain, but despite the pain. It was the best she had felt since coming back to Gotham.
"So what have you been up too, you know before, you were pulling my frozen ass out of the river, and all?" Kitrina said still smiling.
"The usual mostly, a couple heists here, and there to get the blood pumping, taking in a stray clown, who just so happens to be just about as good as you are about giving me a heart-attack, and I almost caught myself on fire, while fighting a couple wacko's in record store that just so happened to be ablaze." Selina rambled causing Kitrina to stare at her in almost disbelief, much to her misfortune though Selina saw this, and grinned devilishly as she said, "I think I also managed a one-night stand with Batman somewhere in between as well."
"EWW!!!" Kitrina wailed, "I swear Selina, sometimes you are a total Sl…" Kitrina didn't get to finish her sentence when Selina reached up and put a finger over her mouth startling the girl.
"Na-ah! Nobody uses the S word with me. Not even you darling. Besides, you're one to talk; you never could keep your eyes off Nightwing's ass." Selina teased taking her hand down from Kitrina's face ,that just so happened to be blushing brighter than any Christmas tree in all of Gotham at that time.
"I HAVE NEVER LOOKED AT HIS ASS!" She wailed.
"Oh really, I seem to recall that one time in particular, when you said, and I quote: 'Ugh, I hate to admit it, but Night-Jerk sure does have a cute butt." Selina teased while mockingly imitating Kitrina's voice.
"You're lying, I never said that!"
"Whatever, honey, deny it all you want, but this woman knows when her Kittens see something they like." Selina playfully stuck her tongue out at her ex-protégé who just glared at her with as much contempt as she could muster. The argument about might have continued had it not been for a knock that suddenly came at the door to Kitrina's room. The girls suddenly straightened their demeanor as a middle aged looking gentleman with black hair showing tips of grey on the edges stuck his head in the door. He was a bit stocky, but not overweight. He wore khaki slacks, and a white sweater with a black blazer worn over it.
"Hello, I sure hope, I'm not interrupting." He said with a thick Sicilian accent. Kitrina smiled at the man and waved, but Selina stood up and walked over to the man, a slight look of disapproval hinting at the edges of her face.
"Can I help you, sir?" Selina asked, with a slight defensive tone in her voice.
"Uh, yes ma'am, I'm just here to pick Lady Kitrina." The man replied.
"Relax Selina," Kitrina cut in, "This is Samuel Finch, the guy I told you about. I called him a little earlier today, and he's going to take me back to his place where I can rest up."
"What!?" Selina cried, "You're in no shape to go anywhere."
"Please, Selina, there is no way in hell I'm staying here another moment. Believe it or not, the Falcone name still has a little weight behind it, even if it is just me." Kitrina said as Sam walked over to her bedside, "You see, Sam has been a long-time friend of my grandfather, and he even watches over my own trust fund. Even during that time I was at Ambridge, he still looked after my money, and didn't even let Mario near it even after he tried to convince Sam that I was dead."
"Your friend is right though, Lady Kitrina. You look like you were badly injured. Perhaps you should stay longer, and let the doctors have a closer look at you. I'm not so sure recovering in one of my guest rooms, at the bistro, is such a good idea."
"I'm leaving this hospital Sam, and there's nothing either of you can say that will convince me otherwise." Kitrina said while pointing at both Selina and Sam. "Besides, the doctor's told me that I should be cleared to go home this evening, after I finish getting the blood I need."
Sure enough, it was as Kitrina had said, and she was taken off the blood transfusion after a short while. During the time that the blood had finished Sam and Selina talked a little more, and they seemed to be getting along fairly well. Kitrina was happy about that, Selina was a bit over protective at times, but she meant well. Sam had always been a very good friend. She never kept in contact with him due to the possibility that Mario might find out where she was. She remembered the first time she met Sam, when as a little girl she had walked in on a meeting between Sam, Mario, and her Grandfather. Mario had tried to shoo her away, but she remembered her grandfather calling her over, and setting her on his knee anyway. She also remembered how Sam had smiled at her warmly, as he had reached in his pocket and pulled out a piece of bubble-gum to give her, after asking her grandfather's permission. Ever since that day Kitrina had loved Sam like a beloved Uncle. In truth, Sam had been more of an Uncle to her than Mario ever had.
When the minimal amount of time had passed to see if there were going to be any adverse reactions to the blood transfusion, Kitrina called for a wheelchair to be sent up to her room. As Sam was getting ready to leave to bring the car around, he turned and shook Selina's hand one last.
"I have to admit Mr. Finch, I had you pegged wrong at first, but I suppose you seem like a pretty nice guy. Normally, I'm pretty good about reading people, but maybe she'll be in alright hands with you." Selina said while shaking the man's hand.
"Thank you, ma'am, I appreciate it. I promise you she's in safe hands with me." Sam took his hand away then pulled out a small card from his jacket, "Take my card. It's got the address to the Bistro on it. Feel free to stop by and visit Kitrina, anytime you would like, and if you're feeling up to it I can cook you one of the best meals you've ever had."
"I may take you up on that offer." Selina replied with a formality that Kitrina had rarely seen. Sam said his final good-byes as he headed out to the car. A few moments laderthe nurse came in and detached all the hospital equipment from Kitrina, then stepped out while Selina stayed behind to help Kitrina into the loose fitting sweater and sweat pants that Sam had brought with him for her to change into.
The process was a little more difficult that she thought it would be. Her wounds throbbed a little, but she gritted her teeth and bared the pain.
"Kitrina, I want you to know that you don't have to be a stranger, okay?" Selina said softly to the girl as she helped pull the sweater over the girl's head, "I know some people who can get you set up in a nice place of your own, here in Gotham, away from all these dealings with the old crime families. You can start a whole new life again, you know?"
"Thanks for the offer Selina, really." Kitrina replied, "I think though it time I quit running away from my past. It caught up to me the last time, I tried to live a normal life, so I think maybe it's best if I just deal with it."
"I suppose, I can appreciate that." Selina sighed. Kitrina was finally dressed, and Selina helped to ease her down into the well chair. "Take care of yourself, okay. If you need anything you have my number."
"I may just take you up on that offer about a that place you were talking about." Kitrina smiled at her ex-mentor, and Selina smiled back. The nurse came in and got behind Kitrina, and asked her if she was ready to leave. When Kitrina acknowledged that she was ready, she looked back at her mentor, one last time.
"Merry Christmas, Selina." Kitrina said.
"Merry Christmas, Kitrina." Selina replied, and with that the nurse rolled Kitrina out into, and down the hallway. As she was leaving she looked back and saw a rather cute looking young guy, with dark hair, and a nice ass, approach Selina with a bouquet of flowers stuffed into a vase. She saw a few words being exchanged between the two of them, but if it was one thing she was never quite good at it was reading lips. Still despite that Kitrina could have sworn that from what little experience she did have reading lips, Selina referred to the guy as "boy wonder".
