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If you go to Sara Douglass' website at www.saradouglass.com you will see that she explains that The Axis Trilogy was the original name and then the following trilogy was called The Wayfarer Redemption. But in the USA they just called all six The Wayfarer Redemption. This is a USA paperback edition therefore it does not mention The Axis Trilogy on the cover but it IS the same Starman in both series, according to Sara Douglass. This edition is the cheapest on the market. By the way when you do go to Sara's website she has a few short stories about The Axis Trilogy that complement the book and add a bit more background.
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Axis is the StarMan of prophecy and legend, destined to lead the three races of his world to unite as one people. The people of his world all know the Prophecy of the Destroyer, despite the failed attempts of the Seneschal to suppress it in the name of the god Artor the Ploughman, and it predicts and dictates Axis's path through war and destruction to the creation of Tencendor.
The Prophecy foretold that Axis would defeat his half-brother and lay claim to the land that Tencendor will be created upon. The Prophecy told of the traitor in Axis's camp-Faraday's champion, Timozel.
And the Prophecy foretold many a choice that Axis must make in order to fulfill his destiny . . . but neglected to mention the choice between the beautiful and courageous Faraday, his late half-brother's wife, and the feisty and hauntingly enchanting Azhure.
To Faraday, he had pledged his love and a place by his side as ruler of Tencendor; to Azhure, he had given his children, his time, and his devotion.
His love for both women is what the last twist of the Prophecy relies on. While Azhure explores her newfound powers as an Icarii Enchantress, and Faraday replants the ancient forests of the Mother, the evil Gorgrael is plotting Axis's downfall, invading the sky with ice and terror and the flesh-hungry Gryphons. His most daring move is to follow prophecy, to taunt Axis with the pain of his beloved.
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When Shia LaBeouf first came on the scene back in 2000, he was an adorably awkward teenager on Even Stevens. However, he's made quite the transformation (see what we did there?) since then. It might be hard to see him as anything besides that lovable goofball, but he's made it pretty clear he's open to taking all kinds of different roles.
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Rick Nash hasn't been in New York long, but he's already saying things that prove he'll be a perfect fit in the city.
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The Federal Communications Commission unanimously cleared the way for Verizon Wireless' $3.9 billion purchase of airwaves from a group of big cable providers led by Comcast Corp. According to the New York Times, the FCC voted 5 to 0 to allow Verizon's acquisition of unused spectrum belonging to Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Bright House Networks and Cox Communications. Final approval was considered a fait accompli when the FCC and U.S. Department of Justice blessed the deal last week. The FCC agency also gave the green light to transfer spectrum licenses from Leap Wireless and the transfer of wireless spectrum between Verizon and competitor T-Mobile. Verizon plans to use the spectrum for its higher-speed 4G network. The deals also allow for the cable companies to market Verizon services and cross-market their own services in Verizon stores. Consumer groups have criticized the spectrum transfer and related marketing deals as anticompetitive, and the Writers Guild West also condemned the Verizon-cable deal.
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Comcast and Verizon have been scratching each others back since the conception of cable. Depending on the area that was installed by Comcast, and when Verizon feels the cost of fiber optics installation is not cost effective will not provide service to that area. Verizon wants the customers but has failed in my opinion to provide the customer service. Too Big To Fail. Now this has infiltrated to the wireless network. While the two Companies are busy scratching each others back, the customers wait on Hold waiting for service.


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An independent analysis of state investments in economic development and research and development was completed recently in accordance with Maine statute. The reports were compiled by Investment Consulting Associates (ICA) following the company's contract award by the Maine Department of Economic & Community Development last June.
The biennial progress reports provide an assessment of the effectiveness of Maine's economic development programs and an analysis of the success of the state's investments in research and development. The reports were generated through a survey of recipients of Maine economic development programs and through in-person interviews with businesses and stakeholders. ICA also collected reports, data and other information from stakeholders and state agencies when available. The progress report includes recommendations to improve the evaluation process going forward, as well as insights into which programs provide a good return on investment based on ICA's cost-benefit analysis.
ICA worked with a Steering Committee of individuals from the private and public sectors in Maine. The committee included State Senators Emily Cain and Andre Cushing, Peter DelGreco of Maine & Company, George Gervais and Brian Whitney of the Maine Department of Economic & Community Development, Steve Levesque from the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority, Bob Martin from the Maine Technology Institute, Jake Ward from the University of Maine, and Luann Ballesteros from Jackson Laboratory.
Among its findings in the two reports: ICA's cost-benefit analysis concluded that the Business Equipment Tax Reimbursement (BETR) program is a worthy investment of state funds; that the Pine Tree Development Zone (PTDZ) program demonstrates the importance of competitive tax policy for new and growing companies, leading to the creation and/or retention of nearly 10,000 jobs that could have landed in other states; and the Maine Technology Institute's Development Fund Loan program and the Finance Authority of Maine's Commercial Loan Insurance and Economic Recovery Loan programs generate a consistently high rate of return on investment.
