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DEBKAfile Exclusive Report March 10, 2012
The 100 missiles fired by the Palestinian Jihad Islami escalated Saturday and included Grad multiple rocket launchers mounted on vehicles and SA-7 anti-air rockets, the Russian version of the American Stinger, smuggled from Libya. Defense minister Ehud Barak warned there was more to come and the threat of a terrorist attack from Sinai was not over. A third Iron Dome anti-missile battery was posted in Ashdod. The police raised the terrorist alert nationwide to one below the highest level.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report December 27, 2011
Qatar, encouraged by its successful participation in the campaign to overthrow Libya's Muammar Qaddafi, has established a Sunni Arab intervention force to expedite the drive for Syrian President Bashar Assad's ouster, debkafile's military sources report. The new, highly mobile force has boosted the anti-Assad Free Syrian Army with 2,500 ex-Libyan and active Iraqi terrorists and is commanded by the Libyan ex-al Qaeda militia commander Abdel Hakim Belhaj. Israel should be concerned that the new force may try and reach Gaza.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report November 11, 2011
Fifty Libyan Muslim Brotherhood mercenaries arrived in the Gaza Strip from Tripoli last month - in time to take part in the Jihad Islami's last missile offensive against Israel starting Oct. 29, debkafile's military sources report. They arrived at the wheels of minivans on which were mounted the new Grad multiple rocket-launchers which Palestinian terrorists fired for the first time last month. These mobile rocket-launchers were last seen on the Libyan battlefield in use against Muammar Qaddafi's army.
DEBKAfile Special Report October 21, 2011
Once the fact of Muammar Qaddafi's abrupt demise on Thursday, Oct. 20, is absorbed, Libya will be left with the same power struggle - with the added horror of blood revenge pursued by his loyalists. debkafile's military sources report mounting indications that a NATO special forces unit – although of which nation is unknown – located and captured Muammar Qaddafi in the Sirte area, shot him in both legs and handed him over to a Misrata militia. NATO can now end its Libya mission.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report September 26, 2011
Helped by highly sophisticated contraband weapons smuggled out of Libya, Iran and Hizballah are getting the Palestinian Hamas equipped for another round of hostilities with Israel. debkafile's military sources report that Sunday, Sept. 25, Egyptian security forces homed in near Ismailia on a large half-empty cache of advanced Libyan SA-24 anti-air infrared missiles (a version of the US Stinger). They grant Hamas high-, medium- and low-altitude capabilities. Many of the empty crates had also contained sea mines.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report September 24, 2011
Muammar Qaddafi and his sons have raised a new army of 12,000 soldiers - all fighters of loyal Touareg tribes of the Sahara, debkafile's military sources report.
Saturday, Sept. 24, Libyan rebel troops reportedly clashed with his diehards after entering the town of Sirte from the west. Two thousand kilometers to the south, in Niger, the ousted Libyan ruler won a guarantee of protection and alliance from the Touareg tribal council and their declaration of war on his enemies.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report September 9, 2011
If Qaddafi can send large convoys across 900 kilometers of Libyan highway to Niger undisturbed, he is demonstrably in control of most parts of the country. As long as he alive and at large, NATO and the rebels cannot hope to extend their control beyond Tripoli and Benghazi, especially since the leading tribes of the south, where Qaddafi is hiding with a large entourage, have thrown in their lot with the deposed ruler.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report September 7, 2011
In a world exclusive, debkafile's intelligence sources reveal that Muammar Qaddafi, two of his sons and several thousand fighters have gone to ground at Targan. This dot on the vast Saharan map lies several hundred kilometers southwest of the remote desert town of Jiffra which, too, is more than 1,500 kilometers from rebel-held Tripoli. At Sirte and in a large enclave between this town and Tripoli, his loyalists are still holding out against Libyan rebels.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report September 2, 2011
The lion's share is promised France of Libya's oil reserves with smaller stakes for Britain, Italy and Qatar. But the rebels may be counting their chickens too fast. First, the war is not yet won and the promises may stay on paper and second, only the US has the advanced technology for getting the oil out of the ground.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report September 2, 2011
Two CIA agents, one working undercover, were instrumental in opening the doors of Tripoli to the rebels. One was a close Qaddafi confidant called Mahmud Bin Juma'a, the second Khalifa Hafter, spent 25 year in America and is marked for high office.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report August 26, 2011
NATO, Britain and France are too broke to finish the job the started in Libya. The Saudi-led Gulf Cooperation Council is ready to provide financing but wants a NATO military arm for overthrowing the Assad regime in Syria and promoting its other interests. The Obama administration welcomes the hook-up to relieve the US for some of its financial burdens.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report August 26, 2011
Muammar Qaddafi's ouster has opened Tripoli's door to al Qaeda, a covert component of which is harbored by the rebel NTC. The jihads are not averse to playing both sides of the Libyan dividing in hooking up with Qaddafi too. This will depend on AQIM's broader interests in North Africa, including Algeria.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report August 23, 2011
Muammar Qaddafi, family and elite are reported by debkafile's military sources to have abandoned their Bab al Aziziya fortress early Tuesday, Aug. 23, using Saif al-Islam's surreal appearance before foreign reporters earlier in the day to cover their escape. They are believed to have exited the compound through one of the underground tunnels of the compound's military complex. But regional intelligence experts are frankly baffled by the enigma of the overnight disappearance without a trace of Qaddafi's army divisions.
DEBKAfile Special Report August 22, 2011
In an extraordinary turnabout in the Tripoli standoff between West-backed Libyan rebels and Muammar Qaddafi, his son Saif al-Islam turned up with cheering crowds at the Rixos hotel early Tuesday, Aug. 23, and told foreign reporters he was never captured as widely reported. "We are winning,"he said.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report August 16, 2011
The rush of military advances claimed by Libyan rebels and the rumored near collapse of Muammar Qaddafi's army and his imminent flight are designed, debkafile's sources report, as a smokescreen for current occurrences. One is the semi-secret opening of Libyan government-rebel talks on the Tunisian island of Djerba Saturday and their significant progress. Another is the deep divisions in the rebel leadership. debkafile has for weeks been reporting on talks afoot on Qaddafi's incremental departure from power.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report August 5, 2011
An al Qaeda branch known as the Al-jamaa Al-islamiya Al-Mokatila is widely believed to be closely associated with rebel leader Mustafa Abdul Jalil and suspected of murdering the rebel commander Maj. Gen. Abdel-Fattah Younis on his behalf. This confirms Muammar Qaddafi's long-held allegations that al Qaeda is part of rebel ranks. Still, Paris and London decided to release frozen Libyan funds and transfer them to the rebels.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report July 29, 2011
Gen. Abdel Fatah Younis, commander of the Libyan rebel forces fighting Muammar Qaddafi, was put to death on the orders of Mustapha Abdul Jalil, head of the rebel TNC, debkafile's sources report. TNC officers abducted him and two aides and shot them in the head 20 kilometers outside Benghazi.