Oct 31, 2004
She was here again. Eight years old in the long hallway. The big white door. Her grandfather's office. Tabacco smell. Her grandfather lying down in a pool of blood. The man with two faces standing above her.
"Adios Kid," he said as he brought up the still smoking gun.
A crash. A bat. Gunfire. The boy that pulled her away. She looked back. Her grandfather's eyes still starring at her, saying "I love you" over and over again.
"Grandpa!" She cried. As she was swept up into the air. She cried, and cried, and cried. The boy wearing bright clothes of red, and green, and yellow, hugged her tight as she cried.
"That's enough, Kid. It's going to be alright."
Dec 25, 2012 5:05 AM
The nightmare had plagued Kitrina's dreams for years. She used to wake up in tears from it, but now she just slowly opened her eyes, set up on the bed, and ran on hand through her hair while taking a deep breath. She wasn't used to it. What girl could get used to seeing their grandfather murdered over and over again. The truth was that she had accepted it. Grandpa was dead, and there was nothing she could do about it. Those were the good days of her life in the Falcone family. The days of warm hugs by grandpa, the smell of sweet tobacco on his clothes, and then there were the presents. Her grandfather had always showered her with gifts, on her Birthday and Christmas day.
It wasn't about the gifts though, it was about her grandpa. She knew the truth. Grandpa had once been the most ruthless mobster in Gotham. Her grandpa killed, smuggled, and stole and often from those who had nothing to give. She knew the truth, but she still clung tightly to the memories. Her grandfather was not Carmine Falcone, the man who robbed Gotham, he was her Grandpa, the man who had always took her up and gave her these great big hugs. She missed him.
That was her childhood though, and that was gone now. Grandpa was never coming back, and neither was Ana. Kitrina was finally starting to accept it, and it amazed her just how much easier it was becoming. She had not even cried at Ana's funeral, and Ana had been the one thing left from the Falcone family that she treasured. To have something that precious ripped away from you was just indescribable. It was easier to accept, because of the one useful thing her Uncle Mario had told her, on the Christmas Eve after her Grandfather and her Mother had been killed. Kitrina remembered how alone she had felt, and how Mario had come to her one Christmas Eve night.
Dec 24, 2004 8:49 PM
"Hey doll, why you cryin'? It's Christmas Eve. A pretty doll like you should be happy." Uncle Mario said, as tears streamed down the little girl's cheek. Mario had come into the room after he had heard the little girl crying.
"I had a bad dream." She blubbered.
"Oh, what about?" Mario asked
"About grandpa. I miss him."
"Yeah, I know doll. I do too. He left Uncle with lot things to take care off. I could really use his help right now."
"Yep, even a little girl who cries about bad dreams." Mario whispered. Kitrina stopped crying and gasped for air, "You see doll, one day you're going to grow up to be a strong young lady of the Falcone family. Grandpa would be very mad to see you cryin' like you are. You don't want to let Grandpa down do you?" Kitrina reached up, and wiped the tears away as fast as she could, and shook her head. Her lip was still quivering, so she bit it to make sure she could hide all signs of crying. Mario smiled at her and patted her on the head.
"That's a good doll."
Dec 25, 2012 5:10 AM
Till this day, even though Mario was now worm food, Kitrina hated the word: doll, but despite Mario's cruel words to the little girl she had once been, she did grow up to be a strong lady of the Falcone family, and she was sure she had not let her grandfather down. She was just glad Mario was no longer around, and she could only imagine what hell Ana had to put up with when her father had been around. At least now, he would never have the chance to hurt Ana, and neither could he hurt her.
"Ugh, why the hell am I thinking about this crap again!?" Kitrina thought to herself, as she eased herself out of the bed. She winced in pain as both sock-covered feet hit the floor. The shift in pressure, and tensing of muscles caused her injuries to flare slightly. At least she was warm, thanks to the sweatpants, and long sleeved shirt she had worn to bed. She could hear a bit of commotion going on outside her door, and a dim light was shining through the cracks. She took small easy steps toward the door, being sure the grab a hold of what she could to help as a brace.
She eased open the door to Samuel Finch's studio apartment, which was set up above his popular Italian bistro. It was a rather modest setting, but it was large enough to accommodate a small family. Kitrina briefly wondered why Sam had never married. He was getting up in age now, but Kitrina had always known him as a very nice man. Had he wanted to, he should have had no problem catching him a nice girl to settle down with, but he never did, and Kitrina supposed that his reasons were his own, so she did not entertain the thought a second longer.
The light was coming from the bottom of the stairs, and Kitrina could make out now the various sounds of a cook at work. Grabbing hold of the rail, and taking the venture one step at a time Kitrina eased herself down the stairs. After stopping to catch her breath a few times, she finally made it near the bottom. The kitchen was lit up, and Sam was at one of the stoves cooking up a storm. The smell of crispy bacon and fresh eggs filled her senses, and suddenly she heard her stomach start to growl, and apparently so did Sam, when he turned and smiled at her.
"Good morning Lady Kitrina, I hope you slept well."
"Good morning Sam, and I suppose I've had worse nights." She replied.
"Seeing as what you've been through, I would agree." Sam said before pausing a moment to turn back to his cooking. "I had intended to fix you breakfast in bed, but I supposed you couldn't wait. Are you hungry?"
"Starving actually," Kitrina replied. Sam reached and grabbed a plate, and set two fresh eggs cooked over easy, and three slices of bacon on it before setting it down on one of the tables in the kitchen. He then quickly went out to the dining area, and came back with a chair for her to sit in. He even took the gentlemanly demeanor a step further, as he helped Kitrina into her chair.
Kitrina wasn't really used to the hospitality, but she welcomed it. She had never had Sam's cooking before, but had heard that he was quite the cook, and truth be told it wasn't that bad. Of course, after all you've had in the past several days is hospital food, and river water, almost anything would taste good. Sam stood there and watched her eat for a few seconds, before he held up his hand and said,
"Hold on a second, I have something I want to give you." He said, before he ran upstairs. Kitrina could hear a bit of rustling going on up there, but a short while later he came back down. In his hand was clutched a small red box wrapped with a green ribbon.
"I got this for you." Sam said as he held the box out to her.
"Aw, thank you, Sam" She said taking it from him. She was a little excited to be honest, because she had truthfully not received an actual present from anyone in quite some time.
"I was going to give it too you a little later, but I figured what the heck ya know." Sam said as Kitrina undid the ribbon, and removed the lid. What was inside was something she never thought she would have ever seen again. Inside was a large silver ring adorned with a red stone with a line of diamonds encircling it, and in the middle of the red stone there was a tiny golden "F" engraved into the surface. The ring was covered in scratches, the bottom of the ring was bent, and some of the diamonds were missing.