"Over the past six months, our team invited 1,500 Maine business to participate in a detailed survey, reviewed 60 different incentive programs, interviewed elected officials, administrators, and other public sector individuals to better understand the numerous incentive programs, and conducted 53 interviews across 35 different companies and organizations that included various stakeholders, policymakers and companies within the State of Maine," said ICA President Chris Steele. "These exchanges provided the foundation for our evaluations and informed our analysis and recommendations."
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Chihuahua officials want to get rid of "No More Weapons" billboard at Ju rez international bridge
There are 61 comments on the El Paso Times story from Dec 30, 2012, titled Chihuahua officials want to get rid of "No More Weapons" billboard at Ju rez international bridge. In it, El Paso Times reports that:State Governor Cesar Duarte Jaquez and officials toured the customs and immigration Free Bridge.
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#1 Dec 30, 2012
Its the bodies in the streets that is a deterrent to American visitors!
#2 Dec 30, 2012
The sign should read, No crackerbacks allowed.
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#3 Dec 31, 2012
The sign should indicate HOW to enter LEGALLY!!!!!!
#4 Jan 4, 2013
So exactly how can people whose only documentation is a criminal record enter legally?
#5 Jan 4, 2013
Yes and the sign should replaced with no more importing drugs and corruption right?
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#6 Jan 4, 2013
Well they become democrats!
#7 Jan 4, 2013
The sign should read: OVER 25K SERVED LEAD POSINING
#8 Jan 5, 2013
So, why don't they just tear down the sign and make believe that the violence has stopped. I hear that in Juarez they are down to less than 10 killings a day. That's almost on par with chicago.
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#9 Jan 5, 2013
it should say, lee la biblia.
#10 Jan 5, 2013
Callate maricon, heed your own words you joto.
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#11 Jan 5, 2013
I did not even need to look this up as I already knew you were way off base. So just to keep the record straight They will end up at about 504 murders in Chicago for 2012 or about 1.4 per day.
#12 Jan 5, 2013
Yup, down to a small 10+ per day. I'm not surprised that a moron would be looking up the stats on chicago.
The sign should read, "Come peacefully, leave in pieces".
Funny talking to people out there as they are like, "o ya casi no matan mas que unos cuantos ... Ya tienen dias que no matan, ya se paro la violencia". Don't believe the BS people, the mexican govt has simply ordered the media to stop reporting on the killings. Tourism is gettting killed on the border, although, there are record vacationers. A vacation for the right price is worth all the lead in the world.
#13 Jan 5, 2013
Obama/Biden 2012
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#14 Jan 6, 2013
I am a facts guy. No motive or other thing went into my post. It is just that I like real figures. To be listened to and want people to believe in what you say, you need to at least be somewhat close in your statements. Otherwise no one will put any credence in what you say.
As an instance a gas station attendant here in Chihuahua last night told me this. I was in Las Vegas and won $3,000 dollars about 10 years ago. I said I am ahead a little more then that but I do not gamble anymore as I do not want to give it back. His next statement was that 3 years ago he won $10,000 in Las Vegas. I think I would have brought up the $10,000 first if I wanted it to sound credible. When I see the guy working again I will try not to get in a conversation with him as I like to hear what is real. Then I will listen to anything he has to say.
The sign at the border should read, "We need more weapons in the hands of good Mexican citizens so we can defend ourselves against the corrupt government and the criminals". Now that is a fact.
As I said I did not have to look it up. I already knew it was not 10 per day. But others may not. I just did it for you in reality since you are like the guy at the gas station.
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#15 Jan 6, 2013
The violence has killed the tourism on the borders as you say. My friend Chino has a rock and Mineral shop in Santa Eulalia. He used to do well as Americans flocked in to see the famous mining village 4 hours South of the border. He wants it to return. I really do not care one way or the other. I do not depend on my income and livelihood to be derived from tourists. I do want it for him and others however.
The resorts are the last bastion for tourists. If killings start in the tourist areas it will kill all the tourism industry for Mexico. It can happen. The areas you think it would never happen, where the people felt safe, like in Monterrey are succumbing to more violence every week.
I do not believe in the amounts of murders reported in Mexico either. They do not have good record keeping and many are never reported out of fear. I am a white American living here so I actually fight back and report things. That is the way I grew up.
Just recently against a corrupt vialidad that tried to get mordida from me. I filed a complaint at the office and talked to the attorney and the delegate in the office and they saw it my way. If I was a Mexican citizen I probably would not have said anything. Just paid the 50 to 100 pesos ($4 to $8). But being an American they usually want $100 to $200 and try to intimidate you. I do not let that happen anymore.
#16 Jan 6, 2013
Facts guy. Chill out a little and stop taking life too seriously. Anyone can google perceived facts. The truth is that we don't know how many people die in mexico per day. Juarez is somewhere less than 10 per day. Chicago is by no means death free. It's been on the news quite a bit. There are many places in the US that are dangerous as well. Phoenix? Newark? And many others. My point was to poke fun at the stupidity that is reported. Not even the people in mexico believe the ridiculous figures. One thing is that they have become accustomed to the deaths and don't care anymore. Desensitized you might say. I personally don't care either. Corruption is the main cause. Drug dealings and lack of weapons is secondary. Or you could say that all of this is because the citizens don't own guns to take care of the drug dealers and their neighborhoods. Many factors involved. NAfTA, poverty, etc.
