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TWO bungling hitmen who killed an innocent teenager after going to the wrong address faced life sentences today.
Contract killers Ben Hope and Jason Richards murdered 17-year-old A-level student Aamir Saddiqi in the hallway of his family home.
The drugged-up pair howled throughout the attack as they plunged knives into his neck and chest.
Aamir's frantic father Iqbal, 68, and mother Parveen, 55, were also stabbed as they came to his aid and tried to fight off the masked assassins.
Hope, 39, and Richards, 38, had been hired for £1,000 each to carry out a revenge attack on another man.
But they mixed up their instructions and ended up at Aamir's neat end-of-row family home in Cardiff – almost 100 yards from their intended target.
Heroin addict Ben Hope in particular was described as clueless and went about the murder plot with "staggering incompetence", according to the prosecution at Swansea crown court.
He and fellow junkie Richards, who met in prison, were well known figures in Cardiff's underworld.
They were hired for the hit by a crooked businessman who cannot be named for legal reasons.
He even took his children along when he met the killers to make the encounter appear less suspicious.
The real target was a family man who had been living in fear after a simple plan to sell his home to the shady businessman turned into a nightmare that involved laundering drug money.
At one point he is said to have moved into a secret "safe house" on police advice.
But he later returned to an address in the Roath area of Cardiff – unaware there was a price on his head.
Following the botched killing on April 11, 2010, Hope went on a spending spree, the court heard.
He began by buying new trainers at a Cardiff store with money from an envelope crammed with cash.
He then paid around £700 for a laptop, telling the salesman his name was Smith.
But within days he had pawned the laptop for a fraction of its true value to pay for drugs to feed his addiction.
Prosecutor Patrick Harrington QC said: "It's a chilling thought that in this city there are two men who murdered for the price of a pair of training shoes and a laptop computer."
Richards was described as a career criminal who made a living from peddling hard drugs.
He had a string of convictions for robbery, blackmail and grievous bodily harm and had spent most of his adult life in and out of prison.
Speaking after the trial, Aamir's father told how he was still struggling to come to terms with his son's death.
He admitted: "Life has become very empty and somewhat meaningless. Aamir was everything in my life."
Speaking about the guilty verdicts on Hope and Richards, Iqbal – who almost lost his own life trying to defend his son – added: "They will be sentenced very heavily, and that is what they deserve.
"We feel justice has been done. We do not want revenge, but when someone has done something so bad they should be punished."
His wife Parveen said: "Life changed when the doorbell rang and Aamir opened the door. It took seconds. We didn't even get the chance to wonder what had happened."
Aamir's heartbroken sister Umbareen today told how the family had been devastated by her brother's death.
She said: "He was a beautiful person with a wonderfully bright future.
"If he was still with us he would be looking forward to turning 21 this year and completing his law degree.
"He was the heartbeat of our family but his warmth, love, affection and humour touched many many more people.
"We are pleased today that justice has been done and we can finally start to deal with the reality of losing Aamir."
Hope, of Roath, Cardiff, and Richards, of nearby Cathays, both denied murder, blaming each other for the fatal stabbing, but were found guilty following a three-month trial.
They were also found guilty of attempting to murder Aamir's parents.
The pair are due to be sentenced next Friday, but have already been told they each face a life sentence.
Inspector Paul Hurley, who led the investigation into Aamir's killing, said it had been "one of the worst and most complex cases" he had worked on during his 27-year career.
He added: "We had to sift through more than eight and a half years worth of CCTV.
"We also had to examine tens of thousands of pieces of phone data and trace a significant amount of witnesses."
He praised members of Aamir's family for their help in what were "incredibly distressing circumstances".
He added: "It was their strength and community support that has helped them get through this ordeal."
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Published: Friday, December 14, 2007 at 6:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, December 13, 2007 at 11:00 p.m.
To understand the uniqueness of south Louisiana, you need not look any further than the annual Ala "On the" Bayou Terrebonne Christmas parade.
The yearly event begins at dusk Dec. 15 on Bayou Terrebonne at the Bourg Fire Station, 4402 La. 24, and continues down the bayou to a spot near the Dumas Cemetery in Montegut.
Instead of floats, the parade, organized by and comprised of volunteers from the community, usually includes 15 to 20 houseboats, shrimp boats and recreational boats decorated for the holidays.
Jay Adams, one of the parade founders, said the event began in 1992 with two boats.
"It was myself and two other men who decided to do it," he said. "We took a small tug boat and another boat up and down the bayou. We decorated them with lights. From there, I set out to organize it better. The next year we had something like 20 boats who participated in it."
According to parade spokesperson, Mark Belanger, the event always takes place the third Saturday each December.
"Theres really no strict structure behind it," Belanger said. "Anyone who wants to participate in this parade can. We gather right around dark and go from there."
Belanger said the only special thing they do is pick a Santa or lead boat prior to the parade.
"All the participants names are put in a hat and we select someone from that," he said. "Whoever is chosen has the choice to be the Santa boat."
Belanger explained that whoever captains the Santa boat dresses as Mr. Claus and has the option to be accompanied by a Mrs. Claus. Belanger encourages everyone to line both banks of Bayou Terrebonne to view the parade and wave to Santa as he and the rest of the boats pass by.
"When we started it we thought it (Bayou Terrebonne) would be a perfect spot because its narrower than Bayou Lafourche," Adams said. "All the yards are adjacent to the bayou so it makes a perfect place to view the boats as they travel up and down the bayou."
