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on September 12th 2017
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The Highland Protector series brings to life four mouthwatering Celtic brothers in twenty-first-century North Carolina—where the lasses are anything but tamed. Highland warrior Alec MacDara and his brothers traveled forward in time to protect the sacred Heartsone. Their cover? Owners and operators of a theme park called Highland Life and Legends. As the chairman, Alec has been fending off requests to film at the breathtaking property. It's only because of the charming correspondence from an enterprising production assistant that he agrees to a meeting at all. That's when Alec meets a woman whose lush curves make him forget, for the first time, all about tenth-century Scotland. A lowly assistant for her sister's motion picture company, wannabe screenwriter Sadie Williams is shocked when Alec agrees to let them film at the park upon one condition: that she report to him daily. Sadie's sister always told her that their parents only adopted her because they felt sorry for the ugly little stray. But Alec looks at Sadie like she's the most tempting creature in the world. And with his gleaming, musclebound body stripped down to nothing but a hip-hugging kilt and boots, Alec clearly knows a little something about temptation. Don't miss any of Maeve Greyson's enticing Scottish romances: The Highland Protector Series: SADIE'S HIGHLANDER The Highland Hearts Series: MY HIGHLAND LOVER | MY HIGHLAND BRIDE | MY TEMPTING HIGHLANDER | MY SEDUCTIVE HIGHLANDER "For lovers of Scottish time travel romance—I'm a new fan!"—USA Today bestselling author Angela Quarles, on My Seductive Highlander This ebook includes an excerpt from another Loveswept title.
~~Reviewed by AnnMarie~~
Sadie's Highlander is the first book in the Highland Protectors series by Maeve Greyson.
Sadie is a young woman with a huge inferiority complex. She was given up as a child, then fostered by less than loving people. Her foster sister was resentful and jealous and made it her goal to be nasty to Sadie, to always belittle her and make her unhappy. It's little wonder that as an adult Sadie has no self-esteem. One thing that she does know is that she is good at is writing. Her dream is to become a successful screenplay writer. She works for her sister Delia, who happens to own a production company. A good word from her could make Sadie, whereas a bad one could ruin her. Because of that, she works pretty much as a dogs body just hoping that her sister will help her!
It's in her capacity as dog's body that she ends up emailing Alec. He owns a Highland Theme Park where people visit to experience life in Highlander times in old Scotland. She writes to him asking him please to let her sister's company film on his land. Something he had previously declined. After all her emails, Alec decides to at least meet with her and her sister to discuss things.
Alec is no normal Highlander, he was born in centuries ago, and he and his clan are the keepers of the Heartstone. In a bid to keep it safe magical powers of the goddesses sent him and his clan with the Heartstone to the 21st century where they could keep the stone safer because all knowledge of it was gone even in myth by then.
When he and Sadie meet it's love at first sight although Sadie thinks she just lusts after the sexy Highlander. Her insecurities won't allow her to believe that he might feel anything towards her. But his looks towards her, his actions toward her makes her wonder.
Alec agrees to let her sister film on his land but only if Sadie spends the six weeks during filming as his guest, her not her sister! She is dumbfounded but at her sister's insistence, she agrees.
From then this book is a purely magical experience! Alec's is the perfect hero, he is sexy, funny, clever and he will do everything in his power to help Sadie see she is a special woman worthy of love, especially his. The passionate times between them are pure sizzle! All the while, as his wooing of Sadie is progressing, her sister is plotting something diabolical behind their backs. Something that could not only ruin the theme park, ruin his relationship with Sadie, but also bring the very happiness of the world into peril! Can Alec stop her before it's too late or can he at least limit the damage from the fallout!
This book was so exciting and captivating that despite being sick in bed I forced myself to stay awake longer than I should to read it. I was taken away from my sick bed into Sadie and Alec's world, and I enjoyed every minute of it. I was with Alec when he wanted to kill Delia, I was with poor Sadie when her heart was breaking over what her sister did, I ran the whole gamut of emotions. This book was just what the doctor ordered! I loved it and can't wait to read the next in the series.
