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Judge Dredd: I am the law!
Rico: Why did you judge me?
[Dredd stares at him]
Rico: Why did you judge me?
Judge Dredd: You killed innocent people.
Rico: A means to an end.
Judge Dredd: You started a massacre!
Rico: I began a revolution!
Judge Dredd: YOU BETRAYED THE LAW!
Rico: Lawwwwww!
[talking about the cloning project]
Rico: I betrayed this... Your council's experiment which failed, in you. I was your brother, your blood, your friend. Who betrayed who? When are you gonna stop being a goddamn slave and grow up? That's your birthright, that's your family. I'm your family, I'm the only family you ever had. Now choose!
Judge Dredd: The best thing you can do is kill me.
Rico: Why?
Judge Dredd: Because it's your only chance, brother.
Judge Dredd: [Dredd has caught Fergee trying to escape inside a servo-droid and is judging him for damaging public property] And you haven't even been out of jail for 24 hours. He's habitual, Hershey. Automatic 5 year sentence. How do you plead?
Fergee: Not guilty?
Judge Dredd: I knew you'd say that.
Fergee: 5 years? No! No! I had no choice! They were killing each other in there!
Judge Dredd: You could have gone out the window.
Fergee: 40 floors? It would have been suicide!
Judge Dredd: Maybe, but it's legal.
Brisco: Judge Dredd, take cover!
Judge Dredd: They're firing 20 milimetre caseless fletcher rounds at 300 metres. The effective lethal range is 200 metres. You're safe... so what are you doing down there, Judge Hershey?
Judge Hershey: Waiting for backup.
Judge Dredd: It's here.
[Dredd and Fergie are riding on a flying Lawmaster motorcycle, being pursued by guards]
Judge Dredd: Fergie, cover the rear!
Fergee: But I've never fired a gun in my life!
Judge Dredd: What the hell kind of criminal are you?
Fergee: A NICE criminal!
Ilsa: Bitch!
Judge Hershey: [Hersey headbutts Ilsa] JUDGE BITCH!
Judge Dredd: It's a lie! The evidence has been falsified! It's impossible! I never broke the law, I AM THE LAW!
Judge Hershey: [as her dead partner is being taken away] Dammit! I was supposed to be watching out for him.
Judge Dredd: Don't blame yourself, Hershey, he made the mistake, not you.
Judge Hershey: [exasperated] Wouldn't it feel good to have an emotion once in a while, huh?
Judge Dredd: Emotions... there ought to be a law against them.
Robotic Food Dispenser: Be kind and peaceful to each other. Eat recycled food. It's good for the environment and okay for you.
Judge Dredd: [sentencing the Block Warlord] Mega City Municiple Code, 213: Willfull destruction of property, that's two years. Code 310: Illegal possession of assault weapons, five years. Code 457: Resisting arrest, TWENTY years!
[one of the wounded squatters jumps up to shoot Dredd, Hershey quickly shoots him]
Judge Dredd: Thank you, Hershey. And code 3613: The first degree murder of a Street Judge...
Block Warlord: Let me guess, life.
[he goes for his gun, but Dredd shoots him first]
Judge Dredd: Death. Court's adjourned.
Rico: I'm the only one who ever loved you.
Judge Dredd: I'll be the judge of that.
Judge Dredd: [During an "Ethics" class, Dredd fires continuously at a "Judge" helmet and armor] ... The Judge's standard-issue helmet and body armor. Yours, when you graduate. Lawgiver-2 standard-issue sidearm, with 20 interchangeable rounds and voice-activated round system.
[to the Lawgiver]
Judge Dredd: Signal flare.
[fires a signal flare into the wall]
Judge Dredd: Yours, IF you graduate.
[walks over to a futuristic motorcycle]
Judge Dredd: Lawmaster, with rapid-firing cannons and a range of 500 kilometers.
[turns it on; it malfunctions]
Judge Dredd: Yours... if you can ever get it to work.
[cadets laugh]
Judge Dredd: All the things you see are toys; at the end of the day, when you're alone in the dark, the only thing that matters is this...
[holds up the Book of the Law]
Judge Dredd: ...the Law.
[slams the Book onto the table]
Judge Dredd: You WILL be alone. Upon retirement, you will take the Long Walk... which every Judge takes, outside these city walls, into the Cursed Earth. There you will remain for the last of your days, alone and carrying the Law. Class dismissed.
Warden Miller: [after giving Rico a package, which has is Badge and a picture of Hammond in it] So tell me, Rico, what is the meaning of life?
Rico: [the package converts into a gun and Rico points it at the Warden's throat] It ends.
[he shoots the Warden in the throat]
[Fergee has just arrived in Heavenly Haven, where a riot is taking place]
Herman Ferguson: [shrugs] It's better than prison.
Chief Justice Fargo: The blind lady.
Judge Dredd: Who is she, sir?
Chief Justice Fargo: Justice before your time. We should never have taken justice out of her hands.
Judge Dredd: You put order to chaos, sir.
Chief Justice Fargo: Yes, we solved many problems, but created many more.
Judge Dredd: The legendary Angel family. Cursed Earth pirates, murderers, scavengers, and of course scumbags!
Judge Dredd: [to Mean Machine, mentioning his artificial right forearm with included blade] Does that come with a fork, handsome?
Herman Ferguson: I'm free, you're toast!
Judge Dredd: Actually, you're toast. I forgot to mention it: your new friends, they're cannibals.
Judge Dredd: There's a maniac loose in the city!
Herman Ferguson: What a coincidence - there's one out here too!
Rico: [after killing the entire council] Now who says politics is boring...
Herman Ferguson: [having just escaped from exhaust pipe] I'm alive! I'm alive!
[notices Dredd next to him]
Herman Ferguson: [disappointed] Oh, so are you.
[At the Aspen Penal Colony, Warden Miller visits Rico's cell]
Rico: Why are you here? Have you come for another chat?
Warden Miller: Just a short one I'm afraid. Duty calls.
Rico: Ah, duty. Keeping these parasites here, at the public's expense.
Warden Miller: Yeah. You especially.
Rico: I don't cost anything. I'm a ghost. And we're both prisoners here, you're behind your desk, and I'm behind this
[indicates the forcefield surrounding him]
Rico: What a clever reward from Fargo, I mean, considering the services.
Warden Miller: When you start killing innocent people, Rico, you went beyond service.
Judge Dredd: You let me judge my own brother? You never told me sir!
Judge Dredd: Mega City municipal code 4722: Illegal use of city electricity.
[rubs a hot wire on Mean Machine's arm]
Judge Dredd: How do you plead?
[Mean Machine growls]
Judge Dredd: I knew you'd say that!
[uses the wire to electrocute Mean Machine]
[first lines]
Narrator: In the third millennium, the world changed. Climate, nations, all were in upheaval. The Earth transformed into a poisonous, scorched desert, known as "The Cursed Earth". Millions of people crowded into a few Megacities, where roving bands of street savages created violence the justice system could not control. Law, as we know it, collapsed. From the decay rose a new order, a society ruled by a new, elite force. A force with the power to dispense both justice and punishment. They were the police, jury and executioner all in one. They were the Judges.
Herman Ferguson: [approaching the MegaCity wall] C'mon, Dredd, there is no way in, are you even listening to me? We can't just knock on the wall and say "Hello, Cursed earth Pizza".
Judge Dredd: There is a way in. 10 years ago, 2 refugees figured it out, through the city's incinerator, there's a flame burst twice a minute, that means they have only 30 seconds to run through before it flames again.
Herman Ferguson: These refugees, they made it through, right?
Judge Dredd: Actually, they were roasted. But, the theory's sound. Shall we?
[walks away]
Herman Ferguson: Maybe we should consider other theories, Dredd.
[Dredd is putting some stuff into his locker, Hershey walks up to him, quietly]
Judge Dredd: [from behind his locker door] I can hear you thinking.
Judge Hershey: Caught your lecture today. Is that really what you think the cadets need to hear?
Judge Dredd: What I told them was the truth.
Judge Hershey: Your truth, maybe. You made it sound like our lives are practically over!
Judge Dredd: Don't you think parts are, Hershey?
Judge Hershey: I have a personal life, I have friends.
Judge Dredd: You're the smartest of a new breed, but you've only been on the street a year. You haven't gotten used to the isolation yet.
Judge Hershey: No. No, I don't think that's right. No one should be alone all the time. I mean, is that really what it's been like for you? Haven't you... haven't you ever had a friend?
Judge Dredd: Yes. Once.
Judge Hershey: What happened?
[Dredd shuts his locker and walks away. Hershey follows him]
Judge Hershey: Dredd? I want to know, what happened?
Judge Dredd: [sadly] I judged him.
[Geiger gives Rico the package he ordered. The case slides open to reveal a Lawgiver gun. Rico reaches to pick it up]
Geiger: No, wait a second! Don't touch it.
Rico: Why not?
Geiger: Well, that's a Lawgiver. That's programed to only recognise a Judge's hand. You touch that, it'll take your arm off!
[Rico grabs the gun and points it in Geiger's face. The gun has accepted his grip]
Rico: Gee, how do you like that? I must be a Judge.