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text: On 8/18/07, Pascal Costanza <pc@...> wrote: I think there mainly two ways to approach sealing: a) From the point of view of "what promises do I need to make to get efficient code"? Looking at things this way, you want to commit to as little restrictions as possible (to retain development flexibilty), as long as they are sufficient to allow the desired efficiencies. b) From the point of view of "I'm doing something tricky here, and additional restrictions make it easier". In this case you want to be as restrictive as possible as long as those restrictions serve your needs. I there some sort of consensus on these points? I'm currently looking at sealing from the first point, though I have no quarrel with the second as a desire. >From that POV, I currently find the following things most promising * Sealing direct slot locations, types, and boundpness selectively. Sealing direct slots because when you seal effective slots you restrict features of the superclass: it cannot suddenly lose those slots anymore. Sealing selectively, so that when you are working on the system you can add slots to an already sealed class, and remove them again as long as you don't seal them in between. Sealing slot features, as they help making various slot accessors fast. (Though I've discovered that the permutation vector system PCL uses for slot-accesses inside method bodies is hard to beat with a decent margin!) * Sealing either subclass or superclass inheritance while allowing adding new classes to the heterarchy. Sealing subclass inheritance when you also seal the slots allows all method specializing on the subclasses to benefit from sealed slot features. There is no need to prohibit adding new classes to get the benefit. (This has proven quite convenient so far.) Sealing superclass inheritance when you subclass a class that has sealed slot features -- but where for one reason or another sealing subclass inheritance of the superclass is not appropriate -- allows you the again get the same benefits for the inherited slots. (I _think_ this is a reasonable want, but I freely admit I don't have horribly realistic use cases for this.) * Sealing generic functions in different ways (I have not spent much time on thinking about this yet.) I cannot stress the value of being able to still modify the class hierarchy in various way too much: otherwise you cannot seal things at all for normal development, and your performance measurements will not be correct. > (1) I may want to say that a particular class should not be redefined > anymore. > > (2) I may want to say that a particular class and all its current subclasses > should not be redefined anymore. [Can easily be expressed if we have (1).] > > (3) I may want to say that the class hierarchy from a certain class > downwards is closed - i.e., it should not be allowed to add more subclasses > to that subtree. All sound reasonable to me, but I'm not seeing huge optimization benefits from them. Being able to infer that X holds true for all subclasses of C is quite valuable. Knowing the full set of subclasses, or _all_ aspects of C seems less useful. Contrariwise, these are not sufficient guarantees to make faster slot accesses possible: ideally (defmethod foo ((bar bar)) (setf (slot-value bar 'x) (slot-value bar 'y))) can compile into something like (setf (svref #:slots 0) (svref #:slots 1)) but this is possible only with stronger guarantees -- but doesn't require locking _everything_ down -- just having a way to ensure that all subclasses of BAR have X at location 0, and Y at location 1, and being able to know this when the method is compiled. Am I missing something here? > While we're at it: > > (4) I may want to say that a particular generic function should not be > redefined anymore (methods should not be added or removed). > > (5) I may want to say that the set of specializers covered by a particular > generic function is complete (methods may be redefined, but methods for new > specializers shouldn't be acceptable anymore). Definitely! > I think these are the kinds of things one may want to say because they are > semantically meaningful, and at the same time, they should allow > implementors to create more efficient code. I'm there with you on 4 and 5, but as said I'm not sure 1-3 give the kind of guarantees some optimizations require, and I also find them overly restrictive when considering working with code that uses sealing. > Dylan seems to have something like (3) and (4), and maybe (5) (but I don't > completely understand the Dylan specification in that regard). Actually, Dylan has one _very_ interesting feature: primary classes. You are only allowed to inherit from a single primary class -- basically the same restriction that I need to impose when sealing slot locations. Doing things what way would certainly lead to a simpler interface, but the behavior wrt. redefinitions (which I want, as long as they are congruent) might get tricky. > What's important, I think, is that the interface for sealing should be > simple enough that the effects are easily predictable and should avoid > potential hard-to-find bugs. I am not convinced that Nikodemus's suggestion > is simple enough in that regard. I sort of hoping this is due to my awful prose... I've appended the cleaned up version of the SEAL-DIRECT-SLOTS docstring at the end of this email -- it's even longer but the language is hopefully better. > Tiny CLOS (both the Scheme and the Common Lisp versions) has a different > instance structure protocol. I think it should be possible to integrate that > new protocol with CLOS without violating the CLOS MOP (but I am not 100% > sure), and get some improved efficiency out of it. It seems to me that parts > of Nikodemus's suggestion goes in the same direction. Thanks for the TinyCLOS pointer. I'll read up on it. > With the current CLOS MOP, sparse instances should be possible: Just add > more slots in compute-slots with gensymmed names. Or am I missing something? Yes and no. Certainly doable that way, but not really sparse, in the sense that those gensym-named slots are there, and if you ask the class for it's slots you can get at those gensyms and therefore at the slots. Cheers, -- Nikodemus Appendix: SEAL-SLOT-VALUES, take 2: "Ensures that locations of the direct instance allocated slots identified by SLOT-NAMES are sealed in CLASS, ensuring that all effective slot definitions with these names in all subclasses of CLASS have the same slot location. SLOT-NAMES must either be a list of symbols naming direct instance allocated slots of CLASS, or the symbol T (the default) to indicate that all current direct instance allocated slots should have their locations sealed. Returns immediately without doing anything else if all indicated direct slots already have their slot locations sealed. Otherwise: * Signals an error if any subclass of CLASS has a non-instance allocated slot with a name matching any of the names indicated by SLOT-NAMES. * Signals an error if any subclass of CLASS has sealed direct slot locations, or has superclasses with sealed direct slot locations, unless those superclasses with sealed slot locations are also superclasses of CLASS. * Causes future redefinitions of CLASS to signal an error if they would remove any of the direct slots of CLASS whose locations have been sealed. * Causes future class definitions and redefinitions to signal an error if they would specify non-instance allocation for a slot whose name is indicated in SLOT-NAMES in either CLASS or any of its subclasses. * Causes future class definitions and redefinitions to signal an error if they would cause either CLASS or any subclass of CLASS to gain a superclass with sealed slot direct locations, unless that class is already a superclass of CLASS. * Causes the specified primary method on COMPUTE-SLOTS to sort it's results in a way that preserves the sealed locations. Results are undefined if there is a non-specified COMPUTE-SLOTS method that is applicable to CLASS that does not call the specified primary method and retain the order of the slots it produces. Results are undefined if the is a non-specified COMPUTE-CLASS-PRECEDENCE-LIST method that is applicable to CLASS that returns a list that is not set equal with the list the specified primary method would have returned."


