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Central Coast coach Graham Arnold is intent on maintaining momentum heading into the A-League finals and has more players at his disposal than in recent times.
Arnold had no intention of watching Friday's clash between Newcastle and Western Sydney which would determine whether his team still had a chance of winning the Premiers Plate.
With a crucial Asian Champions League game looming in Gosford next Wednesday, Arnold had previously talked about fielding a youth team against Melbourne Heart at Bluetongue Stadium on Saturday, if his side had no chance of finishing first.
The Mariners mentor certainly didn't sound on Friday as if he was willing to concede anything.
"I'm concentrating on Melbourne Heart (on Saturday) and a good finish to the season and keeping the momentum going for finals," Arnold said.
The good news for him is he has more fit players to choose from than for some time.
Among those in line for a recall after injury is Pedj Bojic, who Heart would probably prefer not to play given his influence in the Mariners two wins over them earlier in the season.
"We've scored three goals against Heart this year and Pedj has got all three and two from free kicks," Arnold said.
"Pedj is back fit which is the main thing.
"We've got 20 fit players for the first time in quite a while, which brings us healthily into the busy period that we've got ahead."
The Mariners are in line to record a third consecutive clean sheet for the first time since November 2010 and Arnold revealed he had put more emphasis on defence since they conceded two goals to Sydney.
"We've refocused on getting back to what we do best, the basics of our defensive structure and ever since then we haven't let a goal in," Arnold said.
Heart are battling with Wellington Phoenix to avoid the wooden spoon, but Arnold said their coach John Aloisi still had a strong squad and they were dangerous.
"I think he (Aloisi) has been hurt in the transfer window by losing a couple of players he probably didn't expect to lose when he built the squad," Arnold said.
"It has been disruptive for him, but when you watch their games, they are always in the game."
Heart will be looking for a good result on the road after taking just one point from their 11 previous games outside Melbourne this season.
"We're looking to end on a high; we want to make sure we finish the season off well," Aloisi said.
"I know we can't make the finals, but its still an important game for us."
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"Future" Donovan Ruddick established his dominance in the Midwest in two and half years with eight championships and numerous main event-caliber matches to his name. However, the one title he values most—the Lethal Wrestling Alliance (LWA) Championship—escaped him under ominous circumstances.
Ruddick (champion) faced off against XXX Jordan Lacey (challenger) on Sept. 20 in a First Blood match for the LWA championship, where Lacey forced Ruddick to bleed with shards of broken glass as his ally. Chaos ensued in the aftermath of the match, in which Lacey suffered an injury that required him to relinquish his newly won title at the following show on Oct. 24.
LWA President Luke Roberts announced at that show that a tournament would take place to crown the new champion—that is, until "The Rebel" Jeremy Wyatt cashed in his Medallion and was awarded the title. The tournament now stands as this—whomever emerges victorious will face Wyatt in January.
"Honestly, I think the championship tournament is a load of bullsh*t. It's f***ing stupid because I was never pinned. I was made to bleed because that was the only way that Lacey was ever going to pin me.
"When Lacey was hurt, I should've just been given my title right back then and there at the next show, and it just didn't work out like that, so I'm forced to be in this stupid tournament, but it doesn't matter because at the end of the tournament, I'm going to get back what's mine," Ruddick said.
Despite having held the Heartland Championship Wrestling (HCW) Illinios Title, the HCW Heavyweight Title, Independent Wrestling Alliance of Illinois (IWAI) Heavyweight Title, National Wrestling Alliance-Missouri television title, and currently holding Rampage Championship Wrestling Tag champ with Wicked Stiff Johnson, High Voltage Wrestling-Midwest Heavyweight Title, he holds the LWA title to a higher standard.
"It was cool to go to Texas. It was cool to go to Indiana, but the highlight [of my career so far] was probably winning the LWA title because right now it's the title in the Midwest. You can't deny that. You've got the up-and-coming feds that are competing with us and what not, but right now you can't knock the LWA belt," Ruddick said.
Ruddick's life has revolved around wrestling since before his birth—his mother used to watch Wrestling at the Chase—so it is only right that he feels such a connection to the sport. Throughout his time in the business he learned an imporant lesson.
"Restraint because there are a lot of times when you want to go out there a rip a f*cking guy's head off, and you can't do that. Or, you want to go down the crowd and slap a stupid fan that doesn't know what the f*ck is going on. So, I would say wrestling has taught me restraint," Ruddick said.
One place Ruddick did not show self-control was in his LWA title defense against Gary the Barnowl in a no disqualification match in St. Charles, MO, which also won MWR match of the month for May.
"We beat each other's a**es, we went balls to the wall, and that was my first real wrestling scar. I have a scar from the kendo stick from my left shoulder all the way down to my right thigh, so it was great," Ruddick said.
Ruddick plans to retake what he believes is rightfully his after he defeats Gary the Barnowl on Dec. 20 at Yuletide Terror to win the tournatment. After all, the belt means "the world [to Ruddick]. I mean, the world. Right now, that's everything.That's everything. Period."

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I went to Mcdonld's tonight and met some friends there. OK no big we all enjoyed a nice conversation while the children played. I was one of the last ones to leave because I had to get hubby some dinner and my kids some ice cream that I had promised them. Well while I was standing in line placeing my order a parent came up to me (our boys go to the same school). stating that She thought I did not like mcdonalds. SHe proceded to tell me that GOD would get me in the end because I was at Mcdonald's because i told her I did not go to Mcdonalds. Well I have not spoken to her in over 2 years. We hardly cross paths and when we do I always say Hi! and nothing else because I am on my way to my classroom or walking with my class down the hallway. What GIVES? Now whenever she sees me she feels it nessecary to embarress me in public. I did not answer her I was just way too shocked. She walked away with her nose in the air like she is the perfect Christian. AUGH so aggrrevating.
I probably would have just ignored it and walked away. Not to be rude..... just because I probable wouldn't be able to bite my tongue any other way. I'm not much for confrontation, but I don't like it when people purposely go out of their way to embarrass me.
i would laugh in her face & call her a fucking wierdo.. why worry about what some nutjob thinks or says?
I usually get attacked by people I've known in the same way. I'm always stunned too-why does anyone feel that they are permitted to embarass someone else in public over something trivial? The next time that she approaches you and starts this shit, smile sweetly and ask loudly where she got the right to judge you? Besides, you said that you met friends there, but only that you were getting dinner for DH and ice cream for the kiddos-did she see you eat? Was she jealous of you meeting your friends?
Isn't it in the bible to not judge others?
Sorry. I don't remember as I don't follow the bible.
That seems a little hipocritical though. To me at least.
Judge not lest ye be judged.< as far as I remember.
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Former Poway defense contractor Brent Wilkes was convicted of bribing ex-Congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham at a federal court nearly seven years ago.
On Friday, with his appeals virtually exhausted, Wilkes surrendered to federal marshals in San Antonio, Texas, to serve his 12-year-sentence.
It marks the end of a long battle for Wilkes, 59, and a frustrating process for federal prosecutors who wanted him locked up. Wilkes was convicted in 2007 of lavishing gifts, trips, meals and cash on Cunningham, who in turn used his influence to steer lucrative government contracts to Wilkes' company, ADCS.
But for most of the past seven years, save for an 11-month stint in 2008, Wilkes has been out on bond while his appeals worked their way through the system.
On Friday the prosecutors who convicted him said his return to federal custody was long overdue.
