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Mercedes "Misty" Knight
Control, Maya Corday, others
No dual identity
Place of Birth
First Appearance
Marvel Team-Up #1 (1972)
Iron Fist #6 (1976)
136 lbs.
Misty first met Iron Fist when Colleen, who had already befriended him, was abducted by his enemies; erroneously believing Iron Fist responsible, Misty attacked him but soon learned the truth, then helped him against his enemies. Misty and Iron Fist became romantically involved. When he founded Heroes for Hire with Luke Cage, she and Colleen, known as the Daughters of the Dragon for their martial arts skill, frequently aided them.
Despite their close relationship, Misty eventually became estranged from Iron Fist; she began dating police officer Tyrone King, who unknown to her was actually Iron Fist's mystical enemy Master Khan in disguise. Unknown to either, Iron Fist was subsequently replaced by the extradimensional plant race known as the H'ylthri, and Khan arranged for the disguised alien Super-Skrull to murder the surrogate Iron Fist; the grief-stricken Misty soon broke ties with "King." Later, the Super-Skrull impersonated Iron Fist himself, and although his deception was exposed, the non-human nature of Iron Fist's corpse was also revealed, as was Khan's scheme. Accompanied by Namor the Sub-Mariner, Misty and Colleen traveled to Iron Fist's home city in the dimension of K'un Lun, where they rescued him from imprisonment by the H'ylthri. Misty and Iron Fist renewed their relationship, and she aided him during his efforts to rebuild Heroes for Hire, but afterward drifted apart.
Hiring secretary Penny O'Neal, Nightwing Restorations took on several low-profile clients. Wing worked undercover as a performer at Circus Vandenberger to expose Rudy Vandenberger's scheme to take over the family business through acts of terrorism. Knight and Wing next reunited kidnapping victim Shana "Tok" Peters with her parents. Knight and Wing also apprehended Ron Tatum, a former heavyweight boxer living in Brooklyn who physically assaulted his wife Ann, a childhood friend of Knight. With business slow, Knight began working as a paralegal for the law firm of Nelson, Murdock & Sharpe, while Wing offered Cage work as an operative for Nightwing Restorations, but Cage declined. Knight then teamed with Spider-Man, Cage, and Iron Fist to defeat Scorpion, who had kidnapped J. Jonah Jameson. After the battle, a distraught and disillusioned Iron Fist disappeared on a world-spanning quest to find meaning for himself. The Daughters followed him to the Himalayas, saving him from a wolf pack. Along with his mentor, Lei Kung the Thunderer, the Daughters accompanied Iron Fist to K'un-Lun, where he defeated a resurrected Steel Serpent and regained direction in his life.
Shortly after Iron Fist reestablished Heroes for Hire as a larger mercenary organization funded by Namor's Oracle, Inc., the Daughters were hired to help the team apprehend biotechnician/geneticist Professor Wolfgang Hessler, a powerful bio-weapon creator operating out of St. Eboar's Monestary in Symkaria. Unwittingly manipulated by the Master, the Daughters and their allies soon battled Silver Sable's Wild Pack, which was protecting Hessler. Although the Master ultimately obtained Hessler's technology, the Heroes for Hire defeated him, but at a great cost to Iron Fist. Soon after, the Daughters participated in a mystic ceremony conducted by Brother Voodoo to replenish Iron Fist's lifeforce. Alongside Iron Fist and Cage, the Daughters were next hired by CEO Getulio Villa-Lobos to protect DaCosta International's San Francisco office from Reignfire, whom Villa-Lobos believed to be Roberto DaCosta (Sunspot). Knight was later attacked by the New Men's White Tiger, Iron Fist's Heroes for Hire teammate, who was jealous of Knight's relationship with Iron Fist, but Knight convinced the Tiger she could not win Iron Fist's love by eliminating the competition. Next, Wing accompanied Heroes for Hire to Madripoor to investigate allegations of piracy in the South China Seas and helped defeat Lionmane (Lo Chien), the Chinese general secretly in charge of the piracy operation, and his associates -- the Cat and Sai. Later, the biochemist Nightshade (Tilda Johnson) broke into Nightwing Restorations, defeated Wing and obtained the cremated remains of Black Dragon's head, which she used to resurrect the monster. When Cage was critically injured during Nick Fury's Secret War, Knight and Wing provided protection alongside Iron Fist while Cage recuperated at the Night Medical Center, a treatment facility for street level superheroes.
Knight and Wing have since become bail bonds-women, lending bail money to apprehended street level super-villains until their cases work their way through the criminal justice system. If the super-villains miss their scheduled court dates, Knight and Wing become bail enforcement agents, also known as bounty hunters, concerned solely with bringing their fugitive clients back to justice. Nightwing Restorations recently hired indestructible mutate Otis Johnson as an administrative assistant. Knight and Wing recently investigated Ricadonna, a wealthy New York publishing mogul and rising crime lord suspected of involvement in the deaths of several Nightwing Restorations' clients who inadvertently stole a microchip containing a computer virus capable of destroying the world economy. In a sword fight between Knight and Ricadonna, Misty lost her bionic arm. Tony Stark outfitted her with a state-of-the-art arm. Aided by Iron Fist and the insect-controlling criminal Humbug, Knight and Wing raided a secret auction for the microchip, and brought Ricadonna to justice.
Knight went on to form a new version of the Heroes for Hire, along with Colleen, for the purpose of apprehending those who refused to comply with the Superhuman Registration Act. They were backed by Stark and their roster included old faces as well as some new ones like the Black Cat, Shang-Chi, Orka and the new Tarantula. Together, the group found themselves face-to-face with those they considered allies like Captain America as well as enemies such as the Headmen. Ultimately, the Heroes for Hire suffered more than they triumphed due to betrayals, death and losing themselves somewhere along the line, so the team disbanded. After a rocky relationship with Iron Fist, she eventually reconciled with him and even saved his life on a few occasions. Once Iron Fist returned from a near-fatal journey to The Eighth City, Misty revealed to him she was pregnant with his baby.
During the time Daredevil decided to lord over New York City's Hell's Kitchen as leader of the Hand, Misty investigated several Hand-related murders. The victims were all known felons, but she wanted to make sure Daredevil wasn't using the ninjas as a hit-squad. Silver Sable, Paladin and the Shroud were all involved in similar investigations, so they decided to pool their resources. They discovered that several police officers led by Misty's old partner, Rafael Scarfe, were posing as ninjas, framing the Hand for the murders they were committing. Misty was hospitalized for injuries she received and was told she had a false pregnancy, causing her to end her relationship with Iron Fist.She established herself as "Control" and started Heroes for Hire once again. She was kidnapped by Puppet Master and placed in an artificially induced coma while he used new technology, filtered through her bionic arm, to recruit and enslave several heroes. Misty's will proved to be too strong, and she resisted the drugs keeping her sedate, but her awakening almost got her killed by a mind-controlled Punisher. She severed Puppet Master's hold on every hero he managed to manipulate but was unable to find out anything else because Punisher shot Puppet Master, leaving him in a coma. Misty was ready to shut down Heroes for Hire, but Paladin convinced her to keep going on her terms and maybe find out who truly orchestrated her kidnapping.
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Mount Harrison Climber's Log
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|Chill Weekend
Date Climbed: Aug 25, 2013
|Camped out at Cleveland Lake, did some mountain biking off the life at Pomerelle. Drove to the top to check out the view. Paved all the way, count it…
|Posted Aug 26, 2013 11:02 am
|Bike it!
Date Climbed: Jun 16, 2013
|I was staying in Albion for a family reunion and was still trying to train for an upcoming biketour and thought that some rides in this area would be beautiful this time of year. I remembered skiing at Pomerelle years ago and thought that would be a great ride. So I left albion expecting the road to stop there, then saw that it continued, and so did I. It was gated to cars shortly after this point at this time of year. I just carried my bike around and made it to Lake Cleveland. The road was still paved and kept going so why not! I came to a couple short 30 foot sections of snow drifts that Ihiked my bike over and before long was on the summit! Wonderful views, better than the taller Cache Peak to the south IMO. The best is how you can look from the top of the cirque to Lake Cleveland and then perfectly framed below is the small hamlet of Albion and then the vast Snake River Plain. I highly suggest this as a bike route, it is a little burly with ~ 4000 vertical from Albion, but the road is good and closed to cares about halfway this time of year. Yoou could make it shorter by driving part of the way up of course.
|Posted Jun 19, 2013 5:52 pm
|Drive up
Date Climbed: Jun 23, 2012
|To complete the Albion Trifecta, did this on my way to Arco after picking off Cache and Independence.
|Posted Jun 25, 2012 11:49 am
|Sunny and Brutally Cold
Date Climbed: Feb 17, 2008
|A sunny, but brutally cold day, especially at the top where it is always windy. Climbed with friends via the path of the snow covered road, into the meadow, and line of least resistance to the top. We didn't stay up there long at all. Second attempt. First attempt was whited out and followed a fence line to the back of the ski area. Sometimes you just have to consider it exercise.
|Posted Aug 13, 2011 2:53 pm
|Drove up
Date Climbed: Sep 20, 2007
|Good views. Pictures at http://www.willhiteweb.com/idaho_climbing/mount_harrison/pomerelle_ski_063.htm
|Posted Jul 2, 2010 5:28 pm
|Super Dave
Date Climbed: Jan 2, 2010
|Good safe snowshoe route from the ski area. Lots of wind and fog on the summit made it feel like a grand adventure. The weather eventually cleared a bit in the afternoon for some views, hiked out amidst the snowmobilers. Here's a trip report and some photos.
|Posted Jan 12, 2010 11:19 pm
Date Climbed: Jan 2, 2010
|This was a really fun showshoe. I did it with Super Dave. The visibility was awful all the way up and the winds were particularly fierce at the top but it was a great adventure.
|Posted Jan 2, 2010 10:15 pm
|Also on the Road
Date Climbed: Aug 14, 2006
|Been to the top via car. Great place to visit. Great views. I would like to snowshoe from Pomerelle parking lot to the top of Harrison.
|Posted Oct 8, 2009 11:39 am
Date Climbed: Mar 19, 2009
|snowshoed up from the snowmobile parking area just below the Pomerelle parking lot. There were snowmachine tracks everywhere which make for easy snowshoeing but I wouldnt recommend snowshoeing on a weekend
|Posted Mar 19, 2009 11:39 pm
Date Climbed: Aug 14, 2006
|The views are exceptional from the top of this mountain and this is an Idaho prominence peak. enjoyed a nice visit with the forest servicelookout who was a person who knew the area from long years of living in this portion of Idaho and I found his information to be helpful. I'd like to take my wife up so she could experience the
|Posted Aug 28, 2006 1:36 pm
|Route Climbed: Road Date Climbed: July 24, 2005
|My wife's family has a family reunion near here every year. Great views.
|Posted Jul 26, 2005 4:32 pm
|Route Climbed: Snowbound Road Date Climbed: May 28, 2005
|We got a late start because we had to help some people who had their truck stuck in the mud. The road had over 3 feet of snow covering it and Lake Cleveland was still half frozen. I was basically sinking with every step due to the warm weather that had made the snow very soft. On the summit a storm was hitting City of Rocks and the valley below. We hurried down before it hit us too.
|Posted May 29, 2005 9:57 pm
|Route Climbed: Snowbound Road Date Climbed: 11/29/2002
|Followed the snowbound road. This would be lame in the summer, but is interesting in the winter. Did not see any snowmobiles, but the terrain would indicate that they could be prevalent in the area. Beware...
|Posted Apr 7, 2005 11:00 pm
|Route Climbed: Road - but we walked! Date Climbed: August 1992
|My dad took my brother and me fishing up at Lake Cleveland. I went scrambling instead. I realized on that trip that I'm not too into fishing.
|Posted Mar 29, 2005 1:53 am


