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TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Honduran President Porfirio Lobo said Saturday that he is in a standoff with the same political and business elite that staged a 2009 coup and whisked his predecessor from the country at gunpoint.
The Supreme Court, which found then President Manuel Zelaya's ouster legal, has turned down a key Lobo proposal to bring development to the troubled Central American country, which has yet to recover from the 2009 unrest. The court is expected on Tuesday to nullify another Lobo reform designed to clean up the notoriously corrupt national police.
A day after saying a group was plotting to repeat the "crisis of 2009," Lobo on Saturday accused key business interests of colluding with Honduras' judges to oppose him.
He said if the Supreme Court declares his police reform unconstitutional, he will take the issue to a public referendum.
Zelaya was deposed when he ignored a Supreme Court order to cancel a referendum on his plan to revise the constitution, promising the poor they would get a voice in shaping the future of the country.
Lobo stepped up his rhetoric against the same judges and businessmen who fought with Zelaya, saying they are led by publishing magnate Jorge Canahuati.
"If you don't desist in what you are thinking of doing, of destabilizing Honduras, you will regret it," Lobo said before a military ceremony at which he was surrounded by the army, which has pledged its support to the president. "I'm warning you, don't do it. This democracy is not going to take us out."
Canahuati, who publishes Honduras' two largest newspapers, has called Lobo's statements "reckless" and denies involvement in any conspiracy.
Zelaya, who returned from exile to form an opposition political party, voiced support for Lobo on Friday.
Drug trafficking and violence have spiked since Zelaya's ouster in Honduras, where two-thirds of the 8.2 million people live in poverty. With a homicide rate of 91 per 100,000 residents, it is often called the most violent country in the world.
The 2009 coup split world leaders and created a headache for the United States, which cut off aid to Honduras as punishment, but then was criticized for recognizing Lobo's government after he was elected in a regularly scheduled vote later that year. Lobo took office in January 2010 and is limited to a single term, which ends next year.
The political turmoil and cut in U.S. aid have been cited as reasons for the rise in drug trafficking.
The U.S. Embassy in Honduras said Saturday that it would not comment on the current conflict.
Following the Supreme Court's ruling in October shooting down Lobo's plan to build private cities as a means of attracting investment and economic development, the current power struggle publicly is over the police reform, but Honduras seems to have reached a new point of ungovernability.
In addition to Lobo's standoff with federal judges, the government can't pay its workers and has requested a $100 million loan from the Honduran Central Bank. Party elections held last month to select the 2013 presidential candidates still have not yielded results. There have been widespread accusations of fraud in the votes, and the electoral court says it can't issue results because it can't pay its workers due to the national financial crisis.
Honduras has failed to fix the structural problems that led to Zelaya's ouster, said former Guatemalan Vice President Eduardo Stein, who led an international truth commission that issued a July 2011 report saying both sides in the coup broke the law.
"The recommendation of the truth commission specifically touched on the lack of proper mechanisms to solve or arbitrate conflicts among the powers of the state," Stein said. "Unfortunately the congress did not tackle those issues."
Honduras' federal judges have long been closely tied with the business elite.
In one of its fact-finding missions, the truth commission found businessmen who referred to federal judges as "my judge, as in 'I put him there,'" said Stein, who was in Honduras last month and said he sensed a major conflict brewing. "The Supreme Court was appointed by the very structures that have controlled Honduran politics for years."
Many played down the possibility of a coup.
"I don't expect anything to happen. The people will not allow it," said Juan Orlando Hernandez, president of the congress.
Associated Press writer Katherine Corcoran in Mexico City contributed to this report.


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Even when seated, the Chicago Bulls outrebounded the Miami Heat.
Following one missed shot, the ball rolled between forward Carlos Boozer's legs as he fell on his backside, yet he still managed to scoop it up and feed a teammate for two more second-chance points for Chicago.
Dominating on the glass and the hardwood, the Bulls became only the third visiting team to win in Miami this season, beating the Heat 96-89 Friday night.
Chicago outrebounded Miami 48-28. The Bulls had 19 offensive rebounds to four for the Heat.
"Everybody in both locker rooms understands what the overwhelming key to the game was," Miami coach Erik Spoelstra said. "They were throwing it up there and playing volleyball against us."
The Eastern Conference-leading Heat fell to 15-3 at home. Their other home defeats came against the Knicks and Warriors.
"It always feels good to beat the Heat," said center Joakim Noah, who had 12 rebounds. "And we get a night out in the city, so we're hyped right now. We haven't been playing great basketball and this is probably our biggest win of the year against the defending champs. It feels good."
The first meeting between the teams this season was a bruiser, and the Bulls repeatedly outfought and outfoxed Miami on the boards.
The Heat, who are last in the NBA in rebounds, had won four games this season when outrebounded by 15 or more. But this time the disparity beat them.
"It's just the will of going to do it," LeBron James said. "It's a reoccurrence. You give a team like this extra possessions, they're going to capitalize."
James scored 30 points, extending his streaks of scoring at least 20 points to 31 consecutive games this season, and 52 games in a row overall when including last year's playoff run. He has scored at least 25 in eight consecutive games.
But he had just six rebounds, which led the Heat. Boozer had 12 rebounds for Chicago, and Taj Gibson added nine in 17 minutes.
The Bulls' final offensive rebound helped seal the win. Jimmy Butler grabbed it and fed Boozer for a layup with 46 seconds left to put them up 93-86.
Chicago had 20 second-chance points to seven for Miami.
"It's killing us, plain and simple," said Heat center Chris Bosh, who had one offensive rebound in 38 minutes. "Is it scheme? Is it mental? We'd better figure it out."
Boozer scored 27 points after totaling a season-high 31 Wednesday at Orlando. Noah, back after missing one game with flu-like symptoms, had 13 points.
They set the tone with their physical play.
"I don't know if that small ball is going to work against us," Noah said. "Not with guys like Carlos Boozer in the game."
While the Heat were often on their heels, they kept coming back. A jarring foul by Kirk Hinrich near the sideline staggered James and he collapsed on the Bulls bench, then was helped to his feet by coach Tom Thibodeau.
Seconds later, James sank a 3.
Noah drew a flagrant foul when he tackled James around the neck with one arm to stop a drive early in the fourth quarter. The violation led to a four-point possession for the Heat, with James sinking four consecutive free throws.
The next time Miami had the ball, James drove for a dunk that cut Chicago's lead to 75-72. But the Heat got no closer.
"We understand how important rebounding is," Thibodeau said, "and it showed tonight."
Chicago won with more than mere muscle. The Bulls' 5-foot-9 Nate Robinson made a leaping interception of a James pass, then smartly bounced the ball off Miami's Shane Battier to avoid traveling. The ball dribbled out of bounds, allowing Chicago to keep possession.
Robinson's 3-pointer with 6½ minutes left gave the Bulls their biggest lead, 83-73.
The Bulls pounded the boards from the start and scored the final 10 points of the first quarter for a 26-22 lead. Butler's buzzer-beater to end the first half put them up 49-48.
Marco Belinelli sank a 3-pointer to put Chicago up 75-66 after three quarters.
The Heat had won their past two games, both in overtime, but the Bulls wouldn't let them get to OT.
NOTES: Regarding All-Star voting, James said with a chuckle: "It looks like I'm going to be a starter. Surprising." ... The Bulls are 9-8 home and 9-5 on the road. ... Chicago improved to 8-1 on the road against the Eastern Conference.

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WCSO: Teacher had sex with 2 of her students
A 45-year-old teacher has been accused of having sex with two of her students.