I voluntarily reviewed an advance readers copy of this book.

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Happiness is learning how to talk to your angels. This is my thought, anyway. If it weren't for my angels, I don't know if I would have survived my first husband, Ian's, seven year battle with lymphoma cancer and his ultimate death at the age of 44, in early 2004 – I was 37.
The idea of talking to my angels was introduced to me by Alice Tice, a sweet nurturing person who I had gone to see for a massage soon after my husband had been diagnosed in the spring of 1997.
(Wow! As I was sitting here writing this blog, I was trying to remember Alice's name – it's been 12 years since I've had contact with her – then BAM it just popped into my head. I was able to verified her name by looking at the Reiki certificate I received from her – thanks Angels!!!)
Anyway, as I was getting my massage with Alice I broke down in tears and confessed to her about my plight with Ian. She tenderly wiped the tears from my eyes and said, "Well, you better start asking your angels for help." Her statement broke the tension in the room, as I nervously snickered about her comment and maybe even rolled my eyes – I thought she was talking crazy talk! Alice went on to tell me how she talks to her angels for help with everything in her life, even for small items, like helping her to find front row parking places and how she asks the angels to cloak her car when she is speeding.
That's when I started to really listen to what she was saying. My whole life, even as a child, I've had a sixth sense about police cars being around the next bend, holding a radar gun. As I'm driving, or with someone in a car, I'll suddenly think, "There's a police car around." Sure enough, every time I get that feeling I begin to slow down and lo and behold there is the police car! I had never given this phenomenon much thought until Alice was talking about angels. Maybe Angels were whispering in my ear and giving me this information.
After this enlightening conversation I was eager to try out talking with my new found friends – my angels. I was flabbergasted! I lived in a town where getting a parking spot is almost impossible. As soon as I would ask for a front row space, I'd drive around the corner and there would be someone backing out of a spot – right in the front row. I really couldn't believe it, but I did continue to ask for their help for both big and small issues. I also didn't mention this to most people, as I still thought it was a little crazy.
Fast forward five years to when Ian's cancer started to get really bad again. I went to lunch with my friend, Lisa. (The same friend whose husband also died from cancer two weeks after Ian, and then months later introduced me to – David Jones, the love of my life and my current husband – the man that took over her husband's job as the local golf pro. Read more about that here.)
Lisa suggested that we go down the street to Touch of Sedona, a new age store in town, to have an Angel reading done. Even though I had been asking my Angels for help with the issues of my life this Angel reading blew me out of the water. I asked her how she talked to the Angels and she recommended the book: Angelspeake: How to Talk With Your Angels I purchased the book and my life has never been the same – in a very, very good way. During the last two years of Ian's life, I would take time to sit and listen to my angels and write down what they had to say, they were always so supportive and helpful.
Here is an entry from my journal on February 21, 2004:
Dear Angels, Will Ian be able to help me tell the children about his upcoming death?
Dearest Lisa,
Yes, be calm and relax, Ian will be able to have a moment where he is lucid and caring and compassionate toward his children – he has finally accepted his fate but still has some unfinished business to attend to – like talking with his children. Do not despair Lisa, Ian is on a path of greater good and happiness.
His earthly body will be left behind and he will never be in pain or have to suffer again. And yes, he will still be a part of your everyday life. He will live on within you – the only thing you won't have is his physical presence, though you may even feel that at times. There is just so much that the human life form doesn't understand and yet if we were to try to explain it to you it would be overwhelming and inconceivable – so its best just not to go there.
We are with you, Lisa, we are with Ian – he is surrounded by love and graciousness. When he is done with his tasks, which will be soon, he will be ready to take the first step into his next journey. Lisa, now is the time to take care of yourself. Be there for Ian, but he has a lot of people helping him now, both earthly and otherwise. So time to lay down and get some rest and be ready for what tomorrow brings. We love you, Your Angels.
Ian died the next day.