I don't know who your gas station guy is, but I guarantee you that we can discuss at length. Fire away.
#17 Jan 6, 2013
Come to heroic Juarez, Mexico, for a fun vacation. It's safe here and we promise not to cut your head off and put the video on you tube, ok? Now come and spend your money in this dump since it's a heroic city.
#18 Jan 6, 2013
Come in peace and leave in pieces. The head in one bag and the body in another. Boycott mexico completely. Don't risk your life for a little bit of cheap fun. Spend your money here in the USA and keep your head on.
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#19 Jan 6, 2013
You know what! I agree with everything you said! You took many of the words right out of my mouth. All of Mexico does not really know how many people have been killed. They are turning up mass graves all the time. Like the 300 they recently found in Durango.
I was talking to a girl in Family dollar the other day in El Paso. She said she is grew up and almost all of her family lives in Juarez. I asked her if she ever goes back across to visit family. She says she has not crossed back into Mexico in 10 years. She said 16 members of her family have died in Juarez. She said she just lost the the 16th two days before I met her. It was her Aunt I believe.
I was thinking after. Wow, was her family involved in the drug business or even a few members that caused them to be killed. I was thinking maybe they owned businesses and were being extorted and killed for money. Obviously I did not ask.
I did not know you were being facetious in your post. I just did not want anybody believing that 10 people a day were being killed in Chicago. I do not want anybody reading that from another country and thinking the USA was like Mexico. It is not even close.
As far as I am concerned we are on the same page in our ideas and thoughts.
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now you can take the big chora out of your mouth
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On a sunny afternoon in downtown Riverside, five Redlands girls wait for a bus indoors in the rain.
A little surreal, but not that hard to believe — this was Destination Imagination, after all. It was the State Finals Tournament, in fact, so this scenario had already worked pretty well for the Cope Middle School seventh-graders known as the Fantastic Five. They earned a trip to Saturday's tournament with a successful performance in regional competition March 1.
Redlands schools' DI ThinkTank consortium sent eight teams to the tournament, said parent manager Neil McMahon. Nine teams qualified, he said, but one couldn't make it.
Teams from Redlands schools have done well in previous years, even going on to national competition, so DI ThinkTank has high hopes for its teams: The Windshield Walkers, Endermen Assassins and the Molecular Expunginator in the Scientific category; Dial M for Meatballs and the Timekeepers in the Technical category; The Team Who Must Not Be Named in the Improv category; and the Butterfly Bunch and the Fantastic Five in the Fine Arts category.
The Fantastic Five's goal on Saturday — Challenge C in the Fine Arts category — was to create a live three-panel comic strip based on the style of an artist from somewhere other than the United States: They chose contemporary Russian-Israeli painter Leonid Afremov, known for his glowing colors and bold palette-knife work.
Katie Emery, Brooke Goodrich, Bailey McKernan, Madilyn Pearson and Chloe Lemos have been working on their presentation since August. They shared research, writing and artistic duties equally, basing the final product on their different personalities and styles: "We are a team," said Katie, 13.
"We gave each other suggestions about what we wanted to do," said Bailey, 12. "We worked together on everything."
The performance included a production number a la "Singin' in the Rain" with vocals and dancing by all and a trumpet solo by Chloe, 12. Colorful twirling umbrellas provided rainy-day ambience and a flat red bus zipped through the scene several times to advance the comic strip plot.
The bus stop was a painted backdrop based on one of Afremov's streetscapes. Supporting the art was a framework of PVC pipe snapped together in about 60 seconds — a practiced skill — by the girls themselves, with some help from other DI ThinkTank members.
For all the teams at the tournament, logistics was a big part of the performance. Alongside the day's official challenges came hurdles such as getting all of your team's props from the unloading dock to the prep areas to the performance spaces.
The Riverside Convention Center was crowded, so it was not unusual to see parent volunteers jogging along hallways, clearing the way for parades of team members carrying large assembled backdrops and gear to their imaginative destinations.
DI is months of work and collaboration for the kids involved, said Fantastic Five manager Jennifer Emery, now in a second year of competition, but the parents also put in a lot of time and effort.
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Most buy-low and sell-high players are too obvious, but for some, groupthink can lead to gaps between real and perceived value.
For the most part, the idea of buying low and selling high is a waste of everybody's time.
We all know that Mark Buehrle and Tim Hudson aren't going to finish the season with earned run averages of 2.04 and 1.97, respectively. It is extremely unlikely that Nelson Cruz will finish the year with 60 home runs and 150 runs batted in. We even know that the superstars who are crushing it now are going to slip somewhat. If you were going to bet the over/under on Troy Tulowitzki hitting .360 or Giancarlo Stanton hitting 45 home runs, the safe bet on both would be the under.
