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Okay people, big news. I'm a little late because of school, but here I am, and heres the shit. It just got announced this morning, but I think many of you guys know about it already.
Yep, thats right, Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3.
Stupid, I know, but hey, board the hype train! Capcom has been known for shit like this, just look at mother fking street fighter! Anyway, heres whats going down, the game is going to be totally revamped, starting with character tweaks and balances. Theres footage of ryu's shinku hadoken bouncing off walls and spencer being able to do an air stomp. But screw all that, heres the thing, theres gonna be a total of 12 new characters, bringing the roster to a whooping amount of 50.
Everything has been redone, check out eventhubs...or any website that keeps up to date about fighting game news. There are new maps, new modes, and the health and super bars have been redone (but yeah, they look ugly). But we all know the reason for this post....is the new characters. Capcom announced 4 today, strider, firebrand, hawkeye and ghost rider. Its too bad for them though, that the other 8 totally got leaked online. Annnnd....off we goooo!
For our 1st character we have hawkeye. Heres my opinion, hes crap. He's costume is retarded, he has a cocky voice and whats more, gameplay wise, he fights like taskmaster with just the bow. He just flies around the screen shooting arrows and flinging his bow for melee, whats up with that? His lvl 1 hyper too, he just fires a gold flowing arrow that doesnt do impressive damage at all. His lvl 3 is total nonsense, he shoots out an arrow with a tiny guy on it, and when the arrow connects, the tiny guy becomes huge and does a 3 hit combo on the target. Shit, total crap. But I can see him working for a great zoning character, and his other lvl 1 hyper, full screen OTG? Good stuff. Still, I dont see myself using him, AT ALL.
Ahh, here we go, my boy strider actually made it into the game! Strider looks...GREAT. Out of the 4 revealed today, I would place him out on top. He plays much like his MVC 2 counterpart, he has crappy health, but to back him up he has sick teleports and crossups. He seems like he has even more tools than he had in MVC 2, he can call out his leopards and hawks like usual, and his lvl 1 hyper which involves a herd of animals stomping in is OTG, great stuff. His level 3 looks abit hard to connect, and is ouroborus a level 3 now? Cause if it is, it would kind of suck. Anyway, sick character, cant wait to play him.
Ohh yeah, and the goodness just keeps coming. Ghost rider is another badass fellow. He even says it himself in one of his win quotes, hell doesnt have a badass flaming skeleton riding a motorcycle...or something like that. Either way, ghost rider is kickass, both in looks and combat. He incorporates his chain and uses it as a tool to attack enemies from far away and drag them to him, in which he will then perform sick combos using his hell fire. His basic damage is good, and his hypers are great. The one where he swings his fire chain and his motorcycle one...both do great damage and dont look like they will have problems connecting. His level 3 kinda needs some work, it looks pretty plain, but still badass at the same time (they actually made use of his penance stare). Like strider, cant wait to play him.
Erm, red areemer? Firebrand is the last of the revealed characters today. Heres the deal, hes a normal enemy in ghosts and goblins. I dont like playing as normal enemies, and yep, based on his design, he totally looks like a normal cannon fodder demon. Gameplay wise however, he isnt bad. Hes another midget character like zero/arthur/VJ, but he looks far better to play than VJ and arthur. He's quick, can fly and drag his foes from one end of the screen to another, which will lead to a wall bounce which will allow him to keep comboing. Not bad, but his level ones can use work. His fire breath can OTG, which is good, but his other level one, where he turns silver..is still unknown to me, I have no idea what it does. His level 3 looks annoying as hell to deal with. Overall, hes alright, better than hawkeye at least.
Now onto the leaked characters, there's no footage on them now, but I can still speculate about them, these are all just opinions though.
First off we have another doctor, doctor strange. Doctor strange is an alright addition to me, he's kind of appealed to me as a character I wanna see what he can do, since I heard he is pretty OP with magicks. Waiting to see what he can do, for now Im pretty okay with him.
Franky! In my opinion, I would have prefered chuck, as a dead rising 2 player. But meh, frank is good, at least we have a dead rising rep. Plus, frank has been speculated and anticipated for almost 8 months when MVC 3 was 1st announced. Now that hes in, lets see what he can do! I hope he plays around with combo weapons and stuff, that would be way cool.