Jalil wanted the powerful Younis out of the way before the start of peace negotiations, for fear he would beat his own path to Qaddafi and head the future government alongside Saif al-Islam.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report May 26, 2011
Combat in Libya is winding down. debkafile's exclusive sources report that Muammar Qaddafi and the rebel commanders are close to a series of accords for ending the war after two weeks of secret talks. Fighting on the ground has receded to small pockets where a few rebel chiefs are still holding out, while the primary battlefields of Misrata, Brega and Ajdabia have fallen silent.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report May 20, 2011
Despite Obama saying "Time is against Qaddafi" the reality is that time is against NATO as rebel commanders come close to a deal with Qaddafi on ending the war and a nice slice of oil revenue.
DEBKAfile Special Report April 25, 2011
Hours after US and British figures called for "the head of the snake" in Libya to be cut off, NATO warplanes early Monday, April 25, pulverized a building in Muammar Qaddafi's Bab al-Aziziyah working compound in Tripoli, wrecking his offices and conference room. A government official called the strike an attempt on the Libyan ruler's life which coalition spokesmen did not deny. Qaddafi's whereabouts were not disclosed.


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Ali vs Frasier
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"What a hellacious, outrageous, downright tenacious encounter!"
"This may shock and amaze ya/But I'm going to knock out that punkass Frasier!"
"I grew tired of listening to the presophmoric psychotically random burps and pleas of that arrogant illiterate gasbag! I had enough!"
Dr. Frasier Crane was in the middle of hosting yet another one of his boring and superior radio shows when he got a call from a man named Muhammad. Muhammad's psychological problem was simple. He had soundly beaten the crap out of everyone in his way to becoming the greatest heavyweight champion of all-time, but he was running out of worthy opponents. Frasier, due to his longtime avoidance of sports, didn't know who this Muhammad Ali guy was, why he kept calling him on an almost daily basis, or what he was trying to say in some very simplistic rhymes. He was sure he was being pranked, and was just about to hang the phone up on the raving lunatic yet again. This only enraged the angry caller, who then fired off an impromptu self-praising witty limerick, and the next thing Frasier knows he's being challenged to a fight.
edit Frasier, the kind of man who might turn on you
Ordinarily Frasier would, of course, turn down such an insane and barbaric suggestion from a stranger. But having felt huffy and aggrieved at being shown up by this caller's cheeky spontaneous wordplay, Frasier decided to don the gloves and engage in fistacuffs.
Nobody told Frasier what he had just done. Everyone at the station was horrified, and they phoned Frasier's father, Martin, in hope that he could talk both combatants down. Frasier finished his show by, as he had always done, calmly talking severally depressed attention-disorder cases off of ledges, and unsuccessfully trying to stop a ten-year old girl from crying by telling her that "Yes, all men are like that. Get used to it Babe." Soon, everyone was saved and his show ended on an up-note wishing everyone in Seattle a good day.
"Fraiser," his cute assistant said when he stepped out of the broadcasting booth, "Don King just called and wants to represent you! The fight is on!!"
"What fight?" enquired the arrogant intellectual radio psychiatrist, who, due to much drinking with fewer time in-between visits to the bottle, kept dipping into his dwindling reserve of memory loss.
edit The Buildup
After running thru a contingent of reporters and TV cameras that had gathered outside his studio, yelling "No comment" at questions that made no sense to him, it soon dawned on Frasier that he was stepping into the ring with a boxing legend with the suspicious name of Muhammad Ali. By the time he realized that this Ali character was a real fighter and not just a caller pulling off some kind of radio prank, it was far too late to back down, because the whole of Seattle was imploring him to fight! To a man they were saying this just for a laugh. They all knew that Ali would batter the professional psychiatrist's face into pulp, which they kind of wanted to see, and might even pay to witness.
But the roaring public never comprehended, nor did any reporter consider, nor did it cross the mind of Muhammad Ali himself, that Frasier's incredible ability to understand the human psyche would be a factor in the fight. Along with his brother Niles, and his father, Martin, Frasier put together a strategy that would repel all of Ali's fierce hooks, lefts, straights, whomp-em-sideways, over the tops, tickle-him-sillies, and jabs.
Meanwhile, over in Ali's camp, the trash talking was well underway. A little digging into Frasier's history had resulted in the revelation that Frasier used to frequent a bar in Boston nearly every night of the week. Ali took great pleasure in nicknaming his gay opponent, and making it stick. The 'The Boston Boozehound' was well on his way to a beating he wouldn't wake up from.
edit The Fight
9th of January 1999. This is a date imprinted on the minds of everyone in attendance at Caesar's Palace in beautiful Las Vegas and on all who watched it on closed circuit television. The betting was strong, and the atmosphere in the hall was tenser than last call on the Titanic. Ali was wheeled out looking like death warmed over but as determined as always to defend his crown. Frasier walked out looking like he had just sampled a particularly bad Beaujolais. The two boxers sat in the corners, Ali shaking from head to toe from his illness and trying his best to keep his left leg from folding under his knew which was whipsawing around like a cat quartering a mouse. Fraiser's dad told him to just punch him, for God's sake, draw some blood and then finish it. Brother Niles told him to "Just remember Dad's strategy, Frasier, and for God's sake don't splash me with the blood".
In his corner Ali prepared to knock the head off the famous shrink and piss down his neckhole.
edit Round 1
As the bell rung Frasier stood up and faced Ali. From the get-go Frasier ducked and bobbed in a drunken attempt to evade Ali's hands, which seemed to be shaking and glued to Ali's thighs as he staggered around the ring trying to keep his balance. Frasier knew it was Ali's famous rope-a-dope! He was not going to fall for that old canard, no sir! Above the noise of the baying crowd Frasier suddenly remembered to yell to Ali, "Remember your favorite childhood toy". Ali, by this time a scarcely animated pugilistic puppet, tried to deliver a sharp jab to Frasier's stomach but succeeding in almost moving his hands. Fraiser, drunk as a Mormon maiden on her wedding night and seeing two of everything there was one of, fell back against the ropes but somehow managed to stay on his feet.
