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There are reasons we fear the night. He isn't one of them.
Bill Ryder was a dateless dweeb...then he died. Unfortunately for him that was just the beginning of his troubles. He awoke to find himself a vampire, one of the legendary predators of the night. Unfortunately for him, he was still at the bottom of the food chain.
Now he finds himself surrounded by creatures stronger, deadlier and a whole lot cooler than he is. Worst yet, they all want him dead...permanently this time.
Bill isn't exactly average, though. A vampire like him hasn't been seen in centuries. He's got a few tricks up his sleeve, unlikely allies, and an attitude problem that makes him too damn obnoxious to quit.
Join him in this hilarious tale of monsters, mayhem, and the unlikely hero who's not afraid to tell them all off...even if it gets his teeth kicked in.
©2011, 2012 Rick Gualtieri (P)2012 Rick Gualtieri
"Great narration, so so story"
I really wanted to like this book. It had everything going for it. It actually did have flashes of amazing storytelling but at the end of the day the incessant juvenile stereotypes, casual misogyny and constant "omg did you suck his dick hurr, hurr?" ruined it for me.
I'm sure this will appeal to a lot of people but it's not one I'll return to or recommend.
"Pretty funny, very enjoyable"
I enjoyed this book a lot. There were a few moments in the beginning before Bill is turned that made me wonder if I was going to be able to stand the guy. A bit over the top with his silliness and horniness. But, that cleared up as the story continued. Definitely worthy of a credit. I went on to listen to the second book, and it was really good too.
"Surprisingly good"
Good self-deprecating, only moderately geeky main character was easy to like. Every time he did something ... or didn't do something , that could have lead to a hole in the plot, there was an "Oh yeah.." moment that brought things back to a logical conclusion. I'm also reading the Besty Vampire queen series, and they are similar in comic flavor.
I say it's surprisingly good, because I only bought it for the low price tag.
Avid Zombie fan who's starting to listen to more and more Fantasy and Sci-Fi stories. So, my description is apt to change. Dog lover who's known to have cats. LOL C# coder, part-time prepper, B movie fan, AMC watcher, recovering but successful day trader, perpetual student, overjoyed uncle, former adrenaline junkie with a flare for cooking, and lots more. LOL
"imagine howard stern as a vampire"
bill was lured to a party by a hot chick only to be fed upon. when he wakes up as a vampire, he learns that he and the other geek vampires are going to be killed as a joke. somehow, bill is able to resist night razor's, the coven leader, compulsion and embarrasses him in front of everyone. before he can kill bill, the regional coven leader, ozymandias, overrules night razor and puts bill under a temporary protection order.
sally, the girl that lured bill to the party, is ordered to show bill the ropes and teach him the coven's ways. night razor and the rest of the coven try to find loophole's in the temporary protective order and try to kill bill.
under ozymandias' and sally's tutelage, they convince bill that he needs to live up to the bad a$$ reputation he created when he stood up to night razor on the night of his birth. so starts bill's like as a vampire. things get a little more complicated when ozymandias is sent away on a mission and bill realizes sally is more of a "frenemy" than he suspected.
there are a lot of funny scenes: bill's 1st feeding, bill trying to convince one of his friends he's really a vampire, the way sally treats bill when they're away from other vampires, optimus prime as a weapon...
narration is great. the narrator is the perfect fit for bill and sally.
overall, a very fun ride. it's short and sweet.
Sci-fi/Fantasy fan with a library-worth of reading behind him
"Fun! Push through the beginning"
In the beginning I was very unsure and for a few minutes thought I might return the book based on how sexist the main character came off as. Glad I stuck with it though, as the book kept me grinning and laughing throughout. Narrator was good and fun, my only complaint with him was that there were a few words he pronounced incorrectly. The two that stood out to me due to repetition were "bared fangs" being pronounced "barred" and "voila" pronounced as the name Viola. Otherwise, the book cracked me up and I'll be continuing the series.
My favorite genres are absurdist humor, Sci-fi & modern fantasy, but, as you can see, I'll read just about anything. Don't mind the typos.
"Cute-almost funny"
Great book for the young adult. Tries out an original story line but falls back on the old tried and true Vampire lore. Not a bad attempt. Not a thriller, Not that funny, just okay.
"Laugh Out Loud!"
Funny, clever, awesome
I love the banter between Bill, his roommates and Sally.
Not really a favorite scene but Bill's internal dialogue when hearing the coven names. I laughed out loud when he renames them.
Bill - he's clever and hilarious. There would not be a dull moment.
Can't wait for the next book!
This is the funniest book i have ever listened to in my life. I am serious. I could not stop laughing. I never knew it was possible to fit so much humor into a good story line. The writer is a genius.
I like scifi and urban fantasy. I don't like romance novels. If you are the same my reviews should help.
"Fun and Refreshing"
I have listened to about 500 audiobooks now (man I need to get a life). I would say this one is above average. The story and characters are interesting and I enjoy seeing a new take on a genre that has been done to death. I like the book because (unfortunately) I can identify with the main character in many ways. It almost reads like what would happen if I or one of my friends were in the situation in the book.
