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August 17, 2004 - COMO - The Como-Pickton Eagles hit the ground running Saturday in their first controlled three-team scrimmage of the year against the Chisum Mustangs and the Union Hill Bulldogs at Heflin Field.
Second-year coach Joe Ryzman said he was pleased with the way his team performed on both sides of the ball.
"We are further along than we were last year in our offense. The execution was good, and there was very few mental mistakes," Ryzman said. "Defensively, we got after it which is what our kids do best."
Ryzman said work still needs to be done before their final scrimmage against the Cumby Trojans Friday night. Kickoff is scheduled for 6:30 p.m.
The scrimmage was originally scheduled in Cumby but after renovations to the football field, the coaches decided to move the scrimmage to Como, and the teams could engage in one or two full quarters in final preparation for Zero Week action for both schools.
"I feel like offensively we need to continue to work on our execution and eliminate all the mistakes we did make. There were not many for a first scrimmage, but we still have some mistakes," Ryzman said. "Going into practice this week we are going to look to strengthen our passing game more and eliminate our mistakes, but I was very pleased with our running game."
Ryzman said he believes on defense the team needs to work on tackling drills and working on better pursuit angles during practice this week.
Tyrin Porter and Ray Hayden looked strong during the scrimmage and impressed Ryzman with the way both of them handled the duties at running back.
"I don't see it being a running back battle but a running back combination. Both of those athletes will play both ways. As of right now, I have Porter as my No. 1 back and Hayden as my No. 2 back, but saying that, I see both of them running the football this year," Ryzman said.
With their first game in two weeks against the Rivercrest Rebels at Heflin Field, Ryzman is looking for the team to improve on special teams when the face Cumby Friday night.
"I look for us to become a more solid football team, and work on special teams to get ready for our first week of real play," Ryzman said.
One area Ryzman said the team is looking to improve on this year is the running game with Porter, Hayden, and senior FB/LB John Sullivan, after struggling with it last season.
Ryzman said his quarterback Josh Biggerstaff looked impressive in the scrimmage in the passing game as well as the running game.
"We are not focusing on the passing game as much as we did last year, because the priority coming in this year was to establish a running game something we had difficulty doing last year," Ryzman said. "With that being said, Biggerstaff didn't throw the ball as much, but when he did he throw it, he did it very well, and when he ran the ball, he ran it well."
With 16 athletes on the varsity roster, Ryzman said some of the players had bumps and bruises, but no serious injuries have occurred so far in practices during preseason workouts.
"I felt very optimistic about what our kids can do this season, and also that we didn't have any serious injuries, which is good given that we don't have a lot of depth this season," Ryzman said.
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Reader Tip - Debug Condition for Debugging Voice Calls
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Thanks to Volodymyr Morskyy for sending his tip!
This is a good tip to illustrate how to do conditional debugging in the voice space:
At first you need to configure "call filter match-list <tag num> voice" then in this match-list you need to specify what are you trying to filter (ex. incoming or outgoing calling/called number) and finally, before enabling debug (for example debug isdn q931), set "debug condition match-list <tag num> partial/full match".
In the console you'll see only information related to your filter.
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Results posted yesterday by the company, which has been buffeted over the past year by significant management changes and fallout from the collapse of Lift Capital, showed Bravura posted a comprehensive loss of $16.4 million for the year ended June 30, compared with a profit of $1 million for the previous year.
The nosedive into red ink came as amortisation and depreciation expenses gouged a $10 million combined hole in profits, a figure that wasn't helped by impairment charges of $7.6 million that was compounded.
The big write-downs came as Bravura's management sought to assure investors that its "internal restructure and senior leadership changes" had resulted in turning around the company's underlying performance in the wake of the global financial crisis.
Bravura's investor presentation issued to the Australian Securities Exchange claimed a "130 per cent improvement in earnings before interest, tax depreciation and amortisation excluding licence fees".
However, the company later clarified that the excluded "licence fees" referred to sales of new software licences rather than ongoing maintenance payments revenue, which rose marginally to $47 million in the full year, up from $46 million in the previous corresponding period.
Maintenance revenue is often the preferred measure of revenue by software stock analysts because it gives better visibility of a company's income stream from annual payments that stem from deals already in place.
The relative strength of Bravura's maintenance revenue stream may deliver some reassurance to shareholders, given new licence sales at Bravura were hit hard by the reeling global wealth management industry.