Ali was motionless. As usual. But this time his eyes showed he had been caught up in a pleasant memory, an old teddy bear called Raggsy. An innocent smile attempted its pillar-like creep up and over his trembling mouth. Ali's arms relaxed a little, but still stayed by his sides. His urge to hurt Frasier had faded away as, in his memories, he was running up the lane and throwing a cowbone way to the side of Raggsy, who, tail wagging, ran happily after the treat. Fraisier, sensing his victory punch had landed, staggered up and strongly suggested to Ali that he fall down onto the canvas. Ali didn't hear him, enraptured in the brain-fart world of memories where Raggsy was not killed by his father in an attempt at practicing autoeroticism to see what it would do to a dog. So Frasier, at the crowd's urging, punched Ali in the face.
Ali fell off his stool and lay on the floor as the ref counted to 10, at which point Frasier, feeling his inner-man emerge for the first time in his life, kicked Ali in the ribs. He kicked him just once, so Ali would remember the day that he dare challenge Frasier Crane, and Frasier could remember the sublime feeling of making an old man fall off a stool with one punch to the face. "Who's the greatest now, Ali!" Frasier said, having read the man's Wikipedia page and finding out about the Parkinson's.
edit Celebration
Niles and Martin lifted Frasier aloft on their shoulders. An aria from Verdi's Rigoletto played out over the loud speakers as the victorious Frasier caught a glimpse of a bun-haired pale-faced neurotic woman sitting in the crowd. Summoning all his strength, he shouted from the depth of his soul "LILITH!! LILITH!! YO LILITH, WE DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Ali lay on the canvas awhile, mildly convulsing somewhat, he smiled and waved away all help. Or so it looked.


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Binding CIR needed in NZ
Media Release
Wednesday 13 March 2013
Binding CIR needed in NZ
"Government statements dismissing the asset sales referendum petition are arrogant and unacceptable" DSC leader Stephnie de Ruyter told an Invercargill meeting today.
"The 392,000 signatories to the petition reflect the depth of public opposition to the proposed asset sales programme. It is simply not acceptable for the Prime Minister and Minister of Finance to declare an intention to ignore the outcome should a referendum be held.
"In the face of such blatant disregard for the views of so many people, it's not surprising that a sense of powerlessness has crept into the New Zealand psyche. In reality, New Zealand functions as a democracy on one day every three years. Between elections, ordinary New Zealanders have very little say about decisions which affect them, their families, and their communities.
"It's just not good enough. It's time for New Zealanders to demand that citizens initiated referenda are binding, not merely indicative, as happens in Switzerland.
"The Democrats for Social Credit Party supports a BCIR system which includes an additional parliamentary step to ensure fairness and a truly representative outcome.
"The Government's response to any voices raised in opposition to its plans is a timely reminder that BCIR is needed here."


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Attendees of San Francisco's WonderCon comics convention this weekend have more to look forward to than being muscled aside by guys in handmade Rorschach masks. According to Savage Dragon creator Erik Larsen, he'll be selling 1000 limited edition copies of Savage Dragon #145, featuring what he modestly calls "the greatest comic cover of all time." As you can see above, the cover has "President Barack Obama punching out Osama Bin Laden with a huge American flag in one hand while Savage Dragon frees Lady Liberty from a Weapon of Mass Destruction."
Frankly though, while this cover's cool enough for what it is, aren't we growing a little weary of comic book publishers throwing the president on the cover to boost sales?
More to the point, though: Greatest comic cover of all time? Really? Greater than Nick Fury in space?
Or killer teddy bears tapping on the window?
Or gambling-obsessed lawyers?
Or The Flash punching The Reverse-Flash into the future?
I mean, c'mon!
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They met twice during the regular season. Both games were won by Mount Vernon.
You can watch the game live on Mogulus here.
Here are the starters…
#11 Sade King, G
#4 Taylor Palmer, G
#12 Carece Moore, G/F
#21 Shanyce Stewart, F
#35 Lubirdia Gordon, C
#12 Danielle Feigin, G
#22 Allison Gage, G
#23 Chelsea LoBue, F
#15 Kerry Ryan, F
#24 Hayley Kanner, C
End of the 1st quarter: Mount Vernon 16, Scarsdale 4 — Great quarter for the Knights. They have had balanced scoring. In fact, the only starter without a hoop is leading scorer Taylor Palmer, who has attempted just one shot. Scarsdale will need more out of Chelsea LoBue, who is 1 for 6. Lubirdia Gordon got off to a good start but she's on the bench with two fouls.
HALFTIME: Mount Vernon 21, Scarsdale 13 — The Knights led 20-4 midway through the second quarter but Scarsdale outscored them 9-1 to end the half. Chelsea LoBue hit back to back baskets during the stretch and has six points to lead the Raiders. Danielle Feigin also hit a nice driving layup with 27 seconds left in the half to cut it to single digits.
Mount Vernon has a little bit of foul trouble. Both its starting forwards, Shanyce Stewart and Lubirdia Gordon, have two fouls. Taylor Palmer, MV's leading scorer, has gone without a point in the first half and hasn't been involved much in the action. She'll have to get going in the second half. Stewart has seven rebounds for the Knights, who were led by seven points from Carece Moore.
End of the 3rd quarter: Mount Vernon 30, Scarsdale 23 — Shanyce Stewart had five points in the quarter, including two baskets that gave MV a little more cushion after Scarsdale cut the lead to five points. Scarsdale seems content to let everyone else beat them but Taylor Palmer, who finally scored her first basket in the third. Allison Gage has done an excellent job defending her. The defense just collapses in the paint anytime Palmer drives.
FINAL: Mount Vernon 45, Scarsdale 33 — Mount Vernon will meet No. 4 Ossining on Sunday at 2 p.m. for the gold ball. It is a rematch of the 2004 final, which was won by Ossining after Mount Vernon built a 16-point halftime lead. That history alone will make the game worth watching. It's also impossible to call. The Knights are young and talented, but how will they withstand Ossining's pressure?
As for this game, Mount Vernon was led by Shanyce Stewart, who had 19 points and 14 rebounds. She scored eight points in a row in the fourth quarter after Scarsdale took its first and only lead on a 15-foot pullup by Danielle Feigin, who finished with eight points and three assists. After Feigin put Scarsdale ahead 31-30 with 4:37 to go, Mount Vernon finished on a 15-2 run. Stewart had those eight straight points and MV shot great at the line in the fourth quarter. The Knights were 9 of 12 in the fourth alone.


