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Well, firstly not every opponent rolled a surprising number of +MV rolls last time and secondly I can recall at least two occasions you did manage to chase down the runner and get a block on him. One was a push, and the other was a knockdown and you managed to get the ball, although you were horribly outnumbered by then and got pummelled next turn.
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Wrapped up my final game with Duff's dark elves. Quite easily the most tactical game I've played yet, with Duff running an excellent cage defence all game, meaning my dwarfs could only hit the pointy-eared ones with blitzes or if a turnover happened due to a failed 2+ dodge. First half was a slow roll to the line with only one occasion where the elves threatened to break the cage. My runner eventually crossed on the final turn, leaving no opportunity for the rookie elves to get a response.
Second half, some careful positioning and blitzing opened an early opportunity for the 5 AG blitzer. He then failed his initial dodge costing a precious re-roll and then decided to fall over on a GFI. What's more, the ball went into touch and came back 2 squares from my runner, which was very nice of Nuffle. Forming a cage, my dwarfs once again rolled ponderously towards the line and, despite Duff's best efforts, finally ran over for the second TD. This left the elves with, once more, a single turn to score which wasn't going to happen with their personnel.
And so the game ended, 2-0 to my doughty dwarfs and my 2nd division win (yay!). Great game Duff, some more levelling on your youngsters and there could've been a very different outcome.
2-2 vs Xercies. He had some skinks stunty their way to success, and a whole lot of KOs despite my av8 vs his av7 (what? punch a saurus? those things are hard!). I also had some bullshit elf plays work out after a couple of turns of disaster.Mumble :: Thread :: Click to Join
Damn a draw, but I am happy with what my lizards have done this season. It was close who would win the match I did have to say. Also who knew that sauruses could dodge and pick up the ball.
maybe it was two skinks in a big blue coat and hat? That's actually more likely than a saurus dodging and picking up the ball.
Few results validated.When asked, he merely responded with a wry bleat followed by a swift kick to the testicles.- Rakysh
Just played my final game of the season, my humies versus Potatoedoughnut's necromantics, needing a win to even have a chance of promotion (or even staying up, possibly). And got... a loss, locking me in the demotion spot. My dice in the first 4 turns were pretty dire. After receiving, i had 4 instant turnovers in a row, having burnt all my rerolls trying to prevent these, leaving me on turn 5 with 9 players on the pitch, all stunned, potatoe's ghoul standing on my try-line and my players all on the half-way. Dire, really. I just hit end turn a couple of times as there was nothing I could do. Potatoe had time to run a flesh golem down there, make a hand-off and use him to score the TD, turn 7. He kindly didn't jump up and down on my players whilst they had their rest ;-).
The second half was more even, potatoe receiving, i made it hard, getting into the cage and locking up the pitch until I got the classic double skulls on the ball carrier with my ogre (after an attempted blitz with a blitzer had ended in a push) and a loner fail. This left potatoe with a handoff to his ag4 ghoul, who ran down to the line. A 2 dice against blitz by a catcher was a push, and although i got another player back, it was still a simple 2+ for the touchdown.
I then received, bashed a hole using my ogre as a blitzer (injuring a flesh golem!), threw the catchers deep behind the line, picked up the ball and rumbled up the pitch. Injuries were starting to be scored, all potatoe's regen rolls failed (his main bit of bad luck today) leaving him 4 men down. Eventually, i handed off to a blitzer for my consolation TD, turn 16.
Lots of SPPs from bashing, but still no levels (no levels received at all this season!). I lost one newbie catcher, killed by potatoe, but no great loss as I'm sitting on 220k in cash now so can afford new players :-). Bit fed up with this season in general though, my dice haven't been too bad on the whole, but have really let me down at key points during all 3 games (particularly when using my ogre, who has been generally hopeless, i dont know why i ever put break tackle on him, its failed more times that it's worked so far...:-S). I need to somehow play without making any dice rolls at all. I will spend the time between now and next season figuring out that strategy :-D.Steam, PSN, Xbox Live: Groovychainsaw. Speak 'RPS' and enter.
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GC and I played our day 3 match in Div 2, his humans vs my necros.
Last time we met we had a great very evenly matched game. Despite a good setup for another good game (TV still very close) this time things were a little....different.
GC won the toss and elected to receive, caged the ball, and hit some stuff resulting in a BH & KO zombie. This is about where things stopped going well for GC. Things started off with GC's sidestep catcher picking up a niggling injury. Then over the next several turns the first roll of the turn was promptly failed which let the undeads swarm the cage and pop the ball out. GC spent most of the rest of the half on the ground while the ball was given to a Flesh Golem for some much needed SPP.
One turn before the half just had some no consequence blocking. At halftime the necros were up 1-0 and receiving. All the KO players came back for both of us (2 each I think).
Nuffle teased a dice comeback with a blitz result on the kickoff, but the kick was into GC's own half so he just blitzed a wolf. There were a couple "normal" turns with the necros pushing a cage up and the humans doing a pretty good job of knocking all the undead down and putting pressure on the cage. They even managed to BH the blodge guard ghoul. About turn 13 a wight blitzed a hole in the middle of the field and a pair of wights and a ghoul made a break up the middle.
At this point nuffle decided to switch back GCs dice and he just rolled pushes on the blitz and got double skulls on his ogre (w/ a loner fail). The necros managed to free the ball and injure a blitzer (-1MV apo'd to just walk it off) before scoring.
Two - nil to the necros with ~3 turns for a consolation. GC caged the ball in his backfield and ran his catchers into position to score. The necros marked up the scoring threats and did what blocking they could. On their turn the humans managed to MNG a flesh golem (!) and a zombie and a warewolf replied by killing a rookie catcher.
On turn 16 GC managed to block a blitzer free then make a handoff and GFI for a consolation touchdown.
Final 2-1 to the necros.
I was a bit disappointed the dice went to poorly for GC. There were some times where some simple 2+ or 3+ with reroll rolls would have put him back in the game, but the dice just didn't let it happen. Sorry about the dice this game GC, I will continue to look forward to the next time our teams meet.Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.
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So, I am now working on the creation of my team. I've already got the name for my team and some of those for my players. How do you handle differences in TV? I am not very keen on going against teams with a TV considerably higher than mine, to be honest. Is there a general baseline or do you allow teams to gain some experience before they join a Division?
By the way, I wonder if there is a way to have a look at other players' rosters in a given league.
Edit: Ok, the spreadsheet tells me that additional games might be allowed in some situations.
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My dwarfs secured their promotion to the championship yesterday, with a typical grindy 1-0 victory over Hughtowers woodelves.
