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"I got an axe to swing."
Strengths: Dealing With Problems Head-On, Understanding The Situation
Weaknesses: Losing His Head
First Appearance: LIAB Text 7
Prince Sammy was a Royal Warlord from Haggar. He had stringy blond hair and wielded an axe. Sammy was either a Dance-Fighter or Rock-fighter who strongly believed that "There's only one way to Rock."
For hundreds of turns, he had little respect for his father King Dickie, until King Dickie proposed the apparently foolproof plan of pretending to ally with Jetstone. Haggar would wait at the sidelines while Jetstone and Gobwin Knob fought to the death, and would then crush whichever of the two sides survived. For this purpose, Sammy led a massive column of heavies and infantries to within one turn's move of the Battle for Jetstone. However, the sudden turning of Prince Ossomer has made Sammy wonder if he and his father have badly underestimated the threat posed by Gobwin Knob.
When Sammy restructured his force for defense against Gobwin Knob's air units and possible Foolamancy, they coincidentally spotted some of Charlie's Archons spying on them from under a veil. The column croaked three of those Archons and captured one, Hilary, whom Sammy severely beat in an attempt to extract information. Charlie interrupted the beating by sending a Thinkagram and proposing a Haggar/Charlescomm alliance.
Sammy quickly rejected that alliance because of Jetstone's claim that all the Arkentool wielders were united. Charlie then countered with a solid threat: if the Haggar forces did not follow his orders and assault the Gobwin Knob ground force, he would use a force of Archons to destroy the underdefended capital city of Haggar.
Sammy led the Haggar forces to rendezvous with Prince Tramennis and Queen Jillian Zamussels of Faq, and announced that his forces would be going in as first wave. Per Charlie's instructions, Haggar would assault the Gobwin Knob ground forces until half their force was croaked or Charlie's objectives were met, at which point they would fall back and let Jetstone and Faq finish the column off.
Haggar led the forces into a battle and Sammy fought his way directly to Gobwin Knob's Chief Warlord Ansom, only to be interrupted by Faq's fliers led by Jillian. The queen had realized Sammy's main objective from Charlie was to croak Ansom - whom she apparently wants to capture. Caught off guard, Sammy was skewered by multiple pikers and finally decapitated by Ansom, and his body was withdrawn by Haggar forces in their retreat.
King Dickie
Prince Sammy was King Dickie's only son.
The two didn't agree on much, but when Sammy heard Dickie's plan to ally with Jetstone in order to have a large force nearby to attack whoever won the Siege of Spacerock, he gained a great deal of respect for his father.
Sammy was initially presumed to be the Chief Warlord and Heir to Haggar. However, his quickness to follow along with Charlie's orders suggest he may not have been the Heir. If the side has no Heir (or the Heir is in the capital), then losing the capital city would see the entire side ended and all field units disbanded.
Real World References
Sammy Hagar is a famous rock musician, best known for being the second (and sixth) lead singer for Van Halen. The warriors accompanying him in the image above appear to be modeled on the other Van Halen members. Drummer Alex Van Halen is on the left, lead guitarist Eddie Van Halen on the right, and bassist Michael Anthony is strongly suggested by the obscured figure immediately behind Sammy.
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PREQUEL/SEQUEL: Allan's method for the classic
MacDonald's Aces routine. Not only does he have
beautiful handlings for each vanishing phase, but he
also has devised a diabolical and magical way of
beginning and ending clean, all in the guise of a
magical effect! Unbelievable!
A & D SANDWICH: Two mates are removed from the deck,
say the red Fives. A spectator now thinks of any card
in the deck. The face-up red Fives are now touched to
the top of the deck and a face-down card magically
appears between them. It is the thought-of card!
LAS VEGAS THREE-CARD MONTE: This is Allan's handling
for the gaffed Three-Card Monte, made popular by
Michael Skinner, Mike Rogers, Eddie Taytlebaum and
many others. Not only has Allan devised a method that
lets you start and end clean, but he has now added a
new phase wherein the cards magically change places
while held in a spectator's hand! You have to see it
to believe it! Not only that, it's easy to do!
FINALLY REASSEMBLED: This is Allan's incredible
solution to the Slow-Motion Ace Assembly -
supercharged! As with the other routines on this DVD,
the gaffs are secretly rung in and out in the context
of an effect. The climax is a surprise reverse
assembly culminating with a production of the Aces
from the deck and the pockets! Incredible!
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A drop-down list is a GUI control which allows the user to choose one value from a list. When a drop-down list is inactive, it displays a single value. When activated, it displays (drops down) a list of values, from which the user may select one. When the user selects a new value, the control reverts to its inactive state, displaying the selected value. A drop-down list works similar to a list box but hides the complete list until the user initiate the drop down. The disadvantage of drop-down lists compared to related controls like radio buttons or lists is that the options are not visible without further interaction.
The list provides auto-complete feature for the whole string, independently of the "editable" property. Given the items of "bike", "boat", and "car":
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Prospects ReleasedSubmitted by pete on July 1, 2007 - 17:22
The following prospects are now unrestricted free agents and will be removed from BP's prospects page:
C Daniel Corso
D Sascha Goc
LW Eric Healey
D Marek Posmyk
RW Eero Somervuori
RW Stephen Baby
D Joe Rullier
G Morgan Cey
D Brady Greco
LW Adam Henrich
C John Toffey
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Finding Jan Zapletal: Plus Bonus Obscure Prospect Updates!Submitted by pete on January 31, 2007 - 23:36
There was a comment left a few weeks back in comments regarding the whereabouts of defenseman Jan Zapletal who seemingly disappeared off the face of the earth after spending most of last season with the Vsetin organization in the Czech Republic. Well, Zapletal is playing in the Czech 2.liga (third tier) for VSKA Technika Brno where he has 1 goal and 4 points in 19 games with 28 penalty minutes and an even rating.