Hmm, Iron fist eh? I have heard about this guy, but never really got to see what he could do, and honestly, Im not really interested. If hes just another punchy characters with uppercuts, fancy kicks and judo flips, then I'll pass. Not really looking foward to him as of now.
Nemesis? Seriously? Dude we already have 3 RE characters, why put a forth? And a ZOMBIE at that. Sure Nemesis was a boss, was really? We would just be another big hulking character like hulk or sentinel. We dont have much of those, but I can only think of big punches from this guy. Okay, since he has an RL, I assume he has weaponary for a ranged game, but other than that, I dont expect greatness from him. Could have used this spot for another character IMO.
Okay, now I have never ever heard of nova. I have very limited knowledge about the marvel universe, but I have at least HEARD about some characters, like iron fist, scarlet witch etc. By god's name I even heard of characters named howard the duck and rocket racoon! Now, never hearing about nova's name means that this guy is FKED unpopular....at least thats what I think. I have never seen his name in forums for character requests. But other than that..design wise he looks like a capeless magneto, not something that I like. Not really looking foward to a character I havent even heard of.
Yeahh!!!! My boy phoenix finally made it! After all that DLC petition shit, MR WRIGHT IS FINALLY IN THE GAME. Get ready to objection some faggots to kingdom come! I have no freaking idea how wright is gonna play, but BOY am I hyped as hell! I have nothing against what capcom would do with him, go wild capcom! Make him as awesome as you can. But for the love of GOD, please, no floating objection speech bubbles as projectiles, that would suck terribly.
See? Look at this here idiot, rocket racoon! I have heard about this idiot, but who knew that he would look even more idiotic than his name sounded! I see no damn rockets, just a fking racoon with a pistol. What the fck? Is capcom trying to pull off another modok? Ugh, I dont even want to think about it, not looking foward to this fker at all!
Last guy on our list is probably the coolest one of the leaked characters. Vergil's art looks SICK. Here he is people, vergil in all his might and glory, he looks badass, and hes probably going to play as badass. If they give him over 40 moves like dante, dear god, things are gonna be hectic. They BETTER NOT screw vergil up, I have high hopes for him. Keep rocking vergil, we love you, now go join your brother, then we can make the ulltimate DMC team.
Thats all for now, as videos and more info get released, expect more crap from me, for now, peace out people!


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Question for TARA3 Leg 2 viewers: I don't see (or hear anything about) taxis...did the racers WALK everywhere in Saigon (HCMC) ?
so we can say now for sure thanks to banzai's good eye and the show that this was taken at the Saigon Pitstop at the Museum of Vietnamese History?
Hi calv_10 and to RFF!(is that you calvin? ---if so we are doubly glad to see you here and thank you again for the wonderful recaps! They really help to tide us over while we are still waiting....)
Quote from: georgiapeach on September 18, 2008, 07:27:39 PMHi calv_10 and to RFF!(is that you calvin? ---if so we are doubly glad to see you here and thank you again for the wonderful recaps! They really help to tide us over while we are still waiting....)hi peach, yup this is me. sorry it took awhile to finish the whole thing. it was a really long episode. i'll try to visit next week so that i could participate in the real time posting of spoilers. hehehe.
...especially in this second episode which ended lasting almost two days! In my three seasons, this is the first episode that got bumped up to a ninety-minute special because there was just too much that happened to these teams. And if you were able to catch it, you'll know what I am talking about. Right from the start, teams had a difficult time getting from one place to another. I think some people might have been surprised to see Mai and Oliver go from first place in the first episode to pulling up the rear in certain portions of the second leg, especially since they are from Thailand too! I think that just goes to show you that "home court (or country) advantage" really doesn't mean that much because anything can happen...at anytime.
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actually pailin & natalie really would have been on 8th place..the thing is they went straight to their charity & just gave the money w/o having to buy anything becoz the director said that she will be the one to buy the things while mai & oliver had to buy a laptop still before going to their charity.. isaac & william got screwed on the chicken detour, labeling themselves as "city boys", they were slow on getting the chickens
If you put Oliver and Pailin together, dropping Mai and Natalie, you'd have one formidable team!
Her statements about needing constant cleanliness are even more absurd in the context of a race which allows time for that at pitstops but seldom in between them. Which race did she think she was doing, the Powderpuff Derby?