Amy Tilley Bower, 45, resigned Aug. 19 and was arrested shortly after in connection with a report that she had sex with two of her students who were 15 at the time, according to the Watauga County Sheriff's Office.
The report received by the Sheriff's Office on July 23 said that Bower, a fifth grade teacher at Cove Creek School, had sex with the students from 1998 to 2000 and 2004 to 2006 when she taught at two other schools.
Bower is charged with two counts of sexual activity with a student and two counts of indecent liberties with a child. She turned herself in to authorities on Wednesday. Her bond was set at $50,000.


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Job Search
Career Center: The Career Center (Lucina Hall, room 220) offers several services to undergraduates, including career and teacher fairs. For an overview, check out the Center's Web site.
Cardinal Career Link is the Career Center's premiere job-posting site for Ball State students and alumni. It can be accessed online at Cardinal Career Link. Cardinal Career Link lists thousands of employment opportunities, including all campus part-time jobs (possibly full-time during summer), many off-campus part-time jobs in the Muncie area, a variety of internship and fellowship programs, full-time professional jobs (including jobs for experienced alumni), and on-campus interviewing opportunities with employers visiting campus.
Thousands of jobs are posted at Web sites such as www.monster.com. Many other job-search pages exist, such as www.jobsfed.com, the Federal Jobs Digest (where government jobs are advertised).


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Or try decoupage scissors with curved blades are also available at craft stores. A craft knife is handy to cut details from the inside of a design.
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Creating Rustic Looks
Tearing: To achieve an irregular, textured edge, tear the paper by pulling toward you in an upward motion.
Burning:To achieve an antique or rustic look, use a match or candle flame to light the edge of your paper. Just as the print begins to burn, carefully blow out the flame on the paper. Continue burning a small areas at a time until the entire edge has been burned. Remove excess charred paper by scraping the edge of the paper with the side of the scissors, leaving a brown edge.
If you desire a more traditional decoupage look, however, apply a total of six coats of Royal Coat Decoupage Finish.


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By Kyle Brandenburgh
Big 12 Campus Correspondent
On September 2, 2011, senior nose-tackle Nicolas Jean-Baptiste walked through the tunnel and onto the turf of Floyd Casey Stadium to the warm welcome of a deafening crowd. The fans were ready to watch the Bears upset the highly-touted TCU Horned Frogs.
"Walking out there was the greatest experience in football that I have had yet," Jean-Baptiste said. "It made you realize just how big the game was."
It was in that special moment that Jean-Baptiste could reminisce about the long and constant self-motivation it took for him to be where he is today.
After earning All-District honors on the offensive and defensive line in his senior year at Strake Jesuit College Prep in Stafford, Texas, Jean-Baptiste decided to walk-on to the Baylor football team.
Upon arrival at Baylor, he found out that getting to the top of the depth chart was going to take more than just hard work. To hone his skills and technique, Jean-Baptiste redshirted during his freshman campaign.
"It was really tough, but I knew that I had to be patient," Jean-Baptiste said. "I had to take full advantage whenever I had the opportunity to take the field."
With the help of his father's numerous motivating emails, Jean-Baptiste received a scholarship after the 2008 season. During that year, he shared time at nose tackle in all 12 games and was selected to the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll.
"My mom was the first person that I called to tell, and she cried," Jean-Baptiste joked. "But, I knew I couldn't just settle for a scholarship. I wanted more."
With that fire, Jean-Baptiste worked his way into a supporting role as an interior defensive lineman his sophomore season. He played in all 12 games and made a presence each time he stepped onto the field creating about three stops a game.
Jean-Baptiste proved himself worthy of a starting role in his breakout junior year. Statistically, he ended the season with 31 tackles, two QB hurries, a sack, a forced fumble and a pass break-up.
He started each of the remaining regular season games after Rice, but was forced to miss the Texas Bowl due to an injury.
"Having to watch my team practice in Houston and then find out that I was not going to be able to play was horrible," Jean-Baptiste said. "I felt useless out there just watching."
In the off-season, he had a new chip on his shoulder. This time it was not earning a starting spot or proving himself worthy of a scholarship, as had been his goals in years past. This season he wants to get back to a big bowl game.
"Getting back is one of my biggest goals that I've had," Jean-Baptiste said. "It is my motivation."
So, after beating TCU, he claims that there is much more to accomplish and be done. The program has come a long way and somewhat grown up alongside Jean-Baptiste in his career here.
"The program has come a long way with everything," Jean-Baptiste said. "It's great just to think about. I mean it is all so much easier now and much more fun."
It has been a long journey for this former walk-on, but with bowl game aspirations and dreams of playing in the NFL, much is to be done within the program for Jean-Baptiste. However, it is a little bit hard not to look back at what has been accomplished and not be proud of it all.
"It's great to finally get recognition for all of the hard work that we put in," Jean-Baptiste said.
Nicolas Jean-Baptiste's experience at Baylor has given him some life lessons and made a huge impact on his life, but this is not to say that he did not accept every challenge and prosper for doing so.
"It's been a long journey here, and the biggest thing I have learned is patience," Jean-Baptiste said. "Now, I know that whenever opportunity knocks, you take it."


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DENVER (AP) — Skiers and snowboarders accustomed to tracking how many runs they've done will soon have access to a smartphone app to track their jumps and spins too.
Vail Resorts Inc.'s EpicMix application changed the industry in 2010 by using radio-frequency ID tags in lift tickets and passes to communicate with scanners on lifts to tally riders' vertical feet and runs.
Now the company Active Network has developed a smartphone app to count a skier or snowboarder's jumps, spins and other hill stats, like average hang time. It works with the help of a motion sensor made by Golden, Colo.-based Mosoro that is based on Bluetooth LE technology. The app will likely come out early next year. The app will probably be free, while the sensor is around $100.


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Red Border Picture Frame by Shiraleah
Overview & Details
- Hand-painted bone picture frame
- Include a photo for a thoughtful gift for friends and family
- Showcases a cherished photo
- Crafted of hand-painted bone – an ancient art form
- Neutral with a red border
- Holds 4" x 6" photo
- 8¾" x 6¾"
- Imported
Add lasting memories to your home with this beautiful picture frame from Shiraleah. Expertly crafted of hand-painted bone, it makes a perfect backdrop for your favorite photo. Displays a 4" x 6" photo.


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Del Potro, Murray out of ABN Amro tournament
Feb. 14, 2014
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) — Top-seeded Juan Martin del Potro and number two Andy Murray both crashed out at the ABN Amro Friday, leaving Tomas Berdych as the only seeded player to reach the semifinals.
Ernests Gulbis of Latvia upset defending champion Del Potro 6-3, 6-4. . The Argentine is recovering from a wrist injury and it wasn't clear whether it may have been bothering him. He took a medical time-out after the first set, but decided to continue.
However, his service appeared to suffer: in the first set, he served five aces to Gulbis' six. In the second, Gulbis had six more while Del Potro had none.
"It's nice to have beaten the defending champion, but actually it doesn't matter to me who won last year or 10 years ago," Gulbis said. "I'm through to the semifinals, and that's the most important."
Cilic beat Murray 6-3, 6-4 in an hour and 11 minutes, making it look easy in what was his second win over the Scottish Wimbledon champion in their 11 meetings. After Murray failed to hold serve in the fifth game of the second set, he had four chances to break back in the sixth — but failed to capitalize.
