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Wong delivers Cards' second straight walk-off win
ST. LOUIS -- Foremost on Kolten Wong's mind as he stepped to the plate with two outs in the ninth inning of Tuesday night's tie game was getting an opportunity to run. He hoped to be the spark plug, to find a way on base so that on-deck hitter Allen Craig could send him scampering home.
Craig never got to swing.View Full Game Coverage
ST. LOUIS -- Foremost on Kolten Wong's mind as he stepped to the plate with two outs in the ninth inning of Tuesday night's tie game was getting an opportunity to run. He hoped to be the spark plug, to find a way on base so that on-deck hitter Allen Craig could send him scampering home.
Craig never got to swing.View Full Game Coverage
Turning on a full-count fastball from Pirates reliever Ernesto Frieri, Wong gave the Cardinals a dose of déjà vu with a walk-off homer into the right-field stands. The blast, which gave the Cardinals a 5-4 win, landed in nearly the same spot as Matt Adams' a night earlier, when he became the first Cardinal to hit a walk-off home run since 2011.
It took only 23 hours and 10 minutes to repeat the feat.
"This year has been such a roller coaster for me -- up and down, up and down," Wong said. "To finally get this to happen -- this is one of the top things that has happened to me in my career. It's awesome."
With wins in each of the first two games of this series, the Cardinals have knocked the Pirates from second to fourth in the National League Central. At the same time, they've climbed to within three games of the first-place Brewers, the closest they have been to the top of the division since May.
To make this latest push behind the long ball adds a twist, too, as the club ranks last in the NL in homers, with 54. They last enjoyed back-to-back walk-off homers in 2011, when Albert Pujols hit them on consecutive June days against the Cubs.
"We still aren't necessarily catching the league lead in [homers], but they're going to happen," manager Mike Matheny said. "And they're going to happen when you least expect it and are going about it the right way."
Even before he stepped to the plate in the ninth, Wong had sparked the Cardinals' offense, having followed two-out singles by Jhonny Peralta and Oscar Taveras with a bases-clearing double off Pirates starter Vance Worley in the second. Matt Holliday contributed a two-run double in the fifth after the Pirates had inched in front with a pair of homers.
The Cardinals had just one hit over the next three innings, and Frieri opened the ninth by retiring the first two batters. Frieri then jumped ahead, 0-2, before Wong worked the count full.
Then Wong anticipated the fastball.
"I was either going to get that pitch or strike out, because I was swinging at something hard," he said. "If he would have thrown something else, I probably would have been in trouble."
The homer was Wong's second in three games since coming off the disabled list after dealing with a shoulder injury that inhibited his ability to follow through on his swing.
"As you can see, my swings are a lot more aggressive now," he said. "Just having that in my mind, knowing I can swing the bat without having any pain, it brings a lot of calmness to me and comfort in my swing."
With four hits in 10 at-bats, he seems to be proving his point -- and at just the right time. As the Cardinals seek to improve their offense, they are looking externally at options for second base. A healthy Wong could give them the internal answer they'd prefer.
"What he has is bat speed, and that's one of those things you can't teach," Matheny said. "It's a gift he has, and I hope it's something he continues to trust, as it will make him a better hitter."
Like Adam Wainwright a night earlier, starter Carlos Martinez did not have one clean inning out of his six, but he worked around an avalanche of trouble by keeping the Pirates hitless with runners in scoring position. In the series, Pittsburgh is 0-for-17 in such spots.
"We've come off five, six weeks of good offensive baseball, and we're just not getting the hit to pop something loose," Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said. "We've just got to keep going out there."
Pedro Alvarez did tag Martinez for a game-tying homer in the fourth. Andrew McCutchen then provided Pittsburgh with a short-lived lead when he homered an inning later.
Defensive help helped Martinez avoid further blemishes. Yadier Molina's quick throw erased Neil Walker at third base after Walker followed McCutchen's blast with a one-out triple.
"A momentum-shifter," Matheny called it.
An inning later, center fielder Jon Jay robbed Ike Davis of extra bases with a leaping grab at the warning track. Martinez finished that frame, giving him the first six-inning start of his career. The Cardinals have won all five games he started since joining the rotation.
"I'm learning to keep the pitches low in the zone and use all my pitches, then start to work down in the zone with all my pitches," Martinez said, with bullpen catcher Roberto Espinoza translating. "Just follow those plans."
Four relievers combined to follow Martinez with three scoreless innings, though Trevor Rosenthal had to work out of another self-induced mess to finish his, closing the top of the ninth with a strikeout of Starling Marte.
Jenifer Langosch is a reporter for MLB.com. Read her blog, By Gosh, It's Langosch, and follow her on Twitter @LangoschMLB.

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One of the many inventions from the mind of Shigeru Miyamoto, Pikmin was based around the idea of little helpers providing assistance around the garden. The leap from imagination to reality was more than just a smooth one, with both Pikmin and Pikmin 2 on GameCube hitting all the right notes, building up a strong following in a short time. It was such a shame that the third game never transpired, despite being mentioned in interviews shortly after the release of the second title. Wii U is here, though, and along with it the belated Pikmin 3. Should fans of old still be excited?
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Missouri AG Sues Walgreens, Claims Overcharging
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster is suing Walgreen Co., accusing the nation's largest pharmacy chain of overcharging customers and using deceptive advertising.
Koster filed the lawsuit Tuesday in Kansas City and announced details at a news conference in St. Louis.
Koster says his office made undercover visits to stores in St. Louis, Kansas City, Springfield, Jefferson City and Osage Beach in June and July.
He says investigators found the stores often charged more at checkout than displays indicated. He says that of 205 products purchased, 43 had price discrepancies, ranging from a few cents to $15.
Walgreen Co. spokesman Jim Graham declined to comment and said the Chicago-based company hasn't seen the lawsuit.
The suit seeks an injunction that would force Walgreen Co. to stop the alleged deceptive practices.


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Summary: There is a door at the end of a silent corridor, and it's haunting Harry Potter's dreams. Why else would he be waking in the middle of the night, screaming in terror?
Here are just a few of the things on Harry's mind:
• A Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher with a personality like poisoned honey
• A venomous, disgruntled house-elf
• Ron as Keeper of the Gryffindor Quidditch team
• The looming terror of the end-of-term Ordinary Wizarding Level exams
. . . and of course, the growing threat of He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named.
In the richest installment yet of J.K. Rowling's seven-part story, Harry Potter is faced with the unreliability of the very government of the magical world and the impotence of the authorities at Hogwarts.
Despite this (or perhaps because of it), he finds depth and strength in his friends, beyond what even he knew; boundless loyalty; and unbearable sacrifice.
Though thick runs the plot (as well as the spine), readers will race through these pages and leave Hogwarts, like Harry, wishing only for the next train back.
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
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Friday, March 30, 2012
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
Summary: Harry Potter is midway through his training as a wizard and his coming of age. Harry wants to get away from the pernicious Dursleys and go to the International Quidditch Cup. He wants to find out about the mysterious event that's supposed to take place at Hogwarts this year, an event involving two other rival schools of magic, and a competition that hasn't happened for a hundred years. He wants to be a normal, fourteen-year-old wizard. But unfortunately for Harry Potter, he's not normal - even by wizarding standards. And in his case, different can be deadly.
