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Joan of Arc was a peasant girl born on January 6, 1412, in the village of Domremy, on eastern France. Her parents were Jacques and Isabelle d'Arc (of Arc). She was born in strife-torn circumstances, amid one of the longest war in history, the Hundred Years' War. She became a Catholic Saint and heroine of France, as she led the French Army to several victories that allowed Charles VII be crowned King of France. In 1412, there was an unstable truce between England and France, but a civil war would break out among the French. This would lead to another English invasion of France.
The French king at the time of Joan's birth was Charles VI, who had gone insane and was unable to rule. The king's brother Duke Louis of Orleans and the king's cousin John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy, quarreled over the regency of France and the guardianship of the royal children. This dispute escalated to accusations of an extramarital affair with Queen Isabeau of Bavaria and the kidnappings of the royal children. The matter climaxed when the Duke of Burgundy ordered the assassination of the Duke of Orleans in 1407. The factions loyal to these two men became known as the Armagnacs, loyal to the Duke of Orlean, and the Burgundians, who sided with John the Fearless of Burgundy.
The English king, Henry V, took advantage of this turmoil to invade France, winning a dramatic victory at Agincourt in 1415, and capturing northern French towns. The future French king, Charles VII, assumed the title of Dauphin as heir to the throne at the age of 14, after all four of his older brothers died. His first significant official act was to conclude a peace treaty with Burgundy in 1419. This ended in disaster when Armagnac partisans murdered John the Fearless during a meeting under Charles's guarantee of protection. The new Duke of Burgundy, Philip the Good, blamed Charles and entered into an alliance with the English. As a result, huge chunks of French territory were conquered. Queen Isabeau of Bavaria concluded the Treaty of Troyes in 1420, which granted the French royal succession to the English king Henry V and his heirs in preference to her son Charles. This agreement revived rumors about her supposed affair with the late duke of Orléans and raised fresh suspicions that the Dauphin was a royal bastard rather than the son of the king. Henry V and Charles VI died within two months of each other in 1422, leaving an infant, Henry VI of England, the nominal monarch of both kingdoms. Henry V's brother, John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford, acted as regent.
Nearly all of northern France and some parts of the southwest were under English control by 1429, as the French pro-English, the Burgundians, controlled Paris and Reims. The latter city was important as the traditional site of French coronations and consecrations, especially since neither claimant to the throne of France had yet been crowned. The English had laid siege to Orleans, which was the only remaining loyal French city north of the Loire. Its strategic location along the river made it the last obstacle to an assault on the remainder of the French heartland. As a modern historian would put it, "On the fate of Orleans hung that of the entire kingdom." No one was optimistic that the city could long withstand the siege.
Joan of Arc was twelve years old when she was alone in a field and heard voices as she cried. She would assert that Saint Michael, Saint Catherine, and Saint Margaret told her to drive out the English and bring the Dauphin Charles VII to Reims for his coronation. At the age of 16, she asked a kinsman, Durand Lassois, to bring her to nearby Vaucouleurs where she petitioned the garrison commander, Count Robert de Baudricourt, for permission to visit the royal French court at Chinon. Baudricourt's sarcastic response did not deter her. She returned the following January and gained support from two men of standing: Jean de Metz and Bertrand de Poulengy. Under their auspices, she gained a second interview where she made a remarkable prediction about a military reversal near Orleans.
Robert de Baudricourt granted her an escort to visit Chinon after news from the front confirmed her prediction. She made the journey through hostile Burgundian territory in male disguise. Upon arriving at the royal court she impressed Charles VII during a private conference. He then ordered background inquiries and a theological examination at Poitiers to verify her morality. During this time Charles's mother-in-law Yolande of Aragon was financing a relief expedition to Orléans. Joan petitioned for permission to travel with the army and wear the equipment of a knight. She depended on donated items for her armour, horse, sword, banner, and entourage. Her armor was said to be white.
After years of one humiliating defeat after another, both the military and civil leadership of France were demoralized and discredited. When the Dauphin Charles granted Joan's urgent request to be equipped for war and placed at the head of his army, his decision must have been based in large part on the knowledge that every orthodox, every rational, option had been tried and had failed. Only a regime in the final straits of desperation would pay any heed to an illiterate farm girl who claimed that the voice of God was instructing her to take charge of her country's army and lead it to victory.
On April 29, 1429, Joan of Arc arrived at the siege of Orlean. Jean d'Orleans, the acting head of the Orleans ducal family, initially excluded her from war councils, but this did not prevent her from being present at most councils and battles. The extent of her actual military leadership is a subject of historical debate. Traditional historians such as Edouard Perroy conclude that she was a standard bearer whose primary effect was on morale. This type of analysis usually relies on the condemnation trial testimony, where she stated that she preferred her standard to her sword. Recent scholarship that focuses on the nullification trial testimony asserts that her fellow officers esteemed her as a skilled tactician and a successful strategist as she proceeded to lead the army in an astounding series of victories that reversed the tide of the war.
