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Jim McGovern: "Think We Could Be Going for Permanent Bases" in Afghanistan
The Obama Administration may be looking at a "return on investment" type of theory in figuring out how many troops to withdraw from Afghanistan this July. After the successes in degrading Al Qaeda, the need for a large force in the country has become less apparent.
As the Obama administration nears a crucial decision on how rapidly to withdraw combat forces from Afghanistan, high-ranking officials say that Al Qaeda's original network in the region has been crippled, providing a rationale for an accelerated reduction of troops.
The officials said the intense campaign of drone strikes and other covert operations in Pakistan — most dramatically the raid that killed Osama bin Laden — had left Al Qaeda paralyzed, with its leaders either dead or pinned down in the frontier area near Afghanistan. Of 30 prominent members of the terrorist organization in the region identified by intelligence agencies as targets, 20 have been killed in the last year and a half, they said, reducing the threat they pose.
Their confidence, these officials said, was buttressed by information found in Bin Laden's compound in Pakistan. They said the trove revealed disarray within Al Qaeda's leadership, with a frustrated Bin Laden indicating that he could no longer direct terrorist attacks by lieutenants who feared for their own lives.
However, there's a double-edged sword here. The success of the counter-terrorism mission has been driven by drone attacks and covert operations. Those attacks need a base and a supply chain, and the Administration would like to keep that going in Afghanistan. "Everything we're doing requires us to be there forever," said Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA), leader of the Out of Afghanistan movement in Congress, to me at Netroots Nation 2011. "I think we could be going for permanent bases."
That's been pretty clear from the Administration's actions over the past several weeks. The status of forces agreement they seek with Afghanistan clearly allows for a long-term presence, the only way that this security state they're setting up in Afghanistan can be made sustainable. The shift, then, is from an on-the-books war in Afghanistan, to an off-the-books, CIA and JSOC-led war in Pakistan and elsewhere in the region, with Afghanistan used as the base. This ties in with the White House's unique legal argument on Libya, that a war where soldiers have no opportunity to get hurt is not actually a war. This means that wars involving flying robots, which is the trajectory of our counter-terrorism efforts, can be launched unilaterally by the executive with no authority or oversight from Congress.
Remotely operated military machines weren't invented for the purpose of shifting the balance of executive and congressional authority in warmaking, or for shifting the balance of national security power away from the military and toward the CIA. And in principle, there's no reason existing statutes can't be rewritten in order to clarify or rebalance things. But in practice the American political system makes it a huge uphill struggle to rewrite any statute. So unless congress is very strongly motivated to assert itself, which it's not, you leave the field open to a pretty drastic shift in who's in charge of bombing whom.
This, ultimately, is why people like Robert Gates, who at one level has talked about ending wars of choice, is simultaneously warning against a drawdown in Afghanistan. This shift to off-the-books wars needs the Afghanistan base, and security against Taliban fighters must be part of that, to keep the base safe and clear.
Even though very few Taliban have taken up the US on the offer to switch sides, and even though most of them are confined to the north, it's still valuable, because clearing out and making secure just a portion of the country makes the bases safe enough to carry out the drone and covert ops wars.
The difference is the public doesn't have the patience anymore to give the Administration the leeway to create their permanent bases. Polling shows massive support to limit US military involvement abroad. The US Conference of Mayors did indeed pass their resolution to bring war dollars home. And the Congress has had enough. If the withdrawal isn't immediate and sustained "He will face a revolution in Congress," said Rep. John Garamendi on one Netroots Nation panel. "The chant will be, hell no, we will go."
Rep. McGovern added, "We said we're getting out of Iraq and we still have 50,000 troops there. We never leave anywhere until we're being chased." McGovern expected a decision in the next week or so on Afghanistan, though the announcement may be as perfunctory as a press release. In a meeting with the Democratic caucus, President Obama intimated that the withdrawal would be inadequate. "He said something like, you won't be happy and the GOP won't be happy. He thinks he can be in the middle and be OK."


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Looks like our buddy Steve Nash of the Suns has actually reached an even HIGHER level of fame. A cartoon version of Steve will appear on The Cleveland Show this Sunday night on FOX. And, even better, Steve voices the character himself! (That's him down on his knees in the picture above.)
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Basketball Superstars Kevin Garnett, Dwight Howard, LeBron James, Steve Nash, Dirk Nowitzki, Shaquille O'Neal and Dwyane Wade Make Guest Voice Appearances
Cleveland and Donna celebrate Valentine's Day with a trip to Los Angeles after scoring courtside seats to the all-star basketball game. Caught up in the excitement, Cleveland gets rowdy and talks smack to the players from the sideline throughout the game. The basketball champs, feeling hurt, seek revenge by paying a surprise visit to Stoolbend and putting Cleveland in his place. Meanwhile, Rallo befriends a little person at the grocery store who he mistakes for a child and gets into some adult trouble when he leaves his new friend's sister at the altar in the all-new "A Short Story and a Tall Tale" episode of THE CLEVELAND SHOW airing Sunday, Feb. 13 (9:30-10:00 PM) on FOX 50. (CLE-214) (TV-14 D, L, V)
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Syriac Catholic Patriarchal Divine Liturgy in St. Mary Major
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This is good to see. The Syriacs have kept all the ancient traditions alive and have not Romanised, unlike certain other Eastern Catholic churches which I shall not name here.
- 17 June, 2009 17:28
- Carlos Antonio Palad said...
"The Syriacs have kept all the ancient traditions alive and have not Romanised..."
The Syro-Malankars -- who use exactly the same liturgical Rite as the Syriacs -- have not Romanised, but the Syriac Catholics in Syria-Palestine are deeply Latinized, although not as much as the Maronites (who often offer Mass ad populum) and the Chaldeans (who are in the middle of a major simplification and reform of their liturgical books, mainly to get rid of "repetitions" and "accretions" -- sounds familiar?)
If you'll look carefully at the picture of the Patriarch, you will see that not only is he wearing a Roman mitre, he is in a Roman prelatical lace alb as well (just like the Chaldeans)
Pictures of his enthronement here:
Of course, the Syriacs have nevertheless kept much of their literary and liturgical heitage intact despite the Latin veneer of relatively recent vintage.
- 17 June, 2009 17:48
Thanks for the information, Mr. Palad. I was unaware of the Syriac compromises. You refer to their brethren in India, the Syro-Malabarians, not be confused with the East Syrian Malankarese, who are in the Chaldean tradition. The latter are somewhat modernised and Romanised, no?
- 17 June, 2009 18:47
I'm new to this blog and was wondering if anyone could tell me what P.K.T.P. stands for?
- 17 June, 2009 20:31
- Jordanes said...
"Peter Karl T. Perkins"
Don't know what the T stands for.
- 17 June, 2009 20:35
$5 on Thomas.
- 17 June, 2009 20:58
- beng said...
If the west has a good tradition that the East want to or should adopt, then why not.
They could stat praying the Rosary and maybe Russia will be totally converted to Catholicism
- 17 June, 2009 23:10
- Carlos Antonio Palad said...
"You refer to their brethren in India, the Syro-Malabarians, not be confused with the East Syrian Malankarese, who are in the Chaldean tradition."
It is the other way around. The Syro-Malabars belong to the Assyro-Chaldean / Edessene / East Syrian liturgical tradition, the Syro-Malankars belong to the West Syriac or Syro-Antiochene tradition.
The Malabars are VERY Latinized, although there is a significant minority that adheres to Assyro-Chaldean liturgical tradition. The Malankars are among the least Latinized of Eastern Catholics.
- 18 June, 2009 00:20
- Carlos Antonio Palad said...
"If the west has a good tradition that the East want to or should adopt, then why not."
Of course! However, such adoptions should not be at the expense of legitimate Eastern traditions.
In the same way, I resent the way some charismatic / "new ecclesial movement" Roman Catholics are so obsessed with Byzantine icons (which they often use in a very improper and uncomprehending manner) while being so hostile to the Traditional Latin Mass and to the historic forms of sacred music and devotion in the Roman Church.