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Monday, March 19, 2012
Book Blogger Confessions: 3/19/2012
It's time for another Book Blogger Confession hosted by Karen at For What It's Worth and Tiger at All-Consuming Meda.
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Thursday, March 15, 2012
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
Summary: J. K. Rowling continues to bewitch readers everywhere with the third book in her magical Potter series, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Harry's ongoing exploits, along with those of his contemporaries, teachers, and relatives, are as imaginative, entertaining, and mysterious as ever. For during Harry's third year at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, he must face his greatest challenge yet: a confrontation with Sirius Black, an escaped convict and madman who is rumored to be in cahoots with Harry's archenemy, the Dark Wizard Lord Voldemort. This alone would be daunting enough, but Harry's task is made even more trying when he discovers that Sirius is suspected of being the one who killed Harry's parents.
For Harry, the Hogwarts campus has always been a sanctuary, but when Black escapes from the horrifying clutches of Azkaban Prison, all clues suggest the madman is headed for Hogwarts and Harry himself. As a result, the school starts to feel more like a prison than a sanctuary as Harry finds himself constantly watched and under guard. What's more, the terrifying Dementors - the horrifying creatures who guard Azkaban Prison - are lurking about the campus looking for Black. And their effect on Harry is a devastating one.
Still, life at school offers plenty of distractions. Harry really likes the new teacher for Defense Against the Dark Arts, Professor Lupin, who might be able to teach Harry how to defend himself against the Dementors. But Professor Snape's behavior toward Lupin has Harry wondering what secrets the two men are hiding. Harry's friend Hermione is also acting very strangely. And, of course, there is the tension caused by the ongoing Quidditch competition between the Gryffindors and the Slytherins and the never-ending bullying of the Slytherin leader, Draco Malfoy.
One of Rowling's greatest strengths is her ability to stack mystery upon mystery in a way that keeps the pages turning without frustrating the reader. Her clues are always fair and bountiful, but it's easy to lose track of them in the midst of all the high suspense, spell-casting action, and unexpected plot twists. That's okay, because Rowling ties it all neatly together at the end in a way that will leave readers snapping their fingers and muttering, "Oh yeah. Forgot about that one. How clever!"
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Friday, March 2, 2012
Cover Reveal: Bonds of Fenris
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Moderator: Dungeon Masters
Fletcher Millstone: Well I suppose Ice Turtles can be a thing. But I remember the first time someone showed me "Land Sharks". I thought it was going to be this epic battle on equal ground.
Fletcher Millstone: Those things weren't really sharks.
Fletcher Millstone: I've almost never been so disappointed. I attended a Hert Snyder sermon once. So that still wins.
Lilliana Be'letane: Bullettes, yes?
Fletcher Millstone: *nods* Bullettes.
Ang: Ya know, Fletch, we should start us a gang, just ta take on the Turles.
Ang: An' I like Land Sharks.
Ang: Land Sharks versus Turtles, out behind the Stag.
Fletcher Millstone: *starts snapping his fingers doo-wop style* Land...sharks...
Ang: *snaps fingers* Land ... sharks .... land ... sharks.
Washelg: *perks up at what sounds like fight*
Jarvin Stonebones: *Joins in with squeaky platemail snaps* Land..sharks, we're the Land sharks.
Ang: Ya got tha spirit, fella.
Jarvin Stonebones: Aye, reminded me of a play in Mikona.
Tor Varson: sounds as if ones here be challenging the Ice Turtles
Berry: fletcher and other shirtless guy
Fletcher Millstone: Yeah! We're the LAND SHARKS.
Fletcher Millstone: Finn...
Fletcher Millstone: Finn.
Fletcher Millstone: FINN!
Thorfinn Kiff: Fletcher
Fletcher Millstone: Get over here with the Land Sharks
Fletcher Millstone: Baby, the Land Sharks got FINNS now.
[Dirigible] Gann Eider: [Whisper] I tried to buy yerr immortality, but it were too expensive.
[TwilightBella] Taruma: [Whisper] that's all right, dear boy
[TwilightBella] Taruma: [Whisper] immortality is not buying a ticket on the most exciting journey of all
[TwilightBella] Taruma: [Whisper] what kind of immortality was on offer?
[SaraEF] Lilliana Be'letane: [Whisper] In song, priest.
[SaraEF] Lilliana Be'letane: [Whisper] A play, I think?
[TwilightBella] Taruma: [Whisper] all right, that's an immortality I would take
[TwilightBella] Taruma: [Whisper] I have every intention of dying. Not soon, perhaps, but certainly.
[arcanedisaster] Ronan Ceril: [Whisper] Sounds like it wasn't the punishment you intended, Gann.
[Dirigible] Gann Eider: [Whisper] Punishment Magus?
[TwilightBella] Taruma: [Talk] *chuckles and eyes Gann, raising her eyebrows*
[Dirigible] Gann Eider: [Whisper] *innocent look* was jus' a prank between mates.
[TwilightBella] Taruma: [Whisper] do you have some deep desire to inflict some sort of discipline on me young man?
[TwilightBella] Taruma: [Talk] *pokes his arm and grins*
[TwilightBella] Taruma: [Whisper] not a great deal rhymes with Taruma anyway. The best most can do is slant pair it with "aroma" and even then you're only two thirds of the way to a decent limmerick
[TwilightBella] Taruma: [Whisper] there once was a wandering priest/ who'd been preyed on, decried and policed/ her friend was quite wrong about the cost of a song/ now she'll be forgotten at once when deceased.
[TwilightBella] Taruma: [Talk] *pokes Gann again*
[TwilightBella] Taruma: [Whisper] there you go. One for free.
[SaraEF] Lilliana Be'letane: [Whisper] You're a lot of fun, priest.
[Dirigible] Gann Eider: [Whisper] I should pay yerr the coin it seems.
[TwilightBella] Taruma: [Whisper] I specialize in formatted elegy
[Pekarion] Kedar: [Talk] Gobbyta magyeah tenuga!
[Pekarion] Kedar: [Talk] "Leave us be! We have but only the one bookcase!"
Fletcher Millstone: I've almost never been so disappointed. I attended a Hert Snyder sermon once. So that still wins.
[Zach Draper] Jwolaroth Ruk: [Talk] Are you thinking of studying one of the wierder types of magic?
*Upstairs in the AMM*
[SaraEF] Lilliana Be'letane: [Talk] ... when people say first floor, do they mean ground floor or first floor?
[GunnJ] Thienna Relimion: [Talk] I usually mean the ground floor
[Marcus Declan] Elainee Aerlin: [Talk] I thought ground... *nods*
[GunnJ] Thienna Relimion: [Talk] WHere is the ebony from?
[SaraEF] Lilliana Be'letane: [Talk] See, I would say this is the first floor.
[SaraEF] Lilliana Be'letane: [Talk] You're more likely to be right, I reckon.
*They go downstairs*
[Dirigible] Gann Eider: [Talk] First florr she said
[SaraEF] Lilliana Be'letane: [Talk] Some disagreement about what first floor means.
[SaraEF] Lilliana Be'letane: [Talk] I bet you agree with me, Gann.
[GunnJ] Thienna Relimion: [Talk] If he is Kurathene first floor, or M'chekian first floor?
[Dirigible] Gann Eider: [Talk] Yeah, one up.
[GunnJ] Thienna Relimion: [Talk] - if he is*
[SaraEF] Lilliana Be'letane: [Talk] Right? One up.
