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Okay, show of hands: Who wants a decently-powerful diesel rear-wheel-drive car with a BMW badge on it? If you raised your hand, BMW has good news for you: the 328d is set to debut in a few weeks at the New York Auto Show.
The last time we Americans got a diesel 3-Series, it was the obscenely powerful twin-turbo 335d, which had nearly as much torque as BMW's own V12 while returning 36 mpg on the highway. That car was insanely awesome, even though it only came with an autobox.
This new diesel is a bit different, but it sounds potent in its own way. The upcoming 328d will have a 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine good for 180 horsepower and 280 pound-feet of torque. That should do zero to 60 mph in 7.2 seconds while exceeding 40 mpg on the highway. Not bad at all.
Oh, and Automobile says it will come in wagon form, too. Let's hope that engine will have an available manual transmission too so we can all have that dream car we claim to covet but probably wouldn't buy in real life.
And while you're at it, BMW, howzabout bringing over that glorious six-cylinder 330d you sell in Europe, the one with 413 lb-ft of torque? Come on. We'll take good care of it. We promise.
In other Bimmer news, expect to see the North American debuts of the 3-Series GT and the front-wheel-drive hybrid Concept Active Tourer in New York. I am slightly less excited about those.
Photo credit BMW
Hat tip to Autoblog!

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Thursday, September 30, 2010
Chronicles of Vladimir Tod
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Wednesday, September 29, 2010
This is my view from school. I swear just the sight of hawaii makes me not pay attention in class
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Alkaline trio
New band to listen when your reading. Alkaline trio, has been around for a while but I just discovered them and fell instantly in love with this one song. Calling all Skeletons =]. I found this song right before I was about to read Return to Paradise by Simone Elkeles. To me it was the best band to listen to when I was reading.
So far my top three fav songs:
- Calling All Skeletons
- Help me
- Mercy Me
Lyrics for Calling All Skeletons
Here it is again yet it stings like the firsttime
Seems it never ends, Double nickels on your dime
I thought we were friends, but i guess it just depends who you ask
These feelings tend to leave me with a hole in my chest
A hole in my chest
Now the time has come I just wish I could erase
All the damage done to your name and your keepsakes
Its only just begun, its been fun, we were blind deaf and dumb
There's a party in my closet calling all skeletons
All Skeletons..... Calling all
Where did you go as the lights went black?
look whats become of me
Ive grown to love your dissapearing acts,
Do one more pretty please
Now the time has come I just wish I could erase
all the damage done, all the pain, all this heartache
Its only just begun its been fun, we were fucked up and numb
Theres a killer on the corner and hes looking for love
Hes.... looking for love
Yeah hes looking for (you my love)
Where did you go as the lights went black?
Looks what become of me
Ive grown to love your dissapearing acts,
Do one more pretty please
And to tell you the truth I lost my faith in you
(You gotta stop sneaking off on me)
And these unspoken lies appear at the worst times
(you gotta stop sneaking off on me)
Theyre hiding just behind your eyes
Where did you as the lights went black?
look whats become of me
Ive grown to love your dissapearing acts,
Do one more pretty please
Where did you go once the lights went black?
You nearly gace us a heart attack
We thought you mightve swam out to sea
You gotta stop sneaking off on me
you gotta stop sneaking off on me
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Tuesday, September 28, 2010
things left undone
- graduate from Highschool (done)
- get a job (done) I want to quit though
- go to prom (done)
- take my sisters to Japan (gonna happen this summer)
- get married
- watch over my grandpa (always)
- go to vegas and win some money
- make sure my sisters graduate
- try and get along with my mom
- remember her
I miss her like crazy, but we have to move on in our lives and remember the good times and not the bad times. if you only remember the bad your not going to want to remember that person and your going to forget them completly. Im learning that the hard way, and im trying to fix it.
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Thursday, September 16, 2010
Books to read while waiting for your next class
So being in college is great unless your teacher decides to cancel class and not tell everyone. So I had like a 2 hour gap yesterday and all I did was read =] which is great. So the books Ive read since college started are:
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Wednesday, September 8, 2010
somebody to lean on
I love my friends I really do xP. Stupid things happened the other night and when I needed to vent or cry they were there for me. talking me through things and making sure I was okay. They also reminded me that im not a burden to them, Im their friend and would do anything for me. Theyre my shoulder to lean and I love them for it =]. So just remember you always have someone to lean on even though you dont think you do.
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Monday, September 6, 2010
stepping down
Being the oldest sister is a pain in the ass, but i honestly wouldnt have it any other way. My family means the world to me and i would do a lot for them. In the begining of the year I lost my grandma and I had to step up and help fill in her place in the house. I hated it for a couple of days, having to do so many things around the house not being able to see my friends as much just being exhausted. But one day i just gave up and ditched my family to just go out and be a kid again, got home went straight to bed. There is always going to be a Yin and Yang to everything, and I found it out the hard way. You realize your family needs you when it feels like your the only thing holding them up, and its felt like that ever since my grandma passed.
My grandma was born on October 17th 1932 her birthday is just a month away and its so hard without her around the house, and I guess Ive been driving my sisters crazy. So I guess this morning my sister had the courage to tell me that I dont need to worry as much anymore, that shes trying to step up and take more responsibility with the family...and didnt that just make me want to cry. and yeah it did. I dont have to hold up my family anymore. I can depend on others again like I depended on my grandma.
I miss her a lot but I have others in my family i can depend on. and my friends too
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I'm working on an art project and I need to know how much a steel spring wire bends dependent on it's diameter. It's point of support is in the middle and it's lengths is
1.20m. How much lower are the end points in relation to the center?
1. A diameter of 1.20mm
2. A diameter of 1.50mm
I've found the following values for spring steel: $p = 7800 kg/m^3$, $E = 2.1×10^{11} N/m^2$. But I've trouble reproducing your results, I'm not sure if I assembled you equation right.


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With "Prince of Persia" and "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" considered box office duds, you cannot blame Jerry Bruckheimer for looking ahead to sure box office gold.
Yes, Johnny Depp is onset for "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides." And Bruckheimer wants you to know it, lest anyone forget that Depp and his built-in box office magic is already working on turning the producer's recent spell of tough luck around.
The uber-producer tweeted a picture of Jack Sparrow from his account. It's the first site of the eagerly awaited installment of the "Pirates" franchise.
It's not really clear why Sparrow has his sword out. Maybe to fend off the demons which have bedeviled Bruckheimer thus far in 2010, causing blog after blog to wonder aloud if the producer has lost his magic touch.
With Johnny Depp in his corner, this cold streak is bound to end pretty quickly. He'll be joined by franchise newcomer Penelope Cruz and baddie Ian McShane. We're in.


