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401) Freed Scholar Yektan Turkyilmaz Speaks Out
Over the summer, Turkyilmaz became a cause célèbre among scholarly groups that believed the smuggling charges against him (supporters say he was the first person Armenia has ever charged with illegally exporting books) to be a pretext for what they considered a crackdown on a researcher studying a politically sensitive period in the country's tangled history with Turkey. Major scholarly associations and human rights groups, as well as academic and political leaders in the United States and throughout the world, urged Armenia to drop the charges against him.
After a short trial last month, a court found Turkyilmaz guilty of trying to take books out of the country illegally, but suspended his two-year sentence and released him. He returned to Duke early this month to get back to his studies and his research. In an e-mail interview with Inside Higher Ed, he discusses his detainment, why he thinks he was arrested, and the implications of his situation for his career, his profession and beyond.
Q: In court, you apparently acknowledged breaking the Armenian law unknowingly. Does that mean you believe your arrest was legitimate,or did the government have another motive?
A. Yes I did acknowledge that I unknowingly broke a "law," an obscure law which applies to the:
"Contraband of narcotic drugs, neurological, strong, poisonous, poisoning, radioactive or explosive materials, weapons, explosive devices, ammunition, fire-arms, except smoothbore long barrel hunting guns, nuclear, chemical, biological or other mass destruction weapons, or dual-use materials, devices, or technologies which can also be used for the creation or use of mass destruction weapons or missile delivery systems thereof, strategic raw materials orcultural values."
But I am convinced the book charges were just a pretext for my arrest. KGB officials (Armenia's police are now formally known as the National Security Service, but everyone, including they themselves, still call them the KGB) were certain that I was a spy. The first day one of the KGB agents told me that their endeavor was to clarify -- given that Armenia's ceasefire with Azerbaijan had ended very recently -- that I had not been involved in espionage on behalf of the Turks (they do not differentiate between Azeris and Turks!). That is why they arrested me.
The interrogators' questioning in the initial few days of my arrest was entirely devoted to my research, my political views and connections with Turkish intelligence and state officials. The concept of "scholar" is meaningless to them. According to them, as the investigator put it, "all scholars are spies." All my friends and contacts in Yerevan (most of whom have nothing to do with the books found in my suitcases) have not only been interrogated by the KGB but were also harassed and threatened. They were all told that I was a Turkish spy. My friends who were at the airport with me were threatened not to let anyone, especially my family, know about my arrest. (When my sister contacted them via phone they denied that they were with me at the airport! For that reason my family did not know about my situation for 15 hours.)
My case was a violation of academic freedom and the right to research. Investigators went through every bit of my research material. They looked one by one at almost 20 thousand images saved on the CDs and on my laptop. I was asked to prove that I had permission to reproduce every single image and also that they contained no "state secrets" even though I had official permission to do research in the archives. They posed questions about my political ideas, dissertation topic, why I had learned Armenian, if I personally would have had enough time to read the material I had reproduced at the libraries and the Archives, my relations with Turkish military and intelligence, etc.
The staff at the libraries and archives where I was conducting research were not merely questioned about their personal connection with me, but also forced to testify against me. They asked one librarian "how dare you take a non-Armenian guy to 'our' national Archives?" I am also informed that, they had been forced to confirm that I got permissions to conduct research at their institutions not through legal procedure (implying that I bribed them to get permission to do research!).
It was only later, when the Armenian secret service could find no basis for their claims, that the issue of legally purchased, second-hand books in my possession came into the picture.
Q: Do you think you were detained for political reasons? If so, why?
A: I am convinced that not only my arrest but also my release were political decisions taken by (few but) very high ranking Armenian officials. I believe this Cold War-era conspiracy was organized, or at least encouraged, by those who have no wish to see cooperation and improved relations between Turkey and Armenia. KGB officials' mentality -- a mixture of the Soviet way of thinking and nationalism with xenophobic overtones -- played a crucial role in making the decision to detain me. Unfortunately, in today's Armenia (like many other ex-Soviet republics), there isn't adequate political control over KGB. I should also underline that there is an ongoing fight between pro-democracy advocates and pro-Russia Soviet-style rule. For me, it is relieving to know that I have received a good deal of support from the pro-democracy politicians and large segments of the Armenian society, which is very important.
I think the basic reason why they targeted me is that they could not put me in any of their nationalist, primordialist categories. I was like a UFO to them: a citizen of Turkey of Kurdish origin, student in the US, critical of the Turkish official stance on controversial historical issues, an admirer of the Armenian culture, collector of old Armenian books and records, speaker of the language, a researcher who has visited Armenia several times without any worries and concerns, a foreigner who is vocal about his ideas, etc. A story too good to believe, because for them, the world can never be that colorful. For the people who were interrogating me, you are either Armenian-Armenian with the 'full' meaning of the word, or Turkish or anything else. If I were a conventional "Turk," as they would have rather preferred to see me as, I believe, I may not have had any troubles. I think, my endeavor to cross boundaries was deemed as a threat by the people who decided on my arrest and by those who interrogated me.
Q: Is there reason, legitimate or otherwise, why the Armenian government would view your scholarly work with alarm? Can it be perceived as "anti-Armenian"?
A: My work is not only about the history of the region but also about historiography. Therefore, I don't think that it favors any nationalist historiography including the Armenian version. In that sense my work is critical not only of the Turkish nationalist historiography but also of the Kurdish and Armenian counterparts. Hence my work can neither be called pro- or anti Armenian. That question itself is based on nationalist anxieties, which I try to analyze and move beyond in my scholarship.
There are some Armenian circles that do not sympathize with the usage of Armenian resources by the Turkish scholars. This, too, is a nationalist (if not racist) stance that we as academics need to challenge for a more nuanced and sophisticated understanding of the past as well of today.
Q: Most scholars characterize the deaths of some 1.5 million Armenians during World War I as a genocide, but relatively few Turkish scholars do so. What is your take on what happened?
A: It is very clear that almost the entire Armenian population of eastern Anatolia was subjected to forced migrations and massacres beginning in the early months of 1915.
Q: Do you think your treatment by Armenian authorities will undercut Turkish willingness to explore the treatment of Armenians under Ottoman rule?
A: That may be the message people will likely take away. But I think we should be stubborn and should not give up.
Q: Were you aware, while you were being held, of the breadth of the effort on your behalf, both from other academics and from leaders in the political world like Bob Dole?
A: To some extent I was. I knew that my friends would realize why I could be detained and also that they would support me to the end. I was getting some kind of information from the outside, but it was not always very accurate.
Here, I would like to take the opportunity to thank especially my colleagues, Turkish, Armenian and American, who have demonstrated an exemplary and meaningful solidarity. One upshot of my case, I believe, is that unprecedented number of scholars, intellectuals and activists from both groups came together, united around a common cause. It was really great. I am grateful to all of them who have signed the open letter to [Armenia's] President Kocharian and hope that my case has opened up further space of dialogue and cooperation between the critical intellectuals studying the controversial and painful pages of the history of the region.
I would also like to present my gratitude to the entire Duke community, especially to President Brodhead, to Provost Lange and, of course, to my heroic adviser Orin Starn, and to the department of cultural anthropology. I want to mention three other names who were crucial in the process, Prof. Ayse Gul Altinay (who orchestrated the "global" campaign for my release) of Sabanci University, Istanbul/Turkey; Prof. Charles Kurzman of UNC, and Prof. Richard Hovannissian of UCLA. Their support was invaluable.
I am also extremely grateful to the American politicians who got involved. Bob Dole's intervention was really crucial. I thank him very much.