[he shoots Geiger]
Judge: Judge Dredd, we have to reconstitute the Council. We'd like you to consider first position as Chief Justice.
Judge Dredd: I'm a Street Judge. And I'm very late for work.
[he walks off]
Pa Angel: This here is Mean. We had to make some alterations when he was a child. Well, the Cursed Earth's a tough place on young folks.
Judge Griffin: My fellow Judges, have we forgotten the lessons of history? However quickly these block wars can be contained, it's clear that they're becoming an epidemic. An epidemic that should be dealt with immediately. The only solution is a tougher criminal code.
Judge Silver: Our situation gets worse every day. 73 citizen riots in 16 different sectors in the last 2 months alone.
Judge McGruder: Violent crimes rising at 15% every quarter. If we don't increase our resources they will be inadequate in less than three years.
Judge Esposito: Three years? Our resources are inadequate now!
Chief Justice Fargo: My fellow council members, as a city we continue to grow, and growth is painful. 65 million people living in an area designed for no more than 20. It's not enough that they rely on us for food, clothes, water, clean air...
Judge Griffin: [interrupting] Chief Justice, this city is in chaos! For social order we need tighter reigns! Incarceration hasn't worked as a deterrent, I say we expand execution to include lesser crimes!
Chief Justice Fargo: My fellow judges, I was barely in my teens when I put on this badge. When the time comes for me to take it off, please let me do so knowing that it still stands for freedom and not for oppression.
Rico: You left the DNA in there for over 30 years, sooner or later somebody's gonna clean out the fridge.
[Judge Fargo is being escorted toward the gates leading to the Cursed Earth]
Cursed Earth Female Judge: [reading from the Book of Law] Let his name be recorded in every place of honor. Let him take the law he serves so well to those who have it not.
[an female officer hands Fargo the Book and an male officer hands him a special "lawgiver" shotgun]
Cursed Earth Female Judge: Let him be written in our hearts and our memories forever.
[the gates open as Fargo steps outside into the Cursed Earth]
[after Dredd has been found guilty and sentenced to life, he is transported with other convicts in a shuttle to Aspen prison. Fergee, who sits next to Dredd, is rather surprised to see him]
Fergee: Dredd?
[Dredd grabs Fergee's hand, shushing him - but a prisoner who sits behind Dredd, who has ugly scar on his right cheek, hears that]
Fergee: Don't hit me. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Don't hurt me.
[Dredd lets go of Fergee's hand. The scarred prisoner bends forward, eavesdropping]
Fergee: [whispers] What are you doing here?
Judge Dredd: I was convicted of a crime. Wrongly convicted.
Fergee: [chuckles] Really? That's kinda weird! What are the odds? Two wrongly convicted guys sitting right next to each other?
Judge Dredd: You received the sentence the law required.
Fergee: [angrily] Five years? Just for saving my own ass? That was a mistake!
Judge Dredd: The law doesn't make mistakes.
Fergee: Really? Then how do you explain what happened to YOU?
[Dredd looks at Fergee. He has no answer]
Fergee: You can't, can you? Great. Mr. "I am the law" can't!
[the scarred prisoner draws a pocketknife from his right sock. The prisoners sitting next to him notice that, but say nothing. Using the knife, the scarred prisoner starts unlocking the metal framework which restrains him to his seat]
Fergee: So maybe this is some kind of typo. Maybe it's a glitch. Or maybe it's poetic justice!
[meanwhile, the shuttle is spotted by several lawless inhabitants of the Cursed Earth - the Angel gang]
Junior Angel: Shuttle comin'! Shuttle! Shuttle! Shuttle comin', Pa! Look!
[Pa and Link Angel approach. Junior points at the shuttle]
Pa Angel: Praise the Lord for bringing us this generous bounty. My sons... gather the harvest!
[Junior and Link rush to bring weapons]
[while Fergee continues teasing Dredd, the scarred prisoner manages to free himself. A guard passes by. The prisoner waits for the guard to walk away]
Fergee: So maybe you're here as some sort of field trip. Yeah! Maybe this is some sort of... surprise party.
[Junior aims a rocket launcher at the shuttle]
Junior Angel: Whoo! Gonna catch me some city boy!
[the scarred prisoner moves forward, attempting to slice Dredd's throat with his knife. Fergee yells in fear. The guards turn their attention to the fight]
Brutal Prisoner: It's payback time, Dredd!
[while Dredd struggles to move the knife away, Junior shoots a rocket at the shuttle. Just as Dredd punches the scarred prisoner away from him, the rocket hits the shuttle. The guard, who rushed to stop the fight, collapses. His gun goes off, hitting the pilots and the shuttle controls. The shuttle is caught in fire and goes down, deviating from course]
Fergee: Dredd, what's happening?
[the Angel gang watch how the shuttle is partially destroyed in series of explosions and crashes to the ground]
Pa Angel: By a blast of God they perish, and by a breath of His nostrils are they consumed. Hallelujah!
[when Dredd and Fergee regain consciousness, they find themselves in a dark building, their hands tied with thick ropes to the ceiling, several feet above the ground]
Fergee: Am I dead? Am I dead? I'm dead!
[the notorious Angel gang enters the room, chuckling. They are dirty, vicious-looking thugs. The most hideous is the cyborg Mean - he has a mechanical right arm, and his skull is covered with a metal dome with a dial on the front. Link and Junior carry a body from the shuttle. Mean carries a helmet on his mechanical arm. Pa Angel looks at the captives]
Pa Angel: Awake? Good! We're running out of sinners.
[Mean throws the helmet away. The four thugs approach the captives. Fergee is filled with fear]
Fergee: Oh, my God! Dredd, do something!
Pa Angel: [surprised] Dredd?
Judge Dredd: [whispers to Fregee] You talk too much.
Pa Angel: Can it be?
[Fergee gasps in fear when Pa Angel points his staff, but he only uses it to press on Dredd's right arm in order to see his face]
Pa Angel: The great man of the law himself.
[convinced that the prisoner is indeed Dredd, Pa Angel bursts out laughing]
Pa Angel: O Lord, you have blessed us indeed! Judge "rat" Dredd.
Judge Dredd: You creeps are under arrest.
Mean Machine: [unimpressed, waving his mechanical arm menacingly] Is that so? Let me crush him, Pa!
Fergee: Excuse me. We're not together.
[the Angels burst out laughing]
Pa Angel: Allow me to introduce you to my family. There's Link, my oldest.
Link Angel: Bite me!
Fergee: Hi!
Pa Angel: My youngest, Junior.
Junior Angel: [slightly moves his hat] Howdy!
Fergee: Hi!
[Pa Angel introduces Mean]
Pa Angel: [pats on Mean's shoulder] And this here is Mean.
[Pa Angel caresses Mean's cheek]
Pa Angel: We had to make some alterations when he was a child. The Cursed Earth's a tough place on young folks.
[Pa Angel turns the dial on Mean's skull to level 1. Mean snarls]
Pa Angel: Now have him set on 1. I don't suggest you make him angry.
[Fergee shakes his head]
Judge Dredd: [contemptuously] The legendary Angel family. Cursed Earth pirates, murderers, scavengers. And, of course, scumbags.
Fergee: [rolls his eyes upward] Oh, that'll win 'em over!
Judge Dredd: Did I leave something out, "Pa"?
[Pa Angel smiles widely, amused rather than offended]
Junior Angel: Let me kill 'im, Pa. I want his ears.
Link Angel: I want his teeth!
[Mean draws several blades from his mechanical arm, holding them close to Dredd's throat. Mean chuckles, but Dredd is unimpressed]
Judge Dredd: Does that come with a fork, handsome?
[Mean snarls, then bends his head backwards and butts into Dredd's face. Fergee shuts his eyes. The blow leaves bleeding gash on Dredd's left temple. Again, Mean holds the blades close to Dredd's throat]
Fergee: Hallelujah, brother!
[surprised, the Angels turn their attention to Fergee]
Pa Angel: [caresses Fregee's cheek] Wait a minute. Can it be? Can it be that from the city of the fallen we have one of the faithful?
[hearing that, Fergee believes incorrectly that he has hope of survival]
[Fergee tries to convince the Angel gang that he is a believer, thinking incorrectly that they will let him live. While the attention of the Angels is turned on Fregee, Dredd struggles to get his hands free]
Fergee: Amen, brother! Praise the Lord! I'm a believer!
Judge Dredd: [whispers] Fergee, don't do it.
Pa Angel: It sounds like we have a believer in the gallery.
Fergee: Yes!
Pa Angel: Cut him down.
Fergee: Go tell it on the mountain!
Judge Dredd: Fergee!
[Fergee ignores Dredd's warnings. Link steps forward and cuts Fergee's bindings]
Fergee: Yeah!
Judge Dredd: [to Fergee] You're making a big mistake.
Fergee: [chuckles gloatingly] Well, Dredd, maybe the law doesn't make mistakes, but I'm free - and you're a toast.
Judge Dredd: [dryly] Actually, YOU'RE a toast. I forgot to mention it. Your new friends... they're cannibals.
[Fergee's smile fades as the Angels grab him roughly and drag him to the fire]
Link Angel: Fresh meat.