During the five months of siege before her arrival, the defenders of Orleans had attempted only one aggressive move which had ended in disaster. On May 4 the French attacked and captured the outlying fortress of Saint Loup, which she followed on May 5 with a march to a second fortress called Saint Jean le Blanc. Finding it deserted, this became a bloodless victory. The next day she opposed Jean d'Orleans at a war council where she demanded another assault on the enemy. D'Orleans ordered the city gates locked to prevent another battle, but she summoned the townsmen and common soldiers and forced the mayor to unlock a gate. With the aid of only one captain she rode out and captured the fortress of Saint Augustins. That evening she learned she had been excluded from a war council where the leaders had decided to wait for reinforcements before acting again. Disregarding this decision, she insisted on assaulting the main English stronghold called Les Tourelles on May 7. Contemporaries acknowledged her as the heroine of the engagement after she sustained an arrow wound to her neck but returned wounded to lead the final charge.
The unexpected victory at Orleans led to many proposals for offensive action. The English expected an attempt to recapture Paris or an attack on Normandy. In the aftermath of the sudden victory, she persuaded Charles VII to grant her co-command of the army with Duke John II of Alencon. She also gained royal permission for her plan to recapture nearby bridges along the Loire as a prelude to an advance on Reims and a coronation. Hers was a bold proposal because Reims was roughly twice as far away as Paris and deep in enemy territory.
The army recovered Jargeau on June 12, Meung-sur-Loire on June 15, then Beaugency on June 17. The Duke of Alencon agreed to all of Joan's decisions. Other commanders including Jean d'Orleans had been impressed with her performance at Orleans and became her supporters. Alençon credited her for saving his life at Jargeau, where she warned him of an imminent artillery attack. During the same battle she withstood a blow from a stone cannonball to her helmet as she climbed a scaling ladder. Then an English relief force arrived in the area on June 18 under the command of Sir John Fastolf. The battle at Patay might be compared to Agincourt in reverse. The French vanguard attacked before the English archers could finish defensive preparations. A rout ensued that devastated the main body of the English army and killed or captured most of its commanders. Fastolf escaped with a small band of soldiers and became the scapegoat for the English humiliation. The French suffered minimal losses.
Joan of Arc headed for Reims with the French army, leaving Gien-sur-Loire on June 29. She accepted the conditional surrender of the Burgundian-held city of Auxerre on July 3. Every other town in their path returned to French allegiance without resistance. Troyes, the site of the treaty that had tried to disinherit Charles VII, capitulated after a bloodless four-day siege. The army was in short supply of food by the time it reached Troyes. Finally on July 16, Reims opened its gates. Charles VII was crowned King of France on July 17.
Although Joan of Arc and the duke of Alencon urged a prompt march on Paris, the royal court pursued a negotiated truce with Duke Philip the Good of Burgundy. But it was just a stalling tactic used by the duke to gain time to reinforce the defense of Paris. The French army marched through towns near Paris during the interim and accepted more peaceful surrenders. The Duke of Bedford headed an English force and confronted the French army in a standoff on August 15. The French assault on Paris ensued on September 8. Despite the fact that she had been wounded in the leg by a crossbow bolt, Joan of Arc continued directing the troops until the day's fighting ended. But the following morning she received a royal order to withdraw.
On April, 1430, Joan went to Compiegne to defend it against an English and Burgundian siege. A skirmish on May 23, 1430 led to her capture. When she ordered a retreat, she assumed the place of honor as the last to leave the field. Burgundians surrounded the rear guard and took her prisoner. It was customary for a captive's family to ransom a prisoner of war. Unfortunately, Joan and her family lacked the financial resources. Many historians condemn King Charles VII for failing to intervene. She attempted several escapes, on one occasion jumping from her 70 foot tower in Vermandois to the soft earth of a dry moat, but she was recaptured and taken to the Burgundian town of Arras. The English government eventually purchased her from Duke Philip of Burgundy. Bishop Pierre Cauchon of Beauvais assumed a prominent role in these negotiations and her later trial.
As Joan of Arc had been responsible for the French king coronation, the trial for heresy was politically motivated, for the Duke of Bedford claimed the throne of France for his nephew Henry VI. So to condemn her was to undermine her king's legitimacy. Legal proceedings commenced on January 9, 1431 at Rouen, the seat of the English occupation government. The procedure was irregular on a number of points. In 1456, Pope Callixtus III declared her innocent of the heresy charges brought against her. The trial record demonstrates her remarkable intellect. The transcript's most famous exchange is an exercise in subtlety. "Asked if she knew she was in God's grace, she answered: 'If I am not, may God put me there; and if I am, may God so keep me." The question is a scholarly trap. Church doctrine held that no one could be certain of being in God's grace. If she had answered yes, then she would have convicted herself of heresy. If she had answered no, then she would have confessed her own guilt. Notary Boisguillaume would later testify that at the moment the court heard this reply, those who were interrogating her were stupefied.
Significant portions of the transcript were altered against her, as many clerics served under compulsion, including the inquisitor, Jean LeMaitre, and a few even received death threats from the English. Under Inquisitorial guidelines, Joan should have been confined to an ecclesiastical prison under the supervision of nuns. Instead, the English kept her in a secular prison guarded by their own soldiers. Bishop Cauchon denied Joan's appeals to the Council of Basel and the pope, which should have stopped his proceeding. The illiterate defendant signed an abjuration document she did not understand under threat of immediate execution. The court substituted a different abjuration in the official record.
Joan agreed to wear women's clothes when she had abjured, but a few days later she was sexually assaulted in prison and resumed to wear male attire either as a defense against molestation or just because her dress had been stolen and she was left with nothing else to wear. As heresy was a capital crime for a repeat offense, Joan of Arc was sentenced to be burned at the stake. The execution was carried out on May 30, 1431.