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SHANGHAI—-Faint signs of warming have emerged in China's property market as the extended fall in prices began to moderate in May, a key survey showed Friday.
Average housing prices in 100 major Chinese cities fell by a slower pace on a month-to-month basis in May, slipping 0.31% from April when they were down 0.34% from March, according to the China Real Estate Index System, a private data provider.
It was the first instance of a narrower decline, after four months of accelerating losses, and likely reflected policy easing at the margins of the property market by Beijing and local governments in an effort to reverse slowing economic growth.
The data, compiled from a survey of property developers and real-estate agencies, followed a report by another provider on Wednesday that showed transactions were up in some major cities in late May.
However, housing prices in 100 major Chinese cities were lower year-to-year for the second straight month in May.
"While prices will continue to fall on a year-on-year basis, you can see some signs of stabilizing on a sequential basis," said Kris Li, a property analyst from Shenyin Wanguo Research and Consulting. "Developers are not expanding their price cuts and are testing the market with smaller discounts."
Average property prices have been declining steadily as a result of more than two years of market tightening measures—such as limits on home purchases and tighter credits for developers—aimed at keep prices from spiraling out of control.
But Beijing said in February that financial institutions should support demand from first-time home buyers, and it allowed banks to offer discounts on mortgage rates.
The central government also said it would reform its local residency system, and that has enabled local governments to offer easier residency rules for out-of-town buyers.
While the central government is likely to maintain its limits on home purchases, investors have been watching closely for other signs it may be relaxing its grip on the market.
The China Real Estate Index System said its survey of property developers and real-estate agencies showed the average home price in May fell to 8,684 yuan ($1,363) a square meter, down 1.53% from a year earlier. That's a bigger drop than April's 0.71% decline. On a sequential basis, average home prices continued to be lower for the ninth straight month.
China Real Estate Index System, which compiles the data together with online real-estate brokerage firm SouFun Holdings Ltd., said property prices in 73 cities fell in May compared with the previous month, while 26 cities showed a rise. The remaining city had no change.
On Wednesday, figures from data provider China Real Estate Information Corporation showed that in terms of floor area, housing sales in the final week of May rose 39.6% from a week earlier to 107,200 square meters in Shenzhen, and 27.1% over the previous week to 185,400 square meters in Shanghai.
"Transactions have bottomed out but I don't think that means prices will go back up," said Michael Klibaner, head of research for China at Jones Lang LaSalle. "Developers will still have difficulties in regaining pricing power because of the high inventory levels."
At a center for registering real estate transactions in Shanghai's Xuhui district, staff said that there has been a pickup in the number of applications for property deeds from homebuyers in recent weeks.
"While there have been more occasions when there is standing room only, there are still some periods when it's slow," said a counter staff who gave her surname as Wang.
Market expectations have been rising for some form of policy easing measures, such as letting financial firms offer preferential mortgage and down payment rates, though limits on home purchases are likely to remain in effect for some time.
Beijing has shown some tolerance for fine-tuning measures by local governments that don't directly contravene its tightening stance but it is struggling to balance growth and high property prices. Too much tightening might lead to a hard landing, but easing policy curbs too soon could send prices surging again and undermine government credibility.
Last month the housing ministry endorsed a plan by the eastern Chinese city of Yangzhou to provide subsidies of between 0.4% to 0.6% for purchases of newly built homes with finished interiors.


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Revenge is the prime ingredient in the fountain of youth. I've kept myself alive for hundreds of years with a steady diet of jealousy and hate, awaiting the day when I would finally eclipse your family's thieving reputation.
Clockwerk (stylized as CLOCKWeЯK) was the leader of the Fiendish Five and the arch-nemesis of the Cooper Clan. He was consumed by jealousy for the Cooper Clan's reputation as thieves and hated them to such a degree that he replaced his mortal body with soulless machinery just to keep up with them through time. He was eventually killed by Sly Cooper, though his legacy continued to haunt the Cooper Gang to the present day.
Clockwerk is considered by many to be the main villain of the Sly Cooper series, and is the only villain to be referenced in all four games. He will appear as the main antagonist in the upcoming Sly Cooper film.[2]
He was voiced by Ross Douglas.
For almost all of his life, Clockwerk hunted the Coopers, the latter of whom were always one step ahead of him. After Sly's birth, he founded the Fiendish Five and lead them in an attack on the currently living Coopers. Responsible for the murder of Conner Cooper and the theft of the Thievius Raccoonus, which contained all the family's thieving secrets, Clockwerk and the rest of the Fiendish Five returned to their own personal endeavors with their own pages of the Coopers' legacy.[3]
Enough, Sly Cooper! It ends here. I'll finish you like I finished your father. Then the Cooper line will be erased and the only master thief will be Clockwerk!