Pa Angel: Prepare the supplicant for sacrifice!
[as Link and Junior drag poor Fergee to the fire, Dredd manages to free his left hand from the ropes. The Angels fail to notice that]
Fergee: No, wait. You can't eat me! I've got eczema. I've got warts. I've had gonorrhea. Eat Dredd! He works out.
[Fergee's eyes widen in fear when he sees what is cooking over the fire - something that clearly was once human]
Pa Angel: [looks disgustingly at Dredd] Yum, yum. It's been fun, lawman.
[Pa Angel turns Mean's dial to level 2. Mean snarls]
Pa Angel: [pats on Mean's shoulder] Finish Dredd.
Mean Machine: My pleasure, Pa!
[Mean is about to attack Dredd]
Judge Dredd: C'mon...
[as Mean bends his head backwards and charges, Dredd removes his left hand from the ropes and dodges, getting himself free. Mean butts a column. The column breaks on impact, leaving Mean momentarily stunned]
Pa Angel: [to Link and Junior] C'mon!
[Junior charges at Dredd, waving a gun]
Judge Dredd: C'mon, kid!
[before Junior can shoot, Dredd wraps the rope around his hand, snatches the gun and punches Junior's face. Junior collapses. Link draws a dagger and charges at Dredd]
Judge Dredd: Guilty!
[Dredd shoots and kills Link. Mean recovers, snarling]
Judge Dredd: Oh, shut up!
[before Mean can get up on his feet, Dredd turns his dial to zero, shutting him off. Junior draws a dagger and charges Dredd. Dredd dodges, wraps the rope around Junior's neck and drops on over his shoulder, breaking his neck]
Fergee: Dredd, look out!
[Pa Angel growls in rage and charges at Dredd, waving his heavy staff. Dredd rolls away and grabs a dagger, preparing to fight Pa Angel, when suddenly several shots hit Pa, killing him. Some guards appear]
Guard: There's Dredd!
[Dredd drops the dagger and jumps to the platform above, dodging the guards' shots. He tackles one of the guards and grabs his weapon. Dredd shoots and kills the other four guards. When the shooting cease, Fergee rises on his feet. Dredd waits for more guards, but when none appear, he drops the gun. Fergee approaches Dredd, warily pats on his shoulder]
Fergee: [talks as if he took part in the fight] Well, we did it. We got 'em all. Pussies! Is that all you got? They are dead, right?
[Dredd turns to Fergee and grabs his upper lip]
Judge Dredd: [touches Fergee's cheek] Have you been crying?
Fergee: [angrily] I'm not crying. I got something in my eye. You ever have allergies?
[Dredd lets go of Fergee. Fergee looks behind Dredd, and suddenly he spots one more guard]
Fergee: Dredd, look out!
[as the last guard is about to shoot Dredd, a shot hits and kills him. An armed hooded figure appears. Dredd and Fergee stare at the hooded person, uncertain whether it is friend or foe. Dredd is surprised as the figure removes its hood, revealing itself as ex-Chief Justice Fargo - who was like a father to him]
Judge Dredd: Chief Justice!
Chief Justice Fargo: Joseph, together again.
Judge Dredd: Together again, sir.
[suddenly Fargo shrieks in agony, as he is stabbed in the back by Mean. The blade sinks into his body and protrudes from his chest]
Judge Dredd: No!
[Mean smiles viciously, as Fargo is skewered on his blade. Enraged, Dredd charges at the cyborg. Mean throws Fargo's body off his blade and faces Dredd]
Judge Dredd: No!
Fergee: God, not again!
[Dredd grabs Pa Angel's staff and attacks Mean, but Mean easily knocks the staff off Dredd's hands and butts him in the face. Dredd stumbles and falls to the floor, but immediately recovers and picks a metal bar]
Mean Machine: You got three strikes, lawman!
[Dredd strikes Mean, but Mean blocks the blow with his mechanical arm]
Mean Machine: Strike one! He-he-he...
[Dredd strikes again - again, Mean blocks the blow]
Mean Machine: Strike two!
[Dredd brings the bar heavily on Mean's head - a blow that would crack human skull, but leaves no impression on Mean. Fergee winces]
Mean Machine: Strike three. You're out, lawman!
[Mean knocks the bar off Dredd's hands and advances, waving his blades. Dredd recoils, barely evades Mean's blows]
Mean Machine: You killed Link! You killed Junior! You killed my brothers! You killed my pa...
[Mean growls and charges, but Dredd sidesteps. Mean's blades get stuck deep into the wall, so he cannot free himself. Dredd partially rips a wire from Mean's mechanism and touches its broken end at Mean's arm]
Judge Dredd: Mega City municipal code 27-22: illegal use of city electricity. How do you plead?
[Mean growls in fear and rage]
Judge Dredd: I knew you'd say that!
[Dredd attaches the wire to Mean's back, elecrocuting the monstrous cyborg to death]
[Dredd does his best to ease fatally-injured Fargo, but the old man has no hope of survival. His condition deteriorates rapidly]
Chief Justice Fargo: [gestures to one of the statues] The blind lady...
Judge Dredd: [looks at the statue] Who is she?
Chief Justice Fargo: Justice... before your time. We should never have taken justice out of her hands.
Judge Dredd: You brought order to chaos, sir.
Chief Justice Fargo: That we did. Solved many problems, and created many more... being a Judge, Joseph, perhaps too much power in one person's hands. We once tried to compensate: create the perfect Judge. We called it Janus. Four decades ago, D.N.A. samples were taken from the original council. One was chosen. Mine. We altered it to enhance the best qualities and screen out the worst: weaknesses, frailties. We created you.
Judge Dredd: You didn't create me, sir. I have a family.
Chief Justice Fargo: [shakes his head] No.
Judge Dredd: At the Academy, you told me they were killed when I was very young.
Chief Justice Fargo: A lie.
Judge Dredd: I have a picture of them.
Chief Justice Fargo: A fake. We lied... to both of you.
Judge Dredd: [puzzled] Both?
Chief Justice Fargo: There was another infant created in that experiment, but something went wrong. Genetically mutated to the perfect criminal.
Judge Dredd: I have a brother?
Chief Justice Fargo: You were best friends at the Academy. Star pupils. And then he turned. And for his crimes, you judged him.
Judge Dredd: Rico?
Chief Justice Fargo: Rico.
[shocked to hear that, Dredd stands and walks away from Fargo]
Chief Justice Fargo: Rico... you let me judge my own brother? You never told me, sir.
Chief Justice Fargo: I couldn't... you were like a son to me.
Judge Dredd: A son... my whole life is a lie.
Chief Justice Fargo: Rico had to be executed to protect you, to protect the city.
[Dredd muses about what Fargo just told him. Then he realizes something]
Judge Dredd: Rico... he's alive!
Chief Justice Fargo: No. I signed the order myself. I saw the report.
Judge Dredd: [kneels near Fargo] I didn't kill Hammond. It was him. It was his D.N.A. that convicted me.
[Fargo stares at Dredd, then he understands who was responsible for Dredd's false conviction]
Chief Justice Fargo: Griffin... it was Griffin.
Judge Dredd: Griffin, yes.
Chief Justice Fargo: We've both been deceived, Joseph. I'm so sorry. Rico's killed me and destroyed you. Fi... find him, Joseph.
Judge Dredd: [softly] Don't die.
[Fargo dies. Dredd closes his eyes in deep sorrow. Fergee lowers his head sadly. Dredd glances at the blind lady statue. He takes a gun of one of the dead guards and stand before the statue, determination grows in his heart]
Fergee: What do we do?
[Dredd does not answer]
Fergee: What do we do?
[Dredd turns to him, cocking the gun]
Judge Dredd: Find Rico!
Judge Esposito: With the charge of Pre-Meditated murder. This Tribunal has found, Joseph Dredd: Guilty as charged.
[the audience gasps in disbeleif as Dredd is holding back a disappointed face]
Chief Justice Fargo: Joseph Dredd. You are aware that this council can only provide one punishment for your crime. Death. However, it is also a tradition that the council to honor the last order of a retiring senior Judge.
[Gets up from his seat]
Chief Justice Fargo: Therefore, I step down.
[the audience gasps in disbelief and Dredd gives out a surprised face]
Chief Justice Fargo: As I now take my walk to the Cursed Earth, I would like the council to honor *my* last order: Be leniant with Judge Dredd, for this actions and his years of service.
Judge Griffin: [Gets up] We shall honor this one, Judge Fargo.
[Fargo leaves the court]
Judge Griffin: Joseph Dredd, step forward.
[Dredd Steps forward]
Judge Griffin: Your sentence shall be, life imprisonment at Aspen Penal Colony and is to be carried out immediately.
[Holds up the Book of Law]
Judge Griffin: As it is written...
Judge Hershey: [Interrupts Griffin] Justice Griffin, this trial has been a farce, I demand an appeal...
Judge Griffin: [Interrupts Hershey] You will accept the court's decision, Judge Hershey.
[Several Judges come into the courtroom and secure Dredd]
Judge Hershey: Dredd, I'm sorry.
Judge Dredd: [as the Judges begin to take him away] You did your best, hershey. Thank you.
