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CHESTERFIELD, Va. - Vice President Joe Biden made a raw appeal to Virginia's middle class on Tuesday, blasting the GOP presidential ticket for pushing what he says is a blueprint for boosting middle-income taxes while giving trillions in tax breaks to the rich.
Biden said Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan represent a radical and obstructionist brand of conservatism that would sacrifice education and Medicare to help the wealthy.
"Look, folks, this is not your father's Republican Party," Biden said, portraying Romney as out of touch with ordinary people and Ryan as willing to wreck the nation's finances to protect the wealthy from tax increases.
Virginia Republicans countered that it's Obama's policies that will hurt economic growth and kill jobs.
"The president's proposed tax increases will not make the next four years any better than the last. They will only stifle growth and eliminate nearly 20,000 jobs in Virginia alone," said Michael Short, a spokesman for the Republican Party in Virginia. Short argued that Romney's approach would lower tax rates for all and create 340,000 jobs in the state.
Appealing directly to the moderates who decide elections in Virginia, particularly in middle-class suburbs like Chesterfield, Biden evoked his former Senate colleague from the state.
"I would be dumbfounded if former Republican Sen. John Warner said anything like that," Biden told his audience of more than 500 people in a cramped tractor barn at a county fairground. "I would be dumbfounded. I worked with him for 30 years." Warner retired in 2009 after serving five terms. He was succeeded in office by Democrat Mark R. Warner.
"Ladies and gentlemen, this isn't even Mitt Romney's father's Republican Party," Biden continued. Romney's father, George, unsuccessfully sought the 1968 GOP presidential nomination and was governor of Michigan.
Biden bored in on the Democrats' message to middle-income voters, exploiting Romney's secretly recorded comments to donors at a private fundraiser several months ago in which he said 47 percent of Americans pay no taxes, are dependent on government benefits and consider themselves victims.
"Instead of attacking people who work for a living and pay their way, Romney should be respecting their work," Biden said. "When he said it is not my job to worry about (the 47 percent) ... then whose job is it?"
Biden spoke in Chesterfield County, which has not voted Republican in statewide elections in years. But Chesterfield, a suburb of Richmond, is rich in the middle-income families both presidential campaigns are courting.
Recent polls in the battleground state place Obama slightly ahead of Romney. Obama won Virginia in 2008, becoming the first Democrat since Lyndon B. Johnson to gain victory here.


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Los Gigantes Sunset. Tenerife
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Palm Tree – Tenerife – Canary Islands – Holiday
Taken on a balcony at El Sombrero, Los Gigantes, Tenerife. Copyright Tom Tolkien 2012.
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Follow Friday: The Burgenland BunchPosted: April 16, 2010 Filed under: Genealogy | Tags: Austria, communities, Follow Friday 2 Comments
My mother-in-law's family emigrated to the United States from Austria in the 19th century; that much was certain. But the Germanic village names on a handwritten family fact sheet presented the spelling confusion that occurs when an American-born child or grandchild writes down what they hear.
In this case, it took only little bit of poking around to figure out that "Tahton" was actually the village of Tadten, and "Halbthurn or Holfturn" meant Halbturn. Both of these places are in the region of southeast Austria called the Burgenland, and isn't my mother-in-law lucky? The Burgenland Bunch has this area covered, and I mean covered.
The Burgenland Bunch is the brainchild of the late Gerry Berghold, who in 1996 started sharing tips by email with fellow Burgenlander researchers he met on AOL. The first official email newsletter came out in January 1997.
From a simple email newsletter the Burgenland Bunch has morphed into an organization whose extensive website includes archival material, surname query lists, maps and research tips. It has worked in an enthusiastic partnership with officials in present-day Burgenland — in fact, Gerry Berghold and several of the Bunch's staff were recognized by the Austrian government for their efforts in promoting knowledge and appreciation of the Burgenland.
Gerry Berghold grew and tended the Burgenland Bunch for a decade, retiring from the organization only a month before his death in 2008, five years after being diagnosed with cancer. The Burgenland Bunch goes on due to the efforts of 15 volunteers from the United States and Austria. It's a remarkable example of international genealogy cooperation, born out of an AOL email loop.


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Howdy, I'm Jude. Like Karritz I remember back when The Sims was intended to be an active part of a "future" release of SimCity. I guess the programming proved too much for the developers because The Sims came out without any connection to the "new" release of SimCity, which had no individual lives like the previous version.
So I also date back to the beginning. My husband had a Mac and I had a PC, so we would take turns playing on the PC until they released the Mac version. At that point we would sit side by side and play. He would spend hours building mansions while I played my families. This is also what we did with TS2 and TS3 when they were released.
We always bought every expansion when it was released, but stuff packs were hit or miss. At one point I was home on disability and found a website that let me play games for points that I could trade for Amazon gift cards. I would then use the cards to buy more Sims packs. At some point I had more EPs than I was actually playing, because when I got back to the game last summer I found that I knew very little about all the extra gameplay that the EPs added, so I started back with the base game and added them in one at a time. But my aging Mac system couldn't handle much, so they still sat in the box.
At this point I found the Store and AdPoints. This became my new addiction to supplement my gameplay. Also, I found my final EPs and SPs on clearance last fall/winter at very low prices.
*whew* Ok, ZeeGee could tell you, I'm not good at being brief. So, in the middle I got divorced. I'm on disability permanently, which means a LOT of time to kill. I got some money for Christmas that I used to buy a new PC system that handles every EP and SP installed at once, along with all my store content (which is most of the store.) So now I'm back to Plan A. Base game, seasons, pets and generations to start a legacy family. So far I've actually stuck to that family for a month, which is HUGE for me. I get distra... *SQUIRREL* ..cted easily. As the family grows, so does the house, and I love to build. I've especially enjoyed building parks lately.
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This hearty stew is brightened by a sprinkling of lemon peel and chopped fresh parsley.
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- Makes 6 servings
- 2 cups dried cannellini (white kidney beans; about 1 pound)
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 6 whole chicken leg-thigh pieces
- 6 ounces pancetta (Italian bacon), chopped
- 1 leek (white part only), cut into 1/2-inch cubes
- 1 small onion, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
- 1 celery stalk, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
- 1 small carrot, peeled, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
- 1 small fennel bulb, trimmed, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
- 1 bay leaf
- 6 garlic cloves, chopped
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 3 tablespoons all purpose flour
- 1 cup dry white wine
- 6 cups low-salt chicken broth
- 1 6-inch-long fresh rosemary sprig plus 2 tablespoons finely chopped rosemary
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
- 1 tablespoon finely grated lemon peel
- Place beans in large saucepan. Add enough water to cover by 4 inches. Let stand overnight.
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Heat oil in heavy large ovenproof pot over medium-high heat. Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper. Working in batches, cook chicken until golden brown, about 7 minutes per side. Transfer chicken to large plate. Add pancetta and next 6 ingredients to same pot. Cook until vegetables begin to brown and soften, stirring frequently, about 10 minutes. Add garlic; stir 1 minute. Add tomato paste; stir 2 minutes. Add flour; stir 1 minute. Add wine and simmer 1 minute. Drain beans. Add beans to pot; stir to combine. Add broth; season with salt and pepper. Place rosemary sprig and chicken atop bean mixture.
- Cover pot; transfer to oven. Braise until chicken and beans are very tender, about 1 hour. Transfer chicken to plate. Season beans with salt and pepper.
- Mix 2 tablespoons finely chopped rosemary, parsley, and lemon peel in small bowl. Divide beans among 6 shallow bowls. Top each with chicken. Sprinkle each with parsley mixture and serve.
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1. Re: Validity and Structure of Wiki Postsxmedeko Nov 26, 2009 3:18 AM (in response to xmedeko)
Well, it is a common pain of many OSS projects: development rushes forward, but documentation stays behind.