"Brent Wilkes spent years bribing one of San Diego's congressional representatives," said Assistant U.S. Attorney Phil Halpern. "Unlike every other defendant connected to this still-unrivaled corruption scheme, he spent years running from responsibility for his crimes and the jury's resounding verdict against him. Today, Mr. Wilkes reached the finish line – at the federal prison where he will spend the next decade of his life. On this occasion, justice delayed did not mean justice denied."
Since 2012 Wilkes has been living in Texas near his family, said his lawyer, federal public defender Shereen Charlick.
Before that it was unknown how Wilkes spent the majority of his time. The U-T reported that he played a bit of poker, entering card tournaments at casinos in San Diego, styling himself as "The Enigma." In 2010 he won $10,090 at a tournament at Harrah's Rincon Casino.
Remaining free so long was unusual and showed how the system favors some defendants, said Jason Forge, another of the prosecutors who convicted Cunningham and now is in private practice.
"It's another example of how privileged white defendants don't go to jail unless and until every minor technicality has been argued," Forge said. "If he was a person of color and had committed a dope crime or any other type of crime he would definitely have been in jail this whole time."
Wilkes is the last of several prominent figures in the Cunningham corruption case to go to prison. Cunningham served eight years in a prison in Arizona and was released in 2013. Mitchell Wade, another contractor who bribed Cunningham, pleaded guilty and ended up testifying against Wilkes, receiving a 30-month sentence.
Wilkes spent 11 months in prison in 2008 before the appeals court ruled he could be free while his appeal went forward. The court allowed him to remain free after concluding in 2008 his appeal raised a "substantial questions of law or fact."
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Cinque Terre: Where Heaven Meets the Ocean & is only Distinguishable by the Thin White Horizon
This Sunday was one of the first free weekends, meaning that a) the school didn't have anything planned for us and b) that I could plan my own weekend trip! Now I could've turned this past weekend into a long weekend trip because I've been free since Thursday, but I didn't even think of that until Wednesday. So my next idea was to take two day trips: one to Venice and one to Cinqueterre. I tried to enlist some of my friends, but they didn't want to go to Venice. Cinqueterre this Sunday it was!
Cinqueterre means 5 Lands, and refers to five fishing villages on the cliffs of the Ligurian coast: Riomaggiore,Manarola, Corniglia,Vernazza and Monterosso. The five towns act as a marine park and are famous for their trails and views, the seafood and other delicious cuisine.
The trip, which cost 40 euro, was meant to be a hike across the trails that connected the five towns. (We booked it through Florence for Fun, which is one of the many student travel-friendly companies within Florence. They really have a lot to offer, and I'll probably go back again). I was really excited to go hiking because it would be good exercise and would provide me with more photo opportunities. However, due to bad weather this past week, some of the trails were closed/blocked, and we only hiked two out of the five. Lame! But it was still fun.
The first stop was the town Riomaggiore. Here is the first and most famous path: Via dell'Amore, a.k.a Lover's Lane. The walk connects Riomaggiore to Manarola, and provided me with some great shots of the ocean! I also took pictures of the lovers' murals and locks that were everywhere.
After Via dell'Amore, we were at Manarola. There wasn't much to do in this town besides take some pictures. The trail between Manarola and Corniglia was closed, so we had to take the train over. The station was packed and we all had to rush onto the train to get seats, or else we would've had to wait another hour and fifteen minutes before continuing. Well that wasn't going to happen. Being from New York, I'm used to rush hour on the subway and crazy packed mobs. Pushing my way through tourists was a piece of cake; it's all in a day's work.
From the Corniglia train station we had to walk up 365 steps to the center of town. This was actually no big deal, considering earlier in the semester I walked all the way to the top of the Duomo! And honestly, I was happy to get some hiking action in. So 365 steps later, we were in the middle of town and it was time to eat! So my friends and I went off, found a place and sat down. I ordered a pesto and cheese panini, and my group even had a visitor!
From Corniglia we trained it to the 4th town: Vernazza. This place was my absolute favorite because it had a beach! Now obviously the beaches for rocky, hilly towns aren't the same as, say, Jones Beach. There's sand, there's water, but there's also rock croppings and such. Regardless, Vernazza was still beautiful, and perfect for photo ops! So here's some of the beach:
And then me being me (which is obssessed with all things Little Mermaid) decided to pull off the famous pose of her singing on the rock. After she saves Prince Eric from drowning. This scene (I really hope the video works. If not, youtube it):
[Side Note: My dream man is Prince Eric–by that I mean someone with dark hair, blue eyes, a great bod, a decent amount of wealth and a personality. K thanks] So of course, me being in Italy by the water, by the rocks, knowing that scene by heart…I just had to do it. It took a few tries, but this was the best photo by far:
I mean, granted I don't have red hair, blue eyes, an amazing voice, or the waves crashing behind me, but this is about as close to epic (and similar) this photo can get. Also, I tried to recreate this same scene later, on wetter rocks, where there actually was crashing waves, and it turned into a disaster. The photos are funny, but I slipped and scratched my body up and cut a huge chunk of skin on my left pinky. Ouch!! Needless to say, I have to find a safer way to reenact my favorite scene.
So after Vernazza, the next and last stop was Monterosso. Unfortunately, my camera died. Which is an extreme bummer because while we were waiting for our boat (a boat takes you to the final town) three extremely attractive Italian men in speedos were fishing. Right next to us. They were tan, they were fit, they were…godly. I'd show you photos, but I don't have any. I'm waiting for my friend to upload them (yea I'm talking to you Caitlin).
After watching the gods frolick in the water, catch fish and tease us with their charmingly good looks, the boat arrived and took us to the last town. This was a waste of time, as we had fifteen minutes to do whatever and then catch a train all the way back to Florence. I did, however, buy a beautiful journal. It's blue and printed with a pattern of dolphins. Hand-made too. So that's one souvenir from my weekend trip!
Although I was a little disappointed that we didn't do much hiking, and somewhat upset that I injured myself, I thoroughly enjoyed the trip. Did I mention how absolutely gorgeous Cinqueterre was? I'm sure the photos speak for themselves. I've only seen such a beautiful azure blue when I visited Belize for a few days. And the sky was so clear and the hills and mountains were so lush and green. It was amazing just walking through all of it. The weather was beautiful, I was able to step up my photo game and I got to gaze upon some godlike men. Sounds perfect to me; one trip down, only several more to go!
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The mark over the S in Šebek gives the Sch sound in Czech. But the name is actually Egyptian in derivation. In fact it is the ancient Egyptian crocodile god. Spelled in variety of ways from Sobk, Sobek to Sebek(our spelling is on some of the columns of temples still standing today).
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Drug lords, crooked police and sex workers are having a field day in Umbilo – right under the noses of senior police officers and management, including Transport and Community Safety and Security MEC Willies Mchunu, alleges a local civic organisation.
Umbilo's residents not only count police spokesman Colonel Jay Naicker among their neighbours, but also Mchunu, under whose control the police department falls.
However, a community surveillance street map which the Tribune has seen, shows at least 30 hotspots in the suburb where drug activity is said to be rife.
The map is the result of a two-year investigation involving community activists, drug addicts, security companies and police reservists and comes as members of the Umbilo Action Group (UAG), supported by local Community Policing Forum, prepare for a march scheduled for Saturday.
The protest will include handing over a petition detailing a litany of complaints against the management of Umbilo SAPS.
The UAG has also written to acting national police commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi asking for the station management to be "dissolved" and administered by the national SAPS office.
In the petition, the station's management is accused of:
- Sowing division within the community in what would appear to be a cynical attempt to keep the Umbilo Community Policing Forum weak and ineffectual.
