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Ever wonder what state claims the most well-endowned men? Or how many times a week the average American has sex? Or, even better, what easy exercise will improve your sex life? We've got all of the latest sex statistics from across the U.S.--and we guarantee some of them will make you giggle. (Hey, we're all adults here right?)
1. Men in North Dakora Have the Largest Penises
Men in North Dakora Have the Largest Penises
Yes, apparently it's true! According to new research released by Condomania.com, the Peace Garden State has the most men who are well endowed. We think we'd like another kind of piece, in that case.
2. Americans Get Busy Three Times a Week
Americans Get Busy Three Times a Week
Seems that the old joke about not getting busy after you're married is simply not true. A Trojan survey revealed that we're having sex an average of 156 times a year. Not too bad, ladies!
3. Singles in Miami Are Having the Most Orgasms
Singles in Miami Are Having the Most Orgasms
If you're living in the sunny Florida city, then chances are your O game is pretty good! According to a Match.com survey, if you're single and ready to mingle in Miami then you're likely also having some pretty good O-O-O moments.
4. People Would Rather Go Out With Friends Than Have Sex
People Would Rather Go Out With Friends Than Have Sex
While you may like bumping uglies three times a week, another statistic revealed that 22% of people would rather hang out with buddies than get into bed with their partner. Maybe it's time to stay in and cuddle a bit more?
5. Most Women Think About Money More Than Sex
Most Women Think About Money More Than Sex
Want to know what 77% of women think about more than sex? Money! According to research firm Harris Interactive, financial woes are on our minds more often that not--but apparently only 47% of women agreed with this sentiment!
6. 12 Weeks of Yoga Can Improve Your Sex Life
12 Weeks of Yoga Can Improve Your Sex Life
Ommm YES! The Journal of Sexual Medicine recently found that 12 weeks of yoga can improve your arousal, orgasm and overall sexual satisfaction. If that's not the best reason ever to roll out the mat, then we don't know what is!
7. Men Need Privacy to Not Mess Up Their Erections
Men Need Privacy to Not Mess Up Their Erections
It turns out that not every man out there secretly wants to have sex in a public place. In fact, it's quite the opposite! A survey from The Journal of Sexual Medicine found that lack of privacy played a significant role in male sexual dysfunction.
8. More Americans Lose Their Virginity in June
More Americans Lose Their Virginity in June
Did you lose the V card at the start of summer? Turns out you're not alone! Playboy reports that more Americans lose their virginities in the month of June than any other month. We're betting everyone's just really psyched to be done with school.
9. People in New Mexico are Having the Longest Sex Sessions
People in New Mexico are Having the Longest Sex Sessions
Wondering why your nighttime sweat session isn't quite as long as you'd like it to be? Well, perhaps you can blame your state! The relationship app Spreadsheet has found that those in New Mexico are averaging 7 minutes of lovin' as opposed to 5 1/2 (the next closest) in West Virginia.
Just because your man can't (always) get it up naturally or is getting a little older is no reason to stop the canoodling! You can join the millions who are Viagra fans, which amounts to seven of the blue little pills being sold every second of the day.


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Al-Harith al-Muhasibi (d. 243)
He was one of the earliest author of Sufi treatises and the teacher of al-Junayd. `Abd al-Qahir al-Baghdadi, Taj al-Din al-Subki, and Jamal al-Din al-Isnawi all reiterate the statement whereby "Upon the books of al-Harith ibn Asad al-Muhasibi on kalam, fiqh, and hadith rest those among us who are mutakallim (theologian), faqih (jurist), and sufi."1 His extant works are:
- Kitab al-ri`aya li huquq Allah (Book of observance of the rights of Allah); Shaykh al-Islam al-`Izz ibn `Abd al-Salam wrote an abridgment of it.2
- Kitab al-tawahhum (Book of imagination), a description of the Day of Judgment;
- Kitab al-khalwa (Book of seclusion);
- Risalat al-mustarshidin (Treatise for those who ask for guidance);
- Kitab al-ri`aya li-huquq Allah (Book of the observance of the rights of Allah);
- Kitab fahm al-Qur'an (Book of the understanding of Qur'an);
- Kitab mahiyyat al-`aql wa ma`nahu wa ikhtilaf al-nas fihi (Book of the nature and meaning of the mind and the differences among people concerning it);
- al-Masa'il fi a`mal al-qulub wa al-jawarih wa al-`aql (The questions concerning the works of the hearts, the limbs, and the mind);
- Kitab al-`azama (The book of magnificence);
- al-Wasaya wa al-nasa'ih al-diniyya wa al-nafahat al-qudsiyya li naf`i jami` al-bariyya (The spiritual legacies and counsels and the sanctified gifts for the benefit of all creatures).
1 'Abd al-Qahir al-Baghdadi, Kitab Usul al-Din p. 308-309; Taj al-Din Subki, Tabaqat al-shafi`iyya 2:275; Jamal al-Din al-Isnawi, Tabaqat al-Shafi`iyya 1:(#9)26-27.
2 al-Subki mentions it in Tabaqat al-shafi`iyya. A copy of it is found at the Chester Beatty Library, ms. 3184
Reproduced with permission from Shaykh M. Hisham Kabbani's The Repudiation of "Salafi" Innovations (Kazi, 1996) p. 281-282.
Blessings and Peace on the Prophet, his Family, and his Companions

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[Update] Alpha
There is now a very rough alpha version of the game for PC.
[Update] Rewards
Most of the rewards are geared towards in game content mainly because anything that gets promised to the users will ultimately improve the game. As for the people who feel like they are getting a lesser game by going with a lower reward tier, eventually after the release of Pixel Sand, there will be an exclusivity period (3 months tentatively) where the donators of a particular tier are the only ones able to place their special content in the game. Other people will still be able to download and play maps with this content, but cannot use it in their own levels. Once the exclusivity period is over, everyone will get access to this content through the means of free DLC. As a slight change to the $50 reward and up, all DLC will be free. For the $50 reward and up, you will get an early release of any DLC before anyone else (applying the same exclusivity period concept).
What is it?
Pixel Sand is both a game and a fantasy-physics simulation where you can take tons of different elements and mix them together to make your own ridiculous concoctions. More importantly, Pixel Sand will be shipped with an entire epic single-player and multi-player campaign!
The Game Right Now
As you might have noticed in the video, the game has progressed pretty far along! There are over 80 elements, a bunch of different objects, multi-player, menus and tools for editing, lots of music, etc. It currently runs on the PC, Xbox, and Windows Phone 7. Having said all that, the game needs desperately to be rewritten in a more robust fashion, especially if its to work on iOS and Android.
The Team
Trevor Sundberg - You can visit my portfolio at http://motleycoder.com, and check out the games section to look at projects I've worked on. I have experience working on PC, Xbox 360, Windows Phone 7, and Android, however, iOS/Mac will be a new adventure for me!
Olav Larsen - A pixel artist and coder from Norway who will be contributing his amazing talent to this project. You can visit his portfolio at http://www.cellusious.co.nr/, and check out his awesome artwork.
Over-funding Goals
At $12,000, I pledge to add a bunch of RPG related goodies to the game, including a scrolling map, inventory, keys to locked doors and chests, leveling, money, quests, and more. I may even put in an infinite dungeon mode if people want it :D
At $25,000, I pledge to add Online and LAN Multiplayer so that you can play with your friends without needing multiple controllers. Moreover, you'll be able to share your maps and doodads online with other people in a giant library. That means if someone builds an elevator and posts it online, you can import it into your own maps!
If funded, I expect this project to take about eight months. Three months are dedicated to the rewrite of the engine and all the currently existing game-play. Two more months are dedicated to adding extra features like Undo/Redo, Copy/Paste, as well as new elements, better tools, and optimization so that the game will run fast. And the final three months will be dedicated to development on all the other platforms (Android, iOS, WP7, Xbox, etc). If the RPG over-funding goal is reached, I expect all those features to add yet another three months to the game (though a version will be released before then). If the Online Multiplayer over-funding goal is reached, I expect that to add anywhere from five to seven months as it is a time consuming feature to add.