Sales of new licences plummeted to just $6.6 million for the full year, from $26.6 million in the previous corresponding period.
"Licence fees reduced as a result of a significant increase in the length of sales cycles and uncertainty in the recent economic climate," Bravura's management told shareholders.
"[The] strong Australian dollar has had a significant impact on the translation of overseas revenues," it said.
However, long-suffering followers of the once ascendant stock noted that senior executive salaries did not appear to feel the same impact and for the most part remained well above $300,000 despite falling profitability.
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My 86-year-old widowed mother-in-law keeps her money in places where inflation is the only risk -- savings bonds and savings accounts at local banks. She and her friends complain daily about today's rates and together watch for opportunities to get another point or two of interest. But none of them would ever consider putting their savings where even a penny might be at risk -- even if the potential for growth was great.
Her investment habits are apparently pretty common among people living in retirement. MetLife released a study yesterday that showed that 52 percent of people with more than $200,000 in investable assets are parking their money in bank savings accounts; 51 percent are using money market accounts; and 38 percent are using certificates of deposit. Some 21 percent have money in savings bonds.
Far be it from me to be critical of my mother-in-law's retirement planning approach. Her fiscal conservatism has served her well over the years. Nevertheless, I think it is worth pointing out another study commissioned by U.S. Bank that shows that 92 percent of people with investable assets of $1 million or more haven't abandoned the stock market.
While 45 percent say they are less tolerant of risk than they were three years ago, 47 percent say their investment risk tolerance hasn't changed. About 60 percent say they seek a rate of return that outpaces inflation, taxes and fees, and 29 percent are looking for growth beyond those factors.
When you're 86, holding tightly to your nest egg is probably the right thing to do. But those of us with miles to go should probably take our cues from the less risk averse. Otherwise, by the time we're 86, we may not have anything left to invest.


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Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo has made its first powered flight, breaking the sound barrier in a test over the Mojave Desert that moves the company closer to its goal of flying paying passengers on brief hops into space.
''It couldn't have gone more smoothly,'' said British tycoon Richard Branson, who owns the spaceline with Aabar Investments PJC of Abu Dhabi.
On Monday, a special twin-fuselage jet carrying SpaceShipTwo spent 45 minutes climbing to an altitude of 14,630 metres and released the spaceship. Pilot Mark Stucky and co-pilot Mike Alsbury then triggered SpaceShipTwo's rocket engine.
The engine burnt for 16 seconds, propelling the spaceship to an altitude of 16,764 metres and a velocity of Mach 1.2, surpassing the speed of sound. SpaceShipTwo then glided to a safe landing at Mojave Air and Space Port in the desert north of Los Angeles, Virgin Galactic's chief executive George Whitesides said.
Monday's 10-minute test flight was considered a major step for the program.
''Having spaceship and rocket perform together in the air is a long way toward getting into space,'' said Sir Richard, who watched from the ground. ''A few more test flights with slightly bigger burns every time, and then we'll all be back here to watch it go into space.''
Several powered flights are planned in coming months, culminating with a dash into space targeted toward the end of the year.
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Swimming: Foothills earns Alberta's top medium club honours
Wednesday, Jul 25, 2012 06:00 am
The Foothills Stingrays Swim Club walked away from the long course provincials as the best in Alberta at its level.
The Stingrays finished first among medium-sized teams and fifth overall in the Alberta Age Group and Senior Championships, July 8 in Edmonton.
�The four teams that beat us are the large teams and they�re around 300 kids for each club and we�re only 100,� said Stingrays head coach Todd Melton. �We did really well and beat a lot of the larger teams that should be in that category.�
The provincial meet determines the top teams based on an aggregate system adding up all the points earned by swimmers aged 14 and under from every club. First-place swims are worth 50 points and second place finishes accumulate 30.
�It was close,� Melton said. �We only won by about 40 points in front of Medicine Hat and Red Deer was right behind.�
The Stingrays exceeded the expectations their head coach set for them prior to the meet.
�It was one of the most exciting Sunday�s I�ve ever had as a coach,� Melton said. �We figured if everyone swam the way they were supposed to swim that we would lose by a point. By the time the relays rolled around we were pretty much assured we were going to win.�
The Stingrays missed out on the banner at last year�s long-course provincials and the short-course provincials in the fall as well. Melton said it was important to cap off the swim season, a couple important meets left still remaining, with the club�s first banner since the short course provincials in March 2011.
