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Athenaeum Location
welcome Dr. Vaughan Langman. Dr. Langman,
who received his PhD in zoophysiology from the
University of Alaska, pursues research on the biology
and ecology of giraffes, black rhinoceri, and elephants
of Africa.
Dr. Langman speaks fluent Swahili and Fanagallo and
will share interesting and eye-opening discoveries he
has made through his studies during the past 20 years.
He has traveled throughout Africa, doing research and
teaching in Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, and Rhodesia. Dr. Langman has been a consultant for the
translocation of rhinoceri into safe breeding areas (such
as Texas farms) and has studied the energetics of
walking in the largest existing terrestrial animals: the
giraffe, black rhinoceros, and elephant of Africa.
Currently Dr. Langman is a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Louisiana State University
and in the Department of Physiology at Louisiana
State's medical school. Dr. Langman was previously a
professor and researcher at Wellesley College and
Harvard University. He has published numerous
articles in scholarly journals.
Please join us for a night of discovery with Dr.
Langman when he discusses and shows slides of
"Living Dinosaurs: A Story of the Largest African
Mammals." Your dinner reservation may be made by
filling out and returning the enclosed coupon.
TABULA, dancer
two artists from the Watts Towers Arts Center
in Los Angeles. Ardis Johnson, professional
drummer, teacher, and instrument maker, will
play solo drums, as well as accompany dances
by Tabula. Mr. Johnson will demonstrate ethnic
instrument making and invites audience participation.
Come to the Athenaeum on Tuesday,
February 12, at 3:00 p.m. for this special event.
Althea Burrell for our alumni series titled "Risks
and Rewards."
The crisis in American primary and secondary education has reached phenomenal proportions, with
perhaps the greatest effects being felt in public schools
and inner cities. Althea is an individual who has sought
to effect change by actively participating in the education of her community, Watts. Graduating from CMC in
1988 as a literature major, Althea took a year off before
completing her degree to teach at Jordan High, her alma
Currently she works as the Watts district manager in
charge of education services for World Book Encyclopedia.
Her primary focus has been to get children to read, and
to encourage parents to provide their children with the
motivation to do so. She believes that academic interest
starts with motivation from home. In addition to this
job, Althea does community-based volunteer work at a
counseling center for battered and alcoholic women. By
teaching these women to read, Althea helps them gain
new self-confidence in their abilities.
Althea Burrell has taken an unusual path as a
graduate from CMC. Her recent activities bear witness
to her deep concern for others and a desire to give back
to her community what she feels it has given to her.
Please join us for what promises to be an inspiring
evening by filling out the enclosed reservation coupon.
The 5:30 reception and 6:00 dinner will be followed by a
7:00 address.
M. MARK, chair
National Book Critics Circle forum featuring David
Lehman, poet and essayist, and Tom Disch, a science
fiction writer known for such works as "The Brave Little
Toaster." Lehman and Disch will discuss the current
state of criticism, academic and popular, including the
responses to science fiction and deconstruction. The
program will be chaired by M. Mark, editor of the
literary supplement to the Village Voice.
Each of these participants figures prominently in the
critical interface between the university and the general
reader. They will be joined in their commentaries by
Richard Barnes, professor of English at Pomona College
and a resident Claremont poet.
The program will be held at the Athenaeum at 7:00,
following a reception at 5:30 and dinner at 6:00.
Students, faculty, and the public are welcome.
around the dance floor, and the music of Johann Strauss with the Claremont Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Prof.
Michael Deane Lamkin.
The festivities begin at six o'clock and will include a brief dance lesson on the waltz and the polka by Mr. Lamkin.
The menu features a served dinner of
Green Bean and Red Pepper Salad with Vinaigrette Dressing
Chicken Paprika - Red Cabbage with Bacon - Orzo with Mushrooms
and a dessert table with
Apple Tarts
White Chocolate Mousse with Chocolate Sauce
Double Chocolate Cake with Raspberry Sauce
Viennese Café
Prices-please include your payment with your reservation
Prices for Friday, February 15-Student Night
CMC student and one guest (both with meal cards)$7.50 per person
CMC student and one guest (without meal card)$10.00 per person
CMC faculty, staff, and one guest $12.50 per person
All other students, faculty, and staff $15.00 per person
Prices for Sunday, February 17- Community Night
CMC faculty, staff, and one guest $15.00 per person
All others $20.00 per person
Please use the appropriate form for your reservation- include payment
missing corporate souls, the fanner of the flame at
the grave of the honest politician, [and] the last man
you'd want to meet at the gates of heaven." Mr.
Josephson is one of several speakers in "Ethics in the
1990s," a series sponsored by the Salvatori Center and
organized by CMC's own Leslie Bailey and the Philosophy Colloquium.
A graduate of UCLA and the UCLA law school, Mr.
Josephson was a law professor for almost 20 years at the
University of Michigan, Wayne State University, and
Loyola, Los Angeles. In 1987 he left academia to devote
himself to the work of the Joseph & Edna Josephson
Institute for the Advancement of Ethics, a public
benefit, nonprofit corporation he founded in honor of
his parents.
As president of the institute, Josephson actively
improves the ethical quality of society by teaching and
advocating principled reasoning and ethical decision
making. Through its programs and publications, the
institute offers today's leaders in business, government,
journalism, and education practical insights into ethical
issues. Josephson's philosophy focuses more on behavior than on research and theory, and emphasizes the
need to reach particularly those individuals in positions
of power, helping them to recognize and realize their
own potential to make a positive difference in the
Mr. Josephson's speech, titled "The Ethics of
American Youth," begins at 7:00, following a 5:30
reception and 6:00 dinner. Please return the enclosed
coupon to reserve your seat for dinner.
Middle East to the forefront of media attention, but
many in the U.S. know very little about the history,
culture, and customs of its peoples. To alleviate that
shortcoming, we have a valuable resource: our international students. Thus, we begin our first international
student panel of the year with a discussion on the
Middle East with three CMC students.
Amir Navab is a sophomore international relations/
economics major who was born and raised in Iran for
eight years before he moved with his family to London.
He speaks on Iranian culture and the social and
historical differences between Persians and Arabs.
Khalil Mohammed Soodi is a freshman economics
major. His mother is American, his father Moroccan,
and he lived his entire life in Tangier before coming to
CMC. He focuses on the perspectives of Middle Eastern
and developing countries towards the West, as well as
the Arab mentality and its conflict with Western culture.
Mohammed Zayed is a senior economics/accounting
major. He came to the U.S. from Egypt at five years of
age, but visits and maintains contact with the rest of his
family residing in Egypt. He looks at the Moslem
religion and culture, the position of Egypt in the Middle
East, and Egyptian attitudes towards the West.
Each student will speak for about 15 minutes, with a
question-and-answer session to follow. We encourage
you to take advantage of the three different perspectives
offered by asking questions about the Gulf crisis and
any other relevant subject.
Remarks begin at 7:00, preceded by a 5:30 reception
and a 6:00 dinner. Please fill out the enclosed reservation coupon to attend the dinner.
Kravis. A 1967 graduate, Mr. Kravis earned his MBA
degree from Columbia University and went on to
become one of the founding partners of Kohlberg Kravis
Roberts & Co., a leading investment banking firm
specializing in leveraged buyouts. His firm organized
the leveraged buyouts of RJR Nabisco and Beatrice
Companies, the largest in history, as well as buyouts of
Safeway Stores, Owens-Illinois, and other major corporations. Mr. Kravis is counted among Forbes' 400 list
of America's most affluent citizens.
