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A 15-year-old American high school student who says he was brutally assaulted by Israeli police was released by a Jerusalem court today after being held without charges since his arrest on Thursday.
A video clip aired by Palestinian television shows two Israeli police officers appearing to viciously beat Tariq Abu Khdeir, a rising sophomore from Tampa, Florida. They repeatedly stomp and punch his head, even as the body hangs motionless.
The police have not denied it is their men beating Abu Khdeir. A spokesman told ABC News the teen was part of a small group participating in clashes with armed police, covering his face with a keffiyeh (Palestinian scarf) and attacking officers while resisting arrest.
"I was watching [the clashes], I was just watching," Abu Khdeir told ABC News shortly after his release, his face still bruised and swollen from the assault.
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"I was actually brutally attacked from the side. I heard somebody screaming and he came and attacked me and I actually went unconscious, and I woke up in the hospital," said Abu Khdeir. "I was screaming, I was just screaming when they hit me."
Abu Khdeir was released on an $850 bail, ordered to be placed under house arrest and not allowed to return to the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Shuafat where he was staying with family and where the incident took place. The family plans to return to the U.S. on the 16th with Tariq, as long as the investigation has been completed.
It was in Shuafat on Wednesday morning that Abu Khdeir's cousin, Muhammad Abu Khdeir, was abducted before dawn prayers and later found murdered. The Palestinian attorney general said the autopsy showed that he was burned alive.
On Sunday, Israeli authorities said "a number of Jews were arrested in connection with the murder," according to Israeli radio, appearing to confirm the widespread belief that the abductors were extremist Israelis. Muhammad's murder came just two days after the bodies of three Israeli teens were discovered near the West Bank city of Hebron, killings Israel blames on the Palestinian militant group Hamas.
Tariq Abu Khdeir was on a summer holiday with his parents and sisters in Jerusalem, visiting family in the eastern part of the city. His father is from Shuafat, and he emigrated to Baltimore in 1996 where Tariq's mother was born and raised.
"He just loved it because I have him on a leash in America," Abu Khdeir's mother told ABC News on Saturday. "Here, all his cousins are around. Like, literally every house that's next to us is a cousin, and we're safe, he felt safe here."
Their visit comes amid some of the worst tension in years. Ignited by the kidnapping and subsequent murder of the three Israeli teens last month, the Israeli government has responded to with a heavy-handed crackdown against Hamas in the West Bank. At the same time, Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip have increased their rocket attacks on southern Israel, firing around 130 rockets and mortars, according to the Israeli military, which has carried out precision air strikes in Gaza, including ten overnight.
"We are working on several fronts simultaneously," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at the opening of Sunday's weekly cabinet meeting. "Overnight we were active against many Hamas targets in Gaza and the goal of all of our operations is to restore quiet and security to all of Israel's citizens, especially the residents of the south."
The U.S. State Department called for a speedy investigation into the incident, saying in a statement: "We are profoundly troubled by reports that [Abu Khdeir] was severely beaten while in police custody and strongly condemn any excessive use of force."


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Vintage Rustic Wedding Floral + Decor
As mentioned earlier in the week, the inspiration this week focuses around a Vintage Rustic affair.
I like the Vintage Rustic aesthetic because to me, it romanticizes normal rustic decor…giving it a boost of loveliness for a wedding. I assembled some centerpiece + decor ideas + inspiration below.
I will highlight a few:
- looking for a centerpiece but not keen on traditional favors? The idea is not new but is a lovely one: use mini potted plants + min floral arrangements for place cards and/or favors. When grouped together, they can make a cute little centerpiece.
- for a more rustic ring bearer pillow, see this one from Luckey U.
- I spotted this DIY rustic cake stand on from Once Wed via Simply Natural.
- to fill that space if you are going light on the flowers, look into Lanterns like those below from Pottery Barn or even mini lanterns + mini centerpieces like in this photo taken by from Mel Barlow.
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[image credit: mini floral centerpieces - Sugar Plum Invitations via Beach Bungalow 8; tree stump, bouquet, green + red flower mini centerpieces + lanterns - Mel Barlow; ring bearer nest pillow - Luckey U; mini potted plant - Martha Stewart Weddings; DIY cake stand - Once Wed via Simply Natural; black lanterns - Pottery Barn]

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The Abington Board of Health will hold a public hearing on new proposed dumpster regulations on Monday, August 11 at 7 p.m. in Town Hall.
ABINGTON – The town is proposing new rules to make dumpsters less disgusting and safer.
On Monday, August 11, the Board of Health will hold a public hearing on the proposed regulations at 7 p.m. in Town Hall, 500 Gliniewicz Way.
If approved, the regulations would require residents or businesses who wish to use dumpsters larger than three cubic yards to get a permit from the Board of Health three days prior to installation.
Dumpsters would also have to be rodent proof and the Board of Health could require that they be enclosed by a fence taller than the height of the dumpster.
Other requirements specify where the dumpster can be placed. For instance, under the rules, dumpsters would have to be at an approved distance from a lot line, 15 feet from any industrial, commercial or residential building, 20 feet sloped away from any wetland and on a surface of material impervious to water.
Exceptions to the permitting requirements would include dumpsters of less than three cubic yards, temporary dumpsters and self-contained or enclosed dumpsters approved by the Board of Health.
Violations of the regulations would be punishable by a $50 fine for each day the violations occur.
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Sachin Tendulkar has mesmerised millions of cricket fans during his 24-year-long illustrious international career and the Indian batting legend has now become the source of hope for some young sports enthusiasts, this time from football, in Kerala.
A group of 16 young football fans, under the banner of World Malayalee Football Fans Association, has begun a social
media campaign in favour of Tendulkar bidding for Kochi franchise in the Indian Super League football tournament,
scheduled to be held in September-October.
Reports have been doing the rounds that Tendulkar may bid for the Kochi team, one of the likely franchises of the
much-anticipated ISL, an IPL-style football league to be organised by IMG-Reliance.