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"There is no such thing as buying low" has become popular advice among the fantasy baseball community. Does the classic buy-low opportunity, in which an underperforming player gets moved for $0.50 on the dollar, really exist? Rarely. However, there are still opportunities to acquire players below their actual or true value. The disposition effect is a phenomenon of behavioral finance that shows the tendency of investors to keep their losers too long and sell their winners too quickly. In other words, when people invest in a stock that underperforms, the following story often plays out: They hold on to the stock as it continues to underperform and then either sell the stock as soon as they can make the smallest of gains or continue to hold on to the loser while missing out on more profitable investments elsewhere.
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The last time this happened, my family took me to the hospital, and I had a gammut of tests run including the MRI, spinal tap, CT scan, etc. They ruled out all the nasty things such as stroke, spinal menengitis, tumor, and others. And said, "Yes, it's migraines."
While I'm happy I didn't suffer from a stroke, I am making no progress with the severity of these migraines. The neurologist I saw in the hospital suggested I double up my propranolol dose from 80 mg to 160 (12 hr apart) and continue taking the Toradol when I felt something coming on. My family doctor prescribed 120 mg thinking I may tire on the 160.
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A group of lawmakers concerned about weaknesses in the most popular surveillance reform bill circulating on Capitol Hill wants to insert an amendment that would bar the National Security Agency from weakening encryption standards or exploiting large-scale internet security vulnerabilities.
According to a report in the Guardian newspaper, Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., and other House members want to stop the NSA from "utilizing discovered zero-day flaws," like the Heartbleed flaw made public in April that compromised countless online systems. The proposed amendment, the report claims, would also not allow the NSA "to create them, nor to prolong the threat to the Internet" by failing to warn against vulnerabilities.
The NSA came under fire when reports surfaced last month that the agency knew about -- and exploited -- the Heartbleed bug, adding fuel to the fire of privacy advocates who were outraged to learn the NSA had also deliberately subverted encryption standards adopted and promulgated by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. NIST recently removed a cryptographic algorithm from its draft guidance on random number generators following extensive public feedback and its own tests following the revelations, which came from documents leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden.
Lofgren told the Guardian she intends to attach the provision to the USA Freedom Act, which has become the consensus bill to reform surveillance following Snowden's stream of leaks over the past 11 months. The bill could go before the House floor by next week, yet there is no guarantee the provision -- as she described it to the Guardian -- will make it into the bill, largely because agreements between various committees are tenuous.
How restrictive the process will be to add amendments remains unclear, but without stronger language, Lofgren does not believe the USA Freedom Act will curtail the exploitation of zero-day exploits or the weakening of encryption standards by the government.
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Bun B Unveils 'Trill O.G.: The Epilogue' Cover, Tracklist
Veteran rhymer Bun B has just released the cover art and tracklisting for his upcoming opus, 'Trill O.G.: The Epilogue.' The project, which is the fourth and final installment in the 'Trill' series, will feature unreleased material from the recording sessions of 2010′s 'Trill O.G.' album.
Although not listed below, the 12-song collection does feature guest appearances from Raekwon, Devin the Dude, Big K.R.I.T., Z-Ro and Kirko Bangz.
The previously released single, 'Fire' (featuring Rick Ross, 2 Chainz and Serani), is on the album as well as a tribute to the late Houston artist DJ Screw called 'The Legendary DJ Screw.'
"I sat down with my longtime business partner and Rap-A-Lot CEO James Prince to review the music that we had and quickly came up with an outstanding track list," says Bun B about the album. "'The Epilogue' is the perfect opportunity to release some great material to the fans and a proper final chapter for the trill-ogy. Good music is timeless."
Trill, indeed.
'The Epilogue,' due in stores Nov. 11, will be available in CD and digital formats. The digital deluxe version on iTunes will comes with two bonus tracks.
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"Where dem dollas at?" King of Diamonds in Miami seems to be the answer.
If you've never been to the place where rappers, ball players and player-players go to toss paper at booty targets, then you will now be able to witness the strength of strip clubs from behind the scenes. Make It Rain will be the reality show documenting all of the happenings of the famed club on Miami's to do list. With little broadcast information to go on, check the rundown The Core DJs have for the trailer of the series:
"Terry Elliot, a successful entertainment entrepreneur and business mogul, took over the club when it was on its last strings, literally. He put together an amazing team to breathe life and culture back into this otherwise defunct club. This is the story… The story of the money, the girls, the people, the fame and the love. Taking a page from HBO's hit series CATHOUSE, and FULL THROTTLE, MAKE IT RAIN will be an amalgamation of docu-drama and sexuality, but at the very heart of the piece is a real story. Terry managing a thriving business and juggling his other business ventures. At the same time, being a father figure to his employees, giving advice, coaching, paternally guiding some of the girls, making sure that his team of managers (the four horse men) and his self are on the same page, keeping his "A" list celebs clients, music entertainers and athletes happy…and doing all of this as a happily married man with a family of his own!"
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The 15-minute meal includes haggis, turnip and mashed potato - as well as a "wee dram" of whisky.
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Michael Squire, general manager at the Hilton Edinburgh Airport, said: "Robert Burns is a Scottish icon and we want to allow everyone visiting the country, no matter how brief their visit, the chance to raise a toast to the bard.
"Edinburgh Airport welcomes over nine million passengers every year and flies to over 100 destinations and Hilton Edinburgh Airport's head chef, Daniel Leah, will be going all out to make sure that everyone has time for a Burns supper."