Mr. Kravis' presentation comprises the keynote
address for the fourth annual CMC Leadership Conference, sponsored by the Leadership Studies Program.
Join Mr. Kravis at the Athenaeum for his speech,
"Leaders of the Future: Managing in a Smart Society."
Mr. Kravis' presentation begins at 7:00, following a 5:30
reception and 6:00 dinner.
Mr. Kravis' previous visits to the college have attracted a large audience, so return your reservation form as
soon as possible to ensure your place for this event.


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Novice Member
Joined: 12/01/07
Originally posted by NameWasTaken
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Advanced Member
Joined: 1/17/06
Someone will end up making a game 4x better then City of Heroes. We still only got 2 popular super hero titles like Champions Online and DC Universe, but it's nice to have another one.
Apprentice Member
Joined: 8/24/10
I just ate your cat!
CoH was still quite busy( not overly, but still better than some mmo's ), if they didn't get rid of it...they couldn't open up resources for newer games they have coming down the pipe.
Unlike Blizzard which has just WoW as it's MMO platform, NCSoft has to ( or is willing to ) continue to evolve it's game choices for it's consumer base.
CoH had it's run, and now they are moving on....
Novice Member
Joined: 3/02/08
Originally posted by adam_nox
Rumor has it that this is what did happen.There were parties interested in buying the IP to keep the gaem running but NCSoft wanted an unrealistic number for an IP they are killing off anyway.
I haven't palyed CoH for years so it's shutting down doesn't really affect me but it woudl of been nice for the large RP community I know exists there to have kept it's home.They didn't need content updates or further developement they'd of been happy to keep their home as is for RP purposes.
Novice Member
Joined: 6/23/09
Originally posted by Drakynn
IPs are in fact worth millions, any small fan group that thinks they'll pick up an established IP for a couple thousand bucks is as unrealistic as a group who thinks writing a letter saying please keep the game running will make a company turn the switch back on to an unprofitable game and just flush money down the toilet to keep a few people happy.
As a company, your bank of IPs is similar to a person having money in a bank account. It is a resource that one day they can sell off, reuse, reinvest in, or use as leverage when selling a company (raising the price because of all the IPs that come with it). It isn't something you just get rid of.
The thing I've said all along, and the one truth from this whole story, is that if people really cared this much about the game they should have been buying things to support it. Not playing the game at all or playing the game for free and not spending a dime does not allow a game to keep operating. We've reached a point in life where for some reason we expect everything to be free, when in reality it takes money to make/keep things running.
Novice Member
Joined: 10/03/12
Sadly Hokie you were only doing Newspaper/Radio missions. These lead up to stopping a bank heist or pulling a bank job which in turn gave you a new contact(villain side this is almost the only way you got one). Here is where the BIG stories lay with the contacts up through the levels. The BIG stories being Story Arcs which gave you all the RICH background information on the City of Paragon and the Rogue Isles.
This is where CoH/V outshines the others, it wasn't all smack this guy down or clear this place and on to the next. There were GREAT stories being told if you took the time to read the dialog for each mission, watch what the NPCs were saying in the missions and pay attention to what villain groups you were fighting. And the stories didn't end with missions. The exploration markers told stories. The history markers told stories. Task Forces had meanings with a story line not just a bunch of missions tied together.
Also the city/isles were full of many visual things that most people don't notice. Did anyone else take time to fly to the top of a building and not only see the blinking marker light but also HEAR it? Fans inside vents you normally don't look at actually turn! How about the skeleton on a little desolate island? An airplane down under water? Fish jumping out of the water and you can see them swimming around too.
And the players, most of them the most friendly, helpful bunch I have met in any online game and I have played quite a few but I have always come back to CoH/V because it is so much fun. Well if my city does go to bit heaven I and my 100+ heroes/villains will surely miss her as there is NO other that replace this ONE OF A KIND MMO.
@Midnight Rider & @MR2
Apprentice Member
Joined: 8/06/08
Originally posted by AmbrosiaAmor
Blade & Soul, Wild Star and one other (can't remember the name atm) is being developed by them, and they've acquired publishing rights for Arche Age which will be coming to the west as well. Though you're right none of that is due out in 2012. As for the games you listed, Lineage lasted for a very long time and the others, especially Dragonica and Dungeon Runners (neither was developed by NCSoft, they were just publishers) didn't actually have a population. Dragonica was kept on life support literally while they ran ad campaigns to try and get people interested, but the game was empty. They aren't the only publisher who had rights to it, and they aren't the only publisher who gave them up, the game was terrible. Same goes for Tabula Rasa, even though I actually enjoyed that one.
The only one that really boggles in CoX. I'm not really mad at them for closing it, but it's nowhere near as justified as the other examples. Ah well, everything dies eventually.
"Forums aren't for intelligent discussion; they're for blow-hards with unwavering opinions."
Novice Member
Joined: 5/27/07
Originally posted by NameWasTaken
Actually, one that I know of has been successful: Ryzom. Still, that leaves a pretty poor track record for these things.
Advanced Member
Joined: 7/25/03
" in search of The Lost Chord"
noooooooooooooo ! someone please stop this madness. CoH deserves to continue.
Elite Member
Joined: 9/27/12
Originally posted by Arakane
That's how the CoH community feels too, which is why we're not giving up yet! :D
Those are some of the links.
My SWTOR referral link for those wanting to give the game a try. (Newbies get a welcome package while returning players get a few account upgrades to help with their preferred status.)
Apprentice Member
Joined: 10/07/12
I'd like to clear something up. City of Heroes was making money, and by most measurements doing just fine. http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/10/06/corps-shut-down-family-friendly-products/ Investors never got to the naming a figure part of the talks, since there were never any talks. At least this is how it has been reported, and that's what we know until there is a different report we can rely on.
NCSoft has a history that we cannot ignore of closing games down, and it appears trying to cheat people(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Garriott) out of milions of dollars. If it's true they are publically telling their customers and investors that they had tried to sell the COH assets, but could not, when in fact they didn't even try, this is a company people might steer clear of.
What concerns me the the elimination of a good game, that the whole family can play and is amaizingly fun. Others can't see this. I do. I have 3 kids ages 10, 8, and 6. They all love to create characters and enjoy playing them. It's something I enjoy with them. There is no other offering like it. Nothing matches the feel or the level of play, in that same way.
It's also a type of game which has manages to foster a really great community. I could be the heroic theme, or the way characters are encouraged to help each other. Unlike any other MMO out there, when you ask for help, you stand a good chance of getting it. There appears to be no stuipid questions, and virtually everyone friendly. In 6 years on the game I have only see one annoying person, and that person later apologized.
The whole expereince has been so different. I know your milage might vary, but I'm telling you how it was for me.
For my kids they are like comic book heroes, that they have created. They have thousands of stories about their characters. They write about them in school and draw endless pictures. I know those characters will live on in their imaginations forever, but it's the game play with something great that they enjoyed more than anything.
I allowed my kids to play, starting wiht my oldest, so that they would have an incentive to read. My oldest was not doing to well reading in school and really hated books. I tried City of Heroes and it worked so well he now reads for fun, and is reading at nearly a 12th grade level. My other kids are right behind my oldest, thanks to the game.
We all know things have to end sometime. I don't mind that at all. But how they end can be good or bad. But this ending is not right. There is no reasonable reason to close it. Yes, it's theirs to close whenever they want, but not really. See, the game belongs to the owners of NCSoft not the management. If what management is doing is counter to their responsibility to the owners, then there is a problem. When people make a stink about the closure, tweet, etc, it's the owners who they hope will notice, and also new invoestors. Their hope comes from idea that this is a good asset that was just starting it's second life.