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CISPA Amendment Proves Everyone's Fears Were Justified While Failing To Assuage Them
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The single biggest criticism of CISPA is that it could be used by the federal government in a way that infringes on people's privacy, allowing government agencies, including the NSA, to sift through the private data of American citizens with little to no oversight. It's pretty obvious why that fear exists — just look at the relevant paragraph in what, until the recent and final round of markup, was the text of the bill:
(7) PROTECTION OF INDIVIDUAL INFORMATION—The Federal Government may, consistent with the need to protect Federal systems and critical information infrastructure from cybersecurity threats and to mitigate such threats, undertake reasonable efforts to limit the impact on privacy and civil liberties of the sharing of cyber threat information with the Federal Government pursuant to this subsection.
So, um, the feds may worry about privacy, if they want to and as long as it doesn't hinder their cybersecurity efforts. It's disconcerting that this even needed to be spelled out, and it certainly doesn't count as a safeguard. The response to criticism from the bill's authors has been the same since last year: they deny that this bill has anything to do with spying on people, and insist it's just about sharing technical threat data. Just this week, Rep. Rogers flatly stated this is not a surveillance bill. Still, in an attempt to placate the opposition, they backed an amendment (pdf and embedded below) from Rep. Hines replacing that paragraph, which passed in the markup phase. Here's the new text:
(A) POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.—The Director of National Intelligence, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Attorney General, shall establish and periodically review policies and procedures governing the receipt, retention, use, and disclosure of non-publicly available cyber threat information shared with the Federal Government in accordance with paragraph (1). Such policies and procedures shall, consistent with the need to protect systems and networks from cyber threats and mitigate cyber threats in a timely manner—
(i) minimize the impact on privacy and civil liberties;
(ii) reasonably limit the receipt, retention, use, and disclosure of cyber threat information associated with specific persons that is not necessary to protect systems or networks from cyber threats or mitigate cyber threats in a timely manner;
(iii) include requirements to safeguard non-publicly available cyber threat information that may be used to identify specific persons from unauthorized access or acquisition;
(iv) protect the confidentiality of cyber threat information associated with specific persons to the greatest extent practicable; and
(v) not delay or impede the flow of cyber threat information necessary to defend against or mitigate a cyber threat.
It seems to me they are hoping that by making the section longer and more complicated, people will miss the fact that very little has changed. But what's truly astonishing is that this new text reads like a confession that CISPA does involve all the stuff that they've been insisting it has nothing to do with.
The big thing, of course, is that this oversight now involves civilian agencies, which is really the only meaningful change — and its impact has been rather minimized. Rather than putting the DHS or another agency in between the public and military agencies like the NSA, they've simply given them some input — and it's hard to say how meaningful that input will be. The provisions are bookended by escape clauses: first we're told that they only count when "consistent with the need to protect systems and networks from cyber threats", and then at the end we're reminded that they must "not delay or impede the flow of cyber threat information". That alone renders the rest of the text virtually moot, and it also seems to be acknowledging that the type of information sharing they want to do does threaten privacy.
If that weren't clear enough, there's a third out hiding in clause (ii), where we're reminded that personal information will only be limited if it's "not necessary to protect systems or networks from cyber threats". If this bill is really just about getting technical threat data, why would personal information ever be necessary? Once again, it serves as both an escape clause and a tacit admission that they do plan on doing the things that they have denied so vocally, or at least that they want to keep the option open.
But you can bet that the next time Rep. Rogers or Ruppersberger is questioned about it, they'll insist that CISPA has nothing to do with personal information and couldn't possibly threaten anyone's privacy. They'll insist that they addressed any concerns with this amendment, when in fact all they did was confirm just how warranted those concerns are. Nothing has changed: CISPA is still a dangerous bill, perhaps more explicitly so now than ever.


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Saturday, February 25, 2012
Distant Cemetery
Posted by Rot at 6:25 AM
Labels: atmosphere, cemetery, halloweenforum.com, tombstones, yard haunt, yard haunts
2 comments:
- wicKED said...
Very simple yet dreadful at the same time. This is the thing that would have put real dread in me if I had to walk towards it in the dark. Sometimes simple is the way to go.
- February 25, 2012 at 10:51 AM
- Jay's Shadow said...
That's great. Simple and creepy. I lke how the skeleton's hands and feet are tied....