[GunnJ] Thienna Relimion: [Talk] *grins*
[SaraEF] Lilliana Be'letane: [Talk] Gann knows what's up.
[Dirigible] Gann Eider: [Talk] Cos this is ground floor, being as it's on the ground.
[SaraEF] Lilliana Be'letane: [Talk] Exactly!
[Marcus Declan] Elainee Aerlin: [Talk] *lip twitches in amusement*
[GunnJ] Thienna Relimion: [Talk] But it is the first of two floors.
[SaraEF] Lilliana Be'letane: [Talk] Don't bring logic in to this.
[GunnJ] Thienna Relimion: [Talk] lets check the lecture rooms.
[SaraEF] Lilliana Be'letane: [Talk] It's language, not magic.
[GunnJ] Thienna Relimion: [Talk] *chuckles*
[Sistron] Zane Black: [Talk] *sips on a bottle of rum awaiting the decision*
[Marcus Declan] Elainee Aerlin: [Talk] *she eyes the rum*
*Heiran walks in, headed for the stairs*
[SaraEF] Lilliana Be'letane: [Talk] Is this the ground floor or the first floor?
[Sistron] Zane Black: [Talk] yes
Heiran va'Mairne: [Talk] They should be waiting upstairs now.
[SaraEF] Lilliana Be'letane: [Talk] Ha!
[SaraEF] Lilliana Be'letane: [Talk] See!
[GunnJ] Thienna Relimion: [Talk] seen.
[Dirigible] Gann Eider: [Talk] Least someone makes sense.
Smeec: I was gonna say you can put your clothes back on after the fight, but it is you Tor, so...
Smeec: *Shrugs*
Tor Varson: *puts his loincloth on*
Smeec: *grins* Thanks
AShadowsWhisper wrote:IT'S PLETHS FAULT
Ony 'Sea-Shrimper' Bibi: *epic failure to a start of any adventure in DnD*
Ony 'Sea-Shrimper' Bibi: *CAN'T BLOODY GET OUT OF THE INN*
[Fellock] Fellock: [Talk] Woo!
[Fellock] Fellock: [Talk] I did it!
[Fellock] Fellock: [Talk] ...Cawk this is high!
[Fellock] Fellock: [Talk] ...How do I get down!?
[SaraEF] Lilliana Be'letane: [Talk] Jump.
[silverfields2] Malulani jael MacMurray: [Talk] backward
[Cameron Klym] Tor Varson: [Talk] Jump mayhaps?
[Fellock] Fellock: [Talk] I am not jumpin' from this high!
[SaraEF] Lilliana Be'letane: [Talk] Jump and flap a lot.
[Fellock] Fellock: [Talk] That ain't ever work!
[silverfields2] Malulani jael MacMurray: [Talk] <cþ™ >*Malulani giggles*
[SaraEF] Lilliana Be'letane: [Talk] Have you ever tried?
[Fellock] Fellock: [Talk] ...Yes!
[Cameron Klym] Tor Varson: [Talk] Tis nice view from up here
[SaraEF] Lilliana Be'letane: [Talk] ...
[Fellock] Fellock: [Talk] ...Everyone has, right?
[SaraEF] Lilliana Be'letane: [Talk] ...
[silverfields2] Malulani jael MacMurray: [Talk] It worked for me.
[Fellock] Fellock: [Talk] ...Oh come on, ya had ta have tried at least once!
Needless to say, a line formed to head into the depths of the Mountain, for who needs a tangible goal when the possibility of a meaningless death is at hand?
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International Standard Bible EncyclopediaNEBUCHADNEZZAR; NEBUCHADREZZAR
neb-u-kad-nez'-ar, -rez'-ar: Nebuchadnezzar, the second king of Babylon of that name, is best known as the king who conquered Judah, destroyed Jerusalem, and carried the people of the Jews captive to Babylon. Of all the heathen monarchs mentioned by name in the Scriptures, Nebuchadnezzar is the most prominent and the most important. The prophecies of Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel, and the last chapters of Kings and Chronicles centered about his life, and he stands preeminent, along with the Pharaohs of the oppression and the exodus, among the foes of the kingdom of God. The documents which have been discovered in Babylon and elsewhere within the last 75 years have added much to our knowledge of this monarch, and have in general confirmed the Biblical accounts concerning him.
Strong's Hebrew5019. Nebukadnetstsar -- "Nebo, protect the boundary," a Bab. king
... Word Origin of foreign origin Definition "Nebo, protect the boundary," a Bab. king
NASB Word Usage Nebuchadnezzar (60). Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadrezzar. ...
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The Test by Fire
To the End and After
The Sad Fate of a Guilty Nation
A King's Strange Dream
The Release of Hope. (xxiv, xxix. )
From Megiddo to Carchemish, 608-605.
The Growth of the Old Testament Prophetic Histories
Prophets and Prophets. (xxiii. 9-32, xxvii-xxix, Etc. )
Easton's Bible DictionaryNebuchadnezzar (Jeremiah 21:2, 7; 22:25; 24:1, etc.), a nearer approach to the correct spelling of the word
ThesaurusNebuchadrezzar (31 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. NEBUCHADNEZZAR; NEBUCHADREZZAR. ... 1. His Name: His
name is found in two forms in the Bible, Nebuchadnezzar and Nebuchadrezzar. ...
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Nebuchadrez'zar (31 Occurrences)
Hophra (1 Occurrence)
Nebuchadnezzar (90 Occurrences)
Jehoi'akim (34 Occurrences)
Nebuzar-adan (14 Occurrences)
Nebu'zarad'an (14 Occurrences)
Body-guard (23 Occurrences)
Zedeki'ah (62 Occurrences)
Chaldaeans (65 Occurrences)
Bible ConcordanceNebuchadrezzar (31 Occurrences)
Jeremiah 21:2 Enquire, I pray thee, of the LORD for us; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon maketh war against us; if so be that the LORD will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, that he may go up from us.
Jeremiah 21:7 And afterward, saith the LORD, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.
Jeremiah 22:25 And I will give thee into the hand of them that seek thy life, and into the hand of them whose face thou fearest, even into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans.
Jeremiah 24:1 The LORD shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs were set before the temple of the LORD, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.
Jeremiah 25:1 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon;
Jeremiah 25:9 Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.
Jeremiah 29:21 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which prophesy a lie unto you in my name; Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall slay them before your eyes;
Jeremiah 32:1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar.
Jeremiah 32:28 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall take it:
Jeremiah 34:1 The word which came unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth that were under his dominion, and all the peoples, were fighting against Jerusalem, and against all the cities thereof, saying:
Jeremiah 35:11 But it came to pass, when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came up into the land, that we said, Come, and let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians: so we dwell at Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 37:1 And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah.
Jeremiah 39:1 In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army against Jerusalem, and they besieged it.
Jeremiah 39:5 But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho: and when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; and he gave judgment upon him.
Jeremiah 39:11 Now Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon gave charge concerning Jeremiah to Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, saying,
Jeremiah 43:10 And say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will set his throne upon these stones that I have hid; and he shall spread his royal pavilion over them.
Jeremiah 46:2 Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaohnecho king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah.
Jeremiah 46:13 The word that the LORD spake to Jeremiah the prophet, how Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon should come and smite the land of Egypt.
Jeremiah 46:26 And I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants: and afterward it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 49:28 Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon shall smite, thus saith the LORD; Arise ye, go up to Kedar, and spoil the men of the east.