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2012 saw a rise in the number of tourists coming here from mainland Europe and North America but a fall in those visiting from Britain.
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The Irish Tourist Industry Confederation says it was a year of "mixed fortunes", with a 2% growth from mainland Europe and North America off-set by 100,000 fewer visitors from Britain, Ireland's largest source market.
Dublin, it says, had a good year but other parts of the country saw fewer tourists.
A fall-off in demand during peak summer months with arrivals down 7% in July, compared to 2011 was described by the Confederation as disappointing,
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Is it the metallic Nokia EOS that is launching soon?
0. phoneArena posted on 16 Jun 2013, 01:08
The Nokia EOS mystery deepens; on Friday, we showed you a version of the Nokia EOS with a metallic chassis compared with the polycarbonate model that was seen earlier. The thought was that the polycarbonate model was going to be released as early as next month with the metallic version coming out in the future...
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1. clevername (Posts: 1436; Member since: 11 Jul 2008)
Lookin at that picture... Whoever is holding it either has reeeeaaaaaalllly small hands or that phone is bigger than 4.5". I held my Lumia 920 the same way and I don't have very big hands, and I didn't have to stretch my fingers around it like that.
15. ihatesmartphone (unregistered)
Very nice looking phone..
I like!!
32. roscuthiii (Posts: 2346; Member since: 18 Jul 2010)
Don't forget that the camera adds 10 pounds...
36. Whateverman (Posts: 3291; Member since: 17 May 2009)
Lol! you're bad!
All jokes aside this thing is sexy, and if it has some weight to it that's a plus for me. Light and thin is okay, but I like to know I'm holding a phone with substance.
35. Potato. (banned) (Posts: 607; Member since: 14 Jun 2013)
His hands are small indeed.
39. MistB (Posts: 581; Member since: 07 Jul 2012)
Your speculation would seem to concur with what WMpoweruser and nokia power user are saying, the Aluminium EOS is actually a 5.3 inch lumia phablet. I believe Nokia also have lined up another 6 inch flagship with the 41mp sensor and updated WP8 GDR3 update to support 1080p screens and Quadcore processors. All the dimensions point to this device being a lot bigger than the Polycarbonate version we saw side by side with the standard Lumia 920 looking the same size.
3. abcdefgh (banned) (Posts: 471; Member since: 29 Mar 2013)
and the award for most leaked smarphone of decade goes to.....
NOKIA LUMIA EOS aka THE LEAK PHONE
26. feres13 (Posts: 307; Member since: 23 Dec 2011)
No this award goes to the iPhone 4
28. Sonny_09 (Posts: 49; Member since: 24 May 2013)
No, the title goes to Nexus 4, it was reviewed even before it was released. lol
33. skinny95black (Posts: 113; Member since: 06 Jan 2013)
you made my day
30. neutralguy (Posts: 1152; Member since: 30 Apr 2012)
I think iphone5 was the most leaked device ive seen.
4. abcdefgh (banned) (Posts: 471; Member since: 29 Mar 2013)
maybe this is nokia phablet which is rumoured to come with slight camera hump due to 16MP??
6. abcdefgh (banned) (Posts: 471; Member since: 29 Mar 2013)
and they thougt the S-plastic brick(one can also call plastic volcano for its hump though!) s4zoom wil be a competitor for our eos
9. haseebzahid (Posts: 1853; Member since: 22 Feb 2012)
S4 is no more then marketting stunt and see who has most hidious taste in 2013
7. digitalw (Posts: 74; Member since: 20 Dec 2011)
No, S4 Zoom will be a parody
10. jedpatrickdatu (Posts: 169; Member since: 24 Jan 2013)
I have a feeling this isn't the EOS. The camera hole here is smaller than in the EOS. It could be the cheaper version of the 920 that recent rumors say will be out in September-October along with Nokia's first phablet.
12. jackhammeR (Posts: 1548; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)
may be...as Nokia realised they went in a good direction making lighter version of 920 in the form of 925
...and the cheaper version of 920 is going to be much lighter
13. IliyaBeshkov (Posts: 261; Member since: 09 Jul 2012)
yeah and some PA users says that this device is a brick.. come on back in 2010 everybody calls the iPhone 4 that it's the thinnest smartphone and it was 9.3 mm.. this device is going to be about the same thickness...
14. muhsen (Posts: 281; Member since: 07 Jun 2012)
i think this is one of the lumia phablets not the EOS....making the same pose with my 920...the phone above seems alot bigger...also the spacing between the camera key and the end of the phone is alot bigger than that of the 920 (the same goes for the spacing between the volume rockers and the end of the phone)
17. jedpatrickdatu (Posts: 169; Member since: 24 Jan 2013)
You're right, those side buttons look tiny compared to the rest of the phone, so this is probably the September-October phablet.
18. divatz2003 (Posts: 1; Member since: 16 Jun 2013)
Just a heads up: your Source field says one thing and points to another :)
19. _Bone_ (Posts: 2155; Member since: 29 Oct 2012)
This is NOT the Lumia EOS, it's way too thin to pack the 41MP sensor with the fitting larger lens. So what it is? Either the next regular Lumia model featuring a larger sensor, an "EOS Mini" with a more compact 21MP camera system. This is the PureView 808, and due to the lens and everything else, I can't see the big EOS lens packed in a 9mm case.
20. _Bone_ (Posts: 2155; Member since: 29 Oct 2012)
It can also be a Lumia Phablet, look at the size of that thing. If my large palm is the reference, to hold it like that, it has to me something Galaxy Note size.
21. Shenoy (Posts: 22; Member since: 16 Jun 2013)
This metal body is bigger than the first leaked pics of EOS on the 06/06/13...also the camera hump on the back is smaller in diameter...Hoping this would be a bigger version of the EOS (could be the international version be be announced later) with a 5 inch screen and GDR3 updat with full 1080 display..i just hope it is...NOKIA u jst doing great!!!
23. _Bone_ (Posts: 2155; Member since: 29 Oct 2012)
1080p EOS Phablet... imagine that!
24. Shenoy (Posts: 22; Member since: 16 Jun 2013)
YEP...i know...
GDR3 update
1080p display
Memory 32GB and 64GB
25. shashi.map (Posts: 31; Member since: 16 Oct 2011)
Seems like Nokia is on a role here !!
very neat and nice looking phone indeed !!
31. papss (unregistered)
Looking at my buttons on the 920 these are spaces different. Not sure but thought that the EOS was pretty close if not the same
42. krimHD (Posts: 106; Member since: 23 May 2012)
looking great, we should just hope microsoft up their game cos nokia is really doing a great job. all people say is how wp is limited, if the get better talks will change for sure