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I am a chronic doodler. My school notebooks always had more scribbles of flowers, geometric shapes, and animals than actual notes. To this day, my Purl Bee notes look more like mysterious outsider art than useful information. One of my recurring doodle themes is a loop de loop motif. I love the hypnotic repetition of it.
With this penchant for doodling, it's no wonder that I love embroidery so much. It's basically drawing with thread. Once you master a couple of basic stitches your needle and thread become as versatile as a pencil, but unlike a tossed off pencil sketch, embroidery has an elegant and refined finish.
These Loop de Loop Pillows combine the simple, breezy feeling of a notebook jot with the beauty of embroidery. I used soft, rustic Prairie Cloth in a gorgeous natural color as the base and accented it with sumptuous black silk embroidery thread. These pillows are very simple to make but end up looking so modern and sophisticated.
For a set of three pillows, two 14-inch square and one 18-inch square:
- 2 yards of Prairie Cloth in Porcelain (Please note that Prairie Cloth is no longer available – you can see all of our fabric options here!)
- 3 spools of Trebizond Silk Embroidery Thread in Black, color 111
- Ecru colored cotton thread (I used color 1040)
- A water soluble fabric marker
- An embroidery hoop
Note: If you'd just like to make one pillow you will need 1/2 a yard of fabric for each 14-inch pillow and 1 yard for each 18-inch pillow. You will also need just one spool of silk embroidery thread per pillow.
For the smaller pillows cut :
- 2- 15-inch squares
- 4- 11-inch X 15-inch rectangles
For the larger pillow cut:
- 1- 19-inch square
- 2- 13-inch X 19-inch rectangles
Put all of the rectangular pieces aside until you reach the sewing section of the pattern.
For pillow A:
- Mark a horizontal line 6-inches from the bottom edge, across the entire width of the square.
- Mark a line 1 1/2-inches above the first line and parallel to it. Starting 1-inch from the left edge make a mark every inch along this line.
- Mark a line 1 1/2-inches below the first line and parallel to it. Starting 1/2-inch from the left edge make a mark every inch along this line.
Using your marker connect the marks as shown above, making an loop at each mark with the whole motif bisected by the center marking. You may want to practice this with a pencil and paper first.
This is what the square will look like after it's marked all the way across.
For pillow B:
- Mark a horizontal line 3-inches from the bottom edge of the square.
- Mark a line 2-inches above the first line and parallel to it. Starting at the left edge make a mark every 1 1/2-inches along this line.
Connect these marks with simple loops as shown above, starting from the bottom line, and making the top of the loop at each top marking.
This is what the square will looked like when it's all marked.
For pillow C (This is the most free form of any of the pillows so you can just use these markings as a rough guide) :
- Mark the giant single loop de loop starting 4 1/2-inches from the bottom edge at the left side, swooping up and to the right and ending at the top edge, 6-inches from the right side.
- Continue the loop at the top edge 9 1/2-inches from the left side, swooping down to the right and ending at the bottom edge, 4-inches from the right side.
- Continue the loop at the bottom edge 8-inches from the left side, swooping it more abruptly to the right ending on the right side 9 1/2-inches from the bottom edge.
All of the embroidery on these pillows is done with a simple split stitch. A split stitch is a back stitch in which the needle enters the fabric into the middle of the previous back stitch. If you have never done it before you can follow along with the diagram above. The odd numbers represent needle exit point, and the even numbers represent needle entry points.
Using the silk embroidery thread split stitch along the markings of pillow A. Use the embroidery hoop to keep the fabric taught as you go.
Embroider across the entire marked area of pillow A.
Do the same for pillow B.
And the same for pillow C.
Regardless of size pillows A, B, and C are sewn together in the same manner. For pillows A and B you will be using two of the smaller rectangles, for pillow C you will be using the two larger rectangles.
Hem the rectangle pieces by pressing one of their long sides over 1-inch twice and then edge sewing this fold down. The side with the fold is now the wrong side of the rectangle.
Place the pillow top right side up. Lay one of the rectangles wrong side up along the square's left side lining up the raw edges.
Lay the second rectangle, wrong side up along the right hand side of the square, lining up the edges.
Pin the pieces in place around the perimeter of the square.
To make sure the pillows corners are neat you will want to sew a curve instead of a right angle. Mark this curve by using a juice glass as instructed below.
Mark a 3-inch straight line 1/2-inch from each corner and then at the corner trace around the curve of a juice glass.
Sew all of the layers together across each raw edge, sewing around the marked curves at the corners.
Trim the excess fabric from the corners.
Zig zag stitch around the raw edges.
Turn the pillow case right sides out though the overlapping rectangles.
The front should look like this!
Repeat for all of the pillows and you're all done.


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The cold month of February is the perfect time for couples to cuddle up under blankets by the fire. Valentine's Day also falls in February, so it is no stretch that this month is also known as Chocolate Lover's Month. Even donut and coffee chain Dunkin' Donuts is celebrating by introducing new donuts such as the Chocolate Chip Bagel Twist and Reverse Boston Kreme. Dunkin' Donuts is also featuring heart shaped donuts for you and your sweetheart!
When it comes to chocolate, I usually prefer to eat it rather than drink it. However, every once in a while, a good cup of hot chocolate does just the trick. Nothing feels better than wrapping my hands around a warm cup of hot chocolate after being outside in the snow and wind. The following products will help get you that perfect cup every time:
Everpure EverHot Hot Water System with Chrome Faucet
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Everpure Solaria Instant Hot Water Dispenser
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So whether you prefer to eat or drink your chocolate this month, get out there and celebrate Chocolate Lover's Month!


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Title: Megaman for SoaringKitty
Artist: Sailor_InuyashaMon
Above: Sailor_InuyashaMon made a valiant attempt at recreating Mega Man. But this isn't the kind of fan art that we're talking about
Above: Still, it's not like this official box art was much better
Title: Conquering your Demons
Artist: Ben Mauro
Great fan art doesn't just attract the attention of fellow fans. Sometimes, they're so professional that they catch the eyes of pros in the industry. Case in point: Ben Mauro, a student at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. Long before BioShock 2 was officially announced, Mauro posted images from a student project that quickly made their rounds through the gaming blogosphere. His unofficial images for a proposed sequel to BioShock looked so good, that some confused it for genuine concept art. 2K Games, the creators of BioShock, even got in touch with Mauro to express how much they liked his work and to thank him. You can visit Mauro's blog to see more of his BioShock 2 images and keep up on his latest work.
Above: Mauro's unofficial concept art for BioShock 2 got the attention of 2K Games
Above: Official concept art for Rapture's lobby from the original BioShock looks great, but is severely lacking in the "Giant Mecha-whale" department
Gordon Freeman is to PC gamers as Mario is to Nintendo fans. But as much as we love Valve's official art of the Half-Life series' protagonist, it's Anry Nemo's portrayal of the stoic scientist we like best.
Title: Gordon Freeman
Artist: Anry Nemo
Above: You don't want to mess with Anry Nemo's version of Gordon Freeman. He's got a crowbar and isn't afraid to use it for the good of science
Above: In this official image, Gordon seems to be more about brooding than bashing things to a bloody pulp


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Chicago White Sox (10)
RHP: Dylan Axelrod (Hi A), Fernando Hernandez (AAA), Kelvin Jimenez (AAA), John Van Benschoten (AAA), Ehren Wassermann (AAA)
C: Justin Knoedler (AAA)
SS: Eider Torres (AAA)
OF: David Cook (AA), Josh Kroeger (AAA), Michael Restovich (AAA)
All the teams at the link. Alex Pedicini @ THT lists some names to keep an eye on. And Mayo's minor-league free-agency hidden gems.