Defenseman Marek Posmyk, whom you might remember was acquired along with Mike Johnson in the Darcy Tucker trade many moons ago, is still playing in the Extraliaga for Ceske Budejovice (now going by the name HC Mountfield) where he has 8 goals and 12 points in 36 games with 67 penalty minutes and a -10 rating. Incidentally, looking through the Extraliga leading scorers, I can't believe Robert Reichel is still alive and playing hockey.
In Switzerland, forward Eero Somervuori is still making bank for Ambri-Piotta of the NLA where he is third on his team in scoring behind former Falcons star J.G. Trudel and former Thrasher Hnat Domenechelli. In 40 games Somervuori has 13 goals and 30 points with 16 penalty minutes.
Oh by the way, Sascha Goc is leading his team in scoring in the German DEL. In 30 games with the Hannover Scorpions the oldest of the Goc boys has 16 goals and 38 points with 87 penalty minutes and a +6 rating. I'm half expecting an e-mail from the shadowy Mr. X telling us we might want to put Goc back up on the prospects page too.
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UNM's Continuing Education department is offering a free InfoByte lecture on "Making Movie Magic with Maya" on Thursday, Aug. 2, from 5:15 to 6:30 p.m. Autodesk Maya has become the industry standard software for 3D graphics. If you're into computers and special effects, this lecture will give you a chance to see Maya at work. Multimedia developer and animator Laura Gutman will be there demonstrating how to build and animate a 3D character, from conception to finished movie scene. UNM Continuing Education is located at 1634 University NE. Visit their website at dce.unm.edu for more info.
Film Review
The Boss of It All
Danish satire deconstructs office humor for devilish fun
Danish director Lars von Trier is something of a prankster. Although best known for drafting the "back to basics" film ethos Dogme '95 and for creating controversial films like Breaking the Waves and Dancer in the Dark, von Trier has always had his tongue planted firmly in his cheek. Occasionally, the joke gets too rancid (as it does in von Trier's scabrous "USA trilogy" films Dogville and Manderlay); but make no mistake, von Trier does everything with a knowing wink. Nowhere has this been more evident than with the filmmaker's latest effort, the seemingly light, self-mocking corporate comedy The Boss of It All.
Film Review
El Cantante
The beat goes on (and on and on and on) in repetitive biopic of Latin idol
In his first above-the-title starring role in a feature film, Latin singing sensation Marc Anthony spends roughly 50 percent of his screen time on stage singing. Which is about 50 percent less than he probably should, given the musical segments of El Cantante are about the only ones that have a ring of truth to them.
Idiot Box
Reality Bytes
"Code Monkeys" on G4
Television, as you may have surmised from the title of this column, is not the most intellectual of mediums. There's nothing stopping it from being so; but it's been the outlet of so much stupid crap for so long that stupid crap is pretty much its forte. When you think about it in those terms, TV does stupid amazingly well.
Week in Sloth
"The Bourne Identity" (USA 6 p.m.) Otherwise known as "Your chance to remember what the hell it was that made Matt Damon's character so damn mad before you go see the sequel this weekend in theaters."


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SNOW HILL � Winning an award for architecture is a foundational symbol for Greene County Intermediate School�s vision to be environmentally conscious.
SNOW HILL � Winning an award for architecture is a foundational symbol for Greene County Intermediate School�s vision to be environmentally conscious.
The school opened in August with a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) blueprint that landed it a first place Excellence in Architectural Design Award in November, with Greene County Schools receiving the plaque last week.
The intermediate school opened in August and was built because of crowding at Snow Hill Primary and West Greene Elementary schools.
The pristine building is saving energy and reducing overall school costs, like utility bills. It was designed by Moseley Architects, based in Raleigh.
�Most of the accolades should go to Moseley Architects,� said GCS Superintendent Patrick Miller. �They took our feedback and designed a wonderful building.�
Miller said he believes the school�s opening makes it the first LEED school in North Carolina east of I-95.
The award � presented by the North Carolina School Boards Association � hangs on a school wall along with eight plaques that represent a LEED element being implemented by the school, such as water, recycling and even noise.
�You can walk down the hallway, look in the classroom and see them very active,� said Principal Debbie Daniell about the students. �But you cannot hear anything. The noise does not transfer.�
The walls of the school that serve 480 fourth- and fifth-graders make the rooms environmentally sound.
A LEED school requires both the design and construction aspects to be energy-efficient.
�(It�s) things like orienting the building in such a way the sun sets on a certain side and it rises on the other,� said Will Brown, a representative from JTL Construction, a local company that has worked on other GCS projects.
The school was built in 18 months at $13.6 million.
�I worked from day one to get this building here, and I�ve been here five years,� said Miller, who mentioned former superintendent Steve Mazingo also envisioned a LEED school in Greene County.
The floors and ceilings act as reflectors to utilize natural sunlight, which bellows through huge glass windows at the ends of the hallways that occupy an entire wall. All of the bathrooms have sensored sinks, and the school�s air conditioners have high-caliber filter systems.
The building provides a learning opportunity for students.
�In (the students�) curriculum, they talk a lot about recycling,� Daniell said. �We talk about how it is a building that encourages a lot of environmentally friendly stuff.�
Jessika Morgan can be reached at 252-559-1078 or at email@example.com. Follow her on Twitter @JessikaMorgan.
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Van Jones gave an inspirational closing talk at yesterday's the Summit On Jobs & America's Future in Washington D.C. Beginning by talking about the Tea Party movement and how that movement really points a path for progressives to feel encouraged instead of discouraged. Seriously.
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"We are all trying to answer a very simple question: where did the hope go?
Dream no small dreams. If we had been here together 24 months ago that would have been a remarkably unremarkable statement. 24 months ago no one had ever heard of the tea party. Hope was the watch word. It was a beautiful moment.
I was born in 1968. That was the year they tried to assassinate hope in America. King, RFK, beating the kids on the streets of Chicago trying to make America better, and we spent 40 years in the wilderness after that year. 40 years… Reaganomics … then 2008 and hope.