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Patients with psoriasis can take the following steps to try to prevent these other health problems.
Go for annual checkups and get regular tests as recommended. These exams can catch problems early on when they're easier to treat.
Know your blood pressure and cholesterol numbers. If they are high, find out what to do to lower
them. Treating high blood pressure and cholesterol can help keep his heart and arteries healthy.
Take a healthy approach to life -- including not drinking too much alcohol, not smoking, getting enough sleep, eating well, and exercising. A healthy lifestyle can help lower his risk for heart disease, diabetes, and cancer.
Ask the doctor about cancer risks and what symptoms to watch for.
Ease stress. Because having psoriasis is stressful, it seems unfair that stress can trigger a flare-up. Finding ways to avoid or relieve stress part is an important part of your treatment plan.
You need to make time every day to relax, even if it's just a half-hour of listening to soothing music. Try these healthy approaches, too:
Relaxation exercises, such as guided imagery or breathing exercises
Yoga or tai chi
Daily exercise
Remember, the disease isn't who you are.There is much more to you than the fact that you have psoriasis.You should try to focus on your strengths and talents to help build your self-esteem.
- While psoriasis flare-ups are often unpredictable, certain things can trigger symptoms. Managing your triggers can lead to fewer flare-ups and milder flare-ups when they do happen.
- You should avoid using alcohol or herbal remedies to help deal with stress. Drinking alcohol may seem relaxing, but it can lead to health problems.
- If the stress in your life feels overwhelming, talking to a therapist or trained counselor can make it easier to get through difficult times.
- Warm up. Cold weather is hard on most people's skin, leaving it itchy, dry, and cracked. That's true for people with psoriasis, too. To keep itching and tenderness in check, you should use moisturizers more often during winter months and apply a thick coating to psoriasis patches. After bathing, pat -- don't rub -- skin dry. Apply moisturizer while skin is still damp.
- Watch what you eat. Although many people say diet affects their psoriasis, no research has shown a connection. Some experts, however, think it's possible people may have specific food triggers. The best advice is to eat a healthy diet with lots of fruits and vegetables, and limited fats and sugars. If you notice that your symptoms flare when you eat a specific food, stop eating it for a while and watch what happens to your psoriasis. At the next appointment, you should tell this to your doctor.
Diet control:
Satvik diet is recommended.What is meant by this?To clarify,
One is advised not to have tea, coffee, aerated drinks etc, and restrict dairy foods.Sprouted n boiled vegetables are preferred.
- Thick n green outer leaves of cabbage as a compress
- Drinking buttermilk in large quantities n application of curd/buttermilk to affected area
- Certain oils such as olive oil and oil of avocado (kulu naspati) on affected parts and oil extracted from outer shells of cashewnuts
- Use of mud packs
- Avoid soap
- Application of sea water externally once a day
Homeopathy treatment
- Effective in nearly 75%of cases.
- The approach is to strike at the root cause n create a condition such that the skin becomes healthy n the excessive exfoliation is not allowed to take place.
- A very minute evaluation is made of the facts that includes family history,trigering factors, itching, emotional aspects,location and seriousness of the complaint.
- One advantage of homeopathic medicines is that they are safe and not detrimental to the body on prolonged use whereas steroids used in allopathy are definitely not advisable in the long run.
- However as the disease is difficult to tackle, people often get fed up and leave midway.Patients who have taken homeopathy are required caution that the journey is tedious and long, but persistence is the keyword and cure may take upto 2-3 yrs and more. Also, the disease has it own course of exarcebations and remissions so one has be aware and cautious of the above points and accordingly do the lifestyle measures and medications.
- If we look at the treatment options available various allopathic formulations used till date offer only symptomatic treatment.Even the latest medicines seems to offer relief for months than offer a complete cure.
- Regular exercise, balanced diet, walk in the sun are very beneficial.While the goal of complete cure may not be achieved or possible, however , a treatment that offers buildup of a better immunity with time is really advisable and hence the popularity of homeopathy which hence eradicates the troublesome symptoms and the suffering and rewards the patient with a better life.
- Psoriasis can be managed with the right treatment and good self-care, and now add homeopathy to it!