JBoss configuration changes often. It is not obvious in the Wiki (not only in the post about ClassLoading), which information is general and which is particular just to a certain JBoss version. Like Wikipedia: all posts in Wikipedia have similar structure, so it is more easy dig knowledge from Wikipedia.
I think the Role of Redhat should be to suggest a structure of the posts in the Wiki, so as it will be clear, that:
- what info is general
- what info is particular to a certain version or versions
- what is the difference among verions
- it should be clearly stated, if an author of a post is not sure if her info is general or particular to a certain version of JBoss
Maybe it could be accomplish just by well chosen section and titles, or maybe by special tags/icons in the Wiki.
2. Re: Validity and Structure of Wiki Postsozizka Nov 26, 2009 8:53 AM (in response to xmedeko)
Ondrej, you're right, some systemic categorization would help.
Wikipedia and JBoss wiki differs in that while the first describes objects and terms of the real world, so most of the articles are general, JBoss wiki articles' "level of generality" goes from "All JBoss products work like this" to "this is how it works for Project AB version XY".
So perhaps we should have similar categories like in JIRA. Using tags is not the best as it's shown at the bottom and rather intended to weave the related articles than to carry the meta-info.
3. Validity and Structure of Wiki Postsnewtonm Mar 9, 2011 8:29 AM (in response to ozizka)
On 20th Jan 2011 we enabled categories for wiki articles at http://community.jboss.org.
Providing project teams have set these up for their spaces you can choose to associate an article with a number of <major>.<minor> releases as shown here:
Click on the 'Filter by Categories and Tags' link in the 'Articles' widget. Categories are specific to a space whereas tags apply across spaces.


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Did A.A. (Archie) Jackson manage a snooze before he came out to play his first innings for Australia? Usman Khawaja did just that during the lunch interval immediately prior to taking guard on day one of the final Test in Sydney a few hours ago.
There are some parallels, not least in importance being first deliveries after lunch breaks, the first in Test cricket for Khawaja and for Jackson … well let's come to that in good time.
Like Usman, Archie was not born in Australia. He was a Scotsman from Rutherglen in Lanarkshire. He arrived with his family in Balmain, Sydney as a 12 year old in 1921.
Like Usman, Archie also played for New South Wales, where he began his first class career at the age of 17.
He toured New Zealand with Australia a season later and received his cap as a nineteen year old against Chapman's MCC side in 1929.
The parralels continue as Jackson was brought into the side to replace a great star and team fixture, in his case V.Y. Richardson. Australia were then as now being forced by retirements, injuries and age to rebuild their team.
Their situation was even worse. They were three nil down in the series and no less under the cosh off the field, where the Australian press and supporters were giving them as good a bashing as their opponents.
Third Man has described the three previous Test in the series, all won by England at Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne.
In the fourth Test, At Adelaide in the first week of 1929, England batted first and when Hobbs and Sutcliffe had taken the score to 143 it looked as if Australia were yet again rolling over in front of the English juggernaut, but beautiful bowling by Grimmett (52.1 overs 12 maidens 5 for 102) kept Australia in the match despite yet another undefeated century by Hammond.
Jackson walked out to open the batting with Woodfull but in the flash of an eye Australia were 19 for 3 with Tate, Larwood and White doing the damage. England's 334 all out looked a very long way off. It is not hard to imagine the invective from the crowd and estimate the intoxicating mixture of tension and self-belief experienced by Jackson.
Third Man does not doubt that Archie like Usman after his knock today would have described his first experience of Test match batting as 'fun'; fun, fun, fun.
Archie's, though, was a much more extraordinary baptism as, joined by his captain J. Ryder, he proceeded to give an apparently nerveless exhibition of brilliant stroke play with delicate glances, wristy cuts and searing drives all made under considerable pressure from good bowling.
This photograph (right) hints at the lightness of his footwork.
J.C. 'Farmer' White the Somerset slow left armer had manacled the Australian batsmen throughout the series, bowling shorter and flatter deliveries that were hard to get away and which bought time for Tate and Larwood to recover in the intense heat.
But Jackson was the first Australian in that series to 'jump in' to drive White in the grand manner of a Hobbs (see Jack, How Did You Do That?) or, whispering it carefully, the young man's hero, Victor Trumper.
At lunch on the third day Jackson had painstakingly taken his score to the precipice that is 97. As the players resumed the field, Chapman called back a refreshed Larwood to the attack inorder to squeeze every possible ounce of potentially paralyzing anxiety out of the situation.
The Nottingham Express himself describes his first ball after that lunch break, eighty two years ago.
"With 97 runs against his name and having had his back to the wall, he cover-drove me to bring up his hundred. That ball was delivered as fast as any I had ever bowled previously.
"That glorious stroke has lived in my memory to this day for its ease and perfect timing. I am sure that few among the many thousands present sighted the ball as it raced to the boundary."
Today, England were probably very glad to see the back of Usman Khawaja, sweeping against the turn as (urgh) young men are tempted too easily to do. But England in 1929 had to wait until Jackson was 164 before he was lbw to White.
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For all the things that I cook and bake, sadly there are very few dishes that get much of a rise out of Mr. Vittles.
For someone like me... this is kind of a nightmare.
I like feedback!
But if I had a dollar for every time I heard "It's pretty good" from my husband, I'd have a full little piggy bank.
(Luckily, he has other good qualities.)
Nonetheless, every now & again I stumble upon something that gets a reaction.
Pepperjack Bacon Mac & Cheese. Coconut Kona Ice Cream. Ricotta Cookies.
And now... Buffalo Chicken Meatloaf.
I asked him if it would be better with the addition of blue cheese crumbles but he said it was already pretty "solid." However, I will throw that suggestion out there in case you are so inclined. You could also serve it with a side of blue cheese dressing.
Buffalo Chicken Meatloaf
- 1 lb ground chicken
- 3 T. ranch dressing
- 3 T. Frank's Red Hot (or the hot sauce of your choice)
- 2 T. milk
- 1 egg
- 1/2 C. plain bread crumbs
- 1 t. garlic powder
- 1/2 t. onion powder
- 1/4 t. celery seed
- dash cayenne pepper
- 1/8 t. salt
- freshly ground pepper, to taste
- 2 T. Frank's Red Hot
- 2 T. ketchup
- 1 T. honey
Preheat oven to 350 degrees, and spray a shallow Pyrex dish or pie plate with nonstick spray and set aside. (You can also make this in a loaf pan, surprisingly little fat comes out of it).
In a medium bowl, whisk together ranch dressing, hot sauce, garlic & onion powder, celery seed, salt, pepper, cayenne, milk & egg. Add bread crumbs & stir. Add ground chicken and mix thoroughly with your hands until combined.
Form into a loaf and place into prepared dish. Cook 45 minutes.
Meanwhile, combine remaining 2 T. hot sauce with ketchup and honey. Brush glaze over meatloaf, and return to oven for another 15 minutes. Let sit 10 minutes before slicing and serving. Serves 2-4.
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The eurozone is trying to combine rewards with punishments as it seeks to thwart a stubborn debt crisis that has embroiled the region for the past few years. In their approach to Spain, political leaders offered Madrid an extra year to get its budget under control provided it enacted additional budget cuts—which Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has already begun to do. And the European Central Bank (ECB) has seen overnight deposits plummet after a decision to slash interest rates to zero—forcing banks to at least consider lending to one another if they want to make any money on stashed cash.
Bloomberg reported Thursday that leaders' approach to a bailout of Spain's banking sector included not just the longer grace period but also Rajoy's response, which included unpopular cuts to budgets and higher taxes. Other conditions attached to the deal, which offers the possibility that Spanish bonds will be bought up to keep yields down, include the transfer of powers from the Economy Ministry to the Bank of Spain and boosting the central bank's independence.
The plan has come in for criticism as well as praise even as it makes Ireland and Greece hopeful that they might also be able to win a loosening of the terms of their own bailouts. Christian Schultz, a senior economist at Berenberg Bank in London and a former ECB official, said in the report of the relaxed deadline, "Europeans are learning from past mistakes. The stick is necessary but the carrot is also good."