Jeremiah 50:17 Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.
Jeremiah 51:34 Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.
Jeremiah 52:4 And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it, and built forts against it round about.
Jeremiah 52:12 Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, which served the king of Babylon, into Jerusalem,
Jeremiah 52:28 This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive: in the seventh year three thousand Jews and three and twenty:
Jeremiah 52:29 In the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar he carried away captive from Jerusalem eight hundred thirty and two persons:
Jeremiah 52:30 In the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred forty and five persons: all the persons were four thousand and six hundred.
Ezekiel 26:7 For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring upon Tyrus Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, a king of kings, from the north, with horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and companies, and much people.
Ezekiel 29:18 Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyrus: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his army, for Tyrus, for the service that he had served against it:
Ezekiel 29:19 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall take her multitude, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army.
Ezekiel 30:10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also make the multitude of Egypt to cease by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon.
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I have the following MH items for sale. All have been displayed by me behind a glass case, and never been played with. If none of these are claimed, they will be listed on ebay tomorrow night (3/21).
1. Clawdeen (Target Werewolf Sisters doll) she is loose and complete. $20
2. Home Ick Frankie loose and complete with all accessories and box. $33
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4. TRUS Exclusive Ghoulia (came with her Scooter) selling her by herself complete with all clothing (no helmet or bag included) $25. The scooter will be sold separately. *Note that this Ghoulia doll is the Picture Day Version for this character (she was seen in the episode wearing this outfit).
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ShyCheetah wrote:A lot of my fav movies have already been mentioned so I wonder how under rated they actually are. A couple I havn't seen mentioned yet that I think are underrated:
Lesbian Vampire Killers. That movie caught me so off guard and is possibly the funniest movie I've ever seen.
Blood of Hero's- Low budget (actually a high budget movie parading as a low budget movie) Simple yet entertaining especially the last match.
Romeo and Julliet with Decaprio. One of my favorite movies ever. Brilliant.
Fast and Furious Tokyo Drift. The Red headed step child of the franchise. My favorite of the Bunch...actually I like 1 and 5 almost as much but those movies had the advantage of having the original cast.
In Time.
Star Wars episodes 1-3. I don't care what anyone else says, I love those movies as much as the episodes 4-6. A lot of the backlash I feel lays with ppl romanticizing the original trilogy while at the same time not being able to see past the things they dislike about the newer trilogy to see the entirity of the movies. I actually find the newer movies superior in almost every way. (I still hate Jar Jar thou)
It's hard to decide what is underrated because most of my friends have similar tastes in movie's and I can't remember which movies were popular at the time they were in theatres. I'm trying to think of movies I liked but have heard bad things about or never heard of before I watched them.
PS, to the dude that mentioned Layer Cake, that is easily one of my favorite movies. Welcome to the layer cake son.


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Miss Potter (UK - DVD R2)
Scott McKenzie checks out this family movie about the life of Beatrix Potter...
Renee Zellweger stars as Beatrix Potter, a thirty-two year old unmarried woman more interested in drawing and writing stories than marrying the potential suitors her mother lines up for her. The film begins as a publisher accepts her work and she finds her first book edited by Norman Warne (played by Ewan McGregor). Whereas Beatrix's mother finds her eccentricities troublesome, Norman is drawn to her by his love for her writing and romance blossoms. However, with her parents disapproving of talk of marriage, will the path of love run smoothly for Miss Potter?
Touted as a potential Oscar hopeful long before its release, Miss Potter found itself without many nods at the beginning of this year. That is not to say it is a bad film, instead that the early word did not reflect the final product. It is easy to see how the Academy could have been drawn to this film. If you couple an Oscar-winning lead with British favourites Ewan McGregor and Emily Watson, and add an uplifting script based on a unique woman whose life was tinged with tragedy, you could be forgiven for expecting the end result to clean up in the awards season, but what we have in Miss Potter is something different.
Miss Potter is very much targeted at a family audience and has content that appeals to both parents and children alike. There are funny moments, most notably a montage sequence of Beatrix's mother introducing her to men she wants her to marry, and there are moments of tragedy but the film never courts controversy and the tone of the sad scenes is lifted with animations of Potter's creations. She also talks to the characters she draws, which is no doubt designed to draw children into the story whereas the same activity in a more serious dramatic film would result in calls for her to be committed to a mental home.
This is obviously a dream project for Renee Zellweger, who no doubt took a pay cut for this low-budget feature, and she lights up the screen. With its light tone, she can sometimes simper a little too much but this is very much her film and her performance is both complex and compelling. Emily Watson is close to stealing the show in every scene she features in and other actors of note are those who play Beatrix's chaperone Miss Wiggin and the young Potter. Ewan McGregor sports a fine moustache and the best way I can think to sum up his performance is to ask you to imagine Obi-Wan Kenobi's cowardly younger brother.
The low budget is not obvious but there are hints at the lack of funds throughout the film. It is very economically paced and most of the action takes place in a small number of sets. The animation sequences are few and far between, which is a shame because an early shot of huge rabbits pulling a carriage promises more than is delivered throughout the rest of the film. A very short scene between Beatrix and Norman in the snow feels out of place and makes me think that either Miss Potter suffered in the editing room or the producer said 'Give me a scene in the snow to put in the trailer'.
The story is divided into two sections: first in London as Beatrix establishes herself as an author and strives for acceptance by her family; the second based in the Lake District as she seeks to save the community from developers. Her life in the Lake District is only touched on, giving us the essential details, and I would have liked to know more, especially as the landscapes are much more aesthetically pleasing than the streets of London. For this reason, I think the story of Beatrix Potter may have been more appropriately told in a two-part TV mini series rather than a feature film. However, I must recommend Miss Potter as a genuine slice of innocent entertainment for the whole family free of the in-jokes and winking at the camera that have plagued so many 'family' films of recent times.
Miss Potter is presented in a 1.85:1 anamorphic picture, which is welcome because the picture needs to be as wide as possible to truly appreciate the beauty of the Lake District landscapes. The picture quality itself is free from dirt and scratches but it lacks detail and with many scenes bathed in soft lighting, Miss Potter often looks a little fuzzy. There isn't anything to really take away from the viewing experience but it's not quite on a par with recent high profile releases.
With a lot of dialogue and a sprinkle of music but not much else, there isn't too much in Miss Potter to give your surround sound system a work out. What there is here is clear and the dialogue never drowns out the music or vice versa. The movie never tries to impress but the representation here does the job adequately.
'The Making of Miss Potter' is the only special feature of note and provides a decent amount of detail about the production of the film. Zellweger and McGregor thankfully feature in the interviews and talk about their characters and their love of Beatrix Potter's work. We also get a Katie Melua music video and audio description for the visually impaired. The disc opens with some trailers for upcoming Momentum films and an incredibly annoying advert for Maltesers, but I'm pleased to say it's possible to skip past all of them.
Miss Potter is an enjoyable film with very broad appeal. If you have children, you may be tempted to pick this up to stick in front of the nippers to keep them quiet for an hour and a half but I recommend you sit down and watch it with them. You'll be glad you did. The DVD itself contains only a making-of documentary so you may want to weigh up whether you want to pick it up at full price if you're looking for value for money.
