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Maxwell sees concussion specialist, passes tests
Astros outfielder to work out Thursday, likely to rejoin lineup Friday
HOUSTON -- Astros outfielder Justin Maxwell ranked the concussion he suffered during Tuesday's opener against the Cardinals as the third-worst he's had in his life. The good news is he's only had three, and this recent one was the least alarming.
Maxwell, who face-planted while diving for a ball in the outfield in the fourth inning, saw a concussion specialist on Wednesday shortly before game time. He passed a series of tests and will work out at Minute Maid Park on Thursday morning just to make sure he doesn't have any lingering effects from the incident.
It's likely he'll be back in the lineup on Friday when the Astros open a three-game series with the Angels.
"I have a mild headache right now," said Maxwell, asked repeatedly by reporters before the game to gauge the pain. "This is very mild compared with the previous two."
The most severe happened while he was in college. He collided with a fellow outfielder and was knocked out cold, and needed around five days to recover. The second occurred during Spring Training in 2007. He was hit in the head by a pitch and was sidelined at least two days.
This one was different, in that he landed mostly on his forehead and he was completely coherent when head athletic trainer Nate Lucero and manager Bo Porter raced to where he was laying in the outfield.
"I had to actually go look at the replay to see how hard he actually banged it," manager Bo Porter said. "Normally you dive, your body kind of gives a little bit. This was a stick. Anytime that happens, you're going to be extremely concerned."
After answering a few initial test questions correctly -- including an "I don't know" response as to what day it is ("It's tough to answer that question," Maxwell said. "It's like Groundhog Day") -- the outfielder walked off the field without needing assistance. He was given more eye and balancing tests, which, according to Maxwell, "were rough yesterday. But today, I did a lot better."


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I opened my email yesterday and found my Furtive Father Winter gift! It was lovely, but my gifter remains anonymous! I have a few ideas on who it might be, but I'm not positive! And because I'd love to thank them personally, I'd love your help to sleuth out my secret santa! If you have thoughts, clues or hints, please share them below! Whoever you are, thank you! I very much enjoyed your entry – and I wish you a happy holiday as well!
Joy to the Guardians of Green Bars
Merry Christmas everyone (or since I'm a bit late on sending this, Happy Holidays may be more appropriate)!
Beru's Secret Father Winter is here, spreading a little bit of joy. I thought I'd add a some Holiday Spices to the post, and write it anonymously. Blog Azeroth regulars will probably figure it out in no time, though.
It took me awhile to decide what to write. "What do our blogs have in common?" I asked myself again and again as I reviewed all her posts from the past year (which I hope doesn't make me a creepy stalker. I promise I had the best intentions!). It kept coming back to this: we're both healers and most of our readers are healers. And thus, I wrote a poem for all the healers out there, the Guardians of Green Bars.
Holiday cheers for the priests, their Lightwells and their Penance;
Holiday cheers for the druids, their trees and their sweet Rebirthing;
Holiday cheers for the paladins, their Beacons, bacon and Radiance;
Holiday cheers for the shaman, their totems and rains of healing.
A cheer for all who've lost hair due to Grid,
Or Vudho, or Healbot,
Every patch.
And who can form a sentence with the words: "mouseover macros"
Merry Christmas to those who see little coloured boxes in their dreams,
Sometimes square, sometimes rectangle.
A drink to those who just know, who feel it in their bones,
When a tank misses a cooldown.
Sometimes before it happens.
Best wishes to anyone who's ever wondered why,
When Arthas lived, trees moved with grace,
And paladins, build for melee,
Healed rooted to the ground.
Happy New Years to those who've leveled in random groups,
Keeping strangers alive,
Sometimes against all odds.
Sometimes against better judgement.
Raise a glass to the mana bar patrons,
To those who ask "Regen or Throughput?",
And to those who reply.
Cheers for healer chat, for the team.
For the laughter, for the rages.
Cheers for the friendships, cheers for the high fives.
Cheers for a job well done, for jobs done together.
Cheers for the strategies, for the adjustments to adversity.
Cheers to those who defy the RNG.
Happy Holidays to all the healers, young and old.
From Vanilla, BC, Wrath or Cata.
Happy Winter Veil fellow healers!
Additionally, for those of you who are curious, you can find my entry over on the lovely Angelya's blog.

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Barack Obama Joins Joe Biden On Campaign Trail For 1st Time
CBS4's Michael George reports on the campaign event.
CBS4's Michael George reports on the campaign event.
The allegations, provided without credible evidence of widespread fraud or misconduct, have been rebuffed in courts in other states.
Rudy Giuliani has reportedly discussed with President Trump the idea of receiving a potential "pre-emptive pardon" prior to the end of his term in office.Giuliani, Trump's lawyer who has sought to challenge the results of the 2020 presidential election over baseless allegations of widespread voter fraud, has "discussed with the president as recently as last week" a potential pardon, The New York Times reported on Tuesday. The Times notes that Giuliani's "potential criminal exposure is unclear," though he has come under investigation over his Ukraine business dealings. He hasn't faced charges. According to the report, Trump hasn't yet indicated whether he might issue this pre-emptive pardon for his personal attorney, and it also reportedly isn't clear who raised the idea. But this report comes after last week, Trump pardoned Michael Flynn, his former national security adviser who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI, and CNN writes that he's "expected to issue a string of additional pardons before leaving the White House."Robert Costello, Giuliani's lawyer, told the Times that "he's not concerned about this investigation, because he didn't do anything wrong and that's been our position from Day 1," while a spokesperson said "Mayor Giuliani cannot comment on any discussions that he has with his client." Giuliani himself denied the report on Twitter, saying he "never had the discussion they falsely attribute to an anonymous source."More stories from theweek.com Americans are choosing death over deprivation Our parents warned us the internet would break our brains. It broke theirs instead. Obama tells Stephen Colbert he messed up by not giving Dolly Parton the Presidential Medal of Freedom
There were no visible wounds to the body and a cause of death hadn't yet been determined for the 26-year-old, police said.