- Providing less than acceptable standards of policing, facilities and service delivery in accordance with the SA Police Service Act and SAPS Standing Orders.
- Failing to institute due process as recommended by the Independent Complaints Directorate in accordance with complaints brought against officers' treatment of sexual offence victims.
- Failing to address the proliferation of the drug and sex offences within the Umbilo precinct.
- Creating a culture of unaccountability to the community the station is required to serve.
- Failing to provide transparent response mechanisms to complaints brought by the community and independent oversight organisations.
- Endorsing gender prejudice through senior officers' failure to respect or uphold the rights of victims of sexual offences.
- Failing to investigate allegations of serious criminal and/or corrupt activities by senior officers.
- Fostering a culture of fear throughout the community by threatening arbitrary arrest of those who level valid complaints against the station.
Since the UAG's call for action, residents have responded with allegations against Umbilo police.
A 63-year-old resident told the Tribune she had been threatened with murder by a policeman. Her only crime, she said, was venturing into a section of the police station that is not meant for the public, in order to ask about a blood donor meeting at the station.
"The officer said, 'I'm going to kill you'. I was very upset, and I told him I would report the incident. It was completely unprovoked. I'm a blood donor and I was just trying to do my bit for the community."
The pensioner, who asked not to be named, said she had reported the matter to the police station, but "nothing got done".
Another resident claimed that police had taken three hours to respond to a complaint of car theft.
There are also claims that the station's overall crime statistics were inaccurate, with people turned away when they wanted to report certain crimes.
Another resident said, "I, as a community worker, am disillusioned and frequently disgusted by the futility of dealing with Umbilo SAPS, commend this brave attempt at obtaining justice, law, order and relief on behalf of the citizens of Glenwood, Umbilo, and committed and professional SAPS officers.
"Our action - or inaction - now, will determine the future safety and security status of our present and future young and old, schools, tertiary institutions, churches, businesses and property values in our once respectable and peaceful suburb."
Despite promising an interview with Umbilo Station commander Gerald Mkhize last week, provincial police management reneged through Naicker this week, and said that Mkhize could not be interviewed "due to the attention that this matter has received".
Vanessa Burger, of UAG, said it was ironic that the community was under siege from crime and many officers failing to perform their duties, despite high-ranking officials Naicker and Mchunu being local residents.
While Naicker would not comment on the matter, saying it had now been "personalised", Mchunu's spokesman Kwanele Ncalane said, "Residents have a right to send complaints to the MEC who, as a citizen and responsible person, will then take that forward.
"Our view is that crime can be defeated if the community rises and alerts police and government. They mustn't view this in a negative way. Now that we've identified these places, the next thing is to have a programme of action to deal with the matters and raid these places."
Burger said quick action was needed to address the community's concerns. "The fact that the entire community is uniting behind this call for SAPS National's intervention demonstrates how widespread and severe the problems are."
She added that if police were not addressing complaints, there was a tendency for the public to take the law into their own hands.
"(This) when combined with Umbilo SAPS' inefficiency, lack of resources and poor morale, could result in anarchy with residents at war with criminals and corrupt officers. I also don't want to believe most officers are corrupt, so I remain hopeful." - Tribune


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Shingles are also very resistant to hail damage. In areas where hail is a common phenomenon it os probably a good idea to consider a good impact resistant roofing material.
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Tile roofs or ceramic tile roof materials are often overlooked in Kentucky. They add a Spanish flair to homes which may or may not jive with the local feel of the neighborhood.
What most people don't realize when it comes to installing a new tile roof is that there are several shapes, sizes, colors and textures. There are so many more designs than the traditional one we are used to seeing in the picture above.
Tile roof work great in any climate contrary to popular belief. Most people associate tile roofing with homes in the desert Southwest or even south of the border.
Clay and concrete tile roofing offer the industry's sturdiest and safest roof in the entire roofing industry. Ensuring that your roofing contractor knows how to properly install a clay roof is crucial to the life and longevity of the new clay tile roof.
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A new tile roof isn't cheap, but over the life of the home it will be far a far less expensive roofing option than others. Other applications that are initially cheaper will need to be replaced long before you tile roof will need any attention.
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TheKingOfVa360 wrote:miller31time wrote:Through 5 games, John Wall is averaging a per-36 of 22.8pts, 11.1asts, 3.8rebs, 1.8stls and 1.5blks.
His PER is 25.2 which puts him 6th in the NBA.
Wow that is amazing. Safe to say Wall has taken his game to another level this season. He's playing like a superstar and like maybe the best PG in the NBA so far. His defense is amazing.
Wall has a bit to go before we can put him top 3 PG category. I suspect some of the TOs will cut down as the team gets in better sync with him, and he'll probably get more assists as he has to spend last time on the court with JC. He's probably also like 7lbs away from being in prime game shape. The best is still yet to come. I'm glad he's taking jumpers though. He has a bit more swag to him then I expected he would have coming back from that lengthy injury.


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Perth teenager Katherine Downie to lead Australia at Paralympic swimming world championships in Canada
A Perth teenager will fly to Canada tomorrow to lead Australia's team at the Paralympic swimming world championships.
Paralympian Katherine Downie, 17, will join 650 other competitors in Montreal before the meet kicks off in mid-August.
Downie says she has been preparing hard and will compete in five events and hopes to add to her two medals won at the London Paralympics last year.
"I'm hoping for a medal finish, I do believe I can do that but you know we'll just see what happens," she said.
"But what I'm really excited about meeting all my competition again."
Downie also says being nominated as team leader was a total surprise.
"I think they picked the wrong person. I don't really have that much experience but I do love getting on with the girls and to be nominated as team leader is pretty exciting and an honour as well," she said.
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NEW YORK (Sep. 27)
Edwin Wolf II, of Philadelphia, was chosen president of the National Foundation for Jewish Culture by the board of directors in the first election of permanent officers, it was announced here today. Mr. Wolf, a professional librarian and historian, is presicent of the Federation of Jewish Agencies of Greater Philadelphia and was formerly president of the Jewish Publication Society.
At the same time Herbert H. Lehman, former Governor and Senator of the State of New York, was named honorary president. Other officers elected were: Samuel Bronfman of Montreal, Julian Freeman of Indianapolis and Judge Simon Sobeloff of Baltimore, vice-presidents; Edwin Rosenberg of New York, treasurer; William Lee Frost of New York, assistant treasurer; and Dr. Judah J. Shapiro, also of New York, secretary.


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Just starting - 12-26-2010, 05:46 PM
I am more inclined to spend some light chatting with Afghans...not so much in need of a list of resources to study in-depth...although, I wouldn't turn down anything, because I want to learn as much as I can.
I've been surfing around a bit, just perusing some of the threads...I hope to stay away from any hating, denouncing or stereotyping. Obviously controversy and strife are a part of the region...and I am definately going to be a component of that mix, but I trully am just trying to learn about people...because, in the end, that's what we really are.
I look forward to meeting you. kha woraz walary!
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Welcome David, so I assume you teach high school? Feel free to ask what you want.
A line[Durrand line] of hatred that raised a wall between the two brothers -Hamid Karzai
The men of Kábul and Khilj also went home; and whenever they were questioned about the Musulmáns of the Kohistán (the mountains), and how matters stood there, they said, "Don't call it Kohistán, but Afghánistán; for there is nothing there but Afgháns and disturbances." Thus it is clear that for this reason the people of the country call their home in their own language Afghánistán, and themselves Afgháns. The people of India call them Patán; but the reason for this is not known. But it occurs to me, that when, under the rule of Muhammadan sovereigns, Musulmáns first came to the city of Patná, and dwelt there, the people of India (for that reason) called them Patánsbut God knows!