What Will My Donations Go Towards?
- Buying a Mac to develop on iOS
- Test devices (iPhone, iPad, Android, etc)
- Developer licenses (Android, iOS, Xbox, etc)
- Recoding the architecture to work with iOS and Android
- Mono C# Framework
- Using XNI, XNATouch, MonoGame, or ExEn
The Rest of the Game
Below this point, you can check out some of the cool features of the game.
Using fire to light a fuse that leads to a vat of nitroglycerin!
A player and an AI running around, and the AI picks up a plasma power-up.
Doors to the next level won't open until all the coins are collected.
The mite is an dangerously annoying little creature that scurries around.
The spider is a lumbering beast that jumps and spits acid at its enemies!
The electrode is a deadly lightning shooting robot that flies around in the air.
The ghost chases the player and move through any wall or barrier…
The phoenix is a deadly bird whose ashes should be properly disposed of.
Sparkly elements, including Gold, Amethyst, and Diamond.
Power-ups: Fire, Sparks, Plasma, Liquid Nitrogen, Bullets, and Magic!
The all power-full star makes you invincible to enemies!
Circuitry! In this case, a battery, wires, and a proximity sensor.
An elevator is built from circuitry and electronic components.
Health packs can heal the player in tough times.
Other miscellaneous tools and elements:
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SARASOTA, Fla. — — When the Orioles finished their largest round of spring cuts Monday, left-hander Troy Patton was still in the clubhouse, still hanging on to a roster spot.
It's unfamiliar position for the 26-year-old reliever, but at this point in his career, he'll take it.
"It's been interesting and different than any other camp I have been in. Being so quiet in here and [there] not being many people in here is really a different thing for me," he said. "It's been kind of strange but fun when you are pitching well and getting outs and moving along to the next outing."
Patton, who was 2-1 with a 3.00 ERA in 20 games with the Orioles last year, has not allowed a run in 91/3 innings this spring. He threw a perfect frame Tuesday against the Minnesota Twins, tossing all nine pitches for strikes.


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I have been retired for well over a year from the faculty of Oberlin College after having been a member of that distinguished group for forty-two years. At the outset, I can say that I pretty much enjoy retirement. In fact, I enjoy it so much that today is about the third time that I am celebrating that retirement. I love the enviable role of being trotted out by my erstwhile colleagues and friends once or twice a year. Here I am again - and delighted to be here. To be sure, retirement represents a significant slowing down. Everything takes much longer - it takes all morning to address an envelope. But I still manage to lunch out almost daily, and that too was a very important part of my active career.
I am flattered by the invitation to speak here today to the friends of Mudd Library, although rather at a loss about what to speak to you about. Perhaps a tribute to libraries. That might be appropriate. Not only am I a lifelong customer -- patron is the kinder term, but my wife, as many of you know, is the reference librarian at the Oberlin Public Library. So I am familiar with life on both sides of the desk. Libraries have been and are a very big thing in my life. Libraries today are very different from what I fondly remember from my childhood and youth. I even remember what checking books out was like before there were computers available.
I also was not sure how long I would be speaking today nor indeed how much I should prepare. As the years have passed, I have found that it takes me longer and longer to get through scripts that have not changed all that much over the years. That is one of the advantages of being a classicist. No one expects you to come up with anything new.
Now I have been threatening Eva, my wife, with a quotation lifted off the sweatshirt of my brother-in-law - and that moment has come. "I know a lot of things - and I am retired now, so I have the time to tell you all about them."
Luckily, the personal voice in scholarship has taken on new respectability - thanks to my colleague, Tom Van Nortwick, so if I bore you now, it is his fault.
Apprehensive and anxious over today's talk, I developed a list of six possible topics -- each of which would take about and hour and a half to explore.
I'll just touch on one. And then finish with another.
First topic.
Books were a big part of my young life -- but the selection was rather haphazard. My father, when younger, liked to wander through used books stores in Boston, and he obviously could not resist a bargain. I remember, I must have been eight or nine, a multi-volume edition of the short stories of O. Henry, which I devoured at an early age. There was also a thin green volume of poems by Robert Browning. I no longer remember the picture on the front cover of the book, but I do remember some bits of a few of the poems. (I must admit that a little research has refreshed my memory) and here are the bits:
From: How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix
I sprang to the stirrup, and Joris, and he;
I galloped, Dirck galloped, we galloped all three;
'Good speed!' cried the watch, as the gate-bolts undrew;
'Speed!' echoed the wall to us galloping through;
From: Incident of the French Camp
You know, we French stormed Ratisbon:
A mile or so away,
On a little mound, Napoleon
Stood on our storming-day;
I skip some lines -- The poem concludes with the following:
'You're wounded!' 'Nay,' the soldier's pride
Touched to the quick, he said:
'I'm killed, Sire!' And his chief beside,
Smiling the boy fell dead.
From: The Pied Piper of Hamelin;
They fought the dogs and killed the cats,
And bit the babies in the cradles,
And ate the cheeses out of the vats,
And licked the soup from the cooks' own ladles,
Split open the kegs of salted sprats,
Made nests inside men's Sunday hats,
And even spoiled the women's chats
By drowning their speaking
With shrieking and squeaking
In fifty different sharps and flats.
My poetic sensibility and tastes at that age were not greatly different from what they are now -- and those bits continued to reside somewhere in dim memory. To my mind, Robert Browning was, and still is, an important Victorian poet.
Years later, I had occasion to read a wonderful book by Frank Turner, The Greek Heritage in Victorian Britain (Yale, 1981) and to my bemused consternation, Browning was barely recognized in a huge outpouring of Victorian creativity. I determined to do something about that, and thus started one more of my wonderful adventures at Oberlin. Untutored though I was, I was allowed and even encouraged. I developed a great deal of respect for the range and quantity of knowledge required of my colleagues in the Department of English. I benefited from the extraordinary energies of a research assistant, Ms Elizabeth d'Anjou, a terrific student, who led me through many of the literary mysteries of Victorian England and gathered so much material for me that I still have not got through it. I was able finally to publish a study of Browning's Balaustion's Adventure, but, as in travel, the fun was in getting there. What was remarkable was that Oberlin was the sort of place where a classicist could indulge in such adventures.
I had other adventures at Oberlin. I was an Associate Dean for a year. That was very educational. Oberlin did not stop me from playing with computers back when they were still rather exotic toys. Oberlin let me teach a course on the History of Judaism in the Department of Religion back in those ancient days when there was no such course. I also remember with fondness a course on Computers and the Humanities which Jim Helm and I stumbled through and there as elsewhere I was blessed by having Jim Helm as a colleague.
It did not hurt either to have Sam Goldberg as a superb teacher in a special math course for non-scientist faculty. And while I am at it, among the glories of Oberlin were contacts and learning from lively and inspiring colleagues in other fields which enriched the mix. I recall with great affection two who are no longer with us, Loche Van Atta in Psychology and Aaron Wildavsky in Government. I was young and dumb, and I learned a lot at Oberlin.
Second and final topic.
Part of retiring entailed cleaning out my office. It had to be done and it was a task I feared, yet it had its moments. I came across items long forgotten -- and some of them were interesting to read. I delivered a lecture in March of 1970, which I had not reread for many years. The most interesting feature of that lecture is that it written in French -- good French. How did that happen, you ask? I'll tell you. What is more, that lecture takes exactly one hour to deliver, for reasons which I shall also explain. You must understand that during the year 1969-70, our family enjoyed a sabbatical year in the city of Liege in Belgium. Our hosts at the University of Liege were gracious enough to invite me to give a lecture on a subject of my choice, but it was clearly understood that the lecture would be in French. Perhaps I should have refused, on the very valid grounds that my French was, and remains, terrible. But it was a challenge taken up by my wife and our very kind and sporting neighbors to translate the lecture I wrote in English into 'Fran�ais impeccable', and I played along. Of course, it was clear that the lecture must last no less than an hour, so as to allow no time for questions.