When Sly gathered his own gang and began to target the members of the Fiendish Five, Clockwerk was a mysterious, aggressive, and widely unknown member who was referred to only as "the fifth" or "final member of the Fiendish Five" by Bentley and Sly, and he never convened directly with his cohorts; instead, he provided hi-tech hardware (including two hovercraft Sly commandeered that Bentley identified to have a notably unique alloy).[4]
After Sly began reviewing the pages he gathered from the Thievius Raccoonus, he began to notice an odd, silhouetted bird in the background of pictures featuring his ancestors and connected them with the vague reports on the appearance of Clockwerk. Curious about what this could mean, Sly was on his way to the Krack-Karov Volcano for his confrontation with the fifth member of the Fiendish Five.[5]
Based in the volcano, Clockwerk had developed a giant Death Ray for unknown reasons and used it to attempt to destroy the Cooper Gang as they tried to enter his headquarters. Sly, Bentley, and Murray were able to pass through unharmed from the deadly weapon and continue through the facility despite Clockwerk also sending swarms of Robo-Falcons and Fire Slugs after them.[6]
Devising another trap, Clockwerk had already captured Carmelita Fox and used her as bait to lure Sly into his gas chamber where he planned to finish him off with the toxic gas. It was at this time that Clockwerk revealed himself through a televised screen and mocked the Cooper Clan for letting their emotions get the better of them.[7] However, Bentley hacked into Clockwerk's security system and managed to release both Sly and Carmelita from the gas chamber.[8] The two made a truce and planned to take down Clockwerk with Sly planning to use Carmelita's jetpack to assault him from the sky.[9] In their advance, they destroyed Clockwerk's Death Ray and Sly retrieved the jetpack, using it as he finally confronted Clockwerk, face to face.[10]
The two exchanged a few words, and Sly learned of Clockwerk's past; replacing his entire body to outlive and annihilate the Cooper clan in an attempt to eclipse their legendary thieving reputation. They engaged in battle in the air with Sly receiving support from Carmelita; eventually, the pair defeated him and Clockwerk plummeted into the molten lava of the volcano. He then rose up again, albeit damaged, and desired to finish off the raccoon. Sly questioned how Clockwerk could have been ignorant that Conner Cooper had a son and wondered why Clockwerk didn't kill him after he murdered his family. To this, Clockwerk revealed he left the young Sly alive to prove a point: without the prized book which detailed all of the Cooper Clan's skills and history, a member of the Cooper line was nothing. Sly only replied that Clockwerk was wrong and that the Thievius Raccoonus didn't make a great Cooper but that a great Cooper made the Thievius Raccoonus. Clockwerk refused to acknowledge his chatter, and was determined to kill Sly like he had killed his father and claim the title as master thief solely for himself.
After engaging in another battle, Clockwerk again plummeted into the volcano and began activating his self-repair system to rejuvenate his heavily damaged form, refusing to be destroyed. While attempting this last-ditch effort, Sly traversed over to the archaic bird and bashed his head in, finally putting him out of commission.[1] The battered and destroyed parts floated in the lava and were left to rot when the gang left.[11]
Now he's back. In pieces, sure, but the threat is real. Does the Klaww Gang even realize what they've stolen?
The Clockwerk parts were recovered by Interpol after the battle and, after two years, were put on display in a museum in Cairo, Egypt. A criminal organization known as the Klaww Gang stole Clockwerk's body parts and used them for their own purposes before Sly and the gang could steal the parts themselves to destroy them.[13] They managed to take back all of the parts from the various Klaww Gang members during their travels, but all were stolen from them by another Klaww Gang member Jean Bison, who sold them to his associate Arpeggio.[14]
Clockwerk's robotic body was eventually reassembled on Arpeggio's flying air fortress. Constable Neyla, who had previously been assumed to be an ally of Sly, was in fact conspiring with Arpeggio and had been helping the mastermind gather the parts. Arpeggio was knowledgeable of Clockwerk and his secret of immortality through his formula of hatred, and he desired to become one with the archaic bird and be reborn with eternal life. However, before Arpeggio could merge with the parts, Neyla betrayed him and merged herself with Clockwerk's frame instead, dubbing herself as Clock-La.[15]
Sly witnessed this and he, Bentley, and Murray tried to weaken her so they could finally finish off what remained of Clockwerk. Teaming up with Carmelita yet again to defeat the robotic bird, Sly battled Clock-La using a door gun on Carmelita's helicopter. After Clock-La was very wounded, she destroyed the blimp and captured both Murray and Bentley, leading Sly on a dangerous chase through the skies over Paris after her.[16] Sly succeeded in sending Clock-La towards the ground and releasing his friends from captivity, leaving her disabled but not destroyed. During the skirmish, the revelation of Clockwerk's true source of power, the Hate Chip, was discovered and the gang managed to come up with a plan. With Murray's help, Bentley was able to enter the open beak of Clockwerk's head and remove the Hate Chip. The beak then suddenly snapped down on Bentley shortly after and crushed his legs; being recovered by Sly and Murray with the Hate Chip in hand, the three left the area as Clock-La exploded.[17]
To their surprise, the parts were still in perfect condition, as a side effect of the Hate Chip being fueled by Clockwerk's never-ending hate of the Cooper Clan. Carmelita, having just arrived to the ground, stomped on the Hate Chip, causing the parts to immediately deteriorate, killing both Clockwerk and Neyla, ending his reign of terror on the Cooper Clan. Unfortunately, the damage Clockwerk's beak had done to Bentley had him confined to a wheelchair for life, and would be a lasting effect of some his final words to Sly years earlier: "You will never be rid of me!"[18]
Physical appearance
Clockwerk was a giant eagle owl bird made entirely of metal. He has large yellow eyes, three large talons on each foot, and a large brow that was constantly pulled down in anger. When he was attacking, Clockwerk either had plasma shooters on his feet and back, or electric ring shooters on his head and the tips of his elbows.
In his organic form Clockwerk was covered in light brown feathers. He had bright red eyes and three white talons on each foot.
Is it inappropriate to refer to him as a monster? No, not at all. What kind of person stays alive for hundreds of years with the express intention of wiping out a rival's family line?
Clockwerk was obsessed with proving himself superior to the Cooper Clan. He can be identified as a psychopath, being able to endure thousands of years of waiting before planning to finish off the Cooper name with Sly ten years later. He openly mocked the Cooper family whenever he had the chance. He was able to create advanced technology and numerous plans on how to eradicate the elusive Sly Cooper while he invaded his lair in Russia.
This gave his boasts some merit but also led to developing a superiority complex, stating that his robotic form was perfect for granting him immortality just to keep up with the Coopers through history. Overall, Clockwerk was an evil, bitter and obsessed character who desired nothing more than the eradication of his nemesis, Sly Cooper and his ancestors, at whatever cost, even his own body. This however, proved to be his downfall.
Perfection has no age...