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America's democratic experiment has been remarkably successful. Constitutional democracy in the United States has survived a civil war, a great depression, and two world wars. Our nation has assimilated into the mainstream of American life generations of immigrants"many fleeing poverty and oppression in their native lands. We have made tremendous strides towards overcoming a tragic legacy of slavery and racial segregation. We have secured safer conditions for working people and a meaningful social safety net for the most disadvantaged among us. We have demonstrated that citizens of different religious faiths can live and work together in peace and mutual respect. America's economic prosperity has made our nation the envy of the world. Oppressed peoples around the globe look to our Declaration of Independence for inspiration and our Constitution as a model of free government. In the great ideological struggles of the twentieth century, American ideals of personal, political, and economic freedom have triumphed over fascist and communist tyranny. Two cheers for American democracy!
Why not three?
In his encyclical Evangelium Vitae (1995), Pope John Paul II reminds us that fundamentally democracy is a system' and as such is a means and not an end. Its moral value' is not automatic, but depends on conformity to the moral law to which it, like every other form of human behavior, must be subject. This doctrine of the necessary conformity of civil law to moral truth long predates the rise of modern democracy. It is present in both Plato and Aristotle, and was given careful, systematic expression by St. Thomas Aquinas. It has been a central feature of the tradition of papal social teaching.
As applied to modern democracy, the idea is that the moral legitimacy of a law or public policy cannot be established merely by showing that it was put into place through the workings of democratic institutions. It is true, as the Pope affirms, that democracy is uniquely valuable because it embodies more fully than any alternative system the principle of the fundamental moral equality of citizens. For this reason, the Pope says that the almost universal consensus with regard to the value of democracy . . . is to be considered a positive sign of the times,' as the Church's magisterium has frequently noted. Nevertheless, even a democratic regime may compromise its legitimacy and forfeit its right to the allegiance of its citizens.
This happens when the institutions of a democracy are manipulated so that right' ceases to be such, because it is no longer firmly founded on the inviolable dignity of the person . . . . In this way, democracy, contradicting its own principles, effectively moves towards a form of totalitarianism. In such an event, democratic institutions become mechanisms of injustice and oppression, thus defying the moral law to which they, like all human institutions and actions, are subject. As Pope John XXIII wrote in his encyclical Pacem in Terris (1963), Any government which refused to recognize human rights, or acted in violation of them, would not only fail in its duty; its decrees would be wholly lacking in binding force.
These are no mere sectarian teachings. Belief that laws and the regimes that make and enforce them must be evaluated by reference to universal standards of justice is shared by people of different faiths and of no particular faith. It is the premise of any serious conception of human rights. And few people who are serious about human rights are naive enough to believe that democratic institutions can never be used to violate human rights. Indeed, a central justification for judicial review of legislation is to provide a check against the possibility that more democratically responsive institutions of government will disregard constitutional guarantees and tread upon people's fundamental rights.
One of the saddest lessons of American history, however, is that courts exercising the power to invalidate legislation as unconstitutional can themselves trample upon fundamental rights, and, indeed, can do so precisely in the name of protecting such rights. This happened, for example, when the Supreme Court of the United States, in a ruling that helped to precipitate the Civil War, held in Dred Scott v. Sandford that blacks were noncitizens"and, for all practical purposes, nonpersons"possessed of no rights that white people must respect. In our own time, the Supreme Court, in Roe v. Wade , struck down the abortion laws of all fifty states, effectively wiping out all legal protection of unborn human beings against being killed upon the request of their mothers. Most recently, federal courts of appeal for the Second and Ninth Circuits"the latter court relying explicitly on the abortion jurisprudence of Roe and its progeny"have invalidated laws prohibiting physician-assisted suicide in New York and California.
A familiar and important argument against the judicial activism on display in these cases is that such decisions constitute the judicial usurpation of legislative authority. This argument highlights the antidemocratic character of the decisions. It prescinds, however, from the substance of the moral questions involved"the rightness or wrongness of slavery or legalized abortion and euthanasia as a matter of public policy. Justice Antonin Scalia, perhaps the leading exponent of this criticism, emphasizes the purely procedural quality of the argument by declaring abortion, for example, to be a matter entirely outside the purview of constitutional law and, therefore, beyond the jurisdiction of courts.
In criticizing Roe , Scalia argues that the Constitution, properly interpreted, leaves the people of the states free to legislate against abortion. In a noteworthy address at the Gregorian Pontifical University in Rome, however, he recently declared that by the same token, if the people want abortion, the state should permit abortion in a democracy. While the Justice made clear his own preference for pro-life public policies, he argued that in itself democracy is neutral as between competing positions on issues such as abortion and euthanasia. I do not know how you can argue on the basis of democratic theory, he said, that the government has a moral obligation to do something that is opposed by the people. Responding to a questioner who raised the issue of the rights of minorities, Scalia declared that the whole theory of democracy, my dear fellow, is that the majority rules; that is the whole theory of it. You protect minorities only because the majority determines that there are certain minority positions that deserve protection.
The Pope's argument in Evangelium Vitae , by contrast, highlights the sense in which the abandonment of the unborn to abortion and the infirm to euthanasia betrays the substantive principle of equal worth and dignity that is the moral linchpin of democracy. Any regime, including a democratic one, degenerates into what the Pope calls a tyrant state when its law exposes the weakest and most vulnerable members of the community"those most in need of the law's protection"to private lethal violence or other forms of oppression. The dark irony of American constitutional democracy is that our judges"whose special responsibility it is to preserve the core democratic principle of equality before the law"are the ones whose edicts have betrayed this principle. When considered in light of the substantive moral basis of democratic governance, Roe v. Wade and similar decisions stand out as undemocratic in a far more radical sense than the one Justice Scalia has in mind.
If the moral law is anything like what Christians and Jews have long supposed it to be, then there are profoundly important respects in which the institutions of American democracy"particularly the courts"have made themselves its enemy. Mary Ann Glendon has observed that the abortion license manufactured in Roe and upheld in Planned Parenthood v. Casey is more sweeping than that of any other democratic nation on the face of the earth. No other democracy, she remarks, is so careless of the value of human life. Predictably, the legalization of abortion is paving the way to assisted suicide and euthanasia. The decisions of the Second and Ninth Circuit Courts will give the Supreme Court an opportunity to declare that the right to define one's own concept of existence, of meaning, the universe, and the mystery of human life, to which it appealed in upholding the abortion license in Casey , includes the right to kill yourself, to a physician's assistance in killing yourself, and to someone else's substituted judgment that you should be killed when you are too infirm to decide for yourself.
What are serious Jews, Christians, and other pro-life citizens to say about such laws and the institutions that bring them into being? In Evangelium Vitae , John Paul II teaches that laws which authorize and promote abortion and euthanasia are radically opposed not only to the good of the individual but also to the common good; as such they are completely lacking in juridical validity. The Pope is not here making a claim about the technical status of such laws within the legal systems of the countries that have them. He is, rather, concerned with their moral force, that is to say, their capacity objectively to bind the conscience of citizens. A civil law authorizing abortion or euthanasia, he declares, ceases by that very fact to be a true, morally binding law.
Abortion and euthanasia are crimes which no human law can claim to legitimize. There is no obligation in conscience to obey such laws; instead there is a grave and clear obligation to oppose them by conscientious objection.
Plainly, the Pope's teaching is a firm rebuke to those who claim to be personally opposed to abortion and euthanasia but who act to advance these evils in the public sphere. In the case of an intrinsically unjust law, such as a law permitting abortion or euthanasia, the Pope says, it is . . . never licit to obey it, or to take part in a propaganda campaign in favor of such a law, or vote for it. But the Pope's call for disobedience and conscientious objection goes beyond even the condemnation of the craven personally opposed, but pro-choice position. His teaching is directed not merely to those who would join the ranks of Mario Cuomo, Bill Clinton, and Father Robert Drinan, but to all of us. We are, the Pope says, in the midst of a great conflict between the culture of life and the culture of death: We are all involved and we all share in it, with the inescapable responsibility of choosing to be unconditionally pro-life .
When Evangelium Vitae was issued, the Pope's warning that ours is becoming a culture of death grabbed the headlines"and rightly so. An equally important aspect of his teaching, however, received less publicity. This was the Pope's call for all of us to live the Gospel of Life. The Pope emphasizes again and again that this is a call to action . All of us must give witness to the sanctity of human life, not merely by personally refraining from abortion and euthanasia, but by working in various spheres"including the political sphere"to overcome these crimes against life and create a new culture of life.
For some, this will mean making financial sacrifices to support the pro-life cause in its various dimensions. For others, it will mean volunteering to assist in the critical work of pro-life pregnancy centers and hospices. For still others, it will mean working in the educational, legal, and political realms to reverse the judicial decisions and legislative and executive acts that have ushered in the culture of death. For all who believe in a God of love, justice, and mercy, it will mean constant prayer not only for the victims of the culture of death, but also for those who are joined in the great struggle on their behalf, and, indeed, for those misguided souls who, by political action or by personal involvement in the killing of the unborn or infirm, have made themselves their oppressors.
To all who work in shaping public policy, the Pope directs a special plea to make a concern for the health of the family the basis and driving force of all social policies. In this vein, he says, it is essential to resist the trivialization of sexuality, which is among the principal factors which has led to contempt for new life. Moreover, the Pope calls for greater support for adoption as a true pro-life alternative to abortion. Here, one is reminded of the profound witness of Mother Teresa at the National Prayer Breakfast in February of 1994: Please do not kill the child. I want the child. Please give me the child. I am willing to accept any child who would be aborted. Those of us who would resist the culture of death must join our voices with hers. For us, and the society we must strive to create, there can be no such thing as an unwanted child.
Does the Pope not, however, call for even more? How are we to understand his teaching that resistance to the culture of death demands disobedience and even conscientious objection to unjust laws? Laws that authorize the killing of the unborn or infirm are permissive in form. They license and sometimes encourage private killing, but do not positively command it. (This is what enables supporters of abortion to describe themselves as pro-choice. Of course, by this logic, so were supporters of antebellum laws that permitted slavery, yet required no one to own slaves or to demand return of fugitive slaves.) Therefore, disobedience and conscientious objection to such laws must, in most cases, be indirect. A good example is that of physicians in United States military hospitals abroad who announced their refusal to perform elective abortions when President Clinton issued an executive order lifting the ban on these abortions in such hospitals. Another example is that of citizens of states which pay for abortions with public funds who refuse, as a matter of conscience, to remit to state government a portion of their taxes corresponding to the percentage of the state budget that goes to abortion funding. Yet another example is that of nonviolent protestors at abortion clinics who defy unjust restrictions of their freedom of speech in order to plead the case for the unborn to women contemplating abortion.
In upholding the abortion license in the Casey decision, a plurality opinion of Justices Souter, O'Connor, and Kennedy called upon pro-life Americans to stop their resistance to legalized abortion and accept a common mandate rooted in the Constitution. For reasons the Pope makes clear, this is a proposition that Catholics and other pro-life Americans cannot accept. The doctrine of the necessary conformity of civil law to moral truth imposes on conscientious citizens of a regime that authorizes the killing of the unborn and infirm a clear obligation of resistance. It is not merely that the claim of these justices to have found a pro-abortion mandate in the Constitution is manifestly ludicrous. The value of constitutional democracy lies ultimately in its capacity to serve and secure the common good, which demands, above all, the protection of fundamental human rights. If the Constitution really did abandon the vulnerable to private acts of lethal violence, and, indeed, positively disempowered citizens from working through the democratic process to correct these injustices, then it would utterly lack the capacity to bind the consciences of citizens. Our duty would not be to accept a common mandate, but to resist.
Has the regime of American democracy forfeited its legitimacy? One way of avoiding an affirmative answer to this question is to observe that the judicial decisions at issue are gross misinterpretations of the Constitution. They are examples of what Justice Byron White, dissenting in Roe v. Wade , called the exercise of raw judicial power. At the same time, however, these decisions have consistently been acquiesced in by the legislative and executive branches of government. Congress has not defied the Supreme Court, as it ultimately did in Dred Scott . And, although not every President has actively abetted the culture of death"as President Clinton did, for example, in issuing a series of pro-abortion executive orders and vetoing the congressional ban on partial-birth abortions"no recent President has worked steadily to ensure, by judicial appointments and other actions, that anti-life judicial decisions are reversed.
To say that the worst abuses of human rights have come from the least democratic branch of government"the judiciary"is true, but of increasingly questionable relevance to the crisis of democratic legitimacy brought on by judicial action in the cause of abortion and euthanasia. In practice, the American scheme of constitutional democracy invests the courts with ultimate authority to decide what the Constitution is to mean. Judicial action and appointments can, and sometimes do, become major issues in national elections. The refusal of the courts over more than twenty-three years to reverse Roe v. Wade must, then, be accounted a failure of American democracy.
The judicial movement toward euthanasia makes it plain that the hour is late. The culture of death is well-advanced in our nation. As the Pope says, given such a grave situation, we need now more than ever to have the courage to look the truth in the eye and to call things by their proper names , without yielding to convenient compromises or to the temptation of self-deception. Let us, therefore, speak plainly: The courts, sometimes abetted by, and almost always acquiesced in, federal and state executives and legislators, have imposed upon the nation immoral policies that pro-life Americans cannot, in conscience, accept. Since the legitimacy of institutions of governance"be they democratic or otherwise"depends ultimately on their capacity and willingness to preserve and promote the common good by, above all, protecting fundamental human rights, the failure of the institutions of American democracy to fulfill their responsibilities has created what is truly a crisis. People of good will"of whatever religious faith"who are prepared to consider seriously the Pope's teaching in Evangelium Vitae cannot now avoid asking themselves, soberly and unblinkingly, whether our regime is becoming the democratic tyrant state about which he warns.
Robert P. George is Associate Professor of Politics at Princeton University and author, most recently, of Making Men Moral: Civil Liberties and Public Morality.