The main thing I enjoyed about the book is the snarky sense of humor. I found myself laughing out loud several times while listening to this book. The constant, nerd pop-culture references which seem to becoming maditory in urban fantasy are here but handled in a very entertaining way. The story and world the author created is interesting and fun. He definitely left me wanting more!
I will put a warning out there. If you are big into politcally correct behavior you will want to pass on this book. This is written from the point of a good guy without any PC filter whatsoever. It is clear as the book goes on this is just the sense of humor and coping mechanism for the main character but if you are sensitive you might get your feelings hurt.
Also, please keep in mind this book is for adults. This is definitely one I would not listen to with my 12 year old daughter. Overall, the book was enjoyable. I liked the characters and the humor was great! It isn't Tolstoy. If you want depth go somewhere else. It it is a light, fun, refreshing read and is a great pallet cleanser after reading heavier or more complex books.
I can't really find a similar book. It has a lot of the standard urban fantasy elements but has a much different viewpoint on vampires than other novels. The author takes so pretty funny jabs at tropes from the slew of other vampire novels. If you like Jim Butcher or Kevin Hearne you will more than likely enjoy this book.
Funny, Snarky but somewhat limited. He does a good job with the main character but the majority of the voices in the book sound like the same character. Still, overall I have no problems with the narrators performance.
The main character. He is kind of a bumbling dufus but with a good heart. The main character and his inner circle are fun and the type of people I would pal around with. The constant snapping and sarcasm of the characters would fit in well with most of the people I know. I like how he takes the world in stride and isn't the usual emo vampire we have come to expect.
After finishing this book I went ahead and got the rest of the series. I think that says it all.
"♡ B I L L the V A M P I R E ♡"
Was very hesitant to purchase this audiobook. I've been an almost daily audible listener for 2 years; for 3 years before that I would listen 4x a week minimum. All together I've been a very happy audible member for 5 years. When I buy a new audiobook it has to be in a series, and is usually compared to my favs. Basically it kills me when, after completing a really great book, I go to the audible shop & find that nothing comes after it, EVER.
When your favs are THE DRESDEN FILES, HOLLOWS SERIES, IRON DRUID CHRONICLES, MONSTER HUNTER INTERNATIONAL, THE GRIMNOIR TRILOGY, and many many more similarly amazing book series... it can be tough to find others that can meet, or even come close to touching, the high standards you've (unknowingly) set.
Bill the Vampire pleasantly surprised me! When I realized there was about 33 minutes left, immediately I went to the shop, bought book 2, and downloaded it; had to be prepared to start it right after hearing "we hope you have enjoyed this program". Give it a try; hopefully you'll find that it's funny, witty, interesting, kind of quirky, no touchy feely romance or love triangles, with a few new vampire ideas , and best of all it's about "real" vampires (that burst into flames where sunlight touches, not start to shimmer & sparkle like they fell into the glitter supply closet at an all girls tween summer camp... Hoping my lame joke shows I have no intention of offense whatsoever toward the Twilight Saga author, millions love it,
& though not my kind of thing, I respect the work).
"It doesn't get better than this"
This book, in fact this whole series is well written, well performed in a well realised world. I felt that the voice acting gave Bill and the other characters voices that allowed the reader to be drawn in, in such a way that I've yet to experience in other audiobooks. By far the best audiobook I have heard from audible.
"Really good"
I loved this book and I need more!!! This is one of the best vamp books I've ever read simply amzing
"Easy reading light Vamp series"
Greek becomes Vampire
Light reading Vampire, funny, not too blood thirsty or x rated. good characters, you can listen to this while driving in the dark and not be worried what's out side.
I enjoyed the character discovering what he can do.
no, this is a put down and pick up, easy to get back into book.
Will buy book two, need to know what happens to Bill, and if he ever learns to fight.
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What was the point in mentioning old quest rewards then? I can't imagine many held onto those? So we can't use them? not good.
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While historically we can see which bosses you've killed and how many times you've killed them, the period of time for which we can check which items dropped, and who got what, is not something we track indefinitely. The same goes for items purchased from vendors.
He got whirlwind axe back though
Yep, because that weapon is a quest reward.
I heard that rewards from removed quests would be added as well. However when I logged my other hunter who's here from vanilla times, it doesn't seem to be the case. Is it the way it should be or they will be added in the near future?
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Members of the Iraqi Special Operations Forces take their positions during clashes with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in Ramadi, Iraq, June 19, 2014.
Members of the Iraqi Special Operations Forces take their positions during clashes with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in Ramadi, Iraq, June 19, 2014.
A general view shows damaged houses after fighting in the city of Ramadi, Iraq, June 19, 2014.
A member from the oil police force stands guard at Zubair oilfield in Basra, southeast of Baghdad, June 18, 2014.
This June 17, 2014 image taken from video uploaded to a militant social media account shows Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant militants arriving at the oil refinery in Beiji, Iraq.
This June 17, 2014 image taken from video uploaded to a militant social media account shows Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant militants arriving at the oil refinery in Beiji, Iraq.