However, "Just when you think reason and pragmatism are returning, European policymakers resort to type," Dario Perkins, an economist at Lombard Street Research in London, commented in a research note. "Significant fiscal tightening was the last thing the economy needed." New budget cuts added to those already pushed through could cause Spain to fall deeper into recession—like Greece.
As eurozone countries combat the crisis in various ways, the ECB has seen an immediate effect from its action of dropping its benchmark interest rate for overnight deposits to zero. Reuters reported Thursday that the previous day had been the first day for the new policy to take effect, and the response was dramatic. Overnight deposits tumbled by more than half, and one ECB official said that he was hopeful banks would turn to lending instead of simply parking the money.
ECB Governing Council member Josef Bonnici was quoted saying, "Especially the fact that the deposit rate was reduced to zero provides an incentive for the banking system to look what alternatives there are to improve their earnings. This may lead to greater borrowing, especially in some member states." The move seems destined to open up credit in the sagging eurozone economy and provide a boost to businesses who have been unable to finance operations. While it remains to be seen whether that happens—in fact, ECB President Mario Draghi has said he does not expect it to have a substantial influence on the extra cash of banks or investors—it certainly has affected how much money was left at the ECB overnight.
According to the bank's figures, Wednesday night deposits totaled 325 billion euros ($396.1 billion). On Tuesday night deposits totaled 800 billion euros, and, in what might be a more accurate indicator of the policy's effect, at the same point in the monthly reserves period in June deposits were at 700 billion euros.
As each month's reserves cycle begins, banks have more ways available to move and park funds, so ECB deposits are usually lower before accumulating as the month progresses.
A June meeting of the ECB's money-market contact group, made up of approximately 20 top traders and several ECB experts, had some warnings about the possible effects of cutting the rate to zero. Among the effects they cited were the possibility of a drop in market activity as "as it would remove an incentive to trade"; also, "financial corporations could be expected to shift outside of Europe" and their profitability could suffer.


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I've been trying to think of some of the projects I most enjoyed over the past few years. I know Christy posted this already in her blog, but I'd thought I'd share our journey to selecting a new Learning Management System with all of you. This was quite a journey we took to find a new Learning Management system. I have to say it's been one of the projects I've been most proud to work on during my entire career. I learned much more about working effectively with a virtual team on this project than during my seven years at a technology development company. Of all the highlights of this journey I'm most proud of the work we did to provide a usability test and develop a comprehensive training package that prepared our users for the transition from our old LMS to Sakai. Overall, we're very happy with Sakai and our contract with rSmart to house and maintain our LMS (not our content). As we noted in the presentation we reviewed and tested several LMSs and even several vendors before we found one that met our needs. For me this was a lesson in the value of thorough planning rather than making snap and uneducated decisions about choosing any type of system or vendor.
A fun note, we used ToonDoo to create slides around a narrative about our story, and we told our story to the slides. Christy even opened our preso by playing the Star Trek theme. Fun times!


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Hello everyone, the other day I was doing a search for Xiahou Lan just to see what information I could find on the fellow. One result stood out to me as if it was from a fan-fiction or something as it had him speaking with Zhang Fei. Out of curiosity I clicked on it and it was surprisingly a Google book. I thought it bizarre that a seemingly Western venue was producing new historical fiction of the Three Kingdoms. I copied the author's name T.P.M Thorne and was taken to his main website where to my shock and curiosity all of the books he has written have been Three Kingdoms novels.
He also has previews of each of his books, and sizable ones at that! He covers up until Wu Zhang Plains (because, of course) but begins early, even earlier than the Three Kingdoms novel proper. I've only read a preview of the first book, I now know I want to pick up the whole collection. Here is my little review of the sample of Yellow Sky: Crisis for the Han Dynasty
Firstly, I must say these books look to have been written for Three Kingdoms aficionados; many of the references made and his superb grasp of history can really be appreciated by those who are steeped in the lore of the era. Again and again he surprised me with new facts that I did not know of Emperor Huan's reign such as the Huang Lao cult, that he mentions only in passing, but it made me wonder of Emperor Huan really did go so far, turns out he had.
He begins in the mid-reign of Emperor Huan, rather than starting with the Eunuchs throwing everything into disarray. He portrays the situations of the gentry versus the eunuchs in a more organic and organized manner than the original novel does. The characters of Chen Fan and Dou Wu who are given paragraph entries in the novel are fleshed out and are made real characters with their own set of beliefs and plans. The novel is much more gray than the simple black and white of Luo Guanzhong in how it portrays the eunuchs and the gentry. There are good eunuchs (A fellow named Shan Bing who works for Chen Fan in particular) and bad gentry who see the way of promotion through the eunuch's political power. There are no diversions from history thus far, all of the main beats are hit, which, when presented in a novel form made me come to some personal realizations (such as the Dou's likely wanting to use Emperor Ling as a puppet akin to how the Liang's tried to use Huan as their own) that I didn't catch from the historical records. The preview is strongly court-based, this shows that Thorne wants to take his time in telling the story with as much detail as possible and it works exceedingly well, though admittedly the flow of time does get a little difficult to follow at points. It is a wonderful story which never deviates too far from history.
Interspersed with the main conflict of eunuch versus gentry are asides showing what future main players are up to. Through this we get to see a young Cao Cao simply living his life with his friends Xu You, Zhang Miao, Yuan Shao, and Wu Zi (who I am not really sure who that last one is). We first meet Cao Cao as a young ten year old boy who is wondering why the eunuchs are so disliked since his grandfather was a eunuch. Cao Song explains to Cao Cao that the gentry are still reeling from their political defeat by Liang Ji and they seek to harm the eunuchs, regardless whether they are good or bad because they want to reclaim their power. We next see young Cao Cao when Emperor Huan dies and Emperor Ling ascends. Cao Cao flippantly mentions that Emperor Ling is only as old as he is and that he may as well be Emperor. Cao Song berates Cao Cao for saying that and explains that hopefully Emperor Ling will rule for a long reign and that they need not attend to these sorts of ceremonies as each one weakens the nation temporarily. When we next see Cao Cao the Partisan Prohibitions have broken out and Cao Cao is a teenager who now begins to understand the situation. He goes to his father who basically tells him to keep his head low and to go with the flow.
What is great about these portrayals is that time is really given for Cao Cao to bond with his father, Yuan Shao, and Zhang Miao, making their later actions taken against one another all the more heart breaking as we are shown that the three of them were wonderful friends and partners. Yuan Shao is portrayed as a bit snobbish (saying that the commoners are better off now than the gentry because at least they are consistently miserable rather than inconsistently in authority), there's also a point where Zhang Miao says privately to Cao Cao that Yuan Shao is beginning to grow more and more arrogant. Yuan Shao to his credit is also portrayed as protecting the gentry from further court purges so he is not portrayed consistently poorly, but his shown as a proud youth. He also visits He Yong and Qiao Xuan who give his historical epithets.
Cao Cao's real purpose in the narrative comes when he is made Guard Captain and he puts Jian Shuo's Uncle through flogging for being out after curfew (100% historical actually) thus he runs afoul of the eunuchs. Though unlike history he doesn't kill the man but leaves him wounded (also a bit anachronistic since whips are used instead of poles). He is then made prefect of Dunqiu to get him out of the Capital. Yuan Shao and he banter back and forth, Yuan Shao blames him for endangering the gentry that the Yuan are currently hiding, Cao Cao doesn't really pay it much mind. Cao Cao eventually picks up Lady Bian from a den of prostitutes and is eventually allowed back in the capital. The section with Cao Cao and Yuan Shao ends with the two discussing Empress He and He Jin and what they could do with this situation.