More than twenty years later, when the war had ended, Pope Callixtus III ordered a posthumous retrial be opened. A panel of theologians analyzed testimony from 115 witnesses. The Inquisitor-General Jean Brehal drew up his final summary in June, 1456, which described Joan as a martyr and implicates the late Pierre Cauchon with heresy for having convicted an innocent woman in pursuit of a secular vendetta. The court declared her innocence on July 7, 1456.


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Are they really good for wind protection AND cutting down the turbulance that makes for helmet buffeting ???
Or are they just the latest "required equipment" for a properly dressed cruiser rider ??
Are they really good for wind protection AND cutting down the turbulance that makes for helmet buffeting ???
Or are they just the latest "required equipment" for a properly dressed cruiser rider ??
Don't believe everything that you think.
What's a batwing windshield?
I have a batwing fairing and it's awesome.
Most that I see have a pretty tiny (short) actual windshield part and I think I would want something a little taller.
I guess the real question is: does it do a good job of deflecting the air that rushes in from the bottom of many shields and causes complaints of "helmet buffeting" ?? I can tell from looking at them that they cut a WIDE swath to the sides.
Last edited by Easy Rider; 02-06-2013 at 07:50 AM.
Don't believe everything that you think.
I assume you are talking about a batwing fairing of the style first made popular on Harley touring models and now found on bikes from other brands.
A batwing fairing offers many advantages over a windshield. Because the fairing is shaped better instead of just being a slab of plastic sticking up like a sail, it does a much better job of cutting through the air and deflecting it up, down, and to the sides. This not only offers better protection for your chest, arms, shoulders, and hands, but it greatly reduces the buffeting on the handlebars, and the sail effect caused by passing trucks. The inside surface is not an uninterupted smooth surface like with a windshield, so a fairing that fits tightly around the headlight will greatly reduce that helmet buffeting you refer to. The fairing also moves the windshield closer to the rider, further reducing turbulance behind it. Direct wind on the helmet and face depends on how high of a windshield you put on the fairing.
The fairing also offers the advantage of creating a nice, protected space inside it, allowing for the mounting of speakers, guages, and storage either directly to the fairing or to the handlebars.
But it is still a bolt-on accessory on a motorcycle, so wind buffeting is not completely eliminated. That's why they sell wind deflectors for them, and lower fairings. For full protection a frame mounted full fairing like that found on a Harley Road Glide offers the best protection. But I found my road glide to be almost unridable in the summer because there was almost no airflow to keep the driver cool. That's why road glides and goldwings have wind deflectors to push air behing the fairing instead of away from it.
I recently put a batwing on one of my bikes, a C50. If you are curious you can take it for a spin next time you come through town- I owe you lunch anyways for bailing last time. If you come by the house I can use my home made quick release mounts to go from batwing to windshield in less than a minute so you can compare the two.
You MUST obey the pug dog!
I hope all that will shake out by late spring/early summer so that I can ride to Atl. and spend a few days.
I'll keep you posted.
The problem with all of the shields and lowers that I have tried so far is that the lower part is angled the wrong way
and so it scoops out a big hole in the air instead of deflecting it.
The Bigshot makes a feeble attempt to correct that at the bottom but it doesn't quite work.....and the lowers are at a fixed, wrong angle too.
I don't really like the HUGE batwings that I see on most cruisers so I might be shopping for a smaller version; not quite so wide and a little taller.
Don't believe everything that you think.
I have the 12" windshield on mine,I might pick up a smaller screen for Summer local riding someday,only takes a minute or two to swap one out.
I also have the deflector wings attached (comes stock on Classics & Ultras) as well as the wind baffle down in the forks.
Very little buffeting even at 90mph-110mph.
I ditched the hard lowers for a set of vinyl covers that snap on the engine guards (crash bars),only use them if I hit foul weather on a big trip and the fit neatly in the sadsdlebags taking up very little space.
Batwings seem to have become very popular. Must be for a reason.
All the stuff I listed came stock on my bike except the added deflector wings which are stock on an Ultra,took all of two minutes to screw them on.
The Batwing has been on Electras since 1975 for a reason and it ain't a fashion statement.
These little wind deflectors work great.
The Ultra also has the hard lowers,not hard to take off but I prefer the snap on vinyls.
Last edited by Y2K; 02-08-2013 at 07:55 AM.
Fashions come and go and batwings are currently in vogue. Is it just form or fashion over function? Only by fitting one can you really judge. As Y2K attests; but then if they have been around for 30 years, why have they become seemingly so much more popular right now?
Last edited by AfterDarker; 02-08-2013 at 07:57 AM.
Is there any reason why the little lower deflectors are not built into the batwing itself?
That blue Ultra is my dream bike!
First and foremost, the deflection angle on the lower part of the shield/fairing is critical for proper air flow........so you don't get that rush of air up immediately behind the shield......that then blows up your nose and tries to tear your helmet off at speed.
I think it would be hard to maintain the proper angle without hitting the tank.
A shorter lower mounted at the proper angle is better than a long one at the wrong angle.
Come to think of it, that often applies to the upper part of the shield too.
AND......now that we have been assured that the ones that come as "standard equipment" on the big Harleys do, in fact, work really good for basic wind protection just by themselves (I think that's what I heard; that lowers and wings really aren't needed for good basic coverage)...............what about others who have added a batwing to a non-Harley machine ???