This June 17, 2014 image taken from video uploaded to a militant social media account shows Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant militants arriving at the oil refinery in Beiji, Iraq.
Iraqi Shi'ite Turkmen families fleeing the violence in Tal Afar arrive in Shangal, a town in Nineveh province, Iraq, June 17, 2014.
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Iraqi government forces battled Sunni rebels for control of the country's biggest refinery on Thursday as Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki waited for a U.S. response to an appeal for airstrikes to beat back the threat to Baghdad.
Sunni militants hung their black banners on watch towers at Iraq's Beiji oil refinery, a witness said Thursday, suggesting the vital facility, situated some 200 km (130 miles) north of the capital near Tikrit, had fallen to the insurgents, the Associated Press reported.
However, a top Iraq security official said the government force protecting the refinery was still inside Thursday and that they were in regular contact with Baghdad, according to the AP.
Iraqi military spokesman Qassem Mohammed Atta insisted during a news conference that government security forces control the entire Beiji refinery, adding that more than 70 "terrorists" were killed as they tried to attack the plant, and that 17 of their vehicles were destroyed in the battle.
Some reports say from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants, along with their allies, have also entered the town of Baquba on the Diyala River, 60 kilometers north of the capital.
Beiji oil refinery, Iraq
Beiji oil refinery, Iraq
General Atta claimed a number of media organizations were "lying" about recent events, broadcasting false information to "affect the morale of the [Iraqi] public." Five Iraqi TV stations have reportedly been shut down by the government for alleged infractions.
Speaking on the condition of anonymity, a witness who drove past the sprawling Beiji refinery, which spreads along the Tigris River for miles, said militants manned checkpoints around facility while a huge fire burned in one of its tanks. Troops loyal to the Shi'ite-led government were still inside the refinery fighting insurgents who had stormed the perimeter a day earlier, he said.
Gunships fly over
Helicopter gunships flew over the facility to stop further militant advances, which threaten national energy supplies, one Iraqi official said. The insurgents took over a building just outside the refinery and were using it to fire at government forces, he said.
The army officer in charge of protecting the refinery, Col. Ali al-Qureishi, told state-run Iraqiya television by telephone that the facility remained under his control.
Workers who had been inside the complex said Sunni militants seemed to hold most of the compound in early morning and that security forces were concentrated around the refinery's control room.
The 250-300 remaining staff were evacuated early on Thursday, one of those workers told Reuters by telephone.
The Beiji refinery accounts for just over a quarter of the country's entire refining capacity — all of which goes toward domestic consumption for things such as gasoline, cooking oil and fuel for power stations.
Any lengthy outage at Beiji risks long lines at the gas pump and electricity shortages, adding to the chaos already taking hold in the region. The refinery produces about 300,000 barrels per day.
Meanwhile, residents of the Iraqi capital complained of increasing shortages, rising prices, and deteriorating conditions.
"Water is in short supply and electricity cuts have been increasingly frequent, forcing residents to use generators," said on merchant.
Iraqi security spokesman Sa'ad Ma'an says the government is attempting to put a stop to price gouging, threatening to arrest traders he accused of speculation. He also insisted Baghdad has "enough food for years to come."
US airstrikes sought
Baghdad has formally requested that Washington launch airstrikes on the advancing militants, but there were no signs Thursday of imminent U.S. military action.
While U.S. President Barack Obama has not fully ruled out the possibility of launching airstrikes, such action is not imminent in part because intelligence agencies have been unable to identify clear targets on the ground, officials said, adding that civilian casualties could further enrage the Sunni minority.
Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, confirmed the U.S. had received a request for air power to stop the militants, but highlighted the uncertain political situation in Iraq.
"The entire enterprise is at risk as long as this political situation is in flux," told a Senate panel Wednesday.
Regional U.S. allies seemed keen to discourage air strikes.
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, a NATO ally, said the United States "does not view such attacks positively," given the risk to civilians — a view some U.S. officials have also expressed.
A Saudi source said that Western powers agreed with Riyadh, the main Sunni power in the region, that what was needed was political change, not outside intervention, to heal sectarian division that has widened under al-Maliki.
Saudi Arabia also dismissed as ludicrous on Thursday an accusation by al-Maliki that the kingdom backed Sunni militants who have seized swaths of northern Iraq.
Speaking to reporters in Jeddah, Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal added that the kingdom had criminalized terrorism, especially that perpetrated by the militant ISIL, and he advised Maliki to follow the policy pursued by the kingdom in eradicating terrorism.
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The swift advance of fighters led by ISIL has sparked international alarm and the United Nations has warned that the crisis was "life-threatening for Iraq."
Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis have been displaced in the nine days of fighting and an unknown number killed, while dozens of Indians and Turks have been kidnapped.
Washington and other Western capitals are trying to save Iraq as a united country by leaning hard on al-Maliki to reach out to Sunnis, many of whom feel excluded by the Shi'ite parties that have dominated elections since the Sunni Saddam was ousted.