In any case, it turned out that March 19, 1970 was a day that the students of the university were on strike, (I do not know why) and so, the small audience was made up largely of friends and colleagues whose English was far superior to my French, but a good time was had by all, and discovering the manuscripts in both English and French in my office was one of the serendipitous delights of cleaning up.
As I reread the lecture, whose title was 'La Tradition des Etudes Classiques aux Etats Unis', a number of impressions emerged: 'Pretty good' was one, with special credit of course for the quality of the French.
What I talked about in that lecture was the classics -- the classical tradition -- there is a snobbish note in the way we students and professors have attempted to monopolize that title for the study of the major literary works of ancient Greece and Rome. It is not really a long list -- especially in Latin, where the authors are, in order, Caesar, Cicero, Vergil, and then maybe Catullus and Horace. The order is sanctified by centuries of use in the schools, usually only for young boys who were members of the social and economic classes for whom such schooling was available and affordable. These boys were then marked for life with one more set of criteria which placed them in the in-group and left the Lumpenproletariat on the outside. In Greek, the list was less standardized, though it always included Xenophon, the Greek equivalent of Julius Caesar and thus clearly also an author suitable for impressionable young boys. Then Homer, or easy Plato or easy Euripides, or Lysias, or Herodotus. One might then progress to Thucydides or Sophocles or Demosthenes. Then some Aristophanes for the morally mature or Aeschylus for the linguistically heroic. But the Greek order was not that clear-cut, since Greek was always far weaker than Latin in the schooling tradition. And Latin was inflicted upon little boys before they got big enough to resist.
Now how did it come about that I, a naive, impressionable, Jewish boy, the child of immigrant parents -- my mother from Bialystok, Poland, -- my father from Krassnostaw in the Ukraine -- spent the decade and a half from 1940 to 1955 on a curriculum designed for the young aristocrats of Western Europe? Well, it happened, and my exemplum is only one of many, and is, I still believe, one small instance in one of the great sagas of United States history. Social climbing took place up the academic ladder. And I kept going to Hebrew School at the same time!
I've been very lucky, very fortunate. I look back on a life-long blessed existence in Oberlin, in Arcadia on the Plum, not because I deserved it or earned it. So far as I can tell, dumb luck is a perfectly sufficient explanation. Again I skip all sorts of fascinating autobiographical detail. I ended up at Oberlin, a person with a strange combination of truly modest talents at an institution which tolerated me and in a department so luckily small that one had to be a jack of all trades.
Let's go down that road for a bit. I like to tell students how far back I can remember-- conceive of a world without television, without computers, even without copy machines, before Xerox. The notion fills them with horror; indeed it fills me with horror still. It is no longer clear to me how we did it. For me, in my present condition, there are all kinds of goodies that I could not have imagined in my youth. Parking places for handicapped drivers, library catalogues that can be consulted from your home, a World Wide Web that lies open for your browsing pleasure, C-Span now when I have the time to watch it.
Classics departments are notoriously small, and classicists had a tendency to feel isolated, separated from colleagues with whom they could shoot the breeze and discuss their work. This is no longer true. We have the Web. To be sure, some of the bloom is wearing off and there is some truth in the saying that familiarity breeds contempt. Anyhow, from time to time, the classics-list bursts into flame, and one of the recent flames had to do with the term 'classics'. One side opined, or rather stated with the conviction to be associated with religious zeal, that the study of classics is really an invention of the eighteenth century enlightenment, while another side, with even greater fervor, holds that the study of the classics goes back without much interruption to the time of antiquity itself. Well, as usual, there is something to be said for both sides.
So let me quote a bit of that lecture -- Mesdames et messieurs, .....have no fear -- this is the English version -- tho' the French is more fun.
Let me change the register slightly.
One of the most fundamental questions possible has to do with the sort of things we do and why we do them. In particular, the study of classical antiquity is especially vulnerable to this sort of question. From the American point of view, the most salient fact about classical studies is their complete lack of immediate utility. I can remember as a student being constantly under attack and criticism by relatives and fellow students who were studying to be physicians, dentists, lawyers, engineers, or economists. To them it seemed quite clear that they were studying something useful not only to themselves but also to society at large.
Criticisms raised at this level of sophistication were and are extremely difficult to answer, and one's first instinctive response is to agree that a society made up solely of students of classical antiquity would be a poor and helpless one. It is interesting to note that the question of immediate utility was already raised in antiquity. There is the famous story of Euclid teaching geometry to his royal student, and objecting, in effect, that demanding utility was not a gentlemanly thing to do. Again, we may have felt uncomfortable upon reading the Pro Archia and the set of arguments Cicero uses to defend the obviously frivolous pursuit of the literature within the intensely practical society of Rome, the America of its day. Cicero's argument has two interesting main parts:-- first, it is a diversion no worse than gambling or drinking, and second:-- it makes him a better lawyer. This is the simple utilitarian argument in a rather dubious form.
Aristotle has an interesting move in the Nicomachean Ethics, where he attempts to construct a hierarchy of activities, wherein activities pursued for a goal outside themselves are obviously inferior to activities which are not pursued for an ulterior goal.
There are dubious steps in this argument, and yet in the end, we probably fall back on some form of this argument. There is something selfish in pursuing topics for their own sakes, and it helps if you have a day-job or a sizable trust fund.
As I say, it was a reasonably good lecture, but I won't inflict any more of it on you -- save for my conclusion. It was pretty damn profound -- and of course it sounded even more profound in French. I talked about the classics in England and about the classics in France and Germany. I talked about the classics in the Middle Ages and in the Renaissance and in the Enlightenment. I talked about the classics from positivist and romanticist points of view. After all, the classics have been around for a long time.
Here is some more:
One difference, which we have already discussed, is perhaps a matter of degree. Latin continues to be taught in the schools, but it tends to wither away. The resulting anxiety within the profession tends to call for continual reexamination. I think the same sort of thing is true in Europe, perhaps to a lesser degree.
A far more important difference is that in the USA, it has become a component of our educational system that the commitment to a vocation or profession is postponed to a later point in the student's academic career. As you know, there exists in American education an interim between secondary school and training for advanced degrees in graduate schools. This four-year interim is known as college---a sort of educational purgatory--and in my own institution, Oberlin College, and very many others, it is expected, with few exceptions, that students will use the first two years of college, in an atmosphere far more advanced than the secondary school, and in close contact with professionally committed people at the university level, that they will use these two years (and sometimes longer) to take a more sophisticated look at the world of learning and the professions, before taking the important step of committing themselves to a particular field of endeavor.
As a result, we cannot and do not teach in the situation where all our students are committed to the profession, where we can assume that fundamental assumptions are taken care of, and where we can simply settle down to the great work in hand. Many of our most stimulating and exciting students are still in a position to ask not only what classical studies are all about, but also the more penetrating question, why should I devote my subsequent professional life to this field? This is not an easy question to answer, and, frankly, the bulk of our students do not accept our answer. But some do, and the tradition of classical studies continues.
As I reread that lecture of mine of thirty years ago, I was struck by how much of it remains relevant -- while at the same time it has a delicious dated flavor. It is a lecture of the sixties, not of the nineties. A mere seven years later, id est, one sabbatical later, we had the good fortune to spend the year in Oxford, a bastion of the classics, if there ever was one, where they still did not quite realize what was happening.
One result of that sabbatical is that I now receive the Oxford University version of the Oberlin Alumni Magazine, a thinly disguised supplication for the funds they now need in this post-Thatcher period. The last issue of the magazine describes how they are now teaching Elementary Greek at Oxford. That still was not happening during my sabbatical year of 1976-77. How the mighty have fallen! Academic corpses must be spinning in their graves - sort of like the end of Prohibition in Oberlin.
As a result, the lecture I gave in Liege not only described the situation of classics in the USA; to a large degree, it described the situation which is now going to be the case in England and on the continent.