- 18 June, 2009 00:23
- Long-Skirts said...
a post from someone else NOT me, Long-Skirts said:
"Long-Skirts said...
Well, Mr./Miss Long-Skirts, "immitation is the highest form of flattery" but to not give at least an "annonymous" to your post and to pretend that I wrote it, well that is so cowardly and I think that is why Holy Mother Church has been so hurt...so many cowards. But thanks for the little bit of publicity, as they say "there's no bad publicity as long as they spell your name right" and at least, thank Heavens, even cowards can spell my name right! I-rish you joy!!
- 18 June, 2009 01:22
- Jordanes said...
Long-Skirts, sorry about the comment from the scoundrel mocking you. It has been deleted.
- 18 June, 2009 03:17
Thanks again, Mr. Palad. I have always confused the Malabarians and Syro-Malankarese. I need a mnemonic device to distinguish them. I believe that one of these groups only joined Rome in the 1930s. But I've forgotten which!
- 18 June, 2009 09:37
- Gideon Ertner said...
"I believe that one of these groups only joined Rome in the 1930s. But I've forgotten which!"
That would be the Malankarese. The very reason that they are not latinized is that they are descended from those Indian Christians who revolted against the latinizing reforms of liturgical life imposed by the Portuguese Jesuits in the 16th century and only reunited very recently.
- 18 June, 2009 11:56
- Gideon Ertner said...
Btw, I do not think that we ought to refer to such recent developments as celebration versus populum etc. as 'latinization' as it is not an authentic Latin tradition.
Such things should be referred to as 'de-sacralization' or other appropriate derogatory terms.
- 18 June, 2009 12:02
And yes, the Syro-malankares are the least latinized for the very reaosons Gideon Ortner gave.
And they are also (at least the majority of the bishops) against the novelties like celebrating versus populum or giving Hl. Communion on the hands, so f. e. Bf. Mar G. Punnakotil, who´s a friend of my uncles family (my aunt is from India).
But they clebrate in the "vernacular" or better to say in the old/noble language Malayalam that is still the vernacular today in Kerala -- and not in the old-syrian language. If memory not deceives me it was an indult that they got from Pius XII.
- 18 June, 2009 20:35
Are there photos of the Divine Liturgy celebrated today in St. Mary Major to commemorate the granting of ecclesiastica communio? If there are, I'd like to see a few of them. Thanks.
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NCPA Releases First Ever State-By-State Foster Care Numbers
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - For 17 years, states have failed to comply with the Federal Government's requirement to record and report on the status of children in state-managed foster care. Now, the National Center for Policy Analysis is releasing the first ever state-by-state report that details the number of children in foster care who are legally free to be adopted. This study is the result of two years' work by the Institute For Children based in Boston, Massachusetts.
The National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA) is hosting a press conference to release a new study that examines what's going wrong with government-run foster care and adoption.
More than half-a-million American children are stuck in government-run foster care - an indication that the system is not working. Originally intended to provide safe, temporary homes for abused children, the $12 billion foster care program frequently keeps children in care long after they are legally free to be adopted. For example:
- The American Civil Liberties Union reports that one-fourth of all foster children remain in care for more than four years.
- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reports that children who leave the system to be adopted do so after an average stay of 3.5 to 5.5 years.
- This year alone, some 15,000 children will turn 18 in foster care with no permanent home.
- Detractors often claim that Americans are only interested in adopting healthy white babies, but the results from this national survey show that almost three-quarters of Americans polled would be willing to adopt a foster child.
Senators and congressmen actively supporting the release of this study include: Sen. Larry Craig (R., Idaho), Sen. Charles Grassley (R., Iowa), Sen. Dan Coats (R., Indiana), Sen. Don Nickels (R., Oklahoma), Sen. Sam Brownback (R., Kansas), Rep. Jim Ryun (R., Kansas), Rep. Todd Tiahrt, (R., Kansas). Also participating in the press conference will be Conna Craig, president of the Institute for Children and co-author of the study, and Derek Herbert, associate director of the Institute for Children and co-author of the study as well as members of the National Center for Policy Analysis.
WHO: National Center for Policy Analysis
WHAT: Foster Care Press Conference
WHEN: 10 a.m. (EST), Thursday, Aug 7, 1997
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by Sam Collins | August 21, 2013 1:23 am
Autodesk (ADSK[1]) — This design software and services company operates worldwide and is a leading provider of software for computer-aided design (CAD). It has recently restructured its operations to support more cloud- and mobile-based offerings. But weaker-than-expected global conditions, a significant loss of market share and less-than-expected cost savings have had a negative impact on earnings.
The stock broke down from an ominous head-and-shoulders formation in early June, falling to $33. A reaction rally was thwarted in July when its 50-day moving average crossed through its 200-day moving average. This is called a "death cross" and almost always leads to a substantial decline.
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (From Bisons.com)- It was the top of the order that led the way for the Bisons first fridaynightbash!® victory of the year at Coca-Cola Field.
Anthony Gose, Steve Tolleson and Juan Francisco went a combined 6-for-11 and scored five times to give the Herd its fifth win of the season by the score of 7-4 over Pawtucket.
"We came out swinging the bats," manager Gary Allenson said.
The newly-acquired Francisco led the Bisons' bats, going 3-for-4, and finishing a home run away from the cycle. The 26-year old out of the Dominican Republic opened up the scoring for Buffalo in the first inning, as he was able score Anthony Gose off a hard single into left field.
An inning later, Francisco was also able to make more noise when he struck a ball to deep into center field to score Gose and Tolleson for a two-out two-run triple.
"He was on fire tonight," Allenson said. "To have him and Johnson back-to-back is pretty good. That's a pretty good bat to have in the lineup there."
Ahead 5-3, the Bisons offense put two more runs on the board. After Francisco led off the frame with a double, Kevin Pillar snapped out of his opening week slump with a hard double down the left field line. Pillar then reached home on an Andy LaRoche single to stretch the Bisons lead to 7-3.
"He's hitting the ball hard," said Allenson about Pillar. "When he starts getting on a role, we will get him in the top of the order."
On the mound, Kyle Drabek battled back after giving up a lead-off home run to Brock Holt to start the game. The righty retired seven of his last nine and pitched effectively down in the zone to earn his first win of 2014.
"It isn't fun to give up a lead-off home run," Drabek said. "The sinker was working for me in later counts. It was probably the first start that my arm felt the best, too."
Allenson was happy with the way Drabek pitched in his second start of the season, showing that he was able to pull the team through and get five solid innings.
"Drabek did a good job tonight with the way he battled through," Allenson said. " If you can consistently throw the ball down below the knees, it's a quick game."


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Managing Research as an Investment Portfolio: Lessons from PARC
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any one of them can prevent us from achieving the potential return… even if technical risk and execution risk are not strictly independent.
Ranking. Once all the scores are calculated, rank order all programs and projects in descending order and take a look at the results. Do the top ranked and lowest ranked projects seem to make intuitive sense, or is something wrong with the scoring methodology? I guarantee that this data will spark interesting conversations among management and scientists/engineers.
The most productive discussions we've had at PARC have been around looking at the lowest-scoring programs and projects to understand why they were at the bottom. For the ones with high return scores and high risk, it was useful to understand which risk factors were dragging the scores down, and to discuss plans for mitigating the risks and improving the score over time. For the ones with low return scores and high risk, we had to think hard about shifting the target offering or market, or transitioning out of the program or project.
Step 5: Actively Manage Programs and Projects to Move Across Segments
A portfolio is not static. Assets evolve and programs and projects should be actively managed to move across boundaries in specific directions. A portfolio approach gives you the visibility and levers to shift your investments across segments over time to meet your target allocations.
In our case, the portfolio management tool also helped us understand the different roles that different programs play within the portfolio, so we don't ask all programs to be all things. This understanding enabled us to be much more focused and productive in our quarterly management strategic reviews. We moved from one-size-fits-all questioning to tailoring the frequency and relevance of discussion questions for each portfolio segment.
Since we think of the Core segment as our being in "harvesting" mode and all the other segments as our being in "investment" mode:
- Core programs should spawn new Scouting and Next-Gen projects. Because programs in the Core are expected to generate profitable revenue in the current year, our reviews focus more on marketing, pricing, and operations.