Lew Wallace, the former territorial governor of New Mexico (and author of Ben Hur), once said, "Every calculation based on experience elsewhere fails in New Mexico."In so many ways Wallace was prescient about this beautiful, poor, and unique state in the American Southwest. One "calculation" about modern politics that would especially perplex him is the fact that a relatively poor but oil-rich Western state elects politicians that are so directly at odds with its economic best interest.After Texas and North Dakota, New Mexico is the third-largest oil-producing state in the U.S. The oil and gas industries combine to generate roughly 40 percent of its annual budget. Furthermore, New Mexico's oil and gas resources are heavily concentrated on lands managed by the federal government. The central role of energy, especially energy extracted within the state's borders and controlled by federal policy-makers, might lead one to believe that New Mexicans would vote for pro-energy Republicans in federal elections.Instead, New Mexico has become a safely blue state. It narrowly went for George W. Bush in 2004 but since then has gone for Democrats by wide margins. The situation is even more stark at the state level, where Democrats have had "trifectas" (total control of both houses and the governor's mansion) for 60 of the past 90 years. The GOP hasn't had such governing authority in the state for a single year since 1931 and, despite significant turnover, has not elected a Republican to the U.S. Senate since Pete Domenici retired in 2009.In 2020 Biden won the state 54.3 percent to 43.5 percent despite the fact that President Trump's pro-energy policies have been a boon to the New Mexico economy and that the Biden administration's energy policies are a dagger aimed at the heart of New Mexico's economy.That "dagger" comes in the form of the numerous -- sometimes clear, often conflicting -- statements that candidate Biden made during the campaign. It is unclear what Biden will do about hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," which enables oil and gas producers to access previously inaccessible oil and gas sources. He backed away from an outright nationwide ban late in the campaign. However, Biden has clearly stated that he would ban new gas and oil permits -- including fracking -- on federal lands.Targeting federal lands would devastate New Mexico's oil and gas industry and its economy, because of the state's large federal estate. According to the Institute for Energy Research, 34.7 percent of the land in New Mexico is federal. In fiscal year 2019, New Mexico received energy-related disbursement (from the federal Bureau of Land Management) of $1.17 billion, the highest payment made in any state (Wyoming was next, with $641 million, and then Colorado, with $108 million). This was the highest payment from the bureau in the state's history and compares with $455 million in FY 2017. A vast majority of this increased revenue is a result of fracking.Furthermore, data from the Global Energy Institute indicate that if energy production on federal lands were banned, New Mexico would lose 24,300 jobs (10,000 direct, 14,300 indirect and induced), a significant hit for a state with a workforce of around 900,000. Making matters worse, a good number of the "direct" jobs lost are good-paying -- something that is not easy to find in New Mexico, a state that consistently ranks among the poorest in the nation and has been hard-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. Closing New Mexico's federal lands to energy production entirely would cost the state $496 million in annual royalty collections, representing 8 percent of the state's total General Fund Revenues.Biden's proposed fracking ban is even too much for New Mexico's Democratic governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, who has said that she'll ask for an exemption from any future drilling ban. Acknowledging the tax-revenue contributions to education funding, Grisham explained to the New Mexico Oil and Gas Association conference in Santa Fe last October that "without the energy effort in this state, no one gets to make education the top priority."To be sure, Lujan Grisham is broadly supportive of Biden's energy policies. (She's even on the president-elect's short list for administration positions.) Both of them have stated that they would like to "transition out of fossil fuels" despite New Mexico's financial dependence on the industry.But Biden's aggressive anti-fossil-fuels stance as it relates to federal land not only puts him at odds with Lujan Grisham, it puts him far to the left of President Obama on the issue. In a 2012 presidential debate, Obama stated, "We've opened up public lands. We're actually drilling more on public lands than the previous administration. . . . And natural gas isn't just appearing magically; we're encouraging it and working with the industry."President Obama was of course considered an environmentalist by political opponents and supporters alike. His support for natural-gas right isn't difficult to reconcile with his environmental track record. That's because (when used in a new power plants), natural gas emits 50 to 60 percent less CO2 than a typical new coal plant.Obama understood the vast benefits of natural gas, including the fact that it was appropriate to drill for it on federal lands. During his tenure, natural-gas production rose some 35 percent, from approximately 21 million cubic feet to more than 28.4 million cubic feet.If he truly cares about the environment, Biden would be wise to follow his predecessor's playbook. According to the EPA, U.S. net greenhouse-gas emissions went down by 10 percent from 2005 to 2018, and much of the contribution to that decline in recent years was "due to an increasing shift to use of less carbon dioxide-intensive natural gas for generating electricity and a rapid increase in the use of renewable energy in the electric power sector." But if natural-gas prices rise -- and a ban on federal leasing is likely to contribute to higher prices -- these positive developments could go into reverse. The Energy Information Administration recently projected that higher natural-gas prices would cause coal's share of power generation to increase from 18 percent to 22 percent in 2021.Obama also signed into law legislation that ended the U.S. government's restrictions on crude-oil exports back in 2015.During the campaign, Biden faced tremendous pressure from the left wing of his political base to come out for policies such the Green New Deal and bans on fracking and other fossil-fuel-based energy production. Biden has never been associated with such hard-Left stances against economic policy and growth in the past. Remember, even Obama is to the right of where Biden campaigned.Let's hope that President Biden has a more realistic approach to energy than did candidate Biden. New Mexico's economic future is certainly at stake, but so is the recovery of our nation's virus-hobbled economy.Rather than instituting a blanket ban on production of oil and gas on federal lands, a better approach would be to recognize the benefits and work to make sure that any production is handled responsibly and safely. The growing American energy sector and American energy independence have delivered wins for the environment, for consumers, and for the U.S. and state economies such as New Mexico's. Let's keep it that way.
The lawsuit is being pushed by allies of President Donald Trump in an effort to fight voters and declare him the winner of Michigan's electoral votes.
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) has returned to his Washington office two weeks after he tested positive for COVID-19, his team announced Monday.While Grassley wasn't the first lawmaker to contract the virus, many people were concerned about the diagnosis because the senator is 87. It turned out, however, that he remained asymptomatic throughout the course of his infection and was able to keep working remotely.Still, Grassley didn't let his fortunate situation reshape his stance on the severity of the pandemic. In a statement, he noted that the disease "affects people differently" and "more than a thousand Americans are dying every day and many more are hospitalized." So, Grassley said, he'll "continue to wear a mask and practice social distancing."He also repeated his previous calls for Congress to pass a "long overdue," bipartisan relief bill to "help families, businesses, and communities get through this crisis." Tim O'Donnell> Grassley, 87, is back at the Senate today after testing positive for Covid-19. His office says he was asymptomatic the entire time. pic.twitter.com/qJImIJl8ZC> > -- Andrew Desiderio (@AndrewDesiderio) November 30, 2020More stories from theweek.com Americans are choosing death over deprivation Our parents warned us the internet would break our brains. It broke theirs instead. Obama tells Stephen Colbert he messed up by not giving Dolly Parton the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Army Sgt. Bryan Starr, 35, surrendered to officials in Russell County after being charged in the death of Austin Birdseye, Sheriff Heath Taylor told a news conference Monday. Starr told investigators the boy began acting up in the car as they traveled on Alabama 165 near their home Sunday night, so he pulled his Dodge Charger into a church parking lot and made the boy get out in the rain, Taylor said. The road was dark and the boy was hard to see, and the driver of the Toyota was not at fault, Taylor said.
Iran's foreign ministry spokesman on Tuesday denied knowledge of an air strike reported to have killed an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander on the Iraq-Syria border over the weekend. Iraqi security and militia officials told Reuters on Monday that the commander, whose identity they did not confirm, was killed alongside three men travelling in the same vehicle as him. Two officials told Reuters the vehicle was struck shortly after crossing into Syria with a load of weapons from Iraq. Israel has launched strikes against an array of Iranian and Syrian targets in Syria the past week, though there was no claim of responsibility for the drone strike said to have killed the IRGC commander, named in some reports as Muslim Shahdan. Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said he was unaware of those reports during a weekly foreign ministry briefing in Tehran, adding that "it seems to be fake news," in remarks carried by the semi-official ISNA news agency. He directed further queries to the General Staff of the Armed Forces. The apparent denial comes amid heightened tensions regionally and calls for retaliation domestically after the killing of Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, who was assassinated outside Tehran on Friday in an attack that Iran has blamed on Israel. Mr Khatibzadeh warned Iran would unleash "maximum pain" on Fakhrizadeh's assassins, adding that the regime would not heed international calls for restraint. The killing has raised the prospect of military confrontation in the final months of Donald Trump's presidency and could make it harder for president-elect Joe Biden to fulfil his campaign promise to rejoin the Iran nuclear deal that President Trump abandoned in 2015. On Tuesday, Iranian government spokesman Ali Rabiei declared that parliament had no right to amend the nuclear agreement reached with world powers in 2015, after hardliners passed a bill demanding that Iran disregard all restraints on its nuclear programme. Parliamentarians have been calling for an end to international inspections of the country's nuclear sites in the wake of Friday's attack. The draft bill passed on Tuesday also called for Iran to pursue uranium enrichment of 20 percent, beyond the limit of 3.67 percent set by the deal. Mr Rabiei however said adherence to the nuclear agreement was the responsibility of the National Security Council, who would decide whether to curtail inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency, according to state-run ISNA. Iran's intelligence ministry meanwhile released photos of four suspects it claims were involved in Fakhrizadeh's killing, according to an Iranian news website, in another change to the official narrative of the assassination.
President Donald Trump sued Wisconsin officials Tuesday in a last-ditch effort to reclaim a state he lost by about 20,700 votes.
'We will have over 300 million doses available to the American public well before then,' added official
James Dixon put his bare hands in the food at the home where his victim was the host's boyfriend. A Chicago man has been charged with murder after a fight over some Thanksgiving leftovers. James Dixon, 28, allegedly stabbed 52-year-old Vincell Jackson as the man was being escorted out of a house following a holiday gathering.
Japanese intelligence officials told a US expert that Kim Jong Un received a trial COVID-19 vaccine from China within the last few weeks.