Third-seeded Czech Berdych survived a difficult first set, including a tiebreak in which he had five set points. He regrouped and went on to win 6-7 (9), 6-2, 6-4 against Jerzy Janowicz of Poland. Berdych and Gulbis will meet in one semifinal.
In the other, Cilic will play the winner of Friday's final match, between hometown favorite Dutchman Igor Sijseling and Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany.


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For Immediate Release
|January 16, 2014
Ryan Helfrich, Deputy U.S. Marshal
Northern District of Ohio (216) 522-2236
|Violent South Euclid Fugitive Arrested by U.S. Marshals
Cleveland, OH – Today at approximately 4:45 p.m., the U.S. Marshal's Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force (NOVFTF) arrested Carl Hampton Jr., age 28. Hampton was wanted by the South Euclid Police for felonious assault. The charges stem from an assault that occurred on Dec. 20th last month. It is alleged that Hampton beat up a man after a verbal altercation. The victim was 34 year old Eugene Warren. Warren died a week later from his injuries.
The NOVFTF discovered the details of the rental car Hampton was driving and a possible location of the car. Members of the NOVFTF, with the assistance of the Lakewood Police, scoured the area until the vehicle was discovered near the 18800 block of Detroit Ext. in Lakewood this morning at 1:00 a.m. The NOVFTF set up surveillance in the area and narrowed their search to one particular apartment building. After several hours of surveillance Hampton realized he was surrounded and had nowhere left to hide. At approximately 4:45 p.m., Hampton exited an apartment and was taken into custody in the lobby of the apartment building. Hampton was transported to the South Euclid Police Department.
U.S. Marshal Pete Elliott said, "The patience and perseverance of the members of the task force paid off in full with the apprehension of Hampton. Their dedication got another violent fugitive off the street."
South Euclid Police Chief Nietert said, "The
South Euclid Police Department appreciates the assistance of the Northern
Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force in the apprehension of Hampton. We are
fortunate to have them to help in our area."
Additional information about the U.S. Marshals Service can be found at http://www.usmarshals.gov.
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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The U.N. and a leading human rights group criticized Cambodia on Thursday for failing to pay its share of costs for the U.N.-backed Khmer Rouge tribunal, which has been hit by striking Cambodian staff who have been unpaid for months.
Human Rights Watch said the failure to pay employees' salaries is the latest "delaying tactic" by a government led by former Khmer Rouge members.
"The government has demonstrated it has plenty of cash to pay a bloated army and buy elections, making its refusal to put money into the Khmer Rouge tribunal a symbol of its utter contempt for justice in Cambodia," said Brad Adams, Human Rights Watch's Asia director.
Cambodian government spokesmen Phay Siphan and Ek Tha declined to comment and refused to discuss the funding issues facing the tribunal.
The tribunal is tasked with seeking justice for atrocities committed by the Khmer Rouge in the late 1970s, when an estimated 1.7 million Cambodians died from starvation, disease, forced labor and executions.
Under the agreement with the Cambodian government that established the tribunal, the U.N. pays the salaries of the foreign staff, while it is the Cambodian government's responsibility to pay Cambodian employees. In reality, international donors have often supplemented Cambodia's inadequate contributions.
The Cambodian section of the court currently faces a $3 million shortfall for its operations, including wages, from June through the end of the year.
"Prime Minister Hun Sen has spent years obstructing the trials of former Khmer Rouge leaders, but donors to the court have played along and continued to subsidize a seriously compromised court," Adams said. "Donors should finally call his bluff and withhold future contributions until the Cambodian government pays its agreed share of the costs of holding the Khmer Rouge accountable."
David Scheffer, a U.N Ambassador for the tribunal, said in a statement sent to The Associated Press on Thursday that the U.N. has pressed Cambodia "repeatedly to step up to its legal obligation so as to avoid such crises."
Scheffer also urged the court's local staff to remain patient "as we urgently continue with our efforts" to find a resolution.
At least 134 of the court's Cambodian employees, including interpreters and translators, went on strike Monday to demand wages that have not been paid since June.
The court is currently trying two Khmer Rouge leaders, former head of state Khieu Samphan, 82, and chief ideologue Nuon Chea, 87, for crimes against humanity, war crimes, genocide and other offenses. Ieng Sary, another defendant, died in March during the trial.
The defendants' advanced age and poor health, as well as budgetary shortfalls, have raised concerns the trial may grind to a halt before a verdict is reached. The court, which began in 2006, so far has convicted only one defendant, Khmer Rouge prison director Kaing Guek Eav, who was sentenced to life imprisonment.


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Hold your breath everybody, we're publishing positive news about HTC and the company's finances. After a number of reports released by the manufacturer have each displayed signs of continued negativity, the November unaudited financial documentation is a different story.
According to company numbers, there are possible signs of improvements with revenues of NT$21.2 billion ($729 million), up from NT$17.2 billion ($529) million reported in October. This boost can be attributed to the release of new hardware on the Android and Windows Phone platforms.
The company has two Windows Phone 8 smartphones, the HTC 8X and HTC 8S and both are launching in multiple markets through the festive holidays. Unfortunately, while the down spiral has halted, HTC is still performing weaker than what was reported on over the summer. With both the 8X and 8S going into consumer hands, it'll be interesting to see how well they perform through to 2013.
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|2009-11-11, 20:32
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cho~ kakkoii
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: 3rd Planet
As I have been kindly informed by a fellow Claymore fan, this is actually a fan thought-out petition of sort. That is really unfortunate. I'll just merge this thread with the General Discussion for Claymore.
|2009-11-11, 20:53
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Dark Lord of Animesuki
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: The Kingdom of Orange...you can't beat the Cuse, in basketball or snowfall!
I've already considered music, which as everyone seems to agree, would need to get better (more dark classical "romantic" work like Mozart's Reqiuem or something similar, particularly for the "death scene in Pieta"), better animation (artwork was more than adequate sometimes) and more color would be good ideas to work on.
However, I do have just one large caveat to add: if they were to make a second season after this fan-driven petition, please let it be after Claymore has reached Chapter 120 or higher! We need at least 60 chapters to make up a season, judging by the first season. That means they'll have to wait awhile unless they come up with original material to fill in the seven-year time-skip.
|2009-11-13, 23:34
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the opposing wind
We still have hope !! Let's make the vote to reach 20.000 and kicks all those anime developer's butt !! /
Nah, there's a vewwy guud encouragement that it's actually just a matter of time Claymore season 2 MUST be come true. We just have to wait
Positive, Positive
|2009-11-14, 04:55
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Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: philippines
guys... i soooo want a second season of claymore... im even trying my very best to spread the news..... so guys lets spread the news together... even if it's a fans petition we can still do this!!!!
guys i just put a new thread about voting in Anime Forum dot Com AND Anime-forums.com!! we have to spread the news guys!!! 4 MONTHS TO GO!! LETS DO OUR BEST!!!
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|2009-11-14, 10:54
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posting in a retarded way
Join Date: Jul 2009
It seems a little off-topic now that you guys have changed to "voting mode", but I still have a little question regarding the end of the anime.
We see a weakened Priscilla, who went back to her human form. Before that happened she completely awakened or had a second awakening. Everyone is shocked of her second awakening, because she was already terribly strong. Like "OMG, she hadn't already fully awakened" or something along those line. But when Isley came for her rescue and just emitted a little bit of yoki, at least not enough for him transforming, they were all shocked to the bone.