"It was your grandfather's. The entire male heads of the Falcone family would wear a ring just like that. Your grandfather was the only one who had two. One he wore for special occasions, and another that he wore to business. The nicer one was buried with him, but the other was left with me, and it's been in my possession for a while, but I think he would have wanted you to have it." Sam said.
Kitrina knew the ring very well. She had toyed with it several times while sitting on her grandfather's lap as a child. She wanted to say thank you, but she was at a complete loss for words as she cupped the tiny piece of jewelry in her hands and ran her finger around the rim. It was mostly worn away, but she could still partially make out the name: "Carmine Falcone" engraved on the inside of the ring. For a brief moment in time, everything seemed perfect in Kitrina's little world.
"Merry Christmas, doll." Sam said to her with a smile.
Kitrina froze. For a second she was not sure she had heard Sam right, but there was no mistaking what he had called her.
As she slowly looked up at Sam, a barrage of thoughts flooded her mind. Sam had been the first and only person she went to for help, when she had decided she was going to track down Ana's killer. It had also been Sam who had first mentioned the name Doctor Loeb. Doctor Loeb, who just so happened to be the psychotic ex-surgeon known as Hush, had been waiting for her, and the way he had trapped her had been meticulously prepared, almost as if he had known she was going to be there. If Sam had volunteered that information to Hush, then that would also explain how Hush knew who she was, but that wasn't what disturbed Kitrina the most. Hush had also asked her on that cold morning: "Is Mario Falcone dead?"
At the time, Kitrina had feared for her life, so any thought as to why Hush would ask such a thing had slipped her mind. Now she had a sinking feeling in her gut. A feeling that she knew why Hush had asked her that question. She just needed to know for sure.
"Um…Thanks Sam," Kitrina stammered, "Merry Christmas to you too."
"Don't mention it." Sam said. He took a rag out of his back pocket and began wiping his hands, and threw it over his shoulder as he turned to go and start cleaning up the kitchen. When he turned Kitrina got the answer she was looking for. At the base of Sam's neck was a fresh scar. A single line running from the base of his neck that disappeared into the hair line, but Kitrina was pretty sure it went up into his scalp. On each side of that scar were other smaller scars, dots that were evenly spaced on each side of the fading line.
Kitrina had seen similar scars on herself whenever she had to get pretty extensive stitching done. When she got stitching done it was normally to take care of a nasty cut, but judging by what she was seeing on Sam, it looked as if Sam had recently had a lot of work done. The type of work that a psychotic ex-surgeon who had changed his own face, would probably be more than happy to do for someone willing to pay the right price.
Kitrina slowly got up from her place at the table, doing her best not to make as little sound as possible as she did. On a nearby countertop, a mallet, designed to tenderize various meats, was laid out, waiting for the rotisseur to come in the next morning. Kitrina picked it up, as she slowly walked by. The weight of the jagged hammer was a little too much for her, as she felt her wounds protest in pain against her current movements, but instead she bit her lip and bared it.
She was standing close behind Sam when she finally stopped, and glared at the back of his head. Her hand tensed around the mallet's handle.
"Why?" She asked.
"Hm?" Sam piqued up and looked over his shoulder only to find Kitrina glaring into his eyes with something deeper than hatred. "What do you mean, Lady Kitrina?"
"You know, my Uncle Mario used to call me doll. With Mario it was a habit, but there has been nothing else in this world, that I have hated more, than to hear myself being referred to as a doll."
"I see." Sam said looking confused and a bit insulted at Kitrina's forwardness, "I'm sorry if I have offended you."
"Did you kill her?"
"Excuse me?"
"Don't play with me, Mario." Kitrina glared into her Uncle's eyes. It was a different face, but Kitrina knew for certain that she was talking to none other than, her dead Uncle. For a second, a silence passed between them, and finally Mario smiled.
"You know, I always said you were always too smart for your own good." He spat. Kitrina roared as she pulled the meat tenderizer out from behind her back, and swung it in a wide arc toward Mario's head. She didn't care that every bone in her body was screaming at her. Mario grabbed hold of her arm stopping the swing, but Kitrina mind was ablaze with a fury that she had never felt before. She kicked Mario in the groin with such force she felt him lift slightly off the ground. He lost his balance, and fell to his knees. In his pain he had loosen his grip on Kitrina's arm. Kitrina swung the hammer down on Mario with as much force as she could muster.
The first thing that went was his jaw, then his collar bone, and finally Kitrina brought the hammer down on Mario's hand crushing the bones connecting the fingers to the wrist. Mario lay at Kitrina's feet withering in pain. Kitrina stood above him, eyes wide and breathing heavily. She was beginning to see black spots in her vision, as the pain from over-exerting herself was starting to take its toll.
"This is your last chance!" She screamed, "Did you kill, Ana?"
"Yes! I killed the little shit! Are you happy now?!" He roared. The truth shook Kitrina, she had not wanted to believe it. She had asked simply on a gut feeling. Part of her wished, Mario had denied it, but instead the truth was out now, and a fury like she had never felt before was coursing through her hotter than any fire of hell could hope to achieve.
"She was your daughter!"
"What do you want from me you little brat!? You wonderin' how I could do such a thing! For your information, thanks to Pop getting two bullets through his skull, it was left to me to take care of this family. The Falcone name turned out to be a lost cause, and the only way to fix it, was to start over! Ana had to go!"
"She was twelve, she was my cousin, and you killed her!"
"You think I wanted to kill my little girl. I much rather it be me in that body bag, but I had to fix what Pop left behind. I couldn't do that with Ana around. The Falcone name would still be out there ruining any future we had! I had to fix it! What can't I get you to understand about that! I had to fix it! I have to fix it! I was fixing it, and then you had to come back! You know what you little shit, I wish Dent had put those two bullets in your skull instead of Pop's!"
"Go to hell!" Kitrina roared as she raised the mallet above her head, and brought it crashing down onto Mario's skull. She heard the sickening crunch as the blow shattered the skull, but even when Mario fell to the floor, Kitrina did not stop. She raised the mallet again and brought it crashing back down: again, again, and again.
By the time it was over, she couldn't feel her arm any more. The pain had become too much, now and her body was no longer cooperating. Kitrina felt lost. She could not make out the sound of the police sirens outside, nor the sound of the commissioner's voice as it was amplified by the megaphone in his hand. She did not realize it when two men clad in black came crashing in through the back door. She just floated in a sea of nothing, and it wasn't until one of the black clad men, the one known as Nightwing, walked up, and took hold of her. The touch startled Kitrina, and she looked up into blue eyes that were all too familiar. She knew now where she had seen those eyes before. It had been eight years, but she knew.
Kitrina had done it. She had avenged her cousin's death, she had killed her uncle, and she was still alive…still alive, A Falcone woman, and still alive. Grandfather would be proud.
"Kitrina," Nightwing whispered to her as he eased the bloodied mallet from her grasp, "It's going be alright now, okay." Then for the first time in nearly eight years, Kitrina cried.