I'm also fighting. I'm tweeting the honest truth of my opion. I think the move, as we know the facts, runs counter their the company's goals. It could be bad PR right on the heals of a devistating lawsuit. It reduces the bottom line. And NCSoft has made no friends of the thousands of gameers they have pissed off by most likely lying to them about the possible sale.
I know I will not be giving them any money. I don't care if anyone else does. Please do, in fact. I don't like the way they do business and I'm free to do what I want with my money. And if it's a little immature of me to do that, so what. I'm an adult running about as a super hero. Let's face it, that's not entirely mature to start with.
Now for the amazing distrubing item. Some fellow gamers are down right hateful towards those looking to save a game they love. This seems offensive to them for some reason. I feel extremely sorry for them. Finding something you really enjoy and really love is rare, as rare as falling in love with that perfect someone, and spending your life with them. It's amazing, as amazing as being the little boy in Where the Red Fern Grows and having those great hunting dogs. Reading that story, not a single person didn't wish they could have saved those dogs becuase that ltitle boy loved them so much. This is why so many people work to save City of Heroes.
I'm motivated differently. I dislikely lying cheating corporations just as much as the next person. Maybe more, since I play a heroic game, but my real motivation is the pain this has caused my kids. Don't get me wrong I'm all for fighting for the game, but I really don't have the time. The reaction of my kids made me make the time.
If you have kids and you love them, you would do the same.
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Joined: 2/06/09
Originally posted by rikwes
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Novice Member
Joined: 12/14/07
NcSoft got a few solid cash offers on CoH, they turned them down, yet in a few public releases said they couldn't find buyers... What I don't get is Aion is losing them cash, CoH was actually making them money...from a business standpoint that is corporate suicide. Is NcSoft a Publically traded company? I'd buy a hundred shares in order to go to a shareholder meeting and ask, so why did you shut down a program that was making money and keep one that is leaking cash?
Novice Member
Joined: 12/14/07
That's the thing, Aion is losing NcSoft money, CoH was making them money it was turning a descent profit... And they turned down offers, and not like here's 10 grand, if I remember right, and I don't remember where I read it, might have to re-google it, but some company did offer them millions for it, and for a game that they are scrapping, the potential profit means squat.
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Joined: 1/08/07
Freeloading mooches are the scourge of the gaming community.
Originally posted by armanth13
You have a credible source that AION is losing money? If it was losing money they would not still be pumping out large and good content, which it is.CoH is the game that finally broke me of my Evercrack addiction. It was a good game. While it was a good game that had a SMALL community and if it did make a tiny profit. To keep it running and keep its small community satisfied they would have to had continued to pump a lot of money into it which could be better invested elsewhere. That's business 101. As for selling the IP why should they? They might have plans for future projects maybe COH2 or hell even a movie. Superhero movies being the trend these days.
While I feel bad for the remaining fans, as a business owner myself, I realize sometimes you have to do what's best for their business. Real hard decisions I'm about to have to sell 2 of my trucks and let my 2 drivers go due to last nights election which is hard to do but it's a business decision that I had to make.
Defender of Worlds
Joined: 5/20/04
I actually still like MMORPGs
At least we know now that they tried to sell it off.
Novice Member
Joined: 4/23/03
Explorer 80%, Achiever 60%, Socializer 10%, Killer 50%
was a really fun game, I played during beta and for about 3 months after release, then when I get bored of other games I always went back to play for awhile. I've played on and off for the past 7 years. It is the most unique when it comes to character design. By far the most options of any game ever. Including that of Champions Online.
The only thing this game was lacking from newer games is a better physics engine. other than that it was still the most solid Super hero MMO to date. But many refugees from CoH including myself have made our way to CO. I'd much rather play COH, but oh well... I keep thinking maybe they were keeping a huge upgrade a secret and we will be fooled in a few days and see CoH2 announced... pretty sad to see it go.

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Kerry thanks reporters, POLITICO's Rogers
In his farewell address to the Senate, incoming Sec. of State John Kerry today acknowledged the reporters who covered him on the Hill, thanking POLITICO's David Rogers specifically for "all that he has stood for so long in this institution."
"I thank the reporters who catch us in the hallways, trap us, ambush us in the hallways, and who despite all the changes and challenges in their own business still dutifully document the first drafts of American history," Sen. Kerry said. "I thank all the incredible people who travel through these halls working incredibly hard to get it right, people of character who cover this place as a public service, not a sport -- and I thank them."
"I thank David Rogers for all that he has stood for so long in this institution," Sen. Kerry continued. "It is hard to imagine my job without seeing him in that long green coat waiting by the elevator after a late-night vote."
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BARRIE, ONTARIO -- (Marketwired) -- 06/06/14 -- Partners Real Estate Investment Trust (the "REIT" or "Partners") (TSX: PAR.UN) announced today that the REIT and Holyrood Holdings Limited ("Holyrood") have entered into an agreement (the "Rescission Agreement") to rescind and unwind the purchase and sale agreement dated April 2, 2014 between the REIT and Holyrood (the "PSA") that resulted in the REIT purchasing three Ontario properties from Holyrood (the "April Transaction").
The Rescission Agreement stipulates that, subject to certain conditions as described below, Holyrood and Partners have agreed to rescind each of the transactions contemplated by the PSA such that, to the maximum extent practicable, each of Holyrood, Partners Ontario Limited Partnership ("Partners LP") and Partners REIT will be in the same position as they were in prior to the completion of the April Transaction. Accordingly, Holyrood would reclaim all of its right, title and interest in and to the assets involved in the April Transaction and Partners would reclaim and cancel the 4,813,517 class B limited partnership units in Partners LP and the 1,188,188 units of the REIT that were issued to Holyrood. The completion of the unwind remains subject to obtaining an order from the Ontario Superior Court, consent from Holyrood's lender to the release of its security with respect to the units in Partners LP and the REIT that were issued to Holyrood, consents from the mortgagees of the applicable properties, as well as the satisfaction of other conditions specified in the Rescission Agreement. A copy of the Rescission Agreement will be posted under the REIT's profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
About Partners REIT
Partners REIT is a growth-oriented real estate investment trust, which currently owns (directly or indirectly) 42 retail properties, well located in British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec, aggregating approximately 3.2 million square feet of leasable space. Partners REIT focuses on expanding and managing a portfolio of retail and mixed-use community and neighbourhood shopping centres located in both primary and secondary markets across Canada.
Certain statements included in this press release constitute forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements are not historical facts but reflect Partners REIT's current expectations regarding future results or events. These forward looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from current expectations. Although Partners REIT believes that the assumptions inherent in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and, accordingly, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such statements due to the inherent uncertainty therein.
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As a 22-year U.S. Air Force veteran, Mr. Jackson loved and served his country proudly. After retirement, he and his wife, Mae, lived in Saudi Arabia for several years and took the opportunity while there to travel to India, Kenya, and other exotic places. Later, he journeyed solo through Europe on his "European Odyssey" before returning home.
Well-read and widely traveled, Mr. Jackson collected a plethora of fascinating and entertaining tales from his experiences, which he loved to share. He had an insatiable curiosity of the world around him. He loved classical music, astronomy, gardening, and, above all, reading. A favorite quote he carried with him summed up his passion for reading and exploration: "The most pragmatic reason for improving one's mind is that this is the place where one increasingly lives as one grows older. As external pleasures diminish with age, a sparsely furnished mind becomes a prison cell when it should be a lounge, a library and a balcony upon the world." — unknown
He will be deeply missed by his wife of 58 years, Ella Mae; his daughter, Ginger Concepcion (Tom); sister, BJ Long; brother, Harry Jackson; and countless nieces, nephews, and friends.