Q: Did you ever consider yourself to be in true danger?
A: Yes I think I did, especially after the first week.
Q: Do you envision returning to Armenia to continue your research? Can you complete your dissertation without going back?
A: This is really a very tough question. I should first underline the fact that for me there is no difference between Istanbul and Yerevan. I feel at home when I am in Yerevan. I love walking on the streets (especially Mashtots) of the city, or sitting at the lovely cafes around the opera building. I have very close friends over there. However, there is also this bitter experience I have gone through. It is very sad for me to know that there are people in Armenia who do not want me to do research in the country. I know that those people are a minority, yet they are powerful. They still keep their old isolationist way of thinking which they have recently blended with a xenophobic brand of "Armenian patriotism." Whoever it is behind the provocation against me, there is no doubt that they have damaged the image of Armenia in the international arena. As a scholar, I have been deeply disheartened by this incident.
But there are also people like the director of the National Archives of Armenia, Mr. Amatuni Virabian, who from the first day of my arrest, understood what was happening behind the scene and diligently supported me. I received considerable support from pro-democratization Armenian intellectuals. I also know that majority of the people in Armenia eventually understood that the officials made a big mistake and also that I was not an enemy of the Armenian people.
I don't want those who have tried to intimidate independent researchers through my own case to win over those who have been seeking and struggling for improved relations and scholarly cooperation between the two countries and communities. Therefore I will definitely go back.
I think I have compiled enough material to finish my dissertation. That is, it is not a must for me to go back to Armenia for my dissertation fieldwork research.
Q: Should your case make scholars wary of studying contentious subjects? Do you have advice for other researchers contemplating exploring such a topic?
A: Caution, they have to be really very cautious. They should be very careful about the laws and procedures especially about permissions necessary for research. No signal of danger should be overlooked. It might be a good idea not to be publicly very visible. I also recommend them to always back-up their work and if possible to download it to the internet.
Q: What are your career plans for after you have your doctorate? Do you envision entering the academy, and if so, any idea in what country?
A: I am willing to pursue an academic career in the U.S. where I can attain a free environment necessary for my studies.
Finally, I want to emphasize that I am not angry or bitter. I want to put everything aside and concentrate on my work. I am an academic not a politician, notwithstanding the fact that I was caught in the middle of a fight among hostile political actors.
September 30, 2005
Doug Lederman
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Another Big Red Rally
East Lansing, Mich. - Another fourth-quarter road rally. Another Big Ten win.
In its most dramatic in a series second-half comebacks in conference play, No. 21 Nebraska rallied from 10 points down in the final eight minutes to knock off Michigan State, 28-24, at Spartan Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
Junior quarterback Taylor Martinez lofted a heavenly pass to the left side of the end zone for sophomore wide receiver Jamal Turner from five yards out with six ticks left on the clock to secure Nebraska's fourth conference win.
In the latest in a series of historic come-from-behind victories, Martinez's clutch connection with Turner moved the 2012 Huskers to 7-2 overall and 4-1 in the Big Ten. It also secured NU's third double-digit, second-half comeback in four Big Ten victories, following a 12-point fourth-quarter rally at Northwestern on Oct. 27, and a 17-point third-quarter comeback against Wisconsin in NU's Big Ten home opener on Sept. 29.
The pass also completed a monster day for the junior quarterback from Corona, Calif., against one of the nation's stingiest defenses. The Spartans entered the contest allowing just 91.2 rushing yards per game through the first nine contests and only 267 yards of total offense and 15 points per contest.
Martinez personally accounted for 205 rushing yards and two scores, while throwing for 160 yards and two more touchdowns against the Spartans. Sophomore I-back Ameer Abdullah accounted for another 110 yards on the ground for the Big Red, his fifth 100-yard rushing effort of the season, as Nebraska amassed 313 rushing yards against MSU for the day.
The Huskers rolled up 473 total yards against the Spartans for the game, including 214 in the fourth quarter alone. Michigan State finished with 361 total yards, but just 30 in the final period.
Despite accounting for 365 yards of total offense and having a hand in all four of Nebraska's scores, Martinez's day was full of ups and downs. He went just 16-for-36 through the air against MSU, and was victimized by three interceptions, including two in the second half by Darqueze Dennard.
But as Martinez has proven time and time again over the past month in Big Ten play, he has the ability to overcome adversity and lead the Huskers to victory.
On Nebraska's second offensive drive of the day, Martinez marched the Huskers to the Michigan State 21, but on 2nd-and-22 from the MSU 33, he was picked off by Kurtis Drummond. The Spartans converted the interception into points, rolling 68 yards in 10 plays capped by Le'Veon Bell's 11-yard rumble into the end zone. Bell finished the day with 188 yards on 36 carries to go along with two touchdowns.
Michigan State took a 7-0 lead with 4:28 left in the quarter and did not trail in the game until Nebraska's final offensive play of the game.
It didn't take long for Martinez to atone for the interception. After Abdullah rushed for 12 yards on the first play of the ensuing drive, Martinez sprinted 59 yards to the MSU 4 on the next play - his first of three long runs on the afternoon. Martinez then connected with Abdullah on a two-yard touchdown pass two plays later to tie the score with 2:07 left in the first quarter.
Martinez marched the Huskers again on their opening drive of the second quarter, but the Huskers stalled at the MSU 13, and Brett Maher uncharacteristically missed on a 30-yard field goal attempt to keep the score tied.
But not for long, as MSU's battering ram running back Bell carried three times for 49 yards on the first three plays of MSU's ensuing drive. Then Spartan quarterback Andrew Maxwell hit Tony Lippett on a 46-yard strike between double-coverage in the end zone to put MSU back up 14-7 with 6:56 to play in the half. Maxwell completed just 9-of-27 passes for 123 yards on the afternoon, but did not throw an interception.
After both defenses produced three-and-outs, Martinez struck again, racing 71 yards for a touchdown down the right sideline on 2nd-and-8 from the NU 29, tying the score at 14 with 3:11 left in the half.
The two teams went to the locker room tied at half, and the Huskers had already accounted for a game's worth of total offense against the vaunted Spartan defense. Martinez rushed for 156 yards on just eight first-half carries, while completing 8-of-16 passes for 52 yards, accounting for 208 total yards. The Huskers totaled 263 yards on 37 first-half plays.
Bell also had a big half, rushing for 105 yards on 14 carries, while Maxwell completed 6-of-14 passes for 89 yards and a score, as MSU produced 208 total yards against the Blackshirts.
Michigan State regained a measure of control by marching 68 yards in 11 plays on the opening drive of the third quarter. The Blackshirts stiffened to keep MSU out of the end zone, holding on 3rd-and-Goal at the NU 7. Dan Conroy, who had missed a 48-yard field goal early in the first quarter - converted on a 25-yarder to give the Spartans a 17-14 lead with 10:21 left in the third quarter.
The defenses dominated the rest of the quarter, and Dennard provided one of the game's biggest plays when he made a highlight-reel interception on a pass from Martinez intended for Quincy Enunwa deep down the middle of the field. Dennard hauled in the interception at the MSU 32 and quickly spun around before returning the catch 30 yards to the NU 38.
Bell carried six times for 18 yards on the ensuing drive, bulling his way into the end zone from one yard out with 14:20 left in the game to put the Spartans up 24-14. Bell's second touchdown came on his 29th carry of the game and pushed his rushing total to 164 yards.
The Spartans controlled the third quarter, amassing 122 yards of total offense while holding the Huskers to minus-four total yards. But while Michigan State won the third quarter, Nebraska owned the fourth.