Review by Scott McKenzie
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Nice review Scott. Will have to check it out one of these days. The leads are so good when they're enjoying themselves that it's probably worth watching just for their charm alone. Will probably pick it up for a fiver in a month or so, as the DVD itself doesn't sound like anything special. Not the kind of film that's likely to get re-released anytime soon either.
Excellent film, loved it. The two leads were totally charming.
Excellent film, loved it. The two leads were totally charming.
General viewing, but some scenes may be unsuitable for young children
Disc Details
Release Date: 23rd April 2007
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Single side, dual layer
RCE: No
Video: PAL
Aspect: 1.85:1
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Subtitles: English
Extras: The Making of Miss Potter, Katie Melua Music Video
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Chris Noonan
Cast: Renee Zellweger, Ewan McGregor, Emily Watson, Barbara Flynn, Bill Paterson
Genre: Family
Length: 92 minutes
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Pacific Asian Enterprises has received applications from more than 70 boatowners interested in participating in the Nordhavn Atlantic Rally-the first trans-Atlantic rally for oceangoing powerboats.
"When we announced the rally we knew that interest would be high," said Jim Leishman, vice president of Pacific Asian Enterprises. "But we had no idea that it would be this high."
P.A.E. has received 78 applications including 54 from Nordhavn owners and 24 from owners of vessels built by other manufacturers. Many have expressed an interest in using the rally as the first step for extended cruising in the Mediterranean and elsewhere.
As the Nordhavn Atlantic Rally 2004 draws closer, Leishman said that he expects the number of prospective participants will decline a bit as schedules and situations change. But, for event organizers, the biggest hurdle now is to select boats that will participate in the invitational event. Rally participation will be limited in order to ensure that the fleet receives the most effective on-the-water support possible.
"We designed the Nordhavn Atlantic Rally as a way for those who dream of ambitious passage making to clear the first hurdle safely and with the comfort of knowing that support is immediately at hand," said Leishman. "We'd like to take everyone, but we don't have the resources to be able to do so and still provide the level of support needed."
Fleet will depart from Florida, May 17
The Nordhavn Atlantic Rally, a three-leg, 3800-mile cruising adventure, is slated to begin with a fleet rendezvous on May 10, 2004 at a marina to be determined in southern Florida. Originally, the rally was to have started in Newport, R.I.; but, a large number of the prospective participants preferred a Florida departure. P.A.E. will name a host marina soon. Weather permitting, dates for the event are:
Social events at each venue are being planned, including a grand finale/Fourth of July celebration in Gibraltar.
Adventure of a lifetime
On the heels of the record-breaking Nordhavn 40 Around the World Voyage, Pacific Asian Enterprises created the Nordhavn Atlantic Rally to offer others the opportunity to visit distant cruising grounds safely and comfortably. "
Advancements in naval architecture and boat building technology have created a class of full-displacement vessels with remarkable sea-keeping abilities and incredible cruising ranges," said Leishman. "We build Nordhavns to make adventures possible and this event will help to introduce a whole new group of people to the thrills of trans-oceanic passage making."
The Nordhavn Atlantic Rally 2004 is an invitational event. A key facet of this event will be support not only at the stopovers, but also during every mile of the trip. P.A.E. will staff a number of specially selected Nordhavns that will serve as escort vessels to lead and follow the groups and will provide assistance to the fleet including mechanical and technical support, weather routing, emergency fuel reserves, limited towing capacity, and medical support. P.A.E. will also provide shore-side logistical support and social events.
While P.A.E. is eager to provide all the support possible, Leishman reminds all participants that the safety of the vessels and crews is the responsibility of each captain.
"Transoceanic passage-making is serious business and safety is paramount," said Leishman. "While we will do all that we can to ensure a pleasant voyage, it is up to each captain to be responsible for the safety and conduct of his vessel and crew."
Renowned circumnavigator and TV/film director Bruce Kessler will accompany the fleet to create a documentary film of the voyage. Kessler and TV producer Jo Swerling, Jr. hope to generate network interest in the documentary. The film will cover not only the transatlantic voyage, but also individual experiences of the participants. In addition, a group of journalists will be invited to participate in the event.
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Barbering consists of catering to Men's haircuts as well as facial hair trimming and shaving. Throughout the U.S. and abroad traditional barbering is making an enormous comeback. Popular haircut salons leave out a very important aspect of what a barbershop is all about. The personal interaction/relationships that develop with the clients. Lucky's Barbershop & Men's Club will closely mimic those of days gone by. Attention to detail will go into creating an environment where a man feels at home. Your first visit into Lucky's will definitely not be your last. Please stop by for a cut or just to hang out with some cool local fellas. Lucky's looks forward to being a traditional barbershop catering to the Folsom community. Thanks and see you soon!


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HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- "American Idol" judges said they weren't fooled when former judge Steven Tyler took the stage in drag during this week's auditions for talent show in Oklahoma.
The veteran Aerosmith singer drew some howls from the judges, who recognized the 64-year-old rocker when he was introduced as a typical "Idol" hopeful named Pepper LaBieja.
"Steven Tyler is in the house," cheered Randy Jackson.
Mariah Cary quipped, "Dude looks like a lady," a reference to the Aerosmith hit by the same name.
CNN said Randy Travis recognized the prank immediately while Jackson, Cary and Niki Minaj seemed to need a few moments to catch on.
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We are a group of middle and high school student/athletes from Greenwich, CT who are organizing several events in our community to raise funds for the Wounded Warrior Project (WWP). Our mission is to honor and empower wounded warriors that have recently returned from Iraq and Afghanistan. Many of these soldiers have sustained severe burns, traumatic brain injuries and loss of limbs. This junior committee is working hard to raise awareness and funds to help these heroes transition back to civilian life. Our committee will be set up in different locations raising funds and building awareness for this awesome cause!
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Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Implements Asset Tracking & Management by Stanley Healthcare
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• Improves Staff Efficiency and Equipment Utilization while Reducing Asset Loss
LONDON (Cisco Live London 2013) January 29, 2013 – Stanley Healthcare today announced that Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (DCHFT) has implemented Stanley Healthcare's Wi-Fi Real-Time Location System and Asset Tracking & Management solution to manage critical medical equipment throughout the hospital. The solution, which was implemented by Stoneleigh Consultancy and which leverages the hospital's Cisco Unified Wireless Network, reduces the time it takes for staff to find needed equipment, improves equipment utilization and helps prevent equipment from becoming lost or stolen.
"It is extremely important to be able to find an item when we need it and no hospital today can afford to waste staff time searching for critical equipment – for the sake of efficiency and for the sake of the patient experience," said Sharon Mooney, a consultant nurse in the Critical Care Unit at Dorset County Hospital. "Prior to deploying the Stanley Healthcare RTLS solution, there were times a particular device could go missing in the facility for up to a week. We now have clear visibility into where items are, and this is not a luxury, it is a necessity that allows us to be more efficient and serve patients in a timely manner."
Dorset County Hospital has approximately 400 beds, seven main operating theatres and two day theatres in three connected wings. It is the main provider of acute hospital services to a population of around 210,000 living within Weymouth and Portland, West Dorset, North Dorset and Purbeck. The vision of Dorset County Hospital is to deliver compassionate and safe healthcare, including delivering high quality, safe services that meet or exceed patient expectations.