So in separating those lines:
1. Priscilla fighting. Their reaction was "We can't win. So overwhelmingly strong."
2. Priscilla fully awakened. Their reaction was "She wasn't fully awakened already."
3. Isley emitting yoki. Their reaction was "Can't move. So unbelievably strong."
I don't get the "power levels". It seems so totally DBZ-like. Priscilla killed Teresa and literally owned the Claymores. Then she got even more powerful then before and then after that Isley was even stronger without changing to his AB form.
Is there any meaning behind this or is this just a summary, how f*cked up the anime ending is?
|2009-11-14, 17:49
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Join Date: Sep 2009
the anime ending is quite divergent then the manga... as you pointed out...
it seems that in the anime:
rigardo is way more powerful then miria, helen, deneve, and clare
leg awakened clare is more powerful then rigardo and kills him
leg awakened clare is unable to damage priscilla
somehow magically... miria, helen, and deneve were able to damage priscilla (cutting her one wing off), even though they just got wasted and nearly killed by rigardo....
priscilla gets pised, and fully awakens or has a 2nd awakening for overkill (or maybe she just wanted to regenerate her one wing back, lol).
fully awakened or 2nd awakening priscilla (pink giantess priscilla), is way more powerful then miria, deneve, and helen.
clare awakens her arms and back (scorpion blade arm + leg awakened form), and rivals pink giantess priscilla.
but then, pink giantess priscilla seems to have been taking it easy on clare, and now gets serious or tired, and grabs clare easily. priscilla drops clare and shoots her up with her green diamond missles. priscilla then goes to kill clare.
clare not wanting to die, awakens teresa's power, and chops up priscilla instead.
priscilla is so badly damaged, she can no longer hold her pink giantess form and turns into a (HAWT) naked girl on all fours with (HAWT) hanging good-sized breasts.
clare goes to decapitate priscilla, but raki stops her.
isley shows up and seems to be way more powerful then all of them, including priscilla and even clare. he takes priscilla away.
so in conclusion:
clare is more powerful then pink giantess priscilla (defeats her and would have killed her too)
but isley is more powerful than both pink giantess priscilla and clare.
this is obviously very different from the manga (though most characters, like riful, wrongly believed that isley was more powerful then priscilla, which was revealed not to be the case in later chapters)
|2009-11-14, 18:20
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Warden of the West
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Casterly Rock
Maybe Clare & co were just dead tired and Isley is, after all, the strongest Abyssal One.
Or maybe the fact that a male Awakened Being was radiating pink/purple Yoki was such a "WTF" moment that every Claymore forgot what the hell they were supossed to be doing.
|2009-11-14, 20:32
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Thread Hijacker
Join Date: May 2009
Location: In a hole, I just need to dig myself out
I would like to point out Creangeru, that this story has always had "power levels" of sorts from the very beginning, since we found out their is more then one warrior and Claire is the weakest. Maybe strength isn't measured as explicit or as often as DBZ, but they have always been there.
The Organization's Rankings are the first distinction.
Yeah, the Anime had the strangest power levels I've ever seen, that just seem to fluctuate all the time, it's just weird 0_0. You just can't get a grasp of how strong anybody really is, unlikely the manga and everything else that have very solid levels.
|2009-11-15, 00:21
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|2009-11-16, 07:57
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Claymore #01
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Maldives
That really gives me the idea that Ruble and the rest of the handlers were former male claymores, that would have been a long long time ago. And now after so much time, battles and experience it can be safely said that they themselves have evolved into something else.
|2009-11-16, 08:13
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Join Date: Sep 2009
or they are just taking yoki suppressant pills.... to hide their true massive power.....
(well that wouldn't really fit, cause if they are already ultimate beings, then why are they trying to make "lesser" powerful beings)
though them being male claymores and taking yoki suppressant pills, explains their age and how they can find claymores so well (despite them saying that they just have good intuition.... riiiight... HK is not believing this LIE of theirs), and how they do have some relationship with normal yomas (seen in the clare trainee special chapter), awakened yomas (seen in the slashers chapter, aka the 4 vs the male awakened being), and at least respect with the abyssal ones (isley comments at that they are wily, which is quite something coming from him, though we well know how wily and devious they are already).
|2009-11-16, 12:34
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Join Date: Sep 2009
continent ("mainland") male claymores do NOT survive as they are sent on kamekaze-suicide "runs" as a tactic against the other side's dragons. the few male awakened beings that did survive, happened to come back to the Organization's side, wreck havoc, and get killed.
the island's male claymores (well as awakened beings/abyssal one) survive much longer, ~100 years. 1 male awakened being survived until Clare and Miria (Deneve and Helen were with them) killed it. 31 male awakened beings (including Rigaldo and Gaheh) survived until the Pieta battle, Organization headquarter battle (well Alicia+Beth engaged them just outside of it), and the western battle (Riful+Dauf killed them). Isley survived until shortly after Helen and Deneve engaged with him, killed-eaten by the Abyss Feeders. There's even still male awakened beings alive presently-currently in the manga (chapter 97), like Dauf (and maybe more).
going to the continent ("mainland") would definately be cool. most people want this, to see and learn about this other side and their dragons, learn the truth of what is going on, and see the other side and their dragons do battle with the island's beings.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives defied a White House veto threat and passed a farm bill on Thursday that expands the taxpayer-subsidized crop insurance system but abandons food stamps for the poor.
Republican leaders said food stamps, traditionally part of the farm bill, would be handled later and that, for now, they needed a vehicle to begin negotiations with the Senate over a compromise bill. Democrats said the real intent was to isolate food stamps for large cuts in funding.
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BERLIN (AP) — The German economy, Europe's largest, grew by 0.2 percent in the third quarter — slowing a little further as the continent struggles with its persistent debt crisis but performing slightly better than expected.
The figure for quarter-on-quarter growth released Thursday by the Federal Statistical Office compared with an expansion of 0.3 percent in the second quarter and 0.5 percent in the first three months of this year. It is a bit stronger than the 0.1 percent growth that was widely expected.
Germany enjoyed robust growth over the past two years, but the debt crisis that has pushed several European countries into recession has hit confidence and threatened to weigh on exports.
However, the statistical office said foreign demand made "positive contributions" to gross domestic product in the third quarter and private consumption also was higher.
Many economists believe the German economy may slacken further over the winter months before regaining momentum next year.
For now, the economy is proving to be "more resilient than expected," said Carsten Brzeski, an economist at ING in Brussels. "The strong labor market, wage increases but above all the good old friend exports are the main drivers of sustained resilience."
While the outlook for the next few months is less rosy, "the risk for the economy of falling off the cliff looks very limited," Brzeski added. He noted that other countries in the 17-nation eurozone account for only about a third of German exports, which should enable the country "to benefit quickly from any rebound of the global economy."
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There's a big fat mess on the doorstep of any IT shop that needs to support users on mobile devices these days. You know what I'm talking about if you've struggled to figure out which mobile platform is the best choice for your business in terms of security and manageability. You know what I'm talking about if you've had executives dictate which type of mobile dervices their workforces should use, regardless of cost or current IT policies for device procurement. You know what I'm talking about if you've had users ask to have their personal smartphones connected to the corporate Microsoft Exchange server.
So as an IT pro, you're looking at that flaming bag on the doorstep and you know it's your job to stomp on it to put out the fire—even though that's likely just to create a bigger mess. As Brian C. Reed of BoxTone said with regard to the mobility support space, "Pandora's box is open." And that's a fairly apt metaphor. Let's take a look at the trends in enterprise smartphones, see how we got where we are, and figure out where we're headed.
What Is a Smartphone—and Why?
