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Shanghai ATP Masters 1000 Presented by Rolex
Roddick To Seek Knee Advice in U.S.
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World No. 6 Andy Roddick will return to the United States immediately to seek medical advice on a left knee injury that forced his retirement from his opening match against Stanislas Wawrinka at the Shanghai ATP Masters 1000 Presented by Rolex on Tuesday.
The 2003 US Open champion was leading Wawrinka 4-3 in the first set when he felt pain in his left knee during a point. He immediately called ATP trainer Michal Novotny to the court and shortly after retired from the match.
Speaking about the injury in his post-match media conference, Roddick said that it was too soon to know the extent of the injury or what impact it would have on his immediate playing future.
"I don't really know what's going on in there," Roddick said. "I'm not a doctor. I can't really self diagnose myself… I'm not going to have a lot of answers for you guys tonight, unfortunately.
"I just felt I pushed off, and then Michal came on court and did some tests and advised that it probably wasn't worth the risk until we know more. [The pain was] enough to make me stop a tennis match, which is going to be pretty significant. Beyond that, I don't know; that's not my profession."
Roddick, who said the pain is in the back of his knee, has more than three weeks to recover before his next scheduled tournament at the Valencia Open 500 in Spain, beginning 2 November.
Despite the setback, Roddick remains on track to finish in the Top 10 of the South African Airways ATP Rankings for the eighth consecutive year. Roddick is next in line to qualify for the season-ending Barclays ATP World Tour Finals beginning 22 November in London at the O2 arena.
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Hawks At The Half: Ball of Confusion
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Watching the Blackhawks this year, the Temptations' hit of the '70s comes to mind. "Ball of Confusion" was a throbbing, chaotic collage of music and voices that spoke of a world changing faster than humans could comprehend. An appropriate soundtrack for a Hawks' team that, halfway through the season, is often chaotic, and has changed faster than either the fans or the team itself can comprehend. So what's next?
A scan of the hockey media, whether in the mainstream or the blogosphere, reflects that confusion. Though the rationale, and the proposed solutions, may differ, all seem to agree that the basic core of the Blackhawks should mean they are both a playoff team and qualified to defend their Championship with some credibility.
But the roller-coaster ride of inconsistency wears thin, and after the Hawks dropped another two points in the third period, on home ice, this time against the Dallas Stars, nerves are justifiably frayed. Make no mistake: the Hawks' front office has no intention of letting this team miss the playoffs. Unless, that is, they have suddenly changed their agenda of driving revenue and growing the fan base.
Owner Rocky Wirtz was candid about the choices management would have to make this year, saying in an interview with the Chicago media, "You have a core of players you need to secure long term, and the rest of the roster, you fill in."
In principle, sound thinking, and the kind of thinking Cup winners like Detroit and Pittsburgh have applied in recent years. The Wings and Penguins have seen important, and role, players, leave through free agency, and have had to cope with injury and the inevitable changes in 'team chemistry' that has seen them stumble at times during the regular season. Last year, both Detroit and Pittsburgh got humbled in the playoffs as well. So the idea, and the reality, that the Hawks would suffer through what they are now, should not come as a surprise.
But of course, an organization as high-profile as the Chicago Blackhawks, can't just stand pat. Stan Bowman has said the team has two obvious needs: a quality centerman, and an upgrade to the bottom pairing on defense. This is clear to observers, and probably at the root of the Hawks' up-and-down performances.
The lack of that second centerman behind Jonathan Toews could be mitigated last year because the Hawks, deep at all the other forward positions, could roll four lines, and slot in players like Dave Bolland, Patrick Sharp, Kris Versteeg and Tomas Kopecky, none of whom is a Top 6 center, but all of whom could serve on an interim basis.
This year, the Hawks have a hole in the middle of the lineup. As the season goes on, the nature and the extent of that hole has become more obvious. Like the mysterious rattle in a car the mechanic can't identify until it become serious enough to be seen, the Hawks' squeaks and rattles have elicited all kinds of diagnosis.
An astute diagnosis came in a comment by my Hockey Independent colleague Al Cimaglia and a response by a reader: the Hawks have too many players at forward who have the same profile. Not skilled enough to be Top 6, not gritty or responsible enough to be Bottom 6.
If one concedes the ingredients of a winning hockey team are Skill, Smarts, Snarl, Speed and Size, the combination of those in one player being rare means a GM needs to be the chef that finds, and implements, the balance of those ingredients in his roster.