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Football Helmet? Get This Guy a Tennis Racquet
December 7th, 2012 at 11:26 AM
Staying true to the classic basketball film Space Jam, Bill Belichick took the advice originally bestowed upon Michael Jordan to heart and made his team practice using racquetball rackets to simulate J.J. Watt and the Houston defensive line. Although he's no Serge Ibaka, Watt, who stands at 6 ft 6...


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Regulators say coal industry ignoring construction standards
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — With a driver and his bulldozer missing in a thick, dark lake of coal slurry, a mine-safety expert and critic of the coal industry says regulators are ignoring stricter construction standards that could prevent more failures at hundreds of similar damlike structures nationwide.
For at least a decade, state and federal regulators have allowed coal companies to build or expand huge ponds of gray liquid and silt atop loose and wet coal waste, said Jack Spadaro, an engineering consultant and former director of the National Mine Health and Safety Academy.
"They're building on top of the existing slurry, and therein lies the problem," he said. "It's wet, and it has no stability. It's creating hazards for all of us downstream."
There are 596 coal-slurry impoundments in 21 states. West Virginia has 114 — more than any other state, according to the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration. Kentucky has 104, and Illinois is third with 71.
Slurry is a byproduct of washing coal to help it burn more cleanly. Companies have disposed of the dirty water and solids in various ways over the years, injecting it into abandoned mines; damming it in huge ponds, such as the one at Robinson Run; and, disposing of it with a costly dry filter-press process.
Spadaro's criticisms follow the Nov. 30 failure of a section of embankment at Consol Energy's Robinson Run mine slurry pond near Lumberport.
"Since we're still in recovery mode and have barely begun the investigation, it would be premature to comment at this time," MSHA spokesman Amy Louviere said.
Bill Raney, president of the West Virginia Coal Association, said impoundment failures are rare.
"They're monitored routinely. They have lots of eyes looking at them," he said.
Pennsylvania-based Consol was working to raise the elevation of the impoundment when the accident happened, vice president for safety Lou Barletta said. Once the worker is found, the company will determine what happened "so we can learn from it and prevent similar incidents from occurring in the future," Barletta said.


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Photo gallery | Mercedes-Benz S-Class
No car this year – indeed, no car in the past 12 months – has impressed this writer as much as the all-new Mercedes-Benz flagship, the S-Class.
It is Benz's "put up or shut up" for aspiring competitors – a virtuoso performance by a maestro at the top of its game, a supreme machine that does almost everything better than other cars.
But – and it's only a small but – that doesn't mean it's a car most people would want to own. The sheer size and sumptuousness (I was in the V8-powered S500 long wheelbase) made me feel like a chauffeur. And the driving pleasure is more about the pleasure of not driving.
The car will do many things for you (even brake and, in certain circumstances, steer), and will almost entirely isolate you from the road and the hubbub of the surrounding world. This means driving enthusiasts need not apply.
Still, such splendid isolation does allow you to ease back and better enjoy the superb sound quality of those metal-faced speakers. These speakers, with grilles like they were lifted from miniature Dobro guitars, are one of the many highlights of an exquisitely rendered interior made from the finest, most solid materials and, for the most part, exhibiting superb taste.
Of course, taste is entirely in the eye of the beholder. Mercedes-Benz customisation options allow you to run the gamut from understated elegance to full-blown rococo. Whoever specified my car got it about halfway in between.
At night, the dramatic strip lighting in the doors, seats and instrument panels turns the cabin into an upmarket supper club. It's all provided by LEDs. The headlights are LED too: there isn't a conventional light bulb anywhere in this car, a world first (well, since those gaslit, or unlit, horseless carriages).
Personal assistant on wheels
The dashboard has the virtual instruments on a wide floating panel which also incorporates a central screen that looks almost big enough for a lounge room (the diagonal measurement is 31.2 centimetres). In "satnav" mode, this screen provides a 3D-style image depicting central business district buildings, bridges and other features that bring to mind a computer game. In other modes, it will do almost anything you can think of. That includes providing internet access, taking dictation, or reading out your text messages or emails. It plays films too, though only when the car is stationary.
The standard or optional electronic driving aids are assisted by a phalanx of cameras and sensors. These aids are too numerous to list here but include systems that will correct steering to compensate for crosswinds; mechanisms that will start, stop and steer the car while maintaining a safe distance in traffic jams; and others that will identify pedestrians at night and warn both driver and pedestrian (in the latter case by flashing the lights).
If you are unlucky enough to have an accident, the car will phone an emergency call centre, relay your global positioning system (GPS) coordinates and establish a voice connection in your language (which it knows via the language you have put into the satnav and other features).
The list of standard comfort and convenience features is long, the list of options every bit as extensive.
A variety of packages, such as a rear comfort package and individual rear entertainment (with big TV screens in the back), lifted the price of our car by $20,000 above the $310,000 standard price. All things considered, this comparatively minor price hike brought the equipment level up to the point where I couldn't quite find an answer to the question "what else could you want in a luxury car?".
Some, however, will see fit to stump up for magic body control. This $9600 option can sense bumps and potholes in the road ahead and prime the suspension to deal with them. Like most so-called magic, there's a rational explanation. Magic body control uses a stereo camera that scans into the distance, then assesses the conditions and calculates how to best adjust the damping on each wheel. As it wasn't fitted to my car, I can't report how effective it is. I can say though that the air suspension of the standard car gives such a silken ride that it would take a very refined rear end to notice an improvement.
Graceful transmission
The heart of the S500 is a twin-turbo 4.6-litre V8 pushing out of 335 kW. The maximum torque is a massive 700 Nm, and that maximum is available from about 1800 rpm to nearly 4000 rpm.
That this engine will rocket the car to 100 km/h in 4.8 seconds is largely academic. The important thing is that in normal use it isn't even building up the hint of a sweat. In conjunction with the seven-speed 7G-Tronic automatic transmission, it moves the car around effortlessly and close to silently.
And despite it not being a car for enthusiasts, the S500 automatically stiffens when pushed hard, and handles with precision and dexterity despite its bulk.
The long wheelbase version has 130 centimetres extra, taking the overall length to 5.25 metres. Benz has put the new car on the usual weight-saving diet, bring the overall mass down to a still-not-inconsiderable 1995 kilograms.
There are more variants to come too, including a high-performance S63 AMG (at $385,000) and a hybrid or two.
The S-Class is not a car for everyone, it's not even a car for many. The statistics show fewer and fewer buyers are opting for the biggest conventional sedans from Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Audi and Lexus, though an all-new model like this will cause a spike for a while.