Judge Griffin: Let the betrayal of the Law be taken from our court. May his armor be taken from him, and all of his garb of justice.
[the Judges take off his badge and tear his uniform off and cuff him]
Judge Griffin: Let him be strickened from our hearts and our memories, forever.
[Judge Hershey has stopped a man for bumping his hovercar between two other vehicles]
Judge Hershey: [checking his Unicard on the system] Mr Souza, you have a suspended license. You've got 3 counts of driving under the influence...
Fuppie: [interrupting] Hey, you'd better listen! I suggest you walk away and bother somebody else!
[Judge Dredd looms up behind him]
Fuppie: When I said I have powerful friends, I mean powerful!
Judge Dredd: Are we having a problem here, Hershey?
Judge Hershey: Not at all, Dredd, nothing I can't handle. Suspended license, 3 DUI's.
Fuppie: [smiling nervously] Uh, this is getting boring, hey... So, uh, what's the tab? Come on, how much is this gonna cost me? You name the price.
Judge Dredd: Hmmmm... Hershey, call Control for an H-wagon.
Fuppie: What? I don't believe it, you're gonna tow me?
[Dredd crosses the road, Souza and Hershey follow him]
Judge Dredd: Towing is for a first offence, this is your fourth violation, you're a menace. How do you plead?
Fuppie: Not guilty.
Judge Dredd: I knew you'd say that.
[Dredd pulls out his Lawgiver gun]
Fuppie: Hey, wait a sec, what are you doing?
Judge Dredd: Grenade.
Lawgiver: Grenade.
Fuppie: NOOOOOO!
[Dredd aims and fires - the hovercar explodes]
Judge Dredd: Happy motoring.
[on the flight to Aspen]
Fergee: What are you doing here?
Judge Dredd: I was convicted of a crime. Wrongly convicted.
Fergee: [laughs] Really? That's kinda weird! What are the odds? Two wrongly convicted guys sitting right next to each other?
Judge Dredd: You received the sentence the law required.
Fergee: Five years, just for saving my own ass? That was a mistake!
Judge Dredd: The law doesn't... make mistakes.
Fergee: Really? Then how do you explain what happened to you? You can't, can you? Great. Mr. "I am the law" can't. So maybe this is some kind of typo. Maybe it's a glitch. Or maybe it's poetic justice.
Squatter 2: That's Judge Dredd, man!
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14U.S. Solar Energy Growth Continues to Crush Records (10 Key Findings)
June 17th, 2011 by Zachary Shahan
A new report published yesterday by the Solar Energy Industry Association (SEIA) and GTM Research, U.S. Solar Market Insight: Q1 2011, indicates that the U.S. solar energy industry is continuing its record-setting growth. It is one of the fastest-growing sectors in the U.S. economy and is making noteworthy strides in both installed solar power capacity and solar manufacturing.
Some of the key findings:
- 252 megawatts (MW) of grid-connected photovoltaics (PV) were added in the 1st quarter of 2011.
- That is a 66% growth over 1st quarter 2010 installations.
- Cumulative grid-connected solar electric installations grew to 2.85 gigawatts (GW) in the 1st quarter of 2011. To put that into useful perspective for most of us, that is enough power for ~600,000 U.S. homes.
- The 3 PV market sectors (residential, commercial, and utility) all grew, but commercial installations grew the most.
- Continually dropping solar equipment costs and a rush to take advantage of Section 1603 Treasury program incentives (previously anticipated to expire at the end of 2010 but now extended through the end of 2011) were the major factors spurring on rapid growth across the solar energy market.
- 7 of the 21 states analyzed accounted for 88% of solar energy growth (compared to 82% of growth in the 1st quarter of 2010), indicating the clear importance and superiority of certain state policies and programs. (See more on that in the chart above and the charts below.)
- 11 of the 21 states saw solar energy growth of over 50%. (See more on that in the chart above and the charts below.)
- PV module production in the U.S. grew to 348 MW, 31% more than for the same period of time last year.
- Manufacturing growth is seen to be due to the projection that the U.S. will become the world's largest solar market sometime within the next few years.
- While no concentrating solar power (CSP) projects have come online in 2011 yet, 1.1 GW of CSP and concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) projects are currently under construction, expected to make a big splash in installed solar power growth soon. As we've covered here on CleanTechnica, several of these utility-scale projects have received important government loan guarantees and other investments this year.
"On the whole, the U.S. is currently the PV industry's most attractive and stable growth market," said Shayle Kann, Managing Director of Solar at GTM Research. "This is reflected in our report's quarterly market data and in the comments from global suppliers, distributors, and developers, all of whom see the U.S. positioned to nearly double its global market share in 2011 and support a greater diversity of installation types than has been previously seen in any leading demand center."
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Rydberg matter is a phase of matter formed by Rydberg atoms; it was predicted around 1980 by É. A. Manykin, M. I. Ozhovan and P. P. Poluéktov.[1][2] It has been formed from various elements like caesium,[3] potassium,[4] hydrogen[5][6] and nitrogen;[7] studies have been conducted on theoretical possibilities like sodium, beryllium, magnesium and calcium.[8] It has been suggested to be a material that diffuse interstellar bands may arise from;[9] circular[10] Rydberg states, where the outermost electron is found in a planar circular orbit, are the most long-lived, with lifetimes of up to several hours,[11] and are the most common.[12][13][14]
Rydberg matter consists of usually[16] hexagonal[17][15] planar[18] clusters; these cannot be very big because of the retardation effect caused by the finite velocity of the speed of light.[18] Hence, they are not gases or plasmas; nor are they solids or liquids; they are most similar to dusty plasmas with small clusters in a gas. Though Rydberg matter can be studied in the laboratory by laser probing,[19] the largest cluster reported consists of only 91 atoms,[6] but it has been shown to be behind extended clouds in space[9][20] and the upper atmosphere of planets.[21] Bonding in Rydberg matter is caused by delocalisation of the high-energy electrons to form an overall lower energy state.[2] The way in which the electrons delocalise is to form standing waves on loops surrounding nuclei, creating quantised angular momentum and the defining characteristics of Rydberg matter. It is a generalised metal by way of the quantum numbers influencing loop size but restricted by the bonding requirement for strong electron correlation;[18] it shows exchange-correlation properties similar to covalent bonding.[22] Electronic excitation and vibrational motion of these bonds can be studied by Raman spectroscopy.[23]
Due to reasons still debated by the physics community because of the lack of methods to observe clusters,[26] Rydberg matter is highly stable against disintegration by emission of radiation; the characteristic lifetime of a cluster at n = 12 is 25 seconds.[25][27] Reasons given include the lack of overlap between excited and ground states, the forbidding of transitions between them and exchange-correlation effects hindering emission through necessitating tunnelling[22] that causes a long delay in excitation decay.[24] Excitation plays a role in determining lifetimes, with a higher excitation giving a longer lifetime;[25] n = 80 gives a lifetime comparable to the age of the Universe.[28]
n | d (nm) | D (cm−3) |
1 | 0.153 | 2.8×1023 |
4 | 2.45 | |
5 | 3.84 | |
6 | 5.52 | |
10 | 15.3 | 2.8×1017 |
40 | 245 | |
80 | 983 | |
100 | 1534 | 2.8×1011 |
In ordinary metals, interatomic distances are nearly constant through a wide range of temperatures and pressures; this is not the case with Rydberg matter, whose distances and thus properties vary greatly with excitations. A key variable in determining these properties is the principal quantum number n that can be any integer greater than 1; the highest values reported for it are around 100.[28][29] Bond distance d in Rydberg matter is given by
where a0 is the Bohr radius. The approximate factor 2.9 was first experimentally determined, then measured with rotational spectroscopy in different clusters.[15] Examples of d calculated this way, along with selected values of the density D, are given in the adjacent table.
Like bosons that can be condensed to form Bose–Einstein condensates, Rydberg matter can be condensed, but not in the same way as bosons. The reason for this is that Rydberg matter behaves similarly to a gas, meaning that it cannot be condensed without removing the condensation energy; ionisation occurs if this is not done. All solutions to this problem so far involve using an adjacent surface in some way, the best being evaporating the atoms of which the Rydberg matter is to be formed from and leaving the condensation energy on the surface.[30] Using caesium atoms, graphite-covered surfaces and thermionic converters as containment, the work function of the surface has been measured to be 0.5 eV,[31] indicating that the cluster is between the ninth and fourteenth excitation levels.[24]
See also[edit]
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MOSCOW (AP) — A lawyer advising National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden says his asylum status has not been resolved and that he is going to stay at the Moscow airport for now.
Anatoly Kucherena, who was visiting the American at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport on Wednesday, said that migration officials are still looking at this asylum request and that this process had been drawn out.
Kucherena said that Snowden is staying in the transit zone "for now" and "intends to stay in Russia, study Russian culture."
The lawyer did not immediately comment on a Russian news report that said Snowden had received a document earlier Wednesday allowing him to enter Russia from the airport.


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It's finally happened. Twitter may have banned animated profile pictures, but the company has just unleashed animated GIFs in tweets. Posting a tweet with a GIF is as straightforward as posting a tweet without a GIF.
Step 1: Compose your tweet as normal.