"There are better things ahead than any we leave behind." — C.S. Lewis
Tu quoque viator.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Wounded Warrior Project, 4899 Belfort Road, Suite 300, Jacksonville, FL 32256; USO (United Service Organizations), http://www.uso.org; or Operation Gratitude (sending care packages to U.S. military), http://www.operationgratitude.com.
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OneFC 5: Pride of a Nation - 31 August, 2012
Pride Of A Nation will be held at Smart Araneta Coliseum, Manila on the 31st of August, 2012.
From the ONE FC website www.onefc.com:
Headquartered in Singapore, ONE Fighting Championship™ (http://www.onefc.com) is Asia's largest mixed martial arts organization. ONE Fighting Championship™ hosts the best Asian mixed martial artists and world champions on the largest media broadcast in Asia. ONE Fighting Championship™ has partnered with ESPN STAR Sports, the number one leader in sports content, for an unprecedented 10-year cable television deal with a coverage that spans across 28 countries in Asia.
Pride of a Nation promises to pack a punch, with former UFC Champions, MMA veterans and legends of the sport Andrei Arlovski and Jens Pulver signed on, according to www.prommanow.com and indications on Victor Cui's (ONE FC CEO) Facebook page, to fight Australian Soa "The Hulk" Palelei and Asia's Eric "The Natural" Kelly, respectively.
Eric Kelly goes in to the fight with an undefeated 7-0 record and the reputation as one of the best MMA fighters to come out of the Philippines. Jens has a massive battle on his hands, but as we all know, he should never be discounted.
Soa Palelei is a well known Australian Mixed Martial Artist and a formidable fighter on a 7 fight win streak via KO or TKO and a record of 17-3. With Andrei's career recently rejuvenated in Asia, this promises to be an epic battle.
Expected to be included on the card:
Phil Baroni
Shinya Aoki
Bibiana Fernandes
3x Gracies
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White is asked about Soa "The Hulk" Palelei, who has recently been signed to fight Andrei Arlovski at "ONE FC: Pride of a Nation" on Aug. 31. Although White has trouble remembering Palelei's UFC 79 appearance against Eddie Sanchez back in 2007, he says "everybody and their mother tweets me about this guy" and says if he defeats Arlovski he will definitely be back on Joe Silva (UFC matchmaker) and the UFC's radar.
The press release is tomorrow, so these details will be confirmed.
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This is great! Hopefully we'll see a lot of Aussie talent being fed into OneFC to build up their credentials for future runs at larger promotions. The local circuits arn't enough for facing world class talent.
I'm pretty intrigued by Palelei vs Arlovski - hopefully they get the live streaming organised.
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There is a card change - Soa is out. Sylvia is in.
Yeah, I was talking to another organisation today about Soa fighting in OneFC, then all of a sudden I'm looking at OneFCs promo poster and Tim Sylvia is on it instead. All good, might free Soa up for: http://www.bullshido.net/forums/showthread.php?t=117460
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- Mycophenolate mofetil modulates adhesion receptors of the beta I integrin family on tumor cells: impact on tumor recurrence and malignancy (2005)
- Background: Tumor development remains one of the major obstacles following organ transplantation. Immunosuppressive drugs such as cyclosporine and tacrolimus directly contribute to enhanced malignancy, whereas the influence of the novel compound mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) on tumor cell dissemination has not been explored. We therefore investigated the adhesion capacity of colon, pancreas, prostate and kidney carcinoma cell lines to endothelium, as well as their beta1 integrin expression profile before and after MMF treatment. Methods: Tumor cell adhesion to endothelial cell monolayers was evaluated in the presence of 0.1 and 1 μM MMF and compared to unstimulated controls. beta1 integrin analysis included alpha1beta1 (CD49a), alpha2beta1 (CD49b), alpha3beta1 (CD49c), alpha4beta1 (CD49d), alpha5beta1 (CD49e), and alpha6beta1 (CD49f) receptors, and was carried out by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction, confocal microscopy and flow cytometry. Results: Adhesion of the colon carcinoma cell line HT-29 was strongly reduced in the presence of 0.1 μM MMF. This effect was accompanied by down-regulation of alpha3beta1 and alpha6beta1 surface expression and of alpha3beta1 and alpha6beta1 coding mRNA. Adhesion of the prostate tumor cell line DU-145 was blocked dose-dependently by MMF. In contrast to MMF's effects on HT-29 cells, MMF dose-dependently up-regulated alpha1beta1, alpha2beta1, alpha3beta1, and alpha5beta1 on DU-145 tumor cell membranes. Conclusion: We conclude that MMF possesses distinct anti-tumoral properties, particularly in colon and prostate carcinoma cells. Adhesion blockage of HT-29 cells was due to the loss of alpha3beta1 and alpha6beta1 surface expression, which might contribute to a reduced invasive behaviour of this tumor entity. The enhancement of integrin beta1 subtypes observed in DU-145 cells possibly causes re-differentiation towards a low-invasive phenotype.
- Transient down-regulation of beta1 integrin subtypes on kidney carcinoma cells is induced by mechanical contact with endothelial cell membranes (2007)
- Adhesion molecules of the integrin beta1 family are thought to be involved in the malignant progression renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Still, it is not clear how they contribute to this process. Since the hematogenous phase of tumour dissemination is the rate-limiting step in the metastatic process, we explored beta1 integrin alterations on several RCC cell lines (A498, Caki1, KTC26) before and after contacting vascular endothelium in a tumour-endothelium (HUVEC) co-culture assay. Notably, alpha2, alpha3 and alpha5 integrins became down-regulated immediately after the tumour cells attached to HUVEC, followed by re-expression shortly thereafter. Integrin down-regulation on RCC cells was caused by direct contact with endothelial cells, since the isolated endothelial membrane fragments but not the cell culture supernatant contributed to the observed effects. Integrin loss was accompanied by a reduced focal adhesion kinase (FAK) expression, FAK activity and diminished binding of tumour cells to matrix proteins. Furthermore, intracellular signalling proteins RCC cells were altered in the presence of HUVEC membrane fragments, in particular 14-3-3 epsilon, ERK2, PKCdelta, PKCepsilon and RACK1, which are involved in regulating tumour cell motility. We, therefore, speculate that contact of RCC cells with the vascular endothelium converts integrin-dependent adhesion to integrin-independent cell movement. The process of dynamic integrin regulation may be an important part in tumour cell migration strategy, switching the cells from being adhesive to becoming motile and invasive.


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If someone sends you a read-only version of a Google document or spreadsheet and you want to download it as a PDF and link to that PDF from your site, there's an easy way to do it.
For spreadsheets
A published spreadsheet has an address that looks like this: http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=[ID]. To get the address for a different format, you need to append &output=, followed by the extension of the format. For example, http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=[ID]&output=xls for Microsoft Excel spreadsheets. Other valid output formats: pdf, ods (for OpenOffice spreadsheets), csv, txt.
Update (October 2010): In the new version of Google Spreadsheets, the URL is: http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=[ID]&output=xls.
For documents
Published documents have a similar URL: http://docs.google.com/View?docid=[ID]. To obtain the address for another format, you'll have to use the docid parameter:
exportformat=[FORMAT]&docID=[ID], where [FORMAT] can have one of these values: pdf, doc, oo (for OpenOffice documents), rtf, txt.
Update (October 2010): In the new version of Google Docs, the URL is: http://docs.google.com/document/export?format=[FORMAT]&id=[ID].