But as I said, what was most interesting to me was the effect of the passage of thirty years. The world has changed a bit; certainly the world of classics has changed in many ways. And yet the more things change, the more some things remain the same.
Despite the changes, the processes of education, acculturation, and socialization remain of central importance. We still find it desirable to bring the younger generations up to speed, to try to enable them to participate in adult life. We still do not know quite how to do that, though we applaud policies of greater inclusiveness. One way was to inflict aspects of that aristocratic education upon youngsters for whom it was never intended. Strange byproducts were the result; and one is struck by the historic ironies of unintended consequences, both positive and negative. My beloved colleague, Charles Murphy, used to say, as a joke, I think -- that it didn't much matter what you taught a kid, as long as he didn't like it. What happens to a person who undergoes 12 years of American education followed by four years at Oberlin is still only dimly understood. But there are lots of unintended consequences. But that is the subject of at least one more lecture.
Thank you.


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I think the word intimidating is a good one Brian. The sheer volume of lines, and product for each one, is overwhelming. Back in 1995 when the line was reintroduced, keeping up was no problem. I tried to do one carded, one loose, and another carded for my younger brother in law. Then the ships started coming out, and the micromachines, and I enjoyed it, but slowly had to start cutting back. I consider myself fortunate to own a home, but there is only so much space that can be allotted, and so much money that can be allocated.
I plan to ONLY get OT Imperials in Saga 2. C'mon SA Scout Trooper!
So far I've been turning to my local flea markets for my figures. Stores have absolutely nothing.
Our Wal Mart just got in the Coruscant wave (and their first restock of earlier figures and UGHs). But at least they got them in...I sure hope I don't miss the VTSC though. Need Han! And Scout trooper... and Luke... but Han also. And Luke. VTSC.... brains... mmm...
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Trojans Drop Two Games To Northwest CC
- Tuesday, 31 March 2015 11:31
The Mississippi Delta Community College Trojans dropped a pair of conference baseball games to Northwest Community College Monday at Moorhead losing game one 7-4 and game two 4-3.
In game one the Trojans took a 4-2 lead into the fourth inning scoring two runs in the first and two in the third inning while the Rangers scored two runs in the second inning. But, MDCC's bats went cold after the third while Northwest added a run in the fourth inning, three in the seventh and one more in the eighth to take the win.
The Rangers' seven runs came on nine hits and no errors and they left four runners stranded. The Trojans four runs came on six hits with three errors and they left nine men on the base paths. Matt Ray led Delta at the plate with two hits and three RBI's while Jordan Lambert added two hits and an RBI. Peyton Callahan and Ty Dean had a hit apiece.
Tre Hobbs took the loss on the mound going seven innings and giving up six runs on seven hits with five strikeouts and one walk. Kyle Hobbs went the final two innings giving up one run on two hits.
In game two The Rangers scored one run in the first inning and three runs in the top of the seventh while the Trojans scored one in the fifth and two in the bottom of the seventh and left the basses loaded with the final out, a deep fly ball by Ty Dean that could have scored two runs.
The Rangers scored their four runs on seven hits with two errors and left 10 runners stranded. The Trojans' three runs came off five hits and three errors and they left nine runners stranded. Matt Ray had an RBI hit while Ty Dean, Gregory Tierce, Tays Hardy and Caleb Hobbs added a hit each.
Tyler Dowdy took the loss on the mound going 5.2 innings and giving up three runs on four hits with three strikeouts and two walks. Skyler Lawson went one inning and gave up one run on two hits with three strikeouts and two walks.
The losses drop the Trojans to 12-17 overall and 6-6 in conference play. Their next game is scheduled for Friday against Gulf Coast Community College at Perkinston. First pitch is set for 3 p.m.
Trojans Split With Holmes CC
- Thursday, 26 March 2015 08:59
The Mississippi Delta Community College Trojans split a conference double header with Holmes Community College Wednesday at Moorhead with Delta taking the first game 4-3 and the Bulldogs winning game two 2-1.
The Trojans opened game one with two runs in the first inning on RBI singles by Will Costinett and Michael Beloso. The Bulldogs scored a run in the second and the Trojans answered with an RBI single by Roy Halums. Holmes tied the game with two runs in the third.
The game remained tied until the bottom of the fifth inning when the Trojans loaded the bases and then scored the winning run on a Bulldog walk.
Mississippi Delta scored four runs on nine hits with two errors and left nine runners stranded on base. The Bulldogs three runs came off five hits with no errors and they left 10 runners on the base paths. Clay LaBeff had two hits and one RBI while Michael Beloso had one hit and two RBI's. Ty Dean, Matt Ray, Will Costinett, Peyton Callahan, Tays Hardy and Austin Burdine also had hits for the Trojans.
D.J. Stewart took the win on the mound for Delta going 2.2 innings and giving up no runs on one hit with four strikeouts. Starter Matt Ray went 2.1 innings giving up three runs on two hits with four strikeouts and three walks. Kenny Hinton went three innings with no runs on two hits and one strikeout and Tyler Dowdy pitched the ninth inning with no runs, no hits and two strikeouts.
Game two saw the Bulldogs jump out to a 1-0 lead in the first with a RBI single. The Trojans tied the game in the bottom of the second when Ayreon Davis drove in a run with a single. The game remained knotted until the top of the sixth when Holmes scored the winning run on a passed ball at the plate.
The Bulldogs' two runs came on three hits with one error and two runners left of base. The Trojans' one run came on five hits with three errors and three runners left stranded. Ayreon Davis' RBI single led Delta at the plate. Michael Beloso, Ty Dean, Peyton Callahan, and Roy Halums all had one hit apiece.
Starter Skylar Larson went five complete giving up one run on two hits with one strikeout. Lee Quates went one-and-a-third inning with one run on one hit and Kyle Wilson closed out the game with 1.2 innings giving up no runs and no hits with one strikeout.
Mississippi Delta's overall record moves to 12-13 while their conference record goes to 6-2. The Trojans will be on the road Saturday for a conference double header with East Central Community College at Decatur. First pitch is scheduled for 2 p.m.
Trojans Sweep Southwest CC Bears
- Wednesday, 25 March 2015 08:25
The Mississippi Delta Community College baseball team finally had dry enough conditions to play a home game Tuesday and celebrated with a conference sweep of the Southwest Community College Bears taking a 4-3 win in 10 innings in game one before winning 5-1 in the night cap.
The Trojans took a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning in game one before the Bears tied the game in the top of the third. Delta added a single run in the bottom of the frame and the score stayed at 3-2 Trojans until the top of the sixth when Southwest again knotted the score. The game was still tied at the end of the regulation nine innings and stayed that way until Ty Dean scored from third on a passed ball.
Michael Beloso led the Trojans with three hits followed by Clay LaBeff with two hits and Jordan Lambert with an RBI hit. Sophomore lefthander Tre Hobbs went the full 10 innings on the mound for the Trojans giving up just three runs on five hits while striking out seven batters and walking only two.
MDCC score four runs on eight hits with no errors and left seven runners stranded on base. The Bears three runs came on five hits with one error and they left three men on the base paths.
Mississippi Delta had an easier time in game two scoring one run in the first and two in the second inning before adding a run each in the fourth and sixth while the Bears were only able to score a single run in the fourth inning.
The Trojans' five runs came on nine hits with no errors and three men left on base while the Bears' lone run came off seven hits with no errors and four runners stranded on base.
Tays Hardy led the Trojans with three hits (two runs), while DeShawn Lindsey had one hit and two RBI's, and Jordan Lambert and Peyton Callahan added a hit and an RBI each. Clay LaBeff, Gregory Tierce and Hunter Durham all had a hit apiece.
Starter Chandler Massengale went four complete innings on the mound giving up one run on five hits with one strike out and two walks. Tyler Milligan went three innings in relief giving up no runs on two hits with one strikeout.