To start, it might be useful to think about what exactly the term smartphone really means. "In the past, it was essentially a phone that had PDA functionality and maybe some form of Internet connection or web browsing and email," said Paul Thurrott, senior technical analyst for Windows IT Pro. "I think a modern smartphone—and this would apply to the ones that are being used in enterprises—is really that stuff but also the apps platform—a formalized application platform." In other words, it's not enough anymore to get your email and even browse the web—along with, oh yeah, that's right, actually make phone calls—on your smartphone: Users want or need to run applications on the device as well.
Whether or not you accept that as a useful definition, there's no denying the impact Apple's iPhone has had on the development of the smartphone market. From Apple's initial announcement of the iPhone back in 2007, it's been a must-have device among consumers, and although no one necessarily expected it to move into the enterprise, it has done just that. Various reports place iPhone market share at 25 percent or higher. As Thurrott said, "The iPhone is a force of nature. Apple, thus, is responsible for how we define what a smartphone is these days. You have to have that stuff that the iPhone has essentially because that's what a smartphone is." Thurrott went on to say that "the iPhone has been so popular that these consumer-oriented devices suddenly are being allowed into the business."
And it's not just the iPhone; certainly phones using Google's Android OS have benefited from the trend the iPhone started, and even Windows Mobile and RIM BlackBerry devices have released more consumer-oriented devices—smartphones with full touch screens tied to some form of app store. "Enterprises used to be very restrictive about which phones their users could get and what features they had to have," Thurrott said. "And as these things have gained in acceptance, that \\[restrictiveness\\] has gone away."
It's not just that consumer-oriented smartphones are being allowed into the enterprise: Users are choosing the phones that IT departments need to support. "Users feel they have the right to demand which devices they use," said Reed, who is the chief marketing officer for BoxTone, makers of mobile service management software. "Users feel like they're in charge, especially the executives, so IT is being forced to react. . . . I've never seen a wave like this before in my 20 years of tech, where the users were in so much control."
Where We Are: A Snapshot
It might seem strange to start off looking at where we are by talking about predictions for the future, but I do have a point. So, back in February, BoxTone released forecasts for the mobility space by 2015. You can see the full list of BoxTone's predictions on the company's website. First among these predictions is an expected rise in employees with mobile devices connected to the enterprise from 10 to 15 percent today up to 60 to 80 percent by 2015. However, in speaking with its customers about their current mobility plans, that progression might be moving much faster than BoxTone expected. "There's a tremendous growth in terms of adoption rate of mobile connected employees," Reed said. "We have customers who floated at 10, 20 percent, 30 percent of their employees connected to the enterprise from a mobile device who are expecting to double that this year."
As a secondary point to its prediction about the rise in the number of connected mobile devices, BoxTone goes on to say that employee-owned devices will be a big part of this number. This is where end users are asking—or demanding—that they be allowed to connect their personal iPhone, or Droid, or whatever smartphone they've fallen in love with, to the corporate email server. "The only way an organization is going to rapidly mobilize in that period of time at a low cost is going to be by allowing employee-owned devices to connect to the enterprise," Reed said.
This point was echoed by Mark Gentile, president and CEO of Odyssey Software, makers of the mobile management solution Athena. "For mobile messaging, for corporate email access, we've definitely seen the trend to let employees buy their phone, maybe subsidize part of their plan, and let them hook it up to Exchange or their email servers," Gentile said. So businesses are getting cost-savings by not supplying the mobile device or the connection plan—unless they choose to offer some sort of subsidy—but the down side is the additional complexity in management to the IT department.
Letting customers bring their own devices opens the door to supporting multiple mobile OSs within the organization. In the past, most companies probably chose a single mobile platform for all employees; BlackBerry or Windows Mobile have traditionally been the most enterprise-friendly, offering the security and provisioning features that businesses typically want. The iPhone and Android phones have yet to offer the full set of security features for best business integration. As Reed said, "Employee liability is a huge, intense debate for IT because, most specifically, this is the first time in history IT has had to deal with putting data and corporate information on an asset they do not own or control."
There still seems to be an open question here about why smartphones have broken the rules of IT equipment supply. IT has always been able to control what PC or laptop you can use to connect to the corporate network. Why are smartphones different? I'm not sure there's a good answer. As Thurrott said, "For whatever reason, phones are seen as such a convenience and a necessity that \\[companies are\\] allowing that to happen." Chalk it up to the consumerization of IT.
Exchange ActiveSync
So you've got rapid expansion in the number of mobile devices your business is supporting coupled with the need to support multiple mobile OSs. One of the factors that perhaps makes this situation bearable is the fact that Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) has become such a standard communication protocol. Recall that the first version of the iPhone released didn't offer EAS support, so getting connected to corporate email was difficult at best on that device. Only with the introduction of EAS to the iPhone 3G was corporate infiltration truly possible.
As Gentile pointed out, "Most of the handset makers are jumping on the Exchange ActiveSync protocol bandwagon." Microsoft developed the proprietary EAS so that Exchange Server could provide push synchronization of email, calendars, and other Outlook data to mobile devices. But eventually, the Exchange team realized they had a great resource in the protocol itself and began licensing it to third parties. As Exchange expert and Windows IT Pro senior contributing editor Paul Robichaux said, "It was a very wise move on their part because it's been very good for Exchange as a mobile communication platform. It hasn't been as good for Windows Mobile." The result of letting other phone OSs use EAS has been increased competition for Microsoft's own smartphone platform.
EAS lets mobile phones receive push email securely, and it's generally simple to set up the device to receive mail. EAS can also be used to enforce security policies and provide features such as remote device wipe. However, whether such features of the protocol are enabled is up to the individual handset maker that licenses it—and, as we've seen to this point, many of the features most wanted for enterprise security aren't being implemented yet or are being implemented slowly on the smartphones with the greatest user cachet.
The Players: Strengths & Weaknesses
The number of available mobile OSs is large. However, in the grand scheme, not all of them are going to be significant to businesses. Based on the discussions I've had with a variety of experts and from the reports and research I've read, four mobile platforms are worth watching: Android, BlackBerry, iPhone, and Windows Mobile. There might be others worth talking about. For instance, as Gentile said, "I wouldn't discount Nokia because they do have a pretty significant market share in Europe and even worldwide." Which is true; however, their presence in North America these days is almost nil. And it will be interesting to see what happens with Palm's WebOS after the HP purchase goes through, but there's nothing but speculation down that road today. So let's take a look at where each of the four current players excels, and the gaps they have that leave room for improvement.
Android strengths. According to Thurrott, Android "has simply duplicated Apple's strategy but they've done it with a product that is free—free for device makers to utilize on their own products." So they've got an OS with a really good user experience, and it's tied to an extensive app store, the Android Market. And because it's open source, Android attracts a lot of development, so you can find apps—both free and for a fee—that do just about everything. Another strength with Android is device choice; you can find Android-based smartphones from all the major handset makers and on a variety of carriers. "I fully expect Android to be one of the four major platforms going forward. And it's growing the fastest by far," Thurrott said.
Android weaknesses. Security, clearly, is a major concern with Android devices being used in the enterprise at this point. Android 2.2, which has just been made available, supports remote device wipe and other enterprise security features—an important step—but it remains for the individual device makers and carriers to get together on when the update is available for any given smartphone model. The open source nature of Android can also fall into the minus column because although there's a lot of third-party development, little is done to maintain overall quality of the apps available.