Rijni John, a telecommunication professional from a town near Kasaragod and the brain behind the campaign, said
Tendulkar could be the godsend for the revival of football in Kerala if he happens.
"We have been praying that the God of cricket himself gets involved in the ISL. We read news reports that Tendulkar
may bid for Kochi franchise in ISL (along with PVP Ventures). We don't know the exact position but we are hoping that he actually buys the franchise. That will be the godsend for the revival of football in Kerala," John told PTI over phone from Kerala.
The deadline for buying "invitation to bid" tenders had expired on March 27 and bid winners for the eight-franchise
tournament are likely to be announced in a few days.
The facebook page 'Sachin Irro – Sachin For Kerala Campaign' says the initiative is 'an online promotion to show
support for Sachin Tendulkar's bid for Kerala team in the upcoming Indian Super League'.
"I started the facebook page on April 3 to drum up support among football fans for Tendulkar's bid for Kochi
franchise in ISL. Since then around 600 football fans and corporate groups have joined our group," said the 30-year-old
John, a B Tech degree holder.
John said if Tendulkar gets involved in Kochi franchise, it will do wonders for the revival of football in Kerala, once
a nursery of Indian football and provider of several national team players, including the legendary I M Vijayan.
"A Kochi-based team in the ISL with Tendulkar brand in it will do wonders at a higher level of football in Kerala. But
more important aspect will be his involvement at the grassroot level," said John who works as Lead Engineer Managed Services Operations at the Bangalore office of Paris-based global telecommunications equipment company, Alcatel Lucent.
"There are lots of untapped talent at the grassroot level in Kerala and I read that any franchise in the ISL will have to put in place a robust grassroot programme.
"Tendulkar has been a proven and successful sportsperson, a famous and known face throughout the country and he can really inspire children from the villages and schools to take up football. In that way we want to tap the talent from the
villages and hinterland so that Kerala can reclaim the lost glory in football," he said.
"Tendulkar can see by himself how much grassroot talent Kerala has and if he is buying the Kochi team in the ISL, we
will definitely invite him to visit the villages and interact with young talents."
John said World Malayalee Football Fans Association was set up last year to help talented grassroot-level players get
sponsors. He said the association has corporate members, besides individuals, in India and abroad.
"We are a sort of via media or facilitators for young talents to get sponsors and support. We don't give financial support to the youngsters or hold tournaments. But we identify talent and then try to get sponsors from business houses or other sources," he said.
"We also work for providing coaches for children in the villages, say for 15 days or a month. The cost for hiring coaches will be borne by corporates or companies.
"I feel there are people and corporate houses which are ready to sponsor the young talents. Only coordination is
lacking and we want to do just that."


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Profit warnings have made to the news since the very beginning of the year, and the fashion and luxury industries have been no exception to this trend. French Connection, Esprit, Burberry, Mulberry… all of them have seen their business and stocks tumbling after issuing profit warnings in the past months.
2012 will be recorded as the worst year for UK-listed companies since the height of the financial crisis, as, according to data compiled by the quarterly Ernst & Young report on profit warning, there were 287 profit warnings in 2012.
Ernst & Young's latest quarterly profit warnings report counted 86 issued in the last three months of last year. More than 15 percent of UK quoted companies issued warnings in 2012, only slightly down on 2008, the worst year on record, when there were close to 18 per cent. Burberry and Mulberry featured among the top-profile London-listed companies that have issued profit warnings during the last year, being it two times for Mulberry.
Last to issue a profit warning in London was ailing French Connection. Earlier in January and in an unscheduled update, the owner of FCUK brand said Christmas sales were hit by lower demand and a delay in discounting, upping their estimated full year loss to 7.5m-8 million pounds, far above the 6 million consensus forecast from the City.
Being the slowdown in China and other emerging countries the main reason used by retailers to back their warnings, it came as little surprise when Hong Kong listed Esprit Holdings saw its shares of falling nearly 7 percent to a one-month low in mid-December after the retailer warned of a possible loss for the six months ending in December.
However and despite the gloomy figure, it is worthy of mention that despite the spike in high profile retail calling in the administrators, the number of retail profit warnings fell to 17 last year, from 39 a year ago.
Alan Hudson, head of Ernst & Young's UK restructuring team, said rising uncertainty at the end of 2012 had led to a fall in demand. "Slower-than-expected demand from China in particular landed heavy blows on companies reliant on emerging market growth, which would have cancelled out declining sales elsewhere," he added. Big names in the fashion and luxury market have already raised their concerns on how a slower demand in China and the broader Asian region is to affect their business.
Mr Hudson said the number of warnings stayed low within the retail industry as a consequence of retailers having had already factored in a squeeze on consumer spending.


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Ontology, exegesis, and culture in the thought of Henri de Lubac. (2006-07-24)This dissertation examines the continuity between Henri de Lubac's retrieval of patristic and medieval exegesis and his treatment of the ontological relationship between nature and grace. I argue that, for de Lubac, the ...


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MENLO PARK, Calif., May 21 (UPI) -- Facebook share values fell early Monday following one of the most highly anticipated U.S. initial public offerings in years, Nasdaq data said.
Nasdaq delayed the start of the Facebook IPO Friday on fear if its shares were available at the opening bell, pandemonium might ensue.
But Facebook shares failed to make that first-day "pop" -- really taking off. Instead, underwriters had to shore up the stock to maintain the company's $38 per share opening price, the Los Angeles Times reported Monday.
Facebook may have suffered from overexposure with some of the recent company news sharply negative.
Just a few days before Friday's IPO, General Motors Co. said it was not going to extend its advertising contract with Facebook because the payback was insufficient. The company had also reported slower gains, in part, because of problems generating revenue from mobile phones.
It turns out more than half of Facebook's visitors access the site through mobile devices.
In addition, Facebook founder and Chief Operating Officer Mark Zuckerberg recently spent $1 billion buying Instagram, a company less than 3 years old that has yet to make a profit. While the decision may or may not pay off from a business point of view, it was widely reported Zuckerberg made the purchase without informing Facebook board members.