In a televised address on Wednesday, al-Maliki appealed to tribes, a significant force in Sunni areas, to renounce "those who are killers and criminals who represent foreign agendas."
But so far Maliki's government has relied almost entirely on his fellow Shi'ites and volunteers for support, with officials denouncing Sunni political leaders as traitors.
Maliki announced Thursday that the government is offering volunteers $644 per month to fight alongside the country's security forces in "hot areas" battling the insurgency, and that the government will pay non-fighting volunteers who aid security forces $450 per month. He also promised all volunteers will receive an extra food allowance.
Shi'ite militias — some of which have funding and backing from Iran — have mobilized to halt the Sunni advance, as Baghdad's million-strong army, built by the United States at a cost of $25 billion, crumbles.
Some U.S. officials castigated al-Maliki, who is being blamed in Washington for causing Iraq to splinter after discriminating against the minority Sunni community, the French news agency AFP reported.
Vice President Joe Biden drove home the U.S. message that al-Maliki needs to lead all Iraqis, not just Shiites.
He told the Iraqi leader in a telephone call that he must govern in an "inclusive manner, promote stability and unity among Iraq's population, and address the legitimate needs of Iraq's diverse communities," a White House statement said.
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Gen. Martin Dempsey, beside U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel during defense subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Washington, June 18, 2014.
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Gen. Martin Dempsey, beside U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel during defense subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Washington, June 18, 2014.
Dempsey, too, blamed the Iraqi government for the deepening sectarian mire.
"There is very little that could have been done to overcome the degree to which the government of Iraq had failed its people," Dempsey said.
Former U.S. commander in Iraq David Petraeus also weighed in, warning a conference in London that Washington risked becoming an "air force for Shiite militias" and supporting "one side of what could be a sectarian civil war" if political reconciliation was not agreed.
Despite growing political pressure in Washington for Maliki to quit, Obama has not made such a demand public.
"The Maliki government, candidly, has got to go if you want any reconciliation," said Dianne Feinstein, one of Obama's fellow Democrats, who chairs the Senate Intelligence Committee.
Republican senator John McCain urged Obama to "make it make very clear to Maliki that his time is up."
Captured territory
Beiji, 40 km (25 miles) north of Saddam Hussein's home city of Tikrit, lies squarely in territory captured in the past week by the array of armed Sunni groups spearheaded by ISIL, which is seeking a new Islamic caliphate in Iraq and Syria. ISIL considers Iraq's Shi'ite Muslim majority heretics in league with neighboring Shi'ite Iran. The group's advance has only been slowed by a regrouped military, Shi'ite militias and other volunteers.
ISIL, whose leader broke with al-Qaida after accusing the global jihadist movement of being too cautious, has now secured cities and territory in Iraq and Syria, bringing it closer to establishing its own well-armed regional enclave that, Western countries fear, could become a global epicenter for terrorism.
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If the Beiji refinery falls, ISIL and its allies will have access to a large supply of fuel to add to the weaponry and economic resources seized in Mosul and across the north.
An oil ministry official said the loss of Beiji would cause shortages in the north, including the autonomous Kurdish area, but that the impact on Baghdad would be limited — at around 20 percent of supplies — since it was served by other refineries.
Some international oil companies have pulled out foreign workers.
The assault on the refinery also has affected global gasoline prices, as the U.S. national average price reached $3.67 per gallon, the highest price for this time of year since 2008, the year gasoline hit its all-time high in America.
The price of benchmark crude for July delivery rose 57 cents Thursday to $106.54 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Ed Yeranian contributed reporting from Cairo.
Some information for this report comes from AP and Reuters.
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June 19, 2014 9:39 AM
This is why the separation of religion from government is so important.
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John Poole
Ardmore, PA
June 19, 2014 6:25 PM
I remember a comment by perhaps an Iranian cleric saying decades ago oil was the Devil's poop (he used the S word). It seemed
a clever and succinct appraisal of our pathetic religious arrested development.
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June 19, 2014 5:11 PM
THINGS YOU DIDN"T KNOW? -- The US has all the tribal, religious, sexuality, and racial differences, fought over in other foreign countries, but they fight their differences in courts, instead of in combat, don't they?
THINK ABOUT IT? -- To win political elections, the US politicians campaign with all the (different kinds) of American tribes, consisting of gay and lesbian, black, whites and Asians, and Democrats and Republicans, Catholics, Protestants, Jews and those who oppose them, and any other groups of people, who'll get the elected? --- America has different types of tribes, and fight their religious battles in courts of law, where other countries don't? ------- REALLY?
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June 19, 2014 1:15 PM
We went for the oil. The terrorists went for the oil.
Catherine Matthies
June 19, 2014 9:30 AM
Here is where we are the zeroes, elect an incompetent president, let him go to war and imagine we can contain a geographical situation we have no desire to reside in...When you can't enlist enough people willing to endure 110+ temperatures, sandstorms, etc., you fast realize that water is more important to the natural citizens than some black substance we get out of the ground to run systems they will never benefit from. Just what is your first clue?