On the following possession, Martinez marched Nebraska into scoring position, driving all the way to the MSU 5. But on 2nd-and-Goal Dennard struck again, jumping a Husker route before dodging and weaving his way to the end zone for what appeared to be a game-clinching touchdown and a 31-14 Spartan lead. But near the spot of the interception, Michigan State was flagged for a personal foul, putting the Spartans 1st-and-10 at the MSU 10.
The Blackshirts stepped up and forced a three-and-out. After the MSU punt, Martinez regained his composure and drove the Huskers 58 yards in just six plays, capped by his 35-yard touchdown run to narrow the gap to 24-21 with 7:02 left. Martinez and Abdullah accounted for all 58 yards on the ground for the Huskers.
The Blackshirts forced another three-and-out, and after Tim Marlowe's 19-yard return of a 60-yard Mike Sadler punt, Martinez and the Huskers started with solid field position at the NU 39. The Huskers picked up one quick first down, but a one-yard pickup by Abdullah and back-to-back incompletions, the Huskers were faced with 4th-and-9 at the MSU 44. Martinez hit Enunwa on a short completion, but it was not enough for a first down and Michigan State took over at its own 40 with just 3:12 left in the game.
Like they had done all day, the Spartans turned to Bell and the bruising back rumbled 13 yards on his first two carries to pick up a first down and push the ball into NU territory. The Spartans went to Bell two more times, setting up a 3rd-and-6 at the NU 43. MSU handed to Bell one more time, but he came up with just four yards and no first down. Nebraska spent its final timeout with 1:27 left, but Martinez and the Huskers would get the ball back one more time.
Sadler booted his punt 39 yards into the end zone for a touchdown, but the Huskers needed 80 yards in 1:20 with no timeouts to keep their hopes of a Big Ten title alive.
Martinez hit Enunwa with a 22-yard strike on the sideline to start the drive, but after a rush for no gain and back-to-back incompletions, the Huskers were faced with 4th-and-10 at the NU 42 with 40 seconds left.
In one of the most clutch throws of his career, Martinez connected with senior tight end Kyler Reed for a 38-yard strike to put NU 1st-and-10 at the MSU 20. Two more incompletions left the Huskers 3rd-and-10, and Martinez's pass to Kenny Bell in the right side of the end zone fell incomplete. However, Michigan State was flagged for pass interference, keeping NU's drive alive at the MSU 5. For the game, Michigan was penalized nine times for 100 yards, while Nebraska was flagged nine times for 72 yards.
After an incompletion intended for Reed in the back of the end zone, Martinez hit Turner on the winning pass with six seconds left to secure another come-from-behind victory, while giving the Huskers their first lead of the game.
Coming into the 2012 campaign, a storied Nebraska program that now has more than 850 all-time victories, had produced just four double-digit, fourth-quarter comebacks in school history. The Huskers have now done it twice in back-to-back road games.
The last time the Huskers took to the road, they matched the biggest fourth-quarter rally in school history, clawing their way back from a 28-16 deficit with six minutes to go in a 29-28 win at Northwestern.
Nebraska notched its first conference home win and its first of three momentous comebacks in the Big Ten home opener against Wisconsin on Sept. 29. The Huskers trailed the Badgers 27-10 with less than nine minutes to play in the third quarter, before tying the game at 27 by the end of the third. A Maher fourth-quarter field goal completed the 17-point rally, which tied for the second-largest comeback in school history.
Nebraska returns home for the first of back-to-back games at Memorial Stadium, when the Huskers take on always-tough Penn State on Saturday, Nov. 10. Kickoff between the Huskers and Nittany Lions is set for 2:30 p.m. (CT) with live national television coverage on ABC and ESPN2.
Scoring Summary
Final: No. 21 Nebraska 28, Michigan State 24
Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012
Spartan Stadium (East Lansing, Mich.)
First Quarter (7-7)
MSU - 4:28 - Le'Veon Bell 11 run (Dan Conroy kick) - 10 plays, 68 yards, 5:02 (MSU, 7-0)
NEB - 2:07 - Ameer Abdullah 2 pass from Taylor Martinez (Maher kick) - 5 plays, 75 yards, 2:21 (7-7)
Second Quarter (14-14)
MSU - 6:56 - Tony Lippett 46 pass from Andrew Maxwell (Conroy kick) - 4 plays, 80 yards, 2:02 (MSU, 14-7)
NEB - 3:11 - Martinez 71 run (Maher kick) - 2 plays, 73 yards, 0:51 (14-14)
Third Quarter (MSU, 17-14)
MSU - 10:21 - Conroy 25 FG - 11 plays, 68 yards, 4:39 (MSU, 17-14)
Fourth Quarter (NEB, 28-24)
MSU - 14:20 - Bell 1 run (Conroy kick) - 8 plays, 38 yards, 3:43 (MSU 24-14)
NEB - 7:02 - Martinez 35 run (Maher kick) - 6 plays, 58 yards, 2:03 (MSU 24-21)
NEB - 0:06 - Jamal Turner 5 pass from Martinez (Maher kick) - 9 plays, 80 yards, 1:20 (NEB, 28-24)
Final: No. 21 Nebraska 28, Michigan State 24
Attendance: 73,522
Time of Game: 3:52
Game Start: 2:30 p.m. (central)


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January is usually a slow month for the games industry. The festive rush has finished, and few publishers want to take a risk on unleashing their big game when there's no opportunity for someone to buy it as a present. Fortunately, those making games for no financial reimbursement - or, at least, games whose money-making prowess doesn't equate to the need to shift a full-priced boxed product - don't have this to worry about. Maybe that's why January has seen some of the best free games to grace the PC in ages. Read on for our picks...
Da-Da-Dash DX Edition
By Renard. Download it from the official website .
This is a maddeningly fast game. The premise: grab a selection of different jewels from around a grid, while avoiding the bullets and laser beams of an enormous monster which sits atop the screen.
There's a 'normal' mode, which makes things relatively restrained, but frankly that isn't a lot of fun. It's in the game's 'accelerated' mode that things really come into their own. You move your miniature spacecraft around the grid by clicking on your destination and seeing the little fella zip right there, which means there's no real opportunity for edging carefully around the hail of fire heading in your direction. This means 'accelerated' mode becomes a frantic dash around the screen, as you desperately hope you've managed to dodge the bad guy's latest spray of hot death. A whole heap of fun.
By SantaRagione. Play it on Kongregate .
Fotonica is a splendid one-button game that takes a fair few cues from the likes of Mirror's Edge and Canabalt. Your task is to run like the bloomin' wind along a track, but the only control you're blessed with is when to jump. Hold down any button to power up a leap, and release it to go flying through the air - and, hopefully, land where you're expecting.
It isn't a new idea, by any means. These simplified free-running games have been all the rage in recent months. This one is particularly noticeable for its visual design, though, Fotonica throwing hyperactive wireframes in your direction which add a whole new dimension of adrenaline in your direction. The sense of speed is enormous, and the entire thing remains just about distinctive enough to hold your attention - even through a couple of odd difficulty spikes.
The Dream Machine - Chapter 1
By Cockroach. Play it on the official website .
The name unfortunately gives away what this astonishingly crafted point-and-click adventure is all about. After moving to a new house, your character and his wife stumble across a big machine that allows you to enter people's dreams. Unfortunately this doesn't happen until Chapter 2, which you have to pay for - as you will all subsequent episodes. (And yes, this does make Chapter 1 a bit more akin to a demo, but it's called a chapter, so I feel no guilt for shoehorning it into this list.)