It follows aqua ceilidhs, which were held at four Edinburgh Leisure swimming pools across the city for Burns Day.
Over 100 reelers took part in the event at leisure centres in Gracemount, Drumbrae, the Royal Commonwealth Pool and Portobello Swim Centre.
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The first Air France Airbus A380 powered with Engine Alliance GP7200 engines successfully completed a four-hour inaugural test flight from Airbus's Toulouse, France manufacturing site last Thursday, the company announced today. On Monday, the aircraft flew to Airbus's Hamburg, Germany facilities for paint and interior completions work. Airbus has scheduled the A380 for delivery to Air France in October.
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i know i dont want to let them be separated but they will have too! fingers crossed nothing happens to rubal. i think that they will get married together and she will make loads of money for her singing career. i know cant believe she left her phone so manorama read her texts. i know thats a bit stupid because she cant read english! i think he might be a criminal to have so many men and he cant just get them in a phone call because all of them ask for some money at least! they did that because they know adi will go after pankhuri not the lawyer! i dont know where rubal is you have to wait and watch todays episode!
thats what i thought unless he was somewhere there where pankhuri was being kidnapped! i dont know if there is a logic behind all of this! Revati will get really really worried about why she is not yet picked and avantika will be worried of how she is going to do the kachoris by herself. I dont know what there demands will be!
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howz u..???
As we all are aware of current track where almost PaYa were on the last plan to reveal Manek chacha ji's evil plans infront of all family members , then this time Track have taken a U-turn where now Rubel will slip into coma by saving Pankhuri from accident & PaYa will get seperated or they will get divorced to save Rubel from any harm by Manorama Chachi ji.
We will come on each & every other point gradually. Todays episode was all about Revati joining music classes & co-incident-ly her teacher is none other than the boy who came to do engagement with her, Rahul will teach her music . So you think that there will be some Romance between two & a good friendly bonding will appear?
yeah..might be...!! we could hope to see something good there..
may be we could have another adi-pankhu in them..
Kaira was keeping watch over Manorama & Manorama noticed that . Shiela made Kaira busy in repairing her room's televison dish signals & kaira who was so smart left her mobile on hall , in which manorama found Adi's message of following Lawyer to Airport & she alerted Kapil. Now one question comes to my mind is -
haha..yeh toh hona hi tha..varna pankhu kidnap kaise hoti...
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1978 Baara
Timbuktu is silent, the doors closed, the streets empty. No more music, no tea, no cigarettes, no bright colors, no laughs. The women have become shadows. The religious fundamentalists are spreading terror in the region. In the dunes, away from the chaos, Kidane enjoys a quiet life with his wife Satima, his daughter Toya and Issan, his little shepherd. But his peace is short-lived. After accidentally killing Amadou, a fisherman who stroke down his favorite cow, Kidane must face the law of the new foreign rulers determined to defeat an open and tolerant Islam. More
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The beautiful woman Melé is a bar singer, her husband Chaka is out of work. The couple that lives in Bamako, the capital of Mali, is on the verge of breaking up... In the courtyard of the house, where they live together with other families, a trial court has been set up. African civil society spokesmen have taken proceedings against the World Bank and the IMF, whom they blame for Africa's woes... Amidst the pleas and the testimonies, life goes on in the courtyard. Chaka does not seem to be concerned by this novel Africa's desire to fight for its rights. More
In the sixties, the people of Mali awoke each morning to the sound of Boubacar "KarKar" Traoré's voice on the radio, singing of independence. Everyone in Mali remembers having danced to his hits. But since his music was only played on the radio, he didn't earn enough money to live on and he had to stop playing music to work as a tailor and a salesman to feed his family. A few years later, he is dealt a cruel blow: his beloved wife, Pierrette dies. Disoriented, KarKar leaves for France, working in construction, and singing at weekends in the Parisian immigrant shelters that are now his home. More
Ta dona is the story about a young forest ranger and his life in the African country of Mali in the 1990s. He's a young Bambara man, an employee in Mali's Ministry of Rivers and Forests, searching for an ancient herbal remedy for childbirth, a plant with mythical healing powers. The secret knowledge he is trying to achieve, he wants to use for the people's good. He sees that his work holds the key to the future of his country (through reforestation) and he dislikes the short-sighted, money-grubbing ways of his superiors. He has a much better relationship with local villagers than with his agency's bosses. It's an indictment of the widespread corruption in Africa's elitist governments. More
Daily life scenes in a rural village of Mali.Harvest, meddlesomeness, children games, a wedding, a theft, and the clumsy intervention of the police. The character that brings all these scenes together is a leper despised by the whole village, who manages to be cured in the city and happily returns to his people. More
In this epic drama drawing on Bambara culture, which echoes mythic legends in an invented tale, a hero undergoes ordeals that allow him to renovate a decaying society. A young man must penetrate the secrets of the Komo cult (a real caste of specialist knowledge among the Bambara), whose members have abused their spiritual powers. Niamankoro suffers his father's wrath as he travels throughout the Bambara empire and Dogon and Peul societies. More
|Souleymane Cissé
The first feature film ever produced in Mail, Baara (The Porter) is about a young man caught in the growing political and economic tensions of urban Africa. Balla Diarra is a worker in the capital city of Bamako who struggles to survive on his meagar income. After his friend is murdered by an unfeeling factory boss, he must confront increasingly violent choices. Set in a modern city rather than a mythical past or traditional village, Baara offers a portrait of African life not often seen on the American screen. More
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Not only did I use my new eyeshadow palette for this look, I also used my new mascara, which I bought months ago, but haven't tried it yet. I should be ashamed.