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Red Wolves Open Sun Belt Play With 7-3 Victory Over UALR
JONESBORO, Ark. (3/16/12) - Senior Jacob Lee struck out seven batters in 7.1 innings, and center fielder Michael Faulkner went 4-for-5 with two stolen bases, two runs scored and another driven in to lead the Arkansas State Red Wolves to a 7-3 victory over the UALR Trojans in the Sun Belt Conference opener for both teams Friday night at Tomlinson Stadium and Kell Field.
With the win, ASU improved to 9-8 on the season and 1-0 in SBC play, while UALR dropped to 13-6, 0-1. The Red Wolves out-hit the Trojans 15-7 on the night after UALR came into the game as the Sun Belt's top offensive team, leading the league with a team batting average of .328. Lee, along with relievers Brandon Farley and John Koch, combined to hold the Trojans to a .212 average on the night.
Arkansas State did most of its damage in the first three innings, scoring three times in the first, once in the second and once again in the third. Designated hitter Ryan Emery put the Red Wolves on the scoreboard with a two-run home run in the first, and an RBI single from third baseman Claude Johnson later in the inning gave the Red Wolves a 3-0 advantage.
"It was a good effort on our part," said ASU head coach Tommy Raffo. "They have a really good pitcher on the bump on Friday night and we were able to throw the first punch tonight. That was something that we had not done all year. And Jacob Lee was outstanding. It was a stellar performance on his part tonight against a very good hitting club."
The Red Wolves added a run in the second when Faulkner singled and eventually scored on a passed ball, and an RBI single from Faulkner in the third gave the Red Wolves a 5-0 advantage.
Second baseman Zach Maggio drove in a run when he reached on a fielder's choice in the seventh to extend the Arkansas State advantage to 6-0, before UALR scored once in the eighth when second baseman Chris Burk singled to drive in a run.
Arkansas State took advantage of a UALR error to get the run back in the bottom of the eighth to go up 7-1, and a two-run double from Trojan third baseman Bryson Thionnet in the ninth set the final at 7-3.
Lee gave up one run on five hits with three walks, to improve to 3-0 on the season. UALR starter Chance Cleveland suffered his first loss of the season after a 4-0 start. Cleveland gave up five runs on 10 hits in 4.1 innings of work, striking out three and walking three.
Emery, right fielder Kaleb Brown and shortstop Dustin Jones all added two hits for Arkansas State, while shortstop Greg Garcia and center fielder Cameron Bentley both went 2-for-4 to lead UALR.
The Red Wolves and Trojans will resume the series Saturday at 4:00 p.m. Sunday's finale is set for 1:00 p.m.


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More Federal Agencies Caught Ordering Huge Amounts of Ammunition
August 15, 2012 by Jack Blood
Filed under Americas
What does the Social Security Administration National weather service need with this kind of ammo? It appears our calculation a few months back could be right after all. Getting ammo off the market before it is banned or highly restricted / regulated. By the time regular folks find out it will be too late to stock up. That or get ready for a new US Civil War…
We have received word that some people think that simply reporting on what the federal government is doing with our money, especially when it comes to purchases of ammunition on the domestic front that is in excess of a billion rounds within six months, is somehow sensationalizing the issue. That is not my intent. My intent is to inform and in that vein two very curious organizations have also purchased substantial amounts of ammunition.
However now we are discovering the Social Security Administration is requesting ammunition. Yes that's right, The SSA is set to purchase 174,000 rounds of hollow point bullets that will be distributed to forty-one locations across the country. Those locations are listed in a spreadsheet at the FBO website.
A solicitation posted by the SSA on the FedBizOpps website asks for contractors to supply 174,000 rounds of ".357 Sig 125 grain bonded jacketed hollow point pistol ammunition."
While we can speculate all day long what in the world the SSA needs weapons and ammunition for, it is even more interesting to find that the National Weather Service is also purchasing ammunition. That's right, the NWS put in a request for 46,000 rounds of hollow points and 500 paper targets.
According to a solicitation that appears on the FBO website the federal organization,
16,000 rounds of ammunition for semiautomatic pistols to be factory-loaded .40 S&W caliber, 180-grain jacketed hollow point (JHP).
8,000 rounds to: Ross Lane DOC, NOAA, NMFS, OLE, NED 130 Oak Street, Suite 5, Ellsworth, ME, 04605
24,000 rounds of ammunition for semiautomatic pistols to be factory-loaded .40 S&W caliber, 180-grain jacketed hollow point (JHP).
6,000 rounds of frangible, 125-grain CFRHT .40 caliber.
LI 004, 500 Transtar II blue 24″ x 40″ paper targets to locations below:
200 paper targets to: Ross Lane DOC, NOAA, NMFS, OLE, NED 130 Oak Street, Suite 5 Ellsworth, ME, 04605
200 paper targets to: Troy Audyatis DOC, NOAA, NMFS, OLE, NED 53 North 6th Street, Room 214 New Bedford, MA, 02740.
100 paper targets to: James Cassin DOC, NOAA, NMFS, OLE, NED 3350 Highway 138, Suite 218, Wall, NJ, 07719, 500, Items;
Some will make the argument that the targets are disproportionate to the ammo. That is true in a sense, but if you figure on putting a couple of full magazines in each target, then it works out. However, if that is all this is for then why not purchase ammo to carry as well? Furthermore why does this federal agency need it in the first place?
The National Weather Service is one of six agencies that make up the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
NOAA spokesman Scott Smullen emailed a statement to the Washington Post that read:
Due to a clerical error in the federal business vendor process, a solicitation for ammunition and targets for the NOAA Fisheries Office of Law Enforcement mistakenly identified NOAA's National Weather Service as the requesting office. The error is being fixed and will soon appear correctly in the electronic federal bidding system. The ammunition is standard issue for many law enforcement agencies and it will be used by 63 NOAA enforcement agents in their twice annual target qualifications and training.
In addition to that WAPO reports,
NWS spokesman Chris Vaccaro said the ammunition is not for the NWS. And, in fact, despite the fact the solicitation says NWS "requires" the ammunition, the same solicitation indicates the ammunition is to be delivered to the "NMFS" – which stands for National Marine Fisheries Service. Like the NWS, NMFS is housed under the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
What NMFS is doing with the ammunition is another question. It may support its law enforcement function, described by NOAA accordingly:
NOAA's Office of Law Enforcement is dedicated to enforcing laws that conserve and protect our nation's living marine resources and their natural habitat. Our goal is to assure that the many people who enjoy these resources for recreation or rely on them for business follow the rules that will maintain the species for future generations.
NOAA's Office of Law Enforcement protects fish stocks from depletion and marine mammals from extinction. We also protect the livelihoods of commercial fishers, the hobbies of recreational fishers, and the health of seafood consumers.