Twitter has suspended a Thai account linked to an influence campaign in favor of the country's monarchy, amid months of taboo-breaking protests calling for Thailand's prime minister to resign and reform of its palace. That's after a Reuters analysis found the account was connected to thousands of others spreading posts in favor of King Maha Vajiralongkorn. And, while not directly linked to the account, internal army training documents reviewed by Reuters showed evidence of a coordinated information campaign designed to target "opponents" and spread pro-monarchy messages on Twitter, an important platform for criticism of the government even before the protests. After Reuters sought comment from Twitter on Wednesday, the account, @jitarsa_school, was suspended. It had gained 48,000 followers since its creation in September. The account's profile had said it trained people for a Royal Volunteers programme run by the Royal Office. The "Volunteer Spirit 904" program began in 2016 during the current king's reign to build loyalty to the monarchy. The palace did not respond to a request for comment. A Twitter representative said Sunday (November 29), "The account in question was suspended for violating our rules on spam and platform manipulation." The spokesperson said it was not a result of the Reuters request. The Reuters analysis found that more than 80% of accounts that followed @jitarsa_school had themselves been created since the start of September and a sample of those showed that all they did was promote royalist hashtags. In early October, Twitter announced it had taken down 926 accounts linked to the Thai army for violating its policies by amplifying pro-government content and targeting political opposition figures. The army at the time denied that the accounts belonged to army officials.
Monday's Late Show was all Stephen Colbert's interview last week with former President Barack Obama, and Obama took his share of needling.Many Americans missed Obama during President Trump's tenure, Colbert included, he said. "Did you miss you? Did you ever look at something going on in the news and go, 'You know what this situation needs? A little Barack Obama.'" Obama laughed and said he'd only want another turn as president if he could call the shots from his basement. "I found the work fascinating," he said. "But I do not miss having to wear a tie every day." Colbert also poked at Obama's cadence, telling him that if you listen to his audiobook recording at double speed, "you can't tell that it's actually going faster," because it's "normal human talking speed." In another interview, Obama swatted back, telling Colbert, "If that was an imitation of me, that was terrible."Colbert threw in some questions he believed Obama had never been asked, including: "How does Dolly Parton not have a Presidential Medal of Freedom?" "That's a mistake -- I'm shocked," Obama replied. "That was a screw-up. I'm surprised. I think I assumed that she had already got one, and that was incorrect. She deserves one. I'll call Biden."They also discussed more serious topics, like how Obama and his family stayed relatively grounded in Washington and amid their "outsized fame," and the downsides of president-elect Joe Biden facing a Senate led by "sand in the gears" Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). "Look, I experienced divided government and I will tell you that gridlock and dysfunction is a recipe for not only not solving big problems but also growing cynicism among the electorate that further polarizes folks," he said. "I think that Joe's presidency will help lower the temperature" and he'll "have some success in building back social trust," but "we're going to have a larger challenge in figuring out what to do about this splintered media landscape" and its assault on shared facts.Obama also ruminated on the temptations and weight of drone warfare. "The problem with the drone program was not that it caused an inordinate amount of civilian casualties -- although even one civilian casualty is tragic," he said. "The problem is it starts giving you the illusion that it is not war." More stories from theweek.com Americans are choosing death over deprivation Our parents warned us the internet would break our brains. It broke theirs instead. GOP Sen. Josh Hawley tries to explain how Democrats are both 'Marxists' and 'corporatists'
'You haven't shown a single problem with the way the game was scored.""Yeah, but the game was played at night, and the rulebook only permits day games."If you can follow that argument, then you can grasp the Republican challenge to the 2020 election in Pennsylvania that was rejected by the commonwealth's supreme court on Saturday night. That ruling, which is factually related to but separate from President Trump's federal lawsuit that the Third Circuit threw out last Friday, is likely to end the election-litigation efforts in Pennsylvania, though it is still possible that the cases could be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.Meantime in Georgia, attorneys Lin Wood and Sidney Powell are pressing on with a lawsuit filed, not on behalf of the president directly, but on behalf of Trump supporters, including members of the Republican-nominated Electoral College slate that would have cast the state's votes if Trump had won. On Sunday, they won a minor victory -- on procedural grounds, not on the merits -- in their bid to convince a Georgia federal judge to decertify the GOP-controlled state government's conclusion that President-elect Biden won a slim victory there.PennsylvaniaThe state lawsuit in Pittsburgh was brought by U.S. Representative Mike Kelly of northwestern Pennsylvania and other Republicans. They argued that the commonwealth's constitution does not permit mass mail-in voting -- as distinguished from individualized absentee voting. They therefore challenged the state legislature's 2019 Act 77, which permitted "no-excuse" mail-in voting. Act 77 marked a departure from prior Pennsylvania law, under which voters could only request absentee ballots based on legally approved reasons for not being able to vote in person. In 2020, the legislature further liberalized this accommodation due to COVID-19 concerns.The Republican plaintiffs had a legitimate point. Prior to Act 77, state law simply codified Pennsylvania's constitution, which authorizes absentee voting based on a generous list of excuses, but does not expressly authorize no-excuse mail-in voting. The plaintiffs thus found a sympathetic ear in commonwealth judge Patricia McCullough of Pittsburgh. Last week, she ordered a temporary stay in the certification process -- although the stay's efficacy was debatable, since her order came after the state had certified the results (albeit before some ministerial tasks, such as the issuance of certificates to the Biden slate of electors, who will cast the commonwealth's electoral votes).State election officials, who are Democrats, immediately appealed to the state supreme court, where their eventual victory was certain. That tribunal is a Democrat-dominated elected body and, as we've previously recounted, it has both flouted the plain terms of state law and extended mail-in voting beyond even the state's constitutionally questionable authorization of it. There was zero chance that it would side with Republicans.Here, however, the court was on solid footing because the plaintiffs did not file lawsuits against the new mail-in voting when it was enacted. They waited for over a year, until after 2.6 million Pennsylvanians had availed themselves of the opportunity to vote by mail during a pandemic. Republicans were suddenly objecting now, not because the election was unfair, but because their presidential candidate lost. Indeed, some of the plaintiffs had run for office under the Act 77 mail-in procedures without objecting to them.Consequently, the court ruled that the doctrine of laches applied -- i.e., claims must be timely raised or they are forfeited. Moreover, to repeat a refrain we've been stressing for a while, there was a gross mismatch between the harm alleged and the remedy sought: The Republicans were asking that the mail-in ballots be thrown out or, in the alternative, that the election be voided and the (Republican-majority) state legislature be directed to choose the state's electors (i.e., the Trump slate). This would disenfranchise either the 2.6 million Pennsylvanians who mailed in ballots or all of the commonwealth's 6.8 million voters.In a concurring opinion, Judge David Wecht further contended that the court could not authorize the state legislature to choose electors. Although the Constitution empowers the state legislature to choose the manner of selecting electors, Judge Wecht observed (as I have also pointed out) that the commonwealth's legislature did so long ago by enacting provisions that award Pennsylvania's Electoral College votes to the winner of the popular election.The court's ruling on the issue of laches was unanimous. Two judges dissented in part, reasoning that the Republican plaintiffs' construction of the state constitution appears sound, and that Act 77's attempt to put a 180-day time-limit on challenges to its lawfulness should be unenforceable against challenges based on the state constitution (an issue the majority opinion sidestepped). The dissenters argued that the plaintiffs should be permitted to proceed with their objections to mass mail-in voting for the purpose of future elections, but not the 2020 election.GeorgiaIn Georgia, attorneys Lin Wood and Sidney Powell are pursuing their theory that the election was stolen from President Trump by cyber-fraud -- specifically, manipulation of the tabulation program, to which they claim Dominion voting machines are vulnerable, in order to switch Trump votes to Biden votes.Sunday turned out to be a frenetic day because Wood learned, apparently from state election officials, that the memories on voting machines were about to be reset (or "wiped," as Wood put it). This was to occur on Monday (today) -- recall that Georgia will be holding a statewide run-off election for both U.S. Senate seats in just five weeks (i.e., on January 5). Wood objected because the reset would make it practically impossible for him and Powell to conduct a forensic examination into the Dominion software's operation in the November election, which they contend is necessary to their case.U.S. district judge Timothy Batten initially issued a temporary injunction, directing state election officials to preserve the machines in their present condition while he deliberated over whether to permit a forensic examination. Judge Batten withdrew the injunction a few hours later when the state officials named in the Wood/Powell lawsuits explained that the counties, not the state, had control over the machines.Finally, on Sunday evening at 7:45 p.m., Batten convened an emergency conference, via Zoom, at which the lawyers countered that they were prepared to amend their complaints in order to add the officials in Cobb, Gwinnett, and Cherokee county as defendants. The state also contended that the forensic examination contemplated by the plaintiffs threatened state election security and could compromise its contractor's proprietary and trade secrets, and thus should not be permitted absent a more compelling showing of wrongdoing than has been made to this point. Wood and Powell replied that these concerns could be assuaged by allowing the state's own experts to participate in the examination, conducting it on videotape, and directing that the results be provided only to the court, for consideration of any appropriate protective orders against disclosure.At the conclusion of the hearing, Judge Batten issued a temporary restraining order: For the next ten days, unless the court directs otherwise, Georgia is barred from permitting the erasure or alteration of data from the Dominion machines. In the meantime, the state is to provide the plaintiffs with a copy of its contract with Dominion, and must file by close of business Wednesday (December 2) a brief and any supporting affidavits in opposition to the forensic examinations.Another hearing in the case is set for Friday (December 4). To be clear, Judge Batten has not ruled on the merits of the case or even indicated that he will permit the forensic examination of the Dominion data. The injunction freezes matters for a few days so the court can consider the parties' positions and make a more informed decision.