To my mind, Ray Shero represents one of the best examples. His Penguins have a variety of players, some of whom are top-end, many of whom perform specific roles with the ability to create an element of surprise when facing an opponent. And Shero, having learned from his father, the legendary Philadelphia Flyers coach Fred Shero, knows hockey is about "Arriving with a sense of ill humor". In other words, nastiness or 'snarl'. Penguins like Kunitz, Dupuis, Kennedy, Cooke, Adams, Rupp, Engelland, Godard, for example, are all players who bring considerable snarl, and some of them have some of the other ingredients.
Paul Holmgren knows that as well, having been a player under Shero's guidance, with snarl; he has built his Flyers with enough skill and more than enough snarl to take them to the Finals last year, and quite possibly, this year.
Do this year's Hawks have enough 'snarl'? The short answer is 'no'.
The Stanley Cup Championship team had that perfect balance of the 'Five S' (Skill, Smarts, Snarl, Size and Speed), and, the benefit, as Stan Mikita said about his '61 winner, of "putting it all together at the right time".
The current team has plenty of skill at the top end. What it doesn't have in the mid-range, and this is only truly evident at the halfway point, is the right combination of necessary ingredients.
As anyone in management will tell you, it is extremely difficult to know exactly how a new worker, or a worker who is promoted, will pan out once they are on the job. Potential within the organization, a great interview, the successful execution of pilot projects, may all say, 'this one's a keeper'. But when the pressure is on, and applied constantly, the true character of a worker emerges.
Troy Brouwer, Bryan Bickell, Jack Skille, Viktor Stalberg, Tomas Kopecky and Jake Dowell are the 'middle of the roster', and except for Dowell, no one can say that any of them have performed optimally this year. Not one of them has enough of the 'Five S' to make them essential. Would the Hawks miss any one, or even two of these players, if traded for an asset the Hawks really need? That is a question Stan Bowman may be asking. It is a question Hawkey writers and fans have been asking.
Like the aforementioned 'new worker', all these young men have skills that suggest they could be promoted. But none of them have proven to be the answer.
When a prospect like Jeremy Morin shows up and displays almost all of the 'Five S' qualities, one or more of the other aforementioned players will, logically, be displaced. There is another prospect who, it has been suggested, may also bring this skill set to the Blackhawks, first round pick and World Juniors Team Canada defenseman Dylan Olsen. They may be kids, but both Morin and Olsen represent the kind of dynamic, game-changing player the Blackhawks need more of right now.
Players like Dave Bolland, Fernando Pisani and Ryan Johnson all do their jobs as veteran defensive players well enough, though Bolland's salary will continue to make him a magnet for criticism.
In a previous article, I mentioned that Marian Hossa would need to take a greater role in leading the team. After watching the Stars defeat the Hawks at the United Center Wednesday night, January 5, it's clear that leadership, even by the top end players like Hossa, as well as Sharp, Duncan Keith and even Jonathan Toews, won't be enough to get the Blackhawks to the post season.
There a few things to like about the Hawks at the half. Corey Crawford has been better than anyone could have hoped; Patrick Sharp's goal production establishes him as a premier forward.
But the warning signs are flashing.
There have already been some demotions on defense, as Nick Boynton has been scratched, and Jassen Cullimore sent to Rockford.
To be in the pack of ten teams fighting for five playoff spots, with four points between them, is not a disaster; it is, however, increasingly precarious.
Sitting in tenth place, playing little better than .500 hockey, spinning their wheels, in a ball of confusion, is not the tune the Hawks should be dancing to.
With seven weeks to go before the NHL trade deadline, that tune has to change. Either it comes from within, or it comes from the Blackberry of Stan Bowman.
(Photo of Tomas Kopecky, Associated Press)
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About the Author: David Morris' hockey writing has been featured at KuklasKorner.com and Chicago Sports Then & Now. He is also the North American correspondent for leading Swiss hockey site, Planete Hockey.
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Good read, though I've always preferred the Love and Rockets cover version myself…
PS Love and Rockets had some good moments…back when…and the Hawks had some snarl in those days too ;-)
Very good account of this quandry.
Maybe Bowman can come up with a bigger package of trade bait…Someone from the roster, draft picks and Ice Hogs.