-Ferishta, 15601620
Thank you so much david thats amazing i did robert frost for my G C S E S i also did john steinbeck too another brilliant poet excellent stuff both poets have written i know the poem your talking about the road not taken amazing poem i wrote a assigment on it when i was 14.
all the people are loyal to Afghanistan as the Great undefeated king(emperor) Ahmad Shah Durrani said :
"By blood, we are immersed in love of you.
The youth lose their heads for your sake. I come to you and my heart finds rest.
Away from you, grief clings to my heart like a snake. I forget the throne of Delhi
when I remember the mountain tops of my Afghan land.
If I must choose between the world and you,
I shall not hesitate to claim your barren deserts as my own"
there you go
the theory of pashtuns not accepting Afghanistan as their nation is false
pashtuns not accepting pakistan is not false since the british drew a line between their hartland.
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no you are not pushing anything on Afghanistan an dAfghanistan has always been an independent nation and never been colonised.
i think americans are too naive and think the whole world is america or the whole world wants to be like america which is not the case.
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well david your making a great effort i understand the question you asked above is alot deeper and needs a deeper answer as its the main question and its more deeper than the answer you got will do my best to answer it , but do wish more people thought like you.
Dear David (or Da-ood as we say in Afghanistan)
Welcome and pa khaair raghlaay,
As a fellow American, and as an ardent American firster, I can only hope that they send you back as fast as they send you there. It is tragic that our ruling elites, democrats and republicans alike, are sending America's soldier-children and treasure into harm's way to sustain the unsustainable. I hope your wife and kids recognize the David Kross that comes back as exactly the same as the one that left. As a doctor in fellowship training, a part of my work takes me to the local VA to treat vets. I see them returning in the droves with shrapnel in their heads and depression that borders on suicidal at higher rates than any generation of warriors before it. They went from being small town boys that went to the local football game and church on Sundays, to having to kill in a war that does not benefit our national security and disenfrachises the multitides in ways that Washington and Adams would have been horrified with.
It is all the more tragic that congressman of both parties, with little loyalty to the America that the founders sought to build, are sending you there to nation build and sustain an oligarchial and meritless leader that has run the most phenomenally corrupt government in Afghanistan's history. To add unfathomable shame to tragedy, they are sending the hard earned money that the parents of your 7th graders made, to build houses in Dubai for men that were without merit or accomplishment here in the US, so that they can be governors and "khans" in the new and "free" Afghanistan. The greatest military with the most professional training and the most vast arsenal ever incepted is being utilized to do construction (or pay contractors to do it poorly) work and build swimming pools for mass murderers instead of doing what it does best, which is inflict severe punishment on America's adversaries.
While Americans are having to make the hard choices of whether to delay college by a few years so that they can help their double job working parents pay the rent, the sons and daughters of installed ministers are having their educations paid for by the parents of your 7th graders to attend American Universities. A kid in Tennessee will have to wait his turn to be admitted to Georgetown while Yama Karzai takes up a spot there to do poorly academically but still somehow be installed as a director of the Afghan Intelligence Services.
David, do be wary of that other government across the border as well. Its generals know that their loathsome and corrupt order is on life support in the form of, once again, hard earned American dollars. Therefore, it boggs you down in an unwinnable war of attrition to make sure and milk every last dollar out of your country. Their brigadiere generals will certainly never invite you over to the fabulous Islamabad bungalow that they build with your American treasure while an American family loses their home (worth three times less). They, like Yama, will make sure to send their kids to Harvard and Yale so that they can learn to sustain hegemony and feudalism in ways only the ivy leagues can teach.
There is depthless sorrow that we Americans ought to feel while we live in the knowledge of the fact that we are sending you to ensure that Baliwal "Bollywood" Bhutto remains in the wings, living off our nations coffers and is being groomed to further our involvement in his neighborhood to the point of our economic bankruptcy. All the while, Mir Wais Karzai is being groomed in the Arg Palace, once again with American dollars, to become his father's equal in the standards and weights of immeasurable corruption. We Americans used to accomplish things like sending men to the moon, now we accomplish sustaining multi-generational corruption in the name of national security.
David, I recommend this article by your brave comrade, decorated Marine Captain Matthew Hoh, a high-level official that killed America's enemies with brutal efficiency:
and I leave with the quotes of Washington to keep close to your heart:
My ardent desire is, and my aim has been... to comply strictly with all our engagements foreign and domestic; but to keep the U States free from political connections with every other Country. To see that they may be independent of all, and under the influence of none. In a word, I want an American character, that the powers of Europe may be convinced we act for ourselves and not for others; this, in my judgment, is the only way to be respected abroad and happy at home."
My policy has been, and will continue to be, while I have the honor to remain in the administration of the government, to be upon friendly terms with, but independent of, all the nations of the earth. To share in the broils of none. To fulfill our own engagements. To supply the wants, and be carriers for them all: Being thoroughly convinced that it is our policy and interest to do so."
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The Essential Video Games of 2012
Equal parts instrument and game, Sound Shapes gives everyone the ability to make music. Play through a unique campaign that fuses music and artwork into a classic 2D platformer, featuring artwork by Pixeljam, Capy, Superbrothers and more, with music by I Am Robot and Proud, Jim Guthrie and Deadmau5.
Create your own unique musical levels with all of the campaign content and share with the world. Sound Shapes creates an ever-changing musical community for everyone to enjoy at home or on the go.
Red Lynx topped their impressive debut of Trials HD in nearly every way with this year's release of Trials Evolution. This physics based racer will have players testing their hand eye coordination in navigating some of the most challenging courses in the series.
While Red Lynx made this dirt bike riding gameplay popular with Trials HD, they've included some meaningful additions in Evolution with a robust track editing tools suite, and online racing via Xbox Live.
For 1200 Microsoft Points there probably wasn't a better gameplay for dollar value in 2012.
Fans of the survival horror genre haven't had much to be excited about in recent years. With even the most familiar franchises abandoning the genre for the greener sales pastures of more action oriented experiences.
So what does Ubisoft do? They release a zombie themed title that is probably the purest survival horror title that a console has seen in a long time, while tailoring the game exclusively for the Wii U GamePad.
For survival horror fans, ZombiU is a dream come true. Scavenging for supplies in a zombie infested London, while utilizing the GamePad for immersing and innovative gameplay, makes ZombiU the first must have "core" title for Nintendo's next-gen console.
When developers are looking to pay homage to yesteryear's classic PC titles, they should take note of Firaxis Games' XCOM: Enemy Unknown. Not only does this strategy title stay faithful to the game's roots, it brings some of these classic systems up to speed with all the trimmings of modern day game development.
For strategy fans, XCOM: Enemy Unknown is nothing short of amazing. The pace of turn-based combat isn't for everyone though, and complexities of some of the systems that are invovled with saving the world from an alien invasion can be overwhelming at times.
The sheer amount of customization and personalization that you can add to XCOM units gives each and every attempt at saving the world a personal feel, that you just don't see in other games of this type.


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It was over 20 years ago that Robin Wright introduced us to headstrong Princess Buttercup, but the confident attitude of "The Princess Bride" certainly endures: In a new interview with Town and County magazine, the actress says she refuses to get work done, no matter the Hollywood pressure.
The "House of Cards" star, 48, recounted how she briefly entertained the thought of plastic surgery when director David Fincher first pitched her on the Netflix series.