- February 25, 2012 at 11:57 AM
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Here's some gameplay footage from Demons' Score, a rhythm-action-combat-music game for mobile platforms published by Square Enix and developed by iNiS, the Japanese studio that made Elite Beat Agents.
Maybe that's why it's so groovy.
Demons' Score is out "very soon" for iOS and "this fall" for Android, Square Enix says.


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What Is The Meaning Of Sukkot And How Is It Celebrated?
Sukkot means "booths." During the 40 years of wandering in the desert we lived in Sukkot. We are commanded (see Leviticus 23:33-44) on this holiday to make our Sukkah our main dwelling place – to eat, sleep, learn Torah and spend our time there. If one would suffer from being in a Sukkah i.e., from rain or snow, he is freed from the obligation to dwell there. Depending on climatic conditions, people try to at least eat in the Sukkah.
We are also commanded to wave the Arbah Minim, the Four Species, which have many deep and mystical meanings – that the Almighty controls the whole world, the winds, the forces and everything everywhere; that all Jews are bound together as one people, be they saints or sinners, knowledgeable or ignorant.
The Mitzvah of dwelling in the Sukkah teaches us trust in God. We tend to think that our possessions, our money, our homes, our intelligence will protect us. Here we are exposed to the elements in a temporary hut. Living in a Sukkah puts life into perspective. Our history has borne this out. No matter how well-established, wealthy and "secure" we have become in a host country, in the end it too has been a temporary dwelling. Our trust must be in God.
Sukkot is called "zman simchateinu," the time of our joy. Joy is distinct from happiness. Happiness is taking pleasure in what you have. Joy is the pleasure of anticipating a future good. If we trust in God and know that everything that the Almighty does for us is for our good, then we will know great joy in our lives!
Sukkot is one of the Shelosh Regalim, Three Festivals (the other two are Pesach and Shavuot), where the Torah commands everyone living in Israel to leave their homes to come to Jerusalem to celebrate at the Temple. For the last 2,000 years since the destruction of the Temple, we've been unable to fulfill this Mitzvah.
May you and your family have a joyous Sukkot!
Torah Portion of the Week: Ha'azinu
This Shabbat we read a Special Torah Reading for Sukkot (which is also read on the second day of Sukkot), Leviticus 22:26 -23:44 which begins with laws pertaining to the Temple offerings, Korbonot. It then gives an overview of the Jewish Mo'adim, appointed festivals: Shabbat, Pesach and the Omer offering of barley on the second day of Pesach, the counting of the days until Shavuot, the offerings on Shavuot, not to gather the gleanings of the harvest (they are left for the poor), Rosh Hashana and blowing the shofar, Yom Kippur, Succot and its offerings, and the commandment to wave the arba minim, the Four Species: the Lulav, Etrog, Hadasim and Aravot).
Dvar Torah: What Is The Meaning Of The Arbah Minim?
One of the special commandments for Sukkot is to take the arbah minim, the Four Species (Lulav, Etrog, Hadassim, and Aravot), and to wave them in the four directions of the compass as well as up and down. The meaning of the waving is that God is everywhere. However, why are these four species designated for the Mitzvah?
Our rabbis teach that these four species are symbolic of four types of Jews: the Etrog (citron) which has a fragrance and a taste represents those Jews who have both Torah wisdom and good deeds; the Lulav (date palm branch) which has a taste (from the dates), but no fragrance represents those Jews who have Torah wisdom, but no good deeds; the Hadassim (myrtle branches) have a fragrance, but no taste representing those Jews who have good deeds, but no Torah wisdom; and lastly, the Aravot (willow branches) have neither a taste nor a smell representing those Jews who are lacking in Torah wisdom and good deeds.
What do we do on Sukkot? We symbolically bind together and recognize every Jew as an integral and important part of the Jewish people. If even one is missing, the Mitzvah is incomplete. Our people are one; we must do all we can to bind together the Jewish people and work to strengthen the Jewish future!
Something Special For Sukkot!
I have been waiting for a couple of years to share the following obfuscated (I always loved that word!) sayings with you! Now that I have a little room, I can justify it as something to enhance your joy at one of your Sukkot meals! Say the obfuscated saying in its high-falutin English and ask others to "translate" it into its common idiom. For instance, "Scintillate, scintillate, asteroid minific;" it translates to the more common saying of "Twinkle, twinkle, little star." Enjoy!!