But it won't be easy…
The for sale sign is going up in NJ and other places but…
Do the Hawks have enough trade bait to be able to improve themselves?
I'm not so sure unless Bowman parts with someone he probably would rather not want to trade.
I don't think he can wait very much longer and he doesn't have much cap room.
Tough spot.
Unless someone waives their NMC's, there's not a lot of cap clearing trade options. Kopy and Brouwer might be around $1MM, but their likely replacements from Rockford are in the $850k range anyway.
You basically have Hammer, Seabrook, Hossa, Sharp and Bolland to move to add real salary.
Turco's probably happy he got his NMC …
When there is a replacement from within the organization then it makes sense to deal Hammer.
Everyone you mentioned can't be replaced by anyone they can acquire who would be better…
So a Hammer for a 2nd line center could happen this summer…If Olsen or Leddy is ready.
Otherwise trading any of those mentioned…NMC or not…would be basically to dump salary and not helping them improve for this season.
Could a Dowell/Smith/Klinkhammer type line work? I know none of them can score but in terms of being defensively responsible and being able to play on the PK would that be a better 4th line option?
Is Dowell injured?
When do you expect Morin back in the line up? And whose spot can/will he take?
It isn't like the Hawks aren't scoring… They are just letting in wayyyyyyyyy to many goals. Like on the PK, what is so different?
Could a Dowell/Smith/Klinkhammer type line work?
No…Now the Hawks use…
Bolland-Pisani- Sharp- Dowell
Is Smith or Klikhammer going to be any better?
No… you are right, probably more of the same with a lower ceiling
Does the math on the Langenbrunner thing work if they carry 2 less players (3 healthy scratches seems a bit much with Rockford so close)
Move either a Kopecky or Brouwer and toss Skille in there somewhere?
That could create close to 2mil? Maybe kind of tight.
NJ really doesn't have any room for a "player" and we have a plethora of desirable prospects and draft picks…
Good read Dave, I thought what Steve Konroyd said last night about the Hawks not playing confident and Troy Murray saying that they're not playing a full 60 minutes is so true. There is no reason why this team can't be better than at least 10 teams in the west, Talent wise Hawks are top 5 but the heart and determination is right were they belong in the standings. I may be wrong but its just the way it seems to me.
Vito, thanks> as you know, Steve Konroyd and Troy Murray tell it like it is…the real problem isn't that the guys don't have the ability, it's the mental lapses.
Lapses that keep recurring.
It's like the guy who works for you, and you ask if he understands what he needs to do…he says "Yeah" and then makes the same mistakes over and over again, and yet, never often enough that you can say with certainty, that he's not competent.
So it is with some of these players: some nights, you say, they've got it, other nights, they're nowhere, or making hare-brained mistakes or lazy plays, you name it.
That's what is so infuriating for fans…imagine how infuriating it must be for Q and the coaches.
The teams that are winning are playing fundamentally sound hockey, and some, like PIT and PHI, are playing with a real edge. But even *those* guys have to be reminded to stay on task.
The Hawks don't have the depth, so if their middle of the roster guys don't play 110% every night, they lose close games.
Star players are generally risk takers, and they have the talent to compensate…look at what Toews did after taking the penalty in LA the other night: the Captain goes out and scores a goal.
Middle-level guys can't do that, and the middle-level guys in CHI right now aren't getting it done.
As for Al, Shreuw and Rock's trade suggestions, they are all correct in that the options are truly limited unless Stan gets lucky and finds a dance partner.
I think Leddy, Morin and Olsen will all get an audition before the trade deadline, and I believe Bowman will work very hard to find that 'missing piece'. But I am not optimistic in that respect.
The good news is, IF the Hawks pull themselves together, their chances of making the playoffs in such a tight pack are as good as anyone's.
PS The Daily Herald's Tim Sassone said today he thinks Bowman should make a pitch for Jamie Langenbrunner. At a $2.8M cap hit, I don't see how that's possible, but Sassone is right when he says Langenbrunner is the *type* of player the Hawks could use.
With the Senators coming to Chicago, I would like to see Bowman get young centerman Peter Regin (Al would like d-man Matt Carkner)…IF Bryan Murray is ready to deal. But being here in Ottawa, watching that team for the last few years as I have, Bryan Murray's logic when making trades still escapes me.
Melnyk, Murray, Clouston appear to be on very different pages as the Sens come to town. Additionally, Murray seems to be in a tailspin about his standing with Melnyk.