Clockwerk's biological body was at some point replaced with robotic parts, and a highly advanced piece of technology called the Hate Chip imbued his new body with the ability to never rust or decay and could even repair it after taking incredible damage. This allowed him to survive beyond his intended life span as a mortal being. Clockwerk's body was equipped with a multitude of weapons, including missiles, laser emitters, launchers that could fire electrified rings, and an energy weapon within the eyes (although this and the missiles might have been an addition made by Arpeggio as they're only used by Clock-La). In addition, Clockwerk was extremely resilient to damage, as simple weapons like Carmelita's shock pistol and jetpack missiles were individually ineffective against him. In addition, Clockwerk's body could survive being heavily damaged and submerged in molten lava; this could be contributed by the Hate Chip and Clockwerk's self-repairing body. It was given spare engines in the event Clockwerk was unable to use his wings to fly.
In part for his ability to survive with a combination of his hatred and mechanical improvements, Clockwerk was remarkably intelligent. He had constructed his lair on Krack-Karov Volcano and developed multiple weapons and vehicles for the Fiendish Five to use for their own personal schemes including hover vehicles and his death ray, as well as devising a gas chamber which later incapacitated Sly. He was able to think accordingly and execute cunning plans, assaulting and slaughtering Conner Cooper and being able to lure Sly into his gas chamber by manipulating his feelings for Carmelita. He also created a legion of mechanical birds, similar to him, and hordes of lava monsters to do his bidding.
Two years later, Clockwerk's body was fully repaired by Arpeggio so that each individual member of the Klaww Gang could use their share of the Clockwerk Parts for their own purposes. Each individual part had also served its own purpose in Clockwerk's design as a Cooper hunter. They included a heart that acted as a tireless pump, eyes with powerful entrancing qualities, and talons capable of slicing through steel. All of the parts assembled would create Clockwerk's Frame and were the basis for helping him live through time and would later help spark his partial rebirth as Clock-La. With the destruction of the Hate Chip, Clockwerk's body and therefore Clockwerk himself was permanently destroyed.


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Determinants of Vertical Intra-Industry Trade of Turkey: Panel Data Approach
Intra-industry trade (IIT) is the simultaneous export and import of commodities that are classified in the same industry group. The literature on IIT deals with horizontal IIT and vertical IIT, which are concerned with trade of products that are at the same quality and those with different qualities, respectively. Vertical IIT accounts for 80 percent of total IIT of Turkey, therefore this paper focuses on vertical IIT. The aim of this study is to analyze the determinants of vertical IIT between Turkey and 9 major trading partners (namely, Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom and United States of America) for the 1989-2002 period by using panel data approach. The findings of this paper will shed a light on the future foreign trade policy of Turkey.
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Christopher Weaver is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Political Science, specializing in the study of American politics and constitutional studies.
His research and teaching interests encompass a range of topics within these fields, including the study of political behavior, constitutional law and jurisprudence, religion and politics, and identity politics. His dissertation examines the role of moral psychology in political decision-making, and his broader work examines the role of religion in the political lives of marginalized groups (including elites such as judges and party activists), exploring the ways in which religion both mitigates and exacerbates inequality across multiple dimensions, including race and ethnicity, class, and gender. His work has been published or is forthcoming in Politics and Religion and Law & Society Review.
In his dissertation, entitled " 'Knowing' Right from Wrong: The Role of Moral Confidence in Political Decision-Making," he examines individuals' moral judgments and legal opinions on the issues of abortion, homosexuality, capital punishment, and physician-assisted suicide. Using preexisting and original survey data, he contends that moral judgments and legal opinions on moral issues are distinct but related, and that variation in moral confidence, or an individual's perceived level of moral knowledge, helps explain this morality-legality gap in opinion. Moreover, he argues that many individuals are morally overconfident, which drives them to more readily apply their moral judgments to policy issues and take more extreme legal stances on these moral issues. Leveraging data collected in an original survey experiment, however, he shows that this moral overconfidence can be reduced, resulting in greater support for legalization of these issues.
A first-generation college student born and raised in Arkansas, Chris earned his B.A. in Politics in 2011 from Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas prior to coming to Notre Dame.
Graduation anticipated Spring 2016.
Andre Audette
Andre Audette is a Ph.D. candidate in American Politics and Constitutional Studies. His research focuses broadly on the impact of social identity on political inequality among individuals, groups, and in governmental institutions and public policy. His dissertation, entitled "The Religious Bases of Latino Political Participation," examines how churches mobilize Latinos for political participation. Political scientists have found that religiosity generates higher rates of political participation, but Latinos (a highly religious social group) often participate in politics at lower rates than other racial and ethnic groups, even when controlling for socioeconomic status. This has led some scholars to suggest that Latinos' historic affiliation with the Catholic Church reduces their participation rates, due to Catholics having fewer opportunities than Protestants to develop civic skills. Utilizing national survey data and qualitative fieldwork in Latino-serving churches, Andre's dissertation argues that, while some denominational differences exist, churches as a whole are a highly effective way to incorporate new and marginalized groups into the political system through civic skill acquisition, political recruitment, and the mobilization of religious beliefs. As the number of Latinos in the United States continues to grow, his dissertation suggests that religious and other voluntary organizations will play a vital role in giving Latinos political voice in American elections and policymaking.
Andre has also conducted research on social identity and inequality in political institutions and public policy. In a piece co-authored with Christopher Weaver, forthcoming in Law & Society Review, they show that judges from societal out-groups generate lower levels of legitimacy than those from societal in-groups. Andre's other research examines the social effects of state welfare policies.
In addition to his research, Andre has taught courses on research methods at Indiana University-South Bend and discussion sections of introductory American politics at Notre Dame. He is also a graduate associate at the Kaneb Center for Teaching and Learning, where he trains graduate teaching assistants, leads workshops on teaching and learning pedagogy, and works with faculty and graduate student teachers in developing evidence-based active learning techniques. Prior to his graduate work, Andre earned degrees in political science and Justice and Peace Studies at the University of St. Thomas. He is expected to graduate from Notre Dame in the spring of 2016.