- Options projects should move to the Core as they meet their technical and business objectives. Because Options are high-risk investments, we manage them more like ventures: with regular milestones aimed at reducing technical and execution risk, and requiring investment proposals that specify activities and resources needed to achieve the next milestone.
This movement is especially important if some of your segments are overweighted or underweighted. And it's not a one-way evaluation process—the strategic reviews enable us to optimize each program using data from the portfolio. We try to understand what are the highest value applications for our technology, who are our highest value partners and customers, and what is the optimal order of risks to reduce over time.
Step 6: Measure, Refine, and Re-balance Based on Learning and State of Business
As with individual investment portfolios, it's important to re-balance and adjust asset allocations annually based on the previous year's performance, current financial goals, and risk appetites informed by the economic environment.
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An animal rehabilitation clinic in Cato has taken in more than a dozen hungry birds this winter, HTR Media reported Wednesday. That's up from only a handful during average winters.
[caption id="attachment_10640" align="alignleft" width="213"] In this Feb. 25, 2014 photo, a Greater Scaup duck gets ready to dive for live minnows at the home of Wildlife Of Wisconsin Rehabilitator Susan Theys in Cato. Frozen waterways have left some of Wisconsin's ducks with little to eat during what seems to be an unusually cold winter. (AP Photo/Herald-Times Reporter, Sue Pischke)[/caption]
"They are not having a good winter," said Jim Knickelbine, executive director of Woodland Dunes Nature Center and Preserve in Two Rivers. "They're expending more energy trying to find food than they normally do and all the cold weather is causing them to use up their energy reserves. As a result, they're malnourished."
Some of the state's ducks don't migrate and continue to dive into water for food during winter months. When shallow waters freeze over, the birds usually head to the shores of Lake Michigan to dive for minnows there.
That might be a good plan during most winters, but this year, Lake Michigan is three-quarters frozen.
"What this means is that these ducks have to go into the middle of the lake to reach water," duck rehabilitator Susan Theys said. "Some of them can't dive deep enough to get the food and most of it (consisting of minnows and mussels) isn't in the middle, it's along the lakeshore."
Ducks have been found along lakeshores, lying in streets and meandering through towns looking for anything to eat.
"A duck was in the roadway and a woman almost hit it," Manitowoc police officer Katie Walters said. "It flew and landed on its back and then it flipped itself over and climbed up on a snowbank and just lay there until I picked it up and put it in a pet carrier."
Theys said her group, Wildlife of Wisconsin, has taken in birds that are underweight and eat 4 or 5 pounds of minnows per day to gain back weight. Wildlife Of Wisconsin and groups like it plump up the birds before returning them to Lake Michigan.


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Ending a weeks-long standoff, Cardinal Francis George lifted his suspension of the Rev. Michael Pfleger on Friday after the two men met and Pfleger apologized for statements the cardinal took as a threat to leave the priesthood.
Both men issued simultaneous statements, with Pfleger saying he would deliver a transition plan by Dec. 1 for St. Sabina Catholic Church, the South Side parish he has served for nearly 30 years.


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AUBURN, Ala. -- Steve Spurrier blamed the BCS -- Bloated Confidence Syndrome.
"Maybe it was just the media attention that got to us," the Florida coach said. "We thought that we could just show up, but we didn't execute."
The Gators didn't do a lot things in their 23-20 loss to Auburn on Saturday night that dropped them from No. 1 to No. 7 in the rankings and wounded their hopes for a national championship.
Florida had looked formidable in winning its first five games by an average of 40 points.
It entered this game boasting a hot quarterback in Rex Grossman and was favored by 21 points.
Auburn was coming off a series of unimpressive performances. Still, the Tigers were confident of doing what few thought they could.
"We were the only ones, folks," said defensive end James Callier, adding his teammates sensed early in the week "we were going to shock the world."
And they delivered, thanks to Damon Duval's 44-yard field goal with 10 seconds left, a stifling defense and backup quarterback Daniel Cobb.
The Tigers (5-1, 4-0 Southeastern Conference) are the last team without a league loss and have a clear path to a second straight Western Division title.
On Sunday, they joined the rankings at No. 20.
The Gators (5-1, 3-1), meanwhile, are left with some grim statistics: minus 36 yards rushing, four interceptions by Grossman and 10 penalties. That was more than double Grossman's season-total of three entering the game.
"We are going to be a better team than this next time," Grossman said.
Auburn's defense, with five starters out or limited by injuries, came up big time and again. Sophomore Phillip Pate made his first interception. So did redshirt freshman Mayo Sowell.
"The No. 1 team came in and we weren't intimidated," said Pate, playing in his first game this season following a knee injury. "We knew we could play with them."
Cobb helped make it happen. The senior backup, who had attempted just eight passes all season, played most of the game.
He completed 11 of 23 passes for 152 yards, but was 4-for-4 on the final drive.
Cobb also rushed for a 1-yard touchdown in relief of redshirt freshman Jason Campbell.
Campbell, who threw for just 79 yards in a win over Mississippi State, was 2-of-4 for 8 yards.
"It is a pretty amazing feeling," Cobb said. "It really hasn't sunk in yet."
The Gators had outscored SEC opponents 140-25, including 52-0 and 44-15 wins over preseason West favorites Mississippi State and LSU.
They had collected 500-plus yards in all five games but managed just 328 on Saturday night. Defensively, the Tigers came in ranked fourth nationally in passing yards allowed but had only three interceptions.
Grossman was 25-of-42 for 364 yards for his sixth straight 300-yard effort. He was sacked only once but took numerous hits.
Earnest Graham, the team's leading rusher, was out with a sprained ankle. The running game limped all night.
Robert Gillespie replaced Graham and gained just 4 yards on 12 carries.
"The offense was sluggish ... not just the running game," he said. "We just didn't make things happen."
There was no argument from strong safety Todd Johnson.
"We got what we deserved," he said.
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Taking its inspiration from the reality television survival shows that continue to be popular across the world, "A Million" notches things up by putting its characters in real danger as they compete for the titular sum – though there seems to be some number confusion, as the DVD box art refers to 1,000,000,000. The film was written and directed by Jo Min Ho, previously responsible for the underrated hardboiled thriller "Les Formidables", and sees him mining the premise not only for tension and excitement, but to explore in surprising depth some of the darker aspects of human nature. With Park Hee Son ("The Scam") as the director of the show, the film's contestants are made up of a number of famous faces, including Park Hae Il ("Paradise Murdered"), Shin Min Ah ("Naked Kitchen"), Lee Min Ki ("Haeundae"), Jung Yoo Mi ("Family Ties"), Lee Cheon Hee ("Romance of Their Own"), and Ko Eun Ah ("Loner").
The film wastes little time in getting things underway, as a seemingly disparate bunch of people, including a stock broker, ex-navy man, law student, camera nut and other recognisable broad strokes, receive notification that they have won a place on a reality television show set in the Australian outback. Without bothering to find out too much about the program, they jump on a plane, and soon find themselves in real danger, as the director escalates things from the usual inane games to genuine survival challenges. With the promise of the all-important prize driving them onwards, the contestants vie against each other as it becomes increasingly obvious that they have been lured to the isolated location for a specific and sinister purpose.
"A Million" makes determined use of the reality TV show format, right from its lively introduction introducing the various characters. Actually, this proves to be important, as none of them really progress or develop much beyond these basic definitions and initial impressions, a few last act reversals aside. None of them are particularly likeable, and though it does make caring about their fates and relationships difficult, it plays nicely into the themes and commentary on human nature that later emerge. Thankfully, this detachment never matters too much, as the film essentially revolves around the characters being bumped off one by one, and the question as to who the director actually is and what his motivation might be drives the drama. The various trials and different survival games help to add a little variety, and the film is fast moving, repeatedly putting the cast in one kind of danger or another.