Chapter 1 is remarkable for its own reasons, though. For starters, it's all hand-crafted and animated. The sets are real, physical sets, and the characters are made of clay. It's a really impressive piece of work from its indie developers - even more so when you realise it's actually quite good, with sensible puzzles, strong dialogue, and a refreshingly understated opening that really draws you into its world.
By RottenTater. Get it from the official website .
As sinister as you can imagine, SuteF has been stirring up a few reactions in the last month. It's a puzzle platformer in the style of - say - VVVVVV, but comes equipped with a bunch of new ideas, as well as a completely different vibe, that turn this unnerving creation into its own beast.
You've got to avoid death and get to the TV screens, essentially. But various obstacles stand in your way, and you have a selection of abilities to help you overcome them. The puzzles are smart, cerebral, often devilishly difficult but always sensible. And the thematics are wonderful: delightfully twisted in a way that sticks you to the edge of your seat as you dare to imagine what might come next. Both surreal in spirit and solid in design, SuteF is only marred by an apparent inability to quit the bloody thing in any way other than bringing up the task manager. Seriously ?
Goblin War Machine
By Big Block Games. Play it on the website .
There was a game released on Xbox Live Arcade in the summer. It was called Limbo, and it was really very good. You should go and play it on your friend's console toy, or something. But if you can't bring yourself to do that, you can get a fairly good idea of its aesthetic design by playing Goblin War Machine, a game that seems to have been fairly obviously influenced by Playdead's quirky puzzle-platformer.
Of course, actually play the thing and there are plenty of differences. Goblin War Machine is about constructing an enormous bike-o-tank and ploughing like hell through a bunch of tiny settlements. It's a lot of fun, too, especially as the game opens up: score points for kills, and you unlock new features with which to customise your machine of doom. The little guys with spears and the silhouetted greyscale are evocative of others' work, but it's through its delight in silliness that Goblin War Machine really shines.
Champions Online
By Cryptic Studios. Get it from the official website .
We seem to be being treated to quite a few online games going free. It's not that many months since Relic's extraordinary RTS Company of Heroes threw away its need for up-front payments, and the excellent Lord of the Rings Online made the same move shortly after . We're soon to see an updated edition of APB, too, which is set to function on a microtransaction system. Although, to be fair, APB was rubbish . So maybe don't think about that one too much.
Still, it's an interesting new area for the games industry to explore, and the result is that we're seeing some decent games emerge into the free-to-play realms. Champions Online is a flawed but fun MMO that expands upon Cryptic's previous City of Heroes/Villains titles - a colourful, action-packed universe of superhero mayhem that does enough to keep you entertained for many hours on end.
The free version locks out a few subscriber-only features, but for all intents and purposes it's the same game, only without the monthly fee. If money were involved, Champions Online would be a cautious recommendation. But now that it isn't, go nuts.


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ADDISON COUNTY — Vermont State Police "followed the Subway" to a Bristol resident they have charged with burglary in connection with an Aug. 1 break-in at the Lincoln General Store.
Police on Monday, Aug. 27, cited Josh Mayo, 21, for burglary for allegedly breaking into the Lincoln store through a side window. Once inside, authorities allege he stole around $305 in cash and $330 in cigarettes.
VERGENNES — Vergennes police on Saturday night issued a citation for driving under the influence of alcohol after responding to a call for aid from a Vermont game warden.
City police said they first got a call from the dispatcher that the warden had stopped a car on Basin Harbor Road in Panton. When the warden did not respond to police calls to ask what the issue was, they went to the scene and discovered the warden had stopped a car driven by Philip Myers, 24, of Shelburne.
BRISTOL — When husband-wife duo Jeff Weaber and Katina Martin moved back to Addison County in 2005, Martin — a naturopathic physician — founded Salisbury Natural Family Health the following year.
Weaber, with his years of brewing experience in Oregon, decided to combine his and his wife's skillsets to create a beverage high in vitamins and probiotic yeast and bacteria: kombucha, a slightly fermented tea first produced in Asia. In the autumn of 2007, the kombucha company Aqua Vitea was born in the basement of Weaber and Martin's Salisbury home.
MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury police interviewed a local woman who on Aug. 23 said she had received two letters from an unknown person alleging that her husband was "cheating on her."
One of the two letters included a cell phone number to call. The cell phone, police determined, belongs to a 17-year-old Cornwall youth who said he did not write the letters and did not have any knowledge why his phone number was included in the letters.
In other action last week, Middlebury police:
BRISTOL — The Bristol Police Department dealt with a variety of calls between Aug. 7 and 15. The most noteworthy was on Aug. 7, when Bristol officers assisted Vermont State Police and other agencies in arresting Katherine Heffernan, 27, of Bristol and charging her with possessing heroin with the intent to distribute it.
Police said Heffernan had more than 60 bags of heroin and more than $9,000 in cash on her when arrested (more on this story can be found in the Aug. 13 edition of the Independent).
VERGENNES — With a little help from Mother Nature, the 31st annual Vergennes Day drew a crowd on Saturday to the Little City and ran smoothly, according to city officials and its primary organizer, Marguerite Senecal of the Addison County Chamber of Commerce.
"The day couldn't have been more tailor-made. It was gorgeous that day," Senecal said. "And it all went like clockwork."
Because no tickets are sold, officials have no good way to measure the crowd, which typically numbers in the thousands.
MIDDLEBURY — The Vermont Folklife Center this week announced the completion of "Weathering the Storm," a new audio documentary that explores the impact of Tropical Storm Irene on hard-hit communities throughout the state. "Weathering the Storm" features the voices of 40 Vermonters from 12 towns, addressing the experience of the storm and the continuing process of recovery.
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As I've blogged about before, in the past few months I've been working a lot on Fedora Community with John Palmieri, Luke Macken, and Spot Callaway. Fedora Community currently focuses on making all you Fedora package maintainers out there even more super awesome (hard to do considering where we're starting from 🙂 ) and later on we're hoping to add some apps and workflows to support the wider Fedora contributor community as well.
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Wow, you made it this far down the blog post. Okay. Hmm. I'll have to entice you with a little more information maybe. For some reason making it as easy as clicking on this link is still not convincing you. "What is this Fedora Community thing anyway?" you ask yourself. "Why would I ever want to use this thing?"
Welp, good thing you asked, and good thing we prepared for this! Check out our two-part podcast with Luke and John to hear all about what Fedora Community is, why you would want to use it, how it will make you awesomer as a package maintainer (and even how you might find it useful if you aren't a package maintainer), how it works under the hood, and more:
Wow, still here reading the blog, eh? Hmm. Maybe you're more into the visual than the aural. All right. So we've also got this awesome tour that walks you through a sampling of screenshots from Fedora Community and explains each. Also, it has a cool picture of Mike McGrath and you're just going to have to click on over if you wanna see! (Besides don't you want to be as cool as Kyle?:
If you are still reading this, and you are still not convinced you really want to just go on ahead and check out Fedora Community, well, there is not much I can do except remind you how much of a super hero Jesse is. I mean, come on, man. Don't you want to be just like Jesse? Go on and give it a try.
P.S. John and Luke are also super heroes and have been a pleasure to work with on this project. They've structured Fedora Community such that it's easy for other folks to come in and develop apps on top of it quickly and easily and they are great folks to work with to boot. So, if you're interested in whipping together a Fedora Community app you've no excuse not to. 🙂 Go on and get started at fedoracommunity.fedorahosted.org.