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"Beginner's luck."
Pulchritude possesses solely cutaneous profundity.
"Beauty is only skin deep."
A revolving lithic conglomerate accumulates no congeries of a small, green byophitic plant.
"A rolling stone gathers no moss."
Eschew the implement of correction and vitiate the scion.
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All articles that coruscate with resplendence are not truly auriferous.
"All that glitters is not gold."
Freedom from incrustations of grime is contiguous to rectitude.
"Cleanliness is next to godliness."
Individuals who make their abode in vitreous edifices would be advised to refrain from catapulting petrous projectiles.
"Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones."
Exclusive dedication to necessitous chores without interludes of diversion renders John a habetudinous fellow.
"All work and no play makes John a dull boy."
It is fruitless to become lachrymose over precipitately departed lacteal fluid.
"It doesn't pay crying over spilt milk."
Where there are visible vapors having their prevenience in ignited carbonaceous material, there is conflagration.
"Where there is smoke there is fire."
And lastly, for those who wish to protest the inclusion of these obfuscated sayings, I reply,
"Missiles of ligneous or oterous consistency have the potential of fracturing my osseous structure, but appellations will eternally remain innocuous!" (Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never harm me!)


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Today saw the opening of the CITES Conference of Parties in Bangkok Thailand. What is being billed as the make or break for CITES where a major focus is on Elephant and Rhino as well as Sharks and Rays. After an early morning press conference from the German Delegation in support of the shark fin proposals, the main event was opened by Thailand's Prime Minister. After lunch the main meeting began and most of the afternoon was spent discussing the use of Secret Ballots. As expected Japan and China along with other sympathetic nations were opposing any changes to the Rules of Procedures of CITES. Unfortunately for the Chinese delegation, what they thought was scrap paper for their notes, was in fact a Press Release from the infamous IWMC who they have obviously had meetings with.
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FLORIANOPOLIS, Brazil, Feb. 27 (UPI) -- Venus Williams outlasted Garbine Muguruza Wednesday to earn a quarterfinal berth in the Brazil Tennis Cup.
Muguruza, 19, is ranked 96th in the world, but she made the top-seeded Williams work hard for a 6-4, 2-6, 7-5 win that set up a meeting with No. 5 seed Magdalena Rybarikova. Muguruza survived three match points before falling to the seven-time major championship winner.
Rybarikova fought off qualifier Beatriz Garcia Vidagany in the second round 6-4, 3-6, 6-4.
In other second-round matches involving seeded players, Timea Babos surprised No. 4 Channelle Scheepers 6-1, 6-2 and No. 7 Kristina Mladenovic ousted Tatjana Malek 6-2, 6-1.
Melinda Czink also defeated Beatriz Haddad 1-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7-3), Olga Puchkova rallied past Caroline Garcia 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 and Monica Niculescu cruised by Tereza Mrdeza 6-1, 6-1.
Czink will face Mladenovic in the quarterfinals, Puchkova will play Jana Cepelova and Niculescu will meet Babos.


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Despite a report of animosity between exes Elisabetta Canalis and George Clooney, they both told Access Hollywood this is not the case.
Following a report by Us Weekly claiming that Elisabetta sent George a series of angry text messages after she discovered the actor was dating new girlfriend Stacy Keibler, George issued a statement to Access.
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"[The report] was completely fabricated in order to sell magazines. I never comment on my personal life unless it affects others…and this lie affects others," the actor said in a statement.
Elisabetta, who appeared on Thursday's Access Hollywood Live, thanked her ex for coming to her defense.
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"I think he was very nice, the fact that he stood up for me," the recently booted "Dancing with the Stars" contestant told Billy Bush and Kit Hoover.
"You cannot control what the press writes. It's just untrue," she continued when asked about the report, repeatedly saying she "didn't" send George any angry text messages about Stacy.
"We are OK, we are OK, really," she said of George." That's why he was so nice. I have to thank him… in life, things end, you move on."
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The 33-year-old Italian beauty confessed to Billy and Kit that the media's scrutiny on her past relationship with the Oscar winner has been difficult.
"I had this relationship with George, who is a great man, he is a gentlemen, so I can't deny [that it's hard,] of course," she explained. "I wish him to be happy, we both moved on… I'm just looking forward to building my future."