Now we see the return of that fighting spirit in Wisconsin. I feel a great joy. I don't think we can afford to let hope die on our watch.
Many of us have misread our history. Hope did not come from our President, his victory in Iowa and his victory in the election. I want to remind you where the hope came from. It got started in 2003. That was when this horrible unjust war was launched against the people of Iraq. That was when regular people rose up, we didn't have a leader, we had the internet. We organized more people in 6 weeks against the invasion of Iraq than had been organized in 6 years against Vietnam.
The NY Times was stunned, they called it "the world's second superpower" — the only thing that could challenge the Bush administration.
We organized to help the Kerry campaign, not a great candidate, but came within 100,000 votes in Ohio of winning. Within 100,000 votes, just within a few months.
After we got defeated we could have quit. People said "I'll move to Canada" – (as if they would want you in Canada.) We had the heartbreak of hurricane Katrina.
Out of that moment in 2005, new things grew up, blogs, George Lakoff was begging people to understand language, the Apollo alliance, Green for All, Howard Dean became head of the DNC, Al Gore returned with his movie about climate change… People began to seriously work to take back Congress,
We had an historic breakthrough in 2006. Elevated Nancy Pelosi to third most powerful person.
There was a young Senator who wanted to go out and sell a book. He got hit with a tsunsmi: you: ordinary people across the country who were already organizing, standing up for change.
And this new guy, from outside the bubble, went around the country, said if I stand with this movement, we can make history and that's what happened. People all around the world were touched. People wept all around the world. People in NYC were hugging and crying. It was a remarkable achievement, 500 years from now people will still know the name Barack Obama. He inspired us.
As inspiring as he is, we inspired him first. (applause0
So if there is a hope gap, an inspiration gap, anywhere in the country, don't just look to the White House, from the President, if there is a hope gap it came from you, the movement was never "Yes, He Can" I can remember all the way back to 2008, that wasn't the banner, it was, "Yes WE Can"
So how do we get back to the We, what can WE do, not what can HE do to make our country better.
First understand that we have other patriots who love the country and have ideas about how to solve our problems. We should look at it and analyze it and understand what is happening in our country. The Tea Party didn't exist 24 months ago. They looked like you, I mean sad. In that they had just had a real bad election outcome and things looked terrible and no one cared about them and then someone threw out an idea.
So understand them. We are patriots and they are patriots too.
One reason they are so effective is they are designed for today, for right now. Change happns rapidly. What does that mean: all that infrastructure we built up in 2008 was great, but then the world changed in 2008. The crash, Obama elected and social media took off.
They have a narrative about the economy, "cut cut cut and we will grow grow grow."
Obama being elected didn't confuse them, it clarified for them they had someone to be mad at. It came together a certain way, I call it the perfect swarm. They intereupted our perfect strom moment with a perfect swarm
They show us what we are capable of.
How many people here have gone to the Tea Party headquarters here in DC and knocked on the door? It doesn't exist, it is a swarm, it is 2300 affiliates that all share a brand as the Tea Party. They have supportive media, organizations, but you don't see dick Armey out there saying join Freedom Works, they are all saying join the Tea Party, a very intelligent strategy
A perfect swarm.
The other thing I want to say about them is they tell an America story
Four elements to a good story: Villain, threat. hero and vision.
They have a story. An American story. A deep part of our founding story.
Obama villain, threat liberty stolen, their hero a movement of patriots, their vision liberty restored. A powerful narrative.
Our problem is for the last two years what was the narrative, what was the story, who was the villain?
Couldn't be Bush, he was gone. He had 8 years to mess it up, we don't get 8 weeks to fix it.
Can't be Wall Street because we're helping them out, try to punch wall street you might hit Tim Geithner.
What's the threat? You think "it's bad now, it could get worse" is not very motivating.
Who is the hero? Obama, Pelosi, Reid and also a bunch of subcommittees.
What is the vision? A new economy with health care and stimulus bill and stimulus and energy polcy and car companies got saved.
I'm a bright guy, I listen to npr every day, I live in DC, I couldn't follow the story.
So people got confused, it is hard for people to understand what you are doing and why you are doing it.
So people got confused.
But you see our story now beginning to emerge, arise, because of you.
People sticking up for each other in the heartland, people taking care of neighbors.
We believe in the American dream.
Not the American fantasy, everyone's going to be a billionaire
The American dream, if you work hard, play by the rules, you should be able to keep your house, buy your daughter a prom dress, looking at her for 16 years she comes to you and you can't even buy her a prom dress, it doesn't feel good, "no, baby, I cant do that."
It's the American dream. We can't let it die.
You can only fight for the American dream if you are a full fledged patriot, not a half patriot. It is the result of people standing together for liberty AND JUSTICE for all.
We believe in liberty, but we also believe in justice. For all, free from tyranny, and corporate tyranny.
That's who we are, fight for the American dream for everyone, that's who we are.
I want Wall Street to play by the rules because I am fighting for the American dream.
I want the protection of my grandparents back on the law books, I believe in the American dream.
The main store of wealth for ordinary folks, we bailed out the banks, now they won't help people keep their houses, that's wrong.
"The fight to preserve the American dream" will find an audience.
Who is going to stand with us? It aint a small number
There are 5 casualties in this crisis
Now you need a movement for hope and change, easy when everything is with you, but now is the time.
(1) The Unemployed: Been unemployed 24 months, 36 months, they deserve a chance to work in America.
(2) People who have been thrown out of their homes .
(3) Veterans coming home to no jobs, suicides, 17 a day. Taking them from a the battlefield and dropping them into an economic battleground with no help. They deserve better. If the private sector won't give them a job the public sector should. We should obliterate the term "homeless veteran."