Angelspeake: How to Talk With Your Angels is a very well written life transforming book. I've had the pleasure of meeting and working with Trudy Giswold at one of her seminars. Trudy is a down to earth, compassionate, loving person. She explains in the book, which was written by her and her sister (who has since passed away), that the Angels came to them in their sleep and asked them to believe and to write a book so that people could connect with their angels.
On page 17 of the book, "You may ask, 'Why would anyone want to talk to their angels?' In learning this process of connecting with your angels you will also learn of the many dimensions of love and support that are available to you. You are a spiritual being currently having a physical experience on earth. This book has been written to teach you to communicate with your angels through writing, in order to reconnect your spiritual and physical selves."
I also recommend:
The Angelspeake Book Of Prayer And Healing
I really enjoyed this book as it took you to the next level of communicating with your angels after reading their first book. There are many first hand stories about people talking to their angels – which was instructive and interesting reading. Trudy and Barbara also did an excellent job of explaining how prayers work – and sometimes why are prayers aren't answered. This book "will help you create a new level of intimacy with your angels culminating in a lasting, healing, and personal union." page 21


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As I said, it was late. I used it incorrectly, but that statement is really more a prediction than an argument.The Rider Of Rohan wrote:That's a fallacy. I agree that there's a likehood that he would've been found guilty and be executed, but the likeness of the outcome doesn't mean you can forfeit the procedure. If I applied your logic to other behavior I could say that it's okay to incarcerate a thief without trial, as he would've gone to jail anyway.Any trial would have been pointless lip service to human rights, and would have ended with an execution anyway. It's not like he was secretive about what he did.
The point is that it was not the US's place to decide. The US might have been the victim of Osama's actions, but if the victim is allowed to dictate (and carry out) the punishment we are basically allowing ourselves to abandon our believes about freedom and be cast back into biblical times. We'd become the very thing we profess to oppose.
@t.a.j. I'm mainly saying that I consider it possible forfeit that right through extreme enough acts. But I'm not completely sure. I haven't finished arguing it with myself yet. It's hard for me to make a consistent argument when my opinion is nowhere near certain.


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FERGUS FALLS, Minn.-The family of a 6-year-old boy slain in Fergus Falls says it knows of multiple people who called social services in Otter Tail County to warn of possible abuse by the child's accused killers, but says nothing was done.
The child's mother also says she called social services two times in the days leading up to his death.
Four family members of Justis Burland from Washington and Montana were at the Otter Tail County courthouse on Tuesday, April 17, for a closed custody hearing for Justis' surviving twin brother, Xavier. The boys' mother, Misty Truitt of Spokane, Wash., and grandmother, Norma Burland of Polson, Mont., made a plea to take Xavier back to Washington to be near family.
The hearing was attended briefly by one of Justis' accused killers, Bobbie Bishop of Fergus Falls, who has one-year temporary custody of the children.
District Court Judge Sharon Benson declined to give custody to the family, according to Truitt, saying that Norma Burland, the children's legal guardian until recently, gave up the children to Justis' accused killers.
"They wouldn't give Xavier to my mom because my mom was the one to put their care in (Bishop's) name," Truitt said after the 90-minute hearing. "But my mom was totally unaware that she was this kind of person or capable of these things. She thought she was doing the right thing."
Benson scheduled another court date on April 25 for a final decision on whether to place Xavier in foster care or return him to his family.
Bishop, 40, and Walt Wynhoff, 42, also of Fergus Falls, were charged last week with five felonies in Justis' death, including second-degree murder without intent, first-degree manslaughter, two counts of second-degree manslaughter, and malicious punishment of a child resulting in great bodily harm.
Bishop brought Justis to Lake Region Healthcare in Fergus Falls on the morning of April 9. The boy was unresponsive and, according to court documents, had injuries from head to foot. Authorities believe he was beaten, tortured and neglected for a lengthy period, possibly months.