Anybody here done that ??
Don't believe everything that you think.

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Message from DG Heather Jones-Lancto
The theme for the upcoming year is "Reach the Summit Through Teamwork". Lions Club International has reached their centennial year and we have been successful because we are focused on the same goal: serving those in need. Be it on a global level or a local level, Lions truly live up to the idea "where there is a need there is a Lion".
This year we will continue the Centennial Service Challenge and are expected to reach our goal of 100 million people served well before the June 30th, 2018 deadline. The Lions of District 24B has embraced this challenge and made it their own. Lions Club International has added a new layer to the Centennial Service Challenge; clubs are being asked to leave their mark on their communities through the Centennial Community Legacy Project.
Ultimately, the greatest impact we can impart is through your local clubs. In the past few years clubs in 24B have started to work together to purchase eye screening machines, to work on upgrades at the camp for the blind, to complete large scale service projects. This year we are looking to develop an ALERT Program and build the ground work for a camp for blind children; both large scale projects that will bring Lions together from all over the district. I look forward to working with you all this year and celebrating Lions Clubs 100 years of service in Chicago in July 2017.


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Georgia Softball Announces 2014 Schedule
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Jan. 7, 2014
ATHENS, Ga. - The University of Georgia softball team will have 30 home dates during the 2014 season, including Southeastern Conference series against Mississippi State, South Carolina, Auburn and Kentucky, it was announced by Head Coach Lu Harris-Champer.
The squad will travel to take on SEC foes Texas A&M, Missouri, LSU and Alabama for a total if 24 SEC contests. The 2014 slate also features 32 non-conference games, 32 games against 2013 NCAA Regional teams and 12 games against teams that made it to the Super Regional Round of the 2013 NCAA Tournament.
Georgia kicks off the 2014 slate Feb. 7-9 with the first of four home tournaments. The Seventh Annual Red and Black Showcase will feature teams from North Texas, James Madison and Winthrop. The Bulldogs will be back in action the following weekend, Feb. 14-16, when it welcomes South Alabama, Mercer and Furman for the 11th Annual Georgia Softball Classic.
The Bulldogs take to the road for the first time Feb 21-23 when they travel to Orlando, Fla., for the Citrus Classic, which will take place at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. The three-day tournament has the Bulldogs facing five teams, three of which reached the NCAA Tournament a year ago. Georgia will play a televised game against NC State to kick off the weekend, before facing Marshall, East Carolina, Delaware and South Alabama.
Following the road trip, Georgia returns home for a 15-game home stand that begins Feb. 28-March 2 with the Sixth Annual Bulldog Invitational. During the three-day tournament, Georgia will host Alabama-Birmingham, St. Johns and Western Carolina. The early season tournaments conclude the following weekend, March 7-9, when the Bulldogs take on Purdue, Kent State and Tennessee Tech. Georgia's final non-conference game before the start of SEC play will be Wednesday, March 12 against Tennessee State.
Georgia opens SEC play at home March 14-16 when it welcomes the Mississippi State Bulldogs to Jack Turner Stadium. The following Wednesday, March 19, Georgia will conclude its home stand against Gardner-Webb.
The Bulldogs will play their next two SEC series away from Jack Turner Stadium, as they will travel to take on Texas A&M in College Station, Texas March 21-23 before facing Missouri in Columbia, Mo., March 28-30. Sandwiched between the two conference road series is a home game against Georgia Southern on March 26.
On April 2, Georgia will welcome Georgia Tech to Athens, Ga., for the first game of a two-game series this season. The following weekend, April 4-6, the Bulldogs will host South Carolina before taking on USC Upstate on Wednesday, April 9.
A road trip to Baton Rouge, La., to take on LSU April 11-13 follows the five-game home stand. Following the trip, Georgia will make the short drive to Atlanta, Ga., to close out the series with Georgia Tech on Wednesday, April 16.
Georgia returns to SEC play April 18-20 when it welcomes Auburn to Athens, Ga. The Bulldogs will then host Georgia State in the final non-conference game of the year on Tuesday, April 22.
The final SEC road test comes April 24-26 when the Bulldogs make their way to Tuscaloosa, Ala., to take on Alabama.
Georgia wraps up the regular season the following weekend, May 2-4, when it hosts Kentucky.
The SEC Tournament will be held May 7-10 and will be hosted by South Carolina in Columbia, S.C.
The NCAA Regional weekend is May 16-18, with Super Regionals being held May 24-25. The Women's College World Series will be May 29-June 4 in Oklahoma City, Okla.
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However, in respond to that legal notice, Excel Entertainment has replied that they have done nothing wrong by making Don 2 because they are the makers of it and they have all the rights to make sure that no one can stop their movie releasing on time. Excel Entertainment also said that they are really upset that Nariman Films tried to extort money just when the movie is about to release. The legal counsel of Excel Entertainment said that Excel Entertainment is the bonafide owner of Don 1 and it also owns the copyrights of Don 2.
The legal counsel also said that in 2005, Nariman Films had given the rights to Excel Entertainment in perpetuity for making Don. However, Don 2 is entirely original and the ownership of the movie is with Excel Entertainment. It was also announced that the entire story and dialogues and script has been made by Farhan Akhtar and therefore Nariman Films have no right to extort money from Excel Entertainment. The legal counsel also announced that they will reply legally to the advocates of Nariman Films to resolve the issues that are outstanding.