Throughout there are also views of what later important characters are doing. We have young Liu Bei proclaiming that he will one day be Emperor as he sits atop the mulberry tree shaped like the Imperial Chariot and we have young Zang Ba (yes, he's apparently a major figure in these books) rescuing his father after his father is imprisoned for complaining to his superiors about his prisoners mostly being bookish scholars and government officials.
The preview ends with rumblings of Zhang Jue and his preachings against the Dynasty and portraying the disaffection of the government officials in those parts of the land.
Now some things in the books which I don't care much for... when Thorne makes a character shout he uses bold font, which is a little more sophomoric. Also when he wants to a show a character is very perplexed or angry he'll use "???" or "!!!" which... last I checked is not acceptable in a published work. His word choice is also a little limited. I lost track of the amount of times he said "whining and mewling" in regards to the eunuchs in court. But he is spot on with the style names, though at times I feel the situations feel a little anachronistic, it is a more than worthy effort and didn't detract from the experience for me to too great of an extent.
In total I am superbly impressed with what I've read, this fellow really knows his stuff, and he feels he has a story to tell. Though the story begins with one of those old storytellers explaining to children to better understand Dong Zhuo, Liu Bei, and Cao Cao they needed to start from the beginning, but this is not a children's book. In this fictional world I imagine the children would have fallen asleep by page 20 since the vast bulk of this preview is court intrigue to a much greater extent than the original carries on for, it is all greatly intriguing, but it is for high-school students if not above due to the content matter. Not that there's anything racy or foul language or anything of that sort, but because the content may be a bit too mature (in the literal meaning of the word) for younger people to really grasp their minds around. I'd say it's just under the level of Romance of the Three Kingdoms in terms of the intended reader. It is a series made for lovers of the Three Kingdoms who are in the mood for something a little different than the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.


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Women Take Center Stage... in today's Buffalo News
Thursday, July 4, 2013
Read about the new exhibition Disclosure in today's Buffalo News Gusto by arts writer Colin Dabkowski at www.BuffaloNews.com
The Burchfield Penney Art Center (1300 Elmwood Ave.) has delved deep into its collection of work by women with connections to Western New York and pulled out "Disclosure: Women of the Burchfield Penney Collection," a survey of its holdings on view through Dec. 29.
The show, organized by Burchfield Penney curator Alana Ryder, is an attempt to rearrange our understanding of women's contribution to the art world – locally and beyond – and to provide a window into the life and work of some of this region's undersung artistic talents.
According to a release, Ryder's exhibition "explores the collision of society's myths and norms against the issues and narratives defined by artists in the center's collection." It features work by Ellen Carey, Shirley Kassman, Jolene Rickard, Susan Rothenberg and Cindy Sherman among many less recognizable names. It showcases some 50 pieces, each of which pays "homage to womanhood in its infinite variety," with an eye toward shifting the conversation about contemporary and historical art to one more conscious of women's roles in all aspects of its development.
The show is on view, but has its official opening July 12. Admission to the Burchfield Penney is $5 to $10, with more information at 878-6011 or www.burchfieldpenney.org.
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breakside necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 38 diseños de 11 diseñadores freelance.
Breakside Brewery
We are business types in Portland, OR who are leaving our corporate gigs and opening a brewery with a bar and restaurant. We love the outdoors and just plain enjoying life. We are starting a brewery and have named it Breakside Brewery. To us this really means a couple things and we'd like to consider incorporating them into a logo. Breakside means "going against the grain/flow" and it can also mean just taking a break from the ordinary or the stress of daily life. A relax and enjoy kind of thing. Those are our two main thoughts behind the name. Our logo could just be the name with a cool coat of arms or something or a seal, but that's up to you. It could also incorporate something with Oregon or the Pacific NW or even some kind of outdoor activity theme. There are lots of options and that's why I'm here. We are unsure what to do. I'm sure you've seen beer company logos before. We are looking for something that we can us for our logo on everything we do.
Beer drinkers and lovers of life and the outdoors. We will be operating in Portland, OR and later expanding distribution efforts around Oregon and the Pacific NW. We think they are unique individuals who don't like standard mass produced corporate products (beers like Bud or Miller and such). They enjoy their freedom and individuality.
Be creative. We are looking for a beer company logo. Check out some others to get ideas if you'd like. Some are simple with just the company name (Breakside Brewery) in a great font and color. Some have that simple setup with a circle around it and list the location (Portland, OR). Others might be with coat of arms of sorts or a corporate "shield". Others yet might have a mountain or landscape scheme. It's also possible to incorporate beer ingredients such as barley or hops in the design. We are open for ideas and will select the one we like the best. I think we would like it to say our location on it, but that's not mandatory.
Let me know if you have questions.
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LITTLE ROCK — A member of the state Board of Election Commissioners filed but later withdrew a complaint Thursday against two Pulaski County election officials for failing to follow the board's policy on how to handle absentee ballots under the state's new voter ID law.
LITTLE ROCK — A member of the state Board of Election Commissioners filed but later withdrew a complaint Thursday against two Pulaski County election officials for failing to follow the board's policy on how to handle absentee ballots under the state's new voter ID law.
The actions by Stuart Soffer of White Hall came a day after the the Pulaski County Election Commission and Pulaski County Clerk Larry Crane filed a lawsuit challenging the policy.
Soffer said Thursday he withdrew his complaint after deciding, on reflection, that it might be inappropriate for him to file a complaint with a board of which he is a member. Instead, he said he will propose at an upcoming meeting that the board as a body file a complaint against Pulaski County Election Commission Chairman Leonard Boyle Sr. and member Chris Burks.
Soffer said he believes the commission violated state law by failing to treat as provisional ballots 76 absentee ballots it received without accompanying identification in Tuesday's millage election for Pulaski Technical College. The Board of Election Commissioners adopted an emergency rule Feb. 28 stating that county election officials should treat such ballots as provisional ballots and give the voters until noon on the Monday after an election to submit ID and have their ballots counted.
Soffer said had directed his complaint against Boyle and Burks because they were the two members of the commission who voted not to follow the emergency rule. The complaint sought a $1,000 fine and referral of Burks, a lawyer, to the state Supreme Court's Committee on Professional Conduct for a review of his actions.
In advance of Tuesday's election, the Pulaski County Election Commission requested an attorney general's opinion on how absentee ballots submitted without a copy of the voter's ID should be treated under the voter ID law, Act 595 of 2013. Attorney General Dustin McDaniel said in a Feb. 10 opinion that the law provides a cure period for in-person voters who fail to show ID, but it does not include a similar provision for absentee voters.
On Tuesday, the commission and the Pulaski County clerk filed a lawsuit in Pulaski County Circuit Court alleging that the board exceeded its authority in adopting the emergency rule and seeking an order declaring the rule invalid.
Soffer said Thursday the commission is required to follow the emergency rule, which he said errs, if it errs at all, on the side of voters.
"The A.G.'s opinion was an opinion. The emergency rule has the force of law," he said.
Boyle said the commission was obliged to follow Act 595.
"The state Board of Election Commissioners I really don't feel like is the body to change the law. They can only make rules or promulgate rules according to what's in the law," he said.
Burks said he learned Thursday that no emergency statement was passed with the emergency rule, which he said means that it was not properly promulgated.
"The Pulaski County Board of Election Commissioners seems to have done the right thing in following the attorney general's advice on the issue," Burks said.
Soffer, a Republican, accused Boyle and Burks, who are Democrats, of pursuing a political agenda and wanting the law to fail. Democratic legislators largely opposed Act 595.
"They're trying to create an issue where there should not be one," Soffer said.
Boyle responded, "It's not politically motivated to make the law fail. The law reads on its face that the absentee ballots do not have a cure period. However, provisional ballots and in-person ballots have the cure period, which to me says that there is a bias in the law, that the law itself treats one group of individuals, being the absentee (voters), differently, which in my opinion is wrong.


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You on for gaming tomorrow?
Hey there! Did you get the message via the Yahoo Grey Realms Group about needing to delete some stuff from your Private Message area on here?