Add the GIF where you'd typically add a photo.
Step 2: Publish and repeat.
To avoid annoying the crap out of others, Twitter has disabled autoplay for GIFs. Users will have to press a play button to enable the looping animation.
Now, with power comes great GIF responsibility. Don't over-GIF, unless you're The Ministry of GIFs [2]. Carry on.
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Thread: Next years Oline
Next years Oline
You will be hard pressed to argue that Oline is not the greatest need of this team. Wouldn't you love to have that Oline from 08-09 back? Remember that time when we could run the ball and the clock so effectively behind a HUGE Oline, and could out physical anybody?
I think that's one of the areas we must get back to, we need to do a better job of pounding the ball, Rice wouldn't have centers getting shoved back into his face when he's trying to cut. Flacco would have time to throw, and hopefully we get a new OC who actually calls some quick times throws.
So first of all I think we invest a first round pick into a tackle. Here are some guys to think about.
Luke Joekel (Texas A&M, 6'6 310 lbs)
Perhaps the best LT prospect in this draft. He has size, strength, the feet, and is a dancing bear. He isn't quite what last years top OT prospect was out of USC, but he's probably going to get picked in the top 10, and will be out of our range.
Jake Matthews (Texas A&M, 6'5, 305 lbs)
Played RT at A&M, but is easily a fit playing LT in the NFL. Both him and Joekel were the driving forces of a great season for A&M in their first season of SEC football. He's a little undersized for my liking to play LT, but he is bigger than Oher and would be an upgrade, likely winning the job in camp and sending Oher back to RT.
Taylor Lewan (Michigan, 6'8, 302 lbs)
Reminds me a lot of Nate Solder, big lanky frame, good in pass pro, and a decent run blocker. Again, I doubt Lewan is going to be on the board past the 15th pick, but you never know. Taylor Lewan is a natural fit on the blind side, and could step in right away for us.
Eric Fisher (Central Michigan, 6'7 305 lbs)
Easily my favorite prospect out of the bunch. He reminds me a lot of Joe Staley. He comes from a small school, so that will hopefully drive his stock down a little. Very athletic, big, and strong. This is the guy I hope we pick.
Oday Aboushi (Virginia, 6'6 310 lbs)
This would be more of a second round projection. Oday has improved his run blocking this year, which was seen as a major weakness until this season. A very decent prospect in pass pro, has excellent feet to play LT at the next level. I'm not sure if he'll be ready to start straight away however, a bit of a raw player with good upside.
With that said, hopefully we go with Eric Fisher, and here is what I hope the offensive line will be for next year if that happens.
That line has great size and athletic ability up front. Yanda has been calling the plays this year, and has the intelligence to play center. I think we can all agree that Birk is done, and Gino is probably not going to be ready to start next year. I think Yanda could be an all pro center straight away, he's that good. KO has star potential at guard, and Reid has shown that he can hold the position down, and has potential to be a decent player there.
Maybe then we will be able to ground and pound more effectively, as well as helping our passing game too.
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Fisher is becoming a favorite of mine as well, definitely a guy i think you will eventually be able to leave on a island. My fear with him as that thru the process he moves up out of our draft range.
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I don't think that you move your best offensive linemen to another position. That just seems dumb to me. I would think that they would go with Gradkowski at center next year. Also, I think KO will stay at RT. The biggest issue imo will be figuring out LT. I don't think Oher is the answer there.
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Honestly I don't see them moving Oher out of LT. Yanda at C sounds interesting and a maybe, but I'm guessing it will look similar to this year only with Gino instead of Birk. Dump the drunk coach and get a better coach in there and maybe it will be good enough.
Re: Next years Oline
I disagree, I think the FO are done with Oher at LT. I heared reports that Oher is in extension talks for RT money, and Ozzie wants him to be the future RT not LT.
That may mean they see KO as a possible LT next year, they gave him snaps not too long ago at training at LT.
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Honestly, we don't have LT prospect on the roster. Oher's future is at RT. Which means KO is destined to be the LG. Or the other way around. We need an LT and a C.
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Says who? You? Other posters on this board?
We keep saying this, but not one thing the coaches have done or said has indicated that this is even remotely a possibility.
Oher may never be more than an average LT, but that's ok. I've stated this several times before: We don't NEED elite LT play to win games. We NEED a coordinator who understands the limitations of his players and puts them in position to succeed. Oher didn't look too bad when they were running the sugar huddle, did he? Secondly, it is entirely possible that they may give KO a crack at LT next year. He's got experience there, is very athletic, and unlike Oher, he has the length/size to accompany that athleticism.
Furthermore, if they were planning on KO being a guard, WHY wouldn't they have already done that? It's not like Bobbie Williams, Jah Reid, or Ramon Harewood were standout LG's for the Ravens this year. In fact, the LG position has been pretty bad.
I think that the only way the Ravens go OL in round 1 of next year's draft is if it is a guy they feel can be a guard. Look at guys like Chance Warmack, Jon Cooper, or Barrett Jones.
And by the way, I'm not defending Oher or his play. He's about as average as they come on his best days. What I'm saying is that in the right offensive scheme, you don't need to ask your OT's to block defensive ends for 4,5, or 6 seconds. Another point, which I've asked many posters before and no one really acknowledges, is why people seem to think that if someone fails at LT then they would probably be better off at RT? What about the RT position - in today's NFL - is different than the LT position? Other than the LT position is protecting right-handed QB's blind sides, but QB's are just as vulnerable on the front side as well. In fact, most defenses have more than 1 pass rusher and most defenses move their best pass rusher around. In that line of thinking, the RT needs to be just as capable as a pass blocker and run blocker as the LT. It's not an either/or situation anymore. 20 years ago, it was. This is why we've seen more and more teams drafting guys in round 1 who are projecting as RT's and not LT's. /rantDisclaimer: The content posted is of my own opinion.
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All I want for Christmas is Barrett Jones.
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December 13, 2016
Proper Nutrition for Martial Arts Training
Bruce Lee introduced a martial arts transformation and also motivated martial artists to damage the ties that bound them as professionals. Lee freed himself and various other martial arts professionals from the connections that limited the abilities of conventional boxers. After years of study and growth, Lee fused every martial arts element into one system.
Jeet Kune Do, according to Lee, is not an additional fighting style or method. It is a principle where various fighting strategies are used. Whether it is from Japan, China, India, or the Philippines, combat artists are urged to check out various combating systems and absorb their essence. Lee wished to produce a fighting style that was complimentary and also unbound, where motions are easy, straight, as well as non-classical. He later broadened the concept that the art ought to be made use of for personal growth as well as end up being a far better competitor. The last of training made for practitioners of Jeet Kune Do was the "no limitation" stage where innovative students were free to change and also discover their personal styles of battling.
Because of outstanding physical and also psychological training, Bruce Lee was able to achieve this task. He released himself of the stress and anxiety that hindered his training. He strengthened his abdominal muscles because these muscles play a vital role in the movement of martial artists. Furthermore, these muscles shield the ribs as well as other important organs. Lee regularly experienced and tried to accomplish maximum efficiency, and according to him, martial artists of his time did not have required physical conditioning to support their skill. There were many occasions where Lee would ride a stationary bike for 45 mins to raise his muscle mass, as well as decrease body fat,. He incorporated weight training with his normal exercise to enhance his performance and figure. The type of exercise he did was meant to prevent the buildup of substantial muscle mass that might hinder his martial arts movement. Furthermore, Bruce Lee educated himself correctly to stay clear of muscle spasms and back pain. Injuries might obstruct his training as well as influence his performance. He likewise took nutrition seriously and was rigorous in his diet. He drank his share of vegetables, apples, celery, carrots, and prepared it using an electric blender or food processor. Lee consumed plenty of high-protein drinks that included powdered milk, eggs, bananas, and also peanut butter.
Bruce Lee is among one of the most well known names on the planet, and he achieved so much despite living a very short life. His objective of breaking restrictive bounds resulted in the creation of several hybrid fighting styles. Lee did not become an experienced martial artist overnight; rather, his success was a product of intense, vigorous training combined with correct nourishment.
November 17, 2016
Today's Martial Arts Scene is a Joke
"There is no challenge in breaking a board. Boards don't hit back." – Bruce Lee
Taking a look at the modern martial arts scene with this quote in mind makes me sad. I've been all over the city to martial arts studios and witnessed trainings where students are learning to do things that simply have no practical application.
Don't get me wrong. There's a reason why it's called "martial arts," as it most certainly is an art form. I absolutely agree that students should study foundational techniques, even those which have little practical application. Watch any martial arts movie and it's like watching ballet in a way. (Don't laugh … hear me out.) Ballet takes an amazing amount of poise, strength, and self-control. I've actually been to a ballet performance and cried over the sheer beauty of it all, and I know the same thing can happen when you watch a martial arts "performance."
But unlike ballet it's not all about performance, at least not in an aesthetically pleasing sense. While certain poses and techniques can be beautiful, the end goal has always been and will always be self defense. If you're not learning how to defend yourself, then you're paying hundreds of dollars to attend dance classes that will afford you nothing when someone is holding a gun to your head and threatening your life.