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Every week, Matt gets a chance to sit down with a WoW Blogger chosen this week by Wolpertinger in a mug. Find out a little more about your favourite bloggers as he tries to get to know them a little more!
This week, Fimlys of Asleep at the WoW has
been forced graciously agreed to be my blogger of choice this week.
Tell us a bit more about the blogger behind the blog:
My "real" name is Michael. I live in Orlando, FL (Mickeyworld). I am a computer programmer by day and a crime-fighter by night… Well, not so much the crime-fighter, but I really am a programmer.
I am over 30, male, married and have 2 "smallish" kids. I like mana coladas, getting caught in the raid. I'm not much into strength food.. I am into the campaign. I like killing mobs at midnight, in the vaults of SH.
I understand that your alias is Fimlys (which is also the name of your main character). Is there a particular history behind that name?
First off, yes, you can call me Al. You can also call me Fim. In addition, it is pronounced Fim-liss (maybe with a bit of a lihss sound…).. Ok, that out of the way. I really don't care how you pronounce it.
I think I have a post about this too, but for you who are too darn lazy to go find it on my site (hint hint).. I really have no clue. Wait, something is coming to me. You mind if I just make something up? No? Cool.. Ok.. Here it goes:
In college somehow I was saddled with the nickname Fizz (don't ask..). When I started playing WoW, I create a character named Fizz. He was a human mage. I quickly grew bored of him and wanted to create another character. I had read that Hunters were pretty easy to solo, so I rolled one. For some reason I got in my head that I should have this shtick that all my characters start with F. I was also trying to come up with a name that fit a night elf.. Not really knowing what that entailed, I came up with Fimlys. I wanted something a little difficult to pronounce so I could correct people all the time and harass them for messing up my name.
In your opinion, how could the Aldor and Scryer forces (once mortal enemies) come to terms with each other AND start cooperating? Would you say that is almost as surprising as US forces working with the Russians on joint exercises after the Cold War?
I can't believe it! How could they do this to me? They have completely jacked up everything I hold sacred and dear! I'm quitting… /wowquit. (Seriously… not all that sure I care, but it could be as surprising as that)
How on EARTH did you end up playing a game like this?
1) I have been gaming all my life.. Well, most..
b) I am a HUGE RPG nut (First computer RPG game was Ultima III, I think)
III) I played FFXI for a while since I am also a FF nut (see a pattern here?)
*) I migrated to WoW when it came out because it was just more FUN than FFXI and I was much more into "solo" play than grouping and FFXI has required grouping in the mid game. (I also had played and liked the Warcraft games in the past)
This "solo" pay mindset I had is very interesting because I have recently professed that what KEEPS me in WoW is the social aspects now. I get bored quickly if I have nobody to chat with. I love running instances and going on raids
The 2.4 patch has JUST been released. The next thing on the horizon is Wrath of the Lich King. What are you looking forward to the most?
"Noobzone Chat"… "Where is BLAH?". "Why can't I fly?".. "How do you get the frizzlemadizzle?"…. I LOVE THAT STUFF!!!!
Well, I am really looking forward to the new content. I really got energized by the release of TBC and I can't wait for the interesting changes that are in store for WotLK.
Your epic Gryphon is flying over the seas of Azeroth somewhere only to get shot down by Horde insurgents and by sheer luck and skill (you are a hunter, after all), you manage to make it to a deserted island. You lose your possessions and all of your gold in the process. You think to yourself that a stereotypical deserted island HAS to have a lamp of some kind. After hours of searching and digging, you manage to find a rusty old lamp which you activate and out pops a genie who grants you 1 wish. What will it be?
A can of Frobozz Magic Grue Repellent.
How's your Hunter loaded and specced? Any significant reason as to why that path?
He is a bit different. He is currently specced BM (which I am sure will make BRK smile) and I am loving it. However, to be a bit different, I have most of my gear still chosen/gemmed/enchanted for AP from when I was MM. I have a large amount of AP and a nice wittle shot speed.. My crit isn't as high as some, and neither is my dodge, but I get by. Kenny usually is picking up 1/3 of the damage I do at this point, so I don't think that is so bad.
Your Priest is Holy (and receives an official Matticus seal of approval) and you have a Hunter. Which do you enjoy playing the most?
I'm not really sure. I think that I actually feel like I have less to worry about as a Priest. It is almost a relief not to have to send in/out the pet of ultimate destruction, trap, kite, misdirect, time the shots, etc… I DO love me my hunter though. He was my first, and you know how it is with your first…
So why did you level a Priest instead of a Paladin, a Druid, or a Shaman?
The guild had a couple of healing Paladins and a couple of healing Druids and a healing Shaman. All of our priests had switched specs to SP or Disc and there was need for a Holy Priest. Soooo.. being the oh so good Guild Samaratin that I am (cough, cough), I leveled my priest.
Actually, to buck the trend when TBC came out, I rolled a Draenei Priest. Everyone was rolling Draenei Shaman and I wanted to be different. He was really just for me to play with and have fun, thus his name, Fhuun…
I am actually leveling a Druid also right now, she is level 61 (yeah.. SHE). Right now she is a Boooooomkin and I'm enjoying it. Might eventually go Feral tank, might eventually go tree.. Who knows! That is the beauty of da Drood.
How has 2008 been so far for you and your blog? Any upcoming features or highlights that your audience can look forward to?
2008 has been super-dee-duper. Having joined up with the Blog Azeroth community has been a blast! I have also moved my blog to a "self-hosted" environment and that has sucked all my time down the drain..
I have gotten a lot of new readers from the community and I've loved that people (you guys!) have started to leave comments.. It is pretty satisfying when you ask a question and get answers!
Upcoming features? Well, I really would like to get more into the "Addon Reviews". I am an Addon Whore.. I don't have as many as some, but generally I'm the one everyone in my guild comes to with addon questions. I try to keep up with the latest styles and trends and I'd love to share that with my readers.
Speed Questions
Favorite Quote
I'm pretty partial to the double quote ("), but on occasion I use a single quote (') when necessary.
Most used spell:
Well, on my Priest it has to be Heal.. Hunter? Does Scatter Shot count? (Hmm.. maybe it is Rez Pet…)
Favourite song:
Serenity by Godsmack (for the moment, I am a fickle pickle)
Warcraft is like ______:
Heroin (but kinda in a good way… maybe.. maybe… can I go back to playing now? please? please? please? please?… hey! give me back my keyboard! HEY!!!! I can't play without that! WHAT IS THE !*@$!&@$ VENT INFO???? AAAAAGHAGHGHAGHGHAGHHGAHAG)
Worse class to play against
Slicka the Wonderdrone… What? That's not an answer? Well.. When I HAVE done PvP, I really have come to hate Rogues. Stupid stunlock… mumble mumble..
Aside from WoW, do you play any sports or engage in any hobbies?
Sports, ok… Watching Football on TV. Watching Baseball on TV. Watching my son play Baseball.
Hobbies, well… Other than the obvious computer gaming, I also am into console gaming (SURPRISE!) and I like to read books (which are those big rectangular things that look like a bound stack of paper). But I try to spend most of my free time (well, when I am not playing WoW) with my family
I'm bad at managing my schedule and time. Any ideas to help a poor sap?
Um… Sleep is for the weak? I went to a school where sleep was considered a nuisance. Make sure you have fun in school! All nighters are fun! I didn't have something like WoW while I was in school, but I did spend most of my time NOT doing my school work.
Ehhh… I'm really not a good role model when it comes to time management.. 😛
Your 3 favourite shows on TV:
American Idol… uh, no… Don't watch too much TV.. Here is what I get to watch:
1) Scooby Doo
2) Ben 10
3) Dora the Explorer
(I also like CSI [NY and Vegas mostly] and Eureka and old episodes of SG1)
One thing you would say to others who have a desire to blog:
Have fun and write for you. You can't always please everyone, but you SHOULD always be able to please yourself. If people see you enjoy what you write about, you will get an audience.
But then again, what do I know?
Shout outs to:
I like to give a shout out to my awesome guild. They keep me in this masochistic game. Also to the Blog Azeroth community, especially the stupendous BAChat peeps.. Too many to name, but you know whom you is. I really must thank you for throwing me under this bus… Don't think the favor won't be returned.. MUAHAHA HAHAAHA! … *cough*.. Ahem… Sorry…
Thanks again to Fimlys for agreeing to do the interview! Don't forget to subscribe to his blog!