First half I decided to kick, once again going for the 2-1 grind. I got a blitz as a kick-off result, but being dwarves there's not much you can do with that unless the ball falls right in front of your men, a blitz on a wardancer just resulted in a pushback. Hughtower suffered a couple of turnovers early, allowing me to be a bit more aggressive than usual, marking several of his elves. Around turn 4 Hughtower saw a weak spot in the middle of my defense and sent a wardancer with the ball through together with a couple of elves as support. He didn't get far enough away fortunately and after a blitz and use of my wizard, the wardancer was down and the ball was free, with several dwarf tackle zones on it. I picked it up next turn and started a cage-grind down the left side of the field. Hughtower played a heroic defense however, losing some of his elves to KO/BH, but I never got the opening I needed to score in the last few turns.
Second half I set up with the deathroller opposite his fearsome treeman, kickoff-result was perfect defense and he got to setup again removing those juicy elf-targets from harms way. I started an eight turn drive up the left side again, dishing out some BH's on the way and crowdsuring two of his linemen, one of which got his third niggling injury. Not much happened until turn 6(?) when he got a one-dice blitz on my ballcarrier with his strip-ball wardancer, downing him in the process and picking up the ball. Next turn I blitzed her away and the ball fell to one of my blitzers, but I was running out of time and not in range of the endzone yet. Some more blocking and I had one last chance to score on my turn eight, blitz away an elf who was marking my only chance of scoring, a blocker, dodge my downed 4AG runner away, pick up the ball, handoff to the blocker and do two GFI's with him. And it worked! 1-0 to Longus Barba.
Thanks for the game Hughtower, you played a very annoying (and good) defense. :-)
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Inducements actually go a long way to balance things, something I didn't initially believe before winning my first 400k+ game thanks to a lovely Star player and a couple of Babes.
Don't worry about TV. Your team will face what it deserves to face. And dwarfs.
Admins - I'll be AFK from this friday to the 24/25th september, the 25th being more likely, I see the season ends the 21st, so I might not be able to apply for the new season as promptly as I like. I've also noticed it takes some time to get new divisions set up, so this might not be a big problem?
Generally, everyone enters the divisions with a 1000TV team. You enter the league at the bottom, with other new players and any players who are rerolling to a new team, so you are likely to be up against teams with similar team values. In the unlikely event that every other team in your starting division has a noticeably higher team value than you, you might be allowed a day to play a couple of matches to get your TV up - but that would be at the discretion of the league admin, and things move pretty fast around the start of the season as Groovy tries to herd all of the cats into the boxes.
You also get inducements from the game when you line up against teams with higher team values: petty cash to spend on such things as increased chance of waking up from KOs, an extra apoc or reroll for the match, a wizard, mercenary players or unique star players.
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Alright, thanks for the replies. I'm not too worried about tiny differences but I've seen what some teams can do with just a few skills ahead of their enemies. Most likely I won't encounter this situation anyways and if I do I'll see what the outcomes are.
Yeah TV is never really a problem a lot of times I have lost to the lower TV army because of inducements and because they were better at the army they had chosen.
@ Squirrel - smart use of inducement cash is a whole minigame in itself, with tactics and strategies you can use. Although as PW said above, we will *try* to ensure anyone entering a new team is not left too far behind in their first season. However herding cats into boxes can be a *very* demanding task, especially with people leaving and joining all the time and consequently the Divs frequently requiring last minute adjustments, so there's a slim chance you may be "stuck" with a vanilla 1k TV team. Having said that some of the starting teams have a good scattering of skills and can be very competitive from the start. Just had a quick look and I can't see your details on the Spreadsheet, so I'll just remind you what they say - "book early to avoid disappointment".
@ mrpier - as you observed, the Divs to tend to take a few days while the cat-boxing takes place. However we try to fill from the top down and since you've just been promoted to the Championship, you may want to use PW's "services" (no, not those services).
...on which subject, I've just realised I'm away from 22nd to 29th Sept (Marrakesh for a family wedding B) ), so I may also need to ensure my blackmail material on PW is up-to-date and ask him to sort my team out.When asked, he merely responded with a wry bleat followed by a swift kick to the testicles.- Rakysh
...by extension I'll not be around to approve requests to join the discussion group, which is the *only* place we admins check to see whose fault a defaulted match is.
Can anyone playing next season and NOT already in the group please apply ASAP.When asked, he merely responded with a wry bleat followed by a swift kick to the testicles.- Rakysh


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HOKES BLUFF - Some waited in line more than two hours Monday night to pay their respects to Etowah County Sheriff James Hayes.
Funeral services for Hayes will be at 11 a.m. today at Glencoe-Hokes Bluff Funeral Chapel. Hayes died Friday from a heart attack while on a hunting trip in Wisconsin. Hayes was serving his sixth term as sheriff.
The cafetorium at Hokes Bluff High School - Hayes' alma mater - was lined with flowers, some coming from state officials such as Rep. Robert Aderholt, R-Haleyville, and former Lt. Gov. Lucy Baxley, as visitors from across Etowah County and the state paid their respects.
Morgan County Sheriff Greg Bartlett drove from the Decatur area.
"I was elected in 2002 and James was one of those guys, as a five- or six-term sheriff, that talked to us once or twice a month," Bartlett said.
"He offered advice on the things we had to deal with and he was good to offer his wisdom to all the young sheriffs," Bartlett said. "He was a teddy bear at times and a tough, old bear at others."
Hayes already had gone through some of the things Bartlett faced, such as building a jail and staffing issues.
"He'd already been through it and he helped us present a proposal to get our staffing where it needed to be," he said. "We're going to miss him. There's no doubt about that."
It was his professionalism and leadership that many who knew Hayes remember.
"(I) worked with James for almost 10 years and without question, he (was) the most professional sheriff I have worked with (in my career)," Gadsden Police Chief Richard Crouch said. "We will miss him."
Circuit Judge Bill Rhea had known Hayes for years - their fathers were close friends - and Hayes' death has affected him.
"We were sworn in near the
same time, in January 1987," Rhea said.
Rhea said at that time, the sheriff's department was in the basement of the courthouse and the jail was on the fourth floor.
The changes in the sheriff's department have been tremendous, Rhea said.
"Leadership was his strong point," he said. "The programs he has instituted in drug intervention have been very helpful to the courts."
Hokes Bluff Middle School Principal Marguerite Early said Hayes was helpful and supportive at Hokes Bluff middle and elementary schools throughout the years.
"Sheriff Hayes was instrumental in many of the improvements that were made at HBMS over the last few years," she said in a prepared statement. "He allowed inmates to work at our school to do much-needed painting and repairs that we could not afford to do. Sheriff Hayes was never too busy to talk when I had a problem or a concern. He cared about our children and was always very helpful and supportive.
"He was a friend to all schools in Etowah County," Early said. "He was firm when necessary, but he was a wonderful, kind and caring Christian man who will be deeply missed by all citizens of Etowah County."
Mack Butler, chairman of the Etowah County Republican Party, had known Hayes, a Democrat, for years. Butler recently, however, became a reserve deputy.
"James was truly one of the finest men I've ever been able to call my friend," Butler said.
As a requirement of state law, Coroner Michael Gladden was named acting sheriff.