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I thought I was having a nice Friday afternoon, and so I said to myself, "Self, why don't we read a little Elitist Jerks forums before we leave work?" Good idea, right? Not so much. Here's a little jewel, quoted from the European forums of all places, for your reading pleasure:
• Lifebloom: Mana cost of all ranks doubled. When Lifebloom blooms or is dispelled, it now refunds half the base mana cost of the spell per application of Lifebloom, and the heal effect is multiplied by the number of applications.
Fortunately, my leafy friends have already been at work, and GC has made some responses. Here is the discussion–it's actually quite instructive and I feel like I learned a little bit after reading the whole thing. The surprise, actually, is how constructive the community is being–sucking up, I guess, versus Ghostcrawler's uncharacteristically snarky attitude. GC seems to think we have all been triumphing over an OP Lifebloom and just waiting on a nerf. In my experience, that's just not the case.
Why Oh Why Did this Happen to Us?
The stated reason for the efficiency nerf to Lifebloom is, quite simply, to de-incentivize stacking the spell on multiple tanks. Unfortunately, the nerf targets single tank stacking as well. From the math, it becomes horribly inefficient to refresh Lifebloom after the initial triple stack. In the future–especially in a mana-scarce environment–we will need to manage both the bloom and the roll, instead of now just worrying about the roll.
Most posters believe that the bloom of Lifebloom will be mostly overheal. I concur. There are many situations where my Lifebloom blooms. Sometimes I refresh too early, but sometimes, well, I'm too late. The "too late" problem is exponentially more likely to occur in busy fights with lots of movement or sources of damage. Yes, I know, I'm a bad druid. I use Grid to display my current Hots, but I'm not running a big splashy HoT timer like I used to in BC. I can tell you that the bloom of my Lifeblooms tends to wash out at around 1% of my effective heal in any given fight.
Who's Facerolling Lifebloom Now?
This nerf really puzzles me. Are any of you, dear readers, topping healing meters by rolling on multiple tanks? That used to be me–back in Hyjal. Most of the current fights are either one-tank only, see me raid healing, or require so much movement (Sarth 3D) that facerolling LB gets to be impossible. I used to love stacking LB on 4 tanks–it felt dynamic, and the contribution of the heals was large enough in proportion to the tanks' health that I felt like I was doing something. Now, not so much. The proportion of the tank's total health that a triple-stacked LB is able to heal has decreased, such that Lifebloom looks like it's not doing anything. I've spent some time looking at my WWS v. my guildies, especially when another druid outperforms me on the same assignment. It looks like right now Lifebloom is doing a decent job raid healing, but it's usually not triple-stacked or rolled. It's doing a lot of healing on tanks, but Regrowth is doing even more.
Maybe Ulduar is Hyjal 2.0 with four tanks in play. That's the only setup I can imagine where this change would be absolutely necessary in order to keep resto druids from having a distinct advantage over other healers. That's bad–a lot of guilds choose their number of tanks based on content, and right now you need a maximum of three. I wonder where everyone's going to find their fourth?
Goodbye, Lifebloom?
The saddest thing about this change is that it adds yet another thing for druids to time perfectly. I'm in the fair category at perfect timing–I'm more into using my HoTs as a set-it-and-forget-it type heal. As such, Rejuvenation is my favorite spell, and if there's a silver lining here, it's that I'm about to actually be rewarded for casting it instead of kicking for using it. Right now, Rejuvenation is a poor bet–it's going to get overhealed, and in the current environment, the numbers show a single Lifebloom to be more effective as a raid heal due to its faster tick. Presumably, the change to mana regen will be enough to tone down the endless sniping and spamming that goes on now. Right now, it's very easy to pad the meters by ignoring your healing assignment in favor of whoever's lowest or taking damage, but in the future I look for tighter assignments to be the norm.
However, my head already hurts contemplating what I believe will be the new use of Lifebloom: stacking on the MT to three and letting it bloom, and then immediately stacking again. It could be all-Loatheb, all the time–we'll have to refresh our 3-stack selectively in order to time the bloom of Lifebloom to a point where the burst will be needed, or at least we'll feel compelled to try.
Sure, the best restos will do that. Others will simply start to play sloppy. My healing, worst case scenario, could go something like this: I'll cast whatever number of Lifeblooms from 1-3 that I feel like on the MT and then go do other stuff. Sometime later, I'll get back to my target and say hey! Why don't I stack on you again, using up a lot of GCDs in the process? Because I didn't pay attention to timing, my blooms will be 100% overheal, and because the tank didn't always have 3X Lifebloom as a buffer, he came close to dying a couple of times. And at the end of the fight, there I'll be, hanging down at the bottom of the meters, standing alone, like the cheese in the Farmer in the Dell song. I'll end fights wondering if I did anything worthwhile at all, besides, of course, the obligatory Wild Growth cast every time it's up. Man, I wish I had started working on my shaman like I intended to six weeks ago!
It might be easiest just to take Lifebloom off the bar. After all, there are druids who stopped using it after the last round of nerfs. It might take down my potential effective healing, but it might be worth it just to have a little more breathing room. After all, I decided not to play my Affliction warlock at all in the expansion because her expanded DoT rotation got to be too much to handle. They've just made her easier to play by eliminating Siphon Life–now why would they do something to a HoT class that has an opposite effect? However, if I, as a tank healer, take Lifebloom out of my rotation, I miss out on the full bonus to glyphed Nourish, which is shaping up to be 3.1's prize pig. What's a poor weepy willow to do?
On Change
I usually like change, but this time it's a little different. I had to relearn my class for Wrath, and I have to say, I preferred the TBC Lifebloom-heavy healing model. I felt important, and what I did for the tanks seemed dynamic and useful. I learned to work with the limitations on my rotation and my movement–I was good at that. Now that I can do anything, I'm less likely to know what to do! I'm overburdened by choice already. Adding one more thing to manage–and at that, a burst heal that happens 8 to 10 seconds after the original cast and requires three more GCDs to be spent after it–in an already full rotation–just seems daunting.


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Lenoir County Smiles; Fairfield Bridge scores; Summer Reading Program; White and Allen new associate
Lenoir County Smiles recipient named
This week�s Lenoir County Smiles recipientis Jeff Howard, right, with Nationwide Insurance in La Grange.Heis accepting a gift from Lucy Marston, Lenoir County Tourism director, in recognition of �customer service beyond expectations.� The weekly winners are chosen by recommendations from the community and will receive a small gift and be pictured in the Sunday edition of The Free Press, from Memorial Day through Labor Day. This is the eighth year of the program, which began in 2006 to foster �good, friendly service with a Smile.� The program is sponsored by Lenoir County Tourism and The Free Press. To nominate someone, contact Marston at the Kinston-Lenoir County Visitor�s and Information Center, 252-522-0004 or email@example.com.
Bridge club names winners
The Fairfield Duplicate Bridge Club played a regular game June 18.
The winners were: Edith Cahn and Nancy Barwick, first place; Barbara Sebald and Jane Hood, second; Jenny Holt and Eva Balknight, third; and Deloris Booker and Annie Bennings, fourth.
A regular game will be played at 9:50 a.m. Tuesday at Fairfield Center. The club welcomes and encourages all bridge players.
For more club information, call 252-523-6791.
Library kicks off summer reading
A kick off to Dig into Reading will be at 3 p.m. today at the Kinston-Lenoir County Public Library, 510 N. Queen St.
A guest from the Aurora Fossil Museum will teach about fossils, followed by a chance to dig into fossil material from Potash Corporation. Come prepared to dig in and bring a bucket or bag to take home your findings.