BF Egypt
June 19, 2014 9:20 AM
Say goodbye to Iraq, Syria and Jordon. Their borders are not natural, they are not natural countries. Next up - The Grand Caliphate.
June 19, 2014 9:09 AM
This is a religious war between Sunnis and Shiites. Does anyone really know what the difference between them are? If not, how does America know which side to take. Iran supports the Shiite...the west hates Iran Terrorists support the ISIS....the west hates terrorists Pick your poison Here's an idea the US has never tried before: WHY DON'T WE DO WHAT CHINA AND RUSSIA ARE DOING........NOTHING
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Ahmed Said
June 19, 2014 2:04 PM
the difference between Sunnis and Shiites is fundamental. Sunnis follow the traditions of the prophet Mohammed PBUH and do not believe walaiah (loyalty) which is exclusive for descendant of the Prophet Mohammed PBUH. Rather Sunnis believe that the admiration of anyone who is a descendant of the Prophet is a sign of good faith. Shiites most at least believe in IMAAmeh where by it is ordaned that 12 Imams will exist between the Passing of the Prophet and the Day of Judgement. they believe that those Imams are infallible. 11 of those imams have come and gone and only one left (Almehdee). Shiites believe he has been living in unknown location for 100s of years waiting for his time to appear to the people.
Sunnis on the other hand do not believe in 12 imams and Sunnis believe that only the Prophet was infallible. the issue of infallibility can not by any means resolved and is a source of impossible agreement. for example the first Imam is Ali may Allah be pleased with him. Shiites claim he is infallible and they Claim that Omar who was the Calipheh before Ali is unrighteous and some say he was a disbeliever. but under his reign Ali was the grand Judge and Ali also named one of his kids after Omar as well as Omar married the daughter of Ali. if Omar was that bad then why would ALi whom they claim is infallible had a good relationship with him and prayed behind him in the mosque. too much info but you get the picture
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June 19, 2014 12:52 PM
THIS IRAQ WAR was started by the US and NATO forces, -- (AND NOW?) -- Maliki has to fight this continuous Iraq war, and now a war with Sunni (ISIL) terrorists, and other Sunni terrorists, with an Iraq army that's composed of about 50% Sunni troops, (who refuse to fight against other Sunnis, no matter if they're terrorist or not), and may even shoot the Shia troops in the back....
MY OPINION? -- Those who blame Maliki for the continuing US and NATO Iraq war, -- (AND NOW?) -- for the Sunni (ISIL) terrorists, and other Sunni terrorists attacks, that the Iraq Sunni troops won't fight against, don't have a single clue on the religious politics of Iraq, and the insurmountable difficulties Maliki faces.... (Maliki has to fight a Sunni terrorist attack against Shia Iraq, with half an army of Sunni troops, that won't fight against other Sunnis, no matter if they are terrorists or not). ---- (Maliki didn't create this problem, did he?).
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william roosa
northern virginia
June 19, 2014 10:03 AM
The difference between Sunnis and Shiites is minor and in now way would lead anybody (except other Sunnis and Shiites) to side with one or the other. Kinda like Protestants and Catholics, anybody not a Christian can't tell the difference as they agree 95% of the time.
June 19, 2014 8:56 AM
Only Amerca is responcibel for Iraqs current situation.
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June 19, 2014 11:17 AM
The US has led the EU and NATO countries political interference in all these (non-European Union countries), like in Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Yemen, Syria, and now Ukraine, (and now spreading to the bordering countries), and they brought nothing but violence, killings, destruction and wars, that continue on to this day, and they never brought peace of any kind... (YEA, they're to blame)....
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BF Egypt
June 19, 2014 9:25 AM
Ali you should know something of loose affiliations of people that pretend to have country; a functioning, viable country. Only the ignorant and foolish would lay the blame squarely on the US. What does India do for the world or humanity? Absolutely nothing.
June 19, 2014 8:41 AM
Please, please give ME $25 billion dollars and see what I can do with it to save the world instead of just the Iraqi's. There are at least 5 camps over over a million people each who have people starving to death daily in Africa. Oh, I forgot, Africa doesn't have oil close by. There are over a million Syrian refugees living around the Turkey border who need food, clothing, sanitation, and shelter--- they left their homes with NOTHING. That doesn't include all the people in India, and Mexico who at least need clean, distilled water. There are many others who would at least do something with the money than cut and run.
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A magistrate in Chad has begun questioning a group of 16 Europeans facing abduction and fraud charges for attempting to fly 103 children out of the central African country.
Topics: adoption, community-and-society, family-and-children, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, chad, france, spain
A group of Europeans detained in eastern Chad for trying to fly 103 African children out of the country will be transferred to the capital N'Djamena for trial, the Supreme Court ruled.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, chad, france, spain
Chad's President, Idriss Deby, says he hopes some French and Spanish nationals detained for trying to fly African children to Europe could be freed soon.
Topics: adoption, law-crime-and-justice, crime, chad, france, spain
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Some of the 16 Europeans charged with kidnapping or complicity after a charity attempted to fly more than 100 children to France, are pictured 30 October 2007 at the justice court in Abeche.