Gov. Bob Riley is expected to make a permanent appointment to the position soon.
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HOKES BLUFF - Some waited in line more than two hours Monday night to pay their respects to Etowah County Sheriff James Hayes.


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Kaikohe arrests in relation to drugs and stolen property
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Thursday May 22, 2014
Police have been focusing on drug related and stolen property offending in the Kaikohe area.
Recent arrests of note include;
- On April 3 a 44-year-old patched Black Power member was arrested for possession of cannabis, utensils and receiving stolen property after a search of his home address.
- On April 11 a 54-year-old male was arrested for operating indoor cannabis cultivation where in excess of 70 plants were located.
- On April 29 a 24-year-old male gang associate was arrested for possession of methamphetamine for supply.
- On May 2 a 52-year-old woman was arrested for possession of cannabis for supply.
- On May 9 three people were arrested and charged with possession of methamphetamine following a fleeing driver incident in rural Kaikohe. During searches of a number of addresses and a vehicle Police also located weapons, a large amount of cash, two stolen vehicles and a significant amount of what is suspected to be the class A controlled drug methamphetamine. The three people had links to the Nomads gang including one patched member of the gang.
- On May 16 police executed two search warrants at addresses in Kaikohe. At one of the addresses Police located two stolen Ipad computers, an overhead projector, other stolen items and drug utensils. A 29-year-old man, who is a patched Black Power gang member, was arrested and charged with receiving stolen property.
- A 50-year-old man was arrested and charged with possession of cannabis for supply after a search of the second address.
Detective Sergeant Chris Fouhy says the recent arrests continue to highlight the involvement of gangs in criminal offending such as drug dealing, burglary and theft of motor vehicles.
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pursue those who chose to be part of gangs and commit crime,
those who deal drugs and those who steal or receive stolen
The message is simple from Kaikohe Police. If you chose to deal, manufacture drugs or steal in our town you will face the consequences of your actions."
Mr Fouhy says Kaikohe Police would like to thank local people who have assisted in providing information about offending in the area via Crimestoppers.
"Recent results would not have been possible without the public's assistance and we ask for your continued support."
If you have information about criminal offending including drug dealing in the Kaikohe area please contact the Kaikohe Police Station on (09) 405 2960 or if you wish to remain anonymous contact the Crimestoppers organisation on 0800 555 111.


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(CNSNews.com) - The United States expressed regret Wednesday over the death of the Chinese pilot of the F-8 aircraft that collided with a U.S. surveillance plane over the weekend, but insisted it is now time for the Chinese government to release the 24-person American crew.
"We regret the loss of the life of the Chinese pilot. But now we need to move on. We need to bring this to a resolution, and we're using every avenue available to us to talk to the Chinese side to exchange explanations and move on," said Secretary of State Colin Powell.
White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said Wednesday the Chinese ambassador and the deputy secretary of state were planning to meet at the State Department Wednesday afternoon to discuss ways to resolve the standoff.
"As we said yesterday, a United States airplane flying over an international airspace was intercepted by two Chinese planes also flying international airspace. A tragic accident took place," Powell said. "Fortunately, our airplane was able to get down on the ground safely and it's a tribute to the skill of that crew that got the plane down. And we regret that the Chinese plane did not get down safely."
Powell added, "We're in touch with the Chinese. [U.S.] Ambassador [to China Joseph] Prueher met with Chinese officials this morning. We'll have other meetings in the course of the day, and we're exploring avenues by which we can get a dialogue going that will cause both sides to present explanations,"
Fleischer echoed Powell's statement, saying the United States already expressed regret to the Chinese over the pilot's death.
"That was expressed earlier this morning in a conversation ... in Beijing between the American ambassador and the Chinese foreign minister, and the United States is concerned about the missing Chinese serviceman and we've expressed our concern and our regrets about that incident," Fleischer said.
"So, the conversations will continue, and as the president said yesterday, the purpose of this [dialogue] is so our men and women can come home," he said.
"This is a very sensitive time in our conversations with the Chinese. The president's goal is to make certain that our servicemen and women are allowed to come home and be with their families and be reunited and re-enter the shores of the United States," Fleischer said.
Fleischer added, "Because it is a sensitive time, there are moments of diplomacy; there are times in international relations where the less said is the most productive. And that is the president's focus here, being productive and working with the Chinese, and making sure that our servicemen and women return to our shores."
Meanwhile, the 24 Americans who are being held in China are now being called "detainees."
"I think the circumstances, to us, are clear. Secretary Powell used it on the airplane last night. I'm happy to use it again today. We consider these people detained. They are clearly not free to go and we don't have free access to them. I think that, by any definition, means ... detained," said State Department spokesman Richard Boucher.
Boucher spokes about the message being sent to the Chinese.
"First of all, don't expect a change in the significance and importance we attach to our crew, and until they're out, we're going to keep raising that. Don't underestimate the significance we attach to full access, and until we get full access, we're going to keep raising that," said Boucher.
Boucher added, "At the same time, I think both sides are saying to each other now that they're looking for a way to resolve the situation. We are saying that we think we need to understand the situation. We need to be able to exchange explanations. And as the fate of the Chinese pilot becomes clear, we're saying, probably more clearly, that we understand and sympathize with the plight of the Chinese family and regret the loss of life of the Chinese pilot that apparently occurred."


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What a great read. I remember exactly where I was that night and as soon as the brawl happened I was on the phone calling people to make sure they saw it too.
That team really was a great team. Most sports writers predicited us to come out of the east that year. That game was a nationally televised game and probably was one the biggest sporting events going on that week( even with the NFL).
It has taken us almost 8 years to get back to a place where we are even metioned in the top half of the eastern conference. This team is on a big upswing and I hope nothing knocks them off of it like what happened 8 years ago. If they keeping playing like they are now, maybe next season we will have the same expectations that the 2004 team did before that one horrible night.


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Net couple vow to adopt again
The couple from north Wales who paid an internet baby broker more than Ł8,000 for American twins have said they are even more determined to adopt again.
Solicitor Alan Kilshaw said the scandal surrounding Belinda and Kimberley, who have since been returned to the United States, had not deterred them in their quest for a baby daughter.
Speaking on the BBC Radio 4's On The Ropes programme, Mr Kilshaw, 46, from Buckley, Flintshire, said: "In a way this has made me even more determined to do it a second time."
His wife Judith, 47 - who has two grown-up daughters from a previous relationship and was once described as the "most hated woman in Britain" - said she "still maintained" she had two baby girls.
"The heart says I have but the law says I haven't," she told presenter John Humphrys.
Mr Kilshaw said his desire for a daughter stemmed from the fact that he was an only child who always wanted a sister of a similar age.
Book plans
He said he thought "it would be nice" for their young sons Rupert and James to grow up with a sister.
The couple, who held court in a hotel at the height of the adoption saga, said there were now plans to write a book about their experience.