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Those Barely in Top Brackets Brace for a Hit
People in Households Earning $200,000 to $500,000 Resign Themselves to Tax Increases Even If They Don't Feel Superrich
Most of the country's top earners just barely make it into the highest tax brackets—and no matter what happens in Washington's budget negotiations, they are preparing for a hit.
Households earning between $200,000 and $500,000 a year have been in and out of the cross hairs all year. As of this week, the White House is again seeking to preserve tax rates for income under $250,000 while allowing everything above to reset to Clinton-era levels....


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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Drea de Matteo has been promoted to series regular on the California-set motorcycle gang drama "Sons of Anarchy," E! News reported.
De Matteo has made guest appearances as drug addict Wendy Case on the show for six seasons, but will get more screen time in its seventh and final season, thanks to the deaths of characters played by Ron Perlman and Maggie Siff, the report said.
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BBC Tries To Divert Congo Story
Presumably, the BBC, apologists for British mining interests in Eastern Congo, would like to present Nkunda, who will likely by indicted for past war crimes by the International Criminal Court, as a savior for the DRC.
[The Media Watch]
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is at it again.
In a November 25 article headlined "Congo leaders killed opponents," this media arm of British government propaganda makes it appear as if there is a correlation between a report denouncing alleged human rights abuses in the DR Congo by the government and the recent flare-up in fighting instigated by the leader of a terrorist army, Laurent Nkunda.
Presumably, the BBC, apologists for British mining interests in Eastern Congo, would like to present Nkunda, who will likely by indicted for past war crimes by the International Criminal Court, as a savior for the DRC.
"A rights group has accused the government of the DR Congo of using violence to eliminate political opponents since polls in 2006," reports bbc.co.uk, "Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Congolese security forces had deliberately killed more than 500 people in a campaign against opposition groups."
This article is the lead story in the BBC.co.uk's Africa news section, given full prominence.
"HRW said the abuses were attracting scant attention because everyone was focusing on the conflict in the east," adds the U.K. government's mouthpiece, as if this could be surprising information; why wouldn't people be focused on Eastern Congo, when, in the very next sentence, the mouthpiece reports, "More than 250,000 people have fled their homes since fighting erupted in August between government troops and rebels loyal to Tutsi General Laurent Nkunda."
Read the sentence carefully again: "…fighting erupted in August between government troops and rebels loyal to Tutsi General Laurent Nkunda." When in fact the United Nations has reported that it is Nkunda and his terrorist army that's instigated the recent conflict that's precipitated the deaths and displacements of innocent Congolese citizens.
The rest of the article does not deserve any further comment since it's undiluted BBC spin on behalf of Nkunda; equating the bandits with Congo's elected government. The remainder of the article speaks clearly for itself. It's a clear attempt to divert global media attention from atrocities in Eastern Congo. In media language is called "changing the lead":
"On Monday UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said that all parties involved in the conflict had committed serious human rights abuses.
"His special envoy, Olusegun Obasanjo, has urged Congolese President Joseph Kabila to talk with Gen Nkunda in order to prevent the situation from worsening.
"In its report, Human Rights Watch (HRW) accused Mr. Kabila's government of "brutal repression" following elections in July 2006 aimed at bringing democracy to the country after years of fighting.
"Five hundred perceived opponents had been killed since then and another 1,000 had been detained - many of whom reported being tortured, it said. This, of course, together with the rebellion in the east, is dramatically undermining Congo's ability to develop a democratic state.
"Many of those targeted were supporters of defeated presidential candidate Jean-Pierre Bemba and of another political group in the west of the country. (Here the BBC deliberately, maliciously, and conveniently fails to note that Bemba is in the Hague facing war crimes and genocide charges; so we not it on their behalf at no cost).
"Opposition groups had also used violence, HRW said. In these cases, the police and army had a duty to restore order, but often did so with excessive force, it said.
"Lambert Mende, a government spokesman, said the report did not reflect the facts.
"Congolese judges could not avoid convicting people who had committed crimes on the basis that they were political opponents, he said.
"But Anneke Van Woudenberg, a senior researcher for HRW, said that the group had documented the use of 'brutal force' against government critics.
"'This, of course, together with the rebellion in the east, is dramatically undermining Congo's ability to develop a democratic state,' she told the BBC.
"Last week, the UN Security Council approved an additional 3,000 soldiers and police for the UN peacekeeping mission in DR Congo in an effort to prevent the conflict in the east from escalating.
"Aid agencies are struggling to reach tens of thousands of people displaced by the fighting in North Kivu province.
"On Monday, the UN leader said both government forces and rebel troops had carried out arbitrary executions, mass killings, rape and torture there.
"In a 28-page report for the UN Security Council, Ban Ki-moon said the human rights situation there was a 'cause for grave concern.'
"Special envoy Olusegun Obasanjo is due to return to DR Congo at the weekend for more talks aimed at ending the conflict, the UN said."
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BOSTON – The VCU Men's & Women's Track & Field program closed out its trip to the ECAC/IC4A Indoor Championships with a number of solid performances on Sunday.
The VCU Women finished in 26th place as a team out of the 50 Division I programs that competed at the ECAC Championships. The VCU Men had a number of solid individual performances at the IC4A Indoor Championships.
For the women, freshman sprinter Kiara Porter placed fourth in the finals of the 400 meter dash with a time of 54.74 seconds. The Yorktown, Va., native improved her time from the preliminaries, in which she finished in 55.50 seconds for fifth place.
Junior Dionna Hayes, who was the 2011 champion in the 60 meter dash, grabbed fourth place honors in the event in 2012 with a time of 7.57 seconds.
For the VCU Men, freshman thrower Ryan Coles came in 19th place with a heave of 15.59 meters in the shot put on Sunday.


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There�s an old saying that �Familiarity breeds contempt.� Judging from the listless reactions from the crowd at tonight�s TNA No Surrender pay-per-view, perhaps this should be changed to �Familiarity breeds indifference.� Despite an overall decent show, it took the crowd in the iMPACT Zone 2 hours and 43 minutes to stop sitting on their hands and finally show some enthusiasm to celebrate AJ Styles winning of the TNA Heavyweight Championship in the night�s main event.