Another way to download the files is to go to Google Docs homepage and open the files from there, but, at least for spreadsheets, the method described above lets you actually link to the file in a different format and people that click on the link don't need to have a Google account. For documents, a visitor of your site has to log in to his/her Google account before clicking on the link.
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About us…
A great way to get Dharma connected in New York!
Meeting every other week at the Rubin during the summer - but special events will be announced like "Dharma Drink at the Beach or the Park" plus special group visits to see amazing teachers as the come to NYC over the summer! Should be awesome!!!
For people interested in Buddhism or meditation or just leading a kinder life who are up for meeting like minded people.
Dharma Drink is now Self Service!
The table is always reserved in the same spot - just show up and see what happens - just like if you were hanging out meeting other Buddhists and travelers randomly in Kathamandu or India. And don't take the RSVP too seriously - people are coming now who don't RSVP. The word is getting out....
Everyone is invited! Dharma Drink is all about building community amongst the Buddhist and like minded crowd in New York City. I was inspired to start Dharma Drink by hanging out with all of the great students of all of the different lamas in Kathmandu - Kagyu, Nyingma, Sakya, Gelug - totally Rimey (also Zen, Thai, Theravadan, yoga travelers, and the curious - just about everyone!). We all became great friends and learned from each other. We're there every Friday night - see you there.
Motivation: To make the Rubin Museum Lounge on Friday night the Buddhist and like-minded hang-out spot in New York. If you like Buddhas or to meditate - then you'll love the Rubin! Who: ALL ARE INVITED. Feel free to spread the word. The more, the merrier. Time: 6-?pm Date: Every Friday - like clockwork Place: Rubin Museum Lounge, 17th Street and 7th Avenue How to find us: Look for a table with the small sign "Dharma Drink" + Lounge staff will know where we are.
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A sewer drainage pipe clogged by roots from trees and grease from frying pans caused a sewer spill to back up into the home of a Jonesville resident, according to an official at the Yadkin Valley Sewer Authority (YVSA).
The homeowner was evacuated.
According to neighbors, the stench permeated beyond the walls of the residence located on S. Jonesville Boulevard.
The YVSA official said a claim has been turned over to its insurance provider, the League of Municipalities.
The YVSA crew responded Jan. 28 to an off-hours emergency call from the Town of Jonesville about a back up on S. Jonesville Boulevard.
The YCSA official confirmed they were not able to clear the line in time before the home suffered significant damage.
"We had a clog on the gravity force main and got to the clog as quickly as possible, but the waste backed up into the house," said Nicole Johnston, executive director for the YVSA. "The damage was done, and we had to turn this incident over to our insurance company.
"Homeowners along S. Jonesville Blvd should know that we ran the jetty along the entire line, checked the pipes with our camera, and we believe the matter is contained and isolated," said Johnston.
"The homeowner had been immediately relocated into a nearby hotel of his choice," she said. "He's doing fine and we wish for him to get back into his home, but only when its ready.
"As of yesterday the bacteria testing was completed," said Johnston. "We had it tested and it should be cleared this week for the contractor to go back in and fix what we had to initially tear up. I do not have an exact timetable."
The YVSA could not provide an estimate on damages stating that the incident is now in the hands of its insurance adjuster.
The League of Municipalities, which provides insurance to the authority, would not disclose specifics on the costs associated with the damage. When asked if taxpayers would ultimately pay the price by paying for higher insurance premiums from incidents such as the Jonesville claim, the spokesperson opted not to comment either.
According to the YVSA, more than 10 percent of sewer lines are cleaned annually, per regulation. By continually maintaining and repairing the public sewer system to keep it in good working condition, the authority says it reduces the potential for backups.
"While sewer backups may occur for a number of reasons, they are usually caused by internal plumbing problems in the home, and in rare cases, the public sewer line," said Johnston.
"We have 85 miles of sewer. That's over 8.5 miles of preventative cleaning every year," she said, "But an incident like the Jonesville Boulevard clog took a total of three days to thoroughly flush out, and that's where you send manpower.
"We had roots and grease that are to blame for this incident," Johnston continued. "The thing about grease is that it's really warm and when poured into a drain it cools it solidifies in the lines. The more you pour the more potential you will clog. Throw in quite a few tree roots, and the damage was done.
"We had a double edge sword against us," she said.
According to the YVSA, if a backup occurs it is never pleasant and can be very frustrating and stressful. A quick, proper response will go a long way toward limiting the possibility of long-term health effects and property damage. Sewer backups vary from clean water to raw sewage. Backups may result from a variety of conditions, most commonly, heavy rain events. When excess water overloads the sewer because of blockages caused by grease, debris or tree roots, or collapses, a sewer backup may occur. Sometimes the private home's sewer system is in such poor condition that a backup will occur when a toilet is flushed, or a load of laundry is washed.
"I've taken steps to protect my property," said Christine Wilkins, a neighbor on S. Jonesville Boulevard. "We've had some problems along this road. I don't have any complaint against the YVSA. I saw them working very hard. They were out here for days."
Another neighbor, Lynne Sanders said, "Most homeowners don't know what they need to protect themselves. We rent. It's not my problem technically because it falls on the landlord, but I better check and make sure we have renter insurance that would cover something like this. We don't have much. We barely get by, but a disaster such as what happened down the street would cripple us."
The YVSA recommends all homeowners should have an installed backflow preventer handling back pressure where the pressure in the downstream piping is greater than the supply pressure (this is caused by a pump or elevation of water in a high rise building), and the other type of back flow is back siphon which is caused by sub-atmospheric pressure in the water system piping.
According to the YVSA, the cost ranges from $100 to $500 depending on the size of the lot.
"If I personally moved in a town and I was on public sewer I would have it," said Johnston.
The homeowner impacted by the sewage incident has not come forward publicly. His name and address are being withheld.


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Sorry NBA Jam fans, that tweet teasing a sequel was a fake
EA Sports confirms tweet teasing new entry in the over-the-top basketball franchise was "unauthorized."
EA Sports confirms tweet teasing new entry in the over-the-top basketball franchise was "unauthorized."
EA Sports teases return to the arcade-style pro basketball series.
Danny and Johnny use the sport of basketball to pit the GOP and Democrats against each other.
Konami's coin-op beat-'em-up title leads Sony's monthly online sales chart; inaugural PS Vita top-selling list topped by puzzler Escape Plan.
EA Sports' arcade football game leads Sony's monthly sales chart; NBA Jam, Mortal Kombat collection, Infamous: Festival of Blood, and Sonic CD round out top five.
Tom Mc Shea and Marko Djordjevic talk about the progression of arcade-style sports games, both good and bad, in this video feature.
Naughty Dog leads the pack with 12 nominations for AIAS-organized honors, joins Portal 2, Skyrim, Batman: Arkham City, and Zelda: Skyward Sword as Game of the Year candidates.
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January 20, 2013
Word Study:
This months Greek/Latin roots are as follows...
January 21 (no spelling or vocabulary due to a shortened week)
January 27 -jur, -jus, -jud
February 3 - ben, -bene, -bon
Preliminary Persuasive Writing lessons and activities are coming next.
Social Studies
Memorizing Southeastern State & Capitals
Final Colonial Newspaper Project
Using three articles from the Scope publication, students will be reading about Future Technology progress, with artciles from the past and present. Primary reading skills covered:
Analyze multiple accounts of the same event or topic, noting important similarities and differences in the point of view they represent. (CC.5.RI.6)
Fluently multiply multi-digit whole numbers using the standard algorithm. (CC.5.NBT.5)
Find whole number quotients with up to four-digits dividends and two-digit divisors using various strategies. Illustrate and explain the calculation by using equations, rectangular arrays, and/or area models. (CC.5.NBT.6)
Add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimals to hundredths, using various models and strategies; relate the strategy to a written method and explain the reasoning used.(CC.5.NBT.6)
December 9, 2013
Word Study:
This months Greek/Latin roots are as follows...