Director Jo does a good job of generating and maintaining a certain tension throughout, mainly since he makes it very clear early on that all of the cast are fair game, with no real obvious heroes. Even Park Hee Son's director is an ambiguous rather than overtly villainous figure, despite some amusing overacting, and the film is morally quite interesting. The film's flashback structure, though it tends to come and go on a whim, actually works well, adding more suspense by dropping hints as to what may or may not have really happened. As such, although the plot doesn't really hang together (in particular with regards to the involvement of the police and the broadcasting of the show, two important issues which Jo pays lip service to and simply hopes that the viewer accepts), and mainly progresses through acts of stupidity and a reliance on the characters being painfully slow on the uptake, it does grip, and there are a handful of surprises along the way, along with a few flashes of quite shocking violence. Interestingly, rather than either shifting into melodrama or thriller conventions, the last act emerges as something rather more grim, offering a series of bleak observations on human nature and society and ending on a decidedly downbeat note very different to the usual kind of last minute set piece thrills or twist that might have been expected. This does give the film a thoughtful air most unusual in such high concept affairs, and Jo makes his point in convincingly sobering fashion.
The outback setting really makes the film stand out, and Jo makes great use of the truly gorgeous scenery in all its barren and panoramic glory. The environment is suitably harsh, with the deserts, forests and river rapids all adding a real sense of danger, and indeed offering more of a survival challenge that the characters themselves or the director's manipulations. Jo also includes lots of wildlife footage, including the expected kangaroos and oversized insects, and this too accentuates the film's sense of place and the characters' removal from the safety of their everyday lives.
This genuine sense of survival challenge and of its characters being constantly under threat makes "A Million" exciting viewing throughout, and though it is somewhat clumsily handled in places it offers a different and more primal brand of thrills to most other genre efforts. Although not quite as clever as Jo seems to think, the film also wins extra points for its general ruthlessness and mournful final note.
Min-Ho Cho (director) / Min-Ho Cho (screenplay)
CAST: Hae-il Park
Hee-soon Park
Min-a Shin


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Citibank requested New York federal judge Griesa to issue a definitive order that would authorize them to process payments on dollar-denominated, Argentine-law bonds, instead of issuing permissions each time. Griesa postponed the decision.
New York district judge Thomas Griesa has declined a request from the Citigroup bank to allow the entity to process the payment of Argentine bonds under local law while an appeal against the magistrate's negative ruling is being prepared.
Citigroup Inc said it plans to exit its custodial business in Argentina as soon as possible, after a US judge refused to lift an injunction that blocked the bank from processing interest payments on $2.3 billion of Argentina bonds.
Economy Minister Axel Kicillof has revealed the government sent a letter to Citigroup asking how the bank will react, after US Judge Thomas Griesa decided not to kill an injunction that blocked Citi from processing interest payments of Argentina bonds.
Central Bank regulators entered Citibank Argentina's headquarters today for an inspection, while the entity appealed the decision to suspend CEO Gabriel Ribisch due to an agreement with holdout investors.
The Argentine government has formally appealed to the New York justice system the ruling handed down by district judge Thomas Griesa, which barred intermediary Citibank from processing debt services that expired on March 31.
NML Capital, one of the leading hedge funds in a legal battle against the national government, today said it was taking a close look at yesterday's announcement of Economy Minister Axel Kicillof about a local sale of the Bonar 2024 bond.
By Guillermo Laborda and Pablo Jiménez
NY district judge Thomas Griesa has said he will consider all Argentine government assets in the United States, except for diplomatic and military ones, as commercial assets which hedge fund NML Capital could try to seize.
"Argentina will pay the Boden 2015 entirely like we have always done in the last years with our obligations, despite many operations that suggest different scenarios," Economy Minister Axel Kicillof told a news conference this afternoon.
Argentina's financial markets traded higher today after opposition candidate Mauricio Macri's surprisingly strong showing in presidential elections set up a second vote next month.
Hedge funds litigating against Argentina in the United States over the country's defaulted bonds will have until Friday to respond to the government's demand to have orders restricting it from servicing its restructured debts vacated, US District Judge Thomas Griesa ruled.
Cabinet chief Marcos Peña and Revenue and Finance Minister Alfonso Prat Gay addressed the results of the massive debt issue that was announced on Monday, reaching more than US$65 billion in orders for Argentina's first international bond in 15 years.
Argentina began paying more than $9 billion on Friday to creditors who refused debt restructurings after a record 2002 default, closing the door on messy litigation. "Judge Thomas P. Griesa late this morning lifted the Injunction against Argentina in all cases pending before him," a statement from Daniel Pollack released today said.
A bond holder who sued Argentina when the country stopped paying its debt in 2002, received a favorable ruling from a US court, which blocked a debt swap of unpaid Brady bonds for a total amount of 270 million dollars, which were negotiated in 2011.
Economy Minister Amado Boudou referred to the US debt deal, which was agreed upon late on Sunday to avoid the country entering default. He also ratified that the Government will pay US$ 2.20 billion corresponding to Boden 2012 bond payments.
The national Government has paid the US$2.2 billion corresponding to payments of the 2012 Boden bonds with reserves of the Central Bank, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner announced.
Chaco governor Jorge Capitanich once again defended the decision to swap a dollar debt into pesos and assured that the National Government had not had any involvement in the decision he made last week. He also stated that the province followed a Central Bank disposition.
Finance Secretary Adrián Cosentino assuredthat the ruling of an appeals court which partially confirmed the ruling of US judge Thomas Griesa in favour of vulture funds "is suspended from the moment it was issued,thus the current status quo has not been changed."
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services reported it has downgraded Argentina's sovereign credit rating from "B" to "B-," following the US Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the ruling over "vulture funds."
The price of benchmark bonds in dollars sank as much as 7 percent in early over-the-counter trade today, a day after Standard & Poor's downgraded the country's sovereign credit rating.
Economy Minister Hernán Lorenzino assured during a press conference that "paying off the vulture funds is illegal," and said that the ruling by US District Judge Thomas Griesa against Argentina is "unfair." The minister also warned that Griesa's ruling might affect the international financial system, and the country as well.
President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner assured that "against all foreign and domestic attempts" at stopping it, Argentina will pay on Friday $3.5 billion dollars in GDP-bonds, which represents the largest payment to private bondholders since 2001.
YPF closed its first bond sale oriented toward small investors after selling 323 million pesos worth of bonds to more than 10,000 investors. The offer had been accompanied by a media blitz campaign aimed at attracting investors throughout the country.
Investors who refused to join two sovereign debt restructurings by Argentina urged a US court to force the country to pay them.
The Merval benchmark stock index in Buenos Aires Stock Exchange today rose 1 percent to 3,724.45 points, reaching a 9 percent raise so far the month and gaining 29 percent so far this year.
Buenos Aires Merval benchmark stock index traded1.2 percent higher today at 3.888,10, climbing 4.3 percent so far the week and 34.6 percent so far this year. Yesterday, the index fell 0.1 percent on less-than-expected earnings data from Tenaris
After breaking the key psychological barrier of 10 dollars yesterday, the so called "blue" dollar which trades on the black market climbed again today 37 cents to AR$10.45.
The so called "blue" dollar which trades on the black market was plunging today 42 cents to AR$10.03 (selling price) after skyrocketing yesterday to AR$10.45. Meanwhile, the official rate closed one cent higher at AR$5.175 (buying price) and AR$5.23 (selling price) compared to yesterday's close.
Amid a high volatility and uncertainty of the so called "blue" dollar rate which this week skyrocketed to record highs, traders were not operating today due to increasing fears of government controls over the so called "blue" dollar informal market.
After two days of a frozen black market dollar, the parallel rate traded today 83 cents lower at AR$9.20 while the official rate ended half a cent higher at AR$5.245 compared to yesterday's close.
The Merval benchmark stock index closed at 3,510.11 points today, amid a buoyant session. It reached a 6.8 percent downturn so far the month and a 25.5 percent rise in the year.
Buenos Aires Merval benchmark stock index jumped today 6 percent to 3,720.91 points pushed by YPF shares which climbed 12.3 percent in Buenos Aires and 5.6 in Wall Street.
The Merval benchmark index was trading 0.5 lower at 3.706,71 points on concerns about the black market dollar, after opening higher pushed by YPF bonds.