In short, the Sens seem combustible at the moment. If I am Bowman I am all over Murray to see if he will make a move to buy himself more time.
I brought up the idea of Campbell for Spezza some time ago in one of Al's blogs.
I still like it with a few additions.
Campbell (7.1m), Brouwer (1.02m), Bickell (0.55)and Hendry (0.6m) for
Spezza (7.0m), Regin (1.0m) and Carkner (0.7m)
#1 Centers are harder to find than #3 d-men. However, on the Hawks Spezza would be #2 which might do him some good.
Regin adds some much needed depth at center and would allow Sharp to play wing. Between Bolland, Regin, Dowell, Johnson, Pirri they have to be able to find a third and fourth line center combo.
Between Leddy, Olson, Lalonde, Connelly, Vish they should be able to replace Campbell in part if not totally. If the Hawks have prospect depth it's at D.
Stan would have to spell it out for Bryan for sure. He has not shown to be a very skilled or creative deal maker.
Both teams need to do something and the money can match up.
I assume Campbell has a no trade but getting close to home has been a priority for him according to some. Ottawa is closer to Strathroy than Chicago is.
HN> the Campbell for Spezza idea has been floating around for some time…as Soupy has an NTC I really don't see him agreeing to move to Ottawa, basically because the Senators organization is a complete mess.
For the Hawks, giving up Campbell and taking on Spezza, an admittedly talented player, but whose brain cramps make Jack Skille look like Rocket Richard, is something I don't think you as a Blackhawk fan would want to see.
I like Regin, I like Carkner, because their value is simple, and measurable. Let's see if Bryan Murray is a seller.
I can understand ur logic but I doubt Campbell would ok a trade there….
Actually it will be tough to get him to ok a trade to any team.
PS footnote to my earlier comment to HockeyNut:
A few years back, before the Senators signed Spezza to that ridiculously overpriced contract, there was a rumor re: Tallon sending Khabibulin to OTT for JaySpez, which actually could have worked out for both clubs.
Since that time, some questionable coaching and a number of injuries have reduced Spezza's overall effectiveness. That said, on a good team, who knows…
My view of Regin when I first saw him play in OTT was that he had all of Spezza's basic skill with none of the bad habits. But Clouston has completely mismanaged him, which is why I would like to see Regin in CHI, where he COULD become a #2 centerman.
Admittedly, the two keys to a potential deal are Campbell's willingness to be traded and Murray's ability to get out of his own way if it made sense for both sides.
Nobody will answer the door if you don't knock.
Hockeynut>agreed…one just has to know if there is a door, and if it is indeed willing to open…
Bryan Murray's history of trades during his tenure as GM has included acquiring players like Corey Stillman, Mike Commodore, Mike Comrie, Jonathan Cheechoo, Mark Cullen and Andy Sutton, all of whom are now somewhere else.
So, if history tells us something, a trade of any magnitude w/Ottawa would be unusual.
However, Henry Ford did say 'history is bunk'.
I don't know if you remember the Phil Esposito-Ken Hodge-Fred Stanfield for Gilles Marotte-Pit Martin-Jack Norris trade. Those were the days of *real* trades. ;-)
Very nice article. Although for my own selfish purposes I substituted the Kinks "State of Confusion" because…well..I like the Kinks.
This is what I've kind of been wanting to see from Stan this year. I thought he did a pretty good job at making money driven trades. But can he make a "Brandon Buchenski for Kris Versteeg." like talent driven deal. I don't know much about Peter Regin or Matt Carkner ( He's nothing like ex-flyer and Ranger Terry Carker is he?) but I won't judge until a deal is actually made. How about Tuommo's brother/ There's your jam…
I see the Brian Campbell traders are out again. Sigh…It must be a midwest thing this not getting over what a person makes. Would it help if I pointed out that Campbell has been our best d-man this year by a country mile? That he's on pace for a +30, Lidstrom territory, despite missing a significant amount of time? That he's turned Hjalmersson's season around? That the Hawks are 6-0-0 in the six games he's led in TOI? That according to Behind The Net he's been not only the best defenseman but the teams all around best player? No? Still want to trade him because of some antiquated view as to what a defenseman should do and what he shouldn't do? C'est la vie.
Anyway keep up the great work. Look forward to reading.