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Residents who were evacuated Thursday morning following a fast-moving brush fire that threatened 200 homes near Julian were allowed back to their homes at 8 p.m. Thursday, officials said.
The 217-acre Banner Fire was 100 percent contained as of Sunday morning after it was first reported at 10:38 a.m. Thursday in the Whispering Pines area, according to Cal Fire. It sparked along Banner Grade in the area east of downtown Julian, officials said.
Two homes and an outbuilding along Woodland Road were destroyed by fire and one firefighter was taken to the hospital with injuries. The firefighter's condition Thursday evening was not immediately known.
The fire stretch to 150 acres by afternoon, but firefighters said as of 2 p.m. that they were making good progress, though the rough terrain surrounding the fires posed a challenge for crews.
"Smoky, red, horrible," one resident said of the fire, which came up right behind his home.
San Diego County sheriff's deputies evacuated residents in the Kentwood and Whispering Pines areas, as well as those living along Ramona Drive.
Residents interviewed by NBC 7 said they were grateful they evacuated when they did.
"As we walked out the door, that's when we discovered the fire," said evacuee Adrianne Murtagh. "We're so relieved we could bring the pets with us and not have to worry about them."
More than 100 firefighters were on the scene, aided by a half-dozen aircraft, including two helicopters and four air tankers, Cal Fire officials told NBC News. There were also two water tenders and an air tanker from the U.S., along with one hot shot crew and five engines.
State Route 78 at Manzanita Drive and Manzanita Drive at Lakeview Drive were closed to traffic, according to deputies. On Friday, SR-78 remained closed between Julian High School and Scissors Crossing.
Officials originally established Julian High School as a temporary evacuation site but then dedicated Jess Martin County Park, located at 2955 Highway 79, as a new evacuation center.
As of 5 p.m. Thursday, evacuees were then told to head to Julian High School before later being allowed to return home.
At the fire's peak, a large plume of smoke over the mountains in San Diego's East County was visible from as far away as El Cajon.
The small mountain town is near a section of Cleveland National Forest.
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A federal appeals court says it will reconsider Barry Bonds' felony conviction for obstruction of justice.
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that a special panel of 11 judges will review a 2011 jury verdict finding Major League Baseball's all-time homerun leader guilty of giving evasive testimony to a grand jury investigating elite athletes' use of performance-enhancing drugs.
A three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit last year upheld the conviction, which stems from a rambling answer Bonds gave in response to a question about whether he received injections from anyone other than his doctor.
Bonds has already served his sentence of 30 days' house arrest and paid a $4,100 fine.
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The purpose of this case is to introduce the topic of socially responsible investing from both the investor and investee perspective. The students will walk away with an understanding of: 1) how to evaluate a portfolio company on a social/environmental mission as well as on traditional financial criteria and 2) what considerations should be top of mind for a social venture considering accepting an equity investment. Wes Selke is a portfolio manager at Good Capital, an investment fund created to increase the flow of capital to innovative non- and for-profit social ventures that are using market-based solutions to solve problems of poverty, illiteracy, and inequality. In 2007, Good Capital is ready to make its first growth equity investment in a for-profit social enterprise and Selke is considering Better World Books as the firm's primary target. Selke must evaluate whether or not the firm is a financially sound investment, and if its social and environmental mission can be preserved upon a liquidation event. If Good Capital proceeds with the investment, Selke must also rework some of Better World Books' current procedures, which includes fine-tuning the philanthropic giving strategy that is the main component of its social mission.
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New report on N.C. Marine base water contamination
RALEIGH, N.C. Drinking water contamination at North Carolina's sprawling Camp Lejeune military base could date to 1948, five years earlier than researchers had reported previously, a federal report indicates.
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry plans to release a report Friday on the contamination that has led to a long-running dispute between former residents and the Marines Corps.
TCE, an industrial solvent now known as a human carcinogen, likely first exceeded the maximum contaminant level in August 1953, but evidence shows its presence in the water supply might date as far back as November 1948, the report states. A copy of the report was obtained Thursday by The Associated Press.
"Basically, it's vindication and confirmation for what I've been saying for nearly 16 years," said retired Marine Master Sgt. Jerry Ensminger, a leader in a protracted fight for information about the contamination. "The truth is finally coming out."
Ensminger blames the contamination for the leukemia that killed his 9-year-old daughter, Janey, in 1985. Marines and family members have blamed the contamination for many kinds of cancers, including breast cancer in men and women, bladder cancer and liver cancer.
Wells at the base were contaminated by fuel leaks and other sources of pollution before being closed three decades ago. Health officials have said they think as many as 1 million people may have been exposed to tainted water. Tests done in the early 1980s showed that water at a base treatment plant was "highly contaminated" with chlorinated hydrocarbons.
- Contamination at Camp Lejeune (ATSDR)
- Camp Lejeune Toxic Water: The Few, the Proud, the Forgotten
- "Semper Fi: Always Faithful" (Documentary)
The federal agency had initially set 1953 as the date for the earliest known contamination in a letter written in January to the Department of Veterans Affairs. In that letter, the agency said computer modeling showed drinking water in the residential area called Hadnot Point was unsafe for human consumption as far back as that year.
That was still four years earlier than Marines and their dependents can secure health care and screening for illnesses related to the water. President Barack Obama signed a law last year granting health care and screening to Marines and their dependents on the base between 1957 and 1987.
This week, Sen. Richard Burr filed to extend coverage back to 1953.
The report lays out levels at the Hadnot Point and Holcomb Boulevard water treatment plants on base for various contaminants, including TCE, PCE, vinyl chloride and benzene. All those chemicals are classified as causing or probably causing cancer. It also includes one other chemical that's not carcinogenic.
For TCE, the maximum level of 783 parts per billion was reached in November 1983 at Hadnot; at Holcomb it was 66 ppb in February 1985, the report says. The highest level allowed in drinking water is 5 ppb, set in 1989, meaning the Hadnot Point level was almost 157 times the highest level allowed now.
The Hadnot plant opened in 1942 and the second plant in the early 70s.
Until the summer of 1972, the Hadnot treatment plant supplied all finished water distributed to bachelor and family housing units, the report says. It noted that the Holcomb Boulevard plant came online that year and its finished water wasn't contaminated except when it received water transfers from Hadnot Point.
Marine Corps Spokeswoman Capt. Kendra Motz said Thursday that tests called for in Navy documents from the 1960s through the 1980s would not have detected chemicals such as TCE and PCE. The Navy instructions did not address such chlorinated hydrocarbon solvents until the Environmental Protection Agency began to regulate them in the late 1980s, she added.
The estimated monthly contamination gives researchers the information they need to do human health studies. The agency is working on four studies expected to be released this year and next year: birth defects and childhood cancer; health survey of Marine Corps personnel and civilians; male breast cancer and mortality.