"I was sitting there going, 'You're 45, and you're not gonna get a face-lift,'" she said. "And I was really considering that stuff, because in Hollywood the pressure's there. You better lift that face and pump those lips and hike those boobs! And I was like, 'I don't want to do that. I'm going to get older. I'm going to have wrinkles!'"
Wright, who won a 2014 Golden Globe for her scheming, Lady Macbeth-like role in the political thriller, is refreshingly candid, going on to share her criticism of the movie industry, fad diets (she calls the Paleo Diet "a drag"), and her future ambitions (she "really" wants to direct).
She even addresses her Hollywood career, admitting she realizes she isn't necessarily an A-lister, despite her many memorable roles: "I'm not up there with Kate Winslet and Julia Roberts. I don't sell tickets. I've known that for a long time."
Confidence, it seems, didn't come easy for the blond beauty early on in her work, especially in a town that didn't always want her.
"It was always down to the wire between me and Molly Ringwald," she said of auditioning for John Hughes films in the '80s, "and Molly always got the part."
Today, however, Wright seems at peace with her current acting career, her personal life (she's engaged to actor Ben Foster), and simply embracing who she is. As she said of online critics: "I don't give a s--t what anybody thinks."
As you wish, your highness.
Famous faces: Supermodels then and now
They were once "just" supermodels, now they're designers, business owners, TV judges and moms. Take a look at these gorgeous ladies as they were at the height of their celebrity — and now.
Famous faces: Supermodels then and nowof
Born Lesley Hornby, Twiggy entered the fashion world as a teenager in the swinging '60s, becoming well-known for her androgynous physique, large eyes and cropped hair. Since being dubbed "the face of 1966" by the Daily Express, she's gone on to act on screen, stage and television. She also had a stint as a judge on the reality show "America's Next Top Model."
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Christy Turlington
Christy Turlington has graced over 500 magazine covers since she started modeling as a teenager. Now 44, she has earned a master's degree in public health from Columbia University and is married to Ed Burns, with whom she has two children.Getty Images / Getty Images
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Claudia Schiffer
German-born Claudia Schiffer was first spotted in a nightclub at the age of 17, and went on to become one of the world's most highly-photographed models, appearing on over 700 magazine covers throughout her career. Since her modeling heyday Schiffer has performed in films, designed her own fashion collection and acted as a U.K. Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF.WireImage, Getty Images / WireImage, Getty Images
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Elle Macpherson
Dubbed "The Body" in the 1980s, Elle Macpherson has made a record five appearances on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue during her career. Post-modeling she started successful lingerie and skin care lines. The 48-year-old is now the host and producer of NBC's "Fashion Star."Getty Images / Getty Images
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Linda Evangelista
A longtime muse of photographer Steven Meisel, Linda Evangelista has appeared on over 600 magazine covers. Now 47, she has one child with billionaire Frenchman Francois-Henri Pinault. Proving that beauty knows no age, she became the new face of Talbots in June 2010.WireImage / WireImage
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Heidi Klum
Heidi Klum became the first German Victoria's Secret Angel in 1997, at the age of 24. Now 39, she's still strutting down the runway, appearing most recently as a host and model at the 2012 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. This busy lady is also a host and executive producer of Project Runway, and a mother to four children.
"The ultimate beauty secret for a woman getting older is, Don't be too thin! It is always better to have a little meat on your bones," she told Self in 2010.WireImage / WireImage
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Marisa Berenson
Yves Saint Laurent called Marisa Berenson, granddaughter of fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli, "the girl of the Seventies." Since her supermodeling days, the 65 year old has broken into the movie industry — most recently appearing in the 2010 film "I Am Love."Getty Images / Getty Images
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Naomi Campbell
Discovered by a scout at the age of 15, Naomi Campbell was one of the biggest models of the early '90s. Despite stints in rehab for cocaine addiction, she's continued to grace the catwalk, walking the runway in 2007 for Dior's 60th anniversary fashion show.Getty Images / Getty Images
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Christie Brinkley
Christie Brinkley, 59, became famous for her Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue covers in the late '70s and spent 25 years as the face of CoverGirl. More recently she's had guest roles on television shows like Parks and Recreation. "I don't ever apply makeup without scrubbing my face first," the mother of three told People in 2011. "And I'm very careful with my makeup. Too much emphasizes your wrinkles."WireImage, Getty Images / WireImage, Getty Images
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Cindy Crawford
Cindy Crawford and her signature mole shot to worldwide fame as the supermodel became a household name in the '80s. Now 46, she has two children and several business ventures, including a line of furniture. "As I've gotten older I wear less makeup," she tweeted in 2012. "It can make you look older, and hopefully we get more comfortable in our skin."WireImage, AP / WireImage, AP
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Helena Christensen
Helena Christensen has had several titles throughout her career: Beauty queen, Victoria's Secret Angel, photographer and creative director for Nylon magazine. The mom of one, now 44, even launched her own clothing line in 2006 and has continued modeling in fashion campaigns.AP / AP
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Iman spent 14 years as one of the top fashion models in the world. These days she's married to David Bowie and keeps busy with her successful cosmetics company, Iman Cosmetics, which she started in 1994.WireImage, Getty Images / WireImage, Getty Images
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Jerry Hall
Fashion model and actress Jerry Hall still isn't camera shy, recently posing nude with her 28-year-old daughter Lizzy Jagger in a campaign to raise awareness of overfishing. Hall, 56, also became the face of Invisible Zinc Skincare in 2010.Getty Images / Getty Images
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Kate Moss
Famous for her waifish figure, Kate Moss was discovered at the age of 14 and went on to become the face of Calvin Klein, Burberry, Dior and many other labels. She continues to model today and has designed a collection for Topshop. Moss, 39, married British musician Jamie Hince in 2007.AP / AP
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Lauren Hutton
Lauren Hutton, 69, has graced the cover of Vogue 26 times throughout her glamorous career. Fired by Revlon at 40, she made a comeback as a model in the '90s before posing nude in Big magazine at the age of 61.WireImage, Getty Images / WireImage, Getty Images
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Tyra Banks
Tyra Banks started modeling at 15, eventually becoming a Victoria's Secret Angel and the first-ever African American model chosen for the cover of the lingerie company's catalogue. Now 39, Banks hasn't shied away from being honest about the aging process. "My butt's kind of sagging. It doesn't look as good. My boobs are kind of sagging, too!" she told In Touch in 2012.Getty Images / Getty Images


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FoW (No. 21): To succeed, we need to act less like dinosaurs and more like bacteria
- By Thomas E. RicksThomas E. Ricks covered the U.S. military from 1991 to 2008 for the Wall Street Journal and then the Washington Post. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.
By Matthew McClure
Best Defense future of war essay entrant
The most successful organisms in Earth's history are simple enough to evolve quickly in response to their environment. Dinosaurs, mammoths, and great civilizations all fall, but bacteria evolves and outlasts. Bacteria proved this resilience through the ages because of an evolutionary pace greater than its threats. Like bacteria, the future of war belongs to those who can evolve or iterate faster than their enemies.
Like watching bacteria in a petri dish, we witnessed this evolution in the fight against IEDs. The first IEDs used wireless detonators so we built jammers. They iterated and deployed a dozen new ways to explode. We created a $1 billion JIEDDO program office, waited a few years, and then deployed MRAPs. In that time, the diversity of IEDs grew large and varied through hundreds of generational iterations. For every one counter-IED system, the enemy deployed dozens of new bombs. Our enemy learned and we were out-iterated.