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International aid agencies say most of the 103 African children that a group of French and Spanish citizens had planned remove from Chad as orphans, do have families.
Topics: crime, adoption, law-crime-and-justice, chad, france, spain
The French Government is being drawn into the scandal that has led to nine of its citizens being charged with child kidnapping in Chad.
Topics: world-politics, law-crime-and-justice, crime, police, france, chad
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The French Government is being drawn into the scandal that has led to nine of its citizens being charged with child kidnapping in Chad.
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A judge in Chad has charged nine French nationals with abduction and fraud after the organisation they work for tried to fly more than 100 African children to Europe.
Topics: charities-and-community-organisations, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, chad
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UNICEF has criticised a French group for trying to fly 103 African children out of Chad.
Topics: international-law, crime, chad, france
Authorities in the central African nation of Chad have arrested nine French citizens for allegedly trying to take more than 100 children out of the country.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, chad, france
The central African country of Chad has imposed a state of emergency after ethnic clashes killed at least 20 people.
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Chad's government has imposed a state of emergency in its eastern regions bordering Sudan's Darfur and in its remote desert north following recent ethnic clashes that killed at least 20 people.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, world-politics, chad, sudan
Chadian President Idriss Deby's son Brahim, touted as his possible successor, was found dead near his home outside Paris and police launched a murder investigation, French police and court officials said.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, world-politics, crime, france, chad
The presidents of Sudan and Chad have signed a reconciliation deal in the Saudi Arabian capital, Riyadh.
Topics: world-politics, sudan, chad
The international aid agency Oxfam has launched a major appeal for humanitarian aid for the Darfur region of Sudan and eastern Chad.
Topics: relief-and-aid-organisations, sudan, chad
Strained relations between Sudan and Chad have turned violent, with troops from both countries clashing on the border.
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Chad's Prime Minister, Pascal Yoadimnadji, has died from a brain haemorrhage in Paris after he was flown there for urgent treatment following a heart attack.
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UN chief Ban Ki-moon has recommended the deployment of up to 11,000 international troops to Chad and the Central African Republic to protect civilians caught in the spill over from Sudan's Darfur conflict.
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The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNRA) has warned that the violence against civilians in Chad could turn into a genocide.
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African heads of state have gathered in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, to try to resolve the conflicts in Darfur, Chad and Somalia.
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The United Nations (UN) and the African Union (AU) have announced a new push for peace in Sudan's troubled region of Darfur.
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Security forces and armed militia have clashed in eastern Chad, leaving about 40 people dead.
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A column of rebels from Chad which had been reported heading in the direction of the capital N'Djamena is withdrawing towards the border of Sudan, Chadian military and government sources say.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, world-politics, chad
Chad's Government denied diplomatic reports of a rebel column moving on its capital after an attack on an eastern town, insisting N'Djamena was in no danger.
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A Chadian rebel column is moving westwards on the main highway towards the capital N'Djamena, hours after the army retook the eastern town of Abeche, a French diplomat says.
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I'm using xubuntu 13.10. When I installed the system the fn keys for brightness worked, but somehow they aren't now. They stopped working with no reason.
The problem is that the keys are not even recognized. When I start showkey --scancodes in virtual terminal and try the brightness combination FN+left/right arrow the scancodes wont show, but for the volume (for example) it shows the scancodes right.
Anybody has any idea how to fix this.
I was googling for several days now and I can tell you that nothing solved my issue so far. Answer like setting acpi_backlight=vendor, or acpi_osi to something didn't work so don't post that. I also wanted to map those key to a script that would change ma brightness (I already made that script and it works) but I just can not get the keys to be recognized.


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how can i get PRODUCT-NAME and PRODUCT-PRICE in custom fields
the php code with this plugin like this
<?php echo print_wp_cart_button_for_product('PRODUCT-NAME', PRODUCT-PRICE); ?>
I made 2 custom fields in my wordpress dashboard and i maked the code in page like this
<?php echo print_wp_cart_button_for_product(array(
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how can i handle the with custom fields ??
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I am able to scan and cache, but none of the photo's show up in my media library. I don't get any errors. Can you tell me what I'm doing wrong?
I am able to scan and cache, but none of the photo's show up in my media library. I don't get any errors. Can you tell me what I'm doing wrong?
It means that for some reason images weren't cached. Plugin tells that it cached images even if it didn't. I know it's stupid but due to other issues I didn't have time to improve this.
See if there is something special with images you use that prevents caching so that I can see how to fix that.
Thanks for the answer. I'd forgotten I'd posted that. It was actually an issue on my end. I have to change permissions in my file manager before it would work. I didn't notice that I wasn't getting the real results until I started reading more about the plugin. Now I know :)
I changed permissions and everything cached just fine, just like it should. Thank you for answering. I wish I could delete this topic but they don't allow us to.
Actually, they ARE cached. I can verify the blog post is using the URL from my own domain, vs. the original hotlinked location.