I got this Wet n Wild Color Icon Eyeshadow Palette in Lust in a swap all the way from the US and it didn't arrive in the best condition. You can see the grey eyeshadow is broken, but that's the curse of sending eyeshadow via post. It can get damaged so fast.
Here are the eyeshadows swatched on the back of my hand. If I remember correctly, I used Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy as a base. All the colors are nicely pigmented and good to work with.
Here's a look I did with the Lust palette.
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* Urban Decay Primer Potion
* Wet n Wild Color Icon Palette in Lust
* NYX Doll Eye Mascara Long Lash
Yep, I only used three products for this eye make up. This was my first time using the NYX Doll Eye mascara and I like it, but I'll have to use it some more to give you a better opinion on it. The Lust palette is really nice, but you have to be careful when applying matte eyeshadow over primer. The first time I used it, I went straight for the purple shadow, but it looked really patchy. The next time I applied one of the lighter shades all over my eyelid and the purple matte eyeshadow over it and it blended easily. I also tried my new Essence Smokey brush for this look (mainly for the crease area) and it works great. For the €1.49, I can say nothing else but to recommend it.
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Republican Study Committee Chairman Steve Scalise today announced that Rep. Rob Wittman will chair the newly created RSC Military Readiness Task Force for the 113th Congress.
"The RSC has always stood up for a strong national defense, and we are focused on the threats posed by President Obama's refusal to address the long-term spending crisis that is jeopardizing the readiness of America's Armed Forces and the security of our nation," Scalise said. "As fiscal conservatives, we have worked to prioritize a strong national defense by shifting sequestration cuts to other parts of the discretionary budget in order to maintain a high level of military readiness. We will continue fighting for a balanced federal budget in order to achieve a healthy economy and a strong national defense. As Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee's Readiness Subcommittee, Rob Wittman has the expertise, the respect, and the first-hand knowledge necessary to spearhead the RSC Military Readiness Task Force. I appreciate his passion and leadership at this critical time in America's history."
"I'm pleased the RSC has honed its focus on this critical issue as we enter the final phase of discussions on the fiscal footprint for 2014," Wittman said. "Members of the RSC have an important role in these discussions and I'm grateful for the opportunity to help educate my colleagues and the nation on the impacts on our national security as our military is continually squeezed during these tight budget times. Our debt and deficit present a national security threat, but how we trim those back is an important conversation. Our military readiness is suffering under the indiscriminate cuts of the sequester. Congress must do everything in its power to mitigate those effects and ensure our men and women of the military are trained and equipped with the tools they need to keep themselves and our country safe."
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For my illustration class we had to illustrate three things from the free times. The first one is about a story where some people think they are real superheroes, so that's Phoenix's
Green Scorpion
. He seems rad. The next one is about a doctor finding a worm in someones brain during surgery and getting caught on film laughing about it. Then the last one is some drunk guy getting arrested and trying to run away. They are all done with ink and wash and about 5x5 inches
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Satirical Puppet News Show ZANEWS Nominated for Six SAFTA Awards; Ceremony Set for March 15-16
The satirical puppet news show that fought so hard to make it to television will go to the 7th South African Film and Television Awards with a harvest of Golden Horns nominations in the TV Comedy and Animation categories.
ZANEWS, South Africa's satirical puppet news show, has done it again. Fresh from their scoop of Best Editorial Team in SA at the Bookmarks Awards (known as the "digital Oscars") last year, the little team has now trawled six nominations for the South African Film and Television Awards which will be held on 15 & 16 March at Gallagher Estate in Johannesburg.
The actors, writers, editors, puppeteers, puppet-makers and producers behind ZANEWS have been nominated in the following categories: Best Actor in a TV Comedy: Nik Rabinowitz, as various characters (Tutu, Benni, Sepp, Khanyi, Khulubuse, Patricia, Ninja, etc); Best Actress in a TV Comedy: Nikki Jackman as various characters (Helen, Lindiwe, Debora, Gaga, Charlize, Yo-landi, etc); Best Ensemble in a TV Comedy: Both Worlds (the Production Company behind ZANEWS); Best Editor of a TV Comedy: Aaron Naidoo, Rod Macleod, Hugh Upsher (and Volo Ganca); Best Art Direction of a TV Comedy: Riccardo Pugliese (sets) and Lindsay van Blerk (puppet design); and Best Animation: ZANEWS.