The hospital is using Asset Tracking & Management to track the real-time location of medical equipment, including infusion pumps, radiology scanners, wheelchairs, ultrasound and x-ray machines, as well as bedside devices such as iPads. RFID tags are attached to the items and communicate over the hospital's standard Wi-Fi network to Stanley Healthcare's MobileView software, which provides a graphical view of each asset on a map of the hospital. Staff can quickly locate needed items instead of having to waste time manually searching the facility.
"With the addition of Dorset County, the number of NHS Trust hospitals using Stanley Healthcare's RTLS solutions for a range of applications, from Asset Management to Environmental Monitoring to Patient & Staff Safety, continues to grow," said Kenton Madge, Commercial Director at Stanley Healthcare. "Stanley Healthcare is proud to be working with leading hospitals around the world to transform safety, security and operational efficiency."
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Stanley Healthcare provides over 5,000 acute care hospitals and 12,000 long-term care organizations with enterprise solutions that transform safety, security and operational efficiency. The Stanley Healthcare EcoSystem enables customers to achieve organizational excellence and superior care in five critical areas: Patient Safety, Security & Protection, Environmental Monitoring, Clinical Operations & Workflow and Supply Chain & Asset Management. These integrated solutions are complemented by consulting, training and Transformational Lean™ process reengineering. Stanley Healthcare is proud to be part of Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. For more information, visit www.StanleyHealthcare.com.
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Hey all,
Recently there has been some discussion on the practice of necroposting, or adding a new post to a years-dead thread, bumping it back up to the top of the forum. This is a bit of a tricky issue, that we tried to address in the FAQ, but it would be good to get some more community feedback on this.
The problem is that it is an issue of degree. On the one hand, we don't want to be constantly retreading old ground and never have anything new. On the other hand, we don't want the forum to be characterized by older members constantly saying "I discussed that back in 2004! You have no right to talk about it now! (And, BTW, get off my lawn!)"
We certainly want newer members to know and appreciate great classic MOCs, going all the way back to Ed Boxer's Castle from 14 years ago (older stuff, too, but I date that as the start of online Castle-AFOLs). I hope everyone on the forum, both old and new, are checking out the creations, links and past contests sections of the site, all of which archive great MOCs (also poke around in the various [url]how-to articles[/url]. But even if you're just poking through past pages of the Castle MOCs subforum, or looking at pics from past fests linked in the Castle Displays and Events subforum, you'll run across tons and tons of other great things. Perhaps we should really reinvigorate Blueandwhite's Masterworks project from a couple of years ago - I did mean to turn that into a how-to article. Someone else had a memories thread, where they went back several years and highlighted favorite builders and MOCs - does anyone remember who that was?
Probably the biggest negative with necroposting is that the forum software immediately bumps the old thread to the top of the list, pushing older stuff further down. This becomes an obvious problem when someone who is very new to the forum suddenly raises 20 threads to life, and so all new content gets pushed down and off the front page of the forum. This is particularly frustrating to someone who has just posted a brand new MOC and would like feedback on it. But the same effect would also happen if tomorrow ten different old members of our community suddenly decided to make comments on two of their favorite older MOCs (and, let's face it, it you've been around the forum for several years, you've seen hundreds of things you could go back and comment on).
There is also just the annoyance factor of people adding one-line content-free responses to threads. As AC noted, this is annoying whether the thread is fresh or stale, but I sort of expect some of that in active threads, so it seems more jarring when a thread from years ago comes back just so someone can say "LOL! This moc RULZ!" Again, there is a bit of a fine line here. Without meaning to offend or sound too condescending, some of our youngest posters are not as articulate as they will be as they mature (i.e. lose their hair and gain a potbelly like us older folks ), and we do want to encourage them in the hobby and not just drive them away.
Anyway, as I said in the FAQ, a little bit of necroposting is okay, particularly when you have something intelligent to say, but too much, or too inane a response, will probably let slip the dogs of war.
I'd love the thoughts of others, both the Big and the Little, as we say in Bree.


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Carlson School Takes 2nd at Global Operations Case Competition
Full-Time MBA team analyzed Whirlpool's supply chain, bested 26 rivals.
The team of Full-Time MBA students Robert Bradley, Jack McQuiston, John Holt, Thomas Garretson, and James Bauman placed second in the Global Operations Case Competition hosted by the Tauber Institute for Global Operations at the Ross School of Business.
For the competition, 28 teams were asked to analyze Whirlpool's supply chain and how the concept of postponement could benefit the company. Five teams representing the Haas School of Business, Kellogg School of Management, Krannert School of Management, Smith School of Business, and the Carlson School were invited to Ann Arbor, Mich. to present to their recommendations to a panel from Whirlpool Corporation and Ricardo Strategic Consulting.
"We knew that our recommendations were solid, but we did not get a hard number for results," says McQuiston. "Instead we focused on the products and designs. We thought the judges would penalize us for that, but a few judges actually liked that quite a bit."
In a split decision, the judges awarded first place to the Krannert School team. The Carlson School claimed the second-place prize of $1,500 and the Kellogg School finished third.
"It was a lot of work, a lot of fun, and a great experience," adds Bradley.


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CIA Benghazi team clash led to 'stand down' report
CIA officers who testified privately to Congress about the 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya, revealed a disagreement among them about how quickly they could go help the besieged U.S. ambassador and others as well as a standing order for them to avoid violent encounters, according to a congressman and others who heard or were briefed on the testimony.
Complaints that the White House, Pentagon and State Department may not have done enough before and during the attack to save U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other men, along with accusations that it engaged in a cover-up after the attack, have continued to dog the Obama administration. One of the allegations was that U.S. officials told the CIA to "stand down" and not go to the aid of the embattled Americans — charges that top CIA and Defense and State Department officials have denied.
The testimony from the CIA officers and contractors who were in Libya that night bolster those denials but also shed light on what may have led to the delay of less than 30 minutes. None of those who testified said that a quicker response would have saved the lives of Stevens, Sean Smith, Tyrone Woods and Glenn Doherty.
The CIA officers in charge in Libya that day told Congress of a chaotic scramble to aid Stevens and others who were in the outpost when it was attacked by militants on the 11th anniversary of 9/11. Those CIA leaders decided they and the security contractors working for them should wait before rushing from their annex into the violence roughly a mile away. They testified that they were trying to first gather intelligence and to round up Libyan militia allies armed with heavy weapons, according to the testimony by the CIA officers in charge, including both the head of the CIA security team and the CIA chief of the Benghazi base.
Some of the CIA security contractors, however, disagreed with their bosses and wanted to move more quickly.
Rep. Lynn Westmoreland, a Georgia Republican who chairs a House intelligence subcommittee that interviewed the employees, said he believes this disagreement was the source of allegations that the CIA ordered security personnel to "stand down" and not help the people inside the diplomatic mission, and perhaps was the source of accusations that the Obama administration failed to answer a call from the CIA security team for combat aircraft.
"The team leader knew he was on his own," Westmoreland said. The congressman explained that the lack of air support was clear to all CIA employees working in Libya because of a 2011 CIA memorandum sent to employees after NATO forces ended their mission in support of the Libyan revolution.
"It basically told people in Benghazi…if you are attacked, you get your 'package' (the personnel they are charged with protecting) and you get out," he said.
A senior intelligence official confirmed that the CIA officers on the ground in Benghazi responded to the diplomats' call for help by trying "to rally local support for the rescue effort and secure heavier weapons." When it became "clear that this additional support could not be rapidly obtained," the team moved toward the diplomatic compound. The intelligence official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the attack publicly by name.