�That last one Finlay (Knox) alone got 400 points, there was a couple individuals that earned that banner whereas this one was a huge group effort,� Melton said. �So it meant more this time.�
There may not have been any single performers single-handedly leading the charge for Foothills, but 12-year-old Layne Guidinger certainly did her part to ensure a team victory for the Stingrays.
Guidinger won the gold medal in the 1,500m freestyle and 50m breaststroke, silver in the 200m breaststroke and bronze in the 200m freestyle.
She swam to personal best of 37.3 seconds in the 50m breaststroke.
�I went in (after preliminaries) in second in the 50m free and I beat the girl who came in first by about a tenth (of a second),� said Guidinger, who shredded 18 seconds off her best ever swim in the taxing 1,500m freestyle.
�I won my heat, by a lot. We were double-laneing and I lapped my girl by 200m.�
The High River resident also swam to four new national times in the 800, 400 and 200m freestyle and 100m breaststroke.
She will get to test herself in eight swims at the Age Group Championships, starting today, July 25-29 at the Talisman Centre in Calgary.
Stingrays Cole Mitdtal and Blaise Evelyn earned their age group national times in their final opportunity to do so for the Age Group Championships.
Evelyn qualified through the 200m breaststroke, beating the qualifying standard by close to 1.5 seconds.
�There was a lot of pressure on me,� Evelyn said. �Before the race I was quite nervous and I talked to my coach (Thomas South) and he told me to not think about it and just race my race and that really helped me when I was on the box, ready to dive in.�
It wasn�t the only highlight from a terrific weekend for the 13-year-old.
�I was also 0.64 milliseconds away from 14-year-old national time in the 100m breaststroke and (made the final) in that event and came ninth,� he said.
Stingray Carly Ede earned silver medals in the 50m, 100m and 200m backstroke and 50m butterfly, but was most pleased with her bronze medal performance in the 400m individual medley.
�I took off more than 12 seconds,� Ede said of her personal best 400m swim in Edmonton. �In preliminaries it was very hard because you have to do every stroke and it has all your weaknesses and your strengths. Finals felt a lot better because I learned how to race from the morning experience.�
The 14-year-old Ede looks to carry her momentum on to her next meet which happens to be the biggest meet of the calendar year for junior aged swimmers featuring 1,600 of Canada�s best swimmers.
Ede has high expectations for the aforementioned Age Group Championships, namely a senior national time in her specialty swim � the 50m backstroke � where she�s currently eight-one-hundredths of a second off the standard.
For more information on the Foothills Stingrays visit their website at www.foothillsstingrays.com.


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Yeah, yeah I know I should be flipping through my electromagnetics textbook. I know I should be indulging in calculus equations. But hey, it's the last episode of one of the best Macross series ever made, so what gives? Term tests come after potentially great anime episodes anytime, like that Fabulous episode of Xam'd.
Alas, watching the last episode of Macross Frontier was like having someone suddenly swing a punch into your belly right after treating you to an expensive Brazilian BBQ meal.
Let's analyse what kind of damage the last episode has done to the image of the series.
1. Alto expected that he'd be shot so he jumped out of his Valkyrie before Mr. Siscon shot him in the ass. So why not pilot away from the laser trajectory eh? Maybe it is because Frontier is losing so much weaponry that he can afford to sacrifice his plane for a deus ex machina in the last episode. Oh wait, they sent the asshole a second Valkyrie right after he just crash and burned his previous one. Seriously, being the harem lead sandwiched between two war-changing singers really gives you all the privileges you need.
2. Alto sees through the eyes of big fat Ranka and realises that the short mental imprint of some megazord is actually a Battle-form of another Macross colony. So how did he manage to peek through the huge Ranka? I have no idea. Must be that high-tech earring Sheryl gave him that can somehow transcend time and space. If I was the President of Frontier, I'd just play the 'we-all-live-in-the-yellow-submarine' song all day long into the jewel and direct it at the Vajra. That'd have made war so much more simpler.
3. So Queen of the universe got outwitted by songs and bug swarms easily. You know that if you're holding on to some sort of lame weapon of mass disruption, you should take good care of it, not place it in a stupid neon cage that the captivated prisoner breaks free with just a swing of her arms. This is uber space age man. Use some high-voltage lightning cages or laser rays for stupid's sake. In the case whereby rescuers appear, at least have some defence? Alto striding into the prison cell and flying out without his Valkyrie was the most unforgivable crap that appeared in the episode.