The pro-democracy activist is "traumatised" after being arrested under a controversial security law.
Switzerland is emerging as a model for how the coronavirus can be contained without a national lockdown, after daily new infections halved since the start of November despite pubs, restaurants, gyms and sports remaining open in much of the country. The figures were hailed as a triumph for the "Swiss special way" by Swiss government doctors last week, and will be seen as evidence that regional tiers can work in the UK. Rather than ordering a general lockdown, Switzerland allowed regions to decide their own measures and only the worst-hit imposed tough restrictions. But critics have charged that the success came at too high a price, after the country experienced some of the highest death rates in Europe. Switzerland has been described as the "new Sweden" after it refused to follow the UK and other countries into a second lockdown this month. The Swiss government imposed only minimal restrictions at a national level, including a limit of ten on private gatherings, an 11pm curfew for restaurants and the compulsory use of facemasks in crowded areas.
"There are very few people who have been as aggressively critical of the progressive left," a former colleague of Tanden's said.
The fugitive leader of Ethiopia's defiant Tigray region on Monday called on Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to "stop the madness" and withdraw troops from the region as he asserted that fighting continues "on every front" two days after Abiy declared victory. Debretsion Gebremichael, in a phone interview with The Associated Press, said he remains near the Tigray capital, Mekele, which the Ethiopian army on Saturday said it now controlled. Far from accepting Abiy's declaration of victory, the Tigray leader asserted that "we are sure we'll win."
A few hundred people marched in central Mexico City on Monday to protest the killing of a French businessman and his Mexican colleague over the weekend, the latest violent crime to inflame concerns about security in the country. Lormand and Orozco were reported missing on Friday and their bodies found by a dirt road in a southern district of the capital on Saturday, Mexico City prosecutors said. Polanco resident Israel Reyes said he was deeply saddened by the killing and shocked that such a crime had occurred in an area generally deemed to be among the safest in the city.


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I'm going to be talking a lot about comic books, and while I have said I am going to focus my blogging to this topic, this topic is still a pretty broad one. A good portion of the comics I read are of the superhero persuasion. I am though working on building a pull list/library of non-superhero titles, but I find this to be a slow process as my Local Comic Book Shop (LCS) primarily stock superhero comics, and of the non-superhero titles that do come, only a few are available. What I am trying to say is that most of the discussion I will have on this site will be about superheroes, and these will be heroes from Marvel and DC. But please note, I am reading comic books from companies that are not the big 2 and that are not about superheroes, and I will talk about any comic book related material, and if you have a recommendation, please give it here.
I guess then I should tell my blog readers (those of you who are going to read now, and for those who will back track my posts at a later date, that is if I keep this blog up and running) what books I am reading.
I'm mostly reading ongoings: Uncanny X-Men, Secret Avengers, SHIELD, Thor, Thor: The Mighty Avenger, Invincible Iron Man, Fantastic Four, Captain America, The Flash, Green Lantern, Batman and Robin, The Walking Dead (in trade paperback), Skull Kickers and American Vampire. As you can see, that's a lot of Marvel; it's what I started on, so it only makes sense I keep reading them. There are also a number of mini and maxi series that find their way in and out of my pull list: Avengers Prime, Astonishing X-Men: Exogenesis, Astonishing Wolverine and Spider-Man, Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne, Nemesis, Young Avengers: Children's Crusade and Brightest Day.
So I guess I read about 20 books right now, though I am looking to drop some of these soon. I'm struggling to get through Uncanny X-Men, Batman and Robin and Thor: The Mighty Avenger. The last one is a shock to me; this is a critically acclaimed series with amazing art. Chris Samnee is a great artist and story teller, but I can't seem to get on board with Robert Lethridge's writing. This book is old school superheroes, and for some reason, it doesn't do it for me. Dropping Batman and Robin would mean for the first time in a long time I wouldn't be reading a Batman book, and that's somewhat disappointing.
But there are a few books I am looking to pick up, and one is a Batman title; Detective Comics with Dick Grayson as Batman. As I mentioned in my pull list for this week, Superboy starts up this week. I'm getting this solely because of Jeff Lemire, who's Graphic Novel Essex County is fantastic. The only other book I am considering picking up right now is Amazing Spider-Man. It has been a long time since I picked up a regular Spidey book, and with all I've heard Dan Slott say, and all the Humberto Ramos preview art I have seen, this is easily the book I am anticipating the most.
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They rezzed up their cycles, Romie on the back of Mercury's, but keeping them on slower speeds as to look out for traps. Grimly, they continued through the wasteland that once was a thriving residential sector. It was a short drive to the transport station past shuttered up shops, along streets that should have been thick with traffic.
When they got to the station, they saw it – a massive Recognizer. Four stories tall, conforming to no analog-world version of physics, with a wide, blocky pair of legs and even thicker top with an almost comically-small cockpit "eye" on top. The Reco itself was ivory-colored with bright gold trim.
Jet halted in his tracks. "That's trouble, isn't it?"
Mercury shook her head. "For once, no. Recognizers are used as security vehicles, but older models like this Type Five are repurposed into civilian transports. Ma3a must have sent it. Look, it's her colors."
It was one thing to hear about them in an eccentric godfather's stories, or to program endless variations of them for
Space Paranoids Online
, but to see one face to face was something impressive, intimidating, and mind-blowing all at once. "I'm used to those things being..." He shook his head. "Never mind."
Leading up the loading ramp were at least a hundred Programs, carrying little more than the discs on their back and a bag of possessions as they filed in slowly. It reminded Jet of crowded airports and the dingy ferry terminals he sat in during a trip to Seattle., but there was a creepy lack of conversation aside from hushed whispers. A triad held hands. Two female-designated Programs hugged. A male and female rubbed the back of a second male who stared endlessly at the red doom on the horizon. A male in a coat decorated with elaborate circuitry that carried himself like he was high-status passed over a flask to another male-designated who was dressed shabbily. The shabby one sipped and passed it back, giving a weak smile of gratitude.
Jet and his companions took their place in the back of the line. A male-designated in some type of uniform approached them, ignoring him and Romie and speaking directly to Mercury. "Mercury? While I'm sure a lightcycle champion isn't immune from this chaos, we're not going to just -."
Jet tensed up, thinking there would be trouble, but Mercury pulled off her disc slowly and opened the display to her Agent's identification in its center before replacing it on her back.
It must have been the equivalent of flashing an FBI badge because the crewman's eyes got wide. "You're Ma3a's
? I didn't think Group Seven actually existed."
Mercury nodded. "She likes keeping her eyes and ears hiding in plain sight. Unfortunately, these two conscripts and I might be the last agents Ma3a has for this server," Mercury said brusquely. "The only hope these Programs have is at Ma3a's dock. We're coming aboard."
The crewman all but saluted. "I'll tell Captain Cally right away. We're getting everyone we could evacuate from the sector onto this Recognizer, and we're headed straight for there. But where are the ICP units? Are they making any progress against the viral attack?"
"No, and the Kernel's blown his stack, it looks like. He's been killing civilian Programs evacuated from the fallen sectors against Ma3a's orders and bits to bytes the viral outbreak isn't the only reason communications lines got cut, seeing as the ICP channels still work. It's worse than we thought," she explained. "How quickly can we get to her citadel?"
"No faster than ten minutes. I realize that will cut it short with the reformat, but this is a Class Five Reco. It's designed for capacity, not speed."