Norma Burland, saying she was both physically and financially unable to care for the growing boys, dropped them off at the rural Otter Tail County residence of Bishop and Wynhoff in early August 2017. The couple, described as longtime family friends, later moved into a house in Fergus Falls.
According to Kayloni Nelson of Spokane, Justis' cousin who was at Tuesday's hearing, a neighbor-who Nelson named but The Forum was unable to immediately confirm-called child protective services shortly after the children began living with Bishop and Wynhoff to voice concern about the children's treatment. Nelson said another person who lived with Bishop and Wynhoff-also named by Nelson-also called social services over Bishop's treatment of the boys.
At a vigil for Justis held Monday night at Hilltop Celebration Church in Fergus Falls, Nelson said, a woman who identified herself as Wynhoff's niece stood up to say she called social services.
Truitt said she called the county on March 27 and April 2 to express concern about Bishop, who according to court documents was petitioning for full custody of Justis and Xavier.
Deb Sjostrom, Human Services Director for Otter Tail County, said in an email the county could not comment.
"Otter Tail County Human Services is unable to comment on individual cases due to data privacy laws," Sjostrom wrote. "In this case there is an active investigation and whether or not reports of maltreatment had been received or parties contacted this agency will be a part of that investigation."
The county's public information officer, Shannon Terry, earlier referred media to an outline of the process the Human Services Department follows when child maltreatment is reported.
Members of Justis' family say they are exploring a lawsuit against the county because of what they see as inaction.
"They never even visited the house," said Greg Hill, the boys' uncle who was at the courthouse. "If you have family members calling child protective services to tell them what's going on, I mean. ... Multiple phone calls were made to tell them what was going on with those kids and they didn't do anything."
For now, Truitt said the family's immediate goal is to get Xavier back to Spokane because he doesn't know anybody in Minnesota other than Bishop and Wynhoff. Truitt, though, said the judge denied even visitation rights at the hearing. She said it's likely the next custody hearing will have to be done by phone because she, her mother, Nelson and Hill can't afford to stay in Fergus Falls until next week.
The Fergus Falls lawyer who represented Burland and Truitt at the hearing, Matthew Jorud, declined comment.
"I just want Xavier back home. I know now it's going to be some time, but I just want him back home as soon as possible," Truitt said. "I know he's going through a lot and it would help him a lot to see us. It's wrong that we can't even see him."


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More revelations about Wellington-Suva diplomacy have been exposed in a book launched in the New Zealand capital this week Thursday.
"The recollections of a former New Zealand High Commissioner to Suva, Michael Green, have just been published under the title Persona Non Grata ."
Michael Green, who died last year, was ordered out of Fiji in 2007 after the prime minister, Commodore Frank Bainimarama, accused him of meddling in the country's domestic affairs - a charge New Zealand denies.
Michael Green's widow, Gillian Green, told Sally Round being declared 'persona non grata' did not so much hurt as disappoint her late husband.
GILLIAN GREEN: To be honest, I think he always knew that he had done nothing wrong. Michael was not the sort of person to be rash or to make some sudden statement that he hadn't thought through first, so I think he was quite confident that he'd done nothing wrong.
SALLY ROUND: Was this book about putting the record straight in that regard or was it about having a record of events at a very important time in Fiji?
GG: I think it was more about having a record about what happened. Because we went through a time that was actually quite hopeful in Fiji - 2005 and 2006 were really very hopeful. People thought the election had gone reasonably well. There were a few niggles about features of that election in 2006, but on the whole the external moderators were quite comfortable with the way it had gone. And Fiji seemed to think, 'Right, we've weathered this election, we've elected another democratic government - we will survive'. And then six months later, of course, it's all over.
SR: You were next-door neighbours to Commodore Frank Bainimarama. What was that like, on a personal level?