Again, I understand training. I really do. I understand you can go through ammunition fast, but seriously, does the Social Security Administration or the National Marine Fisheries Service need guns, let alone ammunition? As of yet there is no explanation from either agency as to why the people working for them need any of this.
Soros Criminal Conviction Exposes "Human Rights" Scam
March 28, 2012 by Jack Blood
Filed under Commentary
Soros leverages "human rights" for personal gain – as does his global NGO empire.
by Tony Cartalucci
March 28, 2012 – Bloomberg's report, "Soros Loses Case Against French Insider-Trading Conviction," indicates that an appeal based on a "human rights" violation against Wall Street speculator George Soros has been rejected by the "European Court of Human Rights." Soros, who was convicted and fined for insider trading in 2002 regarding French bank Société Générale shares he bought in 1988, has built an empire out of obfuscating global criminal activity with the cause of "human rights."
Image: Soros runs a global empire of NGOs leveraging "human rights" to cover up institutional criminality just as he himself just attempted to use "human rights" to excuse criminal insider-trading. Soros' disingenuous use of "human rights" is not a strategy he holds an exclusive monopoly over, but rather one he executes in concert with very unlikely allies – Neo-Conservatives of the US State Department-funded National Endowment for Democracy and its various subsidiaries.
The court's decision in rejecting the appeal was based on Soros being "a famous institutional investor, well-known to the business community and a participant in major financial projects," and thus should have been "particularly prudent" regarding insider-trading laws. The contents of Soros' appeal, based on "human rights" was not heard, and the details of the appeal not yet made public, however, it is an illustrative example of how Soros and global elitists like him leverage the legitimate cause of human rights and freedom as a means to execute and defend both individual and institutional criminal behavior.
Soros has built a global empire of networked nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) allegedly promoting "human rights," "freedom," "democracy," and "transparency." His Open Society Institute funds amongst many others, Amnesty International (page 10), Global Voices, and Human Rights Watch. In reality these NGOs constitute a modern day network of imperial administrators, undermining national governments around the world and replacing them with a homogeneous "civil society" that interlocks with "international institutions" run from and on behalf of Wall Street and London. And contrary to popular belief, Soros has built this empire, not against "conservative" ambitions, but with their full cooperation.
It is difficult to find a cause Soros' Open Society Institute supports that is not also funded, directed, and backed by the US State Department-funded, Neo-Conservative lined National Endowment for Democracy (NED) and its various subsidiaries including Freedom House, the International Republican Institute (IRI) and the National Democratic Institute (NDI).
The Arab Spring
It would be almost four months after the beginning of the so-called "Arab Spring" before the corporate-media would admit that the US had been behind the uprisings and that they were anything but "spontaneous," or "indigenous." In an April 2011 article published by the New York Times titled, "U.S. Groups Helped Nurture Arab Uprisings," it was stated:
"A number of the groups and individuals directly involved in the revolts and reforms sweeping the region, including the April 6 Youth Movement in Egypt, the Bahrain Center for Human Rights and grass-roots activists like Entsar Qadhi, a youth leader in Yemen, received training and financing from groups like the International Republican Institute, the National Democratic Institute and Freedom House, a nonprofit human rights organization based in Washington."
The article would also add, regarding the US National Endowment for Democracy (NED):
"The Republican and Democratic institutes are loosely affiliated with the Republican and Democratic Parties. They were created by Congress and are financed through the National Endowment for Democracy, which was set up in 1983 to channel grants for promoting democracy in developing nations. The National Endowment receives about $100 million annually from Congress. Freedom House also gets the bulk of its money from the American government, mainly from the State Department. "
George Soros and his Open Society Institute also played a leading role in the unfolding unrest. Soros, in addition to fully supporting many of the NGOs in tandem with NED and the US State Department, also funded opposition groups working well in advance to produce new "constitutions" for collapsed nations.
In "George Soros & Egypt's New Constitution," it was reported:
"It turns out that the new Egyptian Constitution has already been drafted, not by the Egyptian people, but by the very US-backed protesters who brought about regime change in the first place. A Reuters report quoted an opposition judge, who had been hiding-out in Kuwait until Mubarak's ousting, as having said civil society groups had already produced several drafts and a new constitution could be ready in a month.
These "civil society" groups include the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information openly funded by George Soros' Open Society Institute and the Neo-Con lined NED funded Egyptian Organization for Human Rights. It appears that while the International Crisis Group may be turning out the strategy, and their trustee ElBaradei leading the mobs into the streets, it is the vast array of NGOs their membership, including Soros, fund that are working out and implementing the details on the ground."
Myanmar (Burma) & Aung San Suu Kyi
The entire opposition in the Southeast Asia nation of Myanmar, still known by its colonial nomenclature in the West as "Burma," is a creation of Wall Street and London. This includes the growing personality cult of "democracy icon" Aung San Suu Kyi. And again, just as we saw during the Western-engineered "Arab Spring," it is a tandem effort made by "right-wing" Neo-Cons within the confines of NED, and Soros' Open Society Institute.
Image: The 2006 Burma Campaign UK report, "Failing the People of Burma?" (.pdf) reveals the entire "pro-democracy" movement, including Aung San Suu Kyi herself, is a product of US and British funding and the building of neo-imperial networks designed to overthrow and replace the government of Myanmar.
In "Burmese "Pro-Democracy" Movement a Creation of Wall Street & London," it was reported:
The most telling information begins on page 14 of 36 of the report's .pdf. Titled, "Failing the People of Burma?" the report enumerates the vast resources the West has invested in building a "pro-democracy" movement, in tandem with similar disingenuous movements throughout the region, and indeed throughout the world, and insists that even more support be given to initiate a "transition" in Burma. It states:
"The restoration of democracy in Burma is a priority U.S. policy objective in Southeast Asia. To achieve this objective, the United States has consistently supported democracy activists and their efforts both inside and outside Burma…Addressing these needs requires flexibility and creativity. Despite the challenges that have arisen, United States Embassies Rangoon and Bangkok as well as Consulate General Chiang Mai are fully engaged in pro-democracy efforts. The United States also supports organizations, such as the National Endowment for Democracy, the Open Society Institute (nb no support given since 2004) and Internews, working inside and outside the region on a broad range of democracy promotion activities. U.S.-based broadcasters supply news and information to the Burmese people, who lack a free press. U.S. programs also fund scholarships for Burmese who represent the future of Burma.
The United States is committed to working for a democratic Burma and will continue to employ a variety of tools to assist democracy activists."
The report continues with a vast array of evidence exposing the tandem roles of both "liberals" and "conservatives" in executing a singular goal of undermining a foreign government and replacing it with neo-imperial administrators that interlock directly with "international institutions" that answer directly to Wall Street and London.
Wall Street's Thai Proxy, Thaksin Shinawatra
Like in neighboring Myanmar, efforts have been long underway to undermine the nationalist elements within Thailand and install a proxy government as well as a proxy system of governance to implement the global agenda of Wall Street and London. The proxy of choice is billionaire and long-time associate of the Bush family, Thaksin Shinawatra.