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TAMPA BAY – The Tampa Bay Lightning have acquired defenseman Brendan Mikkelson from the Calgary Flames today in exchange for forward Blair Jones, Vice President and General Manager Steve Yzerman announced. Mikkelson will join the Lightning.
Mikkelson, 6-foot-3, 206 pounds, has played in 86 career NHL games with the Flames and the Anaheim Ducks, recording six assists and 40 penalty minutes. He made his NHL debut during the 2008-09 season and played in a career-high 34 games with Anaheim. Mikkelson played in his first NHL game on January 2, 2009 against Philadelphia.
A native of Regina, Saskatchewan, Mikkelson has appeared in 33 games for the Abbotsford Heat this season, notching three goals and 15 points. He is one of three Heat players to skate in all 33 games in 2011-12 and ranks second among all team defensemen in goals, assists and points.
Mikkelson has played in 183 career AHL games with the Portland Pirates, Iowa Chops, Toronto Marlies and Abbotsford. He has amassed 18 career AHL goals and 64 points. Mikkelson helped Portland to the Eastern Conference Finals of the 2008 Calder Cup Playoffs, recording two goals and eight points.
The 24-year-old was claimed off waivers by Calgary from Anaheim on October 19, 2010. He was drafted by the Ducks in the second round, 31st overall, of the 2005 NHL Draft.
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Based on the toy franchise introduced by HASBRO in the mid-'80s, the Emmy Award-winning Transformers Prime is a computer-generated revival featuring the same characters as the traditionally animated series – alongside some developed for the recent films – which began shortly after the toys debuted.
Printed on heavyweight 24"x36" matte paper, this limited edition (there are fewer than twenty-five autographed copies) poster from HUB – the cable channel which broadcasts Transformers Prime – is signed by twelve of the voice artists lending their talents to some of the Transformers characters depicted.
Signatures include:
Steven Blum ("Starscream," more)
Jeffrey Combs ("Ratchet")
Peter Cullen ("Optimus Prime")
Tania Gunadi ("Miko")
Josh Keaton ("Jack Darby," more)
Sumalee Montano ("Arcee")
Daran Norris ("Knock Out")
Andy Pessoa ("Rafael 'Raf' Esquivel")
Kevin Michael Richardson ("Bulkhead," more)
Tony Todd ("Dreadwing")
Frank Welker ("Megatron")
Eagled-eyed bidders will note the list above includes just eleven names. Why? Because the poster is signed by a twelfth actor whose soon-to-be announced character is currently a closely guarded secret!
This item includes an Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation Letter of Authenticity.
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Tech Specs: Inks on large bristol board - approx. 11.5 x 16.5 (297mm x 420mm, A3 size) with some white paint for fx and small corrections.
Conditions: good, may have slight wear or pencil/tape residual due handling in studio.
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cybershark-1 wrote:BEST GRAND MAXIMUS ON EBAY IVE EVER SEEN!!
Transformers Generation One Japanese Exclusive Super God Masterforce Autobot Cybertron Headmaster Base GRAND MAXIMUS MIB C-9.5+ box is Near Mint and toy is Mint, Complete with styrofoam inserts, Instructions, UNapplied labels, biocards, and all accessories including Headmaster mini figure GRAN(Spike), large Headmaster figure GRAND (Cerebros), Grand's Pretender shell, the GRAND Sword, and ONOMISU +KOKA (Gasket and Grommet) which combine to form COG.
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This is a Generation One Japanese EXCLUSIVE re-color of Fortress Maximus coming with Extra Unreleased parts such as 2 extra swords and a large Pretender shell for Grand to fit inside of. The toy measures at almost 2 feet in height. And it is considered one of the "Holy Grails" of Transformer collecting!! Especially in a box this Solid and Nice. It is definitely AFA Quality and if sent in could probably rate the highest of any graded Grand Maximus.
Complete with GRAN Headmaster (Spike), GRAND Large Headmaster (Cerebros), Grand's PRETENDER Shell (Exclusive to this piece). ONOMISU and KOKA (Gasket and Grommet) which combine to form COG, the MASTER BLADE (small sword, exclusive to this piece), the GRAND BLADE (Giant sword, exclusive to this piece), the Dual Laster Cannon, the Proton Master Rifle, Cogs gun, Grands gun, and Scanner/radar piece, UNAPPLIED Label sheet, Instructions and Biocards.
Hi, This GRAND MAXIMUS I bought directly from a seller in Japan in the mid 90's when I received it, it was MISB but for some reason I opened it. I just had to take a peak at what it looked like inside. Other then that, its only been opened to take these pics now!! The toy is unplayed with, untouched, Everything is NEW. the box on this Grand Maximus is also the NICEST I HAVE EVER SEEN!! Whether it be Ebay or at ANY toy shows I have attended!! It is easily a C-9.5+ (I would grade it even higher at a 9.8 like most sellers would but Anybody can find fault with even a mint box out of a factory) Having only 2 small issues as seen in the pics. Just look at the pics of it opened, NOTHING HAS BEEN REMOVED!! The box is extremely sturdy and square the whites hold up and are not faded ANYWHERE!! It was also stored in a non- smoking temperature controlled environment. The COLORS ARE PERFECT, NO FADING!! Just like new!!Any off colors or spots in picture are from the flash only as I had to use my cell phone for pics!! It does have 1 small crumple on the top left hand side back portion of the box- this is the largest of the issues, and it has an even smaller crumple on the top front right hand side of the box with a small sort of "peel" to it, otherwise the box is AMAZING!! ALL Contents Inside are MINT!!and UNTOUCHED!! Also the sticker sheet is UNAPPLIED!! How often do you see that on a Grand Maximus?? YOU DONT!! However the label sheet does have a Crease running through it from whenever it was boxed up at the factory. It is as it was when I opened it years ago, it was folded. So I unfolded it and have it laying flat against the INSIDE portion of the styrofoam lid that sits on top of Grand Maximus!! This can be seen in the pics!! So here is your chance to own the BEST boxed version of a Grand Maximus I have Ever seen on Ebay!! I have seen a few MISB ones sell but even they have not had boxes this nice. And I have been collecting for over 22 years!! Another Grand Maximus just sold in an Ebay auction last week in an inferior box with stickers applied for $4526 here is that link or look it up under "completed listings":
That grand Maximus had been used and had applied stickers etc. MINE HAS NOT!!!
Here is your chance to get the closest thing to a "new" Grand Maximus as you will likely EVER get!! Dont let this pass you up!!
anabolik001 wrote:Brand New and 100% Authentic!
Mint In Sealed Box (MISB)!
Seibertron.com's Transformers and more wrote:This listing is for Encore 01 CONVOY Transformers 2007 reissue MISB Optimus Prime brand new (#2). This item is in-hand and will ship immediately once payment has been received after the listing has been completed. This item is brand new, sealed and has never been opened. It is listed as "used" on eBay due to the condition of the box which has damage (please refer to the pictures for details).
kronos-prime wrote:Item: Transformers Hasbro Decepticon foreign exclusive OVERLORD complete with all accessories and instructions in Hasbro UK box featuring English text in US
Box general:
- Overall looks great with good color and gloss.
- This piece is probably as close as Hasbro ever came to releasing a "US" version of this incredible toy. Overlord was of course never released in the US.
Box front:
- Upper left hand corner is crumpled with a half-inch long tear and some wear.
- Mild dent/bend on upper right hand side plus bottom of the lower left hand edge.
Box back:
- PLEASE NOTE: I didn't include a picture of the back of the box just in case the winning bidder by chance wanted the contents of the background story and the tech-specs to remain a "surprise" of sorts, seeing as how they are in English.
- Mild scuffing.
- Upper right hand corner is crumpled with creases plus a dent just above the center of the same side.
Box side one:
- Lower right hand corner has a bent tip with wear.
Box side two:
- Top edge is bent with crease and wear.
- Complete with brace pieces.
- Overall looks great.
Main robot and accessories:
- PLEASE NOTE: The toy included in this auction is the Takara version. The only difference between the Takara and UK versions of Overlord is the shade of the purple plastic on the toy/accessories (the blue also might be a slightly different shade but to be honest I can't remember). Otherwise they are exactly the same.
- Complete with all accessories.
- The legs on the mini Energon figures (Powermasters, or as they were called in Japan Godmasters Mega and Giga) are slightly loose, but otherwise they look great.
- Everything looks great.
- Includes the original UK instruction booklet. It's a little worn but is still intact.
- Also includes unused unapplied label sheet. The label sheet is in great shape.
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Jim Sorenson (jms98!) wrote:OK, now, this is an interesting one. When Bill and I were trying to sell the book of Transformers animation models that would eventually become Transformers: The Ark, we created these pitch documents to hand out to editors at IDW and to folks at Hasbro. I stumbled across three, and thought that there might be some interest. These are unique items, part of the process of how a book gets made and sold, and I'd love to see them find their way to good hands. You get one of the three items, they're all identical. I'll be happy to autograph it if you like.
Jim Sorenson (jms98!) wrote:This is a pretty cool item: transparent versions of the three car brothers: Wildride / Mach Alert / Speedbreaker. (Known in the US as Prowl, X-Brawn, and Sideburn). These are MIB, box in good shape, never removed from packaging.
Jim Sorenson (jms98!) wrote:A beautiful set of BotCon 2007 toys, MIB in a smoke-free environment. The missing Seekers from the Classics line: Thrust, Dirge, Thundercracker, with Dreadwing and the Gobot Bugbite thrown in for good measure. Domestic buyers only, please.
Jim Sorenson (jms98!) wrote:All of the loose figures from BotCon 2007! Alpha Trion (who is actually Shattered Glass Alpha Trion... sinister!), Weirdwolf, Springer, Huffer, and the attendee-exclusive Mirage. Kept in a smoke-free home.
Seibertron.com's Transformers and more wrote:This listing includes the Fall of Cybertron "Survival Kit" lunch pail, "Soundwave" Energy Drink, a chocolate "Energon Bar", "Inside the Apocalypse" foldout card, and a book showcasing "The Art of Fall of Cybertron". This was a gift sent out to various media outlets to hype the upcoming Fall of Cybertron game. This is your chance to get this one-of-a-kind unique item. Please refer to the photographs for additional details about the items included with this listing.
Seibertron.com's Transformers and more wrote:This listing includes the following items:
* Transformers Timelines Over-Run (Runabout) with instructions, bio card, and box
* Transformers Club Exclusive Runamuck with instructions, bio card, and foam insert
* Statue of Liberty replica (sold at tourist shops in New York city, retails for $50) with custom "Humans Are Wimps" painted on statue, which homages the Runamuck and Runabout's appearance in Marvel's Transformers #23. Statue is 21" tall, it's heavy (weighs 5 pounds) ... I'm not sure what statue is made of. Includes original box and styrofoam that I received the statue in. This statue was featured in the Runamuck and Over-Run galleries on Seibertron.com.
Seibertron.com's Transformers and more wrote:The item in the photographs below is the actual item you will receive. The white parts on the toy, as well as the small Headmaster figure, have yellowed a little bit (which you might be able to fix with an H202 bath). The factory applied stickers are worn and it appears to be missing some stickers. It includes the small Headmaster figure which transforms into the toy's head, the large gun, and both small guns (which attach to the helmet, which is unfortunately missing). Please refer to the detailed photographs for additional details about the item included with this listing.
Seibertron.com's Transformers and more wrote:This item is mint-on-card. It has been removed from the package. Double Punch has some minor paint chips as well as some wear to the toy and minor sticker wear, typical of this particular toy and of a toy of this age. The "arm-flailing"/attack mechanism on his back randomly makes the right arm work. The left arm no longer moves when the button is pushed. A small, barely noticeable polyband was wrapped around the inside of the upper left shoulder joint to increase friction so that the arm can be posed (it used to loosely drop down). These issues are pretty typical of loose specimens of this figure. This item is a very nice display piece as you can see from the pictures below. If you have questions, please let me know. Thanks!
Seibertron.com's Transformers and more wrote:The item in the photographs below is the actual item you will receive. This was a gift provided to Seibertron.com from Activision. At the time of this autograph, Aaron Archer was Hasbro's Director of Global Design and Development for the Transformers brand. Please refer to the photographs for additional details about the item included with this listing.
de-witte-tornado wrote:One of the most exclusive MOSC Transformers of my collection is now for sale.
This is the famous Blue Cliffjumper released by IGA in Mexico.
Some of these Mexican releases were located here in Holland.
Why is not known. So the chance to find this one in this condition is unique.
First the bubble:
The bubble is firmly attached to card.
It is super bright.
There is a crack on the right side of the bubble as can be seen in picture 3.
Then the card:
It is super clean.
It is bright....no fading!
No big scratches or something. (I would have shown that with a pic)
It is not completely flat...there is what I call: a little "wave" in the card.
All original stuff, I do not sell or collect reissue or KO stuff,
and I never will cause its all fake in my opinion.
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The New Black Panther Party put up a $10,000 reward for the capture of Trayvon Martin's shooter, the Orlando Sentinel reported Saturday, following a demonstration by the group in Florida.
The party called for black men to mobilize and capture George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer who said he shot the teen as an act of self-defense. He has not been charged with a crime and has not made any public statements since the Feb. 26 incident.
A report from the AFP describes a poster from the group seeking Zimmerman "ALIVE… not dead or harmed."
From the Sentinel story:
When asked whether he was inciting violence, (New Black Panther Party leader Mikhail) Muhammad replied defiantly saying: "An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth."
The bounty announcement came moments after members of the group called for the mobilization of 5,000 black men to capture Zimmerman…
Muhammad said members of his group would search for Zimmerman themselves in Maitland and Jacksonville — where the 28-year old worked before the shooting, employees there told the Orlando Sentinel. But he declined to say when they will begin their hunt….
"If the government won't do the job, we'll do it," Muhammad said, leading his group of eight party members in chants like "freedom or death" and "justice for Trayvon" while making the iconic gesture of raising their fists into the air.
Muhammad told the paper the national organization has begun fundraising for their efforts and hopes to collect $1 million by next week.