But it's not the IED, consumer electronics, or even the Internet. It's how all of these enable iteration. Want a rat-bomb? Cough up the small cash for a 3D printer ($2800), add a Raspberry Pi micro controller ($35), hit up GitHub, and iterate until it works. When they learn how to stop them, print something just different enough and try again. Better yet, print 1000 different types of Varmint Based Munitions (VBM) and see which survive and let that design reproduce. But I hope we remember it wasn't the rat, but bacteria that killed half of Europe. For the future, look to the technologies that enable rapid, bacteria-like evolution. 3D printing, programmable microcontrollers, and open, crowdsourced software projects are just a few examples that let our enemies field hundreds of disparate systems faster than we can draft a single requirements document.
To make things worse for the United States, an enemy capable of rapid iteration is even more lethal against a monolithic bureaucracy. The multi-year program of record and the master technology plan are pointless. While we pour billions and years to create a single-use, one-time hypersonic demo, the enemy is iterating through hundreds of directed energy counters. Tomorrow's winners will have iterated through many ideas faster than the losing bureaucracy with its zealous faith in the singular approach.
Trying many ideas fast is how my side of the generational gap works, and if you want to know what the world of tomorrow brings look at the kids. Fueled by XBox and PlayStation, we iterate through millions of hours of military tactics before the ink dries on the first War College essay. Our data are collected, aggregated, and scrutinized by millions of players around the world before that essay gets through peer review. By the time it's published to the like-minded, we're already on to the next war.
King of the jungle is appealing, but will never outlast the king of the petri dish. Throughout the eons of Earth's history, the simple and evolutionarily quick bacteria always defeat the large predator. Similarly, wars of tomorrow will go to those able to out-iterate their enemies.
But we can keep pace and even thrive if we free the power of individual creativity from the chains of bureaucratic process. Enable a diverse pool of researchers, combat veterans, engineers, and even artists from every background and discipline with the tools of iteration. Give them a problem and get out of their way. We all evolve when they fearlessly pursue failure and then try, try again.
Matthew McClure is an engineer and defense consultant. Before that, he spent 10 years in the Air Force Research Laboratory playing video games and trying to move Title X Wargaming into the 21st century. He is also a damn millennial.
Tom note: Why not share a spoonful from your own petri dish on the future of war? Consider submitting an essay. The contest remains open for at least another few weeks. Try to keep it short — no more than 750 words, if possible. And please, no footnotes or recycled war college papers.


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Vista schools Superintendent Joyce Bales, 65, said last night that she would retire at the end of the school year to move closer to her family in Tennessee.
She announced her retirement at a Vista Unified School District board of trustees meeting. She will serve the remainder of her contract, which expires June 30, 2012.
Bales' total compensation package was about $270,000 annually, including a $12,000 yearly car allowance.
Bales was hired in 2006 to boost test scores in the school district, which faces a plethora of socioeconomic challenges, including a large English learner population.
The district is expected to have 22,252 students this school year.
"I'm sad, very sad, to see you go," trustee Jim Gibson said to Bales at the meeting. "I wish you could stay for many years. You have added a lot to this district. You've done a great job and turned around a lot of things here. ... I will sorely miss you."
Gibson's support for the superintendent has not always been shared by all.
A board majority has often clashed with the superintendent, leading some to characterize the board as falling into two camps: those who support the teachers' union and those who support the superintendent.
Bales' performance has been reviewed by the school board every month in 2011, though her contract only calls for such reviews once a year.
She said the constant evaluations were not the reason for her resignation.
"I'm not going to stop doing the right things for the kids," she said. Her focus has always been reading and math, which enable students to thrive in school and in life, she said.
She began teaching, following in her mother's footsteps, in 1967, she said.
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And some Celeb Schmoozing for today! It may be late, but it's still fashion. (Ok, I think I should stop talking now for the fear of more G-awful lines).
Onto the beauty:
How incredible does Amy Adams Look?
Somehow I prefer Leighton with her hair down though. The dress is amazing, but with her hair pulled back like this it looks like she has a HUGE forehead.
I am loving this glamorous Donna Karan that Ashley Greene wore.
Also, I am still so jealous of this woman. Look at that bum, those legs, that perfect face. *fawn* but, then again, I would never be able to wear heels.


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I find that there is nothing less nutritious in life than quickie autobiographies of Warholian figures. These are people who are fleetingly famous for a very specific purpose, with said purpose capable of thorough exploration in the space of a mid-sized magazine feature. We nevertheless get full-blown books out of these guys for some reason, and are forced to slog through approximately 76 pages of the author's uneventful childhood before getting to what we all really want to read, which is the part where he screws everything up in his life and gets arrested.
Thankfully there are people like Michael Schmidt of the New York Times. Schmidt sweet-talked a copy of Kirk Radomski's book from a clerk at Books-a-Million or someplace, and has the highlights:
In a portion of the book that is likely to attract attention, Radomski states that he was asked by Mitchell about a handful of major leaguers who were not among his dozens of customers and who did not end up being named in the Mitchell report. Radomski names this group of players in his book — several of them have been previously linked to performance-enhancing drugs in other books — and says that he told Mitchell that he had no firsthand knowledge about their possible use of drugs.
Mitchell, through a spokesman, disputed Radomski's claim that he was asked about specific players who were not named in the report. "At no time did we raise the names of specific players who had not previously been identified to us by Mr. Radomski," John Clarke, a spokesman for Mitchell, said in an e-mail message . . . "He said that he couldn't remember the names of all the players he had dealt with, so after the first interview, we provided him with a list of all the players who were on major league rosters during the relevant time periods for him to review," Clarke said.
Fine, Mitchell didn't raise names for Radomski. He just gave him a list of every friggin' ballplayer there was and asked him to pick some. I suppose that's kosher enough, but the conspiracy theorist in me wonders if the list was kind of like those photo lineups that courts are always ruling to be unduly suggestive. Like, Larry Bigbie and Eric Gagne's name were double-bolded and italicized or something.
In any event, after reading Schmidt's article, I hope that none of you feel an overpowering need to go buy Radomski's book. There is so much garbage being published these days that we shouldn't be in the business of encouraging any more of it.
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Being a great police officer requires many different skills. From bravery to a sense of humor, the best ones can instinctively figure out exactly what a situation needs and respond appropriately. This footage is a good reminder of that.
Waiting by the side of the road to find a speeder, the officer in the above video spots someone going almost twenty miles over the speed limit and turns on the sirens. Ordinarily, it only would have been a matter of time before the officer was able to roll up on the speeder and write him a ticket, but on this day, something funny happened on the way to the traffic stop: a family of ducks slowly started crossing the road.
In the grand scheme of possible offenses, going less than twenty miles an hour over the speed limit isn't exactly homicide. So, the policeman decided to follow Morrissey's lead and help the creatures to safety. Back at the station, his superiors were so amused with the video, they decided to slap on some humorous music and upload it online. Just a few days later, more than half a million people have enjoyed the clip and perhaps more importantly, gotten an indication of what Portland is all about.
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Innovate: to make changes; to do something in a new way; to introduce as or as if new; to effect change in. According to Merriam-Webster, these are the actions we must take to create innovation. Seems easy. But is it?
Each year, as we publish our annual InsideCounsel 10 story, in which we highlight 10 of the most innovative legal departments of the year, I sit back and assess my own success as an innovator. Sure, I can say I've implemented some "best practices" on a small scale in both my personal and professional lives. But if I shook the Magic 8-Ball and asked, "Have I really done what it takes to effect real change for measurable benefit in either?" the answer would likely be "My sources say no."