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If you have time to read only one action-packed science fiction thriller this year, let Jeremy Robinson's superb Island 731 be it. Some fans and critics compare it to Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park where prehistoric monsters, made extinct by evolution, are returned to life by a greedy man. Some compare it to Warren Fahy's Fragment where prehistoric monsters have evolved on an island, separated from the rest of the world, until discovered by man. However, Island 731, much like H.G. Wells' The Island of Dr. Moreau, involves the creation of monsters that were never meant to exist. Once again, greedy man is playing God in his attempt to satisfy his evil desire for developing more destructive biological weapons.
Island 731 primarily consists of science fiction horror and action adventure with a dash of romance and a pinch of humor. It has very likeable characters such as Mark Hawkins and his romantic interest, Dr. Avril Joliet, and an extremely fiendish villain whose identity proves to be a shocker. The crewmembers of the Magellan are like a family. I grew to become very fond of them and hated to see any of them harmed.
Unfortunately, Island 731, like many other novels written by Robinson, is extremely violent and gory. Life expectancy on this mysterious island, as noted by some of the characters, is short. All the creatures living on it have been designed as vicious killing machines. Each one the crewmembers encounter is more horrifying than the one before it. The island is like a nightmare from Hell. The experiments performed on humans are atrociously gruesome and cruel. Squeamish readers beware.
The island itself is a beautiful tropical paradise. However, appearances can be deceiving. Mark Hawkins, our resident hero, was raised by Howie GoodTracks of the Ute tribe. GoodTracks taught him how to hunt and, most importantly, track. Hawkins' tracking skills were very useful when he became a forest ranger in Yellowstone Park and had to rescue missing hikers. On the island, he tries to track his friends who've been abducted by a humongous, powerfully strong, gorilla-like creature. Hawkins himself is very tough and resilient; he is banged around quite a bit but always manages to continue fighting. One would think he was also a chimera. He definitely proves true the old adage: What doesn't kill us makes us stronger.
I absolutely relished the shocking, open ending for Island 731. Will there be a sequel? One can only hope. Will Hollywood stop making movies about muscle-bound comic book heroes wearing tight spandex long enough to adapt Island 731 to the big screen? Probably not. Thankfully we have the exciting, often bizarre, novels of Jeremy Robinson (SecondWorld, Pulse, Instinct and Threshold) to provide us with a respite from the drudgery of Hollywood's endless stream of remakes.
Those who enjoyed Island 731 should definitely read Warren Fahy's Fragment. Scientists discover a vicious ecosystem on Henders Island. It teems with prehistoric creatures that have been designed by nature to be perfect killing machines. Despite the island's destruction, creatures survive to create more bloody havoc in the sequel, Pandemonium. Fueled by man's greed, the nightmare never ends.
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Reports that Whitney Houston is broke has prompted her to speak out against the allegations! With a new movie coming out, we can't see how that could happen…
"Whitney Houston's representatives have denied claims she is "flat broke" claiming she was just paid to do a new movie. Whitney Houston has denied claims she is penniless after spending $100 million. The troubled star's representative has told CNN rumors her fortune is "gone" and she is "flat broke" are preposterous because she has just made a movie.
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The DTC aims to consolidate all direct tax legislation and will eventually replace the Income Tax Act, 1961.The DTC is ready. It is my intention to ask the Cabinet for approval to introduce the Bill and leave it as part of Parliament's record, Chidambaram said in an interview to The Indian Express on Sunday. He, however, said none expected it to be passed in the session.
As far as the Goods and Service Tax was concerned, the finance minister said the ball was in the court of the empowered committee of state finance ministers. They have been backtracking on many decisions taken in earlier meetings. Therefore, unless they firm up their position, it will be difficult to finalise the GST Constitution Amendment Bill. It was my hope, it is still my hope to at least introduce the GST Amendment Bill, but I await the final stance of the state finance ministers, Chidambaram said.
While sticking to the Budget target of fiscal deficit for 2013-14, the finance minister is likely to project a 6% plus growth rate for the next financial year.
The Prime Minister has fully supported me on that matter. So I can confidently assert three weeks before the Budget will be presented that we will not breach the 4.8% target for fiscal deficit set for the current fiscal, he said.
When asked if India had missed the investment bus after the 2008 global economic crisis during its second term (2009-14), Chidambaram pointed out that investment had slowed down in 150 other countries. He, however, admitted that it was partly our own making.
The government allowed fiscal deficit limits to be breached and also allowed inflation to be entrenched at a very high level. But those were unintended consequences. Let me repeat, those were unintended consequences of the stimulus packages which everybody in this country at that time agreed was a right medicine for the crisis that we faced, Chidambaram said.
This led to a sharp slowdown in the economy, the first casualty being investment, the finance minister said.
But in the last 17 months, we have taken a number of corrective steps. Clearly, the prospects are India will get into 6 per cent plus growth rate in 2014-15. The latest projections by World Bank are India will grow 6.2% next year, he said.


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The Atlanta Braves will open their 2013 baseball season today against the Philadelphia Phillies at Turner Field. The first pitch will be thrown at 7:10 p.m. by recently retired Braves legend Chipper Jones.
There are several events and festivities slated around Monday's game. Making their way from Statesboro, The Georgia Southern University Southern Pride Marching Band will to perform for opening night.
"We are very fortunate to have a Georgia Southern alumnus who works for the Atlanta Braves and suggested to someone in the ticket office that Southern Pride would be great pregame entertainment." said Colin McKenzie, the director of the Southern Pride Band.
At 5:20 pm, Country music star Rodney Atkins will perform at the Fan Plaza as well as be singing the national anthem. Fans will also be treated to a jet show as four T-6s perform a flyover of the stadium.
Singing "God Bless America" in the seventh inning will be Atlanta's own opera singer Tim Miller. Miss America 2013 Mallory Hagan will lead vocals over the crowd in singing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" at the bottom of the seventh.
The first 45,000 fans to enter today's game will receive a free Braves foam tomahawk.


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OCEAN CITY — It may seem improbable given some of today's financial headlines, but the deal market for small and midsize private companies has come to life, and many entrepreneurs who've spent decades building companies are taking advantage.
Last week we looked at the buyer side and this week we review the sell side where the conditions for deals are prime as well.
With members of the baby boom generation and its legions of entrepreneurs now hitting retirement age, we're likely to see more businesses changing hands. Having lived through the financial crisis and the recession and now facing an uncertain regulatory future, some veteran owners have grown fatigued, says Paul Waters, COO of the Referral Network. Their weariness, he explains, is making them all the more eager to cash out on the businesses they spend their careers building.
Sellers may also be seeking to take advantage of the most taxpayer-friendly environment in decades. Currently, the long-term capital gains tax rate is at 15%. The fear that it could rise as high as 30% in the years to come heightens the urgency of those entrepreneurs considering a sale.
Because of the complexities involved, it's never too soon to start getting a company ready for a sale. The first steps involve viewing the business as critically as any outsider would. Often enough, just as with selling a house, the alterations needed to attract a buyer go beyond mere decoration.
Before going to market, for example, many businesses can benefit from a dose of financial housecleaning: accounts receivable scrubbed, obsolete inventory eliminated, troublesome clients or suppliers dropped, and financial reporting bulletproofed by third-party auditors. The complexity of a company's ownership structure will need to be taken into account. If a company has 10 different owners, for instance, it could take more effort to cultivate the motivation to sell. Owners need to understand how companies are valued within their specific industry, and to strive to position their businesses as much as possible to enhance those key metrics — whether it's sales per employee, sales per square foot, utilization ratio, cost per click or circulation.
Next week we examine the concept of securing a deal team to help with the buying and selling process.
(A Merrill Lynch Wealth Management Advisor. She can be reached at 410-213-8520.)