The Merval benchmark stock index was 0.5 percent down at 3,674.86 points. It hast lost 3.2 percent this month and has gained 29.5 percent this year.
Argentine shares closed on a 0.3 percent low on black market dollar concerns and weak economic data from China.
In a week of a buoyant black market dollar, the so called "blue" rate rose 15 cents to 8.95 pesos for its selling price. It climbed 37 cents yesterday after the government established new limits to overseas dollar extractions.
The US dollar ended steady today at 5.275 pesos for its selling price after climbing three cents in the last five business days, while the black market rate clsoed two cents lower at 8.93 pesos. Argentine shares rose 0.6 percent.
The US dollar closed half a cent higher today at 5.28 pesos for its selling price while the black market rate finished four cents lower at 8.88 pesos after ending at 8.93 pesos yesterday.
The US dollar ended half a cent higher today at exchange offices at a selling price of 5.285 pesos while the black market dollar was stable at 8.88 pesos.
After a weak opening affected by uncertainty over the US Fed's stimulus programme, YPF shares, which were climbing 8.5 percent, pushed Buenos Aires stocks up in today's trade.
The US dollar ended half a cent higher today at exchange offices at a selling price of 5.29 pesos. The black market dollar slid one cent to 8.87 pesos amid a government strategy of pushing its price down.
The black market dollar or so called "blue" dollar was seven cents lower today 8.80 pesos amid a government strategy to lower its price.
The US dollar ended half a cent higher today at exchange offices in the City at a selling price of 5.295 pesos. The parallel or so called "blue" dollar ended 20 cents lower at 8.60 pesos after ending at 8.80 last Friday amid a government strategy to lower its price through the bond market.
Buenos Aires shares were down today amid thin trading volume as investors were more interested in the blue dollar price.
The US dollar rose half a cent higher today compared to the last closing price at a selling rate of 5.345 pesos. The Merval stock index closed lower at 3.1 percent to 3,100.35 points.
The US dollar closed higher today at a selling price of 5.7 pesos. The so called "blue" rate closed at 8.05 pesos as the informal market was gradually resuming operations.
Buenos Aires closed 1.6 percent lower today in line with global markets amid concerns over China's banking system and the US Federal Reserve's policies.
The Security and Exchange Commission (CNV) Chairman Alejandro Vanoli came on stage today as the Cedin dollar-denominated bonds were officially launched, saying the bond "is not a foreign currency but a saving instrument."
An Argentine fashion firm was the first one in its segment to announce it would accept the Cedin dollar-denominated bonds, which came into effect today, as a payment instrument.
Argentine shares were edging up today with the Merval benchmark stock index adding 1.3 percent to 3,019.82 points, pushed by energy firms.
Buenos Aires shares fell 0.8 percent today pushed down by Petrobras Brazil and Telecom, with the Merval benchmark index at 2,994.08 points.
Buenos Aires shares rose today with the Merval benchmark stock index closing on 3,348.98 points, a growth of 3.79 percent, amid thin trade volume and boosted by oil shares.
Buenos Aires' Merval benchmark stock indez edged up 0.9 percent today to 3,378.31 points, boosted by YPF shares which climbed 2.8 percent after the government unveiled yesterday an oil incentive scheme.
The government reopened a debt swap launched earlier this year, moving to mop up a remaining $6.1 billion in default and reduce lawsuits against the country.
Recently nationalized energy company YPF bought back $79 million in 2028 bonds, a stock market filing showed today.
Argentina's YPF will issue bonds for 3.5 billion pesos ($760 million) as part of its push to reduce fuel imports by investing in domestic output, the state-controlled energy company said in a letter to regulators today.
YPF state-owned oil company announced that they will issue two sets of convertible bonds that combined are worth 500 million pesos, the equivalent to US$230 million according to the official exchange rate.
The government today said it issued a total of $2.6 billion in treasury bonds which it sold to state entities including the central bank, which bought $2.3 billion worth of 10-year paper offering interest of Libor minus 1 percentage point.
Buenos Aires shares were higher today and hit a record high as the Merval benchmark index climbed 2.9 percent to 4,303.85 points.
Buenos Aires shares hit a new record high today when the Merval benchmark index gained 0.9 percent reaching 4,557.08 points, although the market eventually dropped off at the end of the day.
The US Supreme Court analysed the list of cases that could be discussed from the start of the new session beginning October 7, among which is a high-profile appeal by Argentina over its battle with hedge funds that refused to take part in two debt restructurings that sprang from the country's 2002 default.
A US appeals court today said it would leave a freeze in place on an order requiring Argentina to pay $1.33 billion in favor of bondholders suing for repayment in the wake of the country's 2002 default.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) reported a steep deceleration of Argentina's economic activity for 2014, in a context of "high uncertainty", according to its latest World Economic Outlook released today in Washington. However, what's raising eyebrows and controversy is the IMF's 2013 estimation of a 4.3 percent growth according to what they assure it's "official data."
President Cristina Kirchner has vowed to honour Argentine debt commitments to those bondholders who entered restructuring agreements in 2005 and 2010, after learning of the refusal by the US Supreme Court to take the case against holdout investors.
Following Argentina's offer to negotiate with bondholders, the cabinet chief affirmed the ruling ordering to pay vulture funds "strikes" the country's debt restructuring process. Ratifying Argentina's "payment will," Jorge Capitanich said the government had no mission scheduled to the United States.
The American Task Force Argentina (ATFA) group the government has officially accused of being funded by same holdout creditors suing Argentina over its defaulted bonds, has resumed its advertisement campaign against Buenos Aires.
The Buenos Aires City stock market registered losses after US Judge Thomas Griesa denied a new Argentine request for a suspension of the order to pay bondholders before July 30, although heavy early falls were arrested. The Merval index closed down 1.1% at 8,332.29 points.
The Buenos Aires City stock market registered losses amid operators' growing uncertainty as the July 30 deadline for the negotiations between Argentina and its holdout creditors in New York approaches, although prices later recovered to diminish early falls. The Merval index was down by 0.98% at 7,844.56 points.
New York judge Thomas Griesa has confirmed that the Citigroup bank will on a one-off occasion be permitted to process payment on Argentine bonds held under local law, which form part of the titles restructured following the default of 2001.
The Buenos Aires City stock market jumped today, reflecting investor's optimism as last-minute negotiations between Argentina and its holdout creditors continued in New York. The Merval index climbed by 6.9% to 8,937.62 points.
Aurelius Capital Management has shot down speculation that the hedge fund was fielding a viable private-sector proposal for selling its untendered Argentine sovereign debt in a bid to shorten the amount of time Argentina is in default.
Fintech Advisory hedge fund head David Martínez Guzmán has said the fund is willing to accept the new debt swap proposed by the Argentine government in order to "isolate (US) judge Thomas Griesa and vulture funds, and resume the chain of payment arbitrarily interrupted."
Former chairman of the Central Bank Aldo Pignanelli considered neighboring Uruguay could be a "trustworthy" option for Argentina to issue sovereign bonds and pay creditors.
New York's Second Circuit Appeals Court has heard the arguments of Citigroup, who seek to overturn a judicial order blocking the payment of Argentine bonds. The court also promised to release its decision 48 hours before the next payment deadline of September 30, although the comments from one of the judges cast doubt on the bank's posture.
Cabinet chief Jorge Capitanich urged Citibank to "honour its obligations to transfer funds to (Argentina's) bondholders" following the New York's Second Circuit Appeals Court dismissal of an appeal by Citigroup and Argentina that sought to overturn US Judge Thomas Griesa's order blocking payment.
Economy Minister Axel Kicillof responded to Citibank's lawyer Karen Wagner comments that the bank had "a gun to its head" which would "probably go off" if the US Judiciary did not allow payment of funds blocked by US Judge Thomas Griesa. "The Citibank has no gun to its head, but the Argentine law," Kicillof stated.
New York district judge Thomas Griesa has called a new hearing this Friday, after Citibank requested an injunction in order to honour a payment on Argentine bonds held under local legislation and in foreign currency.