What's great about the IC10 story is that it not only offers up examples of useful best practices, but it also serves as a reminder to all of us that we're capable of more. Reading through the winners over the years—including our 2012 class—it's likely we all might say, "That doesn't sound so hard. I can do that."
Three things our IC10 winners consistently have in common are a dedication to finding a solution to a new or ongoing problem, the determination to successfully implement the change and a desire to make business (and as a result, life) run smoother. This year's winners are no different, with innovations that include a comprehensive internship program to help promote diversity and mentorship, the implementation of a complex anti-corruption program, a DIY project to streamline and organize the internal matter intake function and a reorganization of outside counsel management to realize millions of dollars in savings—to name only a few.
My short description of a handful of the winners does them little justice. Read "The 2012 IC10 Winners" for more about these legal leaders who have taken the extra steps to effect change for the betterment of their departments and their companies, and check out our additional exclusive IC10 coverage, including a slideshow of all the winners as well as a few video interviews. And on Sept. 18, please join me for our first-ever IC10 web seminar, where I will give a brief description of each of our 2012 winners and you will hear from a couple of the winners themselves.
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Paul Pope's 21st Century Superhero Epic 'Battling Boy' Finally Scheduled For October Release
Not a dream, not a hoax – Paul Pope's imaginary story Battling Boy has been scheduled for release by First Second Books three years after everyone had initially expected it, finally giving comics fans a chance to see the character that comics savant Pope describes as "the Superman we need for today."
In an interview to accompany a ten-page preview of the first volume in the two-book series at Entertainment Weekly, Pope explained the genesis of the much-anticipated series: While working with movie director Stephen Daldry, movie producer Scott Rudin and novelist Michael Chabon on a movie adaptation of Chabon's The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay that ended up stalling, Pope – whose 1990s serial One Trick Rip-Off is re-released in a new edition with over 150 pages of additional material today from Image Comics – started pondering the nature of superheroes and mythology in such a way that ideas started sparking. "I began thinking: What is the Superman we need for today?'" he tells EW, responding to his own question with "I thought, 'I think kids would love to see a kid who kills monsters.'"
Thus, Battling Boy — the story of the son of a war god, fighting to save the city of Arcopolis from, yes, monsters — was born. Or… conceived, at least. The birth was a particularly drawn out one, as Battling Boy was almost immediately sold as a movie, which slowed down development of the book, something that the creator now terms "maybe… a Faustian mistake." "It was this terrible conundrum," he says of the dual development process. "The film can't get made until the book is done, but the book can't get done until I get off the film to finish it." With the movie going on temporary hiatus (It's apparently back on now), Pope had a chance to "superglue my ass to a chair and finish the book," as he puts it, and the result is a glorious mix of mythology, pop culture and superheroes as only Pope could construct it. "It just doesn't feel like anyone has dipped the cup into the well and drawn a new hero for the 21st century," Pope ventured. "That was my goal."
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Say goodbye to the sun, New York.
Heavy bouts of rain, an atmospheric phenomenon practically banished in recent months, will be back in full force from Saturday afternoon through Monday. Although it's still a little early to know exactly which parts of the region will receive the most rain, it's almost certain that more than an inch of rain will fall on most spots.
A quick synopsis: the weekend's wet weather will be instigated by a reversal in the dominant weather paradigm of the last three months. Instead of stable high pressure dominating the East Coast, a large-scale trough of low pressure will open up the warmer-than-average coastal moisture plumes and send a cascade of rain clouds northward in conveyor belt fashion.
A stalled cold front just offshore of Long Island will act as a focal point for the moisture, especially on Sunday and Monday. Gusty winds may also accompany the downpours.


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I thought what does K2 really love... and I then thought... Amy Pond and Kittens.
He even made a reference to the bunnies hopping... Dear god, he's stolen my everything! lol
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I feel like that was somehow gimmick infringement.
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By MELINDA WILLIAMS
Dublin town attorney Thomas "Tommy" Baker Jr. was arrested last week in Pulaski County on a charge of intoxicated driving.
According to court records, Baker was arrested near Morehead Lane by Pulaski County Sheriff's Office Deputy E.L. Queen on one count of driving under the influence of alcohol and refusal to take a blood-alcohol or breath test.
Besides being appointed by Dublin Town Council as its town attorney in 1992, Baker also is a former member of the Virginia General Assembly, where he served for 1990-2000. He has been teaching paralegal studies at New River Community College since 2002.
He was released from custody on personal recognizance and is being represented by David Warburton, who serves as town attorney for Pulaski.
ouch….why I drink at home…and stay there when I do.
Put him UNDER the jail…..Keep DRUNKS off of the highways.
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Marina Spetlova: creating fabulous upcycled fashion garments from zips
Yet another Central Saint Martins graduate doing exciting things with fabric: Martina Spetlova's latest collection makes clever use of deadstock zips. Definitely an ethical designer to watch.. this is a taster of her interview in ACOFI.
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Fashion designer Martina Spetlova hails from Bohemia in the southern part of the Czech Republic. She studied Chemistry and Biology at university in Prague before coming to London where she was accepted onto a print design BA at Central Saint Martins, despite the absence of a portfolio. Having recently graduated from her MA she is now working on her second collection. En route she has won several prestigious competitions. Studying for an MA at Central Saint Martins seems to open doors.
During her year out from Central Saint Martins she set up a fairtrade embroidery network with women in Pakistan, spending six months living in the area to network between communities and fashion designers, which was great fun but also a lot of responsibility. There was an exhibition in London but sadly the project didn't last much longer after she left. I am now busy with my own label but I hope to incorporate… read more


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- [Factors associated with prehospital delay in men and women with acute coronary syndrome]A Daponte-Codina
Observatorio de Salud y Medio Ambiente de Andalucía, Escuela Andaluza de Salud Publica
An Sist Sanit Navar 39:47-58. 2016..To identify factors associated with prehospital delay in people who have had an acute coronary syndrome...
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1 Escuela Andaluza de Salud Pública, Área de Medioambiente, Salud Laboral y Seguridad Alimentaria, Granada, Spain 2 CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública CIBERESP, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
Eur J Public Health 24:980-90. 2014..This methodological article aims to contribute to this field by developing and testing a set of criteria for guiding and evaluating real-life interventions to reduce health inequalities in PHC settings in European regions...
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Int J Environ Res Public Health 7:60-77. 2010..22; 95% CI = 1.07, 1.40). Physical activity is influenced by individuals' characteristics as well as by their social and physical environment, the most disadvantaged groups are less likely to engage in physical activity...
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BMC Public Health 13:480. 2013..However, no joint analysis which pools the strength of this relationship across several cities has ever been undertaken. Such an analysis would determine, if appropriate, a joint relationship by linking the associations found...
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Servei de Sistemes d Informació Sanitaria, Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Int J Health Geogr 10:6. 2011..The aim of the present study was to analyse patterns of cancer mortality and their relationship with socioeconomic deprivation in small areas in 11 Spanish cities...
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Escuela Andaluza de Salud Publica, Granada, Spain
Scand J Public Health 36:504-15. 2008..This study examined the impact that individual social position and municipal area deprivation levels had on trends in inequalities in self-rated health in Spain, between 1987 and 2001...
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Escuela Andaluza de Salud Publica, Granada, Spain
Health Place 15:679-86. 2009..For women, the likelihood of smoking is higher when residing in less deprived municipal areas up to 1995/1997. Individual and environmental social factors are relevant for smoking in Spain...