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Anti-Obama billboards could be harmful to the GOP's health
posted at 1:12 pm on August 31, 2012 by Howard Portnoy
Thursday's acceptance speech by Mitt Romney made it official. Romney is now the GOP candidate for president heading into the 2012 election and, as many are now praying fervently, will go on to become the 45th president of the United States. According to the Real Clear Politics average released on Friday, the answer to that prayer is now in hailing distance. Obama's lead over the GOP hopeful is 0.5%—the smallest its been so far in the election.
Polls are, of course, fickle. The bump reflected in the RCP average is likely to diminish, and the DNC is equally likely to give the Obama-Biden ticket a slight uptick, especially with Democrat idol Bill Clinton taking Joe Biden's spot in the roster of speeches.
One of the states that is firmly in the Democrats' column is Massachusetts. Why, therefore, should it matter in the least that a local resident of the sleepy town of Hanson (pop. 10,209) has erected a couple of anti-Obama billboards that many will find distasteful? First, because Barack Obama—despite having once decried the unfortunate tendency of politicians to "make a big election about small things"—has made the exclusive focus of the current election minutiae. His campaign has ridiculed Mitt Romney for everything from strapping a crate containing the family dog to the roof of his car to his wife's owning a horse that competed in the Olympics. His handlers are certain to point to the billboards as evidence of the "sort of people who want to regain control of the nation's leadership."
Second, the mainstream media has already smelled blood in the water. On Thursday CBS Boston ran the first of what are certain to be many TV stories on the billboards, one of which features a young child flipping Obama the bird. (The second shows a picture of Obama and is captioned "Somewhere in Kenya a village is missing its idiot.")
The billboards are likely to breathe new life into the specious argument that Obama has been subject to more mean-spirited attacks by his critics than any previous president. The illogical conclusions to be drawn—that he deserves a second term because people were mean to him or that all of this is rooted in racism—will be left to voters, many of whom sadly will take the bait.
One legitimate criticism that has been raised is wholly independent of the intent of the ads. It is to the billboard showing a child making an obscene gesture, which many (including this writer) find exploitative.
Some residents of Hanson have asked Robert Sullivan, who is responsible for the signs, to take them down. One resident told news radio station WBZ "It's being offensive. I think you can send out the message without being this drastic." Sullivan's attorney has countered that the signs are protected under his client's First Amendment's rights.
That is true. But the fact that the Constitution protects peoples' right to say what they want doesn't mean that they should. Bear in mind that the Supreme Court found the actions and words of the Westboro Baptist Church are covered by the group's free speech rights.
The Hanson story is one of many that are circulating around the web. Another news video about a billboard near Dallas was posted to YouTube last week. Unlike the others, the Hanson story seems to have legs. If Robert Sullivan is really earnest about seeing Obama ousted from office, he might want to think seriously about removing the billboards.
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Kvelertak are doing something right. For an album that hadn't even been released in the US until now, their self-titled full-length has garnered acclaim the world over, from it's two Grammy nominations in the band's native Norway to its inclusion on a whole lot of the extreme-metal press' Best-of-2010 lists. All this, and the band doesn't even sing in English. Yet for all the hype surrounding it, Kvelertak is a solidly average album, a record with all the pieces that make up a masterpiece and no idea where to put them.
In the first three tracks, "Ulvetid," "Mjod," and the enthusiastic "Fossegrim," Kvelertak make their influences and intentions known, straddling the thin line between Black Sabbath and Bathory, with healthy doses of Turbonegro, Torche, and the Crown tossed in. A promising combination, right? From there on, however, every song blends together. There are southern-fried guitar leads and blackened breakdowns aplenty (does this band really need three guitarists?), but none of them stand apart from one another. Vocalist Erieed Hjelvik's pained cries all sound the same after a while, and when proper close "Utrydd Dei Svake" comes to its banjo-on-piano finish (the album has been release Stateside here with a six bonus live and demo tracks), no specific riff or solo lingers in the listener's memory. The whole experience is thoroughly enjoyable, but easily forgotten.
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Howdy folks -- I could use some help designing a blind for a whitewater raft. I've been duck hunting for two decades, built plenty of boat blinds, but not sure what to do with this one. Any ideas are much appreciated. The main issue is that to paddle and get down the river, you have to sit on the edge of the raft, which makes fixing pvc or alum tubing for a typical pop up a bit of an issue. I used to be a whitewater guide so down at the bottom of this post I'll answer some common questions/misconceptions about rafts that I found here in the forums in old posts.
I'm looking at a two man like this one, about 11ft long and 5 ft wide. Keep in mind…this is a $2000+ whitewater raft, not a cheap plastic Walmart version. Just a heads up, if you try taking a cheap plastic version down a river you're going to get yourself killed.
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Questions/Misconceptions About Hunting From A Raft
-- Disclaimer: I've never actually duck hunted from a raft. I've duck hunted for a long time and guided class V whitewater, and hunted from my whitewater kayak, so I might know a bit about how it could work (or could go very badly, including drowning yourself).
-- Rivers can be very dangerous, especially in cold weather. If you don't know what you're doing, but want to start trying to hunt a local river, I'd first highly recommend hooking up with a local whitewater paddling group/club and learning how to run whitewater. After you can guide a raft down class III+ whitewater, hunting a class II river won't be an issue.