Yes, all of the other benefits of martial arts are great. You'll get stronger. You'll build solidarity with like-minded students who are "in the fighting ring" with you. And it's definitely a confidence booster, especially for women (at least from what they've told me.) In short, you'll feel like a badass if you master martial arts. But feeling like a badass and actually being one in the middle of a life-threatening situation are two different things.
We've got to stop teaching fighters to break boards. Just like Bruce Lee (one of the greatest martial artists who ever lived) said, "boards don't hit back." You gotta learn to fight against a person who will fight back. Actually, in most cases (if you're applying the rule of self-defense that they teach you), they'll be the instigators, which means you'll be fighting back.
I understand why they teach people to break boards. It's the mastery of a certain technique that perfectly balances strength, agility, and form to accomplish what seems impossible. But breaking a board is far from impossible. In fact, it's actually pretty easy to learn, and there's really no challenge once you learn it. Challenge comes when you're in a real-life situation where you need to apply what you've learned in order to safe yourself from being seriously injured or killed. Boards don't move, and they don't hit back, so if you don't know how to defend yourself against a moving, living being without killing them in the process (unless it becomes absolutely necessary), then you're gonna be in trouble.
This is a call to martial arts teachers today. How can we bring the techniques of Bruce Lee back into our classrooms? What can we do to ensure we're not only teaching people martial arts as an art form, but also as a practical, life-saving, set of techniques that will be extremely valuable in a life-threatening situation?
Thoughts? I'm definitely not trying to start a fight here. (Ha ha, see what I did there?) Just looking to have an honest conversation about a subject that's very near and dear to my heart. Feel free to leave a comment below.
(But be nice or it'll get deleted.)
September 28, 2016
Turning the Other Cheek
In my previous post, I shared some of my favorite inspirational quotes for fighters. One of them was "an eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind." I wanted to expand on this idea a little more by talking about one of Jesus' most well-known pieces of advice: turn the other cheek.
Some people believe that turning the other cheek essentially means becoming a doormat or a pushover, and that it instructs us never to defend ourselves against our enemies. I do not believe that to be true.
Although I advocate responding to hurt with love, sometimes, "turning the other cheek" (as the world defines that phrase) is simply not practical. In some cases, self-defense will be necessary to ensure your very survival. In those extreme situations, I advocate self-defense as a means of continuing your life and maintaining your own well-being, as well as the health and well-being of those around you.
Let me put it another way: if a man showed up at your front door in the middle of the night with a gun and threatened to harm you and your loved ones, I would absolutely condone self-defense in that situation. You don't need to shoot to kill, but shooting him in the foot, or using your own strength to disarm him so that he's no longer able to hurt you would be appropriate.
Sometimes, we have a tendency to get defensive and if not careful, we end up being hurtful towards others who hurt us (intentionally or not). I believe that in calling us to "turn the other cheek," Jesus is simply asking us to respond to hurt as lovingly as possible, and to only put up our defenses when it's absolutely necessary, and to do so in such a way as to minimize harm to the other party.
These are my thoughts. Do you agree?
September 20, 2016
3 Inspirational Quotes For Fighters
I'm a lover, and a fighter. What I mean is, when I fight, I do it out of love. Meaning I don't do it to harm anyone. I do it when the outcome is certain to showcase my love for other human beings.
Sometimes, it's necessary to fight for things. Things you believe in with your whole heart and that you know are for the good of humanity. Fighting to harm others is bad, but fighting for things that will only improve the world is good and very necessary in my opinion.
I seek to be a resource and an inspiration to everyone with whom I come in contact. As part of that goal, I frequently find myself sharing inspirational quotes and sayings that will uplift the spirit and feed the soul. That said, here are 3 of my favorite quotes about fighting that I hope will inspire you as you stumbled upon this post today!
Quote #1: "An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind." – Mahatma Gandhi
Like I said, sometimes fighting is necessary. But when you're doing it for revenge, it's likely to create more harm than good. Only engage in physical force when it's absolutely crucial for your own well-being or survival. Never put down others or verbally abuse them. Karma's a bitch, and I can tell you from experience that it will come back to bite you. If someone tries to put up a fight in your presence, turn the other cheek and encourage others around you to do the same. Who wants to fight a guy whose hands are up in the air as a sign of surrender? No one.
Which brings me to the next quote:
Quote #2: "Nobody can hurt me without my permission." – Mahatma Gandhi
I think that speaks for itself, but I'll elaborate a bit more. Offense is a choice. If someone emotionally hurts you, it's because you allow them to get under your skin. Choose to keep your chin up when adversity strikes, and you won't get hurt.
At the same time, don't put up walls. Create transparency and friendship and you're sure to receive those things a hundredfold.
Quote #3: "Use only that which works, and take it from any place you can find it." – Bruce Lee
One of my favorite fighters of all time. Wise words, Bruce. Wise words.
Don't swing your fist at someone if they're throwing emotional swords at you. Physical fighting does not remedy emotional hurt. At the same time, swinging back emotionally won't do much good either. The only thing that works to fix hurt is love. So love passionately, and love more.
Has this inspired you in any way? If so, please leave a comment below and share this post with someone you know and love. If I start to get a lot of responses, I may turn this into a regular series on the blog!
September 13, 2016
5 Strategies to Stay Positive When Things Start to Suck
5 Functional Ways to Maintain a Positive Attitude In the Midst of Hardship
Life's not always rainbows, butterflies, hearts and flowers. The trick to being happy is maintaining a positive attitude even when you're going through tough times.
Winston Churchill said it well:
"A pessimist sees the problem in every possibility; an optimist sees the possibility in every trouble."
I've chosen to put together a list of various strategies that you can use that will certainly help you be more positive, even in the midst of hardship.
Every day I prefer to use my positivity as my stamina. I select not to stay "in the pits," so to speak, but instead to overcome my battles as I look toward the future. Yes, there are days when I cannot do so, when I collapse under life anxieties, yet those days are a reminder of why it is so essential for us to remain positive and to pick joy, even in the meds of destruction and calamity.
1. Post a motivating quote on social media.
We might also make use of the forever-growing social media sites as a means to proclaim positivity over our lives, as well as to urge other individuals that remain in our inner circles. Specifically on those days where I simply really feel helpless, I recite bible quotes and publically share them on Instagram.
2. Live a healthy lifestyle.
Improving your self-esteem with a healthy and balanced way of living will lead to a generally positive perspective on life. I wake up in the early morning, drink a bottle of water, and exercise. Then I eat a healthy breakfast and take about 15 minutes to meditate and be alone so that I can ground myself in my purpose for the day. It's not only important to take care of yourself physically. Meditation allow your mind to be cared for as well, which will help you to be more productive throughout the day.
3. Try to see the good in all things.
There's a positive side to every scenario. Occasionally, as you may know, good things can actually come from bad situations, and you may be able to find good in unfavorable circumstances. Maintaining a positive attitude and seeing the good in every situation is a choice, and one that I intentionally make each and every day.
4. Lower negative thoughts in your life.
There are lots of pessimistic people out there that see the glass as half-empty by default. If you spend time with pessimists, you will probably become one yourself. You are who you associate with.
5. Do activities that bring a smile to your face.
Listen to tunes from by your favorite band, go running, write, drink coffee, take pictures, hang out with your closest friends, call your family members, play golf, take a Zumba class, talk to that person you haven't seen in a while, prepare a healthy dish, learn a brand-new language, flatter someone … the opportunities are endless! Do anything that makes you happy! If you are really feeling down, do not simply mope around by yourself. That encourages depression. Be aggressive in your quest for happiness, peace, and love!
What are some other tips you have for staying positive when life sucks? Share your strategies in the comments below!
April 29, 2016
Good Leaders Fight For Their People
I once worked for a manager who was a complete pushover. Her boss would ask her to jump and she'd say "how high?" In fact, her boss might has well have been my boss, because she pretty much ran the show for our whole team. She never let our actual manager do her job — lead her team in the direction we should go in order for our department, and the company as a whole, to be successful. It's like as soon as she discovered that our manager was a pushover, she capitalized on the situation.
Our manager eventually got fired and was replaced by someone who was basically a complete 180-degree turn from what we'd been used to. When this new guy came in, he did something that made me want to keep my job, where before I'd spend half my days scouring Indeed.com for other options.
He fought for us.
Good leaders fight for their people.
There's a pretty popular saying out there: "if you stand for nothing, you'll fall for anything." I wholeheartedly believe that's true. Good leaders stand up for their people. If you believe in your people, you'll fight for them. You'll stand up to your boss's boss, pushing back on stupid policies (even going so far as to call them stupid, if necessary), so that your people have a better experience when they come to work.
Optimizing employee experience is key to optimizing customer experience. After all, your employees are the face of your company. They are the ones who determine what kind of experience your customers will have. And in a fast-paced, digital society, where people are paying bigger bucks for better experiences, your employees sure as hell better matter to you.
This new manager pushed back on stupid policies that were making our jobs harder and negatively affecting our productivity. He implemented new policies that just. made. sense. And you should have seen how happy we became as a result.