As we've seen in the previous two examples, Shinawatra's association with America's Neo-Conservative establishment in no way inhibits the "liberal" George Soros from supporting movements that facilitate not only his re-installation into power, but the expansion of his globalist "neoliberal" brand of politics – which of course benefit once again Wall Street and London in general, not any particular political persuasion.
In the example of Thai propaganda front "Prachatai," Soros' Open Society Institute and the Neo-Cons' National Endowment for Democracy have heaped annual funding as well as ongoing political support to the outfit's mission of leveraging "human rights" and disingenuous aspirations for "democracy" to mask Shinawatra and his movement's criminal activities. NED subsidiary, Freedom House, is in fact chaired by Neo-Con Kenneth Adelman who served as Shinawatra's lobbyist and also serves as a trustee on the Soros-funded and chaired International Crisis Group. Prachatai's spinning of their collective agenda as "progressive" rather than one wrought of foreign corporate-fascist funding is a perfect example of Soros' modus operandi.
Attempted Overthrow of Russia's Government
In a fourth and final example, Soros and his Neo-Conservative counterparts can be found behind Russia's motley opposition and their "Arab Spring-like" attempt to overthrow the government of Vladimir Putin.
The entire grounds justifying Wall Street and London's street mobs were calls of a "rigged" Russian election. Those making such accusations included National Endowment for Democracy-funded GOLOS and the Soros Open Society-funded Organization for Security and Cooperation (OSCE) (.pdf page 125).
Image: A screenshot from US National Endowment for Democracy's (NED) website indicating its funding for "independent" poll monitor Golos. USAID also funds Golos.
And while the lion's share of support for Russia's multiple opposition groups comes from the National Endowment for Democracy and its subsidiaries including Freedom House and the International Republican Institute chaired by John McCain, jailed Russian oligarch and opposition leader Mikhail Khodorkovsky fashioned his entire "Open Russian Foundation" after Soros' Open Society Institute. It should be noted that Khodorkovsky had both Jacob Rothschild and Henry Kissinger chairing his contrived "foundation."
Clearly there is more behind Soros' funding of NGOs globally than mere "liberal philanthropy." That he carries out this funding in concert with notorious warmongers, corporate fascists, and confessed Neo-Conservatives indicates a very malicious and disingenuous agenda driving not only his "charity" but also the maintaining of his deceptive "liberal" persona.
Soros' most recent attempt to leverage "human rights," not for a global campaign of achieving economic and geopolitical hegemony, but rather on behalf of defending his own criminal behavior, lends further evidence to the fact that the West, through its vast networks of NGOs and "international institutions," is merely hiding immensely depraved, craven criminal activity behind the facade of "humanitarian concerns" and "progress." With Soros' latest appeal being rejected and his criminal conviction upheld, let us resist the temptation of resorting to "left-right" bickering and recognize the grander plot that has been exposed.
Another election in Russia… Why Washington Wants 'Finito' With Putin
February 27, 2012 by Jack Blood
Filed under Commentary
F. William Engdahl is a frequent guest on the Jack Blood Show, and is scheduled to join us this coming Thursday March 1, 2012 – 11am EDT.
By F. William Engdahl
Originally published in Boiling Frogs Post
January 9, 2012
Images and captions added by Color Revolutions and Geopolitics
Washington clearly wants 'finito' with Russia's Putin as in basta! or as they said in Egypt last spring, Kefaya–enough!. Hillary Clinton and friends have apparently decided Russia's prospective next president, Vladimir Putin, is a major obstacle to their plans. Few however understand why. Russia today, in tandem with China and to a significant degree Iran, form the spine, however shaky, of the only effective global axis of resistance to a world dominated by one sole superpower.
|Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov, thinking, "what the hell is she up to now?"
On December 8 several days after election results for Russia's parliamentary elections were announced, showing a sharp drop in popularity for Prime Minister Putin's United Russia party, Putin accused the United States and specifically Secretary of State Hillary Clinton of fueling the Russian opposition protesters and their election protests. Putin stated, "The (US) Secretary of State was quick to evaluate the elections, saying that they are unfair and unjust even before she received materials from the Office of Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (the OSCE international election monitors-w.e.) observers."[1]
|Pussy Riot: one of many clench-fisted youth mobs that might be used this Winter to help solve Washington's 'Putin problem' in Russia.
Major western media chose either to downplay the Putin statement or to focus almost entirely on the claims of an emerging Russian opposition movement. A little research shows that, if anything, Putin was downplaying the degree of brazen US Government interference into the political processes of his country. In this case the country is not Tunisia or Yemen or even Egypt. It is the world's second nuclear superpower, even if it might still be an economic lesser power. Hillary is playing with thermonuclear fire.
|western election monitors always find "irregularities"…that's what their paid to do ….duh….template!
The NED is also financing key parts of the Russian "independent" polling and election monitoring, a crucial part of being able to claim election fraud. They finance in part the Regional Civic Organization in Defense of Democratic Rights and Liberties "GOLOS." According to the NED Annual Report the funds went "to carry out a detailed analysis of the autumn 2010 and spring 2011 election cycles in Russia, which will include press monitoring, monitoring of political agitation, activity of electoral commissions, and other aspects of the application of electoral legislation in the long-term run-up to the elections."[5]
|Moscow-based Levada Center
In September, 2011, a few weeks before the December elections the NED financed a Washington invitation-only conference featuring the Russian "independent" polling organization, the Levada Center. According to NED's own website Levada, another recipient of NED money, [6] had done a series of opinion polls, a standard method used in the West to analyze the feelings of citizens. The polls profiled "the mood of the electorate in the run up to the Duma and presidential elections, perceptions of candidates and parties, and voter confidence in the system of 'managed democracy' that has been established over the last decade."
One of the featured speakers at that Washington conference was Vladimir Kara-Murza, member of the federal council of Solidarnost ("Solidarity"), Russia's democratic opposition movement. He is also "advisor to Duma opposition leader Boris Nemtsov" according to NED. Another speaker came from the right-wing neo-conservative Hudson Institute. [7]
|Creative destruction: the main specialty of the NED
Helping youth engage in political activism is precisely what the same NED did in Egypt over the past several years in the lead up to the toppling of Mubarak. The same NED was instrumental by informed accounts in the US-backed "Color Revolutions" in 2003-2004 in Ukraine and Georgia that brought US-backed pro-NATO surrogates to power. The same NED has been active in promoting "human rights" in Myanmar, in Tibet, and China's oil-rich Xinjiang province. [9]
|Allen Weinstein
It couldn't sound more noble or high-minded. However, they prefer to leave out their own true history. In the early 1980's CIA director Bill Casey convinced President Ronald Reagan to create a plausibly private NGO, the NED, to advance Washington's global agenda via other means than direct CIA action. It was a part of the process of "privatizing" US intelligence to make their work more "effective." Allen Weinstein, who helped draft the legislation establishing NED, said in a Washington Post interview in 1991, "A lot of what we do today was done covertly 25 years ago by the CIA."[11] Interesting. The majority of funds for NED come from US taxpayers through Congress. It is in every way, shape and form a US Government intelligence community asset.