4. Hi guys, we blew a bomb of cash on the entire series on songs and production. Now we're almost bankrupt and the last episode is here, what should we do? Oh yeah, let's remix the damn songs! Afterall, what's more powerful than a bunch of powerful songs? A damn remix of course! No and wtf. I was expecting them to save one good song for the last episode. Yeah yeah, the number of songs in the series is already too good to be true, but hello, a song for a the last episode? Not to mention that the remix was one of the worst I've ever heard. It makes IOSYS sound awesome.
5. The Vajra sing with their belly. No they do not sing, and they never did sing. That song right at the end of the episode? That is called plagiarism in its rawest bug form. You know what's the next thing that they use their belly for? Digest humans.
6. We are different and alone, therefore we stick together and cooperate to make life better. Such is life. Yeah, the Vajra were clueless about our species so in an effort to save us from sick, sick variety, they decided to shoot lasers at us as a greeting, and see if we would respond in kind by firing nukes on them. We all understand war really well. It made as much sense as the Pythagoras Theorem. Poor Michel, I feel sad for his forced death.
7. A bunch of songs spurred tonnes of Vajra troops to protect our Frontier island from harm via sacrificial means. I hope the Vajra will understand that if a huge laser was ever fired upon their homeland, there won't be a tonne of Valkyries standing vigilantly in the way of the laser. But who cares, they're fast-spawning zerglings without stim-packs. We're more important.
8. The bugs sing with their belly, so shoot the head thanks. Yeah, Ranka probably forgot that Vajra had to somehow, you know, think. Never mind that, Ranka says, maybe we singers have no brains! Pew pew pew, off the head goes. The brainless Vajra are now happy that we'll be taking over their motherland and spewing toxic waste gases into their atmosphere very soon.
9. Alto, in his urgency to have a threesome with his harem, sends his brand new Valkyrie to its explosive doom while giving it a last, cool salute. Dude.
This episode really ticked me off as I just purchased the finale volume of MX0 and was greeted by a typical Yasuhiro Kano ball-busting move. Let's just say it made me feel stupid for actually feeling for the characters throughout the entire 10 volumes. The same frequency struck me as I watched episode 25 of Macross Frontier. But no fear, there'll be an upcoming Macross F movie/OVA! Meh.
As for the upcoming new season, I'm actually quite surprised at how many of my presently-collecting manga series are turning into anime series. I'd probably be catching only a few of the shows, namely Kurobarrel, Kemeko and maaaaaybe Casshern(Hello Madhouse!).
What about CLANNAD? Let's just say I outgrew it. I shall leave a link to DM's post on the episode and leech extra pageviews from trackbacks without any constructive feedback on his post.


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MINNEAPOLIS Left-handed reliever John Grabow's heroic effort last night got lost amid all the hoopla of the LaRoche brothers both going deep and Andrew McCutchen smacking his first career homer.
So, here's some props, Grabes:
Seventh inning, Pirates up 4-2. Grabow relieves Ian Snell and gets an easy grounder to start the frame. Brendan Harris rips a ball into the left field corner. Harris stops rounding first base, then is able to jog into second when left fielder Nyjer Morgan throws the ball to third base. Second baseman Freddy Sanchez is visibly agitated, because the Pirates had a chance to nail Harris at second.
Joe Mauer walks. Justin Morneau walks. Sensing a turning point, the crowd of 30,057 rises to its feet and takes advantage of the Metrodome's acoustics.
One, two, three pitches and Jason Kubel is a strikeout victim.
Up came Joe Crede, who blasted a two-run double in the third. Crede is a .268 hitter against lefties, about 60 points better than he is against right-handers. Tapper toward the mound. Grabow scoops the ball on the run and flips to first baseman Adam LaRoche. As the ball nestled into LaRoche's mitt, about 5,000 fans turned and headed for the parking lots.
Inning over. Lead preserved. Game effectively won.
"It was huge," manager John Russell said. "That's kind of John. He does that sometimes. He gets into a jam and finds a way out of it. I thought he showed a lot of guts to get through that inning. It could have been a totally different game."
After the final out, Grabow stood beside the clubhouse door and fist-bumped every player and coach. Only then did he go inside and have ice packs strapped on his left shoulder, elbow and hip.