He didn't just change a few policies though. He literally changed our job descriptions. We went from doing menial, soul-crushing, task-based work, where quantity mattered most, to doing work that we enjoyed, that activated our brains on a daily basis. Work that counted quality above quantity, and above everything else for that matter. We went from sitting in isolated cubicles for 8 hours straight with our headphones in and music blaring to actively participating in meetings, where people appreciated our input as experts in our field. We went from being bored and actively disengaged to being stimulated and actively engaged in the work we did every day. Suddenly, our jobs mattered.
This guy also took the time to ask us how we were doing on a daily basis. And he genuinely cared about the answer. He wanted to get to know us personally and took the time to find out what made us tick. By tailoring our work to what he knew would keep us motivated, he engaged us and made us want to work hard.
Good leaders do this. They fight for their teams, because their teams are worth more than anything. Their teams will make or break their success as leaders, upon which the success of the entire business hinges.
If you're a leader, I challenge you to fight hard. Fight hard for what matters. Fight hard for your people and they'll work hard for you.
March 23, 2016
What Are You Fighting For?
With the upcoming presidential election, I wanted to provide some food for thought. Hopefully this post will motivate you to really think about the state of our nation and the direction we're headed in.
But before I go there, allow me to briefly apologize for being MIA for so long. I'm a fighter, not a writer… heh. Seriously though, I've been going through some personal things that have prevented me from being entirely present on this site, but I'm doing my best to get back in the trenches again, starting with this post. So, I hope you can forgive my absence and move on with me as we continue these fighting conversations!
I've been thinking a lot lately about all of these battles we've been fighting. And by "we" I mean the good ol' US of A. We have wars for just about every conceivable thing – a war on terror, a war on drugs, a war on poverty, a war on cancer… etc. But is all this fighting really doing us any good? Furthermore, what are we really fighting for?
The war on terror isn't working. The war on drugs has done little to eliminate drug abuse and addiction and a lot to increase incarceration rates in our country. The war on cancer? Well, that's just laughable considering that 1 in 2 people will get cancer in their lifetime. And this war on poverty will do nothing to benefit the powers that be, so the way I see it, it's just lip service to appease those to whom socialism appeals.
The upcoming election has us all fighting each other on social media newsfeed and forums. Disagreements are rampant. Differing opinions over candidates' beliefs and proposed policies have served to divide us as a people, rather than unite us. Long-term, this is detrimental to our nation.
So my question is this: what are we fighting for? More importantly, what are you fighting for?
We should all be fighting to reestablish the USA as a great nation. We should all be fighting for true freedom. True freedom means being able to make decisions without government intervention. It means that if someone wants to use a drug for recreational purposes, they should be able to without the threat of incarceration, as long as it's not hurting anyone. It means that if someone chooses not to vaccinate their children, they shouldn't be reprimanded by the media or by their healthcare professionals for making that choice. It means being able to pay into things that will improve our communities voluntarily instead of being automatically forced to pay taxes. It means being able to opt for private health insurance, or no health insurance, if that's what floats your boat.
We have stopped fighting. We've given up and we keep telling ourselves that it's perfectly okay to just vote for the lesser of two evils and hope for the best. But what if we refused to vote for evil at all? What if we refused to go along with this whole charade and decided to unite together, as a people – one nation under God (or Buddha if you prefer that sort of thing) – and stand up for what we believe in? When did we become so damn apathetic?
It's time to stop complaining and to start fighting. I keep seeing all these memes on Facebook joking about how this election might come down to Trump and Hillary and how awful that would be. But we just go laughing about it and accepting this as our reality instead of actually doing something to change it. Either we don't know how to change it, we're lazy, we believe we're powerless, or we just don't care. I hope for everyone's sake that the latter is not the case…
I ask you again: what are you fighting for?
September 30, 2015
How Charlotte NC Chiropractors Help Injured Athletes
Being an athlete, I know how important good health is for top performance. It is especially vital to be pain-free without being dependent on drugs and other substances that give rise to unhealthy side effects. I personally like to use alternative and holistic remedies for managing pain and improving overall performance. This is where a good, reliable Charlotte chiropractor comes into the picture.
So what qualities should one look for when selecting a Chiropractor?
Any chiropractor Charlotte NC has to offer will be able to help you manage and alleviate pain but only a competitive team of practitioners can help you avoid subsequent injury and provide rehabilitation during and after recovery. I personally stress the importance quality care and personalized services when seeking any alternative therapist.
The chiropractor you choose should have a very high standard of ethics and should not reveal your personal health information to any person or organization under any circumstances whether it is for insurance purposes or any other purpose.
To find a local chiropractor, search Google for chiropractor near me and do some research to make sure you find one that meets your criteria.
What can you expect when you see a chiropractor?
An experienced Charlotte chiropractor will take down your complete and detailed history and plan comprehensive care that goes beyond simple pain management. S/he will holistically analyze your health conditions ranging from minor digestive disorders to more serious conditions like fatigue, performance related factors etc. S/he would then advise you about spinal adjustments and lifestyle changes if you need any. Your chiropractor will also provide a regular check-up on your health and improvement.
Services provided by chiropractors of Charlotte NC
A good Charlotte chiropractor will have extensive knowledge of conditions arising out of different types of injuries and overuse of muscles and nerves in athletes. I consider my chiropractor to be like a family doctor – one who can even treat minor ailments including ear and throat infections, general injuries like wounds or scratches, apart from the more serious ailments that arise from sporting activities. Pain management is just one of the services provided by the chiropractor Charlotte NC community. Chiropractors around the world are famous for pain management, but the one you select must be able to render several benefits by getting to the root of the problem and treating you holistically.
- Rehab—After an injury has been treated, your Charlotte NC chiropractor must provide rehabilitation and education about how to aid faster recovery and avoid further injury.
- Keeping your body in top-notch condition—An average Charlotte chiropractor can do wonders for pain, but the good ones will be able to help you improve your overall health and keep your body in top-notch working order. He/she must help you perform better in sports as well by working on appropriate nerve endings and muscles.
Additionally, Charlotte chiropractors can generally provide the following health benefits to both low and high-impact athletes:
- Whether you are a golfer, tennis player or bowler, a chiropractor in Charlotte NC must help relieve strain on your muscles.
- They should help provide stability and support to the muscles and joints and enhance and stimulate the body's natural healing mechanism.
- Herniated discs, lower back pain, tennis elbow, carpal tunnel syndrome, knee or shoulder conditions, ankle strains and even post-surgery edema can be managed with help of an experienced chiropractor.
I personally use a Charlotte chiropractor for preventive athletic injury and support. I highly recommend the same to all athletes looking to better their performance.
April 21, 2015
For All The Fighters Out There…
Welcome to my new site. So glad you stopped by.
Check out my "About" page for more info on what this blog is all about.
This is my first post, and I'm going to keep it short. As a fighter, I tend to stay pretty busy, so I don't have time to write a whole lot. But when I do, I promise to make it count.
If you're a fighter like me, then it's likely you found my site by searching for MMA training. Well, sorry to disappoint you, but I'm no longer an MMA fighter. I am, however, still a fighter (as I mention on my About page … if you haven't gone there yet, be sure to check it out after reading this post.)
So this – my first post – is dedicated to all the fighters out there. I just want to encourage you to keep fighting. For whatever it is you're fighting for.
Most of us MMA fighters do it for the thrill. But whether you're into mixed martial arts or not, if you're living life the way you should be living it, then you're fighting for something meaningful.
Something. If you're not fighting for something, then you're not living.
Choose, this day, to believe in something and fight for it. Stop daydreaming, and take action. In all my years as an MMA fighter, that's the number one lesson I took away from every session in the ring – take action.
Sure, you can stand there, and wait for your opponent to make the first move. But if he has the same mindset as you, you'll both be waiting for a long time. And where's the thrill in that?
The thrill comes when you take action. When you make the first move. So, go for it. Stop waiting. Stop dreaming. Do something for God's sake.
That's all I have to say for now. Come back later for more inspiration.


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Gender differences in the relationship between depression, internalizing /externalizing problems, and personality styles in adolescents
The present study examined gender in relationship to depression, internalized/externalized problems, and personality styles in an adolescent population attending a suburban high school. This study explored differences in female and male experiences in adolescence, using scales that measure personality styles, expressed concerns, behavioral problems, and depression. The present investigation used data that were drawn from a larger longitudinal study of adolescent depression and development conducted at Pace University. The participants attended a Westchester public high school and were in grades 9th to 12th. The measures that were administered for this study were the following: The Center for Epidemiological Studies of Depression Scale for Children (CES-DC), which determines the presence and the severity of depression; the Millon Adolescent Personality Inventory (MAPI), which assesses personality styles and adolescents' expressed concerns; and the Achenbach Youth Self-Report (YSR), which assesses behavioral problems of adolescents and categorizes them into internalizing and externalizing styles. ^ The first hypothesis stated that female adolescents would report greater depressive symptomatology than the male adolescents on the CES-DC. As was expected, this finding was supported. The females reported almost twice as much depression than the males. The second hypothesis stated that female adolescents would have more internalizing problem, anxiety, somatic, and depression than male adolescents. This hypothesis was also confirmed for all variables. The third hypothesis stated that male adolescents would report more externalizing problems, aggression and delinquency than females. The delinquency was the only behavior that was significant. ^ In summary, the analyses do partially support gender differences in the relationships between MAPI subscales and YSR internalizing and externalizing scales. When the analysis included the internalizing scale of the YSR, gender differences are found on five of the MAPI subscales. When the analysis included the externalizing scale of the YSR, gender differences are found on eight of the MAPI subscales. Combining internalizing and externalizing YSR scales, gender differences are found on half the MAPI subscales. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)^
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Red Sox Aggressive in Signing International Shortstops |
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The Red Sox, who had been expected for months to sign shortstop Jose Vinicio out of the Dominican Republic, have now officially signed the shortstop for a $1.95 million bonus. Vinicio became eligible to sign once he turned 16 on July 10.