The summer reading program � Monday to Aug. 2 � is for ages 4 to 12. Children must have completed pre-kindergarten to participate. Here�s the schedule throughout the Neuse Regional system.
Kinston: 4 and 7 p.m. Mondays and 11 a.m. Thursdays, Toddler 9:15 and Preschool Story Time 10:45 a.m. Tuesdays; La Grange, 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays, with Preschool Story Time at 9:30 a.m.; Pink Hill, 2 p.m. Thursdays, with Preschool Story Time at 1 p.m.; Greene County, Toddler and Preschool Story Time 9:15 and 10 a.m. Wednesdays, respectively.
The program is sponsored by the Friends of the Kinston-Lenoir County Public Library. For more information, call 252-527-7066, ext. 133.
Law firm welcomes new associate
James C. �Jim� Purnell V is a new associate at White & Allen, P.A. Kinston office. The Charlotte native is focusing on estate planning and administration, corporate law and tax planning.
Purnell graduated cum laude from N.C. State University in 2004 with a Bachelor of Science in business management. He received his law degree summa cum laude from N.C. Central University School of Law in 2012, and his Master of Laws (LL.M.) in taxation from New York University School of Law in May.
He and his wife, Carrie Dale, are looking forward to setting down roots and establishing life in Kinston.


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Official Trading Guidelines
Trade Cards Online is shutting down.
Trade Cards Online will be shut down beginning 1 July 2019. We strongly recommend you export your lists before this date as the site, together with your account, will no longer be available afterwards. Trade Cards Online was started as a platform to provide the most comprehensive database available on the Internet. But since we weren't able to expend enough time to keep up with the marketplace, we have decided to shut the site down. While it's sad to say goodbye, we are hopeful that you will continue your passion for collecting. We regret any inconvenience this may cause you. We appreciate everyone who has used and supported Trade Cards Online. Thank you!
Trades and purchases performed in this site should follow the steps and rules indicated below. This will prevent most of the problems you can encounter when trading cards online. Please read carefully and refer back to this page when in doubt about how to proceed with a trade.
If you have suggestions on ways to improve these guidelines, please let us know.
A successful trade normally goes through the following stages:
- Stage 1: Initiate Trade
- Stage 2: Confirm Trade
- Stage 3: Exchange Information
- Stage 4: First User Sends
- Stage 5: Second User Sends
Stage1: Initiate Trade
The stage where two members communicate their needs and wants to each other and negotiate a possible trade.
- This can be done on the site via forum, chat or private messaging, or even outside the site if you are ok to disclose your email address or other contact info to other people, which is not recommended.
You can find people to trade with through the 'look for trades' section, from the automatic report on possible trades, searching for a given card, or through the list of users.
- When deciding which users to contact for trades, you should take several factors into account:
- how long they have been registered on the site,
- the number of references they have, and also how many references their referrers in turn have,
- their Trader Level, as this is a measure of how many times they have traded successfully,
- the Trade Evaluations they have received, as they give you a very valuable information on how their trades and purchases have developed on average.
You can get all this information from the users' web page.
Then you should also consider the trade offers themselves: if you get an offer that seems too good to be true, then maybe it is, and you should think about it very carefully before accepting it.
- The negotiation should only be between two members, no third member needs to be involved.
Stage 2: Confirm Trade
This stage is where both members confirm the details on the intended trade.
- This must be done always using the site's Tracked Trades system so that all the data gets registered and both members can refer back to it.
- In this stage several things should be established: the quantity to send, the condition of the card(s), the exact expansion set they belong to, and how to send; i.e. with confirmed delivery, through registered or insured mail, etc.
Warning: all items are expected to be in mint or near-mint condition. If a card you are sending in a trade is not in perfect condition, you MUST indicate this in the comment for that card in the Trade form, and make sure that the other party is aware of it. Also, the sender is responsible for any damages the items suffer during delivery, so you must make sure to package things properly.
- A maximum of 120 cards can be included on each side of the trade.
- You should respond promptly to the Trade offers you receive, by either accepting them, rejecting them, or modifying them to your liking (in this latter case you will need the other party to accept the new details). Letting Trade offers simply expire is considered bad etiquette and may lead to your being blocked from the use of the Tracked Trades service.
Stage 3: Exchange Information
During this stage the logistic details of the trade are established.
- Deciding who sends first:
- There should be no "same time send" trades. You can never know if the other party is really sending their cards when you have already sent yours!
- The user sending first will be the one with the lowest amount of references, but only if at least one of the traders has more than 10 references and has been registered on the site for more than 3 months. This rule is evaluated and enforced in each case by the Tracked Trades system.
- In case of equal references between members, or if both have less than 10 references or less than 3 months, the first sender should be decided upon and agreed to by both members. If no agreement can be made on this, then the trade should not be performed.
- You should not consider only the amount of references, but also how they are spread in time, and how many references and how old on the site the referrers in turn are. You should also contact one or two of the referrers and ask them for their opinion about the trader in question.
- No references obtained at other web sites should be computed, as you can not trust that the references actually belong to the user at Trade Cards Online, even if the user names match. If you want nevertheless to count those references, you would need to contact the user at the other site and ask them to confirm they are indeed registered on our site with the given user name.
- Addresses are exchanged at this time. Users enter them on the Tracked Trade form when they accept the trade. Do not ship to user names, always request the real name. And do not accept PO Boxes, you need to send to the actual personal address of the other person.
- Once both members have agreed, the trade DOES NOT change. If a change is requested by either member it needs to be accepted by the other member, otherwise the trade stays as is and must be finished in the initial conditions. In this case the requested change should be done with a second trade after the first trade has been completed.
Stage 4: First User Sends
Sending stage where First User sends their part of the trade to Second User.
- First User packages the cards with protection against bends and ships them the way it was agreed in Stage 3. Please remember that the sender is responsible for the shipment, and, if there are any problems, has to provide evidence that the cards have been received correctly. So we recommend to always send with delivery confirmation, or at least for valuable or international trades.
- First User updates the Tracked Trade indicating they have sent their part. This sends an automatic message to the Second User so they know the cards have been sent.
- Second User receives the cards and updates the Tracked Trade indicating they have received them and giving a reference for First User. First User gets notified automatically too.
Stage 5: Second User Sends
Sending stage where Second User sends their part of the trade to First User.
- Second User packages the cards with protection against bends and ships them the way it was agreed in Stage 3. Please remember that the sender is responsible for the shipment, and, if there are any problems, has to provide evidence that the cards have been received correctly. So we recommend to always send with delivery confirmation, or at least for valuable or international trades.
- Second User updates the Tracked Trade indicating they have sent their part. This sends an automatic message to the First User so they know the cards have been sent.
- First User receives the cards and updates the Tracked Trade indicating they have received them and giving a reference for Second User. Second User gets notified automatically too.
The trade is now complete.
Once a trade or purchase gets completed both users should fill in the Trade Evaluation form to rate their experience in that transaction and to help build the other user's trader reputation.
A Bad Trade is considered to have occurred when either user does not fulfill their part of Stage 4 or Stage 5. This should be quickly registered by filing a Bad Trader Report. Violations of Stages 1 through 3 are viewed as broken agreements or a dropped trade. No cards are exchanged during this process so neither member is at a loss. Members that violate Stages 1 through 3 should be privately noted and that information used in future trades or given to other members who request it while doing trade research on that user.
If you do receive the cards but you are not satisfied by them (eg. if the cards are not in the right condition, if they are bent, scratched, or damaged any other way, or if they are fake) you should not register on the Tracked Trade that you have received. Pressing on the "Cards Received" button signifies that you have received and that the items were the right ones and in the right condition. You should instead return the cards or try to reach another agreement with the other party.