(4) Young people, millenials, graduating off a cliff this spring, in the millions into the worst job market with no help from anyone, apparently neither party cares enough to say they deserve a job. They want to serve America, they want to be involved, give them a hoe they'll go make a community garden, a book they'll set up a librtary, but no one is giving them a chance. They will listen to this message.
(5) Lastly, what the media calls our public employees, I call them cops and firefighteras and nurses – America's everyday heros, they are the LAST people we should throw aside in a crisis, the last people we should walk away from, thrown in the garbage can.
The best of our everyday heros.
It's bigger than the Tea Party.
This is a fight to protect and preserve everything we achieved in the last centry, not just progresives but the American people. If you look a the last century, 200 eyars ago, they were in the garbage can, women couldn't vote, blacks, lgbt, we won the alst century, America became beautiful and extraordinary, this si what they want to repeal, they want to repeal the alst century
Our friends, the Tea Party, they're not invincible, a thin demographic base, thin set of American values, they only care about a negative set, don't tread on me. We care about the whole set. But they are our sisters and brothers, as frustrated as we might get with them, they are like Sampson pulling the temple down on their own heads.
They might ideologically hate government but they need government services just as much as we do. We are fighting for them too, they need firehouses in their neighborhood, they need schools.
I am mich more concernd and inspired by the joy we were able to generate 24 months ago than the way we feel now.
This is not a left wing moment, not right wing, it is a voliatile turbulent moment.
This month on the 15th Defend the Dream rallies.
On April 4 Labor Rallies.
Line up the dominoes, bring the hope back.
My dad was a cop in the military, he had enough sense to know, joined the military, got out, put himself through college, put the family through college, he was a bootstrapper. Rugged individual. Nobody more rugged than Willie Jones.
Nobody is gonna give you anything to stop you from being poor, you have to climb the ladder out of poverty yourself, everyone has a responsibility to climb their own ladder. But the society has a responsibility to make sure there is a ladder you can climb.
We've got to make sure ther is Liberty and justice for all.


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- Branden Grace wins Dunhill Links Championship
- Final round 70 at St Andrews give South African two-shot win
- Fourth European Tour title of season for Grace
- Thorbjorn Olesen of Denmark pushes him all the way
Branden Grace duly completed his front running victory at the Dunhill Links Championships Sunday after coming under last round pressure from Denmark's Thorbjorn Olesen at St Andrews.
Grace, winning for the fifth time in a superb 2012, four coming on the European Tour, ended two ahead of Olesen after carding a final round 70 for a record 22-under total in the tournament.
"It feels awesome," the South African told the official European Tour website after a victory that has lifted him to third in the The Race to Dubai.
He has now targeted No.1 Rory McIlroy in the battle for the overall honors in Europe.
"It's definitely in my sights," he said.
Grace, who is yet another graduate of the Ernie Els Foundation, led from the first round at Kingsbarns where he shot a stunning 12-under 60.
But when Olesen carded two straight birdies around the turn and Grace three-putted the short 11th for a bogey, they were level.
But Grace pulled away with a stunning hat-trick of birdies only interrupted by a bogey on the Road Hole 17th.
He still had a two-shot lead playing the last which they both birdied.
Alexander Noren of Sweden finished third, four shots back, with Joel Sjoholm of Sweden in fourth.
Scot Stephen Gallacher, a former Dunhill winner, was making superb last day progress until he accidentally played the ball of an amateur partner Steve Halsall on the 16th fairway.
It cost him a two-shot penalty and he ended up running up a quadruple bogey to slip back into a tie for fifth.
European Ryder Cup heroes Martin Kaymer and Peter Hanson finished in a tie for 34th.


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- Video game lets players pit President Obama against Mitt Romney in hand-to-hand combat
- Game due out Thursday for iPhone, iPad and iPods
- App keeps track of "vote" totals worldwide to see who's winning
They call politics a blood sport, a battle royale, a bare-knuckle brawl.
But why use bare knuckles when you can smack your presidential rival with a microphone, light saber or red, white and blue Popsicle?
A new video game for iPad, iPhone and other Apple devices lets players do just that, with the help of President Barack Obama or rival Mitt Romney.
"Vote!!!" comes from Epic Games' Chair Entertainment, best known for revolutionizing the mobile gaming space with its console-style "Infinity Blade" franchise.
"Infinity Blade" games have generated nearly $50 million in revenue since launching in December 2010.
"Vote!!!" allows political junkies (and gamers alike) to pick a stylized cartoonish version of their preferred presidential candidate and then duke it out through multiple rounds. The game focuses on arcade-style fighting and encourages players to keep on swinging for more votes.
The game includes three 75-second rounds. The fight starts at a national debate and then moves to the White House lawn and concludes in the Oval Office. Before each round, players can customize their Democratic or Republican candidate with an outfit, a weapon and an accessory. In keeping with the humorous tone, everything about this game is over the top.
"We have some great outfits like an Uncle Sam costume, Apollo Creed-like boxing shorts, a super hero get-up and even '70s disco duds," said Donald Mustard, creative director and co-founder of Chair Entertainment. "Weapons are also on the fun side with things like an ice cream cone, a rocket pop, a Fourth of July sparkler and a Saber of Liberty, which is the handle of the Statue of Liberty with a light saber coming out.
"My favorite is the microphone, because when you hit your opponent with it, there's a feedback sound. Accessories include things like sunglasses, an eye patch, a baseball hat, a clown nose, an old powdered wig and a big, handlebar mustache."
As political pundits know all too well, the road to the White House is a long and arduous fight. This arcade game replicates that campaign by going "old school" and focusing on earning high scores with these bouts. Players are fighting for points, which, in turn, unlock votes. The votes come in tiers, so players earn one vote for a score of more than 10,000 points in a round, two votes for a score of more than 75,000 points in a round, and three votes by topping 250,000 points in a round.