The Sox are also believed to be close to finalizing an agreement with Jose Iglesias, a 19-year-old out of Cuba. Multiple reports peg the agreement as being for four years in the vicinity of $8.2 million. (The Boston Herald was the first to confirm the agreement.)
Vinicio was widely regarded as one of the best talents available in the international amateur free-agent market this summer. The shortstop is described as having legitimate defensive skills that would allow him to stay at short, with the chance to develop into an above-average hitter (particularly given his position). Baseball America offered the following scouting report on him:
"(Miguel Angel Sano) is technically the No. 1 shortstop prospect this year, but Vinicio is the top prospect who projects to stay at shortstop in pro ball. Scouts say Sano and Vinicio are two of the best athletes in Latin America, and while Vinicio lacks Sano's power stroke, he has very good bat speed and has shown the ability to drive the ball with some authority. Vinicio has a skinny, projectable frame, and scouts say the switch-hitter is better from the right side of the plate. In the field, Vinicio separates himself from his peers with good speed, range, arm strength and instincts."
As for Iglesias, he is considered a very athletic player with good speed who plays dazzling dazzling defense. Even so, there are questions about his ability to hit enough to justify an investment along the lines of the Sox' rumored offer. He has shown little power in his Cuban career, though he was very young for the competition while playing in the Cuban National Series.
Dayan Viciedo, a 19-year-old power hitting third baseman whom the White Sox signed to a four-year, $11 million deal out of Cuba this offseason, played in several international tournaments with Iglesias. At the Futures Game in St. Louis, Viciedo offered the following scouting report on his former teammate and countryman:
"He's a very good fielder in particular. You can put him anywhere," said Viciedo. "He can play third, short and second. He's a very good player."
Asked about Iglesias' hitting, Viciedo paused to consider his answer.
"He defends himself," said Viciedo.
Iglesias defected while playing at a tournament in Canada last August.
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As the dust settles from Arsenal's FA Cup victory, one man has reason to feel even more delighted than all the others.
Aaron Ramsey has had quite a season, his sparkling early season form propelled Arsenal to the top of the league, before the injury that ruled him out for months saw them slip out of the that race.
However just when it seemed the Gunners had let the chance of some redemptive silverware slip from their grasp, the Welshman popped up in extra time to seal victory and end Arsenal's season on a high.
Even the next morning it appeared things were still sinking in with Ramsey tweeting: "Woke up and it turns out it really did happen."
For Ramsey, FA Cup success was possibly even sweeter, a runner-up with Cardiff in 2008, his career could have been ended two years later by his double leg fracture against Stoke.
It is only this season, four years on, that Ramsey has turned into the player his early promise suggested - leaving Arsenal fans to wonder what could have been this season if he hadn't been ruled out for over three months with a thigh injury.
As it is he returned to drive them into Champions League qualification and FA Cup glory, a win that he hopes will instill confidence in a previously success-starved squad.
"Confidence is massive in football," said Ramsey. "I've had problems with my confidence in the past but I've rediscovered that. I think this is massive for us players and for the manager. The last few seasons we've come in for a bit of criticism, not quite getting over the line. But now we've finally won something hopefully it will push us on and we'll win a lot more things."
Ramsey has a busy summer ahead, he may not be going to the World Cup but he is marrying his fiancee.
"I've got a lot to look forward to," says Ramsey. "I'm getting married. I don't think I'll get a chance to watch the World Cup because the missus wouldn't let me watch it anyway. After that, I'm looking forward to next season and I hope we have a good season and we're in with a chance of winning things."
For the Welshman though you feel his thoughts will soon turn to what the future holds for him and Arsenal next season as the team tries to build on their first trophy in nine years.
"I can work on a few things defensively, trying to get back in [team] shape, my handling of the ball," he said. "I'm just a bit gutted I did miss a big chunk in the middle of the season. We were top of the league for the most days this year so we definitely have the quality. One thing we need to improve on is our away record against the top teams. We have to keep ourselves in those games."


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Monday, July 19, 2010
Priya David is back on KTVU
Priya David, who is now going by her married name of Priya David Clemens, has returned to KTVU after leaving the station two years ago. She left Channel 2 for CBS News as a correspondent primarily for "The Early Show" and the weekend "CBS Evening News." Last year, she returned to the West Coast to co-anchor the 4 p.m. news on Portland CBS affiliate KOIN. She was back on KTVU, with her first report airing last week. (Photo credit: CBS News frame grab)
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Welcome back, Priya. It's good to have you back in the Bay Area.
- Friday, July 23, 2010
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anybody know why she came back?
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ugh! We had mold in our apartment before we bought our house....one thing is for sure...it's enough to freak you out! It's like hearing about a child at church getting lice....All of a sudden you go into FREAK OUT mode. Get all itchy, swear you must have it or worse your 20 month old!.... oh wait I was talking about mold here sorry! lol. Really I'm glad you guys get it taken care of!
ReplyDeleteI enjoy your blog and found it funny that you mentioned your husband being distracted by old photos and such ...this is my husband. I can't ask him to help with anything like that in the basement as I look over and there is is with an old book, photo, paper, etc EVERYTIME. It is pointless. Glad it is not just him! Thanks for your insightful and inspiring ideas. I am wondering how and where you get all the cute fonts you use on your blog...I could use some trustworthy advisement here.
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Stacey at http://staceyembracingchange.blogspot.com/Bleck! So glad you guys were able to get it fixed -- with how not-awesome the workmanship is on our house, I'm pretty sure we are going to find similar issues as time goes on. You are lucky to have your dad and Cason being so handy and fix-it-y!
I also like your cartoon self's pink toenails... unless that was a drawing of Cason's legs in the shower...Oh, shelley, I'm so sorry it's been such a mess! I get it...we had it in college under the flooring and we were staying so sick. I'm glad you're getting it taken care of quickly, though. I'm still loving my Christmas subway art and am about to tackle some of the other ones you sent me. Talk to you soon, friend. -shaunna :)
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Holy crap, never ever experienced a blackout more than 20 mins. That's kinda crazy ;O
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You can be here max. 2 hrs, not bad at all! :-D
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I actually wouldn't mind. But, having the well pump work would be a must.
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Fixed the picture, much better! This was Saturdays' egg hunt, DS's first! Not all the journalling is there, but I have it in my journal and will add when I find a better pen. It reads: We had a big week this Holy week! First, you turned 9 months on the 26th. I can't believe how time has flown! We had your 9-mo checkup and you had actually dropped a few ounces because you're so much more active. Doctor encouraged us to put you on the floor to practice crawling (you're still thinking and rocking). You had shots again and had to have your first blood drawn since you were born! (You REALLY didn't like that, though within a minute of her removing the needle, you were back to charming the lab ladies!) On Saturday, you got go Easter egg hunting with your friend Genevieve at Two Strike Park. People kept asking if you and Gena were twins! Neither of you really 'hunted', but you did share your eggs with each other and a 15-month-old Superman! You also got to meet the Easter bunny. In the afternoon, you went to Abuela's where she and Tia worked with you to crawl and Sunday you went to church with Mommy. You even got to try out the nursary - and did really well! For the Cricut challenge (also Boys n Girls and Baby challenges, but I missed the deadline - DOH!) Used Cuttin Up and Base Camp carts for the titles. TFL!
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2K Sports seems to have pulled the plug on its old online servers. Users playing All-Pro Football 2K8, NHL 2K10, College Hoops 2K8 and the year-old NBA 2K12 multiplayer have noticed a lack of online support across the last three weeks. A 2K Customer support representative posted on the official forums:"As of 11/1/12, all of the 2K Sports servers (with the exception of NBA 2K13 and MLB 2K12) are now offline. We do not have any information that leads us to believe these online features will be turned back on. If you have any questions, please visit the following page: http://2ksports.com/news//416 Please note that we, here at 2k Sports Customer Support, do not have any further information regarding the status of these servers. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause." Is it a little premature to get rid of last year's NBA 2K12 servers? |
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Sahota, Vijay and Li, Maozohen and Hadjinicolaou, Marios (2010) Modeling scalable grid information services with Colored Peti Nets. International Journal of Grid and High Performance Computing, 2 (1). pp. 51-68. ISSN 1938-0259
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Sahota, Vijay and Li, Maozohen and Guo, Wenming (2003) Resource monitoring with globus toolkit 4. In: 2nd International Conference on Semantics, Knowledge and Grid (SKG),, Oct.31-3 Nov, 2006, Guilin, China.


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