The sweep brings the Trojans' conference record to 5-1 and the overall record to 11-12. They will host Holmes Community College in a conference double header Wednesday. First pitch is scheduled for 1 p.m.
Former Trojan Comes Close To Record
- Tuesday, 24 March 2015 09:07
Former Mississippi Delta Community College basketball player Anthony McDonald fell just five three-pointers short of breaking the all-time season record for treys at North Carolina Central University in their 75-71 loss to the University of Miami last Tuesday in the National Invitational Tournament.
McDonald ended the season with the NCCU Eagles with 105 three-pointers. The record is 109 treys in a season. The senior guard hit 105 of 277 shots from beyond the arc for a .379 percent completion rate. He hit 134 of 330 attempts for 426 points from the field for a .406 percent shooting rate.
The Eagles finished the season 25-8 after their first ever trip to the NIT. The 2014 MEAC Champs ended the season 17-1 in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference after falling 63-57 in the Conference Championship.
The Aberdeen native played under Coach Derrick Fears at Mississippi Delta Community College during the 2013 season where he averaged 22.3 points per game for the Trojans. His best game was a 36 point effort against Northeast Community College. He played one year at Itawamba Community College before coming to MDCC and then played his junior year at Mississippi Valley State (11.9 points per game) before finishing at NCCU.
Trojans Split With Meridian Community College
- Wednesday, 18 March 2015 15:14
The Mississippi Delta Community College baseball team split a conference doubleheader with Meridian Community College Tuesday at Meridian losing game one 9-8 in 10 innings and winning game two 6-5 in eight innings.
Both games were extra inning affairs. This year's new format in baseball no longer divides the state into North and South divisions. Instead, every team in the state plays one designated date with every other team in the state and the eight teams with the best records advance to the state tournament. Every doubleheader date consist of a nine inning game followed by a seven inning game.
In game one, Meridian held an 8-3 lead after six innings after they scored two runs each in the first, second and third innings and one each in the fifth and sixth while the Trojans scored three runs in the first inning. Delta tied the game with two runs in the seventh inning and three runs in the eighth and the game remained knotted until the Eagles ended it with a run in the bottom of the 10th inning.
The Trojans' eight runs came on 16 hits with five errors and they left 11 runners stranded on base. The Eagles' nine runs came on 11 hits with no errors while nine runners were left stranded. Jordan Lambert and Will Costinett had three hits apiece for the Trojans. Peyton Callahan had one hit and three RBI's while Matt Ray had two hits with one RBI and Michael Beloso and Clay LaBeff had one hit and one RBI each. Tays Hardy and Ty Dean added two hits apiece.
In game two the Trojans held a 4-3 lead through five innings after scoring one run in the first and third innings and two in the fourth. The Eagles responded with one run in the first and two in the second. Meridian tied the game with a run in the bottom of the sixth inning and the game stayed knotted until Delta scored two runs in the top of the eighth. Meridian scored one run in the bottom of the frame and took the loss.
MDCC's six runs came on five hits with one error with six men left on base. Meridian's five runs came on eight hits and five errors with eight runners left stranded. Tays Hardy had one hit and an RBI while Clay LaBeff, Matt Ray, Jordan Lambert, and Peyton Callahan all had one hit apiece.
The Trojans' overall record now stands at 9-12 while their conference record improves to 3-1 which puts MDCC in fifth place in the state behind East Mississippi at 6-0 in conference (12-6 overall), Hinds CC 5-1 (17-1), East Central CC 5-1 (12-6) and Northwest CC 5-1 (10-4).
The next scheduled game is a conference matchup Saturday at Moorhead against the Southwest Mississippi Community College Bears. First pitch is set for 1p.m.
MDCC 2015 Sports Hall of Fame Set
- Tuesday, 17 March 2015 09:20
The Mississippi Delta Community College Sports Hall of Fame will be inducting six new members Saturday, April 25th, with a banquet and induction ceremony beginning with a reception at 5 p.m. in the J.T. Hall Coliseum.
This year's athletes include; Hal Bridges - football (1966-1968), Chuck Edwards – basketball (1976-1978), Michelle Mullen - softball (1990-1992), Gail Mullen Sims - Softball (1990-1992), and Matthew Duff - baseball (1993-1995). This year's Jimmy Bellipanni Distinguished Trojan recipient will be long-time MDCC maintenance technician and Moorhead native Mac Sheffield.
Tickets for the banquet and induction ceremony are $20 per person ($10 for children 12 and under) and may be ordered by mail from the MDCC Athletic Director, P.O. Box 668, Moorhead, MS 38761. Reservations may be made by calling 662-246-6478 or 246-6471 or 662-207-0266. The deadline for ordering is April 17th and reservations are required to attend. Make checks payable to the MDCC Sports Hall of Fame.
Two MDCC Basketball Players Receive Honors
- Sunday, 15 March 2015 13:12
Two Mississippi Delta Community College basketball players, Niya Head and Darrius Dukes, have received honors following the 2014-2015 basketball season.
The Lady Trojans' Niya Head of Tchula was one of five players recently named to the 2015 MACJC All-State Basketball North Division First Team and one of ten players named to the NJCAA Region XXIII First team. The 5'10" sophomore forward scored 356 points in 23 games (15.5 points per game) with 23 assists and 15 steals for the season. Head scored 20 points or more in seven games this season. Her best game was a 27 point effort against Hinds Community College.
MDCC Trojans' Darrius Dukes of Ashland was named to the MACJC All-State Basketball North Division Second Team. The 6'0" sophomore guard scored 280 points in 19 games (14.7 points per game) and 22 assists this season. Dukes scored 20 points or more in six games this season. His best effort was 34 points against East Mississippi.
MACJC – Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges.
NJCAA – National Junior College Athletic Association
North Division Members:
Mississippi Delta Community College
Holmes Community College
Northwest Mississippi Community College
Northeast Mississippi Community College
Itawamba Community College
Coahoma Community College
East Mississippi Community College
South Division Members:
Hinds Community College
East Central Community College
Meridian Community College
Copiah-Lincoln Community College
Southwest Mississippi Community College
Pearl River Community College
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
Jones Junior College
Trojans Demolish Co-Lin, Split With Southwest
- Thursday, 12 March 2015 22:05
The Mississippi Delta Community College baseball team won its first two conference games of the season Saturday on the road at Wesson demolishing Copiah-Lincoln Community College 12-3 in game one and 12-2 in game two.
The Co-Lin Wolves took a one run lead in the bottom of the first in game one and held that lead through four scoreless Trojans inning in the nine inning affair. The MDCC bats woke up in the fifth when the Trojans took a 2-1 lead. They then exploded for four runs in the sixth, three in the seventh, one in the eighth and two in the ninth while the Wolves could only muster two additional runs in the sixth.
Sophomore lefty Tre Hobbs was the winning pitcher going seven complete giving up three runs on seven hits with three walks and six strikeouts. Tyler Milligan went two innings with no runs on one hit and one strikeout. The Trojans scored 12 runs on 13 hits with five errors while the Wolves scored three runs on eight hits with five errors.
Matt Ray led the Trojans at the plate with four RBI's on three hits and three runs. He was followed by Jordan Lambert with three hits, one RBI, and three runs. Peyton Callahan added two hits and one RBI.
Game two ended after just five innings as the Trojans scored two runs in the first inning, four in the second, two in the fourth and four in the fifth while allowing the Wolves just two runs in the bottom of the fifth. Right-handed freshman Lee Quates kept Co-Lin in check for four complete innings giving up no runs and just two hits with one walk and one strikeout. Reliever Kerry Hinton went one inning giving up two runs on one hit with two walks.
Matt Ray had two hits and one RBI and scored two runs while Jordan Lambert had two hits and an RBI and one run. Ty Dean also had two hits and scored two runs, while DeShawn Lindsey and Clay LaBeff had one hit and two runs each.
The Trojans scored their 12 runs on 12 hits with one error while the Wolves' two runs came on three hits with three errors.