BlackBerry strengths. BlackBerry has long been the enterprise standard for smartphones and still by most accounts is the market leader for business use. As Robichaux put it, RIM's "focus has always been on the mobile device as an email platform. For a very long while, they had mobile email capabilities none of the other platforms could match. Now that the other platforms are starting to catch up, RIM is continuing to deliver device-management functionality that makes it really attractive to companies that want to have good control over what people can do with the devices, how they can be used." Security is a true strength of BlackBerry, achieved largely through BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES), which lets IT departments tightly control device security and maintain company policies for mobile device use—such as blocking applications from being added. "Enterprises don't want users connecting to app stores and downloading applications," Gentile said. "That creates chaos for the Help desk. Enterprises like controlled distribution of software."
BlackBerry weaknesses. Although BES adds to security and performance, it also adds an extra level of management complexity. Robichaux described BES as a puppy: When you first get it, you have to work to train and housebreak it, but even past that initial phase it still requires care and feeding. "There are a lot of ongoing things you have to do to maintain it that you don't necessarily have to do if you're using just Exchange ActiveSync," he said. Additionally, the BlackBerry has always been aimed at the business market and therefore doesn't necessarily generate the user excitement of other platforms. RIM has launched an app store for BlackBerry, but as Thurrott said, "Their stuff has been a response to what's happened in the marketplace." Translation: They lag far behind in this area.
iPhone strengths. "The strength of the iPhone, of course, is the app platform," Thurrott said. That's right—you've all seen the commercials: "There's an app for that." Apple gets dinged sometimes for preventing certain apps from being sold in the Apple iTunes Store, but at least you know the apps are being vetted to maintain certain minimum standards. The iPhone also by all accounts presents a phenomenal user experience.
iPhone weaknesses. Like Android OS, the iPhone initially had a poor security story, although it's been steadily improving. However, it still has a major drawback in provisioning that other smartphones don't—namely, the need to connect to a computer with iTunes to get started out of the box. As Robichaux said, "That raises a problem. If I want to provision iPhones on my network, I have to do one of two things. I either have to let my end users take the phone home and provision it at home—not a great idea. Or I have to install iTunes on my corporate PCs—also not a great idea because as soon as I do that there are all kinds of attack-surface issues, patch-management issues, other desktop support issues that come into play that don't exist for these other devices." Other smartphones can typically be provisioned over the air without the need to dock to a PC. Another huge limitation with the iPhone is its availability only from a single carrier, AT&T, which in some businesses might not even be an option. But when it comes to the iPhone, Thurrott sums it up best: "It has many limitations with regards to technical issues around multitasking or management issues in the enterprise, and so forth. And it doesn't matter. It just doesn't matter."
Windows Mobile. It feels a little awkward, actually, to talk about Windows Mobile in this company. As Thurrott said it, Windows Mobile is "an orphan." It's a dead-end. Since Microsoft announced its forthcoming Windows Phone 7 platform, would anyone seriously consider deploying Windows Mobile? Microsoft has pledged to continue support for its original mobile platform, but clearly the company is betting its future in the mobile space on Windows Phone 7.
Nonetheless, Windows Mobile is still prevalent in businesses today, and as the original beneficiary of EAS, it's certainly designed with enterprise security in mind. As Thurrott said, "If you're interested in managing a mobile environment, mobile devices from a central server, Windows Mobile is right up there, and they don't get a lot of respect for that. If you're a Microsoft shop, it's a semi-obvious choice." In addition, Robichaux considers Outlook Mobile to be by far the best mobile email client, particularly for heavy email users.
Windows Phone 7
So let's talk about the real future for Microsoft. First announced at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona last February, Windows Phone 7 is a completely new platform, not a continuation of Windows Mobile. You won't be able to upgrade Windows Mobile phones to Windows Phone 7 (although if Microsoft was really smart, they'd come up with some sort of exchange program to prevent current WinMo organizations from switching to a competing platform), but the new Microsoft platform has been designed with the user experience as a very high priority. As Gentile said, Microsoft "definitely took a look at this and reevaluated from top to bottom. It's an incredible platform. We'll see what the hardware looks like, how well it performs, but so far it looks incredible."
Although Windows Phone 7 is a new platform, it benefits from the experience Microsoft already has in enterprise deployments in mobility. "Microsoft has not done a good job of telling this story yet, but Windows Phone will be enterprise-ready on day one," Thurrott said. "They've been talking up the consumer stuff because that's where all the excitement is in the market. But the truth is they're going to be exactly where Windows Mobile is from an enterprise perspective." So companies should feel comfortable deploying the new platform from a security standpoint. Gentile also mentioned being impressed with the developer story around Windows Phone 7, based on Silverlight, which promises a fertile field for app development and third-party add-ons.
Naturally, it remains to be seen what sort of impact Windows Phone 7 will have, whether it can reestablish Microsoft as a major player in the mobility space. If you scan the blogosphere, you'll find a lot of people sounding the death knell for Microsoft or claiming that no business would bother with Microsoft's new smartphone platform. But from those who have actually tested the platform, all indications seem to be fairly positive. Ultimately, I think that while individuals may passionately dislike (or love) a particular company and its products, enterprises are less prone to being ruled by emotion and will tend to stick with what has worked for them in the past. Furthermore, as long as the trend for user choice of mobile devices continues, the success of Windows Phone 7 seems to rest on Microsoft to generate excitement out there among those users. We shall see.
Where Is It All Going?
As I said at the beginning, it's a big mess out there. It seems clear that no single mobile platform is going to dominate the market in the foreseeable future, and all indications are that businesses are expanding from supporting a single mobile OS to supporting at least two or three. In a poll I posted back in January, just under 28 percent of respondents indicated their companies were supporting only one mobile OS, and 12 percent were already supporting more than four different mobile OSs. Managing smartphones in the enterprise will continue to be a complex issue.
A couple of interesting suggestions came out of the discussions I had with some mobility experts. For instance, Mark Gentile thought that the way to address the security problem with user-owned mobile devices would be to develop what he called "bi-modal profiles." The idea is that you could have a business profile on the phone that could adhere to all the corporate policies for application use and so forth and a separate personal profile, partitioned at the OS level, that you could switch the phone into during off hours so that you could download apps, play games, and all the other things businesses typically don't want you to do—all without jeopardizing the security of corporate data. Seems like a great idea—any developers out there paying attention?
And Brian C. Reed talked about the smartphone as a social media tool. "Organizations are going to start looking at the mobile device as being a customer revenue driver," he said. Traditionally, a smartphone has been seen as a productivity tool. However, with the rise of social media websites such as Facebook and Twitter, and their continued integration into business—witness Outlook 2010's Social Media Connector—and consumers' increased reliance on smartphones, it makes sense that savvy businesses will need to use these devices to connect with their customers. And that leads back to more employees needing support for their phones from IT.
The Foreseeable Future
The four major players all have big updates expected before the end of this year. In the case of the more consumer-oriented platforms, Android and iPhone, their updates are expected to add better security and features to generally make them more attractive to businesses. Windows and BlackBerry already excel in enterprise features; their updates are aimed at appealing more to the consumer market. Yes, the more you look at it, the more of a hodgepodge the picture becomes. So if it's your turn to answer the door when that flaming bag shows up, I hope you're wearing your muck boots—or better yet, take a fire extinguisher.


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1995 Logan 3 horse slant load gooseneck trailer. Front and rear tack areas. Drop down windows on head side. It had a hay rack that I took off, but I still…$6,500
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I would like to ask if anyone has taken any routes north from Lake Okeechobee and how far one can go before running into a dam or LLW. Not sure about beam clearance either.