Nonetheless, it remains a stunning statement about how brilliant modern engineering can be. Let's hope its technological gains, particularly in safety, will eventually flow down to more popular price classes.
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In my previous article I talked about how skill demand in startups in China was changing, and that the skills needed from both local and non-Chinese had changed considerably.
This article from the Asia Times talks about how immigration and hiring trends are beginning to change in China and India. Regardless of whether you agree or disagree with it, it makes for interesting reading.


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Desert Vista sophomore thrower Victoria Wadsworth returned to action from a broken toe recently while senior Kadie McNamara stubbed her toe at the most inopportune time and never recovered.
The first day of the state track meet had some unexpected results and these two athletes were the epitome of Wednesday's action at Mesa Community College.
McNamara seemed to come into the meet on a high, recently committing to the Air Force Academy and having the second best throw in Division I all season at 134 feet and 7 inches, but never put it together in the most important meet of the year.
She started with a throw outside of the sector line and never got off a throw good enough to qualify for the finals.
"I just wanted to do so well and probably tried too hard," McNamara said. "I just didn't have it and it is frustrating because I have been working toward this all year."
Thunder throwing coach Troy Hickle said the bad day in the discus hardly takes away from what McNamara accomplished and where she goes from here.
"Knowing Kadie, this is going to make her stronger," he said. "She has a bright future ahead of her."
Apparently so does the Thunder's throwing program as freshman McKenzi Holmes-DiGiovani finished fifth and Wadsworth was sixth.
Holmes-DiGiovani wasn't able to match her season best of 131-11 so in that respect she wasn't at her best but the strides she made this season have her off to one of the best starts of any freshman in school history.
"I was around 100 (feet) when I first started then I jumped to the 120s and 130s," she said. "Then the pressure got to me, being a little freshman in all of these big meets. I just wanted to place and that's what I did."
Wadsworth's performance was the best as far as doing it under pressure as she set a personal record with a throw of 112 after throwing 109-4 during the season.
Not bad for someone who took five weeks off to let the big toe on her left foot heal.
"I didn't even pick up a discus for a long time until last week," she said. "I am very happy to get my PR at state. That's all you can ask for."
Both underclassmen shared the fact that they couldn't have competed at this level without McNamara's influence and were sad that their mentor didn't have a better finish.
"She is my idol," Wadsworth said. "She is going to the Air Force Academy, she is a great person and has been like a mom to me at times."
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A LACK of application early in their innings proved to be Bridgwater's downfall as they fell to a 57-run defeat against Taunton St Andrew's – their first of the season.
Ian Higgins (3-17) bowled his best spell of the season to put the visitors on the back foot as Bridgwater controlled the first half of the game with Ed Habberfield supporting Higgins well.
Ben Coombes, 14, picked up the wicket of Paul Lawrence on debut, with Saints 82-4 after 24 overs.
Hoyle (63) and Phil Parsons (44) put on 66 for the fifth wicket before Hoyle fell to Andrew Skidmore.
Parsons and captain Josh Clatworthy (38no) chased quick runs to give Saints a handy total of 225-9 at the tea break.
In reply, Bridgwater lost Liam Kitch lbw early on and Barrett (20) hit a quick-fire 20 supported by his captain Scott Sealey, taking Bridgwater to 49-1 and in a good position.
Barrett's wicket sparked a collapse as Ali Witts and Andrew Skidmore both came and went and, when Habberfield was dismissed, Bridgwater were 76-5.
Sealey (52) and Coombes (46) repaired the damage with the youngster playing a mature innings which included three sixes and four fours to take the team to 145-5, needing 80 from 11 overs.
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The New York Giants and Buffalo Bills are perfect teams to meet in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game and be the first to open training camp.
These are franchises with much riding on this season. The extra week of camp and extra preseason game can help them determine if they are heading in the right direction.
The Giants also are at a crossroads. They have their two recent Super Bowls wins (2007, 2011), but they've missed the playoffs four of the past five years, including the past two. Tom Coughlin has been the right coach for this proud franchise, but missing the playoffs for three straight years could make ownership start thinking about the team's coaching future. I wouldn't say Coughlin is on the hot seat. The owners know how good he is as their franchise's leader; he probably has two years to turn it around.
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Q: Here we are, new year, new opportunity. Besides being healthy and perhaps a little lighter, what do you think has been the biggest change for you that you feel will give you an edge in this competition?
A: I would say my maturity as a player and as a professional. Being on time, having extra meetings with coach throughout the offseason as they've been allowed by the CBA – I want to show Coach Coughlin and everyone that I'm serious and I want to win a job, so that would definitely be the biggest difference. I don't feel like I'm looked at as a kid or a rookie anymore, so it's time to step up.
NFC East Roster Rankings: Giants, Eagles Split Top Defensive Honors
There is some debate about who has the best defensive talent in the NFC East heading into this season. The Giants and Eagles each have some selling points.
After breaking it down position by position and adding up the points, Eliot had the Eagles with a slim edge over the Giants. Jordan had the Giants with a slim edge over the Eagles.
Really, more than anything, it's indicative of the lack of defensive talent on the Redskins and Cowboys. It was agreed upon that the Cowboys (minus DeMarcus Ware, Sean Lee and Jason Hatcher) were basically devoid of defensive talent … everywhere! The Redskins only had a few bright spots.
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One interesting note is he didn't address the team about last season and won't until the end of spring training when he has his final 25. "Why expose somebody to something that painful who wasn't even there?" is Randolph's explanation for not opening a vein in front of players who weren't there last year and won't make the team.
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Islamabad, Feb. 25: Pakistans Supreme Court today barred former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from contesting elections, plunging Pakistan towards a debilitating power struggle.
The court also nullified the election last year of Sharifs brother Shahbaz as Punjab chief minister, effectively dismissing him.
President Asif Ali Zardari imposed governors rule in Punjab province after Shahbazs disqualification.
The judges were hearing appeals against a ruling barring Sharif from contesting elections because of a prior criminal conviction. They were also considering allegations of irregularities in Shahbazs election to the provincial parliament.
Sharif reacted by accusing Zardari of influencing the Supreme Court to neutralise his most powerful rival. He also urged Pakistanis to join mass rallies next month by lawyers whose protests for an independent judiciary over the past two years helped drive former President Pervez Musharraf from power.
I want to tell the nation that it should stand up to this lawlessness, to this judgement, to this unconstitutional judgement, to this villainous act by the President of this country, Zardari, Sharif told a news conference in Lahore.