Hey, looks like we are going to try and get another game session in this saturday? Wondering if you're available?
Noticed that Weslocke is seriously short on hit points if I am reading your notations correctly.
Saw a not from Val & Harley that said there won't be a get together tonignt. Is that so?
I sent a PM to Farcaster about the group having its first game session. Also told him that we ended up with 10 people (9 players and myself as DM). I think he was happy to hear that we got the group going.
Aeval may have found a couple more people for the game. Waiting to hear back from them.
Just sent a visitor message to a new join to the site here. The person is actually listed as being in Greensburg. I'll have to see if they get back to me about the game.
Also told Aeval about your thought of just the four of us meeting for the first meeting. She said it sounded like a good idea and would mention it to her husband.
How long you going to be on the site? We could talk a bit on the chat portion of the site here, easier than sending visitor messages or PMs.
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The Saving Siren
Participation in a Daf Yomi shiur in Talmud was an indispensable part of the daily schedule of a respected London philanthropist. When extraordinary circumstances compelled him one day to miss this beloved session, he decided to take along with him in his auto a recording of the page of Talmud learned that day so that he could listen to it while driving.
On the highway outside of London he found himself behind a huge truck moving at a very slow pace. As he began to make a move to bypass the truck he heard a police siren. Assuming that a police car was interested in passing the slow truck before him he quickly returned to his lane and waited to see the police car pass by. But no police car appeared nor did he see in his side mirror any of the blinking lights of a police vehicle. Seconds later he saw a big semi-trailer coming from the other direction and realized that it was the siren that had saved his life.
Failing to sight any police car he realized that his near-death experience had some mystical element. But since the momentary lapse in listening to the tape caused him to lose track of the subject studied, he decided to rewind the tape a few minutes back. Then he heard the siren again. This time, however, he realized that the siren was part of the tape and that when the recording was made 25 years earlier in a small Beit Midrash in Jerusalem, a police siren could be heard outside.
Thus was a siren orchestrated by Heaven to save the life of a Jew devoted to Torah study.


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Telechips Inc. Licenses ARM Mali-200 GPU To Deliver Dynamic User Experiences Across A Wide Range Of Multimedia Designs
OpenGL ES 2.0 conformant Mali-200 GPU enables dynamic 2D and 3D user experiences on all classes of mobile consumer devices
SEOUL, KOREA AND CAMBRIDGE, UK – July 16, 2008 – Telechips Inc. (KDQ: 054450) and ARM [(LSE: ARM); (Nasdaq: ARMH)] today announced that Telechips is the first Korean licensee of the ARM® Mali™-200 graphics processing unit (GPU), bringing advanced 2D and 3D graphics capabilities and low memory bandwidth usage to a range of portable consumer devices, including PMPs, PNDs, home and in-car audio and mobile phones.
High-performance 2D and 3D graphics are driving a step change in advanced screen displays, from next-generation user interfaces and gaming on mobile phones, personal media players, in-car media systems and home audio devices, through to smooth mapping and photo-realistic views on personal navigation devices. Supported by the ARM Mali graphics stack, the OpenGL ES 2.0 conformant Mali-200 GPU enables high performance while maintaining the long battery life that is critical in mobile devices. Telechips, a Korean-based leader in the design and development of digital media processors, selected the Mali-200 GPU for its ability to address multiple product markets, encouraging innovation into the software supply chain and maximizing the benefits of graphics acceleration with a single GPU solution.
"As a major player in the innovative Korean semiconductor market, Telechips aims to stay at the forefront of technological advancements in order to remain competitive," said Min-ho Seo, chief executive officer and president of Telechips. "We selected the Mali-200 GPU for its ability to meet the full range of performance points to enable our chip sets to bring visually stunning graphics to the widest range of target consumer products."
"Telechips is an agile and innovative silicon vendor with the flexibility to drive graphics acceleration into all classes of portable devices," said Michael Dimelow, marketing director, ARM Media Processing Division. "We welcome the opportunity to work with Telechips to bring the capabilities of the market-proven Mali-200 GPU to multiple product markets and at multiple price points, contributing to the ARM vision that soon all consumer visual experiences will be enhanced by graphics hardware acceleration."
About the Mali-200 Graphics Processing Unit
The low-power, high-performance ARM Mali-200 graphics processing unit is the world's first to pass OpenGL ES 2.0 conformance at up to 1080p HDTV resolutions and brings highest image quality for 2D and 3D graphics on any device with a screen. The product features a programmable shader pipeline, the highest fill-rate efficiency on the market with alpha-blended pixels, full scene anti-aliasing with no additional bandwidth overhead, and alpha-blending of an unlimited number of layers, all without compromising power. The Mali-200 GPU has the lowest memory bandwidth of any embedded GPU, enabling very low power usage and extended battery life.
Furthermore, ARM Mali middleware complements the Mali-200 GPU to create the most complete, openly licensable graphics stack available in the market today. This full graphics solution from ARM is supported by the Mali graphics ecosystem that harnesses the reach and power of the ARM Connected Community™. The Mali-200 GPU is ARM's most widely licensed GPU to date.
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Telechips is a leading fabless semiconductor company in Korea. It designs and develops multimedia platforms for application markets ranging from portable MP3 players, car audio, home audio, mobile phones, and broadcasting such as mobile TV, DAB and its products support a comprehensive range of multimedia and communication technologies such as MP3, camera, video, mobile TV and GPS navigation. Telechips customers include market leading companies such as Samsung, Philips, Sony, JVC, Hyundai, Thomson (RCA), and LG.
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This is rugged exploration at its best - Four Wheel Drive tracks to remote and secret fishing spots, back to basics bush camping, beaches, sparkling ocean, wilderness and wetlands.
Curtis Island is accessible by private boat or by a regular ferry service; although once on the island and camping you will need a Four Wheel Drive to get around.
Camping is permitted halfway up the east coast at the sand blow at Yellow Patch, not far from the Cape Capricorn lighthouse. More accessible for campers (just one kilometre from the barge landing point) is the grassy campground on the outskirts of the community of Southend.
Southend has some accommodation and eating options available for day trips or longer stays.
Birders will be in spotting heaven with jabirus, rainbow lorikeet parrots, cockatoos, herons, brolgas, sea eagles, wood ducks, black swans, and the rare yellow chat all inhabiting the island.
The aptly named Turtle Beach is home to the third largest flatback turtle rookery in Queensland so if you are visiting between October to March you may see nesting and hatching on the shore.
This island has seen many changes in its years, from a working cattle station, current liquefied natural gas hub and with plans to develop a luxury resort on the island in the future, it could just be the Gladstone region's best kept secret.
Note: Information on listed products and services are provided by the operator and were correct at the time of publishing. Rates are indicative based on the minimum and maximum available prices of products and services. Please visit the operator's website for further information. All prices quoted are in Australian dollars (AUD).


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To date there are 76 registered entries for Palma and the main interest will be focussed around the new, young faces pitting their skills against the more experienced hands. Initially entries for Palma were capped at 60, but following the usual large response it wasn't long before they were put back up to 80 to accommodate all the sailors who wanted to attend.
Only 10 of the sailors from London2012 are competing in Palma including bronze medalist Jonathan Lobert and fourth placed Pieter-Jan Postma (NED). The high turnover of sailors is indicative of the number of juniors and new sailors the fleet is attracting. An encouraging four South American countries are represented including the welcome return of 2008 Finn Olympian Johnny Bilbao (VEN). Interest in Finn sailing in South America is expected to increase dramatically as 2016 approaches.
The usual strong British team includes the return, albeit briefly, of 2011 World Champion Giles Scott (GBR). While there is only a single entrant from USA, the winner of the ISAF Sailing World Cup in Miami, Caleb Paine (USA), the largest team in Palma is from Russia, with an incredible 14 sailors entered, including the winner of the 84 boat fleet Semaine International de Cannes in February, Eduard Skornyakov (RUS).