Anybody doing this now?
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Hello all,
I would like to ask if anyone has taken any routes north from Lake Okeechobee and how far one can go before running into a dam or LLW. Not sure about beam clearance either.
Anybody doing this now?
Thanks, Rob
On which coast????
She's a tired old barge but she's paid for!
If you were going up the Kissimmee River, from Lake Okeechobee, you will have 3 locks and dams. After the third locks they have reconstructed the river and the channel gets narrower. You can get to Lake Kissimmee but, it will be a challenge. Check the website for the South Florida Water Management for more info.
Excellent, FLK. I was looking for that info last week and found some stuff, but not this agency. I'll check it out.
The area around Lakes Griffin, Harris and Eustis looks like plenty of fun, too.
There are several marinas, parks and they all interconnect.
Looks like you can get to Lake Apopka from there as well.
I was hoping there might be a way to go all the way to/from Okeechobee as well.
Does any one know what the current status is of Pahokee City Marina?
I heard that there was some H. Hoover dike work done along the shore there which left the previous operators
near broke and was supposed to be taken over by a new contractor once work was completed.
Any news? Is it a short term or live-aboard type marina? Rates? Amenities?
This is all I could find. The way the website acts they are open. http://lakeokeechobeeresort.com/rates.php
Thanks JT,
I found this interesting on the site you linked to:
Can I bring a house boat into the marina all year round?
Yes, but we have to write two contracts for 182 days and the house boat has to be vacated for one full day between each contract.
So, I think this warrants some investigation as I get closer to retiring (Jan ) and moving down south. I'll try to give them a call today. Fees look reasonable, but I need clarification on the 25 foot boat length specified in the rate schedule. I'd like to hear from someone that has first hand knowledge of the place and area, for sure.
I am looking to buy a trailerable hb- Stuery, SeaCamp or like and plan to do some or all of the restoration as most are going on 35+years of age. I can tow it down and either launch it and/or live on it while I do the refit. This place looks promising for either.
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"Pulling back on accommodation as inflation is sinking is not the right combination," Bullard, who votes on monetary policy this year, said today in a Bloomberg Television interview with Michael McKee to air July 15. "I'd like to see us do more" to ensure inflation doesn't continue to slow.
Bullard last month dissented against a pledge by the Federal Open Market Committee to maintain its $85 billion in monthly bond buying, saying the panel should "signal more strongly its willingness to defend its inflation goal in light of recent low inflation readings."
Inflation as measured by the personal consumption expenditures price index rose 1% for the year ending May, below the central bank's 2% goal.
Price gains have been "very low," Bullard said today. "I'd at least like to see inflation tick up a little or get some kind of reassurance" that it "will come back toward our target."
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Philadelphia Fed President Charles Plosser, who has opposed the Fed's current round of asset purchases, said today the central bank should begin trimming monthly bond buying in September and end the unorthodox stimulus by year-end.
"I don't want to do it all at once, but I think we should begin to taper very soon and hopefully end it by the end of this year," Plosser said today in a separate Bloomberg Television interview to air on July 15. "That would be a healthy thing for the economy. We can do it gradually," Plosser said.
Plosser, who doesn't vote on monetary policy this year, has repeatedly spoken out against additional easing by the Fed.
In a speech to the Global Interdependence Center in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Bullard said a recent surge in U.S. Treasury yields may stem from "increased optimism" about the economic outlook, adding that forecasts for growth have proven too optimistic during the past several years.
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GREENVILLE, N.C. (July 14, 2009) — Construction crews and East Carolina University staff have been busy this summer improving campus residence halls.
All 15 halls on campus will receive some updates before students return for the fall semester. New features include everything from electronic locking systems to exterior wheelchair ramps. In addition, one residence hall, Scott Hall on College Hill, is under going a full renovation, a project that will be completed in Fall 2010.
"It's a good summer for construction," said Aaron Lucier, director of operations, associate director of Campus Living. "Every summer, we take advantage of the three months we have to do as much work as possible."
Part of that work involves fitting all residence halls with electronic access control systems on exterior doors. Instead of using a traditional key to access buildings, students and staff will now wave an electronic key fob near the locking system. The key fob will unlock the door if the person has access to the building.
Lucier said the upgrade will enhance the residence hall security system, which includes security cameras monitored by ECU Police. ECU officials will be able to quickly deactivate lost or stolen key fobs and track in real-time anyone who enters or attempts to enter a building. The system can also "lockdown" residence halls to protect residents in emergency situations.
"This system does not necessarily change what we do – our doors have always been secure and locked 24 hours a day – but it does enhance it," Lucier said. "People view electronic security as being more secure, and anything we can do to increase both the reality and perception of security on campus is a good thing."
Two halls, Jones and Aycock, are being fitted with fire protection sprinkler systems. The project brings ECU closer to its goal of having sprinkler systems in all residential buildings by 2012.
Also this summer, Cotten Residence Hall is receiving an upgrade to its air conditioning system. A project in White Residence Hall will improve handicapped accessibility. And, Garrett Hall gained two ADA accessible entrances/exits with ramps for wheelchair use, new individual shower doors (in place of curtains) in all of the bathrooms and new exterior and interior doors intended to improve fire protection.
Scott Residence Hall, which will be renovated in its entirety, has been completely gutted. The building will be fitted with new interior walls, doors, tile floors, bathroom fixtures, paint, carpet, windows, furniture and plumbing, mechanical and electrical systems. The building's exterior will also be extensively renovated.
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MADISON, Wis.—Is it safe to drive while wearing a cast?
A University of Wisconsin foot-and-ankle specialist who just completed a preliminary study of the question says the answer is clearly no.
Dr. Kurt Rongstad, assistant professor of orthopedic surgery at UW School of Medicine and Public Health, said it's probably the most common question he gets when treating the 300 to 400 of his patients a year who wind up with their right feet in casts or orthotic boots.
After doing a simulated-driving research study on driving with a cast, Rongstad now tells his patients that orthopedic boots or "cam walkers" slow braking time enough that driving while wearing them is unsafe.
He knows this is not the answer they want to hear.
"It is one of the biggest concerns when people are making their post-operative plans,'' he said. "They want to know how long they'll need a chauffeur to haul them around."
Clearly, no one should drive when taking narcotic pain medication or if driving would disrupt the correct healing of the bones. But what if those conditions don't apply?
Rongstad found no laws governing the decision, and searched the medical literature to no avail.
"Usually I like to base my opinions on evidence-based medicine, but there weren't any studies on the topic,'' he said. So he and Sarnarendra Miranpuri, a fourth-year student at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health, decided to create one.
The timed-reaction study required the 42 subjects to lift their right foot off the gas pedal, move to the brake, and depress the brake pedal after a light flashed. It took about 25 percent longer for them while wearing casts than while wearing regular shoes. Subjects did better if they wore a wedge-type orthopedic shoe commonly used after bunion surgery.
"Clearly and statistically, we found that braking time was inferior with the high or short-leg cam walker,'' he said.
Rongstad also tested subjects' ability to drive with their left feet – and found that they did better on the test than if they were wearing a cast. But he doesn't think left-foot driving is a safe option for most people, but rather an indication that the driving test needs to be refined.
"I tried driving myself to work and back with my left foot and it was really distracting – like trying to drive while talking on a cell phone,'' Rongstad said. "Driving is so multifactorial. We drive 90 percent with our brains and 10 percent with our bodies."