The match was originally to see Kurt Angle defend his TNA Championship in a 4-way match against Sting, AJ Styles and Matt Morgan. After the ring introductions were done, Hernandez� music started blaring and the big man came to the ring. Hernandez then shocked all of the match participants by cashing in his Feast or Fired briefcase for a title match, making this a 5-way battle for the belt. Using the element of surprise, Hernandez overpowered Angle early while Styles, Morgan and Sting simply stood by and watched him dominate the champ. As Hernandez and Angle brawled outside of the ring, the others started fighting it out in the ring. On the top of the entrance ramp, Hernandez was going to hit Angle with a Border Toss, but Eric Young, who Hernandez had decimated earlier on in the evening, came out, clipped Hernandez� knee, and, despicably, planted Hernandez with a piledriver on the top of the rampway. As Hernandez got taken to the back, Angle went back to the ring, where he and Morgan decided to put aside their differences, at least temporarily, to take on Angle and Styles. The two worked well together, laying a beating on both of the fan favourites. Styles and Sting tried to fight back, but every time they got any momentum, it was stopped by the power of Morgan and vicious execution of Angle. Eventually, Sting and AJ fought back, with AJ hitting a Pele kick on Morgan, and Sting going up top and blasting Angle with a big missile dropkick. The tide in his favour, Sting delivered a pair of Stinger Splashes, but was quickly felled by an Angle Slam out of nowhere. Styles, meanwhile, got hit by a Hellevator, taking him out of the match momentarily. The temporary alliance between Morgan and Sting seemed to go out the window when Angle had an ankle lock on Sting, but Morgan hit him with the Carbon Footprint. Undaunted, Sting and Styles worked well together to lay out both men, Morgan on the floor and Angle flat on his back in the middle of the ring, prone for a pinfall. As their eyes locked, it looked like Styles and Sting might fight it out. But instead of going after AJ, Sting leaped to the floor to crash down on Morgan. AJ wasted no time to capitalize on this, hitting Angle with a springboard 450 splash, and covering him to win the TNA Heavyweight Championship. After the match, AJ celebrated his victory in the centre of the ring with his best friend Christopher Daniels and several of the TNA fans who, after being pretty much silent for the entire show, jumped into the ring. Overall, it was a good match to end a generally solid pay-per-view.
Finals of the TNA Knockout Tag Team Championship Tournament
Right off the top, Angelina Love�s visa situation is addressed through a comment that she has been future endeavoured due to �business issues�. Before the match can start, Earl Hebner, sporting a new Hitler-esque moustache, dismisses referee Andrew �Slick� Johnson who, through his cavorting with the Beautiful People the other week, demonstrated that he wouldn�t be able to be impartial. Good teamwork exhibited early on by Wilde and Sarita, but it isn�t long before TBP�s tag experience comes to light. God, I love Velvet Sky. Sarita takes a beating for a while before getting the big tag to Taylor, who cleans house. Out of nowhere, Taylor and Sarita hit a nifty double-team move that gets them the victory and the titles.
Winners and new TNA Knockout Tag Team Champions:Sarita and Taylor Wilde
Match Rating: 6/10
Backstage, Taylor and Sarita compliment each other.
Match 2: Eric Young vs Hernandez
Before the match, Eric Young and the World Elite tell Hernandez that he�s their brother and that they shouldn�t fight � rather, he should join them. Eric comes out without the rest of the World Elite, dressed in a suit, and saying that he will not do anything to defend himself. Hernandez comes out to the lamest entrance music ever. Hernandez starts off with a huge clothesline and immediately starts punishing Young. Young refuses to fight, and in less than a minute, he receives the Border Toss and gets pinned. The crowd was dead for this one.
Winner: Hernandez
Match Rating: 2/10
Backstage, Matt Morgan tells Jeremy Borash that he (Matt, not JB) is the future, and that he will take out Kurt Angle later tonight. Bad audio here, with every breath of Morgan being picked up too loudly. They should have done a re-take � though the promo itself was good.
Match 3: Samoa Joe vs Daniels
For the X-Division Championship
Good quick start, with both men using a flurry of offense, including a running suicide dive from Daniels which connects on the floor. Joe uses his power to catch Daniels off the ropes with a big uranage and then he slows things down with a Vulcan Nerve Pinch. Daniels keeps fighting, though, and it�s not soon thereafter that he hits an Asai Moonsault on the floor. But Joe still has the size advantage and he starts picking apart Daniels, working on his opponent�s legs, kicking them repeatedly and then locking on a half crab. A quick series of reversals and counters ends with Joe locking in the Kokina Klutch which forces Daniels to tap out.
Winner and still X-Division Champion: Samoa Joe
Match Rating: 7.5/10
Backstage, Mick Foley laments the tearing up of the caricature of he and JB by an unknown perpetrator.
Match 4: The Pope D�Angelo Dinero vs Suicide
Falls Count Anywhere Match
Backstage, Suicide attacks the Pope� during his pre-match promo. The fight spills to the outside of the iMPACT Zone, where the Pope gets an early advantage with a big elbow on top of a bunch of A-V equipment trunks. Suicide back body drops Pope into a garbage bin, but Pope escapes and climbs into a studio trolley with which he tries to run over Suicide. Suicide thwarts that, sending the Pope running to escape. He tries to climb the fence, but Suicide pantses him and we�ve got a full moon in Orlando. The brawl ultimately gets back in the ring where Suicide gets the edge. It�s only temporary, and soon the Pope plans Suicide�s demise. He sets up a table beside the entrance ramp, intending to suplex Suicide off the ramp and through it. But Suicide fights out of it, and soon they�re wrestling at the top of the entrance ramp. Suicide goes for broke � he sets up a table at the top of the entrance ramp, then climbs the big wall and leaps for a super legdrop. The Pope moves, and Suicide crashes hard through the table, landing hard on his tailbone, leaving him prone for the easy cover.