Christopher McMillion
Christopher P. McMillion is a Ph.D. Candidate in Constitutional Studies and Political Theory. His research addresses the development of Supreme Court doctrine and the justices' decision-making processes, particularly in the area of federalism, as well as constitutionalism in American political thought. His dissertation, Federalism and Freedom: The Precedential and Normative Roots of the Rehnquist Court's Federalism Revolution, examines theand theoretical groundwork for the Supreme Court's federalism jurisprudence during William Rehnquist's tenure as Chief Justice This project project establishes that the jurisprudence is not novel but is, instead, consistent with earlier conceptions of liberty and the relationship between different spheres of government. Importantly, he shows that it is a mistake to associate American federalism exclusively with a conservative ideology. local decision-making and deference to individual choices . The project examines marijuana regulations and "sanctuary cities" for undocumented immigrants to provide concrete examples of this parity under the principles of federalism.
Chris also conducts empirical research in judicial politics. He is the lead author of a project that examines when and under what circumstances the Supreme Court chooses to revisit earlier decisions. This project opens a new field of inquiry in judicial politics, looking at the revisiting behavior of the Court, and it contributes insights into the hierarchical interactions found in the judiciary.
Chris's teaching interests include a range of topics in constitutional law, judicial politics, and political theory. He is currently teaching the introductory constitutional law course at Notre Dame. He is expected to graduate in the spring of 2016.


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History Bush and History
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I don't think highly of the Founding Fathers but this image even hurts my hard Marxist eyes:
George Washington/George Bush. Important American President/Important American President. On the occasion of the image, Bush went as far as to compare the the American War of Independence (Washington) with the present War on Terrorism (Bush).
President Bush honored the 275th birthday of the nation's first president on Monday, likening George Washington's long struggle that gave birth to a nation to the war on global terrorism.
"Today, we're fighting a new war to defend our liberty and our people and our way of life," said Bush, standing in front of Washington's home and above a mostly frozen Potomac River.
Frozen indeed.
Bush then turned to Hegel for some "march of freedom [God] across the world":
"And as we work to advance the cause of freedom around the world, we remember that the father of our country believed that the freedoms we secured in our revolution were not meant for Americans alone."
Bush then visited the tomb of the man, Washington, whose founding presidential spirit is the spirit that he wants you to see and believe is in him—this imagined pure continuum from tomb to Bush happens in what Benjamin called "homogeneous, empty time":
He and first lady Laura Bush helped lay a wreath at Washington's tomb, then the president gave a speech from a platform on the bowling green lawn of the estate.
A quote for this sad business: "Empathizing with the victor invariably benefits those currently ruling."


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The staff were very helpful. We had a corner room on the 4th floor and it was very quiet. The restaurant on sight was not very good unfortunately, but everything else was great! We would definitely stay again!
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Please try to avoid.
We stayed here for the simple reason of it being very close to the Lords Cricket Ground. Although we do not have many complains about our room, (except for the bathroom door which wouldn't close properly) we were extremely disgusted with the reception personnel. They were very rude and hardly had a smile for the guests! There was one exception though. A tall blonde gentleman who was standing at the door had such a warm smile for each and every guest. We wouldn't recommed this hotel to anyone unless like us, they wanted to stay very near the Lords Cricket Ground.
Not worth paying GBP 99 per night
We stayed at this hotel for two nights in June, 2005. We got a room on the 6th floor, which was clean and nice. Everthing else about the hotel is just average. The location is not very convenient for someone who wants to use subway (about 30 mins of walking from Baker street station). With the same amount of money or a little bit more, you probably can get a nice room in a better location.
Better than many in this price range ...
I stay very frequently in 3- or 4-star hotels in London, and this compares favourably. Stayed in a standard double room on the 11th (top) floor and wasn't troubled by noise at all. The hotel is built over a railway line, so light sleepers should probably avoid rooms on lower floors, or facing onto the roundabout behind the hotel. Room was larger than many of a similar standard, well-furnished and spotlessly clean. Food and drinks in the hotel are expensive, but there's plenty of choice on nearby St. John's Wood High Street. St John's Wood Tube (Zone 2) about 10 mins walk; Baker Street and Marylebone (Zone 1) about 15 mins. If you can obtain a discount rate - and a quieter room - then I'd definitely recommend this hotel.
Avoid at all costs
I booked this hotel with an internet agent because of the good rate, good car parking rate(�12.50 for 24 hrs) and japanese restuarant. When I got there the, they no longer had a Japanese restuarant and on departure they smugly charged me �22.50 for parking even though I showed them a copy of the advertisement and argued my case. (This was later refunded by the booking agent and the advertisement changed)
They also insisted on taking my car keys from me (for security reasons?...probably so I couldnt escape!!), and even rang up to my room to remind me to bring them to reception ...(I wasnt blocking anyone in)
Minskys buffet dinner... most of the cold food looked like it had been there for a few days and basic to say the least although the hot food was ok... but nothing special.
The room I had on the 5th floor, front was not adequatly insulated against the noise of the traffic which continued all night long, the M6 embankment would have been quieter I suspect.
Continental breakfast was a joke for a supposedly 4* hotel, served in the lounge/bar area (as opposed to the restuarant were English Breakfast was served). On pre-laid out plates, 1 small roll, 1 very small croissant,1 butter pat,1 stick of cheese,small jar of jam, a small choice of cereal and juices also available(help yourself).
Bar and restuarant staff seemed very helpful and professional, I feel reception staff need extra training in the art of dealing with customers.
Incidently.. there was another guy complaining about his coffee being cold when I was departing.
I really dont think this hotel warrants a 4* rating, more like a 3,First time Id stayed at a Ramada and will avoid this hotel chain in future at all costs.
Very good
Excellent hotel, friendly staff,great room and very good food. I will be going back to this hotel again.
This is not the hotel if you want to avoid troubles that are likely to happen.