Adam> thanks for your compliment and your comment…I understand why Brian Campbell is the centerpiece of trade scenarios. He is, after all, the most expensive player on the roster. But as you underline, he is also a key man in CHI's core group, whose presence clearly drives the Hawks' attack, and as he has shown, is a solid defender.
Given the state of business in the NHL right now, I would be very surprised if any team, that Brian Campbell would be ready to go to (for one thing, Campbell seems pretty happy as a Hawk), would be ready to acquire Brian Campbell. But strange things happen in the minds of team owners and GMs.
No one would have thought Kovalchuk would be a Devil and that Heatley would be a Shark…so it goes to show, as the great screenwriter William Goldman once said about Hollywood, that "no one knows anything."
So, if we really wanted to speculate, we could ask, "Soupy for Kovalchuk?" Which, all things being equal, might not be a bad deal for both teams.
yeah it would.
Adam> surely you know I jest ;-)


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EEC150B - Introduction To Signals And Systems II
4 units - Fall Quarter
Lecture: 3 hours
Discussion: 1 hour
Prerequisite: EEC150A
Grading: Letter
Catalog Description: Characterization and analysis of discrete time systems. Difference equation models. Z-transform analysis methods. Discrete and fast Fourier transforms. Introduction to digital filter design.
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Students who have successfully completed this course should have achieved:
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- Discrete Signals and Systems
- Discrete signals, system classification
- Difference equations
- Impulse response and convolution
- Frequency response, discrete-time Fourier transform
- The Z-Transform
- Definition, region of convergence
- Properties and examples of the Z-transform
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- The Discrete and Fast Fourier Transforms
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The Return of COINTELPRO: Government Infiltration of Activist GroupsWednesday, August 12, 2009 at 10:15 am by Max Solie
Surveillance of First Amendment protected speech and political activism unfortunately boasts a long and sordid history in the United States, well before its recent continuation under the Obama administration. Such surveillance and infiltration deeply threatens constitutional rights and should raise alarms, especially given its reflection of systemic problems, rather than isolated abuses by particular over-zealous law enforcement officials.
BORDC will soon release the Human Rights Abuse Database (HRAD), capturing these and other infringements of civil rights and liberties by counterterrorism authorities. This post collects just a few of the many stories documenting unconstitutional government invasion of First Amendment protected activity.
Read a brief history of FBI surveillance of activist groups during the "war on terror" after the jump.
Infiltration of activist groups was predictable based on Bush-era policies. Soon after the 9/11 attacks, then-Attorney General John Ashcroft authorized the FBI to dramatically expand its domestic surveillance activities, before further expanding its authority in 2003. Ostensibly crafted to enhance counterterrorism efforts, the resulting surveillance came to serve political purposes as it was routinely directed against activist groups and individuals expressing opposition to the Bush administration.
Many law enforcement agencies engaged in surveillance of activist groups. In some cases, local or state police monitored lawful activity, while in others FBI agents acted through a Joint Terrorism Task Force. In some cases, even military personnel appear to have been involved.
Surveillance itself took a variety of forms: government agents have
- monitored activist websites,
- sent agents to monitor and record the identities of individuals attending lawful rallies and demonstrations,
- conducted interrogations of group members or people who attended events,
- compiled databases of names, organizations, and activities, and
- posed undercover as members of groups pursuing lawful activities in order to gain inside information on the groups' activities.
At a time when the specter of genuine terrorism loomed large in our nation's priorities, federal and local law enforcement agencies squandered time and resources conducting unconstitutional surveillance of peaceful activist groups. According to government documents, surveillance under the guise of counterterrorism violated the rights of individuals in as many as 150 organizations, including Greenpeace, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), various Muslim charities, and a Catholic Workers Group that fights poverty. The government conducted this surveillance without any evidence of criminal activity.
Unfortunately, the exact scope of the FBI's domestic surveillance of activist groups remains unclear. Though the FBI has released thousands of pages detailing anti-dissident surveillance, these have been heavily redacted, in many cases with only the names of particular groups or organizations visible. But the picture painted by the released documents is one of broad abuse by the FBI and other law enforcement agencies, which have targeted peaceful groups for political purposes. The "war on terror" has, in effect, criminalized dissent.
FBI uses "source" to spy on Greenpeace. Since at least 2002, Greenpeace had been the subject of surveillance and intelligence gathering by the FBI. Highly redacted FBI documents reveal the use of a "source" within the organization from whom government agents collected information about peaceful protest activities.