Chair has married the gameplay with the vote counting and turned it into a globally connected experience. Using the same technology that allows thousands of players to connect in "Infinity Blade II's" ClashMobs multiplayer experience, "Vote!!!" keeps a running tally worldwide of who's collecting the most votes.
"The game becomes more than just a single-player fight between Obama and Romney," Mustard said. "There's this cool metagame where millions of people around the country will be playing the game and earning votes. If you're actually voting for Obama, then you'll likely be playing as him in the game. So we'll have this running tally of who's winning the election, at least in terms of battling it out in this cool new game."
Using the same game mechanics of the "Infinity Blade" games, players will be able to rack up some seriously high scores through those additional weapons, accessories and costumes. During each round, players will have the ability to pull off a special move such as a back flip or kick flip to hit their opponent and literally knock a bunch of gold coins out of him.
"There's a lot of depth here as you're shifting between trying to rack up as many points as you can while not getting hit, but then collecting gold as fast as you can so that you can then get to the end of the round and can get a bunch of free hits on your rival and knock all the money out of him," Mustard said.
In keeping with the election theme, Chair has partnered with Rock the Vote to encourage gamers to vote in the 2012 election.
"It's our way of having a fun PSA built into the game that is relevant and fits in with the subject matter," Mustard said. "We want to encourage our younger voters to pay attention."
Bringing authenticity to the presidential candidates, Chair enlisted voice-alike actors to add humorous quips to the fighting game experience. Gamers who choose Obama might hear him say, "Oh, yeah. That's what Barack is cooking!" Upon winning a fight, Obama will do a little dance and say, "I'm gonna Barack your socks off!" Romney has lines such as "It's time to believe in America!" and "I've got a good feeling about this one!"
"We're keeping it all nonpartisan and safe but very funny," Mustard said. "It's not too heated. We're not getting into health care or issues like that. These lines spice up the gameplay and keeps things fun."
Making an election fun is no easy task. And it's also nice to have something for free, especially during a time when Democrats and Republicans are asking everyone for donations. "Vote!!!" isn't your typical free app. It runs on the same game engine that's responsible for some of the biggest game franchises of all time. And it brings to life a rich cartoon-style world of politics and deep fighting mechanics, offering a gameplay experience that can be played by veteran voters, and first-timers, alike.
"Vote!!!" is a free app and is due to be released Thursday.


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So because it's summer, I've been reading a whole lot. My last update here on the group blog was in early July. I'm Norwegian. I live in Oslo. Most of you know what happened here on the 22nd of July. Because of the news reports, varying from truly unbelievable and horrifying in the beginning, to just plain depressing now, in addition to reports on the English riots (my husband's from Newcastle), I've not been in the mood for a lot of heavy reading over the last month or so. So there is a lot of romance here. Books that guarantee a happy ending. No unhappy rioting youth or crazy right-wing mass murderers.
55. After 11 long years, I finally know what happens to Jon Snow, Tyrion and Danaerys: http://kingmagu.blogspot.com/2011/08/55-dance-with-dragons-by-george-r-r.html
56. Book the fourth in Gail Carriger's entertaining Victorian Steampunk adventure/romance series: http://kingmagu.blogspot.com/2011/08/56-heartless-by-gail-carriger.html
57. Victorian mystery with romantic undertones: http://kingmagu.blogspot.com/2011/08/57-dark-enquiry-by-deanna-raybourn.html
58. Contemporary romance with a fairly ridiculous premise. Fun, though: http://kingmagu.blogspot.com/2011/08/58-yours-to-keep-by-shannon-stacey.html
59. Contemporary and historical fiction, both in the same book!: http://kingmagu.blogspot.com/2011/08/59-winter-sea-by-susanna-kearsley.html
60-62: Trilogy about the three sons of a notorious widowed Duchess. They're all very good in bed: http://kingmagu.blogspot.com/2011/08/60-62-londons-greatest-lovers-trilogy.html
63. Twelfth and rumoured to be penultimate book in Kelley Armstrong's Women of the Otherworld series: http://kingmagu.blogspot.com/2011/08/63-spell-bound-by-kelley-armstrong.html
64. Second book in Rick Riordan's entertaining young adult series. Even more Egyptian gods!: http://kingmagu.blogspot.com/2011/08/64-kane-chronicles-throne-of-fire-by.html
65. A teenage girl gets abducted and taken to the Australian Outback. A strange relationship with her abductor develops. Budding romance or Stockholm Syndrome?: http://kingmagu.blogspot.com/2011/08/65-stolen-letter-to-my-captor-by-lucy.html
66. Book 1 of Julie Anne Long's Pennyroyal Green series: http://kingmagu.blogspot.com/2011/08/66-perils-of-pleasure-by-julie-anne.html
67. Book 2 of the Pennyroyal Green series: http://kingmagu.blogspot.com/2011/08/67-like-no-other-lover-by-julie-anne.html
68. Book 3 of the Pennyroyal Green series: http://kingmagu.blogspot.com/2011/08/68-since-surrender-by-julie-anne-long.html
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Over the past two weeks I have spent an increasing amount of time in the magical land of Baltimore. The first of my recent outings occurred when I went to some loud hookah bar with a couple of old friends. Besides the waitress being mentally disabled this was a fairly uneventful night. The real shit popped off at Virgin Fest.
I would have to say one of the stand-out performances of the entire festival was RJD2. We arrived early to see him and it was more than worth it. Watching this dude mix 20+ minute dance songs using constantly changing records, and without headphones, was like watching a miracle. I highly recommend anyone who ever has the chance to see him should run to get tickets.
Before the Festival I never had previously seen a major rock band live. But by the time the Raconteurs came on I had already had at least one person fall on me as a result of crowd surfing. While I am not a huge fan of modern rock I would have to say that the Raconteurs put on a great show. My favorite part was when they did their rendition of Nancy Sinatra's "Bang Bang" with Jack White using a specially tuned mic that was placed so while he sang his back was to the crowd.