Thierry Cassuto, ZANEWS's Executive Producer and Creator, had this to say: "We are thrilled that, finally, ZANEWS gets recognized for its contribution to television in South Africa, proving that, despite all that we've heard over the years, yes South Africans are ready for this." "Every day we show that news and politicians don't have to be scary - provided that we, the people, pull their strings. Thanks to the judges for noticing us and, most importantly, thank you TopTV for putting up with our ungovernable puppets for the last two years."
However, the future is not entirely rosy for ZANEWS as, with TopTV's current precarious financial position, the show and the team don't know if they will be able to carry on after the current 5th season ends on 3rd March. "We hope there will be a Season 6 and many more" said Thierry Cassuto. "If we poach a Golden Horn or two at the SAFTAs next month, maybe that will catch Patrice's or Cyril's attention as they unbundle some of their spare cash. Or maybe some wealthy Chinese."
ZANEWS is shown weekly at 9.00 pm on Sundays and 8.30 pm on Tuesdays on TopOne (TopTV). It is also available daily via the web and mobile at www.zanews.co.za, on the South African iTunes store, on DVDs and as comic in The Big Issue magazine.
Launched by co-founders Thierry Cassuto and Zapiro in 2009, after years of struggle to get support and distribution, ZANEWS has now won or been nominated at most major South African awards, a unique achievement, including: the 2009 Handspring Award for Puppetry; the 2009 Prism Award for Best Sponsorship Programme; the 2010 SA Blog Award; the 2010 Financial Mail AdFocus Newsmaker of the Year; the 2010 South African Music Awards, for Best Music Video ("Chicken to Change", with Freshlyground); and a total of eight prizes the 2010, 2011 and 2012 DMMA Bookmark Awards, including a Gold for "Chicken to Change".


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Master sergeant Hugh Franco lives only to save others, until he plucks beautiful attorney Amelia Bailey from the wreckage of an earthquake and finds himself embroiled in ways he never expected. On the run from kidnappers, Hugh must call on all his training to protect them. But Amelia's fiery touch threatens to crack his world—and his heart—wide open.
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""Hot Zone" is another exciting edition to a fantastical series centered on a team of sexy and daring Pararescuemen!" - Reading Between the Wines
Series: Elite Force: That Others May Live
Audience: General
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Planes will still fly and land safely in the United States with the aid of federal air traffic controllers even if Congress cannot reach a deal to fund the federal government.
FBI agents will investigate crimes, mail will be delivered, Social Security cheques and Medicare payments will go out and US military staff will still report to duty.
That trip to Yosemite? Campers should try a staycation instead as national parks will probably close.
The effects of a government shutdown may not be immediately apparent to most Americans should Congress fail to fund operations by Tuesday. In a protracted shutdown, though, the effects could prove to be far-reaching.
''There will be a noticeable lack of people to do the things that most people take for granted, and [it] will be quite irritating if they don't happen,'' said Scott Lilly, a budget specialist at the Centre for American Progress, a Washington-based group that says it promotes progressive political ideas.
Jobs deemed ''excepted'' from the shutdown, because they help protect life and property, or are funded by programs not subject to annual appropriations, would go on.
President Barack Obama will issue an order that determines what federal jobs are critical, Mr Lilly said. In the past, air traffic controllers have been retained, while passport offices have been closed. About 800,000 of the almost 2 million workers at agencies funded under annual appropriations could be furloughed, said J. David Cox, national president of the American Federation of Government Employees. The 2 million workers do not include active military personnel or Postal Service staff.
The budget impasse marks the sixth fiscal showdown between Democrats and Republicans since 2011. The Republican-led House passed and sent to the Senate legislation on September 20 to fund the government that includes language blocking implementation of the 2010 health law.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat, said the chamber will not pass a bill defunding Mr Obama's signature legislative achievement.
Government agencies are dusting off contingency plans assembled in late 2011 in the event that a compromise is not reached.
Those plans show that some agencies would be affected more than others. The Justice Department, for example, estimated in 2011 that more than 94,000 of its 117,579 staff would be retained because a ''significant portion'' of its mission involves protection of ''human life and property''.
Even so, US Attorney-General Eric Holder has said a shutdown will be ''something very bad'' and will affect operations at the FBI, Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the Drug Enforcement Administration. ''I would hope that what I think I would characterise as the dysfunction that I see up on the hill might in some way, somehow be resolved,'' he said.
At the Pentagon, a government shutdown could trigger furloughs for about half of the Defence Department's 800,000 civilian staff, according to Todd Harrison, a senior fellow for defence budget studies at the Centre for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments. Active-duty military staff will report but their ''pay may not go out'', Mr Harrison said.
At the Federal Aviation Administration, 33,550 of 48,463 staff would stay on the job, including air traffic controllers.
Some business leaders say they are increasingly frustrated with the uncertainty over the budget, and are urging Congress to strike a deal that avoids a shutdown and reach a separate agreement to extend the debt ceiling, another looming deadline.
''It feels like Groundhog Day all over again,'' said Eric DeMarco, chief executive of San Diego-based Kratos Defence and Security Solutions. ''You couldn't run a company like this. You can only run a government like this.''