-- When would a whitewater raft be a good choice for duck hunting? Really I can only think of one situation, and that's small-ish rivers with more than class I whitewater. That's what I find myself wanting to hunt now. Big rivers like the Arkansas (my old stomping grounds), an 18ft+ jon is a better option in my opinion. Creeks and small rivers that don't have whitewater, a canoe or small jon is a better option. A raft could be helpful for ponds and lakes in some cases I guess.
-- Whitewater raft vs. cheap Walmart raft. Ok --- these are VERY VERY different things. A two man whitewater raft like the one above, new, is going to cost well over $1000. Larger 14ft+ rafts are several thousand dollars. AIRE and SOTAR are two big manufacturers of real whitewater rafts. Do not ever, ever take a cheap plastic raft on whitewater, you will be swimming.
-- Whitewater rafts are extremely durable. They're designed for class V whitewater (the Grand Canyon, Gauley River, etc), razor sharp rocks, brutal hits against rocks. Cold weather will not cause the air in the tubes to cool and deflate (this was the funniest misconception I read in old forum topics). Here in Oregon we run whitewater all year, in dry suits when it's 0 degrees F with snow everywhere, generally you carry a little hand pump to add a bit of air if the tubes get a little soft. Yes your shotgun will easily blow a hole through them. I personally feel much safer on small-ish rivers with class II or III whitewater in a raft than I ever would in a jon boat, without a doubt, and even safer than in a dory or drift boat. I'm sure drift boaters will disagree ;)
-- Stability depends on the particular raft. My two man raft isn't extremely stable if two adult men jump up and start blasting away. It isn't going to flip by any means, but it rocks a bit. We'll be shooting from a sitting position. Large 14ft+ rafts have similar, usually better, stability than jon boats.
-- Overall, hunting from a raft on small-ish rivers could be very very productive. Mainly because you can get to places other people can't. I know this having never hunted from a raft because I've hunted from my whitewater kayak and done really well.


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It is very important to play with your puppy. If you dont play with your puppy often it can form a pack with the dogs and over power you. Especially your new dog being a puppy right now its very vital for her to be interacted and socialized both with dogs and people. There is no real way to tell you a certain breed that will be good with your dog.
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petfinder.com would be a great place to find a pug to add to your home. why not make your second dog an adult rescue? Nothing cuter than a pack of pugs!
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If you are too tired to play with the one you have don't get another, we have two pups and believe me, it is twice the play time besides twice the walking training ect., my husband and I are both retired and home with them all day and we are exhausted some times. Remember too with two puppies they need separate obedience training so that they bond to you and not each other and if they do that they could give you a really hard time.
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Hello from Fort Worth Texas. Another CHL out and about on the streets looking out for their own safety and anyone else's that happens to need it. By the way, that is nothing new, I jus have a means to actually do something about situations I didn't have before. This extra weight on my belt does not make me a secret agent or superfly or anything like that. The cell phone is still the best choice when a life is not on the line. I have been here a few weeks, just didn't notice this section right away. I hope to contribute here and appreciate all the advice and information I have gotten so far.
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Big changes in biologics in this week's column, as we round up the pharma industry's new scientific hires.
Oxford BioTherapeutics, a company developing antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) for cancer, has appointed Keith Wilson as Chief Scientific Officer (CSO). He joins the company from AbbVie, where he was Global Leader for Antibody Drug Conjugates.
Wilson has worked in life sciences R&D for more than 20 years, specialising in oncology and immunology. Before AbbVie, he worked as Senior Director of Research at Facet Biotech, and Director of Pipeline Strategy, Early Discovery and Computational Biology at PDL BioPharma.
Oxford BioTherapeutics' proprietary ADC platform, named OGAP, uses the company's proteomic databases, with data on over 5,000 cancer cell proteins, to identify ADV activity.
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Peril and the Prize: The Dakar Rally
While the vast majority of race-hungry viewers across the country watch NASCAR, Indy and the American Le Mans Series, a race of an altogether different kind occurs on another continent -- and both death and destruction are almost guaranteed. That race is the Dakar Rally (a.k.a., the Paris-Dakar Rally), where professionals and amateurs alike venture out into the treacherous unknown in all manner of vehicles to see if they can claim the coveted title of one of the most skilled and hard-as-nails drivers the world has ever seen. There's little in the way of tarmac to plant your tires on in this
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I had Radiesse on my marionette lines about 12 weeks ago. I was very bruised and it was very painful. Within a week of the injection it started to look like I had had nothing done at all. I went to see the doctor and she injected me with more Radiesse. This time I did not bruise as badly but my entire chin became very red. Not just the injection sites but my entire chin.
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"I think it's stressful for the whole family. There is a lot of anxiety. Christmas is Brittanee's favorite holiday, so it is very hard for us," says Dawn.
Dawn honors Brittanee with a separate tree. One that holds all of Brittanee's ornaments. She calls it the tree of hope.
"I hope someone will come forward. I know someone knows something. And we've been waiting three a half years for Britt it's tiring exhausting, very stressful especially holidays and birthdays," says Dawn.
Barbara Sullivan knows exactly what Dawn is feeling. Her son Brian disappeared in July of 2007.
His car was later found near a Burger King on Chili Avenue.
"It's terrible every day not knowing. Hoping every day though that today we are one day closer to finding Brian," says Barbara Sullivan.