Winner: The Pope D�Angelo Dinero
Match Rating: 7/10
For the TNA Knockout Championship
This one is played for comedy early on, with Deaner keeping missing chops and failing at delivering a low blow. Taz and Mike Tenay seem just awkward together for this one, trying to mix sexual innuendo into their commentary, but instead coming off as pretty lame. Referee Andrew Thomas catches Deaner trying to cheat by pinning ODB with his legs on the ropes, leading to a shoving match between the two of them. A big knockout punch by Deaner doesn�t get the job done, and then he misses a big flying headbutt off the top. ODB picks up the scrambled-brained Deaner, and hits the TKO for the pin.
Winner and new TNA Knockout Champion: ODB
Match Rating: 3.5/10
After the match, ODB tells Lauren how proud she is of all the TNA women and that she is happy to represent them as champion. The sincerity of the moment is unfortunately diminished by her referring to it as the Knocked Up Title. Hopefully, the Deaner chapter of the TNA Knockouts Title is now closed for good.
Backstage, Kurt Angle tells JB that Matt Morgan blew it when he picked sides against the Main Event Mafia.
Match 6: Abyss vs Kevin Nash
For the Legends Championship
Mick Foley comes out to do commentary for this one. The referee holds up both the title and the bag full of cash representing the $50,000 bounty that Dr. Stevie has put up for anyone who takes out Abyss. This is a pure power battle from the get-go. The match spills to the floor early, where Abyss tries to channel Foley, whose blue flannel shirt he�s wearing. Back in the ring, Nash takes the advantage to the delight of Dr. Stevie, who has pulled up a chair onto the entrance ramp. Abyss gets fired up and flattens Nash with a few big moves. Dr. Stevie comes to the ring, distracting the ref. This opens the door for Daffney to come in from behind, but Abyss catches her, and her attempt to attack Abyss with a tazer results instead in her eating the Black Hole Slam. Nash capitalizes on Abyss� distraction, and waffles him with a chair. He can�t hit the powerbomb, though, and Abyss nearly gets the fall with a chokeslam. Foley comes down to offer Abyss the barbed wire baseball bat, fat end first. Abyss reaches for it, but gets poked and drops it. Nash, meanwhile, picks up the tazer, and, well to quote Jerry Lee Lewis, Abyss has got great balls of fire. A pinfall is purely academic after that. Dr. Stevie tries to renege out of the deal and take back his bag of money, but Nash will have none of it, jack-knifing the good doctor. Very bad, distracting commentary for the last two matches, with too many in-jokes and lame humour attempts.
Winner and still Legends Champion: Kevin Nashzz
Backstage, TNA Tag Team Champions Booker T and Scott Steiner say that their opponents are nobodys. Good stuff from Steiner here.
Match 7: British Invasion and Booker T & Scott Steiner vs Team 3D & Beer Money Inc.
Lethal Lockdown match
Winners: Team 3-D and Beer Money Inc.
Backstage, Rhino cuts a good promo against Bobby Lashley, saying that being a good MMA fighter (or in a case of major hyperbole, the best MMA fighter in the world) won�t help him in a wrestling match.
�The Boss�, the nickname of Bobby Lashley, is also a nickname for Bruce Springsteen. No Surrender, the name of the PPV in which Lashley is making his TNA debut, is also the name of a song sung by Bruce Springsteen. Another song by Bruce Springsteen: The Wrestler. Coincidence? Well, probably, yes. In any event, they probably gave Rhino more offense here than anyone would have predicted. Doesn�t matter, though, as Lashley overpowers Rhino, even busting him open. Lashley tries to spear Rhino but ends up destroying the referee by mistake. Then Rhino nearly gets the win, hitting the GORE, but Lashley kicks out of the second ref�s count. Rhino goes for another GORE, but a big fist by Lashley puts him down for the three.
Winner: Bobby Lashley
Backstage, AJ Styles and Sting are on the same page, and they will do what it takes to ensure Kurt Angle doesn�t leave tonight with the TNA World Heavyweight Title.
Match 9: Kurt Angle vs Matt Morgan vs Sting vs AJ Styles
For the TNA Heavyweight Championship
Winner and new TNA Heavyweight Champion: AJ Styles
Match Rating: 8.5/10
Overall Rating: 7/10
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The climbing world has lost another friend.
Jim Anglin Died in Smith Rocks a few days ago.
He was a Very talented climber, retired Fireman, and a wonderful person.
You will be missed Jim.
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I saw that over at ST. Horrible, wish I had the opportunity to have known him.
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Always hate hearing this...RIP
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Sad news for all indeed; my prayers go to his family n friends.
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Sorry to hear this. My condolences to all his family and friends.
RIP my firefighting brethren.
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The road passes the fertile soil and deep green grass of the Willamette where it hits the forested hills towards where Jim Anglin use to play.
Sad to say today is his memorial service in Lebanon. Can't say I'm pleased at all to be heading this direction. There's folks in your life ya like but don't get around to calling or hanging with? That's the case here, and I'm kicking my ass that I let that go due to my laziness. I put Elton John in the CD player. The track clicks to "Funeral for a Friend" just outside of town.
I turn it up and get mentally lost in the reverie.
Pass through town and don't see the Chapel. On the way back, 15 min before the service is scheduled to start, a long line of various Firetrucks, lights flashing and polished to the nines, pass slowly towards me and turn south. I get out of my car, with plenty of time on my hands till they pass and ask the officer who's got all the traffic stopped, "Is this Jim's funeral?" and I get an affirmative and somber nod.
The sight of a parking lot full of firemen and their machinery is a sight to behold. I pass them on the way in the door. I'd heard of Jim's passing in Las Vegas. It's the strangest thing in that I was thinking of Jim when Ujahn and I were coming down from dream of wild turkeys Monday 11-5-07, which I think I remember Jim saying was his fav climb in the world.
I was thinking of several related Jim things as well including the pics he'd posted of his last red rocks trip where my poor memory was trying to remember if he'd repeated turkeys with Joanne Uriste, the fa of that route. I couldn't remember the route, but I remember the sparkle in Jim's eye, which the camera captured.