The new president of the National Values Commission (CNV) financial watchdog, Cristian Girard, has filed a formal complaint against stockbrokers Mariva Bursatil and Facimex for alleged manipulation in bond prices.
A US judge has scheduled a December 2 hearing to weigh arguments over whether Citigroup Inc should be allowed to process an expected interest payment by Argentina on bonds issued under its local laws following its 2002 default.
Owl Creek Asset Management LP is discussing the formation of a group that will demand immediate repayment on Argentine bonds.
Fitch ratings agency today downgraded Argentina's Par bonds issued under Foreign Law to 'D' from 'C', after the country failed to complete an interest payment.
A group of funds including George Soros's Quantum Partners LP and Kyle Bass's Hayman Capital Management LP asked a London judge to protect a 1.3 billion-euro ($1.6 billion) investment in Argentinian bonds from New York lawsuits, international news agencies reported today.
New York District judge Thomas Griesa has authorised Citibank to complete the transfer of 85 million dollars to holders of restructured Argentine bonds under local law, meeting debt services that expire on December 31.
Economy Minister Axel Kicillof announced that between December 10 and 12, the government will offer early payment of Boden 2015 bonds, which matures next October. The official said the decision seeks to tackle "speculative, propaganda maneouvres" by vulture funds against Argentina.
US Supreme Court justices today indicated that creditors should be able to seek limited information about Argentina's non-US assets in a case stemming from long-running litigation over Argentina's obligations to bond investors.
The US Federal Reserve is expected to cut its bond-buying program by a further $10 billion today, confident that the US economy will pull away from its sharp winter slowdown.
The European Central Bank will start buying securitised loans and covered bonds next month to help unblock lending in the euro zone, ECB President Mario Draghi said today.
Greece's finance ministry confirmed today it mandated international banks to issue a benchmark, five-year bond, the country's first long-term debt sale since its international bailout started four years ago.
Moody's Investors Service has today lowered the rating of Argentina's foreign law bonds to Caa1. The downgrade reflects the increased default risk of these bonds deriving from ongoing legal proceedings in US courts, and differentiates this portion of Argentina's debt from the rest, according to a communiqué released today.
European Union officials pushed to accelerate moves to stem the bloc's long debt crisis as Italian premier Mario Monti warned that economic suffering was fuelling divisive nationalism on the continent.
Italy's benchmark 10-year borrowing costs eased below 6 percent at auction as rising expectations of bolder policy moves to counter the euro zone's debt crisis boosted demand for debt issued by the bloc's most vulnerable members.
The US Federal Reserve today left in place its monthly $85 billion bond-buying stimulus plan, saying economic growth had stalled but indicating the pullback was likely temporary.
The European Central Bank intervened dramatically in bond markets today, backing up a verbal pledge to support Spain and Italy with action in an attempt to avert a financial meltdown in the euro zone.
Greece and private bondholders will begin thrashing out a deal today to halve its public debt, a key pillar of a bailout plan to save the country from bankruptcy and ejection from the euro zone, sources said.
Italy paid a euro era record yield of 6.47% to sell five-year paper at its first auction of longer-term debt after the EU moved towards greater fiscal integration at last week's summit, but failed to convince markets it can solve the debt crisis.
Italy's Prime Minister Mario Monti called for significantly more firepower for the euro zone's bailout fund after a bond auction did little to ease concerns over how the country would finance public spending in the next few months.
Greece's debt restructuring known as private sector involvement (PSI) will be completed in March and the country will hold elections the following month, the government's spokesman said today.
Fitch lifted Greece's credit rating out of default territory, becoming the first major rating agency to take the widely expected move after Athens completed a debt swap that cut its debt by about 100 billion euros.
The US government requested a Court of Appeals to reverse the ruling of Judge Thomas Griesa in favour of a vulture fund, which forced Argentina to pay the interest on the debt of bonds exchanges carried out 2005 and 2010, sources said.
France and Spain sold all the bonds they wanted at auction today, though for Spain the cost was rising yields, indicating growing concerns the government will not be able to tame its deficit.
Euro zone officials have told members of the currency area to prepare contingency plans in case Greece quits the bloc, an eventuality which Germany's central bank said would be testing but "manageable".
Brazil's government has announced it will place debt and return to the global market of bonds for the first time since Dilma Roussef was sworn in as president in January. The Treasury announced that the country will reopen its global 2021 bond, denominated in dollars, with an initial emission towards Europe and the US. A second emission could take place in Asian markets.
The Merval benchmark index dropped 0.5 percent, and stood at 3,490.21 points. Argentina's country-risk climbed 2.6 percent and stood at 558 basis points in the JP Morgan EMBI+ index.
Argentina's bond prices rose sharply yesterday as the International Monetary Fund surprised investors by supporting the country in its decade-long legal battle with holdout creditors.


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Kathy and Donald Wise of Vienna have been selected state directors for the West Virginia chapter of Good Sams, the largest camping organization in the world.
The Vienna couple are members of the Parkersburg-based Wild Wonderful Sam chapter of Good Sam, the second-oldest chapter in the state.
The West Virginia Good Sam was founded 36 years ago as the Good Samaritan Club. It serves as a network for camping enthusiasts to provide help and support on the road.
There are approximately 3,000 Good Sam members in West Virginia and more than a million members worldwide.
As state directors, the Wises, along with a volunteer staff, will work to grow existing chapters and start new ones. They also will coordinate a spring and fall "Sam-boree," a big campout with cooking, costume contests, games and entertainment.
The clubs also contribute volunteer hours and organize fundraisers for causes in their communities including Relay for Life, Dogs for the Deaf and Special Olympics.
Information on West Virginia Good Sams can be found at www.wvgoodsam.com.


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Comment #3 Wednesday, October 9, 2013 8:18 PM
T H E Halloween Windowblinds-skin ! ´Nuff sed ! \m/
Comment #5 Wednesday, October 9, 2013 9:04 PM
Excellent halloween skin,good job on this one
Comment #7 Thursday, October 10, 2013 7:59 AM
You all are awesome, thanks for all the nice compliments.Surprised you still like it after downloading,joking of course, glad you all approve.Thanks again, DT1.
Comment #9 Thursday, October 10, 2013 11:25 AM
Very nice addition to all the other Halloween skins.......cheers
Comment #10 Friday, October 11, 2013 6:01 AM
Excellent skin Brian. Congrats also on the feature. I have just the wall to go with it. I just got to makr it first.
Comment #11 Friday, October 11, 2013 7:05 AM
Thanks a bunch Uvah. FYI, I just posted a wall, might get through.
Comment #13 Friday, October 11, 2013 2:37 PM
Sed, Ernie leo and Moon_dancer, You all make me happy with such nice comments,thank you, I like being happy!
Comment #15 Saturday, October 12, 2013 4:33 PM
Thanks so much RND. Really am proud of that skin,glad everyone seems to like it.
Comment #16 Saturday, October 12, 2013 11:25 PM
Really nice work! colors are Great! not to dark..not to lite!
Comment #17 Sunday, October 13, 2013 3:02 AM
Thanks for taking time to comment, much appreciated. Glad you like the skin, thanks, DT1.
Comment #18 Sunday, October 13, 2013 12:30 PM
AAAAAwsome work !!!!!!!very cool skin!!!!i love it 10/10
Comment #19 Sunday, October 13, 2013 3:07 PM
Cool, thanks for commenting djemel71,always appreciated.Enjoy.DT1
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2013-11-23 05:58:44
YES SSW18 is out!
Do you still converting sprites of SCD5?
2013-11-23 16:08:47
Well...I hope I get my own animation with season 1-4 FC Universe Worlds...though its comics sort of...
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2013-11-23 16:46:44
good job!
2013-11-24 00:05:56
This is by far my fave episode out of the whole thing so far xD I only hope 19 will be out soon! I don't like hanging over the cliffs for long lol
2013-11-24 03:00:49
I just think I might make a animation myself...that could be just no sprites to pixels included...I even made Comic that almost done.