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"Is hard to see him with Stacy?," Kit asked.
"No, come on, I really am moved on," she said, revealing that she does not currently have another man in her life. "Even without a boyfriend, I have moved on."
Now that her run on "Dancing" has come to an end, Elisabetta told Billy and Kit that she plans to work on her language skills and possibly live both stateside and in her native Italy.
"I will be back and forth," she explained. "My job is [being a] TV host, so that's what I know how to do. I have to work on my English for sure. Everything will come and I will be grateful and happy."
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Serbia to face Czech Rep. in Davis Cup final
Novak Djokovic produced a masterful performance to help his country into the finals.
REUTERS - Novak Djokovic produced a masterful performance on Sunday to help Serbia roar back to defeat Canada 3-2 and set up a Davis Cup final against the Czech Republic.
On a weekend in which the sport's biggest names, with the exception of Roger Federer, put their individual schedules to one side and donned national colours instead, Djokovic helped ensure Serbia stayed on course to repeat their 2010 triumph.
Rafael Nadal, fresh from winning his 13th grand slam title at the US Open, helped Spain crush Ukraine to retain their place in the World Group while world number three Andy Murray steered Britain back amongst the elite with three points in his side's playoff victory over a weakened Croatia.
In a sport where individual prizes dominate the calendar, the Davis Cup is often regarded as a sideshow but try telling that to the 15,000 fans who produced a deafening roar in Belgrade.
Serbia trailed 2-1 going into Sunday's two singles rubbers before Djokovic levelled the tie with a 7-6(1) 6-2 6-2 win over Milos Raonic before Janko Tipsarevic beat Vasek Pospisil in straight sets to spark wild celebrations.
Canada had dreamed of a first Davis Cup final appearance when Daniel Nestor and Pospisil won a doubles cliff-hanger on Saturday but their hopes were ultimately crushed.
"This is one of the sweetest wins of my career and I hereby wish to thank my team mates for their support. See you right here in the final against the Czechs," Tipsarevic said.
There was nothing dramatic about the Czech's demolition of an Argentina side missing the muscle of Juan Martin del Potro.
Berdych and Radek Stepanek had put the 2012 winners 2-0 ahead on Friday and then teamed up to win the Saturday doubles.
"It's definitely very exciting; Davis Cup means a lot, it's special for us, for the whole country," said Stepanek.
Like Murray, Nadal was playing in the Davis Cup for the first time in two years. Showing no sign of fatigue after his US Open exploits he was unstoppable, winning his singles against Sergiy Stakhovsky for the loss of four games and then partnering Marc Lopez to doubles victory.
Murray beat Ivan Dodig 6-4 6-2 6-4 to give Britain a 3-1 lead and put them in next week's draw for the World Group.
"I'm looking forward to playing against some of the biggest countries in the world it will be exciting and hopefully I can be part of it," Wimbledon champion Murray told Eurosport.
Switzerland and the Netherlands beat Ecuador and Austria respectively in their playoffs while Germany beat Brazil and Australia ended Poland's hopes of a first World Group appearance with a 4-1 victory in Warsaw.
Belgium and Japan were the weekend's other playoff winners.


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- iPhone XR
- iPhone X
- iPhone 8
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iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max have a rating of IP68 under IEC standard 60529 (maximum depth of 4 meters up to 30 minutes). iPhone 11 has a rating of IP68 under IEC standard 60529 (maximum depth of 2 meters up to 30 minutes). iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max have a rating of IP68 under IEC standard 60529 (maximum depth of 2 meters up to 30 minutes). iPhone SE (2nd generation), iPhone XR, iPhone X, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone 7, and iPhone 7 Plus have a rating of IP67 under IEC standard 60529 (maximum depth of 1 meter up to 30 minutes). Splash, water, and dust resistance are not permanent conditions and resistance might decrease as a result of normal wear. Liquid damage is not covered under warranty, but you might have rights under consumer law.
iPhone SE (2nd generation), iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max, iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, and iPhone XR are resistant to accidental spills from common liquids, such as soda, beer, coffee, tea, and juice. In the event of a spill, rinse the affected area with tap water, then wipe your iPhone off and dry it.