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PenFed Rides the Wave and Pay Crest
It might seem a scene ripped out of a sci-fi novel. Within the year a Pentagon Federal Credit Union member will rush into a convenience store, grab a container of milk, and on the way out, will wave a smartphone at a clerk and speed out the door. No stop, no paper receipt.
"We definitely will roll this out this year, at least in pilots," said Ben Scandlen, a PenFed spokesperson. "Our research tells us a substantial percentage of our membership are very interested in mobile payments. We got ahead of the curve with iPad apps, and that worked out great for us. We believe mobile payments will be a large technology change for financial institutions and we plan to be there. You don't want to get left behind. We need to stay on top of mobile, everything is changing so fast."
Scandlen is on the money. The word in mobile today is NFC, near field communication, which is a smartphone chip that enables payments on the fly. Thus, "wave and pay" is the NFC motto.
And it is happening now. ABI Research estimates that 35 million NFC-equipped phones will ship this year and twice as many will ship next. Google has publicly stated that newer Android phones will be NFC capable, and Android now has emerged as the decisive leader in smartphone market share.
Is paying with a credit card really that much of a bother that we need new technology? Scandlen explained: "Paying with a credit card of course isn't difficult, but with a phone we can improve the process. The analogy is to the difference between a typewriter and a computer." He added: "For instance, with NFC you won't need checkout lines in stores."
That is because stores will have special readers that instantly capture the customer's NFC transaction, and the mobile customer can literally be out the door.
NFC goes well beyond making it easier to grab purchases on the run. "The vision is replacing the wallet with a NFC equipped phone," added Vishal Jain, an analyst with research firm The 451 Group in London.
Think about that. From photos to loyalty program cards to credit cards, all the stuff in a wallet can easily be digitized and put on a smartphone. The next step, suggested Jain, is to win over consumers. "We now are at a stage where consumers need to gain confidence in the technology."
"This process will take two to three years, we believe, but financial institutions need to get involved soon or risk losing revenue," said Jain. He added that big global banks are, like PenFed, already well down the road to NFC trials.
Not many credit unions have taken the plunge, however, said Andrew Mikesell, the mobile commerce product director of Sybase 365, a provider of mobile commerce services.
For most credit unions, right now, NFC seems to be in its early days. But that may be changing, fast.
In some parts of the world, incidentally, mobile payments are already entrenched. "In Korea, for instance, you can buy movie tickets, meals, gasoline, all with a smartphone," said Keith Smith, an executive with SK C&C, a Korea-based mobile commerce firm with offices in the U.S. "Big box retailers– McDonald's, Home Depot–already are installing NFC readers here in the U.S.," added Smith.
Huge technology players are also now piling onto NFC. Last week, stories swirled that Amazon is about to launch an NFC payments scheme, with transactions tied to users' Amazon accounts. Google, meantime, is said to be conducting an unannounced pilot of NFC in New York and San Francisco and, supposedly, Google (whose Nexus S smartphone has NFC built in) has paid for the readers installed at pilot merchants. Neither company is confirming or denying the reports.
EBay, via its PayPal subsidiary, also is pushing into NFC, say technology sources, and AT&T and Verizon have disclosed they are moving forward with an NFC payments platform called Isis. Apple was heavily rumored to plan to build NFC into its latest iPhone launch. That did not happen, for reasons unknown, but in any discussion of NFC there is little doubt that Apple, too, plans to find a role for itself.
Momentum and consumer excitement all are building. This payments train definitely is leaving the station, said Jack Vonder Heide, president of Technology Briefing Centers, a consulting company. He explained that he believes we will see broad acceptance of NFC on the part of national retailers by mid-2012 and thus it will be critical for credit unions to gain experience beforehand, via pilots.
One big skeptical question looms, however. Hasn't the tantalizing prospect of cashless mobile payments been floated before, only to evaporate without making a dent in the marketplace? A dozen years ago phonemaker Nokia demonstrated systems that let phone owners buy sodas from vending machines in Helsinki, with payment processed by cellphone carriers. The NFC standard itself in fact was adopted in 2003 but got exactly nowhere for many years.
Vonder Heide acknowledged that is true, but, he said, the difference with the powerful NFC chip technology is that it goes well beyond cash replacement. "NFC provides robust analytics. It's a way to target the customers a merchant wants for specific discounts and rewards." NFC lets merchants know more about their customers, at least the ones who opt in to a disclosure program, and the customer in turn will get offers more precisely targeted to his or her interests and buying history.
"Before, vendors sold mobile payment technology only as cash replacement and that was not enough for merchants or consumers. Now much more is offered with the NFC chips," said Vonder Heide.
Enough so that we just may finally be entering the era of the wallet-less society? Vonder Heide believes so. "NFC has reached a critical mass. It's become critical for credit unions to get involved," he said.


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You now that we have reached a bizarre stage in the so-called war on terror when a court rules that the government is doing something that is likely unconstitutional but legal.
One of the most shameful and appalling actions of the Obama administration is its claim that it has the right to target and kill anyone in the world using whatever means at its disposal, but in practice using mostly drones. Of course the US government, through the CIA, has routinely murdered people for decades but it was done covertly and not acknowledged, which implied that the government knew it was wrong but did it anyway.
The Obama administration has done away with that pretense. Of course, since the US government still has to maintain the pretense that it occupies the moral high ground in world affairs and is not like any other despotic regime that operates hit squads, it claims that it has strict guidelines for whom it deems deserving of being target and killed. But it refuses to disclose those guidelines and often claims that anyone who is killed, even if they just happened to be in the vicinity of a target, is a terrorist. They seem to follow the logic of the Queen of Hearts in Alice in Wonderland of "Sentence first–verdict afterwards."
In fact, it was only the possibility that Mitt Romney might be the next president and have this power that spurred at least some action towards actually codifying these rules because unlike Obama who could be trusted with these god-like powers because he has the god-like wisdom to use them judiciously, Romney was thought to be just a hack politician who needed to be constrained. Or so ardent Obama supporters would like us to believe. So just two weeks before the election, a news report stated that the administration "accelerated work in the weeks before the election to develop explicit rules for the targeted killing of terrorists by unmanned drones, so that a new president would inherit clear standards and procedures, according to two administration officials." It is likely that those plans have been shelved now that Obama has been re-elected.
The Obama administration was taken to court to force them to reveal the memorandum that the government claims it uses to make these determinations but as is increasingly the practice, the Obama administration invoked the terrorist threat and the state secrets argument to argue that they did not have to reveal it. A federal judge reluctantly said that while she thought that the policy of targeted killings was likely unconstitutional, the government's invocation of secrecy was probably legal.
The bizarre nature of her ruling, and its parallels in fiction, was not lost on her.
A federal judge in Manhattan refused on Wednesday to require the Justice Department to disclose a memorandum providing the legal justification for the targeted killing of a United States citizen, Anwar al-Awlaki, who died in a drone strike in Yemen in 2011.
The ruling, by Judge Colleen McMahon, was marked by skepticism about the antiterrorist program that targeted him, and frustration with her own role in keeping the legal rationale for it secret.
"I can find no way around the thicket of laws and precedents that effectively allow the executive branch of our government to proclaim as perfectly lawful certain actions that seem on their face incompatible with our Constitution and laws while keeping the reasons for their conclusion a secret," she wrote.
"The Alice-in-Wonderland nature of this pronouncement is not lost on me," Judge McMahon wrote, adding that she was operating in a legal environment that amounted to "a veritable Catch-22."
Even as she ruled against the plaintiffs, the judge wrote that the public should be allowed to judge whether the administration's analysis holds water.
"More fulsome disclosure of the legal reasoning on which the administration relies to justify the targeted killing of individuals, including United States citizens, far from any recognizable 'hot' field of battle, would allow for intelligent discussion and assessment of a tactic that (like torture before it) remains hotly debated," she wrote.
The decision will be appealed but I am not too optimistic. The courts show excessive deference to the government whenever it claims to be doing something in the name of national security.