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Sharif returned from exile in 2008 seeking to contest elections, but was disqualified by Lahore High Court because of a prior criminal conviction on terrorism and hijacking charges stemming from the 1999 coup in which he was overthrown by Musharraf.
The court today was ruling on an appeal filed in June by the PPP, then an ally of Sharif against that ruling. Various parties had brought a case alleging irregularities in Shahbazs campaign for office in Punjab.
The political impact of this decision will be extremely negative and if not handled properly, this can undermine prospects of democracy in Pakistan, Hasan Askari Rizvi, a political analyst based in Lahore, said. This virtually amounts to excluding one of the major political parties from the political process.
The verdict came a week ahead of elections for the upper house and the Senate.
A large rally is lined up next month by lawyers. This sit-in will continue until the government restores the sacked judges including Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, chief of the lawyers movement Ali Ahmad Kurd said.
Analysts say if Chaudhry were reinstated, he could prevent Musharraf getting indemnity for his actions in securing his re-election and declaring emergency rule in 2007.
That in turn could cast doubt on the validity of the protection Musharraf gave assassinated former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and Zardari to return from self-imposed exile without fear of prosecution for corruption and other alleged crimes.
The decision against the Sharif brothers does not change the balance of power in Pakistans national parliament, but could trigger a destabilising power struggle in Punjab, its richest and most populous province.


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SAN FRANCISCO, May 26, 2011 - Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong has hired two lawyers who won a legal victory in a baseball drug case over Jeff Novitzky, lead investigator in a federal probe of Armstrong. John Keker and Elliott Peters, based in San Francisco, had represented Major League Baseball's players union in an appeals court victory that said federal agents had no right … [Read more...]
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - A trial over whether state legislators broke the law when drawing up new political maps began Monday.
A coalition of groups contends that the Florida Legislature in 2012 drew up new maps for congressional seats that violate standards adopted by voters.
Attorneys for the Legislature call the allegations false and say legislators followed the law.
The lawsuit says several districts, including the one held by U.S. Rep. Corinne Brown in Jacksonville, were drawn in a way to help Republicans because legislators packed Brown's district with Democrats.
Voters in 2010 passed the "Fair Districts" amendment that says districts cannot be drawn in a way to favor incumbents or members of a political party.
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As the talks collapsed, she met those faced with more violence after nearly two decades of conflict.
After 19 years in the bush fighting for the Lords Resistance Army against his own Acholi people, Brigadier Samuel Kolo has been granted an amnesty by the Ugandan Government and welcomed back into the fold.
The former rebel leader is now a guest at Gulu's smartest hotel, the Acholi Inn, where he enjoys VIP treatment, rubbing shoulders with officers from the Ugandan People's Defence Force and local politicians.
While the two men enjoy a cool drink in the shade, on the other side of the fence at the Gusgo Children's Centre, social workers listen in silence to the stories of atrocity told by boys and girls who were abducted by the LRA and have managed to escape.
Child victims
Mandela is one of thousands who have been torn from their families, witnessed the death of parents, teachers and friends and transformed into killers. At the age of 13, he took part in a macabre massacre in which rebels killed a group of villagers and started cooking their remains.
It is hard to imagine this skinny teenager with wide eyes could have taken part in such a grotesque incident but, in a matter-of-fact tone, he says, "They ordered me to kill, so I killed. I didn't count the number, but there were many."
Social workers have to coax youngsters like Mandela back into childhood. They also have to prepare the community to accept them back, by explaining that they were not born killers but have been groomed and brain-washed by the crazed cult-leader Joseph Kony and his comrades in arms.
In an area that is traumatised by conflict and where evil-doers are often victims, twin demands for peace and justice seem hard to reconcile.
Failed talks
At the same time as offering an amnesty to returning LRA soldiers, President Museveni invited the International Criminal Court to come and investigate war crimes for a show trial in the Hague.
The Acholi traditional leader, David Onen Acana II, says the result was disastrous.
"If the ICC hadn't come out with this statement, the negotiating parties could have now been signing the memorandum of understanding that would lead to peace but instead the peace talks collapsed."
He and other civic and religious leaders have recently been to the Hague to urge chief prosecutor, Luis Moreno Ocampo, not to
They prefer traditional methods of ending conflict by reconciliation.
Emma Naylor, director of Oxfam's programme in Uganda, agrees. She fully supports the ICC in principle and says the LRA's outrageous crimes will need to be addressed - but that the priority is to relieve suffering among the 2 million people who are displaced and denied access to basic services.
"This is one of the most distressing and disturbing crises in the world. People cannot sleep in their homes or work in their fields and they are subject to appalling violence and neglect. We should think of justice in the broader sense."
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In the past few weeks, since the collapse of peace talks, the LRA has stepped up the number and severity of its attacks on innocent civilians and has abducted more children to make up for those who have escaped or died in battle.
The start of the rainy season will provide food and cover for the rebels but the Ugandan Government has stepped up its military campaign, claiming that the war is nearly won..
At the Acholi Inn, an armed guard sits, listless and hungry, in front of Samuel Kolo's bedroom door, though it is not clear whether he is there to ward off victims seeking vengeance, former colleagues who fear betrayal, or ICC investigators bearing an arrest warrant.
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An Ohio man who turned to a crowd-sourcing Internet site to help him pay for a batch of potato salad has raised at least $35,000 from the effort and says he's now considering a huge public potato-salad party.
Zack "Danger" Brown of Columbus says he turned to Kickstarter to help him finance the initial $10 effort. But six days into the campaign, he's raised money from at least 3,000 backers worldwide, and the whole thing has taken on a viral life of its own on the Internet.
All the attention has the 31-year-old co-owner of a software company with minimal sleep during the past 48 hours.
Brown tells The Columbus Dispatch that he did it for the "pure enjoyment and silliness of life."
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When Michael Woodford was made president of Olympus, he became the first Westerner ever to climb to the top of one of Japan's corporate giants. Unfortunately, soon a fter, his dream job turned into a nightmare. Woodford learned about a series of bizarre mergers and acquisitions deals totaling $1.7 billion?a scandal that threatened to bring down the entire company if exposed.
Just weeks later, he was fired in a boardroom coup that shocked Japan and the business world. Woodford fled the country in fear for his life and went straight to the press?making him the first CEO of a global multinational to blow the whistle on his own company.
Now Woodford recounts his almost unbelievable true story and paints a devastating portrait of corporate Japan.