When Gnarls Barkley came on the crowd seemed subdued for just about every song besides Crazy. But Cee-Lo and Danger Mouse definitely put down an incredible show dressed as Romans for this venue. They put a lot of time into Jokes and story telling too. I wonder if I was the only one yelling for Khujo and Gipp in the crowd?
I have nothing to say about the Who. They were everything I expected and more. They laid shit down. Classic to Classic. Laid Down. Cop that DVD. Life changing.
When the Chilli Peppers came on I had already been hit by a total of 9 people crowd surfing. During their show I was hit by about 10 more. Fucking bananas. I have never seen a performer get so energetic. They ran shit. They played through all the classics and then when they left people were stomping and chanting so loud that they came out and did damn near a whole other show as an encore.
But that wasn't the end of B-more fun. Last night I went to a another better hookah bar with a friend and after watching Belly Dancing, eating some good food, and smokin' some great tabaccy we let to see that my car had been towed. Now don't get it twisted, I fly high, but I just didn't have that amount needed to free my vehicle (89 Maxima BALLIN!!) in cash on me at the time. So we took a cab back to UMBC and I got that money and left to get my car the next day. Suprisingly, I was so happy with the the whole experience that I wasn't at all angry about my car getting towed.
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President: Jioji Konrote (2015)
Prime Minister: Frank Bainimarama (2007)
Total area: 7,054 sq mi (18,270 sq km)
Population (2014 est.): 903,207 (growth rate: .7%); birth rate: 1986/1000; infant mortality rate: 10.2/1000; life expectancy: 72.15
Capital and largest city (2011 est.): Suva (on Viti Levu), 177,000
Monetary unit: Fiji dollar
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Fiji consists of 332 islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean about 1,960 mi (3,152 km) from Sydney, Australia. About 110 of these islands are inhabited. The two largest are Viti Levu (4,109 sq mi; 10,642 sq km) and Vanua Levu (2,242 sq mi; 5,807 sq km).
Fiji, which had been inhabited since the second millennium B.C., was explored by the Dutch and the British in the 17th and 18th centuries. In 1874, an offer of cession by the Fijian chiefs was accepted, and Fiji was proclaimed a possession and dependency of the British Crown. In the 1880s large-scale cultivation of sugarcane began. Over the next 40 years, more than 60,000 indentured laborers from India were brought to the island to work the plantations. By 1920, all indentured servitude had ended. Racial conflict between Indians and the indigenous Fijians has been central to the small island's history.
Fiji became independent on Oct. 10, 1970. In Oct. 1987, Brig. Gen. Sitiveni Rabuka staged a coup to prevent an Indian-dominated coalition party from taking power. The military coup caused an exodus of thousands of Fijians of Indian origin who suffered ethnic discrimination at the hands of the government.
A new constitution, which took effect in July 1998, provided for a multiracial cabinet and raised the prospect of a coalition government. The previous constitution had guaranteed dominance to ethnic Fijians. In 1999, Fiji's first ethnic Indian prime minister, Mahendra Chaudhry, took office.
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Continuing ethnic tensions, partly fueled by economic problems, plunged Fiji into a national nightmare in 2000. On May 19, a group of armed soldiers entered Parliament and took three dozen people hostage, including Prime Minister Chaudhry. George Speight, a part-Fijian businessman, led the insurrection, and he demanded that the 1998 constitution be rewritten to allow dominance of ethnic Fijians. The standoff lasted two months. In July 2000, Speight and other coup leaders were taken into custody and charged with treason. In Feb. 2002, Speight was sentenced to death, but his sentence was commuted.
Although the coup was foiled, deposed prime minister Chaudhry and his democratically elected government were not restored to power. Instead, the military and the Great Council of Chiefs, a group of 50 traditional Fijian leaders, appointed an interim government dominated by ethnic Fijians. Elections were held in 2001, but no party achieved a majority. Interim prime minister Laisenia Qarase's Fijian United Party won 31 of 71 seats, and Qarase was sworn in as prime minister in September. His cabinet consisted entirely of ethnic Fijians, but the supreme court declared Qarase's government unconstitutional in 2003. In 2004, political infighting stalled the implementation of a new multiethnic cabinet. Much to Prime Minister Qarase's displeasure, Vice President Ratu Jope Seniloli and four other prominent figures were convicted for their part in the 2000 coup and imprisoned in Aug. 2004. In 2005, Qarase backed a highly controversial bill that included an amnesty clause for the 2000 coup leaders. The bill was supported by the Great Council of Chiefs and the ethnic Fijian establishment but vehemently rejected by the opposition (led by former prime minister Chaudhry, who was deposed in the coup) as well as the military. Qarase was narrowly reelected in May 2006 for another five-year term.
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In Jan. 2007, Bainimarama reinstated Josefa Iloilo as president. Senilagakali resigned as interim prime minister, and Bainimarama succeeded him.
Bainimarama and the military grabbed more power in April of 2009. Reacting to a ruling by Fiji's Court of Appeal, which stated that the military government was illegally appointed after the 2006 coup and that democratic elections should be held as soon as possible, Bainimarama refused to step down and instead increased censorship of Fiji's media, expelled foreign journalists, and announced that elections would not be held until 2014. President Ratu Josefa Iloilo, believed to be a puppet of Bainimarama, announced that he had repealed the Constitution. Iloilo retired in July and was replaced by Ratu Epeli Nailatikau.
In Sept. 2009, the Commonwealth of Nations, an association of Great Britain and its dependencies and former dependencies, suspended Fiji, saying the country had failed to make progress toward returning to a democracy.
A general election was held on Sept. 17, 2014. Bainimarama's newly formed Fiji First party won, receiving 59.2% of the vote. Five days later he was sworn in as the democratically-elected prime minister by President Nailatikau.
The following year in Oct. 2015, Parliament elected Jioji Konrote president. Konrote beat incumbent Ratu Epeli Ganilau by a 31-14 vote. Konrote took office on Nov. 12, 2015.