Since Jim isn't hardly ever in my thoughts, I was shocked and surprised on the return trip to town , no more than 2 hours later, to see several phone messages. (everyone who knows me knows I never listen to them so they don't typically leave them and I don't hardly ever get them) As I'm also down here for business, I assumed it was a crisis at work. This was shocking as I have a fully trained group who are conditioned to handle every extingency, so that I can go to ...say...Nepal, for 4 weeks and not carry a sat phone.
It was my friends leaving the message that Jim has died. My stomach tightened up, and I was in shocked disbelief. Jim was the kind of person that if we could all be a bit more like, the world would be a better place. His passing leaves a void in the world and a sadness in my heart. Inexplicably and even more shocking is that he slipped off the descent trail hiking into the crag and died. An expert climber becoming the first fatality at this location in Smith Rocks.
It was nice to see Joseph's Cascadeclimbers.com pic of him on Beacon, it brought back a memory of Joseph, Jim and I doing Young warriors, and although Jim had been climbing out there a lot that spring, he hadn't ever done that route. Jim led the long 3rd pitch and sure enough got off route, despite our earlier efforts to describe that wandering 3rd pitch to him. His eyes were twinkling and he was fairly humored when we climbed up to see him looking exactly like a treed raccoon way the hell up the wrong direction belaying from an off route slab and pointed out the errors of his ways.
I wish it wasn't true. Wish it was somebody else. Can't believe someone so near invincible simply fell off a trail and died. But alas ..people are filing into the Chapel for the service music plays quietly in the background.
Soon firemen parade in mass, about 60 are there to pay their respects and say good by. The preacher steps up and starts the eulogy ..soon enough he puts on Jimmy Buffets "Come Monday", a song which Jim had liked and we listen in silence the preacher talks some more, and then they play "Arms Of An Angel by Sarah McLachlan, the soulful anguished lyrics rise in loud silence in the room later folks get up and give some testament to who Jim was and tell some stories. I'm wondering if I should get up and tell how I'd almost accidentally killed Jim over 25 years earlier, and how that experience had caused me to respect the man all the more, and decide that this might not be the time. They preacher says maybe 2 more testaments before he ends the service, and since I cannot summon the courage to step up, the service ends in 2 hours flat with the traditional firemans bell ringing. I feel dull, sad and flat, stop over and check in with Joseph who's over on the other side of the place with Joanne Urise who'd come up from Red Rocks area to say good by. I touch base with a few folks on the way out the door, grab a plate of food for the road and leave, still sad and feeling like I want to be alone and in the quiet.
Goodbye Jim, my turn will come soon enough, but I'm sad you can't be here with us and checked out first. Your hundreds of first ascents and a wide swath of family and friends memories remain as testament to your passage and productive time here with us.
It is a reminder to all of us that the clock it ticking. To treat each other just a bit better, to laugh at our fellow mans follies instead of yelling and displaying anger, to help out a soul who needs it, and remember that in the end, our end is all too near, sometimes shockingly so.
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Beautifully said billco. He sounds as though he were a wonderful person. I'm sorry that so many have lost a great friend.
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Thanks Bill. I couldn't make the service and greatly appreciate you sharing your experience .
Dec 7, 2007, 11:19 PM
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ditto thanks billcoe for sharing. I miss Jim ~ My deepest condolences to all family & friends.
Peace be with us all ~
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Jim was a super nice guy. I met him up in the woods near Mt Hood where he had been puting up route after route. He was full of knowledge and information and the few times we spoke he always had to get back to his route, but said we needed to set down and compare routes that we had both done. He gave us directions to another crag that he had been putting routes up on, and what a find that turned out to be. His final route is just as you get to the main crag at Area 51, first line. It is mixed bolts and trad gear, and I believe it is 10b or so. I have not done it yet, but am waiting for a quiet sunny day and am going to lead it with my silent partner knowing Jim is on the other end. Peace be with him, a class act. Thanks Jim for all the great routes and beta. You the man.
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Please bear with me I have hesitated a long while in doing this, but its time I think
I havent touched boot to stone for almost ten years, yet my brief time on that stone has remained among my most cherished memories. Jim was a part of that
After receiving a short, terse email from a friend in Oregon that read in part Contact me immediately about Jim Anglin. I called, and was instantly devastated to learn that Jim had passed away We spent some time talking about Jim, but soon I had to hang up as words were just escaping me. I got online, and in moments I had read about the fall, something I never in a million years would have believed could happen to Jim, of all people not the Jim I knew Something must have happened to make him fall All I could think of was that some medical event occurred to either cause him to lose balance, pass out, something But to think Jim Anglin simply fell off a path? Not possible, my mind insisted
I had been back in the general area he is supposed to have fallen from many, many years before The ways down are indeed exposed, some more so than others, but Jim falling on a fourth-class descent? It couldnt be but sadly it was And so I was left to do nothing more than mourn
Engrossed in memory, I went and dug out what climbing gear I have left from the days I used to practice the sport, and began going through my dwindling stock. I found that I still have several biners that I acquired from Jim way back in the late 80s. On them, some quite faintly, you can still make out the scrawled initials, JA. 3 Bonaitis, a Salewa, an Eiger, and 2 SMCs these are the only remaining physical reminders I have of the man.
Jim and I first met at his home in Lebanon, Oregon shortly after I was hired full-time at the FD in the next town to the East along Hwy 20 Sweet Home. A friend and fellow Paramedic, upon learning that I had taken a beginners rock climbing class at Linn-Benton Community College in Albany, told me that I should get in touch with a guy he called Danglin Anglin at LFD He told me that Jim got that name due to his propensity for being found dangling from a fingerboard mounted above a doorway in the Lebanon firehall on a pretty regular basis.