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- Intentionally submerging your iPhone in water
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Drug lord aims to rid city of Zetas
MEXICO CITY — Drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman purportedly has come gunning for the vicious Zetas gang on the South Texas border, leaving 14 of their butchered bodies and a message vowing to rid Nuevo Laredo of its criminal scourge.
"We have begun to clear Nuevo Laredo of Zetas because we want a free city and so you can live in peace," proclaims a banner, under which were posed the bodies, as well as the gunmen who presumably work for Guzman.
"We are narcotics traffickers and we don't mess with honest working or business people."
Guzman's first attempt to seize Nuevo Laredo, in 2005, sparked a war with the Zetas and the Gulf Cartel, which employed the gang at the time.
The battles, which included rocket attacks and massacres, killed more than 300 that year and gave birth to the increased violence still tormenting the borderlands and Mexico's interior.
The Zetas and the Gulf Cartel won that earlier contest.
Now Guzman, head of the Sinaloa Cartel and one of the most wanted men in the hemisphere, looks to be back.
This time, he's presenting himself as a white knight, succeeding where Mexico's military and federal police have failed.
"I'm going to teach these scum to work Sinaloa style," the banner purportedly signed by Guzman sneers, "without kidnapping, without payoffs, without extortion."
"As for you, 40," the banner says, addressing Zetas boss Miguel Treviño by his code name, Z-40, "I tell you that you don't scare me."
The message also warns Nuevo Laredo's residents that anyone who continues paying extortion money to the Zetas would be considered "a traitor."
"Don't forget that I'm your true father," the banner advises.
Photos of the mangled corpses appeared Wednesday on Blog del Narco, a website in Mexico that reports crime news there. The posting came a day after the 14 bodies were discovered stuffed in a minivan parked near the Nuevo Laredo City Hall.
A note left with the bodies declared the victims "traitors."
While the banner and the threat it contains appear genuine, its authenticity couldn't be verified.
"Chapo is going to step up to the plate and become the protector of the poor people against the Zetas," predicted Mike Vigil, retired chief of international operations for the Drug Enforcement Administration.
"Obviously, it is a vested interest because it behooves him and the other cartels to get rid of the Zetas that are causing a lot of problems for them."
Vigil is a consultant in Mexico and in regular contact with senior government officials.
Officials in Laredo are watching closely.
"There is continued concern but we have dedicated all the resources necessary to ensure we don't have a spillover on the Laredo side," said Mayor Raul Salinas, a retired FBI agent.
"Obviously, any time we have a situation like this — and other cities on the border would react the same way — we monitor very carefully what happens on the other side of the river."
Guzman is arguably Mexico's most powerful crime boss.
His four-year struggle for Ciudad Juárez, bordering El Paso, has been blamed for nearly 10,000 homicides.
Some have credited Juárez's nearly 40 percent decline in murders in recent months to Guzman's reported victory in that battle.
"The Zetas are trying to take over the country, and they are a tremendous force to be reckoned with," Vigil said. "It is a situation of fighting fire with fire, and I think that you are going to see much more of that as the cartels engage them."


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Mohaqiq's remarks don't reflect govt policy: Abdullah
Mohaqiq's remarks don't reflect govt policy: Abdullah
KABUL (Pajhwok): In reaction to Mohammad Mohaqiq's recent remarks, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr. Abdullah Abdullah on Monday said the government did not want Afghans to fight in foreign countries.
According to reports, 2nd Deputy CEO Mohaqiq praised Gen. Qasim Sulaiman -- a leader of Lashkar-i-Fatimyun in Syria -- and Afghans fighting in that country at a meeting in Tehran.
Sulaiman is one of the founders of Fatimiyun Brigade in Syria and has encouraged Afghan refugees in Iran to take part in the Syrian war.
"I thank all warriors who cooperated on the wars from Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Pakistan and other parts of the world. In fact, it was jihad against infidelity and conspiracies," Mohaqiq had said.
However, Dr. Abdullah told a cabinet meeting today that the national unity government's policy on Afghans fighting in foreign countries was clear. "We don't support Afghans fighting in any corner of the world.
"We want our people to live in peace in their own country. War has been imposed upon us and defending ourselves is our holy duty. The government never supports fighting Afghans in any country," he said.
Abdullah said the national unity government's stance on the issue, particularly his position, should not be misinterpreted.
Daesh -- or the so-called Islamic State (IS) militant group -- is a great challenge to Afghanistan and the world at large, according to the CEO. "We appreciate those fighting against this group."