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|[jira] Commented: (LUCENE-1918) Adding empty ParallelReader indexes to an IndexWriter may cause ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException or NoSuchElementException
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[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENE-1918?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=12757125#action_12757125 ] Mark Miller commented on LUCENE-1918: ------------------------------------- Agreed - we are now stuck with a new rc it sounds, so let's fix what we can. > Adding empty ParallelReader indexes to an IndexWriter may cause ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException or NoSuchElementException > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Key: LUCENE-1918 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENE-1918 > Project: Lucene - Java > Issue Type: Bug > Components: Index > Affects Versions: 2.4.1, 2.4.2, 2.9 > Environment: any > Reporter: Christian Kohlschütter > Assignee: Michael McCandless > Fix For: 2.4.1, 2.9 > > Attachments: LUCENE-1918.patch, ParallelReaderWithEmptyIndex-testcase.patch, ParallelReaderWithEmptyIndex.patch > > Original Estimate: 0.5h > Remaining Estimate: 0.5h > > Hi, > I recently stumbled upon this: > It is possible (and perfectly legal) to add empty indexes (IndexReaders) to an IndexWriter. However, when using ParallelReaders in this context, in two situations RuntimeExceptions may occur for no good reason. > Condition 1: > The indexes within the ParallelReader are just empty. > When adding them to the IndexWriter, we get a java.util.NoSuchElementException triggered by ParallelTermEnum's constructor. The reason for that is the TreeMap#firstKey() method which was assumed to return null if there is no entry (which is not true, apparently -- it only returns null if the first key in the Map is null). > Condition 2 (Assuming the aforementioned bug is fixed): > The indexes within the ParallelReader originally contained one or more fields with TermVectors, but all documents have been marked as deleted. > When adding the indexes to the IndexWriter, we get a java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException triggered by TermVectorsWriter#addAllDocVectors. The reason here is that TermVectorsWriter assumes that if the index is marked to have TermVectors, at least one field actually exists for that. This unfortunately is not true, either. > Patches and a testcase demonstrating the two bugs are provided. > Cheers, > Christian -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: email@example.com For additional commands, e-mail: email@example.com
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A high-stakes legal battle over a young man's loss of freedom could trigger sweeping changes in how Manitoba judges account for the aboriginal heritage of accused persons in bail decisions.
Judges have a "judicial duty" to consider "Gladue" factors when aboriginal people apply for bail, and the Court of Queen's Bench should issue a ruling requiring those factors be considered in decisions at that stage of the court process, city defence lawyer William Marks will argue today.
Gladue factors are derived from a landmark 1999 Supreme Court decision mandating judges to take an aboriginal offender's personal and cultural history of dislocation, disadvantage, addiction and abuse into account in sentencing.
They go hand-in-hand with the law on sentencing offenders, which states all options other than jailing them -- particularly aboriginals -- should be on the table when judges dispense punishment.
The law was changed in the 1990s by adding Sec. 718.2 (e) to the Criminal Code's sentencing provisions. It marked an attempt to address a dramatic overpopulation of aboriginals in provincial and federal jails, which has only gotten worse since. Currently, more than 70 per cent of inmates in Manitoba's provincial jails are aboriginal.
Marks seeks to have judges apply Gladue factors at "judicial interim release" (bail) hearings on the premise that aboriginal offenders are more likely to be jailed at the bail stage, which chafes against the spirit of the law. Virtually all bail hearings are held in provincial court.
"The door to incarceration exists at two stages -- bail and sentencing," Marks will argue, according to court documents obtained by the Free Press. "Given how closely the former is tied to the latter, it is respectfully submitted that failure to consider Gladue during bail frustrates the remedial purpose imagined in 718.2 (e)."
The case isn't likely to find favour with Crown prosecutors, who contend bail hearings are essentially "risk-management" proceedings in which the Gladue principles don't apply as they do at sentencing or consideration of parole eligibility.
Underpinning Marks' fight is the fact his client, Christopher Ferland, is in custody after recently being denied a sixth chance at bail in provincial court. He's a periodically homeless young man with a learning disability and an unstable personal background. A school counsellor has described him as a "street kid."
Ferland, who has no prior criminal record, was first arrested for a domestic assault on Nov. 5, 2012, and was released by police on a promise to appear in court.
In the following months, he's been accused of breaching bail conditions a number of times and returned to custody. His most recent arrest came just six days after being granted a fifth shot at bail by Judge Dale Harvey.
Judge Catherine Carlson refused to release the 20-year-old again on Sept. 12, saying his habit of being rearrested and detained after being given chances at freedom tied her hands.
"I have to say that I just feel it would be making a mockery of the whole system if I were to release you again," Carlson told him.
Marks argued Ferland didn't present a public risk and Carlson was obliged to consider Gladue factors at the bail hearing.
He said details she needed to weigh included racism Ferland claims he experienced in his dealings with police, his economic disadvantages and his involvement as a youth with the child-welfare system.
It's not the first time Gladue has been broached regarding bail hearings in Manitoba. In May 2012, Judge Marvin Garfinkel delayed his decision on whether to free a man accused of aggravated assault in order to get a Gladue report examining his background. Garfinkel ultimately found the report was "not helpful" to him.
-- with file from Mary Agnes Welch