At the time of checkin, a receptionist said there was no reservation for me. Acutually I showed my voucher but she could not recognise it. On the other day I asked for a super market where to shop, and one staff told me it takes 20 minutes to get there, but another staff told me it is within 5 mins walking distance. Such kinds of thing happened almost everyday during my stay. It might be OK if you can put up with these miscommunication, because it costs more or less just $100 per night. But you will definitely find much better place in Zone 1 if you pay $20-40 more. Not the best value hotel anyway.
Across from London's biggest Mosque & Lord's Cricket
Most staff cannot speak much of the English language, and have absolutely NO CLUE as to when the Post Office is open, how to get to tourist attractions, etc.. You'll need to use a good guide book, unless you want to be teaching these people about England. ( they should be paying YOU !)
Hotel is built above railway tracks, but once you get used to trains, the bed was comfortable & everything in the room operated as it should.
You should DEFINITELY stay away from the rooms that face the roundabout, as the traffic noise will result in an 05:30 wake up call .... and the noise continues till midnight.
Wake up calls by automated telephone system are very reliable and the TV has an alarm also, but DO NOT expect to receive one if you personally speak to an operator/staff member.
The Middle-Eastern version of "English breakfast" is really an insult to those of us born in the UK . Other food is "standard" fare, with much better food & prices available in St. Johns Wood main street.
If you are hungry in the middle of the night, you are out of luck since no room service after 23:00 and local restaurants & pubs are not open late.
The Lebanese shop near front of Hotel is now open 24 hours and has decent selection of snacks & essentials.
In a nutshell; staff, food, & location are terrible, but rooms are functional, clean & beds are comfortable ..... so long as traffic or train noise doesn't bother you.
Not user friendly
The location is not good for the tourist who likes to use public transportation, about 2 miles from Baker Street Station, and about a mile and a half from St. Johns Wood Station. The buses come to connect you quite frequently, but all in all, add about an hour to any journey, especially via the Baker St. Station.
The Staff at the hotel had zero customer service skills and zero knowledge of the area/country, or how to get anywhere. They had never even heard of some very famous tourist attractions. I don't believe any of their staff are UK natives. Management had not even negotiated a rate with a sedan service to take hotel guests to the airport, which is something even little hotels usually offer.
If you are booking the hotel based some kind of breakfast package deal, don't. If they do decide to honor it (it seems they don't know in the UK what kinds of deals are being offered for their hotel even via their own res centers) it is the worst breakfast ever, warm yogurt, a couple of stale rolls, and tea that had been boiled on the heat for hours (with the bag in the pot), not fit to eat, or drink.
You have to prove your rate to the registration staff, so be prepared. The hotel has some updated rooms and some outdated ones. If you get an updated one, the room is just fine. My travel companion got an outdated one, it was run down and a bit depressing. Half the hotel is either facing a busy road or the train tracks, both loud.
All and all I would not recommend or stay at this hotel again.
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Watermelon seed oil characteristics were evaluated to determine whether this oil could be exploited as an edible oil. Hexane extraction of watermelon seeds produced yields of 50% (w/w) oil. The refractive index, saponification and iodine value were 1.4712 (at 25 °C), 200 mg KOH/g and 156 g I/100 g, respectively. The acid and peroxide values were 2.4 mg KOH/g and 3.24 mequiv/kg, respectively. The induction time of the oil was also 5.14 h at 110 °C, which was measured for the first time. Total unsaturation contents of the oil was 81.6%, with linoleic acid (18:2) being the dominant fatty acid (68.3%). Considering that the watermelon seed oil was highly unsaturated, the relatively high induction time might indicate the presence of natural antioxidants. In addition, the influence of extraction parameters on extraction of oil from watermelon seed with hexane as a solvent was studied at several temperatures (40, 50, and 60 °C), times (1, 2, and 3 h) and solvent/kernel ratios (1:1, 2:1, and 3:1). The oil yield was primarily affected by the solvent/kernel ratio and then time and temperature, respectively. The protein content of the oil-free residue was 47%.
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Dinner Dance 2015
With Mr Kelly having selfishly moved on from Pilgrim's School the Social Committee of Ed, Phil and Martin needed to find a new location for the Dinner Dance.
Having visited the Hyde Tavern in Winchester to 'warm down' after nets all agreed that their back room would make an ideal venue. Ed arranged for food to be delivered via the Gurkha Kitchen, and Toby and Jon selflessly agreed to arrive at 5pm to secure the table.
With beers and a sizeable curry consumed speeches were then made, including Pete H's review of the season. It was also good to see Daz P again, although it may just have been so he could get rid of Napoleon.
In line with Electoral Commission rules voting slips were circulated for five of the awards due to be handed out. These were then 'assessed' by Jon, Will and Mole using a system borrowed from local elections in Somalia.
The election resulted in the following
Player of the Year - Phil Moulin
Batsman of the Year - Simon Morris
Bowler of the Year - Will Whale
Fielder of the Year - Howard Whitehead (for the second year running)
Shot of the Year - Adam Chapman
The 'Shot of the year' was a good on-drive, that Adam was rather over confident would go for four. He thus shouted 'don't bother' when offered the option of running by his batting partner. The end result was a scampered single. It was no real surprise that the award was given to someone who's primary team is not Bitterne Park, and who played this shot against us, rather than for us.
Other awards were handed out for:-
Champagne moment - Mark Atherton's low running in catch.
Best forgotten - Ed, for a season that started brilliantly, but was ended all to soon by injury.
Dinner Dance 2014
Having had a great time last year we decided to repeat the format in 2014. Drinks were taken in the Wykeham Arms, before retiring to the Pilgrims School Dining Hall.
Mr Kelly had again arranged a fine curry, which several of those present washed down with glasses of vino Mr Moulin kindly supplied. No one liked to ask were he got it from.
Many took the opportunity to make a speech, with those from Howard in his first year, and Daz P in sadly his last, sticking in the memory.
As is tradition four awards were voted for on the night, with others given out to those most deserving.