Antiwar group Peace Fresno was infiltrated by the FBI for two years. Aaron Kilner, the Joint Terrorism Task Force agent who spied on the group's regular meetings, was killed in a motorcycle accident in 2003, and his obituary photo alerted Peace Fresno group members to his true identity as a government agent who had infiltrated their meetings. Fresno County Sheriff Richard Pierce admitted in March 2006 that he had placed an agent in the peace group to gather information. However, under a deal reached with the state attorney general, no information from that investigation will be released.
JTTF and antiwar protestors in Iowa. The Drake University chapter of the National Lawyer's Guild (NLG) came under suspicion after it organized a November 2003 campus anti-war protest and helped prepare a peaceful demonstration at the Iowa National Guard Headquarters. In February 2004, the U.S. Attorney subpoenaed the university president and four people who attended the event and issued a gag order. A local sheriff's deputy, identifying himself as a member of the Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF), served the subpoenas. After the NLG filed a motion to quash the subpoenas, the FBI withdrew the subpoenas and dropped the case.
Two local police officers in Oakland infiltrate an anti-war group. In 2003, two officers infiltrated an anti-war protest group in order to spy on the group's activities and influence its actions. The two officers were even elected as leaders of the group.
New York City police and the 2004 Republican National Convention. In 2004, the New York City Police Department spied on activist groups throughout the country and co-opted other police agencies for information on peace activists planning protests at the Republican National Convention. FBI agents visited many of these activists prior to the convention and discouraged them from attending.
PETA audited, members interrogated. An ACLU Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request elicited a heavily redacted document from the Department of Justice, which revealed that People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) was under surveillance because it was suspected of ties to the Animal Liberation Front. The suspicions were unfounded. PETA was audited twice and its members were interrogated, often for hours.
Undercover police spy on peace activists in Maryland. Over a 14-month period between 2005 and 2006, undercover state police "repeatedly spied on peace activists and anti-death penalty groups […] and entered the names of some in a law-enforcement database of people thought to be terrorists or drug traffickers." This was done despite any evidence of criminal activities, according to records made public in 2008.
Pentagon shuts down TALON database. The Pentagon's Threat and Local Observation Notice (TALON) system, begun in 2003, was meant to collect domestic intelligence on threats to military members and families. However, the TALON database soon became filled with reports of peaceful antiwar protests and tourists snapping photos of bridges. In 2007, Undersecretary of Defense James R. Clapper, Jr., stated that the Pentagon "has assessed the results of the TALON program and does not believe they merit continuing the program as currently constituted, particularly in light of its image in Congress and the media."
FBI infiltrates Iowa City activist group. In 2008, the FBI infiltrated an activist group in Iowa City and observed law-abiding individuals, collecting detailed information, including what cars they drove and where they worked.
Civilian Army contractor infiltrates Seattle peace group. For two years, a criminal intelligence analyst with the US Army, using a false name, infiltrated and reported on the activities of the Olympia-based anti-war group, Port Militarization Resistance. His identity was accidently discovered after a public records request to the city of Olympia. An investigation into the matter is ongoing.
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"I feel great, Spence. That's why I'm lying here in a hospital bed," my voice was dripping with sarcasm, "dude, I feel like shit."
Spencer was unfazed by my attitude. He was just amazing like that. He never complained when I got bitchy, which was whenever I wasn't bouncing off the walls from Red Bull.
It wasn't my fault... okay, maybe it was sort of my fault. How was I supposed to know that Ryan was doing what he did? I guess I overreacted a little bit... okay I overreacted a lot, but I'm just an emotional guy.
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I looked over at the next hospital bed. Ryan was sleeping peacefully. He resembled an angel somewhat, but the thin scars that ran down his skinny arms were fresh and clearly visible. I looked away, the scars made me sick. The fact that I witnessed when they were open made me feel even more ill.
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What would happen if Pikachu was BUFF? Watch him join the quest to find the Weapon of PWNage! This is an ongoing series.
It's my first foray into sprite animation - had some difficulty.. but I do think it gets better around Episode 4 to 5. Feedback is always appreciated.
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Rated 3.5 / 5 stars July 22, 2012
I'm sure there is something funny in development, but there was only one real highlight from this bit buddy.