During the week the Trojans split a pair of games with the Southwest Bears at Summit with Delta winning the first game 8-7 and losing game two 6-5. In game one the Trojans scored their eight runs on 15 hits with three errors while the Bears' seven runs came on 10 hits with two errors. In game two the Trojans scored five runs on nine hits with no errors while the Bears scored six runs on six hits with one error.
After Saturday the Trojans are 8-9 overall and 2-0 in conference play. In a new system this year, all fifteen teams in the state will play each other just once in two nine inning double headers with the top eight teams going to the state tournament. There is no North and South Division in baseball.
Trojans Lose To Hinds
- Monday, 02 March 2015 08:09
The Mississippi Delta Community College baseball team took on the No.2 team in the nation today, the Hinds Community College Eagles, and was defeated 8-3 in game one and 7-2 in game two.
In game one the Eagles scored three runs in the first, one in the fifth, and four in the sixth while the Trojans could only manage one run in the fifth and two runs in the sixth innings. Delta's three runs came on five hits with five errors and five men left on base. The Eagles eight runs came on just four hits with two errors and five men left on base.
Kyle Wilson took the loss on the mound for the Trojans giving up three runs and no hits with two walks. Ayreon Davis led MDCC at the plate with one hit and one RBI. Ty Dean and Peyton Callahan got one hit each and scored one run apiece while Jordan Lambert and Clay LaBeff added a hit each.
Game two was a scoreless battle until the bottom of the fourth when the Eagles scored four runs. They added three more in the sixth inning while the Trojans scored their two runs in the top of the seventh inning. Delta's two runs came on four hits with one error and six men left on base. Hinds seven runs came on 14 hits with one error and four men left stranded.
Ty Dean had two hits and an RBI while Jordan Lambert had one hit and scored one run and Matt Ray added a hit. Austin Burdine took the loss going four complete innings while giving up three runs on seven hits and striking out two batters.
The Trojans finished the day with a 5-6 overall record. The next regularly scheduled game is set for Wednesday against Southwest Mississippi Community College at Summit. First pitch is scheduled for 3 p.m.
Trojans Fall To Pearl River In State Tourney
- Wednesday, 25 February 2015 08:39
The Mississippi Delta Community College Trojans made an early exit from the State Basketball Championship Tournament losing 70-61 to the No.1 South seed Pearl River Community College Wildcats Tuesday night at Wesson.
The Trojans led during the early going of the first half but the Wildcats tied the game at 22-all at the 10:15 mark and led the remainder of the way. The score was 39-34 Pearl River at the break.
The Cats pushed out to an 11 point lead at several points during the second half but the Trojans kept fighting and closed the gap to just five points four different times before Pearl River ended the game with another push out to 11.
Sophomore guard Zarmarlus Griffin made the final bucket of the game and was the game's high scorer with 18 points. He was followed by sophomore guard Darius Dukes with 13 points (4-7 treys) and freshman center Travon Harper with 10 points. Tyrone McNeese and Ondarious Hamlin added eight points apiece.
The Trojans end their MACJC season with a 10-13 overall record and a 6-6 North Division mark. Teams for the NJCAA Region XXIII Tournament (Mississippi and Louisiana) have not been set so it is not known if the Trojans will seeded in that tournament this year.


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Ban Ki-moon is secretary general of the United Nations. He was interviewed by Raghida Dergham for the Global Viewpoint Network in Cairo on March 21.
Raghida Dergham: Is the UN Security Council action in Libya a preview of the same thing being done in other parts of the world? Is Yemen next for an international Arab intervention?
Ban Ki-Moon: You have seen what has happened in Libya. We had many civilians being indiscriminately killed by government forces and even some mercenaries, according reports. This was a totally unacceptable situation, and the longer we wait, the more people would have been killed. That's why, upon the strong recommendation of the Arab League, the Security Council has taken a swift action, decisive action. Now, if you look at the history of the United Nations, this swift action was very unprecedented.
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Yemen's president must do more
Dergham: You are now saying that, in Yemen, it is not enough for Ali Abdullah Saleh to dismiss his government. You are saying more is needed. Do you want him to leave?
Ban Ki-Moon: The future of any leader or political systems is to be determined by the people of the country. What I am urging him to do as the president of Yemen is to take bold reform.
Dergham: Yes, but he offered some reform, and then the opposition said it is not enough. Then he dismissed his whole cabinet, and you said it is not enough. What do you want him to do? Do you want him to step down? If he does what Muammar Qaddafi did in Libya and kills more people – 50 people were already killed in one day – do you think the Security Council should apply the same measures in Yemen as it did in Libya?
Ban Ki-Moon: This is what the Security Council will have to decide. What I am urging is that he should immediately engage in broad-based dialogue with a sense of patience, with sense of flexibility and compromise. The power of the leader is given to him by the people, so he has a duty to engage and listen more attentively and carefully to the aspirations of the people.
We have seen in the past where leaders have not been open-minded or have not been flexible. That's why the people came out to the streets and shouted and chanted for more reforms and more freedoms. This, he has to listen to.
Dergham: Are you willing to go to Yemen and try to open a dialogue, to be a conduit for a dialogue, between Ali Abdullah Saleh and the opposition in order to avoid such a bloodshed?
Ban Ki-Moon: I am still very closely following the situation. I have been urging restraint through my statements. I have condemned this killing of people and using live ammunition to kill people. So, this is not acceptable again.
Not the time for political solution for Qaddafi
Dergham: You sent your political representative to Libya, but then in the end, endorsed a military operation. So what is his job now? Is there only a military end for the situation in Libya, or is there space for politics – for a political solution?
Ban Ki-Moon: He had good consultation with the Libyan authorities in Tripoli last Sunday, and he is also meeting at this time with others. He will report back to me his findings. His mandate is to see how we can provide urgent, imminent humanitarian assistance and also discuss on a broader dimension the situation of Libya.
Dergham: Is there a political horizon for a solution still with Muammar Qaddafi?
Ban Ki-Moon: I don't believe this is the time for any political situation. First, they have to stop military fighting, and there should be a firm cease-fire; we have to monitor it, and we have to expand our humanitarian support for those people inside Libya as well as those streaming out of Libya.
Dergham: If the regime upholds the cease-fire, then will it be time to negotiate and talk? Or is the Qaddafi regime finished and over with?
Ban Ki-Moon: I will have to discuss this with the Security Council member states. I am going to brief the members of the Security Council when I return on Thursday. By that time, I will be able to get more findings from my special envoy. And we will watch very closely the situation.
ICC should and will investigate Qaddafi
Dergham: If Muammar Qaddafi is to step down, should he be accused of crimes against humanity?
Ban Ki-Moon: The International Criminal Court [ICC] prosecutor has declared that he is going to investigate Qaddafi based upon Security Council Resolution 1970, and the Human Rights Council has established an independent commission of investigation. Those findings will be submitted from May to June, so based upon all these findings and recommendations, I believe that the ICC and UN Human Rights Council will make the necessary decisions.
I have stated publicly that the situation which has happened in Libya could be a violation of international human rights and international humanitarian laws.
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Dergham: What if Muammar Qaddafi refuses to step down? Do you fear a quagmire for the international community? Is there an exit strategy?
Ban Ki-Moon: He is completely isolated. He has lost his legitimacy. Then it is for the Libyan people to decide and to determine.
Dergham: Is this UN intervention in Libya about supporting the opposition to bring Qaddafi down?
Ban Ki-Moon: The coalition and the United Nations support the Libyan people.
An ethnic dimension to situation in Bahrain
Dergham: You have had discussions with the king of Bahrain in the last couple of days. What are you trying to do about Bahrain? Are you going to intervene as the United Nations? Have you been asked?
Ban Ki-Moon: The situation and background of the crisis in Bahrain seems to be different. There is an ethnic dimension to the unrest between Shiites and Sunnis. I have been urging King Hamad of Bahrain to engage in dialogue immediately. I have also urged the opposition leaders to take part in the national dialogue.