• Lineups for this afternoon's game:
PIRATES 1.Andrew McCutchen cf, 2. Nyjer Morgan lf, 3. Eric Hinske dh, 4. Adam LaRoche 1b, 5. Andy LaRoche 3b, 6. Brandon Moss rf, 7. Jason Jaramillo c, 8. Ramon Vazquez 2b, 9. Jack Wilson ss. Zach Duke (7-4, 3.10) lhp
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Betty Engdorf Paintings in Room L-129
Betty Engdorf, a local artist who has just taken on being vice-president of the Tomball Art League, is the featured artist in our meeting room exhibition hall this month. Betty's landscapes document favorite local scenes and European travels. She is also showing paintings of flowers and birds, including her favorite hummingbirds. Come by and enjoy Engdorf's paintings through the month of May.


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Solyndra was using thin film CIGS technology and a new circular panel design. The idea was that it had both intellectual property and the ability to drop costs by 40%. It did.
Solyndra hoped to produce energy at $3/watt, including capital costs. A year ago, when panel prices were at $5/watt, that was a breakthrough. But Chinese oversupply this year sent prices plunging to near $1/watt, and Solyndra went bankrupt.
Some people are trying to spin this as bad news. It is not. It is good news. The simple fact is that production efficiency and market competition have cut the cost of producing solar energy.
How is that bad news? The "problem" is that Chinese companies like Jinko Solar JKS, Yingli Green Energy YGE, Trina Solar TSL and JA Solar JASO produced more panels than their own market could absorb and so "dumped" a ton of them on the U.S. market, killing some suppliers that were using technologies, like CIGS, that could not scale as fast. Our Lucas Krupinski has an excellent analysis of all this.
This is not news to tech analysts. It's one reason our big tech companies hold so much cash. It's only a "scandal" if you're looking to make up a scandal. The solution is to do what some smart energy companies have been doing – make a switch from solar thermal to solar electric, and pick up some bargains. Lower costs now mean big profits later.
It's true that Solyndra, and other CIGS outfits like privately-held Stion (recipient of millions in aid from Republican Haley Barbour) and First Solar FSLR, are hurt by the glut. But utility companies buying panels, or installing capacity like Chevron CVX, are picking up some bargains, switching from solar thermal to solar photovoltaic.
If we can stop the witch hunting a moment and focus on the problem at hand. We delivered the aid to the wrong party. We needed it at the front-end – in research – and at the back end – in purchasing. Instead we got it in the middle – in production. That's how we got oil and gas going a century ago, with .5% of the total federal budget going to oil and gas subsidies, five times the level of current renewable aid.
But solar is not oil. The model for aid should be what we did with the Internet. Fund the research in the name of national security, then buy capacity at the back-end so people in the space are focused less on the money than the mission.
Scaling ideas like this, the production of hydrogen from waste water using biology rather than electricity, is where our money should be going. Assure Penn State a market for its hydrogen through military contracts and you have a win.
Companies like Pacific Gas & Electric PCG, NextEra Energy NEE, and Public Service Energy Group PEG are buying capacity at attractive prices. If you want to play solar energy right now these utilities are a safe way to play it.
Beyond that, it's all venture capital. Deep knowledge, a wide selection of early-stage bets, and patience is going to make some folks big, big money in the next five years here. But that's only a game for professionals and those willing to risk all their capital through a managed fund.
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Mr. Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): As the Secretary of State is aware, my hon. Friend the Member for North Essex (Mr. Jenkin), the shadow Secretary of State for Defence, is in the Gulf visiting British servicemen and women who are already there in some force.
I am grateful to the Secretary of State for advance sight of his statement. Indeed, we are grateful to him for responding to the call yesterday from my hon. Friend the Member for Mid-Norfolk (Mr. Simpson) to make a statement today, the last major parliamentary day before Christmas. However, it is an indictment of the Government's priorities that the media were briefed yesterday and the House of Commons was briefed today. We are clearly the poor relations.
Furthermore, at the now famous press conference held last month by the Secretary of State and the Chief of the Defence Staff, the right hon. Gentleman undertook to brief Parliament during our debate on 25 November. He failed to do so, imperiously confining himself to a reference to Xprudent preparations and planning". Today's mantra, adding to that, seems to be the mere maintenance of a range of options.