In any case, at our first meeting, I was impressed with this friendly, peaceful guy who seemed so perfectly at ease with himself and the world. I honestly dont recall much other than impressions from that meeting, and that he generously offered me some of his older gear at a ridiculously low price to get started out with (a buck a biner as I recall) I had absolutely no gear at the time, but I was consumed with passion for my newly acquired pursuit. I think he saw that. The ones he gave me are pieces that he said he would still trust, and just based on first impressions I figured I could trust them as well
I ran into Jim fairly regularly after that, as we both worked in the same fields in adjoining jurisdictions. Monthly case reviews would usually find us saying Hi and sometimes making small talk about how my climbing was progressing, or of some route he thought I should give a try all dependent on, and in his estimation, within my skill level. Jim always had encouragement not once had I ever heard a negative remark from him.
The absolute best experience I ever had in the relatively short time I climbed was during one summer in the Menagerie Wilderness. A friend, Mark Hilliker, and I had been on Rooster Rock that day and hiking out, we ran into Jim He told us that the next day he and several friends were going to be climbing on another small spire hidden there in the trees west of the Rabbit Ears (please forgive me if memory fails me here, but I think that was the approximate location.) and invited us to join the group.
We joined them the next day, guided there both by the directions Jim had given us, and when closer, by the occasional laughter, voices, or clinking of gear heard faintly through the trees. Arriving, Mark and I found ourselves in some pretty heady company indeed particularly considering the unabashed newbies we were at the time.
Jim was there of course, along with Tom Bauman, I believe Kent Benesch was another present, and Paul Fry (I had climbed a short roadside route on Hwy 20 that Paul had established earlier that year if I am remembering correctly called Road Scholar) I am ashamed to admit that there were a few other climbers there that day I cannot remember to save my life If any of you read this, and were among those present, please accept my apology for my poor memory though some of the names in the threads devoted to Jim that I have read seemed very familiar
That day the climbing I saw and the apparent ease with which it was accomplished amazed me. Among other things, I was able to watch Tom Bauman drilling from a stance that I thought only a fly could have stood on, banging in a star drill like it was nothing I watched Jim skim over another route effortlessly, while I later followed it slapping and clawing almost the whole way. Somehow he encouraged and cajoled me to the top What impressed me most that day was the graciousness of everyone there Not once was I made to feel as if I didnt belong This, while obviously floundering in a group whose climbing skill at even its lowest capacity far, far exceeded my best day on stone up to that point. I was present among considerable skill that day To say I was awed by it is an understatement
I remember when Jim made a point of mentioning that I was making positive strides in my climbing I felt humbled and proud too that he thought enough to say so
That night, at camp on the old logging road outside the back border of the Menagerie, we all sat around a campfire sharing a couple beers and stories The beers I shared in, but the stories I listened stories of my own I had yet to acquire. I remember feeling just slightly fuzzy and relaxed from the beer and listening and laughing a lot as others related various stories about routes climbed, falls taken, refrigerator-sized blocks being ridden as they came off the face, etc It was peaceful, relaxed, warm, and I felt accepted as at least an aspiring rock climber. There was friendly ribbing, memories shared, and finally, as Tom later said goodnight and crawled into his tent, a reluctant (on my part) departure for home in the dark The absolute best memory I have of my climbing days
I have, for the last couple of years read and re-read the tributes paid to Jim on this and other forums. I have copied all the pictures posted of him on various climbs with that ever-present smile and great twinkle in his eye. I have shed many tears, and bitterly regretted never staying closer to the man for whom I still, and will always hold an almost reverential respect. I could have learned so very much more from him had I not become, and then remained, so deeply entrenched in my own problems Perhaps I would still be climbing
Yes, I am sad for myself sad because Jim was a great positive influence and role model that I just didnt incorporate into my life the way I should have I should have made the time
I am sadder still for his family, and his other, closer friends I cant imagine how devastating it must have been to lose so precious a soul I can only feel my own sense of loss
Jim, if theres a place that exists where you can somehow see or sense anything from this world, know that I miss you, greatly, and will never forget you Thank you so very much for your graciousness, your encouragement, your generosity, and your friendship
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Alti2de,well-written. I never knew you or anyone involved or Jim Anglin, but that sense -- of being more connected than perhaps everyone would expect, that I know.
Condolences to you and eveyone else.
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Nice. Brought back my memories of Jim perfectly. He is still missed.
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It never fails to bring a smile to my face, and inevitably, a tear or two to my eye any time I think of you Jim. I know you would tell me that the tears are wasted, but they are my measure of loss. I would feel odd should they not be shed, so just take them as a measure of my respect. I still miss you Jim...I hate this time of year.
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Whitlock's become the arbiter of pudginess in the last few months (and Becky-getting-on-ing), first having issue with Serena's ballooning weight and now Mangino's girth. Unlike the Williams column, which seemed unnecessarily cruel considering the woman had just won the U.S. Open, Whitlock suggests Mangino's temper is a direct result of his obesity. Whitlock knows this because he's also a hefty-sized individual who's also struggled with weight problems:
Beyond X's and O's, good coaching is a transference of energy. It takes a massive amount of energy to impact 100 boys on a college campus. At his age (53) and weight, Mangino cannot sustain the necessary energy level to positively influence his players. His team is being engulfed by his negative energy, a dark spirit driven by his excess weight.
And Whitlock stays on this track throughout the column, offering that firing Mangino right now would be the "humane thing to do", as if he's an obese old labrador retriever suffering from hip dysplasia. But he recovers nicely:
If he spent two years away from football addressing his weight problem, applied for a job at 270 pounds, he would be a can't-miss BCS candidate. Heck, he would be a terrific choice to coach in the NFL.
So, if Andy Reid weighed 270 pounds throughout most of his coaching career, the Eagles would have won four Super Bowls by now. I love this logic. The Eagles front office should get Coach Reid a Lap-Band to salvage the season.
Thanks for your continued support of Deadspin. Barry Petchesky, 165-pounds of rompin', stompin' dynamite, blogs through the witching hour.