December 9 -scribe, -script
December 16 -cred
We are finishing the narrative piece. Students are dropping their pieces into Utah Write, an online writing tool, which will score their writing according to the 6-traits. Given their scores, the application will refer them to lessons to help them revise and edit again.
Reading/Social Studies
We are beginning our study of Colonial America. We'll be using the SS text, other informational articles, and some historical fiction picture books to learn about this time period. Some of the reading skils that will be covered are:
Determine two or more main ideas of a text, explain how they are supported by key details, and a summarize a text (CC.5.RI.2)
Explaining the relationships or interactions between two or more individuals and events in a historical text (CC.5.RI.3)
Analyze multiple accounts of the same event or topic, noting similarities and differences (CC.5.RI.6)
The students are forming expressions using parenthesises, brackets, and braces; and writing and interpreting numerical expressions; and using rules to make patterns, form ordered pairs, and graph them on a coordinate plane. (CC.5.OA.1-3)
November 4, 2013
Word Study:
This months Greek/Latin roots are as follows...
November 11 -mit, -miss
November 18 -graph
We are working on one of our three large writing projects, the narrative piece. Students are choosing they're own topics based on a personal experience and going through the writing process. We will be focusing on the format of a 5 paragraph essay, strong leads, descriptive details, vivid verbs, and endings.
Blood On the River; we will be finishing the book this month. We are working on character analysis, key ideas, and inferencing.
We are finishing up rounding and comparing decimals, and will test later this week. After this we will begin multiplication and division of whole numbers and decimals.
October 4, 2013
Word Study: No spelling or vocabulary this week or next, due to shortened student days.
Writing: We are working on paragraph writing this week, particularly topic sentences with supporting details.
Reading: Blood On the River: Chapter 7-11; Inferencing: using evidence from the text to infer meaning
Grammar: Pronouns, Possessive Nouns
Math: Decimal Place Value through the thousandths; Standard, Written, and Expanded notation
September 25, 2013:
Current vocabulary and spelling root: -dict, meaning to speak
September 16, 2013:
Literature Study-We will begin Blood On the River (Collier) later this week. Blood On the River is a novel about the settling of Jamestown and the hardships associated with this time period. Based on actual events and real characters, this book is a wonderful source for learning about American history and improving comprehension and vocabulary.
Writer's Workshop-We are working toward our first writing project, the personal narrative. We're working on getting ideas down on paper, writing solid sentences, and writing from our own experiences. We will be moving in the structure of a 5-paragraph essay soon.
Word Study-students are given weekly spelling and vocabulary words. These go home each week in the homework folder. Quizzes take place on Fridays.
Grammar-We are currently working on sentence subjects and predicates, complete and simple. Also, many types of nouns: common, proper, plural, possessive, plural-possessive, and pronouns.
Brain Bashers: Optical Illusions
The Rudiments of Wisdom Encyclopedia
Students will received more individualized instruction in math this year through the online ST Math program. A Blended Learning approach will be incorporated 2-3 times a week where students will be involved in computer instruction, small group instruction, and independent work. The remaining 2-3 days a week math will be taught whole-group. Math problem-solving "Tasks" will take place on a regular basis.
September 25, 2013
Moving along to Common Core Math Standards:
- CCSS.Math.Content.5.NBT.A.1 Recognize that in a multi-digit number, a digit in one place represents 10 times as much as it represents in the place to its right and 1/10 of what it represents in the place to its left.
- CCSS.Math.Content.5.NBT.A.3 Read, write, and compare decimals to thousandths.
- CCSS.Math.Content.5.NBT.A.3a Read and write decimals to thousandths using base-ten numerals, number names, and expanded form, e.g., 347.392 = 3 × 100 + 4 × 10 + 7 × 1 + 3 × (1/10) + 9 × (1/100) + 2 × (1/1000).
- CCSS.Math.Content.5.NBT.A.3b Compare two decimals to thousandths based on meanings of the digits in each place, using >, =, and < symbols to record the results of comparisons.
- CCSS.Math.Content.5.NBT.A.4 Use place value understanding to round decimals to any place.
September 16, 2013
Currently in mathematics instruction, students are reviewing number concepts of adding & subtracting larger numbers, multiplying and dividing 2 and 3 digit whole numbers. Students are learning to determine GCF (greatest common factor) and LCM (least common multiple), important concepts that may accelerate their understanding of fractions later this year. Students should understand not only algorithms, but math vocabulary associated with this area, and applicable problem-solving. Math vocabulary: addend, sum, difference, factor, product, divisor, dividend, quotient, multiple, GCF, LCM. The quiz over the mathematics review will be next week. Students are also practicing multiplication facts x1 thru x5. Hopefully all students will pass off on these facts this week.
September 25, 2013
We are studying explorers for the remainder of this week and next! Students are working on a presentation with a partner or individually, according to their preference. The presentation will include a poster of information and a hand drawn map of an explorers route or expedition. As presentations are made, we will be putting marks along a class timeline. Lastly, students will use what they've learned to write a paragraph justifiying their opinion of "Who REALLY Discovered America".
September 16, 2013
In social studies we are studying the Native American regions of North America before White Europeans inhabited this area.
5th graders attend various special classes taught by experts throughout the week. They include: Physical Education lead by Ms. Newman; Science with Ms. Dyal; Art with Mrs. Mercer and Mrs. Kitchens; Music taught by Mrs. Samuels (band), Ms. Colby (orchestra), and Ms. Bates (chorus) ; Outdoor with Ms. Riordan and Ms. England; and Library with Mrs. Dalkamp.
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Brad LaPlante Named Northwest Mississippi Head Football CoachJanuary 10, 2013
SENATOBIA, Miss. – Brad LaPlante has been named the 28th head football coach in Northwest Mississippi Community College's history.
"I want to thank Dr. Spears, Cameron Blount and the entire search committee for having the faith in me to lead this program," LaPlante said. "For my wife and two children, this is a great community and a great place in our lives to be right now."
LaPlante, 35, is the youngest known head coach in the program's 83-year history and will be formally introduced next week at a press conference in Senatobia. He will immediately hit the recruiting trail with national signing day less than a month away.
"We're excited to start a new era of football under coach LaPlante," third-year athletic director Cameron Blount said. "His work ethic and past success speaks for itself. It's a great opportunity for our kids to excel with the plan coach has for his players moving to the next level. He's come from a winning program at Rochester and we hope that translates to success at Northwest and in the MACJC."
LaPlante spent last season at Manvel High School as the special teams coordinator/defensive line coach and prior to that spent a year at Alvin High School where he served as the offensive coordinator and offensive line coach.
LaPlante had a cumulative head coaching record of 64-16 (53-10 conference record, 10-2 playoff record) from 2004-10 and led RCTC to four state championships in six appearances, five NJCAA bowl games and the 2007 NJCAA Division III National Championship.
"It's going to be great to get back to college football and build those relationships again," LaPlante said. "I think that Northwest is one of the premier jobs in the nation and it has a great history. As a staff we want to continue to build on that."
During his tenure at Rochester, he coached 114 All-Division players, 35 All-Region players and 18 football All-Americans. He was Region XIII Coach of the Year in 2004, 2005 and 2010.