There are also a number of returning Olympians from the Star class. From Brazil, the double Olympic Star medalist Bruno Prada (BRA) is testing the waters for a possible 2016 campaign, pitting his wits against the 2012 Olympian Jorge Zarif (BRA), who so far has proved to be the more dominant of the two. Another interesting development is the addition of the 2012 Star gold medalist Max Salminen (SWE) to the fleet. He is fresh into his 2016 campaign, and definitely one to watch.
New Zealand is fronting its strongest team for many years with the former Laser world No. 2 Josh Junior (NZL) up against Andrew Murdoch (NZL), who has placed fifth in the last two Olympics in the Laser class.
Current world number 1, Brendan Casey (AUS) heads a three strong Australian team of Oliver Tweddell (AUS) and newcomer Jake Lilley (AUS). Lilley's ambition knows no bounds and at two meters high and 96 kg at just 19 years old, his progress will be interesting to watch.
Lilley said in a recent interview, "After the 2012 European season, I came to the realisation that I was far too big for the Laser Class. I talked to Brendan Casey about his thoughts on moving to the Finn, as he himself had been too big in the Laser for too long, and it became clear that the Finn was going to be the class for me."
Lilley is benefiting from a strong and growing domestic Finn scene in Australia. "I see the class growing at all levels, and a new generation coming through. The Finn Class is a bunch of great people and love to help each other out. We are trying to structure more training and racing together to all push each other to better levels. I love it and the camaraderie is great."
Add to the mix the sailors who have been training hard at the Dinghy Academy in Valencia. Vasilij Zbogar (SLO) is clearly on a mission and has probably put in more hours than most, but his 'apprentices' in Valencia, Alejandro Foglia (URU) and Agustín Zabalua (ARG) will be sailing their first major Finn regatta in Palma after an extensive winter's training under Zbogar's guidance.
For these and others, Palma will be the first indication on their progress since last season and the value of their winter training. For newcomer Salminen it will be interesting whether he can convert his experience in the Star to the Finn. He said, "So far, it's all been good. It's a big build-up phase now in the very beginning to get everything as good and organised as we had it in the Star. Because now when you've seen how a campaign is supposed to be run you don't want to settle for anything less. But for sure it's a strength. I have to be able to use mine and Freddy's campaign as a template."
Salminen had a brief period in the Finn for about a year before the Star campaign. "I think it helped me very much. For a start I know how fun it is so I didn't ever have to think about it. I had my Finn since the old days so two weeks after the Olympics I was already sitting in the boat. Then also I knew what was needed to be done. I knew the pieces of the puzzle and what areas I needed to train hard on."
Salminen has been part of the training at the Dinghy Academy in Valencia over the winter before spending some time with Jonathan Lobert in La Rochelle, the only Olympic medalist in the class who is still actively sailing.
Lobert took some time out after the Games but has been back training since January. "I started training again in the gym and in the bike at the beginning of January and I started sailing again in February. I did some training alone for 10 days in La Rochelle in February and then Max Salminen joined me for 10 days. In Palma I have been training with Andrew Mills (GBR), Mark Andrews (GBR) and Giorgo Poggi (ITA) and some other guys."
"The good thing in sailing is as the venue changes the game changes, so Rio will be different from Weymouth and I will need new skills to succeed there. I see this new campaign as a super exciting challenge with some new guys such as Max joining the fleet and a lot of old guys leaving so it will be interesting to see the new fleet classification."
Giles Scott, will also be sailing his first major regatta since Sail for Gold last year, though he is currently focussing on the America's Cup."I've been doing very little Finn sailing since joining Luna Rossa. I've been based out in New Zealand and haven't had much of a chance at all to get into my Finn, but it will be nice to compete in Palma and Hyeres in an attempt to keep my eye in."
His performance will be more an indication of how much he has retained rather than of training as he says, "I arrive in Palma on the 23rd so will only have five days before the regatta begins. There has been some Finn sailing going on over the last couple of months that some of the new British lads have been getting involved in, but I've been a little removed from what's been going on over the winter."
"Unfortunately I'm having to be very selective with regattas this year. I'm basically going to do what ever I can fit around my AC commitments, which as it stands at the moment is only Palma and Hyeres until after the Cup. After the Cup I then plan to get back into my Finn a lot more."
With all this interest it is certainly going to be a fascinating season ahead for the class with the new format Sailing World Cup and the newly established EUROSAF Champions Sailing Cup providing a core of traditional events, in an as yet, unproven structure. In addition the Europeans is being held in wavy Warnemunde, while the Finn Gold Cup heads to Tallinn, the second time the class has held its world championship in Estonia.
The Finn World Masters fleet heads to La Rochelle in May and already the entry list is approaching 200, with around 250 boats expected. The Silver Cup, the Junior World Championship is being held on Lake Garda in July with boats available for charter for sailors from other classes wishing to try their hand. It is going to be another packed season for the fleet.
Racing at the Trofeo S.A.R. Princesa Sofía MAPFRE Sailing World Cup in Palma begins on Monday April 1. Only a fool would believe it isn't going to be as gripping as ever.
All photos by Jesus Renedo. More can be found on the Finn class Facebook page.


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BAGHDAD - The U.S military announced Sunday that it has recovered the remains of the last American service member who was unaccounted for in Iraq, an Army interpreter seized by gunmen after sneaking off base to visit his Iraqi wife in Baghdad during the height of the insurgency.
The remains of Staff Sgt. Ahmed al-Taie, who was 41 when militiamen seized him on Oct. 23, 2006, were positively identified at the military's mortuary in Dover, Del., the Army said in a statement released Sunday. Army officials said they had no further details about the circumstances surrounding his death or the discovery of his remains.
Al-Taie's brother, Hathal Al-Taie, told The Associated Press the military officer who visited the family's home to inform them about the remains said they are still in Dover, but that he didn't know the circumstances surrounding his brother's death.
"We have no information right now, not even how the body looks like or when they're going to release him," Hathal Al-Taie said by phone from Ann Arbor, Mich., where the family settled after leaving Iraq for the U.S. when his brother was still a teenager.
Their uncle, Entifadh Qanbar, said he was told by the Army major who informed the family in Ann Arbor that the remains were received at Dover on Feb. 22.
"I asked if it was an accident or if he was killed, and he said they didn't know, that they are investigating," Qanbar said by phone from Beirut, where he lives. "He said he had the same questions that I have."
The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad did not respond to a request for comment late Sunday.
Family members say that like many Iraqi exiles, Ahmed al-Taie was eager to help his native land rebuild after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion and ouster of Saddam Hussein.
He met his wife during a trip to Iraq shortly after Saddam fell, while he was still a civilian, and in December 2004 he joined an Army reserve program for native speakers of Arabic and other strategic languages. He was deployed to Iraq in November 2005 and was assigned to a Provincial Reconstruction Team in Baghdad until he was kidnapped the following year.
At the time he was seized, kidnappings for ransom or political motives, mostly of Iraqis but also many foreigners, were common. The February 2006 bombing of a Shiite mosque by Sunni insurgents caused retaliatory bloodshed to spiral, and death squads roamed the streets.
Al-Taie's in-laws say he often met secretly with his wife at her family's home despite warnings that he was in danger of being kidnapped.
It was during one of those visits that al-Taie disappeared. Masked gunmen hiding in an abandoned Saddam-era army building seized him as he went to find his wife at her uncle's house, less than two blocks away in the Karradah.
"A neighbor saw the gunmen and went to my family and informed them. My parents, brothers and sisters all came at once and pleaded with them to let him go," al-Taie's sister-in-law Shaimaa Abdul-Sattar, who witnessed the abduction, told the AP during an interview in 2010 at her Baghdad apartment.
Al-Taie remained calm as he was led into a waiting car and whisked away.
As an American soldier and a Sunni Muslim, al-Taie faced a double risk when he left the protection of his base inside the Green Zone, a well-guarded area that houses the U.S. Embassy, Iraqi government offices and the parliament.