See also Encyclopedia: Fiji
U.S. State Dept. Country Notes: Fiji
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U.S. Rep. John Lewis, who was a young civil-rights leader in 1963, will open the photo exhibition "A Day Like No Other: Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington" at the Library of Congress on Aug. 28.
The Library will present an additional one-day display of treasured documents and materials related to the March on Washington, including a copy of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech submitted for copyright registration on Oct. 2, 1963.
Lewis will speak at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 28 in the Great Hall on the first floor of the Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First St. S.E., Washington, D.C. The event is free and open to the public. Tickets and reservations are not needed.
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The Library's photo exhibition "A Day Like No Other" features 40 black-and-white photographs from newspaper and other media photographers, independent photojournalists and people who participated in the march on Aug. 28, 1963. The images represent the cross-section of individuals who attended the largest nonviolent demonstration for civil rights that America had ever witnessed. The exhibit conveys the immediacy of being at the march and the palpable excitement of those who were there. A video screen in the exhibit will show an additional 58 photos.
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In addition to the "I Have a Dream" speech, highlights from the one-day display include:
- Two versions of the speech at the march by John Lewis, then-chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC): the original, prior to editing, and the one he presented.
- Chief organizer Bayard Rustin's original planning notes for the march.
- March director A. Philip Randolph's letter to President John F. Kennedy requesting a meeting "to discuss the program of the march and plans for implementation by your administration and Congress."
- Thurgood Marshall's "Saving the Race" memorandum to the NAACP legal staff.
- Draft legislation for the Civil Rights and Voting Rights acts.
- Sound recordings, lyrics and sheet music related to the march.
- Retrospective video interviews with march participants drawn from the Civil Rights History project that is coordinated by the American Folklife Center.
- ABC's complete television coverage of the march, including the major speeches, interviews with participants and observers, and commentary.
Also at the display, in a comment book, visitors will have the opportunity to note their recollections of the march and what it means today.
Additionally on Aug. 28, there will be a panel discussion on "The Bayard Rustin Papers" from noon to 1 p.m. in Dining Room A on the sixth floor of the James Madison Memorial Building, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, D.C. The panel will provide insight into the life of Rustin, civil-rights leader and chief organizer for the March on Washington, as shown through the Bayard Rustin Papers. The papers, held in the Library's Manuscript Division, illuminate the man and his mission of equality. The event is free and open to the public.
The panel will be moderated by Sharon J. Lettman-Hicks, executive director and chief executive officer of the National Black Justice Coalition. Members of the panel will be Library of Congress employees Adrienne Cannon, John Ashley, Luis Clavell and Brock Thompson.
In conjunction with the photo exhibition "A Day Like No Other," curators Maricia Battle and Verna Curtis will offer a tour and discuss the images at noon on Wednesday, Sept. 4, in the Graphic Arts Galleries.
"A Day Like No Other" and its programming were made possible by the generous support of the J.J. Medveckis Foundation, the Friends of the Law Library of Congress, the Law Library Various Donors Gift Fund, Roberta I. Shaffer, and an anonymous donor to the Prints and Photographs Division.
The Library of Congress, the nation's oldest federal cultural institution and the largest library in the world, holds more than 155 million items in various languages, disciplines and formats. The Library serves the U.S. Congress and the nation both on-site in its reading rooms on Capitol Hill and through its award-winning website at www.loc.gov.


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words worth reading: hemingway on writing
"Forget your personal tragedy. We are all bitched from the start and you especially have to be hurt like hell before you can write seriously. But when you get the damned hurt, use it-don't cheat with it."
"All good books are alike in that they are truer than if they had really happened and after you are finished reading one you will feel that all that happened to you and afterwards it all belongs to you: the good and the bad, the ecstasy, the remorse and sorrow, the people and the places and how the weather was. If you can get so that you can give that to people, then you are a writer."
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That poster is my favourite and I have it up against my wall in the office. Words to live by. Now everyone is mocking me about it, because I wrote before I was an editor. I normally get remarks such as "oh, so that is why you were behaving that way" or "so, this must be the first time you are sober then"ReplyDelete
Write drunk, edit sober is a hilarious but true one. Sometimes we get so held up in what is 'right' about what we need to put down on paper, that the voice is no longer ours.ReplyDelete
I'm on a Hemingway kick right now so I appreciate this. Hope they're good inspiration for you to get back into your routine!ReplyDelete
So love that you posted this. Such wise words-- especially love how he described what it means to be a good book, that it's not only alive in your imagination and captivating you, but as if it all actually happened to you. That's the power of words.ReplyDelete
Such wonderful insight:) Happy weekend!ReplyDelete
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Dear Colleague:
This year began on a wonderful note for America's 50 million school children. When President Bush signed the No Child Left Behind Act into law on January 8, 2002, our Nation embarked on a new era in how we educate our children and how the federal government supports elementary and secondary education.
This historic reform gives states and school districts unprecedented flexibility in how they spend their education dollars, in return for setting standards for student achievement and holding students and educators accountable for results. The No Child Left Behind Act also provides more options for parents so that their children can get the best possible education. It also invests in teaching practices that have been demonstrated to work. In short, it aims to foster an environment in which every child can learn and succeed.
It is my pleasure to provide you with this desktop reference to the No Child Left Behind Act. It offers a clear and straightforward program-by-program look at the major reforms made by the new law. I hope you will find it useful as you implement the law. A more complete view of the law and a more comprehensive look at the regulations and other guidance that applies to the law is available at www.nclb.gov.
I want to thank you for your efforts on behalf of our young people. I wish you success in implementing No Child Left Behind, for you and your colleagues are the stewards of our children's future.
Rod Paige


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PANAMA CITY � Judy Lynn Gsell nodded her head as the verdict was read inside the courtroom just after 6 p.m. Thursday: guilty of first�degree murder.