"We are meeting someone tomorrow," said Mrs Kilshaw. "The reason for this is not to make money. It's to put the record straight. The press have virtually destroyed me and my family."
Mrs Kilshaw, who was accused of being "a witch" by one Sunday newspaper, said she wanted revenge on those she claimed had ruined her life.
Twins Belinda and Kimberley were taken into the care of Flintshire Social Services in January this year.
The Kilshaws lost a High Court battle to keep the girls, who are now one-year-old, and they were returned to the United States in April.
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March 16th - 19th, 2006 in Anaheim, California. Kristin presented on the negotiations, procedures, and all the practical "nuts and bolts" required to clear and reconfigure hoarding clients' homes and reorganize their lives. Her focus was on BERGFELD's successful experience helping more than 50 clients in the past five years.
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Rotorua District Council is to proceed with its TERAX project to construct a new high-tech plant for processing bio-solid sludge from the city's wastewater treatment plant, using TERAX technology developed by scientists from crown research institute Scion.
At yesterday's [21 May] meeting of the council's Strategy, Policy & Finance Committee, the committee recommended council approve $3 million for the project's professional services contract, which to date had only been partially approved.
The resolution follows an decision of the council earlier in the year to put the funding approval on hold while the business case and financial modelling was reviewed.
Council chief financial officer Dave Foster said the review work had now been undertaken by the council's finance team, including re-evaluation of cost estimates for all options.
He said TERAX remained the most cost-effective option for achieving the council's objectives around sustainable disposal of sludge produced by the wastewater treatment plant, and compliance with stringent new environmental protection requirements.
The new TERAX plant will efficiently treat and recycle the bio-solid waste stream from Rotorua's wastewater treatment plant, a problem that councils have been grappling with across New Zealand and internationally.
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The World and Vietnam Report, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in association with EuroMoney, the leading magazine on financial business in Europe, organised the second Vietnam International Conference on Electricity.
The two-day event, opened on June 22nd in Hanoi, was the largest conference on the power sector in Vietnam as well as a prestigious international event, where policy-makers and leading experts on power production, transmission and distribution gathered to find the direction of investment and development for Vietnam power sector in the future.
The main topic of the conference was to ensure opportunities and successes in developing, funding, investing in power projects in Vietnam. In addition, there were many other topics to discuss issues, such as policy and regulations on attracting FDI in power sector, models of independent power plants in Vietnam to be accepted by banks, top-notch applications in structuring power agreements in Vietnam, and risk-reduction in the process of developing and implementing projects.
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Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, the co-writers of the two 'The Chronicles of Narnia' films, are in negotiation to pen the script of 'The First Avenger: Captain America'.
With director Joe Johnston aboard the project, "The First Avenger: Captain America" moves on with its search for writers. Latest report on the matter reveals that Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, the co-scribes of "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe" and its sequel, are in talks with Marvel to pen the script of the superhero movie.
"Captain America" itself is the heroic alter ego of Steve Rogers. Being rejected by the Army for being a sickly young man, Rogers enlists himself in an experiment project to aid the United States war effort. With the help of an experimental serum, he was enhanced to the peak of human perfection and equipped with an indestructible shield, he now fights Nazis and villainous scientists like the Red Skull.
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If you missed it, here's Monday's captain's corner with Mount's Jaylen Amaker. You can also take a look back at Sunday's Captain's Corner with Horace Greeley's Joe Magardino.
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Today's features Panas co-captain Dan O'Connell…
Name: Daniel O'Connell
School: Walter Panas High School
Year: 2011
Jersey number: 35
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 180
Offensive position: Tight end
Defensive position: Middle linebacker
What is your favorite part about football?: Football's is unlike any other sport, many people consider high school the best four years of their life because of this sport. The fans, the excitement and all the physical action on the field just creates a feeling no other sport can create.
What do you do to prepare for games?: Theres obviously the five practices during the week where the team prepares mentally and physically for the upcoming team. Individually, all it takes is to have attitude to win the game, not the typical "we're going to lose" attitude that's been shared too often at Walter Panas for generations.
What did it mean to be named a captain?: To me, it was a sign of relief. I spend countless hours in the weight room and gaining weight, working on my strength and conditioning. When I was named captain it meant that my work on the field and off the field paid off. It's a sign of respect.
As a captain, what will it take to be a leader?: As my coaches even reminded me today, there's a lot of bad captains out there. To be a good captain, you need to set an example, as my coach reminded me. Say, "How about I take the balls today rather than ordering someone else to take them." I need to earn my teammates respect and make them look up to me, not despise me.
Who is your team's best teammate? Why?: It's hard to name a best teammate. We're only as good as our worst player. To me, a captain shouldn't be able to name a best teammate. We're all talented in different areas, that's why it takes 11 men to man the field and not one.
Who is the best athlete on your team? Why?: Once again, this is very similar to the previous question. Every teammate is talented in different areas. We have muscular teammates. We have tall players. We have strong kids. It just depends what constitutes the best athlete. No single player has it all.
Who is your funniest teammate?: Here's the area with a few kids of talent. There's Zach Leblanc, who constantly brings up the embarassing moments of someone's life that is always hilarious. Jeremy Guerrero, the kid who makes fun of my red hair. John DiMarco, the teammate that embarasses himself for the pleasure of the rest of the team.
What are your team's goals for the season?: There's always one goal, in addition to having a positive record, and that is to BEAT LAKELAND.
What will it take for you to achieve them?: A lot of teammates worked out and gained weight while maintaining their athleticism thanks to Greg Carrasquillo, who was a huge help to our program. We need to excersize our strengths on offense and master our completely new offense and defense, due to the new coaching staff.
After high school, what's your next step?: There was talk and hope of football on the collegiate level, but for now my hard work in the classroom over the past few years is going to get me into the best academic school I can get in to. Unless an offer comes my way that exceeds my current limitations, that's the next step for now.
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THERE will be a strong Dorset presence at this week's 49th Farnborough International Air Show.
Dorset Local Enterprise Partnership is one of those joining forces with the West of England Aerospace Forum to showcase the region's aerospace sector and attract new investment.
The show is one of the world's largest exhibitions and air displays, and aerospace and advanced engineering companies from the area will be exhibiting their products and services.
Of the 15 international giants of aerospace, 14 have bases in the South West, while the region is also home to a strong network of world-class supply chain companies. The region's industry is worth more than £7billion.
Gordon Page, chairman of Dorset Local Enterprise Partnership, said: "The Dorset Local Enterprise Partnership is very proud to be working with both Invest Bristol and Bath and the Heart of the South West LEP in highlighting the wealth of aerospace and advanced engineering and manufacturing companies that populate the South West region.
"In Dorset, we are proud that companies such as Cobham and Meggitt are headquartered here and that we can continue to boast of the strong and growing advanced engineering supply chain which exists across Dorset."
The Farnborough International Airshow offers companies – small, medium or large – an opportunity to showcase products and capabilities to an international audience with networking events and conferences organised across the aerospace, defence, security and space sectors.