A day earlier, a number of Meshrano Jirga -- or upper house of parliament -- members also reacted to Mohaqiq's remarks and said such statements were against the national interest.
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What we read while dabbling in witchcraft….
- John S wasn't the only one to review Jonathan Franzen's new novel, Freedom (obvs); the book has been reviewed positively by Esquire, The Millions, The Guardian, and of course The New York Times (twice!). This in addition to appearing on the cover of Time. Ron Charles gave it a slightly (and I mean slightly) negative review, but that was not enough to curb massive backlash to the novel, and endless discussion of that backlash. Whatevs, NPI still loves him…
- This Matt Taibbi piece is worth reading not only for its compelling pro-union stance, but for its description of Simon Cowell as "appalling American Idol douche-twat Simon Cowell."
- Kid Cudi (unfortunately) denies the existence of "liquid cocaine," instead saying, "I'm just fucking rich, and my blow comes in a jar. There was no liquid in it—that shit makes no sense."
- Speaking of cocaine, possession of which is a crime, white-collar criminals are increasingly being offered a choice of which prison to enter as well as being offered time flexibility.
- Bill James doesn't often write in free public forums, so when he opines on Slate about Babe Ruth and Barry Bonds, it's a must-read — even if or especially because his take isn't too dissimilar from our own John S's.
- "Girls Kissing Girls: Explaining the Trend" is a mildly intriguing title, but it doesn't come close to the actual web address for this Time story, which includes "girls-kissing-girls-whats-up-with-that."


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Three months to the election? Check. Which means war-mongering rhetoric, once considered a staple of the GOP, may very soon become action, first in Syria, and soon, everywhere else. From Bloomberg: "The U.S. and allied forces probably will impose a "no-fly zone" over Syria and take other "more aggressive action" against the Syrian regime, former Defense Secretary William Cohen said. While the U.S. has been leery of another military intervention after a decade of wars, "We're coming to the point, however, where the violence is getting so severe, I think, that you'll see a movement towards setting up those no- fly zones," Cohen said on Bloomberg Television's "Political Capital with Al Hunt" airing this weekend." Is war and immediate geopolitical escalation guaranteed? Not yet: "The former Pentagon chief and Maine senator, now chairman and chief executive officer of the Cohen Group consulting firm in Washington, said any U.S. military action would depend on participation and support from allies." Although desperate times, and by that we mean unfavorably trending popularity ranking, will certainly require desperate measures. Such as the continued massive build up of US naval assets in the middle east.
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"I think that the United States is not going to go into this alone," said Cohen, who served as defense secretary during the NATO air strikes in the Kosovo conflict during the Clinton administration. "That's why we've been working with the Gulf states."
John Brennan, President Barack Obama's top homeland security and counterterrorism adviser, said on Aug. 8 the administration is studying the option of a no-fly zone with air protection "very carefully, trying to understand the implications, trying to understand the advantages and disadvantages of this."
Cohen, a Republican, also criticized the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, Mitt Romney, for promising to issue an executive order on his first day in office labeling China a currency manipulator.
Then there is Iran. And Israel:
On Iran, Cohen said the odds are increasing that Israel will strike the Islamic regime's nuclear facilities to prevent the Persian Gulf state from being able to produce a nuclear bomb.
"I would say it's a little bit better than 50-50 that the Israelis would take action," Cohen said. "The rhetoric is starting to get ratcheted up," he said, though the sharp language may be a "tactical" move to pressure Russia and China to sanction Iran.
Which they won't as both see Iran, as well as Syria, precisely as the fulcrum points in an anti-US/Israel axis. And from there, where the escalation takes us, is anybody's guess.
The good news is that if and when Syria is finally "liberated", following what is sure to be a barrage of daily media propaganda including the gratuitous includsion of "weapons of mass destruction" for old time's sake, when brent and crude soar to new record highs, at least the market can be finally assured that no QE will be coming any time soon. Or not so soon.


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AHA wraps up a year worth quacking about
In the annals of the American Heart Association, the 2013-14 fiscal year may be remembered for a single item.
A rubber duck.
More specifically, the six "LifeSaver Ducks" used as reward incentives for kids who raised money through the Jump Rope For Heart and Hoops For Heart programs at their schools.
These […]