"Then let's hope we're not going to fend off a boarding -"
That's when they heard it – explosions sounding in the far distance. Worried onlookers gasped and pointed to the sky. The hazy red reformat wall was approaching, but ahead of it were a squadron of light-jets, their butterfly wings glowing an ominous red. Far on the horizon, a tall office building exploded into glittering cubes and orange-red flame. Frightened gasps and screams spread through the crowd.
"Get everyone aboard that transport
!" Mercury ordered.
Programs screamed and began scrambling up the ramp, the crewman running back to warn his fellows about the situation. Mercury looked over at Jet and Romie, activating the suffusion gun. "We may have to buy them some time. Get ready."
Jet activated his rifle and Romie pulled his disc. The three of them ducked for cover behind a ticket booth and a trash can, giving each other grim nods. The sounds of bombings came ominously closer. The line of Programs boarding the Recognizer was getting shorter, but not outpacing the pace of explosions.
The turnstiles, ticket counters, and narrow stairwells created an advantage for the three defenders as ICPs came flooding in. The panicked crew behind them were herding frightened civilian Programs up the ramps and onto the Reco.
Jet sniped for the middle of the crowd to slow them down. Romie fired short bursts with the disc and the scatter-shot pellets from Mercury's suffusion gun took out enemies who ventured closer. The ground shook and parts of the ceiling came down. One large chunk de-rezzed an elderly female-designated that was too slow in reaching the ramp.
Jet felt a sudden, sharp pain in his hand, but it gave him an idea. Glancing up, he saw a heavy support beam, already damaged by the bombing. With a little luck...
"Merc, Romie – fall back!"
They did as asked, still firing, bringing up the rear of the queue. Jet concentrated, finding that small part of viral code he had quarantined away, and willed the remains of the corrupted code into his palm, throwing it as hard as he could. The viral grenade hit its target and exploded. Hunks of pixel-stone and simulated metal crashed between the stairwell and turnstiles, crushing a dozen ICPs and cutting off the approach.
"Hurry, Jet! Get aboard!" Romie shouted, gesturing him to follow them up the ramp and onto the Recognizer. Not even a nano after he was aboard, the hatches sealed and the huge, awkward-looking craft sailed effortlessly into the sky, hitching one of the remaining beams and speeding away.
Jet sagged against one of the walls, breathing heavily. He looked around at the inside. This area was obviously a cargo hold, stacked with thick, cubical data blocks like the one he saw at the processing area, but it was also crammed with people – Programs.
(Did the difference matter anymore? No.)
They were of all sizes – a short, thick one, another tall and skinny. A muscular one that towered over Jet was sitting glumly in a corner while a slender, petite one tried to comfort him.
"They're going to follow – the light jet bombers, at least," Romie said. "They have a short range, but they don't need transit beams."
The sounds of bombing still could be heard outside the thick walls. "Get me to the bridge," he answered. Oh, he was tired. He didn't even know where he was drawing strength from. It just had to be enough. "Maybe being lead programmer of
Space Paranoids Online
can do some good."
They climbed up the ramps. The Reco had definitely been retrofitted – it resembled a passenger ferry more than the military transports he coded up. Programs sat on the benches, the floor, the ledges on the wall where he had once coded in weapon racks and armor berths. All of them looked up as the trio passed by – some with fear or despair, some with the faintest remains of hope. One old man in thick robes held the hand of a younger woman and two younger men as they prayed.
"In shell and code, the Users make us. With spark, they give life. With directive, we have purpose. We serve faithfully, and may they protect and guide us in return..."
Jet shuddered. He wasn't sure if God existed, much less cared, but all he could do was pray in return.
Help me save them.
There are over a dozen classes of Recognizers that have been used in the Encom system over the years. Starting out primarily as enforcement and capture vehicles, obsolete models were converted to packet transports, carrying freight and passengers throughout the system. Their great height, long range, and immense bulk made them very effective at carrying large loads, and they moved surprisingly fast, though their movement defied most laws of User physics and their speed was still greatly inferior to smaller craft like frame relays, email transports, and light-jets. Nor is are their armament, armor, and shielding a match for the immense ICP battleships or virtual servers that approximate the size and appearance of floating cities within this world.
The Class Five was always a transport; designed for troops, now for passengers. The bridge was located, as usual, in the sensor "eye" at the top. The great horizontal mass beneath consists of six decks, each about a hundred meters long by a human's measure, each deck approximately five meters high. Five decks are for cargo and passengers. The sixth consists of equipment necessary to power the capture devices and engines held in the straight vertical legs, each as tall as the horizontal is wide. It is the slowest model, with a maximum capacity of 1800 passengers and 100 crew. It can fly with a minimum crew of ten. This one flew with approximately seventy-five crew and 1500 passengers.
Mercury's agent access got them into a lift going to the cockpit, and it opened on a steely-eyed captain who was trying to man the control stick. The engineering station had a short, stout Program barely out of beta manning it, eyes wide and staring at the decaying voxels in shock. Two fading piles of digital remains were mute testimony to the fate of the radio operator and navigation officer.
The captain looked up, relief on her face, but she didn't leave the steering column. "Cally. Captain of this vessel. You three must be Ma3a's agents, though I didn't expect you to be one, Mercury. Guess it's true about her having eyes everywhere."
Mercury nodded. "Status?"
"The weaponry was dummied out when this was turned into a transport, and those light jets are in firing range. Backlash from the shielding killed off the vanguards at the cost of several crew, but we're helpless against the rest. Rest of the crew is working all over the Reco trying to keep her flying."
Mercury looked over at the shell-shocked beta at Engineering. "Keep the shields working. Jet, can you get the weaponry? I'll check the radio, see if we can get a line to Ma3a."
Jet was already over at the inactive weapon control panel. "Working on it."
The captain looked at Mercury incredulously. "Didn't you hear me the first time? The cannons aren't -"
"Jet can handle the weapons," Mercury explained, hoping she wouldn't have to get into details they didn't have time for. "He's got a talent for these kind of things." The Reco's command deck lurched.
"I've got the cannon on the right shoulder." Jet said. He looked distressingly pale, clammy skin and flickering circuitry. "Romie," Jet said. "I'll need you to take this one."
"A cannon? Are you -?"
"Serious. Yeah. I can talk you through it."
"I...I know basic defense, but nothing like -" Romie couldn't even finish the sentence, looking up at Jet., trying to say more, but failing.
The first shot hit, and the Reco deck shook.
"Shields are holding," the engineer said, "But they're down to thirty percent."
Jet was still trying to fend off the shakes, but tried to keep his voice as steady as possible as he worked the second console. "Whatever we used to be? Doesn't matter. You heard Mercury. We're Ma3a's agents now. We got a bunch of Programs on this Recognizer to save."
Romie was still a little shaky about the prospect. "You think I can do this?"
"Yeah, you can. All in the wrist," he joked weakly, projecting a confidence he didn't feel. "I also got the primary turret online. Put the headset on, and we'll do this, okay?"
Romie paused, checked the readout with the jets closing in and the reformat right behind. Seeing no other option, he nodded.
Down in the hold of the Recognizer, the lights flickered and dimmed to thin emergency lights in the floor as power was shunted to essential systems. Through the back, thin-winged light-jets, a dozen of them, closed in ominously, opening fire.
The first shots hit and the refugees screamed. Some crowded to the back. A bundled pair held each other, certain it was the end.
The Recognizer, seemingly helpless, continued along its path, but the large craft would stand no chance at outrunning their pursuers. A second shot hit. A third. The thick shielding flickered and showed signs of failure...
And then a shot – not from the jets, but from the Reco itself! One of the pursuit craft de-rezzed in a shower of sparks. Three more followed.
The deck erupted in cheers.
"Five down!"
"Means seven to go. And shields are five percent. Any more shots and we're going to have casualties on the lower decks," Jet warned. His stomach twisted. He could play this level in his sleep - when it was a game.
He swung the cannon around and a lucky shot nailed two of them in one blast.
"They'll swoop in for another pass. Time it so that they're crossing the second bar of your screen before you fire."
Jet fought off a wave of nausea and dizziness, dark spots dancing in front of his eyes. He was pushing himself to breaking and knew it, but he had to keep going, or everyone on this ship was going to die.
No more stories. No more games.