She too has a special tree for her child. "It's all of Brian's ornaments and every year since Brian was little, people gave him an ornament."
Brian's stocking is full of gifts. Each year one more thing gets added. "We're hoping some day Brian gets to open his gifts," says Barbara.
Brittanee also has some waiting for her and her mom dreams of the day she'll come home to open them. "Enjoy time with your kids especially at the holidays and make memories with them because one day they may not have them here with them."
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SHANGHAI/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - After a mammoth marketing campaign, growing online chatter in China around "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" suggests the latest installment of the hit franchise has a shot at breaking box office records in the world's second-largest movie market.
China is crucial if Walt Disney Co's first foray into the world of Jedi knights is to earn a spot among the top-grossing films of all time. The movie, the seventh in a near 40-year-old franchise, surged past "Jurassic World" to set a global opening weekend record of $529 million.
Disney has had to work hard for its "Star Wars" buzz in China. Though the franchise launched in 1977 - a year after the end of the Cultural Revolution and the death of China's founding leader Mao Zedong - the original films weren't shown in movie theaters until this June.
But after promotions featuring everything from 500 model stormtroopers on the Great Wall to a pop star dubbed China's answer to Justin Bieber, a Reuters analysis of posts on popular microblog Sina Weibo shows "Star Wars" has been mentioned around 700,000 times since the start of December, outpacing other big hit Hollywood releases in China this year.
"I roughly know the story plot but I have never seen any of the films in the series before," admitted Yao Yiyun, 22, a computer programming student in Shanghai. "When it comes out at the cinemas I want to see it though, especially because I like science fiction."
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Who's paying for Haiti?
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Previously, Josh covered defense and foreign policy as a staff writer for Congressional Quarterly, writing extensively on Iraq, Afghanistan, Guantánamo Bay, U.S.-Asia relations, defense budgeting and appropriations, and the defense lobbying and contracting industries. Prior to that, he covered military modernization, cyber warfare, space, and missile defense for Federal Computer Week Magazine. He has also served as Pentagon Staff Reporter for the Asahi Shimbun, Japan's leading daily newspaper, in its Washington, D.C., bureau, where he reported on U.S.-Japan relations, Chinese military modernization, the North Korean nuclear crisis, and more.
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The State Department and the White House are busily working on a new request for supplemental funding to cover the near and immediate term costs for Haiti relief. But in the meantime, other countries funded by the Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance are feeling the pinch and being forced to accept big budget cuts.
Consider this email sent to Somali teams working with OFDA funding that was sent to The Cable (emphasis added):
As a result of Haiti there have been some significant budget changes at OFDA that will have a major impact on the Somalia programs," it reads, "As you are probably well aware, OFDA is engaged in a multi-million dollar response in Haiti. As a result, we have had to make all available resources available for Haiti. What this means is that all regions within OFDA are being reduced by 40% resulting in subsequent reductions in planned programming at the country level."
State Department P.J. Crowley told The Cable that the redirection of funds from other countries' accounts was necessary but would not have consequences on the ground unless there is a long delay in receiving supplemental funding, which he said is unlikely.
"This temporary movment of money from the Somalia account to the Haiti account is going to have no impact on the ground in Somalia," Crowley said, "assuming that the supplemental occurs expeditiously."
In an exclusive interview with The Cable, Deputy Secretary of State Jack Lew said that although the administration couldn't include Haiti funding in this week's budget request because the crisis came too late, the administration plans to ask for more Haiti relief funding soon. "There will be additional requirements related to the Haiti earthquake," said Lew. "We're working with OMB to come up with both the requirements and a strategy for meeting those needs."
A senior Democratic Senate aide told The Cable that the administration is "expeditiously" preparing a Haiti supplemental that will be separate from the regular and supplemental budget requests given to Congress this week, although no final decisions have been made.
In the meantime, "those places where they have existing or ongoing humanitarian issues are the ones that are having to slash their budgets," the Senate aide said, "That's basically saying there's a hierarchy of humanitarian assistance and Haiti is the most important … and the other places will have to make due at the moment."