American commanders immediately launched a massive manhunt, locking down Karradah and Sadr City, a Shiite enclave in eastern Baghdad.
Within days, the military arrested four of the kidnappers. But by then, al-Taie had already been handed off to another group and transported to the Shiite heartland of southern Iraq, according to people familiar with the case.
About a week after his abduction, a family member received a ransom demand, the U.S. military previously told the AP.
The relative then met with members of the group behind the kidnapping. They showed him a grainy video on a handheld device of a man they claimed was al-Taie but he demanded solid evidence that al-Taie, who was 41 at the time, was alive and well.
Qanbar, al-Taie's uncle, denied during a previous interview that any ransom demand had been made, but he described for the AP a web of negotiations with a number of intermediaries as he continued to pursue leads through the years. Al-Taie was last seen four months after his abduction in a video posted on the Internet by a Shiite militant faction called Ahl al-Bayt Brigades.
Al-Taie was the last American service member unaccounted for, but several civilians, including Americans who were participating in the efforts to rebuild Iraq, are still missing.
Associated Press writers Lolita C. Baldor in Washington and David N. Goodman in Detroit contributed to this report.


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Anenekro (3.5e Monster)
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|Medium Outsider (Extraplanar)
|Hit Dice:
|3d8+3 (16 hp)
|20 ft. (4 squares), fly 60 ft. (perfect)
|Armor Class:
|25 (+15 natural), touch 10, flat-footed 25
|Base Attack/Grapple:
|Tail slap +4 melee (1d6+1 plus negative energy) or tail touch +4 melee touch (negative energy)
|Full Attack:
|Tail slap +4 melee (1d6+1 plus negative energy) and claw +2 melee (1d4 plus negative energy); or tail touch +4 melee touch (negative energy) and claw touch +2 melee touch (negative energy)
|5 ft./5 ft.
|Special Attacks:
|Animate Dead, Negative energy lash
|Special Qualities:
|Darkvision 60 ft., flight, immunity to cold
|Fort +4, Ref +3, Will +4
|Str 13, Dex 10, Con 13, Int 7, Wis 12, Cha 14
|Escape Artist +6, Hide +6, Listen +7, Move Silently +6, Spot +7, Survival +7, Use Rope +0 (+2 with bindings)
|Improved Initiative, Multiattack
|Negative Energy Plane
|Solitary (1 plus at least 1 undead)
|Challenge Rating:
|Often Neutral Evil
|4 HD (Medium); 5-9 HD (Large)
|Level Adjustment:
A slithering snake coils in mid-air towards you appearing much like a ravid. But as you draw near you notice black jets of energy erupt from its pockmarked, seemingly rotting surface. It's head is replaced by a giant claw, and where the claw of a ravid would be sits a groaning vaguely humanoid face that spits forth smoke.
The anenekro is the negative energy plane's version of a ravid, warped and corrupted by the negative energy present within. Its appearance seems undead, but it is alive and constantly bleeding negative energy that infects anything formerly imbued with life. While no smarter than their ravid kin, they are much more sinister and devious, well aware of the damage they cause and purposefully seeking out corpses to animate and protect itself. Rarely will an anenekro enage in direct combat when minions can suffice. Rather it can heal its minions all while keeping away from danger.
A anenekro avoids direct conflict when possible, finding the nearest corpse and animating it to attack and group up around single opponents, so they cannot escape, nor reach the anenekro floating just out of their reach, healing the undead attackers. In this way the anenekro gains more undead for its growing army. In a pinch, it will flee and return later to haunt.
Animate Dead (Su): Once per round, a random corpse within 20 feet of a anenekro animates as though by the spell animate dead (caster level 20th), although the dead created by this effect only last for 20 rounds. These corpses defend the anenekro to the best of their ability, but the anenekro isn't intelligent enough to employ elaborate tactics with them beyond the concept of ganging up or chasing people down. The anenekro may have up to 40 HD of undead under its control with this ability at one time, and may even animate corpses that were previously animated, provided that their body is intact. Undead who are destroyed in combat are not suitable to raise, but an undead whose duration expired may be targeted again.
Flight (Su): A anenekro can cease or resume flight as a free action. A anenekro that loses this ability falls and can perform only a single action (either a move action or an attack action) each round.
Negative Energy Lash (Su): A anenekro can make a touch attack or hit with a claw or tail slap attack to infuse a target with negative energy. The energy produces an terrible decay in living creatures causing 2d10 negative energy damage, and against undead foes (even incorporeal ones) it instead heals them.
Feats: A anenekro has the Multiattack feat even through it does not have the requisite three natural weapons.
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LegionCapital necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 100 diseños de 34 diseñadores freelance.
Legion Capital Management
Legion Capital Management is an emerging hedge fund focused on bringing an innovative investment management strategy to high net worth individuals, wealth management teams and institutional investors across international markets.
The company was founded in 2010 by three young financial professionals with the aim to grow into one of the top 100 hedge funds worldwide by 2015. Our brand will carry us around the world to meet with a demanding clientele – so while we would like to convey a sense of modern innovation and global view point, we also want a hint of attitude to back up our stellar performance record.
The winning logo will be used on our website, business cards, and marketing materials.
Everyone knows that finance guys are not the best at channeling creativity, so we are counting on you to be creative! We are truly open to any and all designs and are grateful for this site to tap into a talented community.
Also, since this is our first time using this site, we plan to guarantee the payout once we have 3 designs in the running.
Legion's target audience is C-level executives of investment management firms, wealth management teams, and high net worth individuals. Our primary target markets will be North America, Europe and Asia.
The clients we will be dealing with place emphasis on trust, experience, credibility, and confidence. The demographic is mostly male (65%), well educated, and in the 30+ age group.
General Concepts: The logo should be fresh and modern, with clean lines. It needs to stand out among the thousands of other hedge funds and catch the eye of clientele who are inundated with information. In addition, we would like for the logo to define our corporate identity and leave it up to you to be creative and attempt any design that you think makes Legion Capital Management.
We definitely like the idea of using a symbol/icon with our name. The symbol/icon should be able to stand alone and be used through various marketing channels (social media/avatar/business cards), but incorporate "Legion Capital Management" for our website and core marketing materials.
Design Requirements:
1. Modern with clean lines
2. Incorporate a standalone symbol/icon with our brand name
3. If multiple colors are used, the logo must also work well in black and white
4. Colors we like: red, green, blue, black, gray, white - but open to all
5. Eye catching, stands out from all the standard finance/hedge fund logos
6. Must be professional with no stock images, clip art, or cartoonish figures
7. Will fit well on a white background
8. Must be copyrights clear / original design
Please deliver file in Adobe Illustrator (ai.) (CMYK) printable format; Web file format – hi resolution .jpg and layered .psd (RGB).
Thank you and we look forward to reviewing your designs!
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Lance K. Fox, 44, Wabash, passed away 1:25 a.m. on Sunday, April 21, at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne. He was born on Sept. 14, 1968 in Portland, Ore. to the late Jan (Fritch) Votaw. His stepfather, Herbert Votaw, survives in Oregon.
Lance was a member of Wabash Eagles Lodge.
He is survived by his longtime companion, Grace Young, Wabash; stepson, Austin Young, Wabash; stepdaughter, Christina Young, Wabash; brothers and sisters, Marshall Fox, Pennsylvania, Michael Fox, Washington, Cherie Cone, Oregon, Sue Cone, Washington, Teresa Cone of Oregon, Alicia Cone, Hawaii, and Deanna Cone, California. He was preceded in death by a stepdaughter, Tiffany Gaceta.
Funeral service will be 11 a.m. on Wednesday, April 24, at McDonald Funeral Home and officiated by Roxanne Mann.
Burial will be at a later date following cremation.
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My name is Justin B Terry-Smith, I'm a Black Gay man living in Laurel, Maryland and I am HIV+. I've decided to share my story because I feel it's important that people who have unprotected sex know what they might be getting themselves into.