Rongstad is waiting for a colleague in the UW School of Engineering to develop a better driving simulator, and then he plans to do his research again to get more refined answers. When all phases of the study are complete he plans to submit his findings to a medical journal.
But for now, Rongstad says, if you're wearing a cast on your right foot, you should be sitting in the passenger seat.
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Big thoughts on baseball's small sample size
It's funny how quickly things change in this game. I think back to the seven months of spring training (or was it seven weeks, I can't recall) and how we focused daily on specific roster battles, chemistry questions and getting off to a good start, blah, blah, blah. And also trying to predict division winners.
You know, the things we discuss every March. Then the regular season starts and you realize not much of that preseason conversation really matters.
Lots of teams start strong yet finish under .500. Others have bad Aprils and still go on to play deep into October. April is as important as any other month, but no more essential. It just gets highlighted because it is the only thing we can put our arms around right now.
Just ponder about all these spring story lines: the Tigers didn't want or need Jose Valverde as their closer, the Dodgers had what seemed like 15 starting pitchers, and the Blue Jays' "all-star" roster was going to win 120 games.
But then April happens. Injuries and slow starts make managers and GM's very itchy, with good reason in some cases.
When that young, off-the-radar player who hit .450 in spring training to make the Opening Day roster starts 1-for-19 in sporadic playing time, a team generally won't wait around to let him settle in. Nor will they allow even a proven closer to blow three saves in a week and keep his job.
The mantra is always, "It's a marathon." But in reality, teams' moods and, in many cases, moves, are based on the latest sprint.
You have impatient front offices, owners and fans who want deck chairs shuffled when a club has a bad stretch. It is all about constant production and if you're not seeing it, try something else. The words "waivers," "designated" and "outrighted" start filling up the transactions page very quickly.
This leads me to my favorite baseball phrase, "small sample size."
You hear it a lot in our game and while it may be used too often, it is one of the most important three-word phrases we have at our disposal.
It's the 97-win Cubs getting swept by the Dodgers in the 2008 playoffs. It's the Reds collecting two hits total in two games last week and one run total over three contests.
It is so difficult to make grand pronouncements about players and teams based on -- wait for it -- small sample sizes.
Bad teams have great stretches, good teams the opposite. Same for players. And basing your evaluations on small pockets of performance can be a dangerous thing.
I get caught in the trap all the time. I remember telling someone last Friday night, "Anthony Rizzo is lost at the plate right now," about an hour before he hit two home runs to beat Miami.
GMs and managers have to constantly keep these things in mind as they try to sort out what hot and cold stretches actually mean in the big picture. It's trying to gauge the precise points to buy low and sell high. When to let a guy play through a slump or to pull the plug on him.
I wonder if the Red Sox considered sitting, demoting or dealing Ted Williams during a 1-for-19 stretch in 1942. Guessing probably not. He followed that up immediately by going 10-for-19 and hit .356 that season.
It's also instructive (and selfish) to note that if you didn't enjoy this week's thoughts, remember, it only represents about 4 percent of the columns I will write this season.
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|Contrary to popular belief, the conflict in Colombia has not ended and certain populations are still at risk of fundamental human rights violations.
Bogota, 21 September 2012 – Hope clearly begins to breathe in Colombia after decades of open confrontation between armed groups. For 15 years, victims displaced from the Colombian conflict have longed to return to the homeland they were forced to leave. With the beginning of peace talks between the left-wing guerrilla group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), and the government that hope may finally be realised.
When we asked one Colombian refugee woman in Venezuela what the word 'homeland' meant for her, she gasped, closed her eyelids to stop the tears rolling down her face, but said nothing. Surely now, she and many others expelled from Colombia wonder if their homeland that failed to protect their human rights has really changed.
More broadly, how will the recent government decision to begin peace talks affect the 460,000 forcibly displaced Colombians living outside the country, some as recognised refugees or asylum seekers, others living in a legal limbo, but all in need of international protection?
A war fed by internal and external factors. Throughout the past 50 years, violence in Colombia, causing the greatest number of internal displacement in the western hemisphere, has been fuelled by a number of internal and external factors. Internally it has been driven by competing land interests, regional autocracies and the violent momentum of some factions of powerful armed groups.
Externally, the narco-trafficking business and tensions between the US and emerging Latin American powers have played a crucial role in perpetuating conflict. In addition, changing patterns of international trade have meant that control of land in Colombia, particularly in the border regions, determines access to economic opportunities in both legal and illegal sectors.
More than peace, what gives encouragement at this moment is the end of the armed conflict. Peace negotiations will allow for the advancement of ample discussions inside the country over the structural factors underlying the violence and the necessity to include the diverse positions without fear of being criminalised as in the past.
As long as the war goes on, strengthening a state-of-emergency mind-set, many political decisions regarding the future of Colombia will continue to be taken without necessary consultation and respect for individual rights. The unanswered question is: what type of country was being built under the illusion of the war on terrorism?
A presidential initiative. Since the inauguration of President Juan Manuel Santos, his new administration has sought to rebuild diplomatic relations with neighbouring countries, in particular Venezuela and Ecuador, strained by loudspeaker-type, aggressive stances taken by the Colombian government between 2002 and 2010.
This process began with improvements in commercial relations after Venezuela began paying off debts to Colombian exporters. Subsequent discussion moved on to border policies, military cooperation, among others. Finally, issues related to migration found their way onto the agenda at these bilateral meetings.
Initially, Ecuador dropped the entry requirement for Colombians to be in possession of a document issued by the security and immigration services, Departamento Administrativo de Seguridad, indicating whether or not they had a criminal record. Later, Venezuela removed visa requirements for Colombians entering the country. All these initiatives made it easier for refugees to gain access to safety in neighbouring states.
The Colombian government responded to these moves by offering a small contribution, 500,000 US dollars, for refugee support in Ecuador. It was the first time the Colombian government had recognised the hardship faced by victims of armed conflict forced to seek asylum abroad and the efforts made by neighbouring states assisting these populations.
The presentation of the Victims and Restitution of Lands bill to the Colombia lower parliament in late 2011 was another sign of the government moving in the direction of peace, repatriation and reconciliation. For the first time it opened debate on the framework for addressing the situation of victims living outside Colombia.
The issue of refugee reparation had been largely ignored by the government. That said, during the first six months of 2012, progress was made as the institutions responsible for the registration of and compensation to victims, such as the return of stolen land, consulted with agencies and organisations working outside of Colombia.
Safe return to Colombia. One of the major future challenges facing forcibly displaced Colombians is the possibility of their safe return home. Before this can take place, refugees should be provided with adequate information on the human rights situation in Colombia. Notwithstanding this, all decisions regarding their repatriation should be made voluntarily.
Contrary to popular belief, the conflict in Colombia has not ended and certain populations are still at risk of fundamental human rights violations. The armed groups – successors of the right-wing paramilitary groups – still maintain control over vast tracts of land, and even in the midst of peace negotiations, armed clashes persist. Moreover, the left-wing guerrilla group, the national liberation army (ELN), has not formally begun peace negotiations with the government.
Under the 1984 Cartagena Declaration on Refugees, states are obliged to consider 'generalised violence' as grounds for granting asylum within their territories. To put this in perspective, until Colombia is a safe country for its citizens they should continue to enjoy asylum in neighbouring states. Yet their absence from Colombia should not exclude all forcibly displaced Colombians – regardless of their migration status– from being part of the debate on the future of the country, particularly on issues related to reparation and justice.
Luis Fernando Gómez, Regional Advocacy coordinator for Latin America and Caribbean (JRS LAC)