A former All-State player from Chatfield, LaPlante played center for RCTC in 1997 and 1998, earning all-conference, all-state and all-region honors. Both years, the Yellowjackets were state champions and earned bowl games in New York and Iowa.
LaPlante replaces Ricky Woods who compiled a 35-13 record (24-6 north division) in five seasons with two north division titles, two runner-up finishes and the school's first bowl win in 20 years.
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Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, December 2000, Pages 24, 78
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Prosecution Stumbles in "Lockerbie Trial" of Pan Am Flight 103
By Andrew I. Killgore
"I wonder who killed our relatives?"—A middle-aged American man on a BBC-TV program about the Lockerbie trial.
Pan American Flight 103 was destroyed by an on-board explosive device over Lockerbie, Scotland on Dec. 21, 1988. All 259 persons on board, most of them Americans, and 11 people on the ground were killed.
Two Libyans, Abdel Basset Ali Megrahi and Lamen Khalifa Fhimah, are on trial for the crime. The trial is being conducted, by Scottish judges under Scottish law, at Camp Zeist, a former U.S. military base near Amsterdam, the Netherlands. According to Scottish law, the three judges may reach a finding of guilty, not guilty or not proven.
The prosecution's operating theory is that the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 was in retaliation for the U.S. bombing of Tripoli in 1986, which itself was in retaliation for Libyan involvement in the bombing of a Berlin disco frequented by American servicemen. As often seems to be the case, however, the U.S. and Libya were not the only countries involved in the ever-ratcheting rounds of retaliation.
In February 1986, Israel's secret intelligence service, the Mossad, installed a communications device called the "Trojan" in an apartment building in Tripoli, Libya. The Trojan could receive messages broadcast by Mossad on one frequency and automatically relay the broadcasts on a different frequency, one used by the Libyan government.
Trojan's broadcasts, picked up by the U.S., France and Spain, made it seem that a series of terrorist orders were being sent to Libyan embassies around the world. Suspecting a trick, France and Spain dismissed the broadcasts as fake. The U.S., encouraged by its Israeli "ally," accepted them as real.
Shortly after the Trojan started broadcasting, the La Belle Discothèque in West Berlin was bombed, killing two American soldiers and a Turkish woman.
Falling for the Trojan-induced deception that made Libya appear to be the guilty party, the United States in April 1996, sent planes from England and from U.S. aircraft carriers in the Mediterranean to bomb Tripoli and Benghazi, killing and maiming many Libyans, including Col. Muammar Qaddafi's adopted infant daughter.
These background details are spelled out in The Other Side of Deception , by former Mossad case officer Victor Ostrovsky. Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, executive editor Richard Curtiss delved deeper into the ramifications of the Israeli deception that ultimately lead to the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 in the October/November 1999 issue of this magazine.
The trial of the two accused Libyans has taken some bizarre turns. The most astonishing development is that the prosecution's highly touted key witness, the pseudonymous Libyan intelligence service defector Abdul Majid Giaka, proved on the witness stand to lack any credibility. Moreover, CIA cables reluctantly made available to the Court depicted Giaka as an unsavory character whom CIA personnel themselves had distrusted.
A BBC television broadcast showed a group of people leaving the courtroom on the day Giaka performed so badly on the witness stand. Many in the group were relatives of Pan Am 103's victims attending the trial at the expense of the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Victim Services. The quote at the beginning of this article, by a member of the group who appeared to be an American, reflected a puzzled doubt of the Libya-did-it scenario.
Even more puzzling, if that is possible, is that CIA agent Harold M. Hendershot, brought to the stand to buttress Giaka's shaky testimony, himself turned out to be vague and not very credible. In view of the fact that Hendershot had been deeply involved in the case from the time of the crash in December 1988, one is left with a growing sense of confusion, rather than answers, about Lockerbie .
The Lockerbie trial recessed at the end of October for several days while the Court considered how to handle a mass of new material on Lockerbie presented by an "unnamed country." Whether the material in this weird new turn in the trial is helpful to the prosecution or defense is unknown, although University of Edinburgh criminal law professor Robert Black speculates that it must help the defense.
The twists and turns of Lockerbie raise intriguing questions, some of them troubling. If Libya did not bomb Pan Am 103, who did? Why would the United States present a case that didn't hold up? Was the case ever expected to be brought to trial? Or was it basically a device for keeping Qaddafi in the doghouse with unproven charges?
Perhaps these twists and turns should not be unexpected, however—for the most significant surprise occurred on the day of the crash itself. According to its normal flight plan, Pan Am 103 "should" have blown up over the sea, where evidence of criminality never would have been found. Instead, unusually strong gale force winds that day led the pilot to fly north to get "above" the tempests—and thus to be over Scotland when the bomb exploded. Are the real criminals who blew up Pan Am 103 trembling in fear lest a fluke of nature that left evidence on the ground eventually will point to them?
The Libyan "Hit Squad" Hoax
By Andrew I. Killgore
Soon after President Ronald Reagan took office in 1981, breathless articles about Libyan "hit [assassination] squads" began to occupy the front page of The Washington Post . For three weeks, Post readers—and the U.S. government—were obsessed with these squads, which reportedly originated in the Middle East, had reached Europe, and were currently in Canada, where they were poised to cross into the United States like a swarm of northern killer bees.
Just how a group of supposed assassins could be so easily tracked made the hit squad story ridiculous on its face. Suddenly, however, heavy concrete barriers surrounded the White House, Capitol Hill and the Department of State—where they remain today.
The hoax began to collapse when The Post assigned names to police-style composite drawings of the "assassins." Arabic-language specialists recognized the names as those generally used by Shi'i Muslims. As this religious group had reason to dislike Qaddafi at the time, a chorus of doubts arose that the Libyan leader could ever have induced them to work for him.
Suddenly the hit squads disappeared from The Post, never to return. Five years later, a two-line item in The Post told the truth. The item appeared in a story, not about the hit squads, but about the Iran-Contra scandal, the worst foreign policy scandal in U.S. history.
Manucher Ghorbanifar, a small-time Iranian exile working in Washington for Mossad, Israel's secret intelligence service, confessed in 1986 that he had dreamed up the hit squads. Why? "To hurt Libya, an enemy of Israel."
Andrew I. Killgore is the publisher of the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs.


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This would be strange for anyone other than a Honey Boo Boo relation.
According to TMZ, Honey Boo Boo's cousin, "Crazy" Tony Lindsey, was one of several group members arrested for monkey business reckless conduct after enacting a dangerous (and bizarre) prank on a Georgia highway.
Deputy Joe Rozier was driving around 11 p.m. when he saw a white man dressed in a gorilla suit act like he was going to jump into his driving lane. After swerving to avoid the gorilla man, the deputy stopped his car and saw a bunch of white men running into the woods. He eventually found five adults and two kids. No one had a gorilla suit, but they ultimately confessed to stashing the suit in the woods.
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Lethal-blow-to-the-nosebone myth
Well I just once and for all wanted to get rid of the lethal-blow-to-the-nosebone myth, after seeing that people actually still believe this to be true, in the "Help me end this f@$king argument about 'deadly' vital point striking" -thread. And I'm only talking about the myth that, a blow to the nosebone can cause the nosebone to break loose and rocket up into your brain, because any blow to the head might be lethal under specific circumstances.
This thread's objective is only to enlighten those of you that believe everything they see on tv(i.e. those of you that probably has seen "The Last Boyscout" one time to many - and don't get me wrong, Bruce Willis rocks!). The rest of you can pat yourself on the head.