"Our aim is to attract further investment into the region so that cutting-edge technologies continue to be developed in our aerospace sector, jobs are created and the industry continues to set the agenda nationally and beyond," said Prof Joe McGeehan, chairman of Invest Bristol and Bath.
The trade show runs alongside Farnborough Airshow, which takes place on July 19 and 20, and will feature air displays to celebrate 100 years of aviation history.
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I am the second oldest of 16 kids, and we were all abused
If my mother had gotten help, today I would be one of 16 emotionally and physically happy adults. But that's not the case.
If my mother had gotten help, today 21 grandkids wouldn't have to be constantly watched to make sure they don't face the same issues. But that's not the case.
I'm often asked if I would change the way I grew up. You'd think I would, but that's not the case. I wouldn't, because now I'm happy with who I am. Now I find myself with a unique opportunity to help others. In fact, I like to tell people about Children's Hospital of Wisconsin's child advocacy programs, because they focus on child abuse prevention. In my mind, if you focus on treatment, the damage has been done.
There is no way to erase what happened to me. But if you educate people, and provide services to those who need it before any form of abuse happens, everybody wins.
With help from prevention and intervention programs, children don't have traumatic experiences, parents don't face legal action and siblings see that parents want help. When kids get older and have their own kids, they'll know what to do when times get tough. Knowing where to go, what to do and how to get help is half the battle.
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Durban - Remorse at last from "bridge lawyer" Koobashan Naicker – but it came only after the prison bars clanged shut.
Speaking exclusively to the Sunday Tribune, Naicker, arguably the most hated man in Durban, said: "I know the loss of life caused by my actions can't be undone, the magistrate correctly pointed that out, but I want to convey my apologies via the media, to the family now that the matter is finalised."
Naicker was sentenced to an effective six years in jail on Friday for the March, 2011, incident in which he ploughed through traffic on Durban's Athlone Bridge, killing mother and son Gillian Bell, 32, and Connor, 8, as well as dance teacher, Carmen Hunter, 19.
Sisters Jeena, 6, and Kayla Martin, 3, were also injured in the Saturday afternoon crash when Naicker was driving under the influence of alcohol, cocaine and medication.
"I am very remorseful for what happened," Naicker said, but when asked why he had waited until now to apologise, he said, "Emotions were raw and strong and it did not matter how much after the incident an apology was tendered, it wouldn't have made a difference."
He said he didn't want his efforts to apologise labelled as ingratiating. "If I had known how strongly the families felt about it, I would have done it earlier," Naicker said.
"I didn't want the families believing I was trying to curry favour with the court by apologising, but I'm still being criticised for not showing remorse earlier," he said, via his lawyer Mervyn Maistry.
In his closing argument, State advocate Mahen Naidu took umbrage that Naicker refused to show remorse and highlighted the fact that Naicker engaged in a long, drawn-out process, spanning nearly three years, before admitting guilt in October.
Naidu rejected Maistry's earlier call for his client to receive correctional supervision. He asked that Naicker be sent to jail.
Magistrate Blessing Msani found it difficult to understanding why Naicker, a debarred lawyer, spurned the opportunity to express remorse.
"It was remarkable that you decided not to take the stand and express remorse," Msani said during sentencing.
In handing down his sentence, Msani said it was not ordinary for a man of Naicker's standing to be "snorting drugs".
"By doing this you invited the problems you got into," said Msani.
For his previous driving indiscretions, which include drunken, reckless and negligent driving, Naicker was given a R9 500 fine or 32 months imprisonment.
Soon after sentencing, Naicker's wife Patty said: "I'm disappointed. I don't know what else to say."
But Naicker was more expressive. "I am a bit disturbed with the sentencing. It was harsher than I expected.
"I will consider my options. My attorney will look at the transcript to assess the judgment and take it from there."
But it seemed the prospect of jail didn't alter Naicker's demeanour.
He strode purposefully to the holding cell, below the court, awaiting transfer to Westville Prison.
A court orderly told how Naicker refused to remove his black-and-white striped tie when asked to do so.
When a distraught Patty joined Naicker briefly in the cell, he apparently tried to ease her angst and said: "I'll probably be inside for about 12 months."
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Now that the holidays are in full swing, BB Man Editor Martin shares five tips on staying warm, looking sharp, and surviving the seasonal festivities.
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The globetrotting style icon introduces his exclusive line of bags, designed to ease the burdens of a man on the move.
Lucas and Nate introduce a one-time box from a very dapper guest editor, and outline three sample choice options for December.
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Lamb Industry Roadmap - Robert Ludwig, The Hale Group
AMS Update - Craig Morris, Ph.D.
ASI State Executives / Contacts Meeting
Your Lamb Checkoff - Megan Wortman
Let's Grow Committee
Webinars of 2013 - Jay Parsons, Ph.D.
Sheep SD Update - David Ollila
Tri-State Program for Ethnic Marketing - Richard Brzozowski, PhD.
Wool Council
Wool Fiber Thickness Grading by Image Processing - Reid Redden, Igathinathane Cannayen, Christopher Schauer
Near Infrared Spectrometry for Measuring Wool - Dr. John Walker, Dr. Chris Lupton, Andre Watanebe, Daniel Rigueiro, Faron Pfeiffer
Wool Quality Improvement Program - Ronald Pope, Ph.D.
Wool Market Update - Randy Hammerstrom
Havelock Wool - Stephen Fookes
Emerging Entrepreneurs
Lamb Markets: Perspective and History - Randy Hammerstrom
Direct Marketing/Non-Traditional Market Opportunities for Lamb - Megan Wortman, Laurie Hubbard, Joanne Evans and Nick Forrest
Flock Management Practices - Rodney Kott, Ph.D.
Positioning Your Business for the Global Economy - David Kohl, Ph.D.
eXtension Sheep CoP
Sheep CoP – 2013 First Year Review - Lisa Surber, Ph.D.
A New Resource for Sheep Producers – eXtension Sheep CoP - Lisa Surber, Ph.D.
Genetic Stakeholders Committee
Enhancement of NSIP: Why its not the 1980s version - Reid Redden, Ph.D.
Using NSIP in the Industry: Confessions of a Retired Sheep Specialist - Rodney Kott, Ph.D.
How to stretch the impact of your genetics: a cooperative breeding program that really works - Kreg Leymaster, Ph.D.
How to Breed or Select Terminal Sires to Improve Your Lambs When Marketed In a Value-Based System - Dave Notter, Ph.D.