One of the contractors testified that he shouted repeatedly over the agency's radio system to his CIA security boss that they should request combat aircraft to help. But the security chief explained to lawmakers that he ignored his subordinate's demands, because he said he knew that no combat aircraft were available for such a mission, Westmoreland said.
Westmoreland said the CIA security contractors loaded into two vehicles, with weapons ready, the moment they heard the radio call for help from the diplomatic building. Some of the contractors wanted to rush to the U.S. compound roughly a mile away, and their agitation grew as they heard increasing panic when the diplomats reported the militants were setting the compound on fire.
The CIA team leader and the CIA chief who was based at the Benghazi annex told committee members that they were trying to gather Libyan allies and intelligence before racing to the embattled compound, worried that they might be sending their security team into an ambush with little or no backup, possibly creating more American casualties.
At least one of those security contractors — a former U.S. Army Ranger — was told to "wait" at least twice, and he argued with his security team leader, according to his testimony, related by Westmoreland. Westmoreland declined to share the names of the officers who testified because they are still CIA employees.
According to previous accounts by U.S. officials, the attacks began at approximately 9:40 p.m., and the CIA team arrived roughly 25 minutes into the attack.
None of those who testified would say they believed the ambassador or the others could have been saved had they arrived any faster, according to two officials, who also were briefed on the testimony. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the closed testimony publicly.
Westmoreland said they have also asked for more information from that night, including a record of CIA cellphone conversations to try to determine exactly when the first call for help came from the diplomatic compound and to narrow down when that help actually arrived.
When the seven CIA employees reached the diplomatic compound, they fought their way in and beat the militants back. They searched the compound buildings and found the five State Department security personnel who had taken shelter in various parts of the compound.
They found computer specialist Smith, dead from smoke inhalation, but couldn't find Stevens and decided to fall back to the CIA annex, because the crowd was building outside again, Westmoreland and the other officials said.
Stevens was found in a safe room and taken by Libyan civilians to a nearby hospital but also died from smoke inhalation.
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BYOD Emerges as 'New Normal' for Mobile Generation
CIOs and their IT teams are spending less time managing company-distributed hardware and more time attempting to navigate the ever-rising surge of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) popularity, according to a new international survey from iPass. Very few workers feel that personal mobile products should not be used on the job, findings show. And they're generally getting their wish, as the vast majority of professionals are now allowed to use their smartphones for work. In fact, the average mobile worker now owns several devices for various business purposes. The overriding message seems to be: If you're still attempting to thwart BYOD within your organization, you're probably fighting a losing battle. For starters, the C-Suiters probably won't appreciate how such a position will place the company at a competitive disadvantage for talent. Ultimately, it's best to work with users to come up with strong mobile policies that best serve and protect the enterprise while allowing them to use their preferred devices. More than 1,620 global mobile workers took part in the research.


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Rokita Announces Wayne County as Vote Center Pilot
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Richmond, IN - Today, Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokita announced the selection of Wayne County as Indiana's second Vote Center concept pilot county. The announcement follows last week's selection of Tippecanoe County as the state's first pilot location.
The advent of Vote Centers means Wayne County residents in the 2007 Primary and General Elections will have flexibility in choosing a polling location from any of the county's centers. Rokita championed the concept before the Indiana General Assembly, which recently passed legislation authorizing the Secretary of State to select pilot counties.
"Our election process has remained the same for more than 100 years, yet our lifestyles have changed significantly," Rokita said. "Vote Centers mean voting the way we live today and no longer worrying about finding the right precinct, because any center in the county will work. The concept also means savings for taxpayers by significantly reducing the cost of election administration."
By utilizing technology, Wayne County will be able to decrease the overall number of polling places and offer the option of voting at the location most convenient for the individual. Centers will be placed in high-traffic, accessible locations, with preference given to locations along public transit lines, such as libraries and public office buildings. Electronic poll books connected by a secure line to the county election board office will be updated in real-time and will enable election officials to ensure each person votes only once.
The change translates to taxpayer savings by reducing the number of voting systems needed to run an election, reducing the number of election workers, and eliminating costly printing and storage of poll books.
The selection of Wayne County follows an extensive application process, in which counties were asked to address questions of technical capability and impact to voters. The law enabling Vote Centers required selection of pilot counties by October 1, 2006, which means only Wayne and Tippecanoe Counties will serve as Vote Center counties in 2007.
"The Wayne County plan is innovative and indicates real commitment to bringing Vote Centers to fruition," Rokita said. "The successful implementation of the Vote Centers concept will certainly be an important step toward improving elections for all Hoosiers."


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No Nonsense Nancy got misty eyed.
State Sen. Nancy Detert, R-Venice, has long built a reputation as a tough legislator worthy of the intimidating firefighter's ax she keeps on her office wall with the inscription "No Nonsense Nancy."
But she was no match for Marcus Jacques. He and four other one-time foster children, all under 25 years of age, recently surprised Detert at a hearing in Tallahassee. One-by-one they took a microphone to thank her personally for legislation created years ago to help them transition out of foster care and to encourage her to keep fighting for other kids in the system. Many said Detert's work kept them out of trouble with the law and made sure they were not among those forced to deal with homelessness.
"Sen. Detert, we appreciate you and owe you a lot," Jacques, a Palm Beach County man, told Detert.
He spoke moments after Hillsborough County resident Andrea Cowart told Detert she may have never made it to college if not for Detert's program.
"How do you respond to that," an emotional Detert said after the meeting.
The praise was for Road to Independence, a program that gives foster children who turn 18 a stipend to help them finish high school, go to college or get job training to prepare them for the workforce. Detert proposed the idea in 2002.
Detert said she gets accolades for other issues she works on, but hearing from those who benefitted from her legislation was almost too much to absorb.
But Detert is not done. She said her next big battle is another major rewrite of foster care rules that will include the option of letting children stay in the foster system until they are 21 and better able to provide for themselves. Currently, once a child reaches 18, they are turned out of the program -- even if they are still in high school.
"Often they have no way to really support themselves," Detert said.
Rubio vs. Clinton
For those hoping for a preview of a potential 2016 presidential showdown, the exchange last Wednesday in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing between Sen. Marco Rubio and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had to be a letdown.
Rubio, a Republican from Miami, posed tough questions to Clinton about how she addressed security problems in Libya prior to attacks on U.S. officials there on Sept. 11, 2012, that left four Americans dead. But the exchanges did not produce the heated responses provoked by Sens. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., or Rand Paul, R-Ky.
"Were you ever asked to participate in any sort of internal or inter-agency meeting, before this attack, with regard to the deteriorating security situation in Libya?" Rubio asked Clinton about an hour into the hearing.
Clinton responded that specific security request "didn't come to me."
She then told Rubio that there was a lot of conversation about the deteriorating situation in Libya before the attack. She said in meetings with Libyan officials it came up repeatedly from late 2011 on.
"Of course this was a constant conversation," Clinton said in response to Rubio.
She said the problem in Libya was that the new government was willing to improve security but did not have the capacity.
Clinton, often tabbed a potential Democratic candidate for president in 2016, said the U.S. has been providing training, equipment and planning to the Libyans to improve the security situation in that nation.
Rubio, a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, has also been discussed as a potential candidate in 2016, given his strong consideration to be Mitt Romney's running mate in 2012.