On the lowest passenger deck, in a darkened corner, a refugee script huddled among the crowded deck, feeling chills as his systems seized and his rendered muscles ached. He told himself it was just the stress, the ten microcycles without shelter, trying to outrun the Z-Lots as they overtook his sector, the ICPs as they enforced their massacre in the guise of quarantine. He didn't have the right permissions, but he slipped past in the confusion.
Starving and desperate, the last energy he drank was from a broken conduit two sectors before reaching the station. It looked and tasted foul, but he was flickering out and he had to keep going. There was no other choice, but he had felt ill ever since, harder to keep walking, going on sheer willpower. Surely, his Users had answers. Surely they knew how to help. His head and his abdomen throbbed and a sudden movement from the Reco lurched him forward. He was on his hands and knees, and he vomited.
The vomited energy was yellow-green.
It's an entire universe in there, one we created, but it's beyond us now. Really. It's outgrown us. You know, every time you shut off your computer...do you know what you're doing? Have you ever reformatted a hard drive? Deleted old software? Destroyed an entire universe?"
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Child poverty rate in Connecticut cities hits 'alarming' rate, census data shows
Connecticut workers earn a median income of $40,478 in an environment where income is falling among all groups and cities are facing "alarming" child poverty rates, according to the American Community Survey, released Thursday by the Census Bureau.
The American Community Survey is an annual survey between decennial Census counts in geographic areas in the United States with a population of 65,000 or more.
New Haven's poverty rate is the second-highest among Connecticut cities, exceeded only by Hartford's rate of 31.2 percent. The ranking is similar for the child poverty rates in Hartford at 44.5 percent, followed by New Haven at 43.7 percent.
According to an analysis by Connecticut Voices for Children, the state's child poverty rate has worsened since the state set a goal in 2004 to cut the child poverty rate in half by 2014. The rate has increased from 10.8 percent in 2003 to 12.7 percent in 2010.
"Connecticut's rising poverty, falling income and high unemployment reinforce the need for state policy makers to develop a statewide plan to create good-paying jobs and to restart our economic engine," said Jamey Bell, executive director of Voices.
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"We still need to move ahead on a number of fronts to ensure a fair playing field for working families," said James Horan, executive director of the Connecticut Association for Human Services. "The (earned income tax credit) will help, but there have to be enough jobs, and work has to pay a sustaining wage. We have to be investing in both our supply of educated workers and the demand for them in the form of jobs with responsible employers."
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Approximately 320,133 state residents, or 9.1 percent, were without health insurance in 2010, which was not a significant statistical change from 2009.
Nearly 24,144 children under 18, or 3 percent, were uninsured for the 2010 ACS, a drop from the 3.8 percent rate in 2009. Voices attributed the decrease to the success of the Connecticut-sponsored health insurance program known as HUSKY, but the researchers still offered words of caution.
"HUSKY is helping to decrease the numbers of uninsured children in Connecticut during difficult economic times as parents lose their jobs and private health insurance coverage," said Mary Alice Lee, senior policy fellow at Voices. "The threat of severe federal cuts to Medicaid could undo that progress."
Racial and ethnic disparities in health care remained stubborn in 2010. Statewide, the uninsured rate for Hispanics was 21.7 percent, followed by African Americans at 13.8 percent. Both were significantly higher than the 5.9 percent rate among white, non-Hispanics.
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When it comes to how the country gets to work and how long it takes to arrive at work, most of Connecticut's 1.6 million workers age 16 and over (16.4 percent) - who do not work at home - say they endure a commute of 15 to 19 minutes.
They're followed respectively by commuters who get to work in 10 to 14 minutes (15.6 percent) and 20 to 24 minutes (15.5 percent).
The mean travel time in Connecticut is 23.9 minutes, compared to a higher national mean of 25.3 minutes.


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Stephen R. Hudis (born 17 May 1957; age 63) is the stuntman, stunt actor, and stunt coordinator who performed stunts in several episodes of Star Trek: Voyager. He received no credit for his appearances. His costume as stunt double for Louis Ortiz was sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay. [1]
Hudis was born in London, United Kingdom and visited the film sets at the early age of five, when his father, writer Norman Hudis, brought him behind-the-scenes. Influenced by this experiences, Hudis started a career in front of the camera and portrayed characters in episodes of Adam-12 (1970), The Psychiatrist (1971, with Pamelyn Ferdin and Kate Woodville), Ironside (1971), and The Mod Squad (1971, along Scott Marlowe), as well as the television movies Lassie: Peace Is Our Profession (1970, with Kenneth Tobey) and Sam Hill: Who Killed Mr. Foster? (1971, with Judy Geeson).
In 1972, Hudis landed the part of Charlie Schwartz in Mark Rydell's western The Cowboys along John Wayne and Star Trek performers Chuck Courtney, Gary Epper, and Tony Epper. His on-screen mother was played by his real life mother Rita Hudis. This performance was followed by appearances in television series such as Cannon (1972, with Vince Deadrick, Sr.), Emergency! (1972, with Kevin Tighe and Lenore Kasdorf), Mannix (1973, with Paul Carr), and After MASH (1984, along regulars Rosalind Chao and Wendy Schaal).
In the '80s, he also made his first experiences in the stunt business and performed stunts in the action drama Miracle Mile (1988, with Denise Crosby, Robert DoQui, Earl Boen, Raphael Sbarge, Brian Thompson, and Jenette Goldstein) and Wes Craven's horror film Shocker (1989, with stunts by Tony Cecere, Greg Gault, Dennis Madalone, and Patricia Tallman) and coordinated the comedy Round Numbers (1992, starring Kate Mulgrew and Samantha Eggar). He doubled actor Fisher Stevens in the drama When the Party's Over (1992, with Brian McNamara and Willie Garson) and Kris Kristofferson in the thriller No Place to Hide (1993, with Dey Young, Lilyan Chauvin, Kane Hodder, and Maria R. Kelly), performed stunts in the science fiction film Fist of the North Star (1995, with Malcolm McDowell, Clint Howard, Tracey Walter, and stunts by Johnny Martin and Scott McElroy) and the comedy Baby Geniuses (1999, along Christopher Lloyd and Kim Cattrall).
Beside his stunt work, Hudis also worked as transportation coordinator for projects such as the drama Viper (1988), the pilot episode of Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990), the thriller Love and a .45 (1994, with Jeffrey Combs), the television series High Tide and Live Shot (1995, with Karen Austin, Chase Masterson, and Marie Marshall), Stuart Baird's thriller Executive Decision (1996), the horror thriller Black Cadillac (2003), and more recently the action sequel Half Past Dead 2 (2007). Hudis also served as first assistant director for the 1986 film Pushed Too Far and the 1992 comedy Round Numbers and as second assistant director for thriller Blackout (1988, with Joanna Miles), the television thriller Illusions (1999), the horror film One Among Us (2005), for which he also served as producer and stunt coordinator, and the horror thriller Bad Blood (2006).
Further stunt work include the science fiction film Gangland (2000, with Kristanna Loken, stunts by Dyanna Lynn, Tim Sitarz, Brian Hite, and stunt coordination by Chuck Borden), the television series The Huntress (2000, with stunts by Spice Williams-Crosby), as stunt double for Eric Roberts in the thriller TripFall (2000, with stunts by Shawn Crowder and Chuck Borden), as stunt double for James Russo in the action film Paper Bullets (2000), as stunt double for Tim Thomerson and Jimmie F. Skaggs in the movie Highway 395 (2000), as stunt double for Leo Rossi in Separate Ways (2001, along Dorenda Moore), the science fiction film Terminal Error (2002, with Marina Sirtis and Michael Nouri), the adventure film Sabretooth (2002), the thriller Return to Sender (2004, stunt coordination by Red Horton), the short film The Honeyfields (2006), and more recently the television science fiction film Hydra (2008, with Paul Rae and stunts by Justin Sundquist) and the romance Channels (2008, along Steve Rizzo).
Hudis has performed stunts and coordinated for musicians such as Kelly Clarkson, Guano Apes, and Shakira and for companies such as Ford, Honda, McDonald's, and Hewlett Packard. He has been married to author and filmmaker Lindy Sternberger-Hudis since 2000, with whom he has two children. Also in 2000, Hudis set a World Record when he performed a 108 feet jump with a ten tons school bus over fifteen motorcycles.