GG: (Laughs) We were. On a personal level it didn't matter at all. We used to make a joke because we had a swimming pool - I don't know who designed the swimming pool - but the swimming pool was in the shape of a kiwi. And we always thought if the relationship broke down all anybody had to do was to go into a helicopter and have a look for a kiwi-shaped swimming pool and they'd know where we were. On the whole, the guards who were at the front gate were perfectly friendly and we didn't have any particular problems. But we knew that if Bainimarama ordered action by his staff that they would do it. So we spent the last few nights in Fiji under the protection of our police and defence attaches, who spent every night with us in the house patrolling around with baseball bats. It was fraught at the end, yes.
SR: What was the crunch time for the change in attitude towards Michael Green?
GG: To be honest, I think it was the football match, because he was declared persona non grata only about a week later. There had been a cabinet meeting between the football match on the Saturday, and the decision to expel him. And I think frank Bainimarama just lost patience with New Zealand's stance. What happened at that football match - it was between the New Zealand Junior All Blacks and the Fiji team. And on the day Michael was supposed to be in the same tent with the president. When he got there 20 minutes before the president, as protocol demanded, he was told that the president was ill and couldn't come, and so would he take over the role as the ambassador representing the other team, which meant that he sat in the tent and he greeted the teams and things like that. And I think for Bainimarama sitting in the stand, that was more than he was prepared to take. And I'm quite sure it was a matter of Bainimarama's ego. I think that undoubtedly the New Zealand stance had irritated him, but I think the precipitant was that football match.
SR: And that was despite efforts by Winston Peters to get some kind of compromise?
GG: He made a lot of effort in November to try and bring the parties together, but the fact was Bainimarama was not prepared to negotiate, and I think Qarase was. I think he was prepared, in fact, to give up quite a lot if he had been able to find a way to prevent the coup. But Bainimarama came back denying everything that had been agreed at the meeting in Wellington. He just wasn't prepared to negotiate.
SR: How closely did Michael Green follow political events after he left Fiji, because it's been a very tumultuous time since?
GG: It has. Well, for about the first year after we came home he was actually sort of involved with Fiji policy for things like forum meetings and things like that. So for about a year he was fully involved, and then, of course, we read the blogs. We kept in contact with friends as best we could to see how things were going.
SR: As New Zealand takes a more cautious approach towards its relations with Fiji was there any tension with the current New Zealand government about spilling the beans so to speak, in this way?
GG: I don't honestly know. Michael, of course, had to get Foreign Affairs permission to publish this book. Diplomats are not allowed to publish books without getting that permission. And the ministry gave permission for the book to be published. But quite what happens from this point on I'm not sure.
SR: What's struck me about the book so far is the amount of detail. He was a meticulous recorder of events and people.
GG: He was. He was a very, very thoughtful man. We used ot laugh about this, because he was one who sat and thought about things and I was the one who just reacted immediately. He was not somebody who ever committed himself rashly to anything - not to an opinion, not to a speech, not to a thought, not to an action. Everything was thought through. Because he was an experienced diplomat - he had been deputy secretary of foreign affairs and he was very senior.
SR: Did he have a sense that he needed to record things because what he knew he was going to be revealing at a later stage would be important?
GG: I think there was some of that. I think he felt that somebody who'd been through the situation and was not Fijian and was not part of the current interim government needed to record what was happening. Because the damage done to Fiji is considerable, the damage done to ordinary Fijians who are finding their lives turned upside-down. There was lots of talk at the time that this was a bloodless coup. Well, it was not a bloodless coup. People died, people were injured, people were hurt, people were harmed, and their civil rights go on being harmed. I think Michael felt very strongly about the situation and felt that somebody needed to record from the perspective of somebody who did have a lot of knowledge about what was happening there, that that record should be put down on paper.
SR: And how do you feel he would be thinking now about Fiji supposedly on the path towards elections next year?
GG: I don't think he'd be any more hopeful than me. I'm not hopeful. I think it will only be hopeful if they have the army and the military fully out of the equation, and until I see that I don't believe it will happen.