Dergham: So have you offered your good offices to mediate between the opposition and the government of Bahrain?
Ban Ki-Moon: I have offered, and we will have to see when and how my offer could be initiated. I am discussing this matter with the Gulf Cooperation Council as well.
Have to be careful with conflict between Bahrain and Iran
Dergham: The Bahraini government has accused Iran of intervening in internal issues of Bahrain. Do you agree that Bahrain has a case?
Ban Ki-Moon: I have received a call from the Iranian foreign minister, and I have received an official note from the Bahrainian government stating their respective positions. I am in the process of dealing with contrasting positions.
Dergham: So what are the Iranians saying? We know what the Bahrainians are saying. What are they asking you?
Ban Ki-Moon: Of course they are asking me to intervene. These are conflicting arguments of two member states. Therefore, I have to very carefully consider how the United Nations handles this matter.
My public record on Iran is clear
Dergham: You have been positioning yourself as a person who champions the Arab revolution for democracy against autocracy and for the right of individuals to express their freedom and liberty. But you have been conspicuously quiet when it comes to Iran, which has also been cracking down on demonstrators. Why have you not been critical of them as well?
Ban Ki-Moon: I have condemned them many times in public and in private. I have received so many complaints and protests over that condemnation. My public record is clear.
Dergham: Since the crackdown continues in Iran, what are you planning to do next?
Ban Ki-Moon: The international community has been condemning and urging them to take reform measures in a democratic way. I will continue to do that.
Syrian leader should listen to their own people
Dergham: What do you want the Syrian government to do now?
Ban Ki-Moon: Here, too, I have been urging the leaders to listen to the aspirations and challenges of their own people, and engage in dialogue and take very bold measures. Normally, to their regret, these measures and bold reforms come too late, too little.
Dergham: Have you made any phone calls to President Bashar al-Assad about the current unrest in Syria?
Ban Ki-Moon: Not yet. I am closely following the situation. I have been preoccupied with the Libyan situation.
Dergham: Do you plan to?
Ban Ki-Moon: Let us see. I am willing to take any measures when it comes to the fundamental principle of human rights.
I have been vocal against Israel's policies
Dergham: Critics say you have been outspoken about the democratic process in the Arab world, but you have been rather lenient with the Israelis in terms of confronting them on Palestinian rights. Is that unfair to you?
Ban Ki-Moon: It is unfair. I have been very vocal against Israel and their settlement policies and their lack of cooperation in the Middle East peace process. I am deeply concerned by the lack of progress of the Middle East process.
But at the same time, I have been urging a clear position of the United Nations that whatever is happening in that part of the world in terms of democratic wind should not affect the ongoing peace process in the Middle East.
Now it seems to be the case that Israel has been concerned and watching very carefully what has happened in Egypt and what may happen in Jordan and the neighboring area. I have been urging this should be separate, and the peace process should continue on its own purpose and merit.
Dergham: As a man who believes in human rights, do you believe that continued occupation is a violation of human rights of the individuals under occupation?
Ban Ki-Moon: The United Nations has made it quite clear that it [occupation] is against international law.
Preventive diplomacy has gained priority with my administration
Dergham: You came to Egypt and Tunisia after the events here. Why haven't you decided to go into places to help avoid bloodshed like in Yemen, in places like Bahrain, Morocco, Syria?
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Ban Ki-Moon: I have been consulting and talking to almost all the leaders in the region. Sometimes it is known to the public and sometimes not known. But I really want to help them – the leaders – by speaking to them very genuinely, in a sincere manner. I am going to continue to do that. This is a part of the preventive diplomacy and facilitation that is gaining more priority within my administration.
International coalition will be successful in Libya
Dergham: Is this going to be an open-ended military operation in Libya?
Ban Ki-Moon: No, I don't think that should be. First, Libya should stop fighting and end their hostilities.
Dergham: If they don't?
Ban Ki-Moon: As long as they don't, the no-fly zone and military operation should continue.
Dergham: Are you worried about the quagmire?
Ban Ki-Moon: I think this is different than other situations. I believe that the international coalition will have a successful operation.
Dergham: You mean in the short term? Do you think it will take a short time?
Ban Ki-Moon: That's what I hope, and that's what I understand the international coalition forces will do.
This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity
Dergham: What are your worries and hopes for the region?
Ban Ki-Moon: First of all, my own views have to be separated from my mandate as the secretary general.
I believe this is a once-in-a-generation opportunity. I was one of the students who went out to the streets in Korea when I was young, asking for more freedom and bold reforms and changes. Then Korea achieved democratic development as well economic prosperity.
More than 20 years ago we saw the collapse of the Soviet Union and the changes in Eastern Europe, then freedom and the market economy. Now we are seeing this sweeping wind of change across the Arab region. It is only natural that people's wishes and aspirations should be realized by the leaders of the region.
As this wind of change blows, it is up to the leaders to seize this opportunity to look for the better future for their own people through bold reforms before it is too late, before [the people] are forced to take action.
People-powered democratic revolts - do they last?
We have seen what had happened in Tunisia and Egypt. Had the [leaders] taken earlier some fundamental and bold measures, they could have met the expectations of the people. So I am again hoping that there will be due changes, and there will be more freedom and more participation in democracy, and more prosperity in this part of the region.
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Funny how i was told by my boss this morning that prevention is better than cure after someone forced their way into my pickup's canopy last night....apparently it is common here in aus for pickups to be targeted in hope of finding power tools...
It is a common mistake to link physical property like cars & power tools to intellectual property such as images/photographs or the written word.
Why? When someone steals your drill, you are deprived of the drill. Its gone and you can't use it.
When someone copies and uses an image without permission, the original is still in place. The creator is not deprived of their physical property in the same way.
This is why taking an image without permission is not called 'theft' but is referred to as 'infringement'. By copying the image the creator's exclusive and sole rights (not least of which are naming a price, placing other terms on the use, or saying 'No, not at any price) are infringed.
The rights a creator enjoys are inherant with the image and can only be relinquished or modified by the creator themselves. This places the responsibility on the user/publisher of content to seek permission first.
Personally, I consider every image on the web to have an owner and would not consider publishing an image without known provenance & permission first...but others don't share this view so I choose insert a visual reminder into the image and embed contact details in the metadata. One of the latest infringers has not bothered to read the embedded metadata on a published image, which includes my contact details, so will be subject to higher fees.
Sorry to hear about your pickup...but the example used is just not the same.
I just got paid. How about that?
Excellent news...well done.
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We strive to reduce Intel's supplier-related environmental and social footprint while maintaining a technologically advanced, cost-effective, resilient, and reliable supply chain. From human rights and worker safety to environmental impact, we look for leadership and collaboration opportunities that will bring about lasting change.
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Megan Fox Heats Up Hollywood
Megan Fox looks effortlessly chic as she runs errands on Wednesday (November 2) in Hollywood.
The 25-year-old actress wore a pair of Louboutin heels for her trip into town.
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Megan Fox
It was recently announced that Megan will take part in this year's 24 Hour Plays on Broadway, where actors, writers, and directors have one day to write and rehearse plays before performing them in front of an audience!
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Sony Told To Pay Finnish Man 100 Euros For Removing OtherOS
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The CCB said that the removal of OtherOS crippled console features that were present at the time of purchase, and agreed that consumers should be compensated. It recommended that the manufacturer and seller of the console pay €100 jointly to compensate the man.Unfortunately, it appears that the Consumer Complaints Board has no enforcement ability... but that its rulings are frequently used by courts in dealing with disputes. Thus, it seems that Finnish PS3 owners might want to see if they can start some sort of legal action to get their €100 back from Sony for taking away a key feature that was used in marketing the PS3.


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Hmm, if I had to pick one that was the least likely to be just a temporary obsession influenced by whatever I've been watching, then I'd probably go with the second ending theme from GTO. It's called "Shizuku" by Miwako Okuda... just beautiful.