PANAMA CITY � Judy Lynn Gsell nodded her head as the verdict was read inside the courtroom just after 6 p.m. Thursday: guilty of first�degree murder.
Gsell, 48, her brown-gray hair braided and pulled back in a bun, looked matronly in her black business blazer and brown tortoise shell glasses, as 4th Judicial Circuit Court Judge Elijah Smiley sentenced her to life in prison for the murder of her husband, Raymond Harvey Gsell, 80, on Jan. 20.
Judy Gsell was fingerprinted and escorted from the courtroom in handcuffs.
�Hopefully this type of verdict will deter anyone else who engages in violent acts in Bay County,� said prosecuting attorney Larry Basford, just after sentencing.
Cory Bruckschen, a former neighbor of Gsell, read a statement into the record from Raymond Gsell�s son, Martin, who was unable to attend the trial. Martin Gsell, who is Judy Gsell�s stepson, lives in California.
�Your actions changed so many lives,� read Bruckschen. �You are unforgiveable. Your lack of remorse, accountability, and compassion for human life makes me hate you. God may forgive you but I never will.�
Bruckschen read on.
�Judy, you are pure evil and a pathetic excuse for a human being,� he said.
Any supporters for Judy Gsell had left the courthouse long before the verdict came in.
Bruckschen spoke as a friend of Raymond Gsell.
�Ray was a great guy,� Bruckschen recounted. �He was the type of guy who if you mention a problem with something on your car or trailer you�d come home and it would be fixed. He was an Army vet, a Bronze Star winner and all around great guy.
�He had a wife who passed away who he had been married to for a long time. When she died he became lonely and somehow got involved with Judy. Definitely, after his service to our country, and the great man that he was, didn�t deserve to be murdered and stuffed into a freezer.�
Prosecutor Basford described a crack cocaine, liquor and beer induced binge in which Judy Gsell, Dawn Ross, 27, and Ashley Knowles, 25, became intoxicated and where Ross and Judy Gsell choked, strangled and, eventually, snapped Raymond Gsell�s neck.
Defense attorney for Judy Gsell, Kimberly Dowgul, tried to lay the blame for Raymond Gsell�s death at the feet of Ross.
The scenario played out in court that Ross sent Knowles into the kitchen as Judy Gsell jumped on her husband and began strangling him. While Knowles was in the kitchen, Ross jumped in on Raymond Gsell.
Ross, in court on Wednesday, admitted to breaking Raymond Gsell�s neck inside his Panama City home.
�I put my hand around his neck and I popped it,� Ross said from the witness stand on Wednesday.
After the court cleared on Thursday evening, Dowgul, who had previously said her client was innocent, would not comment on the case.
�No comment,� she said, standing outside the courtroom.
Ross has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to 40 years in prison. Knowles has pleaded no contest to accessory after the fact to first-degree murder and is awaiting sentencing.
Raymond Gsell�s son, Martin, said his father had planned to leave Florida and move to California to be close to his family.


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Carrie Cotten Bell was a nurturer who wasn�t afraid to provide discipline, a professional who didn�t shy away from proclaiming her faith and an inspiration to those who knew her.
Carrie Cotten Bell was a nurturer who wasn�t afraid to provide discipline, a professional who didn�t shy away from proclaiming her faith and an inspiration to those who knew her.
Bell died suddenly in her sleep Jan. 9 at age 68.
The Gastonia resident spent 40 years as a court counselor with the Gaston County Department of Juvenile Justice. Bell worked in the court system at a time when few women and minorities held those kinds of positions.
�She ran up against a lot of opposition, but she stood her ground,� said her son, the Rev. Shawn Bell.
Bell was an advocate for justice and adamant about people voting, her son said. She was involved with the Democratic Women and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. She was a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc.
Bell stayed busy as a mother of four and first lady alongside the Rev. Cornelius Bell, who served as Gastonia�s senior housing code inspector for 35 years. Bell was active in the Lincolnton district of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church.
�She was just a mentor. She was outspoken, probably offended some. And that�s the court counselor in her,� Shawn Bell said. �Everyone called her �Mother Bell.��
Engaging teacher
M�tter Evans of Winston-Salem met Bell as a freshman at E.J. HayesHigh Schoolin Williamston. Bell, who was then the single Carrie Cotten, taught civics and coached the debate team.
�She had boundless energy and was extremely enthusiastic and supportive of all of us. We worked very hard, and we competed, and we won. We had a very good track record there with her,� Evans said.
Bell was able to manage a debate team with students ranging from freshmen to seniors, band members to football players. The teacher had high expectations and expected students to be productive even as they were having fun.
Evans and Bell became friends when Evans graduated high school.
�She genuinely cared. Though she was serious, she didn�t take herself too seriously,� Evans said. �She was just a very extremely genuine person. She was true to herself. She was ever Carrie Cotten Bell.�
Zest for life
Belinda Byers, a supervisor for McDonald�s, met Bell through church when she was 11-years-old.
�She took us under her wing. She gave us love when we needed it. She gave us encouragement when we needed it. But also she did not spare the words when we needed to hear it,� Byers said. �She was a professional woman. She had a career. But we always knew that she loved the Lord. She was not ashamed of who she was in Christ.�
Bell always told young people to strive to be better. She wanted to be sure that the children attending church at Cannon�s Temple Church of God in Christ stayed on the right path so she never dealt with them in the court system. Bell commanded a reverence and a respect from others.
�She taught me that even though we have to be in the world, we don�t have to be of the world,� Byers said.
Her funeral will be held at 5 p.m. Thursday at Emmanuel Missionary Baptist Church, 911 N. Highland St., Gastonia. The family will receive friends 3:30 to 5 p.m. Thursdaybefore the service at the church.
�And she will certainly be missed,� Evans said. �But I so admired her zest for life, and I can�t think of anyone that I�m aware of who�s not better off for having had her in his or her life for whatever amount of time it might have been.�
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