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"Wow" was all I could say after two hours at Chuck E Cheese's last Sunday in Salisbury.
It's not so much that I was in awe by what takes place there. It's just no matter how prepared you are it's still a shock to the senses to spend a considerable amount of time at that place with dozens of kids.
Over the last month, we have spent two afternoons inside Chuck E Cheese for birthday parties. For my nephew's birthday, all four of us went. For last weekend's birthday for a couple of Beckett's classmates, I took him. Pam had birthday party duty the weekend before, but that one was at Trimper's Rides.
The thing about Chuck E Cheese is the place puts me in sensory overload, and I am assuming I am not alone here.
There is just so much going on it can be a tad overwhelming.
There are kids sprinting around from one game to the next. Video games are making their uniquely annoying sounds. A mouse is strolling between kids and parents with a "Free Tickets" sign encouraging all to follow him somewhere. Kids are crying because they don't want to share the video games (or maybe that was just Beckett). Drinks are being spilled by distracted kids. Balls from the skee ball games are rolling around the floor. Basketballs are bouncing off parents' heads. Tickets are spewing out of games. A parent is nearby scraping some cheese off her shoe from a runway slice of pizza that made it into the game area.
All the while, parents are exchanging commiserating looks revealing everyone is feeling the same way. I did find comfort there.
At one point, after wrestling Beckett away from one particular video game he was obsessing on that resulted in one of those drop-to-the-knees temper tantrums that all parents adore, I spotted an interesting sign that got my attention. In small letters, it read, "Miller Lite."
I looked around the room to see if any other parent was imbibing, but they were not. It's probably because it was 11:15 in the morning. At that point, amidst all the hysteria, it didn't seem like a bad idea to me, but I wasn't going to make that leap alone.
Meanwhile, Beckett had gotten over his agitation, taking his turn dancing with the mouse and trying to convince it to let him have a turn wearing the costume.
As I pulled him away, he was saying, "He's not sharing, I just want to do a trade, he can wear my hulk costume …"
Halloween is quickly approaching and it's one of my wife's favorite days of the year.
Consequently, it's also become a highlight for my kids.
While it's still more than a week away, at this point it looks like each kid will have two costumes.
Every year our street dons a theme. In the past, it's been fraternity row, islands and decades, among others. This year it's movies.
From what I can tell by looking in boxes around the house and viewing credit card receipts, it's looking like we are going to be the "Wizard of Oz." Apparently, I was the last in the house to find out, but that's probably because my wife knows I start thinking about Halloween the morning before. That's why she basically does everything and fills me in later on. I like that she does that.
This year I have been paying a little more attention than usual because Beckett and Carson each share an affinity for costumes.
Beckett has been jumping in and out of his Spiderman outfit for months and utilizes any hooded sweat shirt as a cape in a pretty decent Superman impression. On a recent trip to the store, he and Pam came back with a Hulk costume, which included a scary mask, and two hands twice the size of any normal person's. When he gets decked out in that, and it's usually a few times each day, it's quite hilarious.
Carson doesn't do the entire costume thing. Instead, he is a hat guy. You never know what he's going to emerge as when he comes out of the hat closet. He could be a construction worker, a police officer, a pirate, a military man, a hunter, a train conductor or a baseball player.
One of his all-time favorites is his Ravens helmet, but the funny thing there is he always puts it on backwards and laughs and laughs.
When we hear him laughing like this, we know we need to run over to the closet because he's not going to be able to see once he exits. A blinded 2-year-old, who already has little regard for his own safety when he can see, is obviously never a good thing.
Obviously, with this enjoyment for getting dressed up, Halloween is the ideal occasion for them.
Although I know little about the costumes at this point, the plan, as I understand it at this time, is for Pam to be Dorothy, of course. That was a no-brainer I would think.
I am to be the Scarecrow and I am desperately trying not to read too much into that, as the lyrics to "If I Only Had A Brain" dance through my head.
Beckett is all about being the tin man because it involves face paint. That should be interesting to see how that goes over.
Carson is to be the lion, and that's the only costume I have seen. It has a long tail and the color perfectly matches Carson's red hair, so that should be a winner.
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What a joke of a high-A affiliate. I think high school teams draw better.
Hopefully 2012 will be the final year the Reds are affiliated with the Bakersfield Blaze. What are the chances of that happening? Where are some possible landing spots? And is there a chance the Carolina Mudcats could move to high-A and reunite with the Reds?
It must be odd for players to get "promoted" from the Dayton Dragons to the Bakersfield Blaze. Talk about one end of the spectrum to the other in terms of fan support/atmosphere.


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Alex Easterbrook may have been improperly typecast.
She spent most of her first three seasons spelling point guards off the bench, working primarily as a ballhandler, which shes incredibly adept at.
But this year, born of a combination of her skillset and a lineup need, shes rebranded herself as a true combo guard, starting every single game and averaging 10.2 points per game while spending a good chunk of the game off the ball.
Meanwhile, Katerina Garcia, whom Easterbrook spelled off the bench last year more often than not, serves as the primary ballhandler, with Erin Curry handling a bevy of the secondary point-guard responsibilities.
When I first watched her play, you know, she was just a natural combo guard, FLC head coach Jason Flores said. She wasnt better with the ball in her hand or worse; it was just if she had it in her hands early, she was able to run things like a point guard, but she was also effective scoring more out of a wing position.
And when Easterbrook does handle the ball, she still has a steady touch. Her assist-to-turnover ratio of 2.4 tops the conference and is fifth in the nation, and her 83 overall assists are fourth in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference a list Garcia tops with 106.
Easterbrook, though, doesnt have a preference. With the ball or without, she said shes just fine. And she said shes enjoyed the chance to play alongside Garcia, something the duo didnt get much of a chance to do last year with a deeper frontcourt rotation thats since given way to a four-guard lineup this season.
I honestly dont really have a preference, the senior from Scottsdale, Ariz., said. I trust the ball in Kats hands more than anything, so playing alongside her is something Ive always liked to do.
I think we both just like to play fast. ... We tag team and go double-team people in full-court (pressure defense), and we like to run on offense, and she finds people.
Flores needed that versatility Easterbrook provides, as well, adding that in his system, a player cant be a one-trick pony. And its paid off not just offensively but defensively, where shes a key cog in a pressure defense thats rounded into shape as the seasons gone on, forcing 19 turnovers per game good for second in the conference.
She is our best defender, Flores said. Every game, we put her on their best player if its not a true post. Shes guarded quicker kids; shes guarded longer wings.
Her versatility has led to a drastic rise in minutes from last season. Easterbrook is playing 31.1 minutes per game this year, up from 17.9 as a junior, and shes started every game after making just 10 starts last season, this year helping lead a team trying to claw its way to an NCAA Tournament berth. While starting isnt a foreign concept to Easterbrook she was a four-year starter at Cactus Shadows High School its taken some getting used to after coming off the bench the last three seasons.
Its definitely taken a toll on my body, she said. I feel old but in a good way. I enjoy playing a lot of minutes. I wouldnt trade it for anything. ... Ive loved every minute of this year.
Neither would Flores, who counts Easterbrook as the steadiest player on the team this season. And shes likely the smartest, becoming just the ninth Academic All-American in FLC history after being named to the third team this week.
I really dont think wed have had the success weve had without her, Flores said. Theres a lot of factors that go into it, but without her, I truly believe that.


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National Household Education Survey, 2003 (ICPSR 4098)
Principal Investigator(s): United States Department of Education. National Center for Education Statistics
The National Household Education Survey (NHES) reports on the condition of education in the United States by collecting data at the household level rather than using a traditional, school-based data collection system. The surveys attempt to address many current issues in education, such as preprimary education, school safety and discipline, adult education, and activities related to citizenship. This survey included two topical survey components. The Parent and Family Involvement in Education (PFI) Survey (Part 1) addressed homeschooling, school choice, types and frequency of family involvement in children's schools, school practices to involve and support families, learning activities with children outside of school, and the involvement of nonresidential parents. The Adult Education for Work-Related Reasons (AEWR) Survey (Part 2) collected information about participation in college and university degree or certificate programs taken for work-related reasons, postsecondary vocational/ technical diploma or degree programs taken for work-related reasons, apprenticeships, work-related courses, and work-related informal learning. In addition, the survey explored factors associated with participation or nonparticipation in adult education activities.
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U.S. Dept. of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. NATIONAL HOUSEHOLD EDUCATION SURVEY, 2003. ICPSR version. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Education, Institute of Education Sciences [producer], 2004. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2004. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04098.v1
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A 10th-grade English teacher at Edina High School has been named Minnesota Teacher of the Year.
Jackie Roehl has taught since 1998 and works to improve minority student achievement. She says the union wanted to send a message that addressing the achievement gap -- even in places like Edina with relatively small minority populations -- is important.
Yesterday we brought you a story about whether the achievement gap should be focused as a racial achievement gap or an income gap. We heard from researchers and teachers who all said the answer has to be both to some degree --- but who argued that race or poverty should get more of the focus.