Other than that, my current favorites:
Onegai Twins, both opening and ending themes
Kiminozo, Rumbling Hearts and Hoshizora no Waltz
Ai Yori Aoshi: Enishi ending theme, I Do!
Ranma third season opening theme, Omoide ga Ippai
RahXephon, Hemisphere (whichever one of you said Maaya Sakamoto can't sing well needs several well-placed slaps to the back of the head)
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I enjoy the .hack/sign soundtrack as well as the Hellsing soundtrack. I also like the opening for Noir, Dragon half (closing), excel saga opening , as well as the tenchi muyo OVA 1 opening and the evangelion orginal ending (influenced by the pretty animation.)
One is just way too hard.
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Join Date: Feb 2004
I have a playlist dedicated to my faves. :P
Sakura - Prince of Tennis
Escaflowne chant - Escaflowne
Just Communication - Gundam Wing
Rhythm Emotion - Gundam Wing
White Reflection - Gundam Wing
Heart of Sword - Rurouni Kenshin
There're more.. but there're more, well, anime singles-ish, not actual anime osts or theme songs or whatnot. Yep.
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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) ? Several southern states are cleaning up after powerful winds and massive hail hammered the region.
Mississippi's insurance commissioner says the wind and hail storm that hit the state could result in 35,000 to 50,000 insurance claims. Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney said Tuesday those numbers are based on information provided by insurers and include automotive and property damage claims. A lot of damage is in the Jackson area, where hail as big as baseballs pounded some spots Monday night.
The National Weather Service confirmed one tornado in Georgia and two in Alabama. Authorities also reported that a man was killed in Polk County, Ga., after a tree fell on his vehicle.
About 69,000 Alabama Power customers and 13,500 Georgia Power customers remained without power Tuesday night, a day after storms with the force of hurricane winds toppled trees and utility lines.
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I-71 SB reopens after overnight truck crash
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An overturned truck closed the southbound lanes of Interstate 71 near Wilmington for several hours.
The truck crashed about a mile south of the U.S. 68 interchange just after 3 a.m. after colliding with another truck. The driver suffered minor injuries.
One northbound lane was also closed for a time, troopers said.
Photos: Truck crash closes interstate
Drivers were diverted onto 68 into Wilmington, then onto Ohio 73 back to the interstate.
An earlier crash a few miles further south had also closed the highway's southbound lanes, but that crash had cleared by about 5:30 a.m.
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It is not possible on this website to track all of these data bases. But information on a number of key data bases will be updated regularly. The data bases selected will be of particular interest to people working in demographics, agriculture, education and health. Preference will be given to data bases which provide data at the country level and have time series data. For population data bases, at least three will be included which provide population projections to 2050 or longer. The menu on the left provides access to the lists of selected data bases by topic.
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"We are pleased to be releasing a set of improvements to Windows 8 in broad areas of performance, power management and battery efficiency, media playback, and compatibility. These improvements are available starting today via Windows Update. We wanted to briefly talk about our improvements to the engineering system and in particular the speed at which we were able to deliver these updates to you." Good stuff. They're also updating the core Metro applications to make them less useless.


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The Raiders may well make good on their promise to bury their recent past, but a 10-6 loss to the Minnesota Vikings Friday night at TCF Bank Stadium did nothing to inspire confidence among the fan base.
Instead of looking like an intriguing mix of veterans and young players rounding into a playoff contender, the Raiders looked like what they are – a bunch of guys still getting to know one another after a dozen training camp practices.
"I was disappointed in the way we played,'' Raiders coach Dennis Allen said. "I thought we'd come out a lot sharper than that.''
Instead, the Vikings opened with an effortless 70-yard drive engineered by Matt Cassel to open the game, with Matt Asiata scoring on a 1-yard run, and added a 30-yard field goal by Blair Walsh with 54 seconds left in the first quarter. That stood up until Matt McGloin scrambled 10 yards for a touchdown with 1:25 remaining.
The Raiders went for two, figuring they wanted to win or lose without overtime and because backup place kicker Kevin Goessling's first place kick had resulted in a blocked field goal attempt from 44 yards out. McGloin threw incomplete.
McGloin got the ball back one last time, with his Hail Mary pass to the end zone getting knocked to the ground, mercifully ending the preseason opener for both teams.
When they return to practice Sunday, penalties will be a primary topic of conversation. The Raiders were flagged 13 times for 94 yards. The first offensive snap was a false start on Menelik Watson, and the second drive opened with a facemask on tight end Brian Leonhardt.
They helped derail the first two possessions of starting quarterback Matt Schaub, who finished 3 of 7 for 21 yards.
"It was the first time for us to form our identity for the season and we went out and we didn't play near to our expectations or our standard,'' Schaub said. "We need to go back and figure out how to play that way next week.''
Schaub had two potential first down passes to tight end Mychal Rivera, but Rivera came down with neither of them. A 16-yard strike to Andre Holmes on a third-and-6 play was erased on a hold by left tackle Donald Penn.
In the battle of the reserves, the Raiders did little offensively and the Vikings even less.
At the time of McGloin's departure, Minnesota had a 120-51 advantage in offensive yardage and had 9 first downs to one for Oakland.
By game's end, the Raiders had outgained Minnesota 268-237 and had 16 first downs to 17 for the Vikings.
Minnesota's first possession conjured up memories of some of last year's defensive meltdowns, with Cassel completing 5 of 6 passes for 62 yards and four first downs.
Two of the first downs went to Cordarelle Patterson against cornerback Tarrel Brown, a 23-yard strike to Greg Jennings came against Carlos Rogers, and finally a 22-yard strike to Kyle Rudolph put the Vikings on the 1 with Tyvon Branch arriving late.
"They came out with a game plan, they executed it,'' cornerback Chimdi Chekwa said. "There were some things we needed to correct that first series.''
Rookie quarterback Derek Carr completed 7 of 10 passes for 45 yards, but had the game's lone turnover when he threw too high for fullback Jamize Olawale. The ball glanced off Olawale's hands to the Vikings' Kurt Coleman at the Minnesota 39.
"It was my fault,'' Carr said. "I threw it too high. I have to make a better throw.''
Minnesota, 5-10-1 last season, was in its first game with new coach Mike Zimmer and playing for the first time at TCF Bank Stadium, home of the University of Minnesota. The Vikings will play at TCF for at least two seasons while awaiting construction of a stadium in downtown Minneapolis.
— Rookie defensive tackle Justin Ellis sustained a concussion and was the only player not to finish the game because of injury for the Raiders.
— Wide receiver Denarius Moore caught three passes for 28 yards including two passes from Carr that thrown behind him. Besides Rivera and Olawalke, receivers with drops included Greg Little and Jake Murphy.
"When you have an opportunity to make the play, guys have to step up and make the play,'' Allen said.
— Running backs Jones-Drew (2 carries, 10 yards), Darren McFadden (23 yards on one carry) and Latavius Murray (7 rushes, 28 yards) were cause for optimism with decisive running and cutting.
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The Victorian house hosts anniversaries, weddings, banquets, memorials, parties and meetings.
DeLand's historic Grant Bly House and its owner, Debbie Williams, recently celebrated 20 years as a catering business and gathering location.
Williams and her husband, the late Hugh Williams, opened the business on March 21, 1993.
"My dream was to have a place where people could have a wedding or event and it would be a home-style event and they could walk away from it and let others organize it and clean up," she said.
In 1992, the couple bought and remodeled the Victorian house, which was built in the late 1800s. Since then, Williams has hosted and catered anniversaries, weddings, banquets, memorials, parties and meetings. "I'm busy pretty much all the time with functions," she said.
She added a banquet room to accommodate larger events. "It can seat about 135 people and still have room for a dance floor," she said.
Her staff ranges from four to 20 on-call part-time workers. Williams developed the menus and hires a cook, "but the cook follows my guidelines," she said.
For more information about the Grant Bly House, visit www.grantblyhouse.com or call Williams at 386-738-9989.
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