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Lyrics: Thom Bell, Linda Creed
Music: Thom Bell, Linda Creed
Played by Jerry Garcia with Merl Saunders, I think always as an instrumental. DeadBase confuses it with Till The End Of The World Rolls Round. It was originally recorded by the Stylistics in 1971, and covered by Michael Jackson (with slightly changed lyrics) a year later.
Trash men didn't get my trash today
Oh, why, because they want more pay
Buses on strike, wanna raise in fare
So they can help pollute the air
But that's what makes the world go round
The up and downs a carousel
Changing people's heads around
Go underground, young man
People make the world go round
Wall Street losin' on every share
They're blamin' it on longer hair
Big men smokin' in their easy chair
On a fat cigar without a care
People make the world go round
People make the world go round
People make the world go round
People make the world go round
|Jerry Garcia Recordings
|Recorded By
|1 Sep 1974
|Pure Jerry 4: Keystone, Berkeley
|Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders Band


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text: Jack Goncalo joined the University of Illinois, College of Business in 2016. He received his Ph.D. in Business Administration in 2004, an M.S. in Organizational Behavior in 2001 and a B.A. in Psychology in 1999, all from the University of California at Berkeley . He conducts research on group processes and performance, particularly group creativity and the quality of group decision making. Although most research in Organizational Behavior emphasizes the value of being a "team player" his research suggests that in order to spark creativity, organizations should emphasize individualistic norms and individual achievement. He co-edited the book Research on Managing Groups and Teams: Creativity in Groups (vol. 12). His research has been published in Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Management Science, Psychological Science, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology and Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. It has also been featured on CNN, Businessweek, The Wall Street Journal, US News & World Report, Fast Company and Fortune.


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ABC wants you to Save Happy Endings. And you can by watching it when it returns Friday (8/7c) with back-to-back episodes. If things (read: ratings) don't go well, it could be dunzo, and you'd hate yourself for missing out on the hilarious, zany and endlessly GIF-able a-mah-zing-ness. Here are 18 reasons why you should tune in. (Trust us, it was hard to narrow these down.)
TV Scorecard: What's canceled? What's renewed?1. Brothers can twirl...
(Via)2. ... and they like a deep tuck too.
(Via)3. You can visit this Worldwide Web address if you happen to be browsing the Internet.
(Via)4. It gave us the Steaktanic.
(Via)5. And the best couples costume of all time.
(Via)6. Elisha Cuthbert does a mean Ellen impression.
(Via)7. Brad (Damon Wayans Jr.) and Jane (Eliza Coupe) are the couple we all want to be.
Returning Spring Shows: Where we left off8. Seriously, they're the best.
(Via)9. This is how you Misery someone.
(Via)10. Always have an end game. Otherwise this happens.
(Via)11. No one does pop-culture references better.
(Via)12. Even if you can't exactly pinpoint where they're from.
(Via)13. Alex is Keyser Soze. "I'm not as dumb as I am."
(Via)Spring TV: Must-see new shows14. The drool to end all drools.
(Via)15. We'd react this way too.
(Via)16. Never gets old.
(Via)17. This is a side effect of being drunk.
(Via)18. And finally, it subscribes to our motto.
(Via)Happy Endings airs Fridays at 8/7c and 8:30/7:30c on ABC.


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WHAT IS IT? An innovative air filter design that compensates for the airflow limitations of the 2010 YZ450F's top-mounted airbox.
WHAT'S IT COST? $109.95 (aluminum cage and pre-oiled filter), $32.95 (over-the-cage pre-oiled filter), $25.95 (pre-oiled YZ450F replacement filter).
CONTACT? www.dt1filters.com or (559) 651-4120.
WHAT STANDS OUT? Here's a list of things that stand out with the DT-1 Factory Air Flow kit for the 2010 YZ450F.
(1) The problem. When Yamaha designed the 2010 YZ450F, they couldn't figure out what to do about the air filter, and as a result, the stock air filter (which is shaped like a jumbo-sized piece of Texas toast) does a very poor job of getting air into the engine. From a scientific point of view, a high-performance motorcycle engine needs 14 times as much air as it does fuel. The stock YZ450F air filter design has serious limitations.
(2) The solution. Given the limited space available, DT-1 was still able to find a way to increase airflow into the YZ450F. They achieved this by removing the piece of toast and mounting an air filter over (as opposed to under) the YZ450F's cage. This increased the filter's surface area by more than 80 percent and gave the clean air side of the filter more volume for the engine to ingest. DT-1 has two YZ450F kits.
(3) Over-the-cage. For $32.95, DT offers a considerably larger air filter that fits over the top of the stock YZ450F plastic cage (although you have to clip off two tabs). The large air filter flows more air because it increases the surface area. It is a simple and easy way to get more air into a YZ450F, but it is not the one that the MXA gang uses.
(4) Factory Air Flow kit. MXA's YZ450F uses the factory Air Flow kit. DT-1's Factory Air Flow kit is the ultimate expression of the over-the-cage filter idea. It consists of two parts: a low-profile aluminum cage and a pre-oiled filter that fits over it. How does the Factory Air Flow kit differ from just using the DT-1's over-the-cage filter with the stock cage? The kit's aluminum cage is optimally shaped to not only increase the surface area of the filter (although not as much as the over-the-cage filter), but to allow for a more evenly dispersed air cavity around the outside of the filter. Thus, even though the factory Air Flow kit has less surface area than DT-1's over-the-cage filter, it flows even more air because its extra space distributes the air better (and there is no chance of the filter foam making contact with the YZ450F air box lid).
(5) Choice. Let's not beat around the bush. The $110 Factory Air Flow kit works best. It is the exact filter system used by James Stewart, Josh Hill, Jason Lawrence and Grant Langston. That said, the $32.95 over-the-cage filter is no slouch, and both filters are significantly better than the stocker.
(6) Flame-resistant oil. DT-1 pre-oils all of its filters with its proprietary flame-retardant air filter oil. It will also cut down the backfire consequences of other brands of filters. It retails for $18.95 a liter.
WHAT'S THE SQUAWK? Some of Yamaha's teams recommends drilling one-inch holes in the radiator shrouds to allow more air into the airbox, but you need to re-map for more fuel if you do this. We cut the holes, remapped and raced the bike. In the end, we taped the holes up because we couldn't stand the extra noise or the increased air filter maintenance required on dusty tracks.
Simple mods like these are rare in the motocross world. You can choose your poison, but for as little as $32, you can have the same parts that James Stewart runs.


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PhD in Pain Research Opportunities in U.K.
by Anne Colyn, M.Ac, MS-PREP
It seems there are several opportunites in the United Kingdom for those interested in pain research and related topics. A website for academic-based opportunities in employment, research, paid PhD studentships, etc, is currently listing quite a range of such opportunities related to pain. Birmingham City University in the UK is offering a PhD studentship in Pain Research. Deadline is coming up in just a few days (Monday, Jan 25, 2010) for an Oct 2010 start!
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