National Sheep Improvement Program (NSIP) Meeting
England's Better Returns Programme
Animal Health Committee
CVM's Antiparasitic Resistance Management Strategy - Dr. Anna Obrien
Overview of Disease Testing: What Test for What Purpose for Major Diseases - Dr. Cindy Wolf
Q Fever Infection: An Overview of Public Health Response - Dr. Julia Murphy
NAHMS Sheep 2011 - Dr. Katherine Marshall
Scrapie Program Update - Dr. Diane Sutton
Production Education and Research Council
U.S. Sheep Experiment Station Update - Dr. Bret Taylor
Overview of Sheep Research at the U.S. Meat Animal Research Center - Dr. Kreg Leymaster
Sheep and Wool Research in the U.S., a Perspective - Dr. Rodney Kott
Research Coordination and Ongoing Experiments - Dr. Will Getz
Livestock Protection Research - Dr. Larry Clark
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UNITED NATIONS – Han Song Ryol, the North Korean diplomat who serves as his country's principal liaison with the United States, has spent the better part of the past two decades exploring the prospects for a normalized bilateral relationship with Washington.
From his perch at North Korea's mission to the United Nations on Manhattan's East Side, Han oversees Pyongyang's end of the New York channel, a diplomatic conduit that was established in the early 1990s and that, in a more hopeful era, paved the way for the first visit by a high-ranking North Korean official to Washington.
But the importance of the New York channel has been noticeably diminished over the years, according to diplomats. Today, with the U.S. and North Korea at a standoff and the threat of a fourth nuclear test by the North looming, Han's channel has been reduced to a diplomatic P.O. box that passes occasional messages between capitals and arranges travel for VIP visits to Pyongyang.
The shift, diplomats and others say, underscores the radicalization of North Korea's foreign policy and a growing pessimism that relations can be improved.
"These people in New York are not authorized to say anything or do anything — they don't have the authority to deviate from specific instructions," said Han Park, a University of Georgia professor with long-standing ties to the North Korean government.
The diminished status of the New York channel also speaks to the waning influence of the North Korean Foreign Ministry, which oversees the conduit, in shaping the country's relationship with the U.S. For its part, the Obama administration has shown little interest in cultivating the channel more assiduously, on the grounds that Han and his North Korean colleagues have little influence back home and little authority to advance relations, diplomats and former U.S. officials said.
In the absence of a more substantive diplomatic channel, tensions between the North and the U.S. have mounted in recent weeks, with Pyongyang issuing a series of increasingly provocative threats. To persuade a change of course, the U.S. has relied on economic pressure, including a new round of U.N. sanctions, and hopes China can use its leverage to convince Pyongyang that it should stand down.
Some North Korea watchers say the New York channel remains important, particularly since the country, which has recently severed most of its lines of communication with South Korea, has moved to further isolate itself.
"It serves only as a communications channel, although messages can be and have been sent between the highest levels of the two governments," said Kun A. "Tony" Namkung, who maintains close contacts with the mission and who helped arrange recent visits to Pyongyang by ex-New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt.
"It remains wide open and is in good shape. Given the recent cutting off of the military hotline at the DMZ, its importance has actually increased," he added, referring to the demilitarized zone between the two Koreas.
Han first arrived in New York in the early 1990s and served nearly five years as a young counselor, initially as an aide to the mission's top ambassador.
During the Clinton era, the New York channel served various functions, according to Evans Revere, a senior State Department official at the time who functioned as the Washington end of the New York channel. It was, Revere said, a "sounding board and exploratory vehicle" for resolving differences between Pyongyang and Washington, and for serving as the "eyes and ears" of North Korea in the United States and as "the voice of the regime" for American audiences.
In 2002, after a hiatus from the mission, Han returned to New York, where he served two stints as the envoy responsible for U.S. relations, the first of which ended after North Korea conducted its first nuclear test, in 2006. Over the past few years, the New York channel's role, however, has been limited.
"One has to wonder whether and to what degree the channel is able to report back fully and frankly on developments in the U.S., and also the extent to which the leadership in Pyongyang is actually listening to what the channel is reporting," Revere said.
A portrait of Han emerges in the book "Eating With the Enemy" by Robert Egan, a New Jersey restaurant owner and prisoner of war advocate who befriended the North Korean diplomat. Acting as an informal fixer, Egan took Han and his colleagues fishing and pheasant hunting, and to New York Giants and New Jersey Nets games.
In Egan's telling, Han revealed himself as a former North Korean soldier who professed admiration for billionaire developer Donald Trump, passed on a proposal through Egan to sell North Korean nuclear weapons for billions in cash, and once tried to help Egan negotiate the return of the USS Pueblo, an American naval intelligence vessel captured by the North Koreans in 1968. When the book was published, Han exploded with anger, telling Egan that the revelations could serve as a "death sentence" back home, the author recalled in an interview.
Since then, Egan said, he has had relatively little contact with the North Korean mission. As for Han, U.S. officials and other North Korea watchers say he has maintained his position as Pyongyang's key link with American officials but has become far more cautious. Diplomats close to Han say that his latest posting will end soon and that he is likely to depart New York in the summer, with little to show for his efforts.


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Amanda Bynes has reportedly told a publicist she doesn't "want to live anymore."
Jonathan Jaxson told RadarOnline he believed the star was high on drugs when she called him Wednesday night and said she wanted to kill herself. "Amanda had called me and we had a private conversation," said Jaxson, "But it was clear to me that she was high on drugs."
Added the PR man, "Then, she said she didn't want to live anymore. I took that as that she wanted to kill herself. I freaked out."
A panicked Jaxson contacted the police by phone before tweeting the New York Police Department's account with the message below:
"I just spoke to @AmandaBynes and she is soooo messed up on drugs and please @NY_POLICE find her and help her! I don't know her address! @TMZ"
Jaxson says he later received a call from an officer explaining that Bynes was "fine."
The publicist also revealed Bynes had previously told him about her desire to end her life. He tells RadarOnline this latest conversation was different:
"This time, I had a mental image of her in a bathtub, wanting to hurt herself. Then I saw a photo of her in her bathroom that she'd posted on Twitter. I freaked. I did not know what else to do.
"I thought consciously about it for a minute and decided to call the authorities. I thought, 'I have to do something to save her.' When someone tells you they don't want to live anymore, that in itself would provoke anyone who cares. I know that Amanda is a person crying out for help.'
Many Twitter users are concerned that Amanda Bynes is undergoing a very public meltdown on the social media site. Over the past few days, the 26-year-old star has posted numerous pictures of herself in various states of undress, culminating in her tweeting topless pictures yesterday:
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Google warns on spyware sites
by Brian Turner
Google has joined an initiative, that will warn users if they are about to clickthrough to a website that may attempt to load spyware on their PC.
It means that if Google lists a website known to contain malware that attempts to infect visiting computers, Google will first display a warning page.
It comes as part of a wider initiative by the Stop Badware campaign, which aims to help alert internet users from accessing websites known to actively try to infect PC's.
The move comes as part of wider concern about the accessibility of websites that may try to breach the security of a users PC.
This was highlighted by a report which showed a shocking number of websites for certain "keywords" were actively trying to be found – and infect – user PC's.
These websites were either trying to be found passively in natural search results, or else were even running Pay Per Click (PPC) campaigns to try and actively snare surfers.
While the move is certainly a laudable one, there are a couple of concerns.