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As utility vehicles, trucks are king. There's no denying the versatility of having a bed to store anything you need and a full frame to tow your boat, trailer, or project car. However, there are many of us who like trucks simply because they look great, and another group of us that just want to go fast no matter what we're driving – even if it's a truck. Fortunately, automakers are notoriously good at catering to those specific needs, and these three trucks are the best of the best when it comes to utility, form factor, and outright performance. 2004-2006 Dodge Ram SRT-10 No, that's not a typo. Sometime in 2004, someone at Chrysler asked what would happen if you decided to play genetic scientist and cross-breed a Ram and a Viper. The result? This truck. Under the hood lies the same 8.3 liter V10 found in the Viper. That means you've got a truck with 510 horsepower, 525 lb-ft. of torque, and some serious attitude. To make things sweeter, you could even get your Ram SRT-10 with a Borg-Warner T56 6-speed manual gearbox, and even as a Quad Cab, should you choose to take some friends along on your high speed adventures. Fear not, though: the Quad Cab Ram SRT-10 can still tow 7,500 pounds. It's a truck. It's a Viper. It's a four door Vipertruck. You need one. 1991 GMC Syclone The Syclone is far and away the rarest truck on this list, so if you can get your hands on one, you should probably do it. They built 2,995 of these trucks in 1991, and they followed the Henry Ford model: any color you want, as long as it's black. Anyway, the important bit about the Syclone is that it's fast. Really fast. Powered by a 4.3 liter V6 with a Mitsubishi turbocharger and a Garrett water-to-air intercooler, the Syclone was the fastest production truck in the world when it was introduced. The little S-10 that could (okay, GMC Sonoma if we're being technical) laid down impressive numbers. The sprint from 0-60 miles per hour took just 4.3 seconds, and it finished the quarter mile in 13.6 seconds in Car and Driver magazine tests. For comparison: the 1991 Corvette managed times of 5.2 seconds and 14.1, respectively. This truck is fast, and it's all thanks to this little baby right here: 2005-2013 Toyota Tacoma X-Runner Supercharged Like the Syclone up above, this little truck proves that the replacement for displacement is, in fact, forced induction. Powered by a 4.0 liter V6, the regular X-Runner has a respectable 236 horsepower and 266 lb-ft of torque, but if that's not enough for you, TRD, Toyota Racing Development, has a dealer add-on Eaton supercharger kit. Adding this $4,500 part to your truck gives you 304 hp, 336 lb-ft. of torque, and doesn't even void your factory 5 year/60,000 mile powertrain warranty. Everything you need is right here, and can be purchased right at your friendly local Camry-selling dealership: Aside from that, the X-Runner is a still a well-built mid-size pickup that you can order with a 6-speed manual transmission, a big brake kit from Stop-Tech (factory, I might add), and a killer ground effects kit that really helps to set it apart from the regular Tacoma. If you still need your fast truck to function as a work truck from time to time, the X-Runner is rated to tow 6,500 pounds and has a payload capacity of 1,650 pounds as well. It's decently sized, perfectly functional, and surprisingly fast. Just what everyone needs. What do you think? Would you add any of these sporty trucks to your garage? Did I leave some out? Weigh in in the comments below!


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What motivates people across the globe to risk their lives to fight for democracy? And why do authoritarian regimes survive despite the recent expansion of democracy around the world?
With the film "A Whisper to a Roar" as a backdrop, panelists on Monday sought an answer to these elusive questions. The panel, which included the Egyptian Democratic Academy activist Esraa Abdel Fattah, the Slate Magazine journalist William Dobson, the film director Ben Moses, and Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) Professor Tarek Masoud, addressed a capacity crowd at the HKS screening of the documentary. The event, part of the center's focus on the relationship between democratic governance and persistent urgent social challenges, launched the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation's spring Democracy Seminar series.
"A Whisper to a Roar" follows the struggles of pro-democracy activists and political leaders in five authoritarian countries — Egypt, Malaysia, Ukraine, Venezuela, and Zimbabwe — and is based on the work of Larry Diamond, a renowned democracy scholar and author of the 2008 book "The Spirit of Democracy: The Struggle to Build Free Societies Throughout the World." (Diamond was also an Ash Center Democracy Seminar speaker in 2009.)
Masoud, who was the panel's moderator, served as a leading commentator on the film's focus on the 2011 revolution in Egypt. During the post-film discussion he questioned the nature and durability of authoritarianism.
"Even when you get rid of a dictator, why does authoritarianism still remain?" he asked, citing the countries the film profiled as examples of non-democracies with weak political rights and civil liberties despite the work of pro-democracy activists.
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Earlier this week the city of Milton-Freewater passed a regulation allowing city employees to carry a gun while on the job if they have a license to carry a concealed weapon.
The whole conversation started when a public works employee requested to carry his concealed weapon while at work.
In 6 -1 vote Monday the Milton -Freewater city council passed a regulation allowing city employees to carry a weapon while on the job if they have a concealed weapomn permit.
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Council members said those who voted to pass the amendment all did so for the same reason.
"We each took an oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of Oregon so the second amendment is apart of that oath and I don't see why we would deny our employees the right to carry when they've already been approved through the Shierff's Department to be able to carry," said council member Sam Hopkins-Hubbard.
Marge Roff a local real estate agent said she's not thrilled with the decision but is willing to accept it.
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Ed Chesut the council member who voted against the change said he's not upset with the decision but wanted to make sure the community knows this is not a black and white topic.
"When we make that change other factors become risks. The potential that a situation which was already thense could esclate simply because there's a firearm," said Chesnut.
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"The comments that I've heard was that if employees think they are unsafe then we have a problem and we should adress that but that wasn't what the issue was. The purpose of the request was that the person wanted to assist if something really radical started to happen, " said Chesnut.
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Greetings to All,
I was working in a company where I used to get projects from elance for that company. Then I quit from there and started freelancing for me.
It was 2009 when I started on elance. I used to bid on projects but usually get rejected. I kept on trying and then finally got a project this year last month. I earned $6 from my first project and then I earned $85 from my second project. and now I'm looking for more projects. I would get one soon INSHA-ALLAH.
I would like to share my experience here with all which I earned during the tenure of my trials i.e from 2009 to 2012.
I came to know many strange thinking of the employers here.
I'm a Pakistani girl so faced a lot of problems here at elance. Employers simply reject Pakistani freelancers, employers specially from US. They just reject even without discussing or without trying.
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How would a new person get experience when you are not willing to give him / her a chance...?
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Obviously someone gave you a chance so that you got to this position where you are today. So think for the new ones as you were also NEW sometime for your employers.
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Looking forward to have some good prayers from those who read my story.
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