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Azure blue skies, shocking pink ribbons and a thousand purple balloons provided the colouful backdrop for Vinopolis' 10th birthday celebrations today.
TV wine expert Oz Clarke was the velvety-voiced star turn. He treated the crowd to reminiscences about being Dom Jolleyed in SE1 and succumbing to the allure of the Green Fairy during a Vinopoils absinthe tasting. He also joked that Vinopolis really wanted his Big Wine Adventure chum James May to appear instead of him!
Oz, Rupert Ellwood (MD of Vinopolis) and the Mayor of Southwark cut the celebratory pink ribbon, the nets opened and the purple balloons gently spilled over the London skyline, each carrying a pair of complimentary Vinopolis Grapevine tickets. Catch one if you can as it's a really good tour. There's also a mystery prize for whoever finds the balloon that travels the furthest from Vinopolis!
Check the Vinopolis website for more special birthday events.


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Cordero, Lopez support Action Teams
Scholarships, certificates went to volunteering youths
Chad Cordero and Felipe Lopez presented achievement certificates to high school students who are members of the Washington D.C. Action Team in a pregame ceremony on Wednesday.
The Action Team program, which is administered by Volunteers of America and the Major League Baseball Players Trust, encourages young people to volunteer in their communities. Working together, Major League players and the student volunteers have brought their message to more than 12,000 high school students and helped more than 55,000 people in need since the program's inception.
Cordero and Lopez presented the award certificates on Thursday to Action Team captains Alex Quarles of St. Stephen's and St. Agnes School in Alexandria, Va.; Sean Hickey of Bishop O'Connell High School in Arlington, Va; and Shannon Briggs, Meghan Reed and Lindsay Wilcox of Yorktown High School, also in Arlington.
Hickey also received a $1,000 college scholarship from the Major League Baseball Players Trust in recognition of his dedication to community service.
Action Team Captains unable to participate in the presentation were Robby Barnard, Connor McGuiness and James Williams of St. Stephen's & St. Agnes School; and Briana Hanafin and Leah Patterson of Yorktown High School.
Among their efforts this past school year, the D.C. Action Team captains got their peers involved to help decorate a homeless shelter and improve the surroundings for its more-than-45 residents.
Action Teams are working together in Cincinnati, Denver, Boston, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Detroit, Houston, Indianapolis, Minneapolis, Mobile, New York City, Oakland, Philadelphia, Portland (Maine), San Francisco, Seattle and Washington D.C..
Volunteers of America and the Major League Baseball Players Trust plan to expand the Action Team program to Chicago, Cleveland and Tampa during the 2008-09 school year.
In addition, a school-based Action Team curriculum, developed in partnership with The Wall Street Journal Classroom Edition, extends the volunteerism message and teaches community service skills to 700,000 high school students in more than 5,000 classrooms across the United States.
This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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"With his narrative gifts and vivid proseas free, thank God, of literary posturing as it is of war-correspondent chest-thumpingJunger masterfully chronicles the platoon's 15-month tour of duty.... Junger makes us see the terror, monotony, misery, comradeship and lunatic excitement that have been elements of all wars since, say, the siege of Troy. He thus becomes a kind of 21st-century battle singer, narrating the deeds and misdeeds of his heroes while explaining what makes them do what they do.... It's the best writing I've seen on the subject since J. Glenn Gray's 1959 classic, The Warriors: Reflections on Men in Battle.... Junger's sketches of the men are deft, his ear for their quirky speech spot on.... This splendid book should help the rest of us understand themand war itselfa little better."Washington Post
"War is insanely exciting.... Don't underestimate the power of that revelation, warns bestselling author and Vanity Fair contributing editor Junger. The war in Afghanistan contains brutal trauma but also transcendent purpose in this riveting combat narrative. Junger spent 14 months in 20072008 intermittently embedded with a platoon of the 173rd Airborne brigade in Afghanistan's Korengal Valley, one of the bloodiest corners of the conflict. The soldiers are a scruffy, warped lot, with unkempt uniformsthey sometimes do battle in shorts and flip-flopsand a ritual of administering friendly beatings to new arrivals, but Junger finds them to be superlative soldiers. Junger experiences everything they donerve-racking patrols, terrifying roadside bombings and ambushes, stultifying weeks in camp when they long for a firefight to relieve the tedium. Despite the stress and the grief when buddies die, the author finds war to be something of an exalted state: soldiers experience an almost sexual thrill in the excitement of a firefighta response Junger struggles to understandand a profound sense of commitment to subordinating their self-interests to the good of the unit. Junger mixes visceral combat scenesraptly aware of his own fear and exhaustionwith quieter reportage and insightful discussions of the physiology, social psychology, and even genetics of soldiering. The result is an unforgettable portrait of men under fire."Publishers Weekly (starred review)


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What a Baptist morning. Brother Lewis' message was from James 1:27 and Luke 13:5. Are you a child of God? you must repent and be born again to become a child of God.
All we have to do is believe and have faith to know that he is always there. It's up to us to let him into our hearts and lives. There is nothing better to have in your life than Jesus.
Keep all those who are on our prayer list in your prayers a special prayer to the Furnish family.
Bro. Adam's message was from Matthew 3:13-17 on the baptism of Jesus. Jesus was baptized to identify with us, to be obedient to God, and to serve as an example for us. Baptism does not save us, only acceptance of Jesus Christ through faith saves us. However, baptism is the first step in obedience to Christ after we accept Him through faith. We rejoice with Stacey and Jason as they have expressed their faith in Christ and followed in obedience with baptism.
First Christian said farewell and thank you to the Rev. Dann Masden with a hearty country breakfast before worship Sunday morning.
The Rev. Masden is leaving First Christian for a new interim mininstry and he will be missed.
The children learned about being a player on God's team during "A Time for Young Disciples" and each received a wrist band with 3:16 to remind them of the John 3:16 scripture.
The choir provided a beautiful special led by Berna Tanksley, minister of music.
The past couple weeks have been totally exciting for us. We are happy to announce our newest partnership with First Baptist Woodstock in Georgia.
Pastor Johnny Hunt and their church planting ministry will be guiding us in reaching our goals to reach our community for Christ.
Our local ministry, "The Wild Goose Cafe," had a huge grand opening last week followed by the Owen County Arts Council's poetry reading/concert last Saturday. All of our proceeds from the cafe go to helping families in need here in our community.
Every Sunday afternoon in Placentia, Calif., the Watson family gathers for Family Day.
Although informal — most every Watson comes either barefoot or wearing flip flops — it has its own set of rules and rituals.
According to Jennifer (Watson) Fiamengo, the rules mainly pertain to the food served. If they grill hamburgers or hot dogs, her mother MUST make her family-famous macaroni salad. If they have Mexican food, her mother must make seven-layer dip.
Sunday, we had a wonderful crowd on such a wonderful Lord's day.
Special thanks to our music guests, Mr. and Mrs. Jack and Lucy Parker, and Mary Marlow.
Bro. Jared's message was "Being Able to Say I Love You," based on John 3:16-17 and Matthew 3:13-17.
The Rev. Wotier's message, "Do You Know My Voice?" was taken from John 10. God cares for us like a shepherd cares for his sheep. Christ is the Door and the Shepherd. Christ is the access point for His flock. Christ's sheep follow Him. Jesus' sheep have eternal life. His sheep cannot be snatched from His flock if we truly believe.
The deacon of the month is Ralph Toole.
What a beautiful day it was Sunday. The sun was shining and the birds were singing. It was nice to see so many people in church.
Our church opened up with "The New Beginnings" choir singing "He Has Made Me Glad" and "We Bring the Sacrifice of Praise."
Joy and her puppet told us the real meaning of Valentine's Day — job well done by all.
Bro. James' sermon was titled "Are You Willing to Suffer Persecution for Jesus?" taken from Matthew 12.
On Sunday morning, the choir called the congregation to worship with a beautiful old hymn, "Sweet Hour of Prayer." Bro. Emory's message was "Drifting Away" from Hebrews 2:1-4. In Bro. Emory's message he spoke of the dangers of drifting away from the things of God like the church in Ephesus as they left their first love.
This week has been a week across our land where many received beautifully adorned boxes of the best chocolates, beautiful bouquets of roses and other symbols of love.
New Columbus Baptist now has two new deacons. Tommy Scott and Clinton House were recently ordained by the church. We had a great turnout of family and church friends in attendance for this memorable event. Light refreshments were served following the ordination service.
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Domingo: The 50 Greatest Tracks
To celebrate Placido Domingo's 75th birthday on January 21, we proudly present "Domingo – The 50 Greatest Tracks". Domingo is truly one of a kind. He is a tireless artistic champion who never stands still. This is the perfect compilation for opera fans featuring the greatest hits of Plácido Domingo. 50 tracks displaying Domingo's unrivalled versatility, including excerpts from famous operas such as Carmen, Aida, Turandot and Tosca as well as first-rate examples of popular songs and Latin American tunes.Click on this link to listen to a playlist and discover some of his selected recordings.