Yeah it took a while for it to get funny, I was trying to focus on story first and was a bit new on this. The new ones are out on the youtube if you wantt o see them all the way - youtube.com / nosemilk . I can only upload 2 at a time per day on newgrounds, and since I have a lot of older stuff I need to post It will be a few weeks before everythings uploaded.
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Painting Doors and Frames Different Colours
Since seeing the photo on the left over the weekend and reading about how to easily update you home by painting the windows, we've been pondering the idea of painting our doors a contrasting colour to the door frame. Is this a look we can achieve on a basic door and frame or do we need more interesting details to be effective? Let us know your advice and opinions after the jump.
What got us thinking about this is we're sick of how often we have to clean our white doors and think there must be a better way to spend our time. Our main concern with painting with contrasting colours is that our doors might not be interesting enough to pull off this look- plain door and the door frame is a basic, narrow trim. We think that the balance would be all skewed with a slim moulding and bold door. We'd consider installing a wider moulding but in 3 places in our home the current door frames are almost touching so a larger frame is out of the question. So what do you think our options are? Should we be thinking of another way to highlight our doors rather than contrasting paint, maybe something similar to what Leah did? Let us know your suggestions and any doors that you think look fantastic.
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After reading the top part of the post, I was going to say 'go for it!' But upon reflection, maybe not. I think that you're right - you need either an interesting door and/or door frame to pull this off. Even what Leah did is pushing it for me. The plainness of the door is almost accentuated by bringing so much attention to it.
How about this though? I've also got a plain door I want to do something with, and I was planning to buy molding and create raised panels on my door. My plan was to wallpaper within the newly made panels, but I could see myself painting it a bold colour, too.
OK! I'm so happy for this post.
I have a bedroom door with molding...enough to inlay with beveled mirrors (3 even squares).
I intend to paint the door but, my question is can I paint each side of the door a different color?
- Black painted door with beveled mirrors for mom's "Hollywood Glamor" room side.
- Color 2 with mirror for hallway side?
Someone smarter than me please advise!
To Jalapeno: Of course you can! Especially if it's your house. Keep in mind that, if your bedroom door is usually open (opened into the bedroom), the hallway color is going to spend a lot of time in your bedroom. A rule of thumb that I must have read years ago and still follow: The edge of the door (the edge between the front and back of the door; the edge that hits the doorjamb) is usually the same color as the side of the door that opens into the room, if that makes sense. Whoever made up that rule must've been thinking of a door that's painted two different colors, no?
Nobody does this better than interior designer, John Willey!
I'm getting ready to do this myself. Just painted a first floor hallway a nice warm gray, woodwork a creamy white (7 doorways, 5 doors). At the end of the hall is the linen closet door, which I'm going to paint either a red or a chartreuse (BM Caliente or Wasabi) for a little funk.
There is nothing I love more than a high gloss, almost lacquered painted doorframe. Deep navy or fire engine red are my faves!
Just did this to the bathroom door. Apparently I have bad feng shui - my bathroom door faces my entry door, so all my money chi comes in the front door and goes straight down the toilet. ;) The feng shui solution, apparently, is to paint the bathroom door red, hang a mirror on it, and keep it closed.
Since it's a very long-looking hallway, and I don't want people seeing the loo as soon as they walk in, the feng shui solution actually turned out to be a good decorating solution. I like it so much, I'm going to do something different with the 2 bedroom doors, too! (Maybe one plaid and one polka-dotted....? Heh.)


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Zoroark is a Dark-Type Pokémon with 100 HP which is average for a Stage 1 Pokémon. It has a double weakness to Fighting-Types so you have to be careful against Don Champ decks. One Earthquake from Donphan Prime will take Zoroark out instantly. This Pokémon also has a resistance to Psychic-Types, which is a big bonus.
Zoroark has two attacks, which is normal for most Pokémon. Its first attack is called Nasty Plot. This attack requires 1 Dark Energy and it allows you to search any card you want. This attack is good because it will give you anything you want, whether it is a bench Pokémon, energy, or trainer card. The bad thing about this attack is that it deals no damage at all. Zoroark's second attack is called Foul Play. This attack is nasty as you can use any attack of the defending Pokémon without having to play the cost for their move. All you need is a Double Colourless Energy as this attack only requires 2 colourless energy. Since you don't need a specific energy, it allows Zoroark to be used in any deck.
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