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Megashare .hack//Legend of the Twilight (2003)
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Year: 2011
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This show acts as a mix of the Dodie Smith book, 1961 animated movie and 1996 live-action movie. After foiling Cruella DeVil's plot to make a fur coat with the puppies' skins, the Dearly Family (Roger and Anita Dearly, Nanny, Pongo, Perdita, their 15 birth puppies and 84 adopted puppies) move to a new farm home in the country. This show centers on three of Pongo and Perdy's pups, brave Lucky, tubby Rolly and Cadpig the runt. Together with their chicken friend Spot, they defend their new home from Cruella DeVil (Anita's boss and now new neighbor), continually get in and out of trouble, sneak into Grutely, and have all sorts of crazy adventures around the farm. Also along for the fun is Tripod, Patch, Two-Tone, Wizzer, Dipstick, Mooch, and the rest of their barnyard friends.
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You can choose your president but you can't choose your family.
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The comical exploits of the "California Bulls" (a fictional professional football team) and the organization's players.
2 Broke Girls (2011)
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2 Broke Girls" is a comedy which follows two young women Caroline (Beth Behrs) and Max (Kat Dennings) and their job at a greasy spoon diner. While working together, they strike up an unlikely friendship with hopes of starting up a successful business. However, there is one problem, they don't have any money. The two women come from two different words. For one, Max has to work two jobs just to make ends meet and for the other, Caroline is a sophisticated uptown trust fund princess who is now forced to give working as a waitress a shot after and "run of bad luck". Max sees Caroline as a waste of space until Caroline finds that Max loves to bake cupcakes and she sees a possible business.
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Ben Porter (Gary Olsen) and his wife Bill (Belinda Lang) are, on the surface at least, a very average married couple with two children
Cast: Belinda Lang, Gary Olsen, John Pickard, Julia Hills
3-South (2002)
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The adventures of two irresponsible freshmen, Sanford and Del, who are forced to live with an uptight...
Cast: Brian Posehn
30 Rock (2006)
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Liz Lemon, head writer of the sketch comedy show "TGS with Tracy Jordan", must deal with an arrogant new boss and a crazy new star, all while trying to run a successful TV show without losing her mind.
Cast: Alec Baldwin, Jack McBrayer, Jane Krakowski, John Lutz, Judah Friedlander, Kevin Brown, Lonny Ross, Maulik Pancholy, Scott Adsit, Tina Fey, Tracy Morgan
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A group of aliens have come to Earth to learn about its population, customs, etc. To avoid detection...
Cast: French Stewart, Jane Curtin, John Lithgow, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Kristen Johnston, Wayne Knight
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December 05, 2010
Tune: "When I Can Read My Title Clear"
O, God, my heart is fixed on Thee, to sing and give Thee praise;
I'll praise Thee, Lord, among Thy saints, as we our anthems raise.
As we our anthems raise; as we our anthems raise.
I'll praise Thee for Thy mercy great, that reaches down to me
In Christ my Savior, I am blessed with all salvation free.
With all salvation free; with all salvation free.
I'll praise Thee for Thy righteousness as sent from Thee above;
Thy law and justice satisfied in union with Thy love.
In union with Thy love; in union with Thy love;
I'll praise Thee for Thy cleansing Word that sanctifies my soul;
As in my heart Thou art glorified in Christ who makes me whole;
In Christ who makes me whole; in Christ who makes me whole;
As in my Thou art glorified in Christ who makes me whole.
Today's Speaker: Brother Winston Pannell will conduct the 11:00 am service today. Pray for him as he delivers God's word.
Television Broadcast: Our Reign of Grace Television program is being broadcast on WFXL Fox 31, Channel 4. The program will air every Sunday morning at 11 AM. Pray that God will use it for His glory.
Radio Broadcast: Sunday morning at 9:30am on 98.7 FM –WISK. To hear sermons on your computer click on www.americusradio.com
Web Sites: Visit our newly designed web site at: www.rofgrace.com
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Birthdays: Randy Wages – Dec. 5th
"...The church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth" (1 Timothy 3:15). The reason the church is "the pillar and ground of the truth" is because "the truth" is the pillar and ground of the church. It is upon "the truth" of the substitutionary, justice-satisfying death of Jesus Christ that we find our firm, immovable, acceptable standing before the Lord. As a result of being established upon Christ the solid Rock, it is now our responsibility to be "the pillar and ground of the truth." We are spiritual Jerusalem of whom it is written "...and Je-rusalem shall be called a city of truth" (Zechariah 8:3). God has entrusted the gos-pel of His Son to us and our business is to hold forth and proclaim "the truth." We are certainly not the authors of "the truth," but we are custodians of "the truth." The church of Christ does not water down "the truth," destroy "the truth," or com-promise "the truth." We embrace "the truth," declare "the truth" and defend "the truth," no matter the opposition. "The truth" which we hold up is a glorious monument to every attribute of God.
--- Pastor Jim Byrd
"Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared." (Exodus 23:20)
As God sent "an Angel" before the children of Israel to deliver, redeem, provide, and protect them all the way to the promised land, God has sent Christ Himself, Who is the Angel of the Lord, to save, provide, and protect all His spiri-tual children all the way to final glory. On His throne, Christ is in the height of His mediatorial glory, and He administers all grace to all the heirs of promise in a way perfectly consistent with righteousness, justice and truth, as well as love, mercy, and grace. He reigns over and administers all things in order to give to His sheep all salvation and blessings HE has merited for them by HIS obedience and death. While CHRIST is on the throne, every believing sinner is safe and se-cure for eternal life and glory. Christ saves us and keeps us in the way and bring us to the place He has prepared for us. —
--- Pastor Bill Parker
"Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to-day, and for ever." Hebrews 18:8
We now observe, "Jesus Christ" is "the same yesterday, and to-day, and forever," in His salvation. A large field opens to us here, but we can only briefly glance at it. The salvation that we have in Jesus Christ is not a changing or uncertain salvation; it is like Himself, "the same yesterday, and to-day, and forever." Hearken to the voice of God; there is such a solemnity and majesty in His word when the Holy Spirit is pleased to apply it with power to the mind: "Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation." Jesus has obtained eternal redemption for us." Abraham rejoiced in Jesus and His salvation; he rejoiced to see His day, and he saw it, and was glad. Jacob died in the enjoyment of this salvation: "The angel of the covenant that hath redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads." Job exulted in it: "I know that my Redeemer liveth." The church, in the days of the prophet Isaiah, sang of it: "Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust, and not be afraid." Come into the New Testament; it is still Jesus: "Neither is there salvation in any other; for there is none other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved," but the name of Jesus.
O the everlasting salvation that we have in Jesus Christ! He is the same, and will be the same forever and ever! and, the righteousness He has wrought out for us is like Himself; it is an everlasting righteousness. It covered our first parents. It is true, they sewed fig leaves together to cover themselves, but God rejected them, as He will reject our self-righteousness, and clothed them with the skins of beasts that had probably been slain in sacrifice. Abraham had to look to this Jesus for righteousness, and so had the prophets, and so have we. It is an everlasting righteousness, covering all the election of grace in ages gone by, covering them all today, and that will cover them all tomorrow; making them accepted in the presence of a holy God. As it is written, we are "accepted in the Beloved," beheld all fair and perfect in the Lord Jesus. And as respects the blood of this salvation, it is "the blood of the everlasting covenant." All the church of God in ages past have been purged from sin in the blood of Jesus; and the church of God at this day is looking by faith to the blood of the slaughtered Lamb; and it will be the same to us tomorrow and as long as we live; and when we have gone to glory we shall shout, "Victory through the blood of the Lamb and the word of His testimony! That blood will still maintain its power.
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The SVP Youth Group will be holding a car boot sale on Sunday at St Joseph's RC Social Club, Harpers Lane, Chorley in the ballroom and top car park.
Setting up is 9am to 9.30am and sales start at 10am and finish at 1pm. Cost is £5 per car, £6 per van, to book an inside table at £6 please ring 01257 791178.
The Youth Group meets on the second Thursday of each month at 7pm in St. Mary's RC Social Club, Chorley.