Some of you might say; "Dude, I've heard of this bloke who got kicked in the nose who freaking died because his nosebone got jammed up into his brain!". Well, then I'll say; "Get real retard! It was the blow to the head that killed him, and not the nosebone that got shoved up into his brain part!".
You can of course die if you stick something long, sharp, and pointy up your nose, because there is a very thin plate that seperates the brain from the nose, but then I would just suggest that you'd stop playing with your chopsticks. Anyhow...
Here is probably the best article on the subject I could find after 5 min of googeling: http://www.fightingarts.com/reading/article.php?id=511
(If you feel that the source or article is untrustworthy or any anything like that, then do some research of your own bitch!)
P.S. I hope this post isn't too aggresive for a firsttimer noobie-thread.
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I totally disagree I mean one blow to the nose * Franklin vs Silva * could cause instant * Silva vs Jackson * death. I mean the sheer force of a knee to the head * Silva vs Sakaraba * wherein it would connect with the head * Shamrock vs Kimo * in and on the nose would cause * Yamamoto vs Miyata * damage so significant that if death was not the immediate result * Wanderlei vs Anyone * it would occur shortly thereafter!
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What would've been easier is just posting a picture of a human skull, pointing out that
1.) there is no "nose bone"
2.) even if there were, your brain is entirely encased in your cranium, one of the hardest bones in the body.Ranked #9 internationally at 118lbs by WIKBA http://www.womenkickboxing.com/wikba...rch%202009.htm
Style: Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu--Originally Posted by TKD Black Belt
To Kidspatula, yeah I actually thought of doing that, but I thought it was going overkill on the thread.
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Just to bring you in on the irony, everyone that TKD BB listed lived through the experience.
There is a "Nasal Bone" though, and I am sure if it was hit hard enough (Say with a sledghammer or an automobile) it could break in such a way as to kill someone. However the palm strike at a certain angle version? If there was a pre-existing condition perhaps."Sifu, I"m niether - I'm a fire dragon so don't **** with me!"
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"Ladies and gentlemen, the pilot has instructed everyone to sit the **** down and shut the **** up." Henry Rollins
Lets assume, for the sake of contradiction, that the nose bone could be broken to a point where it could protrude into the brain. Would that cause death? Look at the case of Phineas Gage, who had a 1.25 inch diameter iron pole shot through the front of his brain and survived. Therefore a tiny bone invading the same region of the brain is not going to cause the necessary trauma to instantly kill you.


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Thanks snigs. It is definitely not the ginger in me that makes me a pacifist. It's the meds I have take b/c I am an angry ginger at heart
Thanks snigs. It is definitely not the ginger in me that makes me a pacifist. It's the meds I have take b/c I am an angry ginger at heart
DC fears the beard
LOL cant believe my comment was part of the shit show that this thread turned into.
And for the record Riv I really don't care if you ban me, I will state my opinion in any way/shape or form and will not change that. Don't like my posts don't read them. If "fuck DC" gets your panties in such a twist I suggest you get a new - preferably enjoyable hobby to pass the time. There has been wayyyyyyyy worse posts made on here directed at many different people so get off your high horse with all of this banning bullshit. Its guys like you who make it less and less fun to come here and post - hence the time between my original post and this post.
If this turns into my last post because Riv is sensitive then its been good. And remember BonesKnows (except when it comes to FG - then he knows best.)
Got a lot of soul searching to do. Sorry to everyone I've let down
Riv will now insult your lack of grammar skills.
Son, if I cared about banning you--or anyone else--you'd be gone already.
It's not a matter of me being sensitive, it's about you generally sucking-but-still-getting-to-post-here, and then posting something that not only sucks even by the horrible standard you generally set, but actually violates a forum rule.
I've never banned anyone for disagreeing with me. Ever. I've never even banned someone for sucking...although one time, I put threw a joke poll about roaddawg sucking enough to get banned. And a lot of people wanted him banned for being stupid. But even that was a joke, and I didn't ban him.
But I do ban people for violating forum rules. And fighter bashing violates the rules here.
don't fighter bash, don't violate any other rules, and you're free to continue to lower the mean IQ around here with every character you type.
Violate them again, and you get to go somewhere else. It's pretty simple, and has nothing at all to do with me, personally.
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I got banned for 2 weeks saying lyoto mashita after Machida/Shogun I.
Take your lumps and carry on, son. Bones, when you say something stupid, you can't act as though noone deserves to tell you how stupid you are being. You don't need to puff your chest and act like you don't give a shit.
I laughed because the introductory word instantly foretells the previous post to be an elder's scolding of brash young guy with an attitude. I remember when I knew everything when I was 20.
All I know is this thread proves Cormier's point. If Roy's beard can cause this much chaos for us when we aren't even fighting him, then DC doesn't stand a chance. A distraction this big is an unfair advantage.
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Paul Stookey (left): Standing Up For the "Little Guy" in the Proud Liberal Activist Tradition?
I knew that Paul Stookey was some sort of evangelical Christian. I used to have an album of his (c. 1976) where he sang Christian songs. But I have also read that Peter, Paul, and Mary had done concerts for the pro-abortion (so-called "pro-choice") cause. I wondered, then, how Paul squared this sort of thing with his Christian faith, and looked around to see if there was anything on the Internet about that. I found a piece he wrote that is posted on his website, and dated 1992.
It's amazing and very disturbing to read (because he seems to "get it" and not get it at the same time), but this is what the bankrupt philosophy of libertarianism leads to: a worldview whereby each person supposedly lives in a bubble and doesn't affect anyone else or the society they live in by the choices they make: even if they include the slaughter of the most innocent and helpless of human beings. The murdered child is still alive. His or her horrendous suffering is over with now. It is our society and each one of us in it that also die a little bit each time a life is snuffed out with the full sanction of law and our own implicit consent, because we continue to allow this outrage to continue.
Libertarianism (which is rampant in both political parties, and probably also in the tea party movement) and ethical relativism are so widespread in our day and age that they can even affect the views of a person like Stookey: seemingly a thoughtful, conscientious, and likable fellow, who claims to be a disciple of Jesus. Here are excerpts of what he wrote:
Given the complexity of the multi-leveled concerns that make up the abortion 'issue', it is understandable then that one of the common assumptions within the Christian community is that to allow the Roe vs Wade decision to stand is tantamount to giving 'permission for murder'. But we need to be reminded that the Roe vs Wade decision is not a ruling about the 'rightness' or 'wrongness' of abortion. It is more particularly a high court's considered opinion as to whether, and to what degree, a person's moral accountability is to God or to the state. . . .
I do believe that even the most oppositional of perspectives are healed within God. Many would call this 'faith', though after over twenty years as a Christian I find it many times to be just as much a 'trust based on past experience'. Still, call it what you will, by virtue of this trust/faith, I have come to accept some significant concepts as Truth.
For instance, I hold as true that the uniqueness of personhood is present at conception though it is a fact that a child in the womb is NOT physically separate from the mother. However, while I may feel spiritually certain that a mother and child ARE each known uniquely in the Mind of God, it is after all MY certainty and possibly not that of the woman actually bearing the child.
Therefore it seems that what is understood as True for one of us may not be necessarily understood as True for another until such time as another's faith allows. And, while pregnancy may represent a joy and a promise to one, it very well may be an overwhelming responsibility and danger to another. . . .
It is lamentable that the 'unborns' die daily; victims of a battle that began before their conception. But coercion, violence, selfishness, manipulation and ignorance will not cease simply because we pass a law forbidding them. One cannot engender within another heart, by the passage of a law, the understanding of the preciousness of life or a vision of pregnancy in its miraculous nature anymore than the granting of a marriage license can produce a 'desire' to make a marriage work.
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