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A new exhibit of African textiles opens a window onto continent's people and cultures.
Some museum exhibits feature gorgeous art. Others showcase great artists whose work casts light on their place and time.
The recently opened "Global Patterns" at the Museum of Fine Arts does all those things while helping viewers see the art of African fabric-making and the people who wear them in new informed ways.
People who typically visit exhibits to see paintings, sculptures and photography will discover how African artisans incorporated many of those same materials, skills and impulses to create fabric. It opens a wondrously revealing window on cultures and people often excluded or misrepresented in the West.
At its best, "Global Patterns" provides gorgeous examples of the role fashion and textiles have played in establishing the identity of people in Africa.
Subtitled "Dress and Textiles in Africa," it was co-organized by Christraud Geary and Pamela Parmal, MFA curators who are experts in African art and textiles and fashion arts, respectively.
Their collaboration makes "Global Patterns" all the richer, multilayered and flush with beautiful, exotic objects. Yet viewers will not feel overwhelmed or have to slog through mere academic trivia.
Visitors will see 80 varied works including three large pieces of handwoven cloth in different styles, factory-printed pieces, photographs that suggest the role of fabric as an indicator of status, skillful beadwork and other artifacts.
The senior curator of African and Oceanic Art, Geary said she and Parmal developed "Global Patterns" as "an educational and aesthetic mission to show Africa is not the Africa most people have in their minds."
"We're trying to eliminate the outdated 'Dark Continent' stereotype to show Africa was always globally linked. I urge people to keep an open mind and they will see a different Africa that is not the Africa many people imagined," she said.
When visiting a palace in the kingdom of Weh in Cameroon, she was "admonished" to exchange her then-fashionable short skirt for "a proper woman's outfit" which included a long wraparound garment, a fine blouse and a head tie.
"Thus, I realized that appropriate dress was of the utmost importance. During later stays in other African countries...I would pay attention to stunning textiles and different forms of clothing and how they defined a person's place in society. These observations inspired this exhibition, for in Africa -- as around the world -- what you wear is who you are, or who you aspire to be."
Parmal, MFA curator of textiles and fashion arts, said the exhibit section "Looking Both Ways" demonstrates that Africa not only absorbed designs and production methods from outside its borders but influenced European and American fashions as well.
She pointed out an article in Harper's Bazaar magazine in 1927 and a pair of French textiles that demonstrate the two-way trafficking in style that continues through present times.
While noting it was difficult to generalize, Parmal said African fabric artists, particularly among the Kuba people, enjoy variety in their design patterns and don't feel bound by the Western impulse toward regularity.
That same openness to variation, she said, makes it difficult to mass produce similar fabrics without losing their true character.
In the exhibit's curatorial statements, Geary recalled her own experience decades ago living and studying in Africa to reinforce the exhibit's exploration of dress as an indicator of social status.
The section, "Brilliant Colors: The Splendor of Beads," offers beautiful beadwork made by the Xhosa and Ndebele people of South Africa.
WHAT: "Global Patterns: Dress and Textiles in Africa"
WHEN: Through Jan. 8
WHERE: Arts of Asia, Oceania and Asia Gallery, Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave., Boston
HOURS: 10 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Saturday through Tuesday and 10 a.m. to 9:45 p.m. Wednesday through Friday.
ADMISSION: $20 adults; $18 seniors and students 18 and older; admission includes two visits in a 10-day period and entry to all galleries and special exhibitions.
INFO: 617-267-9300, www.mfa.org


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Booker T enters the ring to introduce Mark Henry, and he tells Henry he was one of the first people to say congratulations because he knows how hard it is to climb the mountain. Henry says Booker must think he is six times better than him since he won the title six times, and Booker says he didn't mean it as an insult. Henry cuts him off and says he wasn't finished, and asks why he would try to insult him and kiss his ass in the same sentence. Booker says he would know it if he insulted him, and Henry says Booker would know if he put him through the announce table. He says he is not out there to deal with Booker, because he is only out there to deal with Randy Orton. Henry says Night of Champions was about the championship, but this Sunday is about inducting Orton into the Hall of Pain, and he has a place for Orton's head next to the other men he took out.
Henry tells the fans to keep it up, because he is going to hurt Orton and end his career. Booker asks why he can't concentrate on being the best champion he can be and getting the fans behind him. Henry says he did all of that good stuff for fifteen years and it got him nowhere, so he is going to be the most dominant champion in history. Booker says he needs to ask it, but he wants to know what happens if Orton hits an RKO, and Henry says it won't happen because if it did he wouldn't be the champion right now. He says everyone knows that it won't happen, and Orton won't beat him and neither will the Great Khali in their match tonight. He says he beat him up on Monday, and he is going to do it again and tells Booker to get him out here so he can do it again and take out the trash.
Mark Henry vs The Great Khali
Khali starts clubbing Henry in the back and throws him into the corner but Henry punches his way out. Khali drops him with a clothesline and sends him back into the corner and chops him across the chest. Khali gets him to one knee then chops him in the head, but Henry kicks out at two and Khali tries picking him up for a choke bomb. Henry blocks it and shoves Khali in the corner, then punches Khali a few times and hits the World's Strongest Splash for a near fall. Khali gets to his feet but Henry kicks him in the stomach and hits the World's Strongest Slam for the win. (continued…)
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OK, the contest is to generate 100 thousand unique Prime numbers from 2^32 to 2^64-1 in the shortest time possible. There are some limits of course.
1. You cannot load any values from external files.
2. Your entire program must be contained in a single cpp file of less than 64K named PrimeFunc.cpp with a function named PrimeFunc(__int64*) which will be called by the test program.
3. You may use no more than 10 'seed' values none of which may be greater than 2^32-1
4. All code must compile under visual studio 2008 express as a win32 console program. Default optimzation settings will be used.
5. All results must be placed into the __int64* array supplied by the test program.
6. You may not use any file or network access functions.
7. You may use inline assembly, OpenMP, threads, even the GPU as long as you limit GPU code to HLSL.
8. There can be no composite numbers returned
9. You must return exactly 100 thousand primes, no more no less.
10. Programs that crash are disqualified.
11. Programs that take more than 5 minutes to complete are disqualified.
12. Entries should be made public.
13. This contest is open ended so further optimizations should be submitted as a new entry.
14. (Optional)The solution should be general enough so that it could in theory be applied to build a comprehensive list of all primes.
15. You may not include any header files other than <math.h>, some exceptions may be made to this ask first.
The test system is a Pentium 4HT 3.2 GHz with 2GB of 800MHz dual channel memory. The GPU is an 8600 with 1GB of ram. A non-optimized test program was run and completed within the alloted time.


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