Before the questioning, Rubio praised Clinton, saying he had tremendous respect for her hard work and service for the country.
"Madam Secretary, we all wish this had never happened so this hearing would never had to have happened," Rubio said.
Prepping for March
It's almost state Legislature time again. And that means community groups are putting together pre-Legislature session forums with hopes of influencing the state agenda.
This morning, the Manatee Chamber of Commerce and Bright House Networks host their annual legislative breakfast with the county's revamped delegation. Newly elected Sen. Bill Galvano, R-Bradenton, joins state Reps. Jim Boyd, Greg Steube and Darryl Rouson at the breakfast, which starts at 7:15 a.m. at the Bradenton Country Club, 4646 Ninth Ave. W., Bradenton.
The cost is $25 for Manatee Chamber members and $35 for nonmembers. Reservations are required to Lisa at (941) 748-4842, Ext. 123 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Political calendar
Today: The Manatee County Republican Party holds a discussion about the ramifications of the Affordable Care Act at the monthly meeting starting at 7 p.m. at the Bradenton Women's Club, 1705 Manatee Ave. W., Bradenton. For more information, call 714-0600.
Tuesday: One of the state's most influential Republican-leaning political bloggers, Javier Manjarres speaks to the Manatee Forum, Republican Women Federated starting at 6 p.m. at Pier 22, 1200 First Ave. W., Bradenton. Cost is $20. Nonmembers welcome.
Thursday: Newly elected Sarasota County Commissioner Charles Hines and County Administrator Randall Reid speak to the Palmer Ranch Communities Coalition, starting at 3 p.m. at The Glenridge on Palmer Ranch Parkway East. The event is open to the public.
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Savannah-Chatham police investigators have launched a criminal investigation after finding a man dead in his wrecked car early Thursday morning.
The wounds discovered on the body of 38-year-old Roderick Richardson, of an address in the 500 block of Early Street, were inconsistent with the severity of the single-car wreck police found him in, said Julian Miller, police spokesman.
Richardson was found around midnight in a wrecked Honda that had crashed into a chain-link fence that surrounds Hodge Elementary School at Mills B. Lane Boulevard and Hopkins Street, Miller said.
Richardson was transported to Memorial University Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
Miller said violent crimes detectives are continuing to investigate the case.
Anyone with information on the case is asked to call CrimeStoppers at 912-234-2020 or text CRIMES (274637). Tipsters remain anonymous and may qualify for a cash reward.
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As training camp gets set to open officially tomorrow morning at UBC when players report for their physicals, we're starting another year of Canucks hockey here at Canucks Corner. 13 years have gone by and we're still kicking, entering our14th year of Canucks hockey on the internet. I'm pretty excited about the coming year not only for the site, but the team on the ice. There is a real buzz in Vancouver, and it's a little different than it has been in the past.
Fans are starting to buy into the Canucks regime that is lead by the calm cool and patient Mike Gillis. With a summer full of big hurdles to overcome, Gillis handled them all with the quiet confidence that has become his trademark as the leader of the organization. Signing the Sedin's and getting Roberto Luongo signed long term were no easy tasks for any GM to face going into the off-season. Then he goes out and dips into the thre free agent market adding Andrew Raycroft for depth in goal, Mikael Samuelsson up front and adding Mathieu Schneider, Christian Erhoff and Brad Lukowich to an already deep blue line corp.
He has youngsters Sergei Shirokov, Michael Grabner and of course Cody Hodgson among others vying to crack the roster, and a young blue chip goaltender in Cory Schneider to use anyway he sees fit and then there is the continued maturation of players like Kevin Bieksa, Ryan Kesler and Alex Burrows.
And if that weren't enough Gillis is about to extend the contract of coach Alain Vigneault to add even more stability to the club.Vigneault has his fans and his detractors but he and Gillis seem to be on the same page when it comes to building this hockey club, and that's half the battle.
Yes, heading into camp the Canucks and their fans have a lot of reasons to be excited about. But that's not to say there still isn't work to be done. The Canucks will need to whittle their salary structure down by October 1st to get under the salar cap, something Gillis says will be done through competition at camp. Gillis feels this camp is different than the last due to the fact he was new last year and no one knew what to expect from him. Now with his retooling and stabilizing project nearing completion, all players should be entering camp ready to be at the top of their game, or they may not make the team.
With the Northwest division taking a drop off in quality according to many, the Canucks should be in a position to contend for the division and perhaps even the conference. So sit back and get ready for another wild ride. Just try and take it day by day…like our calm cool and collected GM.
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- This from Hosea Cheung on Twitter: (@hosea24hours) The Canucks have cut Matthew Ford, Mitch McColm, Bobby Nadeau, and Joe Plekaitis, James Reid, Justin Taylor, and Michael Ward following prospects camp. prior to the start of the main camp.
- TSN says no Sundin is not negotiating, Sportsnet claims he' and the Canucks are talking. Here we go again? God I hope not. Either Mats shows up for his physical tomorrow or move on.
- As I said in the intro I am really excited about the direction this site could be heading this year and the things we have in store working with the Canucks on the Fan Zone at Canucks.com. We have a great group of creative people who are really going to try and do some cool things this season. You'll have to stay tuned for more, but safe to say if you follow these folks on Twitter you'll never be out of the loop: @CanucksHockey @mozy19, @Hgiraffe, @vancanucks, @miss604
@canucksoutsider, @johnbollwitt, @crazycanucks and of course follow us at @CanucksCorner.


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when I reading this story and realize this stories have many shining star flying and wonder to explore and finaly realize the second jataka are a part of this stories so the first jataka it is continue stories.
but there new translation and this new translation cut the ties of the stories betwen the second jataka and the third jataka.
well, so i have question to ask about it.
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/auth ... tml#jat003To the door of their house came the greedy hawker on his round, crying "Waterpots to sell! Waterpots to sell!" And the damsel, when she knew be was there, said to her grandmother, "Oh, do buy me a trinket, grandmother."
That afternoon, while the greedy peddler was on his rounds, he came to the door of that very house, crying, "Beads for sale! Beads for sale!"
When the young girl heard his cry, she begged, "Please buy me a trinket, Grandmother."
My question, what exactly the trader crying? yes i understand the second more connection and fluid than the first who have odd (this odd make wonder what the stories want to told me).


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NUMERIC Math Fair: http://www.nipissingu.ca/numeric/mathfair.asp
The event was covered by local media, with parents/teachers/professors attending the Fair. The Dean of Arts and Science was in attendance to distribute awards to all winners.
Future Plans (if any):
The junior (Grades 9/10) and senior (Grades 11/12) Mathematics Competitions were very successful in terms of student/teacher involvment in the first two years in which they were hosted (2007-08 and 2008-09). We are making plans for our third installment of these competitions for the 2009-10 school year and fully expect them to likewise be well attended and enjoyed. For copies of mathematics content problem sets and solutions (note: these are marked by volunteers in stages during the competition day, so that immediate results/feedback is possible and winners announced before students leave), and full results from past years, please refer to our website:
NUMERIC Mathematics Competitions: http://www.nipissingu.ca/numeric/competitions.asp
Mathematics Fair 2009
Awards: $701.15
Catering: $500.00
Mathematics Competitions 2009, 2010
Awards: $798.85 (i.e., remaining funds)
Contact Name: Dr. Daniel Jarvis, Associate Professor
[October 14, 2009]