It is some time since the Government reported that the United States had submitted a formal request for UK military support. We recognise that operational security may limit the information that the right hon. Gentleman can give the House, so we shall not seek confirmation of every detail published in today's newspapers. However, the House and the country are entitled to know what level of military commitment the Government have in mind. It is frankly bizarre that our television screens are full of US troop manoeuvres in the Gulf while the Government have so far said virtually nothing about possible British involvement.
Today's bland statement adds very little to what we know. From reading today's newspapers, it seems that the media know more about the detail than the Secretary of State is prepared to share with the House, so let me put some questions to him. What specific capability has the United States requested, and what is the Government's response? What are the options that he referred to in his statement? Can he assure the House that, bearing in mind reports of shortages, there will be sufficient spares and logistical support to sustain a campaign lasting more than a few days? Has the equipment been desertised and will units trained on Exercise Saif Sareea be deployed and not held back for firefighting duties?
Given the consequences for both reservists and employers, surely the Government could be more specific about their call-up plans. Does the Secretary of State have in mind the call-up of formed units, apart from the medical services? What medication will be prescribed to any British contingent and will it be different from that prescribed during the Gulf war, or take into account United States developments in that respect?
Is it not the case that the likely resumption of the firemen's strike will have a damaging limitation on the Secretary of State's ability to deploy troops whose training is up to speed, thus confirming that he is unprepared for the unexpected? Does he accept that publicly preparing British forces for deployment will help to bring pressure to bear on Iraq to comply with UN Security Council resolution 1441, and that being more forthcoming would assist the House and the securing of that objective?
The statement was thinner than I had expected and than the House was entitled to have heard. I hope that the Secretary of State will confirm that, if there are to be deployments during the Christmas recess, the House will be advised.
Finally, as we approach Christmas, I hope that in a spirit of good will and cross-party solidarity the Secretary of State will join me in paying tribute to our armed forces and their families as they stand ready to embark on operations should the need arise.
Mr. Hoon: May I make it clear to the hon. Gentleman that there was nothing in the briefing to journalists yesterday that had not previously been set out clearly to the House of Commons on two, if not three, occasions? Each of the points that he madefor example, on desertisation, the impact of a possible fire strike or reservistshas been dealt with in some detail already.
Mr. Paul Keetch (Hereford): We on the Liberal Democrat Benches welcome the right hon. Gentleman's statement, and I thank him for providing an advance copy. It is right that he brought that information to the House so that we could consider it; no Government can afford to leave themselves unprepared for military action.
This Christmas, many members of our armed forces and their families will be acutely aware of the possibility that they could be involved in future military action, so I am sure that they would like reassurance from the Secretary of State both about the readiness of the armed forces and about the decision-making process that might precede action.
I welcome the right hon. Gentleman's comment that the lessons of Saif Sareea 2 have been learned, but can he confirm that the MOD did not decline an offer from Vickers to modify the tanks earlier this year? If he has changed his mind, how much will that cost the taxpayer?
What is the availability of our aircraft carriers for action and will our Sea Harriers be able to operate in that climate? Can the Secretary of State make a commitment that any troops sent to the Gulf will have the modified SA80 assault rifle?
Are the necessary medical provisions in place? What provision has been made for the purchase of nuclear, biological and chemical suits and filters? What steps have the Government taken to prevent a repeat of the medical problems experienced after the Gulf war? If troops are sent to the region will the Defence Medical Services have the capability to provide enough field hospitals?
The Secretary of State is right to say that war is not inevitable, but Liberal Democrat Members speak for many people in the House and beyond when we say that military action should be conducted only with the authority of the UN and after a substantive vote in the House. We must not fall into the problems experienced by Europe before the first world war; preparations are necessary but they must not make war inevitable. We must not fall into that trap.
Mr. Hoon: I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his observations and I shall try to deal with each of his points in turn.
Certainly, the Government have learned lessons both from previous exercises and from previous deployments. As I pointed out a few moments ago, I referred on a previous occasion to specific examples in respect of Saif Sareea 2, which was a valuable training exercise and a number of significant lessons were learnednot least about the use of Challenger 2 tanks and the need for desertisation.
As for the SA80, again, we have learned the lessons thrown up by the deployment in Afghanistan, and I can assure the hon. Gentleman and the House that the modified assault rifle will be available to our forces in the event of there being a need for military action.