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Teenage girl riding a carousel.
Ghost Train at Night
Returned to the same site at night and sure enough, another ghost train appeared. Time to visit the Queen Mary.
Ghost Train
Ghost train emerging from the ocean. You know.... like they do.
Panoramic Rainbow Falls
A panoramic view of Rainbow Falls.
Rainbow Falls in Pink
The San Joaquin River as it drops 101 feet as Rainbow Falls.
Rainbow Falls as a Rainbow
Looking down on the 101 foot drop of Rainbow Falls.
The Bay
A bay along the Monterey coast.
The Rocky Coast
Rocky coast along Monterey Bay.
Bicycle on a Pier
A bicycle and a boat at the dock.
Cellphone Eyes
The eyes have it.
Watercolor digital art on canvas of a girl on a carousel.
Amber Waves
and mountains.
The Trailhead Watercolor
Trailhead to Little Butte in the Mojave Desert.
The Freight Train
Digital art on canvas of a freight train.
Freight Train Watercolor
Freight train coming around the bend in the mountains.
Passenger Train Watercolor
Train coming into the station.
Breakwater 2
Burned Sunset Lake
Dreaming of a Happy Place
Waterfall into the river.


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Weddings have traditionally been all about the bride. But experts say male participation in all things "I do" is on the rise — which could be a good thing.
"Over the last year, I've definitely seen more grooms getting involved in the process," said Christopher Dillon, divisional manager of Macy's Bridal Salons. "Both grooms and fathers, actually. We had three fathers in yesterday. ... Things get more civil when a man comes to the bridal fittings."
Dillon said the groom involvement often helps speed up the decisionmaking process.
"Men shop differently," he said. "They don't want to shop four times. When they see a dress that they love they want to buy it. When we have 30 women come in, there's competition, and everyone has a different opinion. Nothing gets done. But some men get so into it you go, 'really?' "
The tradition of having the bride choose the wedding dress in secret is not as important as it used to be, Dillon said.
"A lot of girls take their cues from the show, 'Say Yes to the Dress', which has fathers and grooms coming to fittings more and more," he said. "It's the opposite of 'it's all about me' these days."
For those who still want to keep the wedding dress a secret, Dillon said there is a way to compromise.
"One bride brought her groom in, and she got his feedback on what he liked, and they narrowed it down to three dresses," he said. "She chose the one she liked the best so he didn't know which one she was going to wear. He got to have input but it was still her decision."
Nancy Lee, president of myregistry.com, said in the last 18 months there's been a switch in registry.
"Couples are choosing things from Lowe's and Home Depot or Best Buy," she said. "A tool set has become a regular registry item. I see lawn mowers now. I never saw this a couple years ago."
Kimberly Schlegel Whitman, editor of "Southern Living Wedding Planner & Keepsake: What To Do Before Saying, 'I Do'," said she's seeing more men participate in choosing where to have the wedding reception.
"Lots of couples are paying for weddings themselves these days and a wedding reception is really about entertaining their friends now," Whitman said. "It really is a celebration and the grooms are concerned how the money is spent. I find that brides make decisions based on what's beautiful and the men join in they want something more meaningful — such as — men are more interested in getting married where the parents got married — or a city where they met."
"I'm very happy to see a rise (in groom involvement.) I see this as a good thing. But that moment when the bride walks in and the groom sees here for the first time — it's so magical to me," Whitman said. "I feel a lot of that is diminished if the groom knows that a bride is wearing. That's the only part of the trend that I'm not in support of. But in the end, this is supposed to be a special day that defines the couple — not just the bride."
Twitter: @jenweigel
Weddings have traditionally been all about the bride. But experts say male participation in all things "I do" is on the rise — which could be a good thing.


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The debt ceiling has been raised - and on time. Surprise, surprise. But I think a Time magazine article was spot on. Both parties were pandering to their base, while the vast middle was stirred to frustration and anger by Washington brinksmanship politics.
Congress did indeed kick the can down the road, and Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta already is pleading national security needs and no more cuts to his budget.
The process of cutting $2.1 trillion off the deficit in 10 years must begin in December. The target will almost certainly be entitlements, but where our revenues and spending will be in ten years is completely unknown.
Allow me an example. The Social Security Board famously said, " … You and your employer will each pay 3 cents on each dollar you earn, up to $3,000 a year. That is the most you will ever pay."
That was in 1937. Fast forward. In 2010, you and your employer each paid 6.2 percent of your income up to $106,800. In 2011, your contribution was reduced temporarily to 4.2 percent.
In 1937, the U.S. government paid out a total of $1,278,000 in claims. In 2011, that figure is $793 billion. So much for good intentions.
Then, in 1965, we got Medicare, which currently is 1.45 percent of your paycheck for you and your employer on all your income. So 15.3 percent of your income is involuntarily separated from you and your employer to pay for just your entitlements.
Social Security and Medicare are programs in which we are required to contribute over decades before reaping the benefits. We are emotionally and financially invested in these programs.
My employers and I have been involuntarily taxed more than $100,000 for Medicare over my working career. I don't care how far right our political views might be, who wants to leave that on the table?
Collectively, we will fight reductions in Medicare benefits as hard as Panetta fights for his budget. Even now some primary care physicians are changing their practices to VIP boutiques in which select patients are invited to pay an annual fee and the practice is otherwise closed to others.
I know of at least one specialist in Savannah who will not take Medicare patients. I do not want to see this become the norm - better for a few, worse for all the rest.
Why is Medicare so out of control? In the last two generations, health-care costs have risen from more than 5 percent of gross domestic product to more than 17 percent of GDP in 2010 for several reasons.
Wealthy countries have more to spend on new technology. The U. S. population is aging, and diseases such as diabetes and obesity are becoming more prevalent in our entire population.
Americans pay a lower share of health care expenses than they used to. Between 1970 and 2005, out-of-pocket expense actually dropped from 40 percent to 15 percent. Finally, before the new congressional super-committee begins its first debate, issues of inefficiency and fraud in the Medicare system need to be resolved.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and the Mayo Clinic, the leading causes of death in recent years are heart disease, cancer, stroke, chronic lung diseases, vehicular accidents and, gaining fast, diabetes.
During the next 10 years, if we Americans really want to contribute to lowering the budget deficit, we need to take personal responsibility for our health. Wear seatbelts - 25 percent of American still do not. Quit smoking. It is at the top of every list. Exercise regularly or even just walk every day. Eat a healthy diet and then have regular checkups.
Congress currently has less than an 18 percent approval rating, so the door is open to significant change.
I sense a lot of congressional and public frustration with the intransigence of the tea party over the debt ceiling debate. It is capable of being a reincarnation of Ross Perot and sinking the Republican ship.
If a bitter taste lingers and voters throw them out, Democrats could control both houses again, and we can expect higher taxes. The current economic climate is an exceedingly difficult time to raise revenues or cut significant spending, but we are going to pay.
There still is no free lunch.
Russ Wigh is a professor of business at Savannah College of Art and Design. He can be contacted at email@example.com


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Apr 23, 2012
SUWANEE, Ga.—Stephanie Gore, a junior defender from Davie, Fla., has been selected the SCAC Women's Lacrosse Defensive Player-of-the-Week for games played from Friday, April 16 through Sunday, April 22.
Gore broke the single-game NCAA record on Sunday against Dallas, picking up 17 ground balls. She also broke the program's single-game record with nine caused turnovers. Over two games this week, she recorded 21 ground balls and 10 caused turnovers. Gore also scored a goal against Dallas.