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So then why do I feel so terrible. I just can't relax. I feel like at any moment the bottom is going to fall out. I guess I just don't feel emotionally safe.
I have started triggering again really bad, to the point of breaking out in tears almost daily. I look at my husband and want to poke him in the eye. We had to stop our MC due to lose of insurance. Wish we could afford it as self pay, but he is expensive!! So now we hardly talk at all. It feels like my feelings are changing towards my WH. I'm still going through the motions of R, but it doesn't seem like we are moving forward.
We just signed a year lease and now I feel almost like I am trapped, like I have to stay with him. He has done so much for me over the last three weeks, just damn near everything I have asked of him. Even came home with flowers for me one night, just out of the blue. Yet, I don't feel like he really wants me. Like he is going through the motions also just to appease me. So confusing. We still have sex ( found out he had extremely low testosterone levels, now fixed) but it seems it's all about him now. I don't withhold or refuse, I just don't enjoy it at all. Nothing feels intimate or close, just like a duty.
Is this normal? Is it just a phase of R? We are now 10 months post dday. Any help is greatly appreciated.
[This message edited by devasted30 at 5:20 AM, August 1st (Friday)]
((((and strength))))
You have been through SO much with d day, move, job insecurity, etc. Give yourself some time. BUT do communicate how you are feeling with your WH. He won't know any other way. And let him know what you want him to do if anything.
Also, are you entering any affair cycle anniversaries? Sometimes, especially the first two years, when we came upon those dates- which were marked by familiar things- for example a visit to family that occurs at the same time every year, marriedOW birthday which coincides with a US government holiday and which was a very important day for her to have MY husband at her side- I would trigger or experience some discomfort and not know or understand exactly why. check on that. And you are two months out from d day, so that may start to trigger you as well.
don't have sex if you don't want to. and explore that with him or in your journaling, if counseling isn't an option right now.
hang in there. be gentle with yourself. and communicate with wh.
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Townsmen 5 Coming to Mobile
January 16, 2008
Townsmen 5 Coming to Mobile
The Townsmen are back – Harder than ever
The legendary Townsmen series of mobile games, developed by Handy Games for Disney Mobile Studios, returns this month with the launch of Townsmen 5. The latest installment of the popular strategy game series brings two challenging game modes that will keep players mentally occupied for hours and hours. 14 different campaigns as well as a "never-ending" mode with six scenarios add further variety.
From the monk to the oppressor
In contrast to the predecessor in Townsmen 5 there will no longer be beer brewed in the monastery, but settlements in the neighborhood conquered. As a heedless robbing Baron you will oppress other settlements and confirm your influence by excessive taxes. With new buildings as an outpost or taverns, and even new added subjects as tax collectors and druids, you erect and expand your own town as a powerful start point for new Conquests.
New Story Line
The only one who gets into the way of the despotic baron is the white magician Celdron, whose dragons bother your continuous expansion. In various mini games you can head against the beasts and decrease the rows in Celdrons army. The blood of captured dragons can be used to make potions to power up your hoards of knights and make them nearly invincible.
"With Townsmen 5 we continue the popular series", says Christopher Kassulke, Business Manager of Handy Player, "but we also improved the well known gaming concept by creating new buildings and new opponents, resulting in achieving a new refined game. The established distribution network of Living Mobile will help us to even exceed the success of the series."
In Townsmen 5 you can skip the time for producing resources by the fast forward function. Annoying waiting for completing buildings or collecting resources is therefore no longer necessary. Furthermore an automatic save function was integrated to ensure that progress won't get lost.
"Townsmen 5 is clearly a favorite with gamers across Europe and has grown with each installment. It is very much the type of game our customers enjoy in that it is easy to pick up and play, but very rewarding the more you get into the detail of it." Commented Sunil Gunderia, VP Mobile EMEA, Walt Disney Internet Group.


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Ascot to reach rich climax in October
Ascot will run the five Group races on Qipco British Champions Day in order of ascending monetary value with the Champion Stakes staged as the penultimate event on the card.
The afternoon on October 15, which is the climax of the new series, starts with the Qipco British Champions Long Distance Cup at a provisional time of 1.50pm, through the Qipco British Champions Sprint, Qipco British Champions Fillies & Mares and Queen Elizabeth II Stakes before the Qipco Champion Stakes at 4.10, the richest race ever run in Britain.
The sixth and final race on the card will be the £25,000 Qipco Future Stars Apprentices' Handicap.
"Unlike many racedays, when the big race is often in the middle of the card, it has always been our plan to build up to the two biggest races as the climax to this spectacular race programme," said Rod Street, chief executive of British Champions Series.
"This should provide the best possible experience for our racegoers and for TV viewers all over the world."
Meanwhile, Workforce remains under assessment at Sir Michael Stoute's stable after his run in Saturday's dramatic King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes.
Last year's Derby and Arc winner was beaten quite convincingly by Nathaniel at Ascot, but jockey Ryan Moore reported the colt had been struck into by the ill-fated Rewilding.
Teddy Grimthorpe, racing manager to his owner Prince Khalid Abdullah, said: "Workforce was sore after the race and he was a little bit better yesterday.
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The purpose of pastoral care is to cultivate the healing, transforming presence of the living Christ in the lives of the people within the parish and beyond. In the Orthodox Church, the sacraments and liturgical services are central to pastoral care. Beyond the sacraments, pastoral care takes place in a variety of forms and includes everything from hospital or homebound visitations, to informal discussions about faith and life, to offering a pastoral presence in a time of crisis. Please call the Church office (816-942-9100) if you would like to arrange pastoral care for yourself or for a member of your family.
Hospital Visitations
If you or a family member would like a visit in the hospital by a priest, please call the church office at 816-942-9100 and give the full name (the name under which they have been admitted to the hospital) of the person to be visited, the name and location of the hospital and whatever additional information you think may be helpful.
The gift of God's forgiveness is received through private prayer, corporate worship, the disciplines of prayer and fasting, penitential services and above all through the sacrament of Holy Confession.
The value of Holy Confession is twofold. First, through this sacramental act of the ordained priest and the Christian believer we have the assurance of divine forgiveness, according to the words of Christ (Jn 20:23). Secondly, Holy Confession provides the opportunity to talk about one's deep concerns, to receive counsel and to be encouraged toward spiritual growth, all of which are universally recognized as extremely beneficial to personal life.
Holy Confession is appropriate whenever an Orthodox Christian feels the need for it. It is also a part of our total spiritual preparation during the fast periods leading up to the great feasts of Easter, Christmas, the Falling Asleep of the Theotokos and the Feast of Twelve Apostles.
Confessions are heard on Saturdays following the 5:00 pm Great Vespers service or by appointment.
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Spiritual Direction
"Even though you have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel."
-1 Corinthians 4:15
Spiritual direction in the Orthodox Church involves fostering the healing and spiritual growth of people in a sacramental, liturgical, and community context and through a personal pastoral relationship with one's spiritual guide – aka "spiritual father" or "spiritual mother."
Therefore, in addition to participating in the services and sacraments of the Church and in addition to personal prayer, reading scripture and practicing the spiritual disciplines, every Orthodox Christian should seek spiritual direction from a trusted, mature and faithful spiritual father or spiritual mother. Ideally, one's spiritual father will also serve as one's father confessor (in the case of a spiritual mother, one can go to her for spiritual counsel and advice and also go to a father confessor for the sacrament of confession). While this is usually one of the designated roles of parish clergy, some individuals have a pastoral relationship with a spiritual father who is not connected to the local parish.
If you haven't already done so, please speak with your priest to arrange spiritual direction.
Pre-marital Counseling
Pre-marital counseling is offered (and required) for all couples seeking to be married at the Annunciation. The counseling involves teaching the couple about the nature and purpose of the sacrament of marriage in the Orthodox Church. In addition, addresses certain practical concerns in marriage in an effort to help couples navigate their way through marriage successfully and to identify (and if possible resolve) areas of difference that may become a source of conflict later.
Three sessions of pre-marital counseling are given by a parish priest to any steward (and their future spouse) in good standing of the Annunciation who is planning to be married.
Please contact a priest to arrange your premarital sessions.