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Escuela Andaluza de Salud Publica, Campus Universitario de Cartuja, Granada, Spain
J Trauma 60:620-6; discussion 626. 2006..Focus of motor vehicle crashes death prevention is actually placed on preinjury period. The purpose of this study was to estimate predictors of using seatbelts, helmet and children safety seats...
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Area de Salud Pública y Protección de la Salud, Escuela Andaluza de Salud Publica, Granada, Espana
Rev Esp Salud Publica 83:847-61. 2009....
- Use of emergency transport by patients with cardiopathies: a focus group studyJulia Bolívar-Muñoz
Escuela Andaluza de Salud Publica, Consejeria de Salud, Granada, Spain
Int J Qual Health Care 19:407-13. 2007..In Andalusia, this service is provided by calling 061. However, studies show an insufficient use of the existing emergency system in this type of patient...
- Socio-economic level, farming activities and risk of cancer in small areas of Southern SpainRicardo Ocaña-Riola
Escuela Andaluza de Salud Publica, Granada, Spain
Eur J Epidemiol 19:643-50. 2004..04-1.29) and 1.47 for oesophagus cancer (95% CI: 1.15-1.87). The results of this study reveal how important socio-economic and environmental factors are for the analysis of cancer incidence in small areas of Southern Spain...


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Savage Model 99 .300Savage, how likely to slam fire?
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Reloads or factory ammunition?
What primers on the rounds?
Primers are unpredictable things, they are made so that they ignite between "all fire" and "none fire" limits. The limits determined by dropping a steel ball on to a primer. All fire limits are around 15" drop height, I forget the none fire, might be 4 inches. However a primer lot is accepted even if primers fire at the lower limit, just too many primers cannot fire at the lower limit.
I am unfamiliar with the Savage 99 action, it is unusual for a firing pin in a manually operated arm to develop enough kinetic energy to ignite a primer. It is very uncommon in semi auto's with free floating firing pins. Based on data from William Davis's report on M16 slamfires, and his calculations, it appeared that a 1:64 million chance of a slamfire in the M16 was considered acceptable. About five to six people in the US die from snake bites, so dying from snake bite is around a 1:50 million chance in the US, so while both are rare, they will happen.
Incidentally, I heard 30,000 people a year die from snake bites in India!
It is possible a high primer could slamfire, given a hard enough hit, and several other conditions have to be met. According to CCI high primers are the most common reason for a misfire. The anvil has to be supported from the bottom, can't be hanging in the air, and it has to be pushed into the primer cake. However, lets say that you have cocked primers, part of the anvil supported in the primer bottom, and some of the primer above the case head, I believe a hard strike could set off a sensitive primer, but I don't have any evidence to prove so. If the primer pocket is shallow, primer above the case head, anvil firmly seaedl and pushed into the primer cake, a hard strike will set off the primer.
I suspect a mechanical explanation more than a chemical kinetic explanation. You really should check to see that the hammer is not following due to sear issues and the firing pin and hole are clean.
You should check this out as not all slamfires are in battery.
If the ammunition is fine and the rifle mechanically correct, maybe your big finger tripped the trigger.
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Coaches begin putting their units together in the spring, but it's not until well into the season that you can tell which teams have just the right mixture of impact players. One thing's for sure: For teams to realize their postseason dreams, these units have to jell by this time of the year. Entering the seventh week of the season, we take a look at the best units in Hillsborough County.
Offensive backfield
Armwood: QB Mywan Jackson runs the Hawks' balanced offense to perfection; RBs Tavari Grant and Sherman Jessie each average more than 5 yards a carry.
Chamberlain: In the Chiefs' triple-option offense, you can pick your poison. If QB Dontae Aycock doesn't hurt you, underrated RB Kenny Allen will.
Hillsborough: The Terriers are loaded with talent with the county's leading rusher, TB Lindsey Lamar, leading the way. QB Tarean Austin is a solid signal caller.
Plant: The Panthers don't run much — QB Aaron Murray is the leading rusher with 161 yards — but what Murray does in the passing game (25 TDs) more than makes up for it.
Wharton: The Wildcats have hard-running backs in Malik Williams and Shane McEwen, which allows the balance for QB Andrew Clifford.
Offensive line
Hillsborough: Anchored by dominant OT Darren Baker, the Terriers give Austin pass protection and open holes for Lamar.
Durant: It's nearly impossible to get around OT Cole Gilliam (6-foot-5, 325 pounds), who has paved openings for the Cougars' ground-oriented attack.
Middleton: One of the strengths of a young Tigers offense, talented OT Luis Polanco provides leadership and poise.
Armwood: The Hawks annually restock their line to be the county's best. This year's centerpiece is Vanderbilt commit Justin Cabbagestalk.
Wharton: Hunter Stout has kept some of the area's top ends in check, giving QB Andrew Clifford time to pass.
Alonso: Jesse Anaya can play both RB and WR, but he's best as a receiver (38 catches). Kory Strassberg and Justen Davis aren't bad either.
Hillsborough: The Terriers have the county's most talented group of WRs with Charles Lovett, Colby Walden and Terrence Mitchell.
Jefferson: QB Quentin Williams can spread the ball around. The Dragons have six players with at least 100 receiving yards, including Andre Davis.
Lennard: The Longhorns have three receivers with 200 or more yards, led by Brandon Stephens.
Plant: Call them Thunder and Lightning. Few teams can keep up with speedy junior Allen Sampson and fewer can size up with tight end Orson Charles.
Defensive lines
Chamberlain: DTs Eric Hammond and Dontavious Pyron are seemingly in the backfield every play. DE James Wilder hasn't been contained.
Armwood: Arguably the best unit in Florida and maybe the tops in the nation. DE Ryne Giddins is a bona-fide superstar.
Newsome: The Wolves have allowed six total points in the team's past three wins. That defensive production starts with Shawn Boone, Frank Marin and Conor O'Neal.
Tampa Bay Tech: Josh Smith anchors a group that frustrates most opponents.
Plant: All you need to know is this: The Panthers held their own against an excellent Armwood offensive line.
Armwood: Led by likely Division I-A players Casey Callahan and Petey Smith, this hard-hitting group rarely gets burned.
Plant: The Panthers come to play every Friday thanks to sure-handed tacklers like Mike Mirabella. And they enjoy punishing opponents.
Chamberlain: Three words to describe Deandre Hall and Co.: fast, fast, fast.
Tampa Catholic: Underrated group succeeds largely because of excellent fundamentals.
Hillsborough: As usual, the Terriers have one of the county's most athletic units.
Defensive backs
Armwood: Safety Angelo Hadley, rated as one of the state's 100 best seniors by Rivals.com, headlines this playmaking group.
Plant: This athletic, hard-hitting unit is led by Hunter Baldwin, an imposing SS.
Hillsborough: In Terrence Mitchell, the Terriers arguably have the region's most physically gifted DB.
Tampa Bay Tech: Corners D.D. Johnson and Antonio Wallace form a superb DB tandem.
Chamberlain: Quick enough to stick with receivers, agile enough to make plays on the ball. That's the Chiefs in a nutshell.
Special teams
Chamberlain: The Chiefs know how to block kicks — and return them thanks to standout Anthony Williams.
Hillsborough: Few return kickoffs as well as Colby Walden. And placekicker Evan Colborne is a good one.
Wharton: Jairus Jones averages 25.3 yards per punt return.
East Bay: Forrest Meredith is 4-for-5 on field goals and returner Masiya Stone averages 27 yards.
Jesuit: Tyler Feely has pinned seven of 20 punts inside the 20.