Star Trek appearances
External links
- Stephen R. Hudis – official site
- Stephen R. Hudis at the Internet Movie Database
- Stephen R. Hudis at Wikipedia


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Three buddies battle themselves and the world in pursuit of their dreams. So what?s new? Over the last decade and a bit, Hindi cinema has spun many such tales with success (Dil Chahta Hai, Rang De Basanti, 3 Idiots, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara).
The broad similarities apart, Kai Po Che isn't the same kettle of fish ? the film is set against the backdrop of the Gujarat riots of a decade ago. It is the first commercial Mumbai movie to go there.
It might not induce instant superlatives. But Kai Po Che is a competently crafted, well acted and consistently engaging drama that makes its point without sinking into preachy paroxysms.
The film revolves around two tumultuous years in the lives of three boys whose equations with each other are thrown into severe turmoil by two calamitous events ? the devastating earthquake of 2001 and the post-Godhra communal carnage of 2002.
While the catastrophes, one natural, the other politically orchestrated, constitute the principal flashpoints of the narrative, it is the story of love, friendship and dreams that Kai Po Che is primarily about.
It makes no grand statement about the dynamics of communal violence ? it is quite apparent that isn?t its intention. In a way, this on-the-surface quality of the treatment works in the film?s favour.
Kai Po Che taps the obvious things ? cricket, religion, politics, kite flying, Garba dance and the game of marbles ? as it focuses on the eddies of Gujarat?s contemporary history as reflected in the fate of a bunch of believable, ordinary youngsters.
Pretty much in the manner of the piece of fiction that it is adapted from (Chetan Bhagat?s 'The 3 Mistakes of My Life'), Kai Po Che keeps things simple and uncluttered.
That enhances the film?s mass appeal quotient without compromising on the consistent tinge of realism that director and co-screenwriter Abhishek Kapoor imparts to the tale.
It weighs the immediate human cost of one of the most appalling fallouts of the rising tide of communal hate that engulfed post-Babri Masjid demolition India. So Kai Po Che necessarily addresses Gujarat?s known social and political fault lines.
However, it does not tie itself up in knots: it sidesteps the need to separate the perpetrators from the victims and dig deeper into the roots of the deep fissures that trigger hostility.
The somewhat simplistic and reconciliatory let-bygones-be-bygones plea is a constant thread through the film, but it does not, in any way, dilute the thrust of the basic story of a trio of friends who set up a sporting equipment shop and a cricket training academy in the heart of Ahmedabad.
Each of the three main characters represents a specific set of human traits, but neither of them is reduced to a single-note stereotype.
Ishaan Bhatt (Sushant Singh Rajput), an admired district-level cricketer, is the hot-headed, rebellious and somewhat reckless leader of the group.
Govind Patel (Raj Kumar Yadav), a habitual number cruncher, is the sedate, pragmatic, if socially awkward, young man.
Omkar Shastri (Amit Sadh), son of a temple head priest, is the malleable but fiercely loyal kind who is swept along with the tide of emotions.
Their friendship is tested in varied ways and the conflict points, like the rest of the film, unfold in a restrained and natural arc.
Ishaan spots a pre-teen batting prodigy, Ali (Digvijay Deshmukh), and takes him under his wings.
The gifted boy, who hits fours and sixes at will, belongs to the wrong side of the class and community divide. So his mentor must wage a lonely war against prejudice.
The gentle-spirited Govind, roped in to teach math to Ishaan?s little sister, Vidya (Amrita Puri), falls in love with the girl. He risks his best friend?s ire as he pursues the tremulous dictates of his heart.
And Omkar is torn between his commitment to his friends and his debt to a rightwing politician-uncle, Bittu Joshi (Manav Kaul), for all the help that the latter extends to the three boys in acquiring a small shop and a playground that could change their lives.
As external forces beyond their control and comprehension intervene repeatedly, the threesome is pushed into trying situations that are fraught with danger.
Abhishek Kapoor invests this tale of struggle, despair and hope with the unfailing power of humanism.
The tone of sustained optimism amid the gloom might however seem a tad too contrived.
Moreover, the cricket action scenes are not uniformly convincing. Some are pulled off with great aplomb; others are a little limp.
Especially jarring at times is the running commentary that are laid over the exploits of the young run machine ? the film could have done without the voices that not only do little to add value, they also dilute the realism of the cricket scenes.
It is in the casting that Kapoor achieves his greatest triumph. The three lead actors are absolutely perfect.
Sushant Singh Rajput and Amit Sadh have the more emotionally intense roles. Not a step they take is false or unduly demonstrative.
No praise would be enough for Raj Kumar Yadav. Delivering a measured performance as the self-effacing man lost in ?the magic of numbers?, he is a consummate scene-stealer.
Among the supporting actors, Manav Kaul, playing the rabble-rousing Bittu Mama, and Asif Basra, as Ali?s peace activist father, are top notch.
Amrita Puri, the sole principal female actor in an otherwise all-male cast, makes every moment on the screen count.
Kai Po Che is a must watch.


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Cooperating agencies: IAEA, ILO, OHCHR, UNHCR, UNICEF, UNODC, UNRWA, WHO, WMO and UNFPA
The global financial and economic crisis poses a particular threat to individuals, households and communities in the least developed countries and fragile states, and those dependent on international aid that are highly vulnerable to external shocks. Concerted action of an international scope is therefore required to address looming, underlying, and potentially dangerous forces that, if not tackled urgently, could have serious future costs and consequences.
The initiative aims at drawing the attention of decision-makers to the short, medium and long-term impact of the ongoing crisis on the world's humanitarian security and social stability through a holistic approach. Priority is given to preparing for and responding to humanitarian crises to mitigate threats to human security, while promoting efforts to build resilience, self-reliance and recovery.


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Friendships and perceptions of place among rural, farm and urban children and adolescents in Ireland. (Institute of Public Administration, 2007)Some features of contemporary Irish life, such as the fast pace of (sub)urbanisation and the proliferation of scattered housing in the countryside (e.g. Corcoran, 2005; Peillon, 2005; Crowley, 2006) suggest that the ...


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Flip Burger Boutique in Atlanta: Flavorful and Well Crafted
Flip Burger Boutique
1587 Howell Mill Rd NW, Atlanta GA 30318 (map); 404-343-1609; flipburgerboutique.com
Cooking Method: Grilled
Short Order: Every burger from Flip is well-crafted, but on that day the kitchen was batting 0 for 5 in producing accurately cooked-to-order patties.
Want Fries with That? Yes, please! Salty and skinny.
Prices: Range from $6.50 for the classic Flip burger to $39 for the Japanese Kobe burger.
Notes: Get the Flip combination, which includes a burger, fries, and one of their creamy and satisfying milkshakes.
Located in Westside Atlanta, home to Abbatoir, Bacchanalia, and a host of other restaurants that are changing the culinary scene of the city, Flip Burger Boutique is the creation of Top Chef finalist Richard Blais. The menu begins with the classic American burger; shortly thereafter, the offerings diverge into gourmet permutations. Ambitious burgers formed from imported Japanese Kobe beef sit alongside humbler Southern creations made with fried patties. Turkey, veal, lamb, and crab are just a few of the alternative proteins. To drink, milk shakes with flavors including Krispy Kreme and Spicy Chocolate Mole are topped off with generous pours of liquid nitrogen.
Unless otherwise notes, beef patties at Flip are hand-ground from a mixture hanger steak, brisket, and short rib. At 5.5 ounces, each patty is just large enough to feel like an entrée without being overtly hefty. All patties come on buttered and toasted buns that hold their shape throughout the meal. Do the Flip burgers live up the hopes of gourmet burger lovers everywhere?
The burgers, after the jump.
First up, the Flip burger, the classic with all the fixings. Though we'd ordered all our burgers cooked medium-rare, the patties came out more on the medium side. With just the faintest shade of pink on the inside, this burger would have been juicier had it been taken off the heat earlier. Nevertheless, the beef was appropriately beefy and the surface had a noticeable char.
I didn't want to foot the bill for the A5, which, boasting imported Japanese Kobe beef, foie gras, and truffle oil, is by far Flip's most expensive burger at $39. I took as my conciliatory burger the Korean BBQ, made with American Wagyu and topped with braised short ribs. The additional fixing of beef was unnecessary; still, the short ribs were tender and juicy.
The Wagyu patty itself, though cooked more medium than I preferred, was my favorite patty of the meal. Noticeably beefier than the regular grind, each bite of the patty oozed with a bit of meaty juice. The pickled vegetables were in keeping with the Korean theme, but it was the crispy tempura onion topping—perfectly fried and flavorful, that made the burger more memorable.