However, I still can't find the images in Media Library.
same issue... images get cached to my server, but then the image does not get attached to the post in which it came from.
here's what is possibly unique:
the link was to the image on the other server, but the img tag itself was to an image on my server. i was hoping for this plugin to cache the remote image, then replace the link and img tag with the local server cached image. I knew that was asking a lot, but at the very least it sounds like the expected functionality is to cache the remote image, replace the link, add the remote image as an attachment to the post, and leave the img tag alone. what actually happened was that it cached the remote image, replaced the link, and did no attaching to the post and left the img tag alone.
I think I had same issue: plugin seems work fine, no errors, copy image to server, adds item to media library, changes src's of every post... but in media library page I can't see the images or their thumbnails.
See the url paths on wordpress configuration. I have wordpress 3.04 with multisite configuration. I solved that changing one of the three urls in Superadmin-sites-blog-editblog.
I'm not sure what fields were them. I guess they were something about urls, and I had mixed local paths with url paths.
Be extremely carefully with those changes!
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I teach formal methods in software engineering. I also teach "agile methodologies". Most people seem to think this is contradictory. I think it makes a lot of sense... I also work for a company, where we need to actually get things done :) While I can apply my earned skill points on "specification" in a day-to-day basis, my colleagues typically flee away from the word "formal".
I used to think that this was due to the intrinsic way we learn how to program: we are usually driven to find a working solution, not to understand the problem. Then I thought this was due to the fact that most people in the formal community are not engineers, but mathematicians or computer scientists. Nowadays, I wonder if it just because the formal-methods community hide behind some kind of "obfuscation" law to use all the available UNICODE symbols, actively develop rude, unesthetic tools, and laugh in the face of standards.
Yes, I've been moving from a "blame them" to a "blame us" perspective ;-)
So, my question is: do you use any kind of formal methods in your company? Have you introduced them, or were they pre-requisites? What techniques do you use to clear the fog of mathematics from people's fears and incite them to use formal methods? What do you think current tools are lacking for a more general usage?


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If Washington were about to kill the stock market and destroy the nation's pristine credit rating, Goldman Sachs would not allow Twitter to go public.
Goldman Sachs has better information than almost anyone, the result of powerful databases and a robust social network that keeps it tapped into the market's vitals. It is likely that a social-networking service that lets people post terse messages of 140 characters or less will be a hot, oversubscribed stock offering that mints many millionaires, and possibly a few billionaires.
That Twitter's offering document was filed as congressional dithering over the budget threatens the markets is perhaps the best summing up of the bullish forces beneath the stock market's surface.
This bullish activity is occurring far from the reactionary radars of the many public pundits palavering about an ignominious end to a rally that has lifted the Standard & Poor's 500 index some 20% this year. Many stocks are up even more than the index.
To be sure, it is possible that Congress will push the U.S. government to default on its debt, and the consequences would be catastrophic, but footprints in the options and stock market indicate that sophisticated investors are sanguine.
Correlation among stocks, a measure of risk, is low, even though earnings season is nigh and companies are once more expected to have difficulty posting meaningful revenue growth. Still, investors are buying stocks and calls while sprinkling cash in a variety of portfolio hedges, just in case congressional bickering harms the nation and the financial markets. The belief is that the Bernanke Put trumps all.
Relative value strategies are now popular, since the trade shorting Treasuries and buying the Standard & Poor's 500 has mostly ended. Investors are buying stocks that have lagged or outperformed the sector. JPMorgan's strategists, for example, are advising clients to buy Bank of America BAC -1.2942779291553133% Bank of America Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD14.49 -0.19 -1.2942779291553133% /Date(1469826111446-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 61599724 AFTER HOURS USD14.5 0.01 0.06901311249137336% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1676799 P/E Ratio 12.496765847347994 Market Cap 148041143823.674 Dividend Yield 2.070393374741201% Rev. per Employee 427653 More quote details and news » (BAC) and short Fifth Third FITB 0.3171247357293869% Fifth Third Bancorp U.S.: Nasdaq USD18.98 0.06 0.3171247357293869% /Date(1469826000438-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 5882073 AFTER HOURS USD18.9762 -0.0038 -0.020021074815595362% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 85244 P/E Ratio 9.303921568627452 Market Cap 14571287622.1994 Dividend Yield 2.73972602739726% Rev. per Employee 374240 More quote details and news » (FITB) and BB&T BBT -0.6467259498787389% BB&T Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD36.87 -0.24 -0.6467259498787389% /Date(1469826171565-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 3559246 AFTER HOURS USD36.868 -0.002 -0.005424464334147003% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 54938 P/E Ratio 14.126436781609195 Market Cap 30030614130.0201 Dividend Yield 3.254678600488202% Rev. per Employee 290430 More quote details and news » (BBT).