On the medical issues, some of which I have mentioned already today, as I did on a previous occasion, I can also assure him and the House that our forces will be effectively and properly equipped against the risk of exposure to nuclear, biological or chemical weapons. I think that I have already dealt with the point about field hospitals. Certainly, a great deal of effort has been made to learn and understand the lessons from the Gulf war in the early 1990s, and they will be applied in the event of any subsequent operations in similar conditions.
Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): Whatever happens in the next few monthsno one quite knows whatI spent this weekend at the Iraqi opposition groups' meeting in London and, as far as I could see, apart from a junior Foreign Office official, there was no British involvement at all, although there was a delegation of 50 Americans present. All those in the Iraqi opposition have always said that they want greater British involvement. Whatever the future of that country, Iraq should be democratic, and we should be involved in those talks from the very first day, so will my right hon. Friend please consider those suggestions and act on them?
Mr. Hoon: I am grateful to my hon. Friend for those comments and for her typically constructive approach to such matters. For many years, she has been a champion of the need to observe human rights in Iraq and, indeed, she has not shrunk from the difficult decisions that follow from that. I assure her that the Foreign Office monitored the conference closely during the weekend, but that conference was clearly a matter for the Iraqi opposition groups themselves.
While not attempting to foresee the consequences of military action if it is ultimately required in a place such as Iraq, I believe that we have an important model in what has taken place in Afghanistan. In the months since military action was necessary there, we have seen a determined effortnot without difficulty; in no way do I underestimate the problems that have been facedby the international community, by people in Afghanistan and, significantly, by many people returning from exile abroad to Afghanistan to help in the considerable task of rebuilding their country. I have every expectation that the same determined effort will be made by the international community and, indeed, Iraqi exiles in rebuilding their own country.
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Sixth Gate
I don't remember where, but I do remember reading about Lee having learned to access the Sixth Gate by the time of Part II. Can someone please confirm this and if so, please add it to Rock Lee's page. Steveo920, 19:59, February 25, 2014
- Do not recall. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 01:21, February 26, 2014 (UTC)
That was from the first shippuden movie I believe and he was only able to do so with a special chocolate guy gave him for some reason from what I remember ItachiWasAHero (talk) 09:31, March 5, 2014 (UTC)
- The chocolate was an alcohol. Seelentau 愛議 09:33, March 5, 2014 (UTC)
I know, and it somehow gave him the ability to go into the 6th gate.. which made no sense. ItachiWasAHero (talk) 03:24, March 9, 2014 (UTC)
- Do they even mention the sixth gate? Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 03:29, March 9, 2014 (UTC)
Rock Lee himself says it after eating the chocolate, "6th gate of joy! open!" or something like that. ItachiWasAHero (talk) 07:42, March 12, 2014 (UTC)
Ok I take it back, he announced he was going to use the 6th gate, but instead used a combo of 5th gate and drunken fist. ItachiWasAHero (talk) 07:45, March 12, 2014 (UTC)
He used the 6th gate now. ItachiWasAHero (talk) 13:44, March 19, 2014 (UTC)
Just his first use of it out of the games, doesn't change anything about any movie claim. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 15:51, March 19, 2014 (UTC)
Movie claim doesn't even matter anymore, he just opened it in chapter 669. ItachiWasAHero (talk) 21:52, March 19, 2014 (UTC)
pertaining to the edit
http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Talk:Neji_Hy%C5%ABga ItachiWasAHero (talk) 16:37, September 4, 2014 (UTC)
Is he married to ten ten? i mean, he looks like he has a child. Though then again, it could be his student, something similar to guy and him. Let me know what you guys think, or if the data book clarifies anything.DazzlingEmerald (talk) 17:26, November 6, 2014 (UTC)
Lee Clan and/or "Might Clan"
In Episode 363 when Shikaku told The Allied Shinobi Force to fight Madara with Taijutsu there was someone between Rock Lee and Might Guy, he has the same hair and suit. Somehow related maybe and Trivia note worth.--Keeptfighting (talk) 11:02, September 8, 2015 (UTC)
- Adding that would be speculation though based on a haircut and eyebrows. If you look in the frame you can also see Zōri and Waraji. Most of the time I chalk things like this up to anime laziness.--Cerez365™(talk) 11:41, September 8, 2015 (UTC)
epilouge picture
I uploaded an image of him from the movie, I think it's better than the manga one...Chieko ^_^ (talk) 13:24, January 15, 2016 (UTC)


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