Another meat-on-meat burger, Flip's burger of the day was the gyro burger made with a juicy lamb patty topped with roasted lamb shank. The bun was smothered in a nicely balanced tzatziki sauce—tart, refreshing, and creamy. Again, the lamb itself was flavorful, but the patty fell short being perfectly juicy.
Our waitress recommended the chorizo burger made with spicy pork sausage and topped with a fried egg. The patty was salty but juicy; the manchego cheese came soft and just melted. Being of the opinion that most dishes can be improved with the addition of a fried egg, I was happy to see the contents of the runny yolk spill into the buns and patty.
For a break from the all charbroiled patties, we chose as our last burger a steak tartare. The hanger steak was extremely fresh and flavorful, dressed in a balanced mixture of garlic, chili, capers, and Worcestershire sauce. And frisée salad inside a burger, you ask? Crisp, with just the sweet tips of the greens used. A sous vide egg completed the ensemble—the white, soft and tender, barely held together the liquid state of the egg yolk.
While the burgers were all stellar, I would have been content going to Flip just to try all the liquid nitrogen milkshakes. We had difficulty settling on just two shakes, when all seven offerings (Nutella, Krispy Kreme, coffee and doughnut, pumpkin pie, spicy chocolate mole, pistachio and white truffle, and foie gras) were so tempting. The nutella+burnt marshmallow shake arrived with scorched marshmallows atop an icy mixture tasting neither of hazelnuts nor chocolate, leaving me wondering if perhaps they forgot to put in the Nutella.
The coffee+doughnut shake was spot-on. With hints of cinnamon and the underlying flavor of coffee, this mixture was noticeably smoother and creamier than the Nutella shake. As the waitress poured on the liquid nitrogen, flecks of the stuff—chilly, miniscule pinpricks—bounced off the table and onto my bare arm.
All in all, a memorable meal that had its highs and lows. While the more ambitious burgers fell just short of being perfectly cooked, all patties were flavorful. And at $12, Flip's combo—a standard burger or cheeseburger, complete with their fries and a shake—is a bargain and worth ordering over and over if only to exhaust all the milkshake options.
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Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2006
UNICEF Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS)
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How old was (NAME) at his/her last birthday?
You will begin the interview with questions about the child's date of birth and age. These are two of the most important questions in the interview, since almost all analysis of the data depends on the child's exact age. While completed age in years is sufficient for women's interviews, we need to obtain accurate information on the child's age in months. This is necessary because some of the analysis of the information that you will be collecting can only be done on the basis of age in months. You will collect this information by learning the child's date of birth. It will then be possible to compare the date of interview with the date of birth of the child and, after the data is collected, calculate the child's age in months by comparing these two pieces of information. The questions on age and date of birth must be asked independently from similar questions on the Household Questionnaire and Questionnaire for Individual Women. The person you may be interviewing for this questionnaire may be the same woman you interviewed for the Questionnaire for Individual Women, and you may have obtained dates of birth of her children in that questionnaire. Also, you may have obtained the child's age in the Household Questionnaire. Even in such cases, you must ask these questions again. --- After having obtained the child's date of birth, ask the child's age in completed years, and record in the space provided. Remember, ages must refer to the last birthday. If the mother/primary caretaker does not know the current age of the child, try asking "HOW MANY YEARS AGO WAS (name) BORN?" You may help the respondent by relating the child's age to that of other children or to some important event or to the season of birth, by asking, for example, "HOW MANY WET SEASONS AGO WAS (name) BORN?" Ask UF10 and UF11 independently. Then, check for consistency between the date of birth and completed age. You have to be meticulous in checking for the consistency between the date of birth and age. You also have to be fairly quick in doing so. A good interviewer will perform the check without causing a lull in the conversation. Checking for consistency between date of birth (UF10) and completed age (UF11). After having obtained both date of birth and age, check for the consistency between the two. The child's age plus her year of birth must equal the year in which the child last had a birthday. Assuming that you were able to obtain a month and year of birth, you should check the consistency by following these steps: If the month of birth is before the month of interview (the child had his/her birthday this year), then her/his age plus her/his year of birth should equal the year of interview. . Example: A child who was born in October 2003, in a survey conducted in November 2005, should be age 2 (2003 + 2 = 2005). If the month of birth is after the month of interview (the child has not had his/her birthday this year), then her/his age plus year of birth should equal the previous year. . Example: A child who was born in December 2003, in a survey conducted in October 2005, should be age 1 (2003 + 1 = 2004). If the month of birth is the same as the month of interview, and the day of birth is not known, then a sum of either the current or the previous year is correct. . Example: A child born in November 2002, in a survey conducted in November 2005, could be age 3 or age 2. Probe further to see if the date of birth is correct and whether the child has completed age 2 or 3. If the month of birth is the same as the month of interview, and the day of birth is known, the sum of age and year of birth should equal the year of interview if the day of birth is before the day of interview, and the sum of age and year of birth should equal the previous year if the day of birth is after the day of interview. . Example: A child born on 8 February 2002, in an interview conducted on 15 February 2006, should be age four. A child born on 28 February 2002, in an interview conducted on 3 February 2006, should be age three, since this child will complete 4 full years on 28 February 2006. If you find that the date of birth and age are inconsistent, either the date of birth or the age, or both, are incorrect, and need to be corrected. Do not assume that one is more accurate than the other. Probe, using documents that may be available, dates of well-known events and ages of other children, of the respondent herself/himself, etc.
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Record age in completed years.
Children aged 0-4
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The mother or caretaker of the child aged 0-4.


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Animal hoarding is in the spotlight as a result of some recent high-profile cases, including one that's being called one of the worst in U.S. history. Hoarding is certainly bad for animals, who face malnutrition and squalid conditions that breed disease. And hoarders may be vulnerable to poor air quality and diseases that can be spread from animals to humans.
What causes people to hoard animals ranging from cats to rats? Psychologists don't know the exact causes but point to several factors including early child experiences (parental neglect or abuse), distorted thinking, impulsivity, and plain old loneliness.
Whatever the explanation, animal hoarders can create some truly shocking situations, as the following photos show.
Credit: Bradley J. Boner/The HSUS
On August 26, 2010, more than 150 cats were found at a residence in Powell, Wyoming. Here are a few of the unfortunate felines.
In a case the Humane Society of the U.S. calls one of the worst in U.S. history, authorities found almost 700 cats living in deplorable conditions at a High Springs, Fla. "cat sanctuary." on June 7, 2011.
Credit: Julie Busch Branaman/The HSUS
Cats and dogs aren't the only animals hoarders hoard. In another recent case, about 2,000 rats were found roaming through a house in southern California. The owner kept some rats as pets but became overwhelmed and allowed them to breed until they eventually took over the house, according to the Humane Society.
Credit: Alex Gallardo/The HSUS
Credit: Kathy Milani/The HSUS
Who would choose to live this way? About 150 dogs and 50 cats lived in this cluttered space in Gordon, Alabama.
Here's one of the dogs found in Gordon, Alabama.


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The fluorinated mica crystals have very good high temperature resistance, corrosion resistance and light transmission properties, and can work for a long time at a high temperature of 1100°C.
No reaction occurs with strong acids and alkalis; complete light transmittance (pure and transparent). The natural mica plates traditionally used in the observation window of high-pressure boiler water level gauge are all brown, and the light transmittance is not good, and the temperature resistance is in the range of 200-700°C, especially the corrosion resistance is poor. The boiler steam drum water in thermal power plants contains alkali. After reacting with natural mica and alkali, it is washed with hot air and hot water, and it is prone to fluffing, scaling, and being broken. In the short term (about 1-2 months), the water level is not clearly understood. After being broken, it can easily cause leakage. The fluorite mica does not react with the acid-base solution, and does not react with water in the hydration reaction, so that it does not form a layer, does not scale, and does not break. In the long-term (2 to 3 years) scouring of high-temperature and high-pressure water (including acid and alkali), the original clarity and transparency can still be maintained. In China, it has been widely applied to the observation window of steam boiler water level gauge in high-pressure boilers of thermal power plants. It has also been selected by Japanese BBK company and NDK (Colin) company for the observation window of high pressure boiler drum level gauge.
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