Firstly, while visiting sites listed at Stop Badware on Google UK, no such warning was given. For example, www.ThemeXP.org is listed as dangerous at Stop Badware – yet Google UK offers no warning.
Secondly, websites that are only temporarily hacked may now find themselves unfairly tagged as a malware site.
This is because some hackers actively seek software with known exploits via search engines, in order to upload malware to the site. For webmasters with multiple sites, such breaches of security may not be noticed for some time.
However, even still, this will no doubt force webmasters to take extra time in ensuring that any software they use online is up to date – otherwise they could end up with a spyware label that could be hard to remove.
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The most striking aspect about Tahrir Square the first time I saw it was how small it was. Television images can be misleading. At the time last year when thousands had congregated at Tahrir Square to seek the removal of Hosni Mubarak as Egypt's president, the square seemed enormous; at night, it looked shrunk. Perhaps it was the midnight hour when I saw it first, and perhaps it was the utter lack of traffic at that hour, which meant that when our driver took us along the periphery of the square to give us a feel of the location, we felt it had ended just as we thought it had begun.
Later, when I woke up in the morning and looked at the square from the window of my hotel room, it looked like any busy area of a city, largely unremarkable, except for the large Soviet-era government building on one side, and the oasis-like old campus of the American University in Cairo, on the other.
Tahrir means liberation, and in Arabic, the square is called Midan-el-Tahrir. Midan, the word which Egyptian writer Ahdaf Soueif recalls with great affection in describing the square in her account of the Egyptian Revolution of 2011, Cairo: My City, Our Revolution. She writes: "I prefer the Arabic word 'midan', because like 'piazza', it does not tie you down to a shape but describes an open urban space in a central position in a city…. The central point of Cairo is not a square or a circle but more like a massive curved rectangle."
The square is central and indeed pivotal. People seeking to change governments have often attempted to occupy it, and the government has cracked down routinely. The part of Cairo where the square takes central space was built in the 1860s, modelled on Paris' Etoile, with six roads leading out, which in turn lead to six more squares, the city spreading organically beyond. While not as grand as Haussmann's Paris, which was being built around the same time, it has a peculiar continental charm, marking it as distinct from the old Cairo of minarets and muezzins.
To understand the square's centrality better, you need to walk along the busy roads that spread outwards. There are hawkers selling plastic bottles, children's clothing, trinkets for tourists, and books, including a few intriguing biographies of Hitler and Stalin. But go further along, and the babble ceases, the stock market is visible, and a mall emerges, with an ornate exterior that looks like the headgear of a pharaoh.
Right across, on the other side, is the famous Cairene Café, Riche, which has for over a century been the draw for the city's intellectuals. It is here, in 1952, it is believed, that Gamal Abdel Nasser plotted the coup that removed the rotund king Farouk. Three decades earlier, there was an attempt to murder a prime minister at this café. And it is also here that Naguib Mahfouz, the Arab world's only literary Nobel laureate, held court.
The afternoon I went there with my friends, an old waiter in robes greeted us and left us alone until I went to the counter where an old man was reading a newspaper by the cash register. With some reluctance I interrupted him, and reluctantly he motioned to one of the waiters to come to our table. We had lemonade and coffee, and if we hadn't asked for the bill, he'd have let us stay there as long as we wanted. The lush, warm colours of the restaurant were comforting after the harsh sunlight outside. Parisian cafés where Ernest Hemingway and Jean-Paul Sartre held forth carry small plaques with their names on seats which we must believe they sat on. At the place where Mahfouz held court on Fridays, there is his large portrait; you half-expect him to start talking again as he sips his sweetened coffee. He had the odd habit of ordering two cups, drinking half of each, leaving the rest. His novel Karnak Café is based on Riche, and draws on stories he heard at the café.
I walked back to the old campus of the American University in Cairo. Its walls are now splattered with expansive street art, this time mocking the government of President Mohamed Morsi. There are some large images showing the Muslim Brotherhood, the political base of Morsi, to be the equivalent of the erstwhile military-backed regime. The murals are huge and painted with great revolutionary fervour and gusto. There are other large murals, red blotches of colour, carrying the names of the martyrs, written in white.
Meanwhile, students come and go, earnestly discussing politics. One of them giggles shyly after she sees me hearing her criticize her president. Café Riche is perhaps too old-fashioned for these students, who assembled at Tahrir Square not after listening to a rousing speech, nor after a cardamom-scented coffee-filled evening at Riche, but by following tweets and signing up on Facebook. The murals remind them of what was possible, and what they had achieved. They are disgruntled with the government again, and now they have the means to change it. That is when they take over the square, banish the cars, and magnify this small space of urban openness into the vast theatre of regime change. That's when Tahrir Square becomes a metaphor; it pulsates with life, and these students show what it takes to walk like an Egyptian.
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Commentary 28 Nov 2008 02:28 pm
Black Friday
My wife and I participated in the Black Friday ruckus today, getting up at 4:30 a.m. and heading to the local Wal-Mart, then to Kohl's, Borders and the mall. Wal-Mart was absolute madness, with people milling about everywhere trying to save a buck or two. We were there for my parents, who wanted a plasma TV but had to work today. By 5:10 a.m., the TVs that went on sale 10 minutes earlier were gone.
Apparently, the day turned deadly for a Wal-Mart worker in New York, who was trampled by customers this morning. I often wondered what would happen when crowds got out of hand at one of these "Black Friday" sale-ebrations, and now we know.
Fortunately, there were no fatalities (at least to my knowledge) anywhere in our area, just lots of grouchy shoppers waiting in line. Another holiday tradition accomplished. Later today, my wife wants to put up outside lights. I think I prefer the long lines.
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on 01 Dec 2008 at 1.Marc Kovac said …
So, did you get a TV?
My dad wanted one of the 32-inchers. They were gone within about five minutes. He's been reduced to visiting stores around Columbus and attempting to get managers to come down a hundred bucks on the remaining sets. No takers yet.
But I did buy a copy of Spaceballs for two bucks, so I've got that going for me.
I also made a stop at Target at 6, hoping to snag a copy of "I Am Legend" and "Office Space" for $3.98. But that price was for the full screen versions. Stinkin'. So I left empty-handed.