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"Pugio in Averso Belli- Weapon used to avoid war"
Date: 10/10/05
The Zealous Crew Roster is brought to the crew in order to make it easier for each member to know who is in what department and to make interaction less confusing. If there are any errors in the Roster please alert Captain Azanialix Ja'arda, Jake Sjet, or Alex Ducane. The Roster will be sent out every week (Sunday) in order to keep everyone up to date.
Sorry this is a bit late again! Hopefully, we'll try to get this back on track with a Sunday release, so it gets all of the posts through Saturday.
Zealous Forum: http://tenforward.slasims.com/viewforum.php?f=175
Current Log Thread: http://tenforward.slasims.com/viewtopic.php?t=8899
ELOA Roster: http://tenforward.slasims.com/viewtopic.php?t=9098
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Promotions are a reflection of logs and mailstring activity. The following is a GUIDELINE towards promotion but is not the final tool used in decisions. Remember, if you wish to be promoted, or to someday become a sim host, activity is the only way to achieve this. We will give out promotions following every mission; some will be at a party while others will probably be less formal.
Commissioned Officer Ranks:
Ensign -- No requirement, beginning position
Lieutenant Junior Grade -- 1 bio and 10 logs
Lieutenant -- 1 bio update and 20 logs (after promotion)
Lieutenant First Class -- an additional bio update and 25 logs (after promotion) and recommendation of XO or CO
Lieutenant Commander -- an additional bio update and 30 logs (after promotion) and recommendation of XO and CO
*Non-Commissioned Officer Ranks:
Petty Officer 3rd Class -- No requirement, beginning position
Petty Officer 2nd Class -- 1 bio and 10 logs
Petty Officer 1st Class -- 1 bio update and 20 logs (after promotion)
Chief Petty Officer -- an additional bio update and 25 logs (after promotion) and recommendation of XO or CO
Senior Chief Petty Officer -- an additional bio update and 30 logs (after promotion) and recommendation of XO and CO
* = If so desired, NCOs may elect to take a Starfleet exam. If they pass, they will become a Commissioned Officer.
Remember, we do ask at least one log a week from everyone (barring LOA or such).
Important Note: Due to continuing mailstring problems, if you posted a log and did not see it reflected accurately within the roster, please let me know! I will get it remedied for the next roster update.
To help make sure that your logs are counted, please remember to cross-post your log to the Current Log Thread in the Zealous forum as well! ;-)
There were no removals this week, but we do have one crew member On Notice. Remember, if you are On Notice or On Warning, make sure you get a log in so you don't face removal!
Posters this week: Zania, Ti'ana, Murdock, Sjet, Zuub, Crystal, Sernia, Garbing, Yunisca, Alex, Scott, Lester, Joy and Drake Storm.
We've got a few people on LOA, but activity seems to have hit an all time low here. Come on, guys! I know we can do a LOT better than this! Let's see if we can turn things around and pick up the pace again!
If your name is in red that means that you are in risk of being removed from the sim due to inactivity. We will need a log from you within one weeks time in order to keep you on the sim.
If your name is blue that means that you are at risk of being declared On Warning within one week, and this could be moved to Removal if a log is not sent out within two weeks. Please remember to write at least one log a week. After all, if you are not writing how can you enjoy the sim?
If you need a LOA (Leave of Absence) simply let us know and we can help you. If you have questions or need help, just let us know. We are there to help you.
We will be putting crew in the On Warning status after 3 weeks without activity and removing crew members after 4 weeks without activity. We're not trying to ride anyone, and this is all supposed to be fun, but if you're not posting at all its no fun for you.
With the exception of Department Heads, crew members on Extended LOA (3 weeks or more), will no longer be listed in the primary crew roster. Instead, they will be listed on an ELOA Crew Roster . Upon their return, their character will again be listed on the primary roster.
Position/Rank/Name (Logs since promotion)
Command Staff
Commanding Officer--Captain Azanialix Ja'arda (329)
Executive Officer--Commander Alex Ducane (39)
Bridge Officers
Chief Helm Officer--Lt Cmdr. Howard Madej Murdock (216)
Ensign Sernia Soban (35)
Ensign Ripley Stargrazer (NPC)
Chief of Operations - Lt Cmdr. Ti'ana Sullivan (58)
Asst. Cheif Ops officer Lt. 2C Jake Spade (52)
Engineering Department
Chief of Engineering--Lt. 1C Vaskel (15) - LOA
Ensign Turlok (2)
Ensign Samantha Baines (NPC)
Science Department
Chief Science Officer--Lt Cmdr. Joy Robinson (61)
Assistant Chief Science Officer - Lt. 1C Jarrold Scott (88)
Lt. Karen Stanton (NPC)
Medical Department
Chief Medical Officer--Commander Alex Ducane (38)
Assistant Chief Medical Officer--Lt. 2C Zuub (39)
Lt. 2C Amina Jalovel (1) - LOA
EMH Mark II (NPC)
Counseling Department
Chief Counselor--Lt Cmdr. Melissa Richards (24) - LOA
Ensign Lester Combs (27)
Ensign Beatrix Aster (17) - LOA
Ensign Yunisca (18)
Chief Tactical Officer--Lt Cmdr. Luke Osswell (36)
Ensign Dr. Aldran Zel-3
Ensign Roger Brandhurst (3) - LOA
Lt. Devin Nord (NPC)
Lt. JG Teresa Gomez (NPC)
Chief Security Officer--Lt. 2C Daniel Hunt (21) - ON NOTICE - Must post by 7/31/05
Ensign Taryn Ryder (6) - LOA
Ensign Jason Garbing (46)
Ensign Drake Storm (3)
Ensign Sara McGonaggle (NPC)
Chief Intelligence Officer--To Be Announced
Assistant Chief Intelligence Officer--Lt. JG James Black (NPC)
Ensign Bryn Kincaid (6) - LOA
Cook - Vin'Ti (NPC)
Lounge Manager - Aurianne Hope Tailae Kaemada Siersou/Xternal aka Quamada (67) - LOA
Lt. Cmdr. (Retired) Jake Sjet (321)
Artificial Intelligence - Aspera (1)
Counseling Assistant - Crystal Starr (5)
Command Staff
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