?His story is filled with mystery, suspense, and betrayal." ?Management Today
?A gripping chronicle." ?Kirkus Reviews
?I had walked into a John Grisham novel." ?Michael Woodford
A gripping chronicle by a corporate whistle-blower who achieved a stunning victory. Kirkus Reviews Exposure treats readers to a fascinating inside look at bare-knuckled corporate governance [it] should be compulsory reading for company directors and MBA students. The Economist Woodford has written a brilliantly gripping book, with a great hero at its heart. His story is all the more frightening for being true. Rosamund Urwin, The Evening Standard (UK) Michael Woodford took a considerable risk in exposing wrongdoing. He was a study of boldness in action. Lionel Barber, editor, Financial Times Woodford s reaction to the corporate malfeasance and corruption he discovered once he reached the top is even more noteworthy, though perhaps not surprising. Throughout his life he had demonstrated a willingness to speak out against what he perceived as treachery, even when it could result in financial harm or personal danger. Bloomberg BusinessWeek Michael Woodford could have spent years turning a blind eye to the shady dealings of corporate executives at Olympus. Instead . . . he dove headfirst into allegations of corporate misconduct. Time, in naming him a 2011 Person Who Mattered Michael Woodford is a man who did not stand by and do nothing. He stood his ground and he spoke the truth. It s people like him who keep our society from falling into total darkness. Japan could use more people like him. Jake Adelstein, author of Tokyo Vice, from the Afterword He s the most celebrated international whistleblower of recent times. His story is filled with mystery, suspense, and betrayal. Management Today Michael Woodford lost his job for his integrity. The Economist"
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For Ages: 18+ years old
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 258
Published: 25th February 2014
Publisher: Portfolio
Country of Publication: US
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Don't miss the opportunity to see all that is new in home and garden technology. The Lake Region Builders Home and Garden Show concludes today (Sunday) in the Freeman Sports Arena. Admission is $5 and includes the opportunity to win prizes and $1 of each admission will be donated to the Becker County Food Pantry. For more info, call 847-0699.
Come to the Detroit Lakes Community & Cultural Center in Detroit Lakes for Family Fun Sunday, from 1-4 p.m. today. Check out the giant slide and climbing wall in the gym or swim in the pool with Hank the Hound. Family Fun Sunday is free for DLCCC members and there is a special day pass rate of $3 for students and $5 for adults for non-members.
Lake Region Builders host a tour of homes built by LRBA professionals on April 5-6. Maps available at the Home and Garden Show (March 29-30), UBC, Modern Heating and Plumbing and at www.lakeregionbuilders.com. For more info, call 847-0699.
The Northern Minnesota Square Dancers host a benefit dance for the American Heart Association from 2 to 5 p.m. today in the Waubun Community Center. There will be a silent auction during the dance. Everyone is welcome to come and bid on items, with all proceeds going to the American Heart Association.
Last Sunday at the Library presents "A Visual Last Sunday" at 2 p.m. today in the Detroit Lakes Public Library. Librarian Mary Haney will show a DVD featuring photographs of Greece and Turkey taken by Detroit Lakes area residents last fall. Refreshments will include baba ganoush and hummus. Come try something new! The program is free and open to everyone.
The Frazee Event Center hosts Ladies Night Out from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, April 4. There is no admission and food is available. Come for home-based parties, crafts and more.
All area singers (adult and youth ages 5 and up) are invited to perform with Nashville singer/songwriter John Mc-Andrew on Sunday, April 6, at 2 p.m. in the Historic Holmes Theatre. A rehearsal will be held on Wednesday, April 2, at 7 p.m. in the theatre to learn a few songs and meet John. Tickets for the show are $20 for adults and $10 for students. Call 218-844-SHOW to buy tickets or to sign up for the choir.
Trinity Lutheran Church has paintings by Steve Streed on display through April 5. There are prints of the nature and landscapes paintings available for sale also. Hours are 8 a.m. to 5p.m. Monday-Friday and 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Sundays. For more info, call 847-7211.
Frazee-Vergas Community Education offers a three-night class on stained glass beginning Monday, March 31, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Participants will learn the techniques of cutting, grinding, foiling and soldering. Cost is $85 per person, which includes all the supplies needed to complete a 12-by-12-inch panel plus use of the tools. Instructor is Becky Mitchell and the class will be held in the Frazee High School art room. Pre-registration and pre-payment are required by calling the Community Education office at 334-2525.
The 41st annual Hawley Art Show & Sale is scheduled to take place April 4-6 at the Hawley Community Center. Artists can enter their work on Saturday and Sunday, March 29-30, from 1-5 p.m. Registration fees are $5 per entry for professional and amateur classes and $3 for elementary and high school students, with a limit of three works per artist. Information will be sent to artists who have entered in the past. Other interested artists may write or call for information to: Pam Bentley, P.O. Box 106, Hawley MN 56549, Phone 218-483-3236; Kay Harmon, 6258 28th Ave. So., Hawley MN 56549, Phone 218-937-5622; or Jan Erickson, 823 270th St. So., Hawley MN 56549, Phone 218-937-5354.
Detroit Lakes' Historic Holmes Theatre will wrap up its 2007-08 performing arts season with the acrobatic feats of "The Tweaksters" on Friday, April 18 at 7 p.m. Find out more at www.dlccc.org, or call the box office at 218-844-SHOW (7469).
The Waubun American Legion Auxiliary Unit 436 hosts a flea market and craft fair on Saturday, April 5. For table reservations, call Mary at 218-734-2203.
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Raleigh, N.C. — Cool, dry air filtered into the Triangle early Sunday as a cold front that spawned showers and storms Saturday evening made its way off the North Carolina coast.
Sunshine replaced clouds throughout the morning, and highs were in the upper 60s to low 70s around lunchtime.
Thanks to the cool air mass, temperatures will tumble into the low 40s Sunday night and stay in the mid-60s Monday, 10 to 15 degrees below normal for the middle of May.
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If temperatures dip that low, it's likely that Raleigh-Durham International Airport will see a record for May 14. On 1997, temperatures bottomed out at 43 degrees.
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My corp has an office in a station owned by the State Protectorate (Caldari Militia) the rent is fairly high compared with the other offices. How is the cost calculated? Is there any way of reducing it?
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The next largest impactor is the number of open offices. If there are no free offices, the price increases by 5% each downtime. If there is one free office, stays the same. If there is more than one free office it goes down by (Free_Offices - 1) / 23 * -5 (with a maximum of -5%). The mechanics for this were determined in this thread and an early devblog (from 2004).
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If the 2014 Buckeyes are going to start the season on the right foot, Urban Meyer will have to replace an important right foot. Ohio State will have to fill the hole left by three-year starter Drew Basil, one of college football's most experienced and reliable placekickers.