text: Show Hide image 3 November 2011 The bold and the brave Limited funding opportunities and inadequate policies are holding British businesses back. Urgent ch Sign up for our weekly email * During his speech at the Tory party conference, George Osborne was crystal clear about his approach to the environment. He pledged that the UK will not cut its carbon emissions any faster than other European countries, signalling an end to his previously stated ambition for the UK to take a leading role in the low-carbon economy. Also announced at the conference were plans to raise the speed limit to 80mph - a policy that our panellist Julia King pointed out could result in an increase in emissions equivalent to the savings gained from insulating three million lofts, three million cavity walls and one million solid walls. Meanwhile, Ed Gillespie, speaking previously at the Labour Springboard event (see page 10), outlined the need for joined-up thinking on climate change across government. These announcements suggest this message is yet to be heard. The role of government Does the coalition still believe that they can be the "greenest government ever"? The subdued mood at this event, when compared to that at the Labour and Liberal Democrat conference events, suggests delegates were perhaps not so sure. However, Greg Barker, the most senior Tory to carry the climate change torch, still aspires to this goal. Speaking about growing the low-carbon economy, he argued that green growth should not be separated from wider economic growth and that the policy levers required to stimulate the former are not dissimilar to those required to encourage growth in all sectors. More specifically, he argued that it was the government's role to create the conditions under which low-carbon enterprise can flourish. However, unlike Labour's vision of creating these conditions through direct funding and subsidies, Barker argued our economic circumstances dictate the end of unlimited subsidy as a viable or desirable policy option. Instead, the policy framework his party is pursuing is one focused on engaging the private sector with deregulation and lower taxes. Early stage, high risk investment is what small businesses need. Barker did however note the importance of particular top-down approaches, such as the Technology Strategy Board (TSB) which has a role to play in nurturing innovation, demonstrated through its recent £30 million support for offshore renewables. However, Stephen Voller of Cella Energy, a 2011 Shell Springboard Award winner (see opposite for more), suggested while the TSB is useful for a certain tranche of firms, it is not the right vehicle to nurture low-carbon entrepreneurs in the early stages of their business development. Professor Julia King, academic and Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, noted this was not surprising since the TSB was never designed to provide this type of funding. This was previously the role of the Regional Development Agencies, but since they were abolished, SMEs have been forced to look elsewhere for help, with many coming to the TSB. Early stage, high risk investment is what small businesses need but struggle to find. The limited market for venture capital investment in this country is a great contributor to this funding gap. Voller believes that this is partly because the UK does not have the right tax incentives to encourage high net worth individuals to invest at this introductory phase. The result is the loss of intellectual property from the UK and a missed opportunity to provide international leadership in the low-carbon economy. Cella's latest round of investment, for example, came from America, a result of the lack of funding available in the UK. Future predictions What help is there for small businesses at this critical early stage? The Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) is designed to help small, high-risk companies, such as Cella Energy, and can be effective. But navigating the scheme can be a cripplingly complex and expensive task. Simplifying the application process for initiatives such as the EIS and ensuring short approval times are quick and easy ways in which the government can help make them more relevant for small businesses. Plugging this early-stage funding gap is the Holy Grail if we are ever to experience a green technology revolution. Might the Green Investment Bank help? Our panellists believe it could, but without yet knowing its terms, it might not be worth holding our breath. To infinity and beyond The hydrogen storage firm that hopes to fuel the future. By Stephen Voller Cella Energy makes safe, low-cost hydrogen storage materials that have numerous potential applications ranging from fuel for vehicles and rockets, to high energy density stores to replace batteries, and also radiation shielding for satellites. It is a company spun out of the British government's Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) near Oxford. It has strong links with the London Centre for Nanotechnology at University College London and the Department of Chemistry at the University of Oxford, and it has 35 investors spread across Asia, Europe and North America. Despite this success, getting started was not easy. After producing the business plan in conjunction with Professor Stephen Bennington at RAL in the summer of 2010, we then fell into the problem that almost all UK technology start-ups face - that there is no appropriate venture capital industry. Finding funding for early stage businesses is almost impossible. Fortunately we were able to secure funding through a trade investor, Thomas Swan & Co, which understood our business because it is one of the largest manufacturers of carbon nanotubes in Europe. But what we also needed was corporate credibility. Winning the 2011 Shell Springboard Award was a big help in achieving this. It is an endorsement that a large, global company has taken an interest in you and your technology and wants to say to the world: "We like it. You should also take this company seriously". H is for hydrogen Shell estimates the world demand for energy could double by 2050. At the same time, mankind must reduce the dependency on fossil fuels and reduce emissions. Governments and energy companies around the world all agree that hydrogen will play an increasingly important part in our energy needs in the coming decades. During 30 years of the Space Shuttle program at the Kennedy Space Centre (KSC) NASA has developed unparalleled experience in handling very large quantities of hydrogen. Cella is also working at KSC to develop new products based on our unique hydrogen storage technology. By weight, hydrogen has three times the energy of gasoline and burns cleanly without releasing carbon. However, it is difficult to keep and is typically stored at very high pressures, using expensive, heavy and potentially hazardous methods that are not practical for mass market adoption. The investment needed in a widespread refilling infrastructure would not be acceptable. Hydrogen also requires cylindrical or "bomb-shaped" tanks that consumer focus groups reject on the basis of perceived safety grounds. Cella has changed all of this by taking existing solid state hydrogen storage materials and engineering them to make them safe to handle in air. The materials can be stored at room temperature and pressure so no longer require "scary-looking" tanks. Instead, the hydrogen can be stored in conventional vehicle fuel tanks or in small lightweight cartridges that look like batteries. It is stored 100 per cent safely and can be released quickly and cleanly. It is a low cost, scalable manufacturing process that has considerable industrial potential. This is just one aspect of our business. We have also developed links with a number of strategic partners spread over the automotive, oil and chemical sectors and are working on a number of other projects. For example, we aim to create a reduced carbon fuel for use in vehicles. This will work by suspending hydrides in hydrocarbon fuels such as regular gasoline and diesel. Although not a long-term solution, it is a way in which some sectors can meet the increasingly stringent emission legislation without major changes to vehicles or infrastructure. Other projects include using Cella's hydrogen storage materials to produce pure hydrogen fuel that can be pumped into vehicles in a very similar way to gasoline today; the production of battery chargers and battery replacements that have three times the energy density of a lithium-ion battery; and high hydrogen content materials that can be used as lightweight radiation shielding materials for space applications. We aim to fly test materials on the International Space Station ISS in 2012 -- an exciting project that has been given a major boost by the Shell Springboard Award. Stepher Voller is chief executive of Cella Energy. This article originally appeared in the New Statesman supplement, "The green tech revolution". Subscribe from just £1 per issue This article first appeared in the 07 November 2011 issue of the New Statesman, The triumph of the Taliban More


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Having launched Francis Coppola's career, producer Roger Corman is entitled to hop on the Dracula bandwagon with this Euro-shot quickie, though director Fred Gallo is not one of Corman's major finds.
In Romania to restore a portrait of Vlad the Impaler, Stacy Travis flashes back to an earlier life where she fell for Vlad's monk son (Christopher Atkins) and got burned for witchcraft, prompting her lover to accept the family curse. Atkins tries to get it right this time round but another vampire ex-monk causes trouble.
Despite an unusual Dracula (a masked barbarian rather than a suave Devil), this suffers from bland prettyboy Atkins and feeble jokes but Travis is a winning heroine. The climactic magic duel harks back to Corman's The Raven before doing a bat attack stunt from Hammer's Kiss Of The Vampire, nothing different overall but spasmodically intriguing.