Putin's well-rehearsed opposition
|Alexei Navalny
It's also instructive to look at the leading opposition figures who seem to have stepped forward in Russia in recent days. The current opposition "poster boy" favorite of Russian youth and especially western media is Russian blogger Alexei Navalny whose blog is titled LiveJournal. Navalny has featured prominently as a quasi-martyr of the protest movement after spending 15 days in Putin's jail for partaking in a banned protest. At a large protest rally on Christmas Day December 25 in Moscow, Navalny, perhaps intoxicated by seeing too many romantic Sergei Eisenstein films of the 1917 Russian Revolution, told the crowd, "I see enough people here to take the Kremlin and the White House (Russia's Presidential home-w.e.) right now…"[13]
Along with Navalny, key actors in the anti-Putin protest movement are centered around Solidarnost which was created in December 2008 by Boris Nemtsov, Vladimir Ryzhkov and others. Nemtsov is hardly one to protest corruption. According to Business Week Russia of September 23, 2007, Nemtsov introduced Russian banker Boris Brevnov to Gretchen Wilson, a US citizen and an employee of the International Finance Corporation, a financing arm of the World Bank. Wilson and Brevnov married. With the help of Nemtsov Wilson managed to privatize Balakhna Pulp and Paper mill at the giveaway price of just $7 million. The enterprise was sucked dry and then sold to the Wall Street-Swiss investment bank, CS First Boston bank. The annual turnover of the mill was reportedly $250 million. [17]
|Boris Nemtsov and his Western cohort
Nemtsov also took money from jailed Russian oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky in 1999 when the latter was using his billions to try to buy the Russian parliament or Duma. In 2004 Nemtsov met with exiled billionaire oligarch Boris Berezovsky in a secret gathering with other exiled Russian tycoons. When Nemtsov was detailed by Russian authorities for allegations of foreign funding of his new political party, "For Russia without Lawlessness and Corruption," US Senators John McCain and Joe Liberman and Mike Hammer of the Obama National Security Council came to support of Nemtsov. [19]
|Former Czech President Vaclav Havel (center left) and former world chess champion Garry Kasparov (right) stand with Berel Rodal (center right), vice chairman of the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC), one of the central organizations within Washington's multifaceted "regime change" operational infrastructure.
In 2009 Kasparov and Boris Nemtsov met with no less than Barack Obama to discuss Russia's opposition to Putin at the US President's personal invitation at Washington's Ritz Carlton Hotel. Nemtsov had called for Obama to meet with opposition forces in Russia: "If the White House agrees to Putin's suggestion to speak only with pro-Putin organizations… this will mean that Putin has won, but not only that: Putin will become be assured that Obama is weak," he said. During the same 2009 US trip Nemtsov was invited to speak at the New York Council on Foreign Relations, perhaps the most influential US foreign policy think-tank. Significantly, not only has the US State Department and US-backed political NGOs such as NED poured millions into building an anti-Putin coalition inside Russia. The President personally has intervened into the process.[22]
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Here are some of the day-to-day news stories I've worked on in the BBC's Multimedia newsroom.
Sonia Rykiel Obituary
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Here's a report i wrote, voiced and edited for BBC World News TV. Turnaround – 3 hours.
Hot air balloon bailout
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This was a very quick turnaround for BBC World TV. Written, voiced and edited in 45 minutes.
Marilyn Monroe at 90
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Here's a piece I put together about what would have been the famous pin-up's 90th birthday.
Perseid meteors 2015
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Here's a video I put together using some BBC viewers' photos combined with music and text.
Fireworks light up Eiffel Tower
Last modified on 2015-07-29 12:28:10 GMT. 0 comments. Top.
Here's a quick edit I did from some nice agency material of the Bastille Day fireworks in Paris, showing off the Eiffel Tower in all its glory.
Waterloo memorial unveiled
Last modified on 2015-06-18 15:18:29 GMT. 0 comments. Top.
Here's a piece I put together using our BBC material from the Battle of Waterloo memorial unveiling.
Safe handshakes!
Last modified on 2014-11-17 14:55:46 GMT. 0 comments. Top.
Here's a piece I filmed and edited for a feature about the Scottish National Party leader Alex Salmond developing RSI because of 'excessive' handshaking'!
Cat saves baby
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Not quite a major career highlight, but seemed to go down well with the audience. Of course it did… it's a cat story.
Fighting Islamic State
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With some help from Arabic speaking colleagues I voiced and edited together this interview, by BBC Arabic, with a Syrian fighter battling Islamic State in Kobane.
London helicopter crash
Last modified on 2014-09-25 09:51:33 GMT. 0 comments. Top.
Here's a video I edited together when a helicopter crashed in central London in 2013. I was in charge of video on the BBC website on the day it happened. At the time, it was the most watched story in the BBC website's history.
Best Russian meteor videos
Last modified on 2013-02-19 17:48:54 GMT. 0 comments. Top.
This meteor was filmed by many people in Russia moments before it landed in a remote lake. I pulled together some of the best YouTube clips after working with our UGC hub to get copyright clearance. This video had 1.7m hits in around 14 hours.
Croc leaps at swimmer
Last modified on 2013-01-07 10:53:44 GMT. 0 comments. Top.
This footage filmed by three Swedish graduates in Australia shows a small crocodile leaping off a rock into one of the lads' face. I did a quick phone interview with him and edited the footage over it.
How eagle hoax was made
Last modified on 2014-03-13 17:32:53 GMT. 0 comments. Top.
The video of the Golden Eagle snatching a baby from a park has, of course, been exposed as a hoax. I spoke to the 3D design college in Canada, whose students made the clip.
Mobiles help track malaria
Last modified on 2012-11-26 17:44:37 GMT. 0 comments. Top.
Cambodians in remote villages are using mobile phones to report and map new cases. I voiced this report, which was produced by our Global Video Unit.
Hunt for missing Tia Sharp
Last modified on 2012-11-26 17:52:53 GMT. 0 comments. Top.
In the early days of the hunt for the missing London girl Tia Sharp, I was sent to film voxes with locals and the piece to camera in this report.
Car crash claims on rise
Last modified on 2012-11-26 17:56:02 GMT. 0 comments. Top.
The number of car crash insurance claims is up despite the number of accidents being down. I filmed the piece to camera and general car GVs for this pkg.
Bear strays into gardens
Last modified on 2012-11-26 17:39:34 GMT. 0 comments. Top.
Officials in the US spent a morning tracking and sedating a wild black bear which had strayed into a residential area. I produced this report.