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|2011-11-24, 23:08
|Link #61
The Flame Crussader
Join Date: Aug 2009
But i wonder what will happen then, unlike Index, the Nanohaverse mages have their original clothes hidden somewhere and we've seen some instances when a mage is left uncouncsious their barrier jackets dissapear and are replaced by their normal clothes so probably Touma's hand will just revert the RF6 mages to their normal clothes.
EDIT: Page claimed for dignity ....and Signum xD!
|2011-11-24, 23:34
|Link #64
Labda Prakarsa Nirwikara
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Pekanbaru (UTC+07:00)
Age: 32
Touma? Overly-Long-Speech Boy only has normal human reflexes. As soon as they found out that his anti-magic only extends to his right arm, he's screwed - blow up the road surrounding him, collapse a building to his way, get boulders above him and let gravity do the work, etc.
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|2011-11-24, 23:36
|Link #65
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2011
In a crossover featuring Touma, there's the uncomfortable question of what happens if he touches people like Arf or the Wolkenritter, whom were made through magical practices.
Clones and cyborgs would be fine (as the Misaka Sisters show), but familiars and living programs might be unraveled into nothing from just a casual touch.
I'm not even talking about a fight, I'm talking about a friendly casual touch that no one realizes might murder someone.
|2011-11-24, 23:40
|Link #67
The Flame Crussader
Join Date: Aug 2009
Nanoha: Thanks for everything Touma-kun
Vita: Yeah, way to go skinny! *pats Touma's back*
Touma: Ha-ha! You too little one *pats Vita back with the WRONG hand*
Vita: *blak eyes* aghh...w-what's hap-
Nanoha: Vita? .....VITAAAAAA!!!!!
Touma, you murderer T-T
|2011-11-24, 23:52
|Link #68
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2010
First off, Green Lantern can use his ring against yellow just fine, as demonstrated in his fights with Sinestro. The yellow pudding thing was a one-off event, perhaps intended as an homage.
The issue with Flash's unrepeatable run-around-the-world feat is not that he endangered his life, but that he disappeared into the Speed Force as a result and was so entranced once inside that he had to be pulled out by his teammates.
Edit: Hawkgirl's mace disrupts magic. Dr.Fate explains that it's made of nth metal and designed to fight the magical creatures that used to live on thanagar.
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|2011-11-24, 23:53
|Link #69
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2011
He can structurally analyze anything, including organic lifeforms, just by looking at them. (Any weapon seen is immediately and completely recorded.)
I don't recall whether he's incapable of creating copies of electronic machines, or even relative simple machines like guns.
I do know that even if he IS capable of it, it would be far more difficult and expensive for him, since his Reality Marble is specialized in swords. He finds swords and other forms of simple melee weapons easier than anything else.
Of course, he's incapable of projecting organic matter.
|2011-11-25, 00:12
|Link #70
Otaku Apprentice
Anyway I still think he could try using Tsubame Gaeshi using that long katana of Assassin's or simply bombard Signum with swords (better if it's exploding swords).
|2011-11-25, 00:12
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The Flame Crussader
Join Date: Aug 2009
|2011-11-25, 00:31
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2010
I don't recall John having any trouble with yellow in the cartoon aside from that pudding. The weakness is also never formally acknowledged. Writers should probably just do what they feel most comfortable with, but the yellow weakness doesn't seem to exist for the animated Lanterns.
|2011-11-25, 00:34
|Link #73
The Flame Crussader
Join Date: Aug 2009
|2011-11-25, 01:11
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Tenshi's Defense Squadron
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Fighting against those who oppress the system
|2011-11-25, 02:12
|Link #76
Labda Prakarsa Nirwikara
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Pekanbaru (UTC+07:00)
Age: 32
Do remember that while he can Project Caliburn he rarely does so, preferring the less powerful yet simpler Kansho and Byakuya. Instead of Projecting Levantine, it would be more feasible for him to simply create a legendary sword or sword-turned arrow or...whatever legendary whips are there
|2011-11-25, 02:52
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Join Date: Apr 2009
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|2011-11-25, 03:03
|Link #78
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Bad Chicken! Mess You Up!
Long time lurker. I have been enjoying much of AS's writers and fan fiction over the past few months. The versatility of the writing and entertainment with the balance you guys bring to the characters has been something I enjoy out of this group. On that end, although I am not a writer, there was one thing I would like to see a crossover.
The Macross Universe
Several premises (none original but with potential)
An SDF class ship gets lost in a freak trans dimensional accident and winds up in the Nanoha universe. The goal of the crew is to find their away home. (Think Voyager style journey in another dimension) Naturally they are going to run into the TSAB at some point. How that would work into either conflict or an alliance would be up the writer. I would like to see them more cooperate in trying to get them home in someway. That would then require a common enemy...
Or on a long range Lost Logia expedition the TSAB find said Macross Class ship abandoned on an non administered world. The mages on expedition lose their original ship to an unknown enemy and the expedition crew will have to activate the SDF and use her to get home while learning about the ship, its secrets, its origin etc. Long range communications are down and the fold drive is inoperable or incapable or long range folds. It could be months or years to get into communications range...
I would probably be working from the Macross Frontier timeline but using an older SDF Macross Class ship (as Kawamori has decided that the Macross was not the only ship of her class after all). But she would have all the modern armaments probably up till the VF19 or even the roll out of the VF25 as new complement of fighters.
The Macross side would probably require a slew of original characters unless one wants to incorporate some of the Macross universe. I know this group has enough versatility to probably write out a good group of OC's that could interact with the Nanoha group.
If working with the Nanoha only story if finding an abandoned Macross Fortress, you can using OC's or original characters while playing up their interactions with the equipment from the Macross world.
Anyhow, its just something floating in my head. Where Nanoha would be more compatible in terms of one one one character interactions in similar universes such as Negima, Fate Stay etc, this one would probably prove a bit harder. I am sure my premise alone has plenty of holes in it that would require some explanation or proper plot device to sound reasonable to a writer. But if anyone would anyone like to run with it, it could be interesting...
|2011-11-25, 03:40
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Hotsprings Resort
Age: 33
I gradually lost steam for it, which seems to happen a lot nowadays when it doesn't concern real life. Maybe, someday, I'll get back to it.
|2011-11-25, 04:04
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Otaku Apprentice
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Rome: Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon has played down talk of Juventus going all the way in this year`s Champions League.
The Bianconeri have enjoyed a successful return to Europe`s elite competition so far, having emerged as group winners before coasting into the quarter-final with a 5-0 aggregate victory over Celtic.
However, two meetings with German giants Bayern Munich in the next round mean Antonio Conte`s side will face a rigorous test of their Champions League credentials and, speaking to Canal +, Buffon erred on the side of caution in discussing Juventus` aspirations.
"It would be a bit too optimistic, presumptuous, to say that Juventus can win the Champions League," he said.
The 35-year-old has spent 12 years with the club, but says he will continue playing amid rumours of retirement as a decision to prematurely hang up his gloves would betray the "gifts" he was given.
"I will keep on playing as far as I am stimulated to continue. Nature gave me something important, and I must respect these gifts," he added. "It would not make sense to finish my career as a normal goalkeeper, I`ve never been and I will never be one."
The veteran also offered his sentiments on the emergence of potential future Juve stars, including Paul Pogba, and tipped the Frenchman to enjoy a successful career.
"Pogba is a great player, we have noticed this early at the first trainings. He has the right state of mind to become a famous player, he has great qualities."