Justin B Terry-Smith, Author, Advice Columnist, Award Winning Activist & Video Blogger has been infected with HIV since 2005. Diagnosed in 2006, he has made his mission to educate others about HIV and to make sure the community and the world are aware of the disease. Since 1999 he has been an activist for Gay rights and in 2004 began HIV activism. He's garnered recognition and awards for his work, but he's more concerned about looking for new ways to transform society for the better than resting on his laurels. He is currently residing in Laurel Maryland living and loving life with his husband. Dr. Philip B Terry-Smith. Terry-Smith will be pursuing his Master's in Public Health this year and will not stop activism until the day he dies.
People have asked me why I am doing this, why have I put my personal business out like this. I tell them it is to help educate people, to make them aware and to make them think twice about having unprotected sex. This is my personal journey that needs to be told to help the community and the world
I was raised in Silver Spring, Maryland with a silver spoon in my mouth. Even though both my parents were present in my life, growing up wasn't easy for me.
I left my home in search of a life that would make me feel freer to explore my sexuality, but that freedom came at a cost. Living in NW Washington DC I had to try to hold down three jobs to keep my head above water. In the daytime I worked for the government, in the afternoons I worked as a waiter and at night I worked as an exotic dancer under the name, "Justice", which I have now tattooed on my right arm. I took a look at my face in the mirror and realized that I looked like I was 19 years old going on 91 years old; I had to do something else with my life.
In the fall of 1999 I saw a metro bus drive by with a sign that said, "United States Air Force - AIM High". That was all it took, so I joined the U.S. Air Force and it was one of the best times of my life. I wound up being stationed at Dover AFB, Delaware. But also I have to admit that it was one of the worst I went through hell and back in the military, because I was gay and felt enclosed that I couldn't love openly who I wanted to.
I had good and bad experiences in the military but the worst was being sexually harassed, domestically abused and raped. I couldn't escape because if I told someone about it then questions would arise and I would have surely been kicked out under "Don't Ask, Don't Tell".
I met my then partner in the summer of 2003 when I was still in the military, when I was stationed at Dover AFB and he was living in DC. After being honorably discharged from the military I moved back to the Washington DC area and within 2 years my relationship with him would come to its conclusion.
I ended up living in an apartment in SW DC at the Waterfront, with two friends of mine named Anthony and David. My behavior then was erratic and out of control. I started doing things that just really weren't me. I started stripping again and started heavily drinking and sometimes doing drugs. All this and I still was able to land a contracting job with Department of Justice.
David became very sick and could barely walk; after battling HIV he was told he had full blown AIDS. I knew when I moved in that he was not doing so well. I helped bath and feed him. Sometimes I would even help him when he needed to get sick or use the toilet. Anthony and David got along for the most part but it got too much for Anthony to handle and he was the only person on the lease. I came home one day to see a woman in my apartment. It was David's mother and she said that Anthony had called to have her take him back to her house in Baltimore, Maryland. David had once told both of us that is where he did not want to go. Two weeks later I got a phone call from David's mother that he was dead.
Anthony began to hit on me at one point but I refused his advances. He eventually changed the locks on the apartment door and I didn't know why. I quickly tapped my resources and found a small studio apartment down the street.
In the latter part of 2006 I would often get sick and I didn't know why. I had to call into work several times because I was so under the weather and I eventually lost my job. I knew something was wrong with me and I knew I needed to get checked for HIV. One morning I woke up and threw up 5 times. I had flu-like symptoms and my satin sheets were wet with sweat.
I decided to call my best friend Bryan and have him meet me at Us Helping Us People Into Living Inc. (UHU). UHU is where people can get tested for HIV in the Washington DC area for free. I had felt comfortable being at UHU because I used to work there and still had friends who were employed there. I ended up getting there before my best friend and decided to go get tested. I was administered the Orasure Test which can come up with the results within 20 minutes.
I was so nervous. I honestly didn't think that I had HIV. I came up with excuses and said things to myself like, 'I don't feel sick now, nothing could be wrong with me', 'I'm 26 I couldn't be HIV+'. By the time the test was ready I had smoked about 10 cigarettes. I walked back into the HIV testing room and the reader asked me, 'Are you ready to hear your results, Mr. Smith?' I said, 'Yes I am'. She said, 'Mr. Smith you've tested positive for the HIV virus'.
I was devastated. I couldn't believe it. The first thing I thought was I can't have any children. My second thought was what am I going to tell my parents, they would be destroyed. Then the final thought is I'm going to die.
Bryan arrived at the clinic and saw it in my eyes. He held me tight as I wept in his arms and I felt comfort and security in his arms.
I decided to fight, to fight to stay a live. When I told my father he handled it any way a father can handle their son telling him he has HIV, but my father is strong. Unfortunately a close family member told my mother. I got a call from my family and they were all crying; I thought someone in my family had passed away. My brother asked, "Justin, be honest with me. We heard you have AIDS, is that true?" I quickly said, "No". He said, "Are you lying to me?" I said. "No I do not have AIDS?" He then asked. "Do you have HIV?" I said, "Yes I have HIV". He started crying and so did my mother and other family members. I could hear them in the background. I told my brother to put me on speaker phone. I told them, "I need you not to cry for me, be strong with me"
After about 2 years of being HIV+ I was forced to go on meds with a T-cell count of 261 and Viral Load of 77,000. I did research and tried to find someone (a black male) that was documenting their lives while on meds but sadly I couldn't find one. I decided to do it on my own, so I created "Justin's HIV Journal" on YouTube. I started my first entry with an introduction and why I was doing what I was doing. It began to help me because it forced me to be honest about what was happening to me.
When thast first entry had gotten its first comment I was so excited except when I saw what the person said. "So you got poked by a dirty dick, so what". I couldn't believe it I had poured my heart and soul out and someone who just felt like stepping on it because it suited them. I thought how heartless can someone be. Then I got my second comment and it was a lot more encouraging and made me keep going.
I thought that I needed to expand and so I went onto to blogspot.com and started writing, with the videos that I would make for Justin's HIV Journal and I put them there for the world to see. Then I opened up a Myspace and Facebook account and started pasting my entries there. I even have my video entries on black gay chat.com. Because of Justin's HIV Journal I've written for Black AIDS Institute, Gay Life Newspaper in Baltimore MD, thebody.com etc. The more I do this the more people are aware of HIV and keep in the back of their heads that they too can be infected. I began to speak out on HIV and my personal journey at engagements, seminars, universities, high schools, and prides.
I also came out with an HIV-themed children's book called, "I Have A Secret". I love children and my husband and I hope to adopt one day. Children that are HIV-negative need to know that children who are HIV positive want the same things as they do - namely, love and affection. I also finished up my Associates in Communications and my Bachelor's in Political Science. I will be started my Master's in Public Health in a couple weeks as well. I also recently started writing an advice column called, "Just*in Time" for A&U Magazine America's AIDS Magazine.
As you can see, I DO NOT let HIV have the upper hand over me.
Presently, I am married to my husband Dr. Philip B.Terry-Smith and all my family and friends know about my status. They have given me the love and strength to help me through this journey. This journal is to tell people that being HIV+ is not a piece of cake. People need to know what they might have to endure if they decide to put themselves at risk. HIV is neither glamorous nor a rite of passage. In the words of Pedro Zamora, 'I'm not dying. I'm living with it'
Justin B. Terry-Smith
Creator of Justin's HIV Journal
Author of I Have A Secret
You can also find Justin on on twitter at @JustinBSmith79


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The Cubs go for their third win in a row tonight, that's called a winning streak, it has happened before, just not a lot recently. Travis Wood gets the ball for the Cubs as he will oppose Alex Sanabia of the Marlins. I feel like if the Cubs can take care of business tonight that they might be ready to go on a really nice run here. Here are the lineups for tonight, 6:10 PM CST first pitch.
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