High cost of high speed rail
Last modified on 2012-08-16 15:59:27 GMT. 0 comments. Top.
I've been doing a lot of filming recently with our news gathering crews. The piece to camera in this report is one of the many items I filmed.
Midwifery council under fire
Last modified on 2012-08-01 13:53:31 GMT. 0 comments. Top.
The Nursing and Midwifery Council was accused of failing to properly regulate nursing. I filmed the two interviews in this report.
Puppy's run in with cactus
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This puppy was found in the US full of cactus spines. The news agencies fed over some pictures and BBC World TV ran them. I re-ordered them and dropped in a soundbite.
Pupils steer bus to safety
Last modified on 2012-04-11 07:48:01 GMT. 0 comments. Top.
CCTV footage of these US pupils steering their school bus to safety was released to news broadcasters. I edited them together and scripted and voiced the report.
Luxury cars seized
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US customs invited journalists to film more than a dozen stolen luxury cars they seized at ports in California. I put this report together.
Sharks close beach
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An Australian rescue helicopter filmed this footage of a feeding frenzy off a beach north of Perth. I scripted and voiced the report.
Avalanche hits ski resort
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Skiers at this French ski resort were lucky to escape when an avalanche tore down a mountain. I put together this report with material fed over the agencies.
Syria's citizen journalists
Last modified on 2012-03-05 13:01:40 GMT. 0 comments. Top.
This footage of Syrian activists explaining how they have become citizen journalists was filmed by a news agency. I voiced the translation and edited it all together.
Tsunami photos returned
Last modified on 2012-02-22 19:42:49 GMT. 0 comments. Top.
I voiced this report about thousands of photos found after the Japan tsunami, being reunited with their owners. Written and edited by the BBC's Global Video Unit.
Louvre museum's new gallery
Last modified on 2012-01-19 15:07:10 GMT. 0 comments. Top.
The Louvre is building a new gallery for Islamic art. It's the biggest design feat since the glass pyramid. I voiced this report which was edited by the BBC's Global Video Unit.
Rare white wombat saved
Last modified on 2011-10-28 23:58:33 GMT. 0 comments. Top.
This little chap was found dehydrated and close to the death, but was nursed back to health by a friendly volunteer. I voiced this report.
High wire power job
Last modified on 2011-10-28 23:50:28 GMT. 0 comments. Top.
This electrician had an exciting day climbing up a really tall pylon and fixing a faulty part. We edited these news agency pictures together and i recorded the script.
The Burning Man festival
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Burning Man marked its 25th anniversary this year. The news agencies filed back lots of nice footage which we edited together and I voiced.
Japanese cash in their gold
Last modified on 2011-09-24 15:04:30 GMT. 0 comments. Top.
As the price of gold soars, we put together this report about people in Japan cashing in unusual possessions. Our Global Video Unit put the report together and I voiced it.
Captain Morgan's shipwreck?
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Archeologists filmed footage of what they think is infamous privateer Captain Henry Morgan's ship. I voiced the track and colleagues in our Global Video Unit edited it together.
Snakes on a pane
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This video of a snake on a car bonnet was sent out by the agencies, but we felt it needed a bit more explanation. I wrote a short script and edited the pictures together.
Chilly Chinese record bid
Last modified on 2011-01-05 20:38:06 GMT. 0 comments. Top.
Two Chinese men took part in a chilly record attempt to see who could stand in a cubicle full of ice the longest. The news agencies fed this video, which I scripted, voiced and edited.
Australia floods near peak
Last modified on 2011-01-07 20:22:12 GMT. 0 comments. Top.
Our reporter in Australia filmed a short piece to camera as the Australia floods neared their peak. I took his piece and edited some rushes over the top. Short and simple.
Huge plane fights Israel fire
Last modified on 2010-12-05 21:34:59 GMT. 0 comments. Top.
A massive 747 firefighting plane was used to tackle forest fires in Israel. I edited this short clip using footage from news agencies.
Charity moustache shaving
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A light feature I filmed and edited at short notice about one of our editor's having his moustache shaved off for Movember.
Korean tensions after attack
Last modified on 2010-11-26 16:37:07 GMT. 0 comments. Top.
More footage of the damage caused by North Korea's attacks on the South Korean Island, as tension remained high. I edited this agency video together over the top of our correspondent.
N Korea fires on South
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North Korea fired on a South Korean border island killing 4 people. A day after the attack, the agencies fed video from the island. I edited it together with our reporter giving the latest update.
Royal wedding
Last modified on 2010-11-17 22:25:28 GMT. 0 comments. Top.
We wanted to produce a piece taking in global reaction to Prince William and Kate's wedding announcement. I edited together these clips from the agencies and used some graphics as locators.
Tsunami surfers
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This footage was filmed by some surfers who survived the Indonesian tsunami in Oct 2010. It was fed over the news agencies and I edited it together.


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'"I've definitely had to adjust to the speed here," he said. "I've had a couple semi-decent games, trying to work every day so my life gets a little easier. Going to the next level, you have to dumb things down some at the start, simplify things and go step by step. Focus on making good passes breaking out, make plays when you have to. Anything like jumping into the offense after that is just a bonus."'
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Soulbringer is an Action RPG made by Infogrames and Gremlin Entertainment released in 2000. The protagonist is a young man who starts off looking for his uncle, his last living relative. He goes on to investigate a bandit problem and eventually explores more of Rathenna. Many aspects of the game are well planned, such as Skeletons being immune to arrows (they pass through).Needs More Love even though its 3D graphics were dated when it was released.
This video game provides examples of:
- And Your Reward Is Clothes: the player-character changes clothes at different points throughout the game.
- Big Bad: The revenant Skorn. Created the "hexseekers" to kill the main character.
- Breakable Weapons & Armor: misuse damages them more, but they can be repaired.
- The Dev Team Thinks of Everything: from poorly crafted compasses to weapons that break when used improperly and potentialy crippling magic specialization.
- Elemental Powers: Air, Earth, Spirit, Water & Fire.
- Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors: An odd version, where if you cast too many of one type your "seculorum" becomes unbalanced making it difficult to cast other spells.
- Hyperactive Metabolism: food can heal, but watch out for some.
- Immune to Drugs: Averted, alcohol and mushrooms can have negative effects.
- Informed Equipment
- Magic Compass: One the points to hex stones.
- No Name Given: The hero is never referred to by his real name. The one time he almost said his name, he was interrupted, so everyone calls him "lad," "Blood of Andrus," "vagrant," "Young Moon," and (eventually) "Soulbringer".
- Portal Network: The Hex stones.
- Power-Up Food: different food items have different effects.
- Reincarnation: The protagonist turns out to be a the reincarnation Harbinger, the last Hex user.
- Slice-and-Dice Swordsmanship: Averted with "piercing, slashing, and bludgeoning" damage similar Dungeons & Dragons.
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