Player of the Year - Daz P (the first player ever to win the award twice)
Batsman of the Year - Toby Whale
Bowler of the Year - Mike Kearns
Fielder of the Year - Howard Whitehead
Champagne moment - Daz Beckett's superb catch on the run at Pilgrims
Real Pain moment - Adam Chapman for turning up to cancelled games
Rookies of the year* - Howard Whitehead, Richard Jerry, and Faisal
* Due to problems with our suppliers this year rookies were awarded cricket pants, rather than the more traditional boxes.
In the spirit of inclusion, and not at all because of the beer, Ed awarded all present their own cricketing moustache.
Thank you's were also made to:-
- Pete H - Skippering and sorting out the fixtures
- Jon W - Team selection
- Martin Kelly - Arranging such a fine dinner dance
- Mole - Managing the website
After the meal and awards we returned to the Wykeham Arms for a final stiffener before making our way home. The morning after bought stories of several sore heads amongst those who had attended
The season thus now officially closed we are left to reflect that sadly Daz P will now only be an occasional player for us at best, and that despite there being loads of awards on offer the best we could do for Richard was give him a pair of pants.
2013 Dinner Dance
Another change of venue this year, with Martin Kelly arranging the main hall at Pilgrims School. Pre-meal drinks were taken at The Wykeham Arms, and from there we moved on to Pilgrims for a excellent curry, followed by gateau and a fine selection of cheeses.
Speeches were plentiful throughout the evening, with the finale being the presentation of Napoleon from the balcony to this years Players Player of the Year.
Players Player of the Year - Martin Kelly
Batsman of the Year - Toby Whale
Bowler of the Year - Jon Whale
Fielder of the Year - Phil Mills
Chairman of Selectors of the Year - Ostin (a choice as strange as many of our umpiring decisions)
Champagne moment - Mark Atherton's exceptional 50 n.o. at Pilgrims
Rookie of the Year - Mike
Best Forgotten - Mike against The Vine being run out without facing a ball, and then getting a migraine whilst bowling. Oh, and we lost the game as well.
As usual, no awards were won by Will Whale. Maybe next year nipper.
Presentations were also made to Pete H (Captain and fixtures manager), Phil (for supplying the wine), Martin (for the venue), and Mole (team selection)
Present were :- Jon, Pete H, Pete E, Simon, Toby, Will, Phil Moulin, Ed, Martin, Daz P, Mark Ath, Pete T, Mike, Phil Mills, Paul Neal and Mole,
Sadly unable to attend - AJ, Martin Smith, Daz B, Tony, Rich.
2012 Dinner Dance
After many happy years at Toni's Steakhouse, their closure meant we had to come up with something different for 2012. We opted for both a new venue and format.
The event started with a net at River Park Sports Centre, which was well attended. Once we had all proved that last season was just a blip, and we were in fact pretty good at this cricket stuff, we moved on to the King Alfred pub.
Speeches took place throughout the evening, with the occasional interruption when food was brought out (usually accompanied by a member of staff shouting 'mushrooms').
Suitable trophies were handed to the following players:-
Players Player of the year - Daz Phillips
Batsman of the Year - Pete Thompson
Bowler of the Year - Daz Phillips
Fielder of the Year - Murali Deegutla (given on the night to second placed Jon Whale)
Champagne moment - Murali's second ball six / Murali's Dilscoop shot
Barrister of the Year - Mark Atherton
Most psychologically tortured innings - Phil Moulin
Present were :- Andy Day, Tony Wright, Jon, Pete H, Pete E, Simon, Toby, Will, Phil Moulin, Ed, Martin, Daz P, Daz B, Mark Ath, Rich, Scott, Pete T, and Mole,
Sadly unable to attend - AJ, Murali, Martin Smith.
2011 Dinner Dance
The Annual BPCC Dinner Dance took place on Friday 25th of November at Toni's Steakhouse in St Marys, Southampton. As usual, there was dinner, but no dancing.
As usual, a fine evening of good food, Greek beer, and friendly banter.
Below are those lucky or skillful enough to have won an award
Players Player of the year - Andy Day
Batsman of the Year - Phil Moulin
Bowler of the Year - Will Whale
Fielder of the Year - AJ Morris
Rookies - Andy Day, Tony Wright
Comment of the year 'Don't go to the pub, we've been banned.' - Phil Mills
Geezer of the Year - Phil Mills
Champagne moment - HOWZAT!!! HOWZAT!!! - AJ Morris, on taking a caught and bowled.
Other highlights included:-
- Will's brief appearance
- Andy Day collecting (and promptly damaging) Will's Bowler of the Year Award
- Pete Hutch's 'Another one gets the bust' lyrics
- The beer
- The food
- The company
Present where ;- Andy Day, Tony Wright, Jon, Pete H, Pete E, Simon, AJ, Toby, Will (thankfully only briefly), Phil Mills, Phil Moulin, Ed, Martin, Daz P, Daz B, Mark Ath, Mole,
Sadly unable to attend - Rich, Scott, Pete T amongst others.
2010 Dinner Dance
Players Player of the year - Toby Whale
Batsman of the Year - Simon Morris
Bowler of the Year - Jon Whale
Fielder of the Year - Ed Currie
Rookies - none
Comment of the year - Pete Etherington 'I've never been camping before... and I'm never bloody going again!'
Geezer of the Year - Martin Kelly (fighting, tapping up, general behaviour)
Champagne moment - Pete T's huge six (caught on camera) at Buckland Brewer
2009 Dinner Dance
The Annual BPCC Dinner Dance took place on Friday 13th of November at Toni's Steakhouse in St Marys, Southampton.
As usual, a fine evening of good food, Greek beer, and friendly banter.
Many awards this year. Below are the proud winners
Player of the year - Ed Currie
Batsman of the Year - Ed Currie
Bowler of the Year - Daz Phillips
Fielder of the Year - Dave Perks
Rookies - Martin, Ed, Phil and Rich
Umpire award - Rich Watts
Comment of the year 'Just the one'? - Phil Moulin
Duck award (for 3 ducks in the season) -Daz Phillips
Champagne moment - Arriving at Pilgrims for the first time (presented to Martin)
The 2008 Dinner Dance with Simon proudly holding the Player of the Year trophy
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