Across the market, the implied volatility of bullish call options is often increasing. In some instances, call volatility is unusually high. Consider Apple AAPL -0.12459267778416715% Apple Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD104.21 -0.13 -0.12459267778416715% /Date(1469826000272-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 26765342 AFTER HOURS USD104.25 0.04 0.03838403224258708% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 968346 P/E Ratio 12.174065420560748 Market Cap 561529626663.413 Dividend Yield 2.1878898378274636% Rev. per Employee 1990500 More quote details and news » (AAPL) and Facebook FB -0.848% Facebook Inc. Cl A U.S.: Nasdaq USD123.94 -1.06 -0.848% /Date(1469826000325-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 34623376 AFTER HOURS USD123.56 -0.38 -0.3065999677263192% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 435427 P/E Ratio 59.58653846153846 Market Cap 354506136207.313 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 1746120 More quote details and news » (FB). That call volatility is rising as Congress dithers is a strong indication of bullish sentiment. If investors were worried, bearish put volatility would increase. In fact, a key measure of investor fear about owning stocks, the CBOE Volatility Index, or VIX, remains relatively muted at about 17, a solid distance from the 20-level that many investors believe divides bull and bear stock markets.
CORRELATION, WHICH MEASURES the synchronicity of stocks, declined in the past week for all but two of 10 Standard & Poor's 500 index sectors. Materials and utilities correlation did not decline, according to Goldman Sachs' research. The two sectors that declined the most: financials and energy. When investors are afraid of macro-market risks, correlation rises. A popular interpretation of low correlation is that Wall Street thinks Congress will blink in the budget stalemate with the White House over health care, and stocks will rally.
Some big investors have strong conviction about this. On Thursday, when the Dow Jones Industrial Average was off as much as 160 points, Credit Suisse reported that a client bought 60,000 October 14 VIX puts in that session—a bet that S&P 500 index volatility will collapse, which would occur if the index advanced.
And so, dear readers, this is how the smart money is positing itself, even though it is October, one of the market's most volatile months. If Congress blinks, much money will be made. If not, a lot of people will lose a lot of money in less time than it will take for rating agencies to lower the U.S.' debt rating.
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If you watched the Democratic National Convention last night, then you most likely caught this video, which proceeded President Obama's speech on stage. What you might not have been aware of at the time was that the video, which combed through Obama's achievements over the past four years, was actually directed by Davis Guggenheim, who brought us An Inconvenient Truth and Waiting for Superman, among others. And if the voice you hear narrating sounds familiar, it's because that's George Clooney.
And here's Guggenheim's other Obama video, which is a longer version of the one above, released earlier this year. This one is narrated by Tom Hanks.
And here's Mitt Romney's RNC introduction video. As of this writing, we have not been able to confirm who directed it.
Finally, here's The Daily Show's Obama video, narrated by Larry David.
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Wine Maker Notes
Picked in late April, the grapes are destemmed, partially crushed, and cold macerated for 5 days prior to fermentation. The must is inoculated with selected yeasts, and fermentation takes place at 77º–82ºF. Pumpovers are frequent during the first two-thirds of the process and then reduced to half in order to extract all of the potential from the skins. The new wine remains on its skins for another 20 days to develop the well-rounded sweetness that characterizes this wine. The wine is further developed with 10 months of French oak aging.
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14.5% abv
Food Pairing
Delicious with steak, barbecue, venison, game birds, and ripe blue cheeses.


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If one eats Tyson products from a local grocer's freezer section, then help can go to Brownsville School. Coordinator Jackie Yon announced that the school it taking part in a national fundraising program sponsored by Tyson Foods, Inc.
"The program is called Tyson Project A+," said Yon. "There is a Tyson Project A+ label worth 24 cents on various Tyson products. The logo is on the front of the package and schools earn money from Tyson by collecting and redeeming the labels."
Participating schools can earn up to $12,000 per academic year and there are no restrictions on how the funds are used.
"The money can be used for anything needed, such as field trips, computer equipment, sports gear or library books," said Yon.
A collection site has been set up at Brownsville School. Parents and others in the community can drop off their Tyson Project A+ redemption labels at the school.
"The goal is to collect a total of 100 labels so that the school can buy new items," said Yon. "If everyone out in the community clips and saves the labels, the program will be a huge success for the school."
For more information on the Tyson Project A+ redemption labels program, contact Yon at (618) 265-3256. One may also check Tyson's Website at ProjectAPlus.tyson.com.
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A new map of human cortex combines data from multiple imaging modalities and comprises 180 distinct regions.
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A mysterious iridovirus outbreak in a lab colony of crickets reveals the virus's ability to spur increased sexual activity.
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Linking single-gene defects to inflammatory bowel disease in young children may help all sufferers of the illness.
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Researchers uncover an unprecedented relationship between morels and bacteria. But can it be called agriculture?
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A rare bleeding disorder leads scientists to uncover an unusual blood component that might be common to us all.
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Researchers are learning how species from across the animal kingdom use seismic signals to mate, hunt, solve territorial disputes, and much more.
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People living on islands in the Norwegian Sea suffer from an unusually high rate of certain genetic diseases and health issues, making the population ripe for research.
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ALS patients take their fate into their own hands, self-administering an unapproved chemical and collating their results online.
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House mice sing melodies out of the range of human hearing, and the crooning is impacting research from evolutionary biology to neuroscience.