The kicking race will come down to senior-to-be Kyle Clinton and true freshman Sean Nuernberger, a German-born talent out of Oldham County High in Butler, Ky. It will mark the first time since 2011 that Ohio State has essentially had to start over at the position.
Replacing Basil may not prove to be easy, who has quietly had one of the steadiest careers at the position in OSU history.
Basil was a freshman in that now-vacated 2010 season, backing up the steady Devin Barclay — the former professional soccer player who walked on in 2008 and became a folk hero in 2009 by beating Iowa in overtime. Barclay himself had stepped in admirably in 2009 for injured starter Aaron Pettrey, hitting 7/10 field goals and adding 20/24 his senior season in 2010.
While Barclay was handling the primary kicking duties in 2010, Basil, a freshman out of Chillicothe, Ohio, managed to get on the field by taking kickoffs. He booted 87 of those as a frosh, registering nine touchbacks. He was also the designated long kicker, trotting on for two 50+ field-goal attempts, although he missed both.
By the time his senior season ended, long-distance field goal percentage was the lone blot on Basil's otherwise stellar OSU career (1/5).
Basil established his credentials as Ohio State's kicker as a sophomore.
In 2011, Drew took over all of the starting kicking chores. He kicked off 63 times with 14 touchbacks, made 16/19 field goals (84.2%) with a long of 47, and connected on 36/37 extra points. The blemish in that final area was a costly one, late in the game at Purdue, but through no fault of his own. His 16 field goals were the ninth most in school history for a single season.
Under Meyer in 2012, Basil continued his solid play as a junior. His attempted just 11 field goals, making eight (72.7%) and he hit his first from beyond 50, a 52-yard boot as part of a 4/5 day in a win over Michigan.
He also knocked 56/57 PAT tries through the uprights. He kicked off 76 times with 18 touchbacks, despite the usual practice of intentionally kicking short — Meyer's preferred method after a new rule that moved end zone kicks out to the 25-yard line.
This past year, the senior hit 9/10 field goals (90%), notched 77/79 extra points, and kicked off 104 times with 27 touchbacks.
His 104 total points were the fourth most by a kicker in OSU history, behind only Barclay's 122 in 2010, Mike Nugent's 120 in 2002, and Josh Huston's 110 in 2005. And his 77 extra points in 2013 set a new school record.
Basil has put up a solid career of 78.6% accuracy on field goals (33/42), 169/173 PATs (97.7%), and 68 touchbacks. Only The Nuge (81.8%) and Barclay (79.4) were more accurate on field goals in their careers.
Perhaps the most underrated aspect of Basil's game was his tackling ability. Adept at playing the safety role on kickoffs, Basil registered 10 stops (seven solo) over the last two years. That's not an easy task for most kickers.
And now we start over.
Former walk-on Clinton first saw the field in 2012, taking two kickoffs with one touchback. He did not attempt a scoring kick. In 2013, Clinton kicked off three times, registering one touchback, and made all three of his extra-point tries.
He has not attempted a field goal as a college player.
To be able to do so, the Dublin Coffman product will have to fend off the advances of the big-legged Nuernberger, a two-time Kentucky first-team all-state kicker.
Nuernberger hit 13/20 field goals as a senior, but five of those misses were blocked (high school linemen, amirite?) and the others were from 54 and 56 yards. He made a school-record 57-yarder this year against Louisville Ballard.
He also handled punting duties, averaging 42.3 yards per boot. His punting is so well-regarded that Nick Saban and Alabama were eyeing him at that position.
The 10th member of the Dream 14 class, Nuernberger gave Ohio State his verbal commitment on June 11, 2013. If he can be consistent in fall camp, he'll likely beat out Clinton and start as a freshman.
This recruitment anecdote is priceless:
"Coach (Kerry) Coombs was there yelling in my ear while I was kicking and it didn't get to me," said Nuernberger. "So I feel that's my strong point, dealing with pressure."
Kicking in front of a Red Bull-fueled Coombs may not exactly equal the pressure of booting a game-winning field goal attempt beyond 50 yards in front of 105,000+ at the Shoe, but it's something.
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It's 35 miles (56 kilometers) away from Taoyuan and about 60 miles (97 kilometers) from Taichung.
Leave the busy streets behind and enjoy the sounds of children playing at local green spaces that are sure to delight such as Dongshan River Park or Beibin Park. Read a book or newspaper, listen to bird song or relax with the locals at these popular parks in Yilan County.
When in Yilan County, be sure to visit National Center for Traditional Arts and Memorial Hall of Founding of Yilan Administration, two fascinating windows into the past. Get a glimpse into the history of Yilan County before visiting the area's more contemporary attractions.
To shop for local fashion or enjoy a snack, visit Luodong Night Market and Yilan Dongmen Night Market. These are two of the most popular destinations for fashion and food buffs who visit in Yilan County.
In Yilan County be sure to investigate the remarkable exhibit spaces, including the Baimi Wooden Clogs Museum, where you can always learn something new about the world. Enjoy the quiet spaces, ask the friendly staff about any one-off exhibitions, buy something from the gift shop or just admire the well-curated displays.
The natural preserves in the vicinity of Yilan County show visitors the species of flora and fauna which inhabit the local area. Hike around in Taipingshan National Forest Recreation Area and relish being away from the paved streets.


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As near as perfect as you can get.....: Carnival Conquest Cruise Review by lollyandsugar
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Embarkation: Galveston
We went to the check in at 10:30 and got right into the waiting area where the employees entertained the children and kept us occupied while waiting. We got on the ship by 11:30 and got into our room at 1:30. We ate on the Lido deck. I was very impressed that we did not encounter one employee on the Conquest that didn't have a smile and tried very hard to please everyone. The dinner staff remembered our name and the cabin staff did to. They tried to please in every way they could. We are gamblers and it was our 30th wedding anniversary and the casino gave us a free dinner for two at the steak house and wine. We have traveled on Carnival many times and I have to say the employees on this cruise have been the best....
I wasn't very impressed with some of the excursions we chose but we chose them so More it is our responsibility. We should have done the water things instead of the shopping. Jamaica was drizzling rain so the water wasn't pretty and poverty is sad and the shopping wasn't very good for us. Cayman Island also was drizzling so the water wasn't very pretty but we went on the submarine and we were very disappointed. In Cozumel the weather was great and the water was fabulous. The tour was not very good and the tour driver was obviously getting a kick back from where we were going but I understand that the poverty is something they have to deal with and they do what they have to do but next time we will rent a taxi or get a jeep and do our own thing.
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