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i feel like everyone's bucket list should include a long cross country road trip. ideally you would take your time, seeing all sorts of weird things, eat strange but local delicacies, and stop in a lot of states. so when csv was talking about how she needed to get her car from vermont to arizona after her graduation, i jumped at the chance to accompany her. not only would i finally get a chance to drive across the country but i would also get to go to some new states -- this was especially exciting since i haven't been to a lot of the midwestern states, and my goal in life is to go to all 50.
we've been planning this trip for a couple of months. we've looked at maps, ordered aaa books, read books about the sights and eats along the road, and researched the things to see along route 66. and all of the planning really paid off -- we had an amazing time, saw nifty things, and ate awesome food. and since i bought a fancy new camera the pictures are super cool. which means the blog posts should be great; be looking for those in the coming weeks, including a guest post by csv about all of the food we ate along our trip.
some highlights from this trip include the four new states i went to (missouri, kansas, oklahoma, and new mexico), local food in oklahoma (fried onion burger, a coney, and calf fries), the changing landscape from one state to the next, and the grand canyon where we met up with rcg.
read more about our trip:
our itinerary, including things to see & eat, and states that we would pass through:
monday: burlington, vermont to niagara falls, new york
things to eat:buffalo wings in buffalo, new york
states: vermont and new york
tuesday: niagara falls, new york to louisville, kentucky
things to see: niagara falls, walking to canada, desilu museum (in jamestown, new york)
things to eat: cincinnati chili and kentucky fried chicken
states: new york, pennsylvania, ohio, and kentucky
wednesday: louisville, kentucky to tulsa, oklahoma
things to see: louisville slugger museum, churchill downs, the arch in st. louis, route 66 in kansas
things to eat: ted drewes concrete (st. louis, missouri)
states: kentucky, indiana, illinois, missouri, kansas, and oklahoma
thursday: tulsa, oklahoma to santa fe, new mexico
things to see: route 66 museum
things to eat: calf fries, 72 oz. steak at the big texan (amarillo, texas)
states: oklahoma, texas, and new mexico
friday: santa fe, new mexico to flagstaff, arizona
things to see: santa fe, the painted desert, the petrified forest
states: new mexico and arizona
saturday, sunday, & monday: flagstaff, arizona to tucson, arizona
things to see: the grand canyon, csv's new apartment (phoenix, arizona)
have you done a cross country road trip? where did you go? what did you see?


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JURY TRIAL (DAY #4) held on 10/19/2012 before District Judge Raymond A. Jackson. Attorneys Kenneth Brothers, Jeffrey Sherwood, W. Ryan Snow, and Frank Cimino, Jr. appeared on behalf of the Plaintiff. Andrew Perlman, Corporate Representative present. Attorneys David Nelson, David Perlson, Stephen Noona, and Robert Wilson appeared on behalf of defendants AOL, Inc., Google Inc., IAC Search & Media, Inc., Gannett Company, Inc., and Target Corporation. Petit jurors (9) appeared pursuant to adjournment last evening 10/18/12. Court ORDERED courtroom sealed for proprietary testimony. Plaintiff continued presentation of evidence witness testified. Plaintiffs Sealed Exhibits introduced and admitted into evidence. Objections heard and rulings made on the record. Out of the presence of the jury, Court DENIES Defendants Motion to Strike. Jurors excused and Court adjourned until Monday, 10/22/12 at 10:00 a.m. Jury Trial continued to 10/22/2012 at 10:00 AM in Norfolk Courtroom 4 before District Judge Raymond A. Jackson. (Court Reporter Sharon Borden, OCR.)(ptom) (Main Document 726 replaced on 10/23/2012) (ptom, ).
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Storm 2 to hit land in September carrying 5MP camera and featuring easier typing?
posted by Alan F. / May 06, 2009, 2:08 AM
Besides better typing function and an improved camera, current Storm owners and analysts have been predicting that RIM would be putting a Wi-Fi radio into the next version of the handset and SlashGear's source says to expect Wi-Fi along with a more pro-consumer unit. While the current model of the phone has had lukewarm reviews at best, it has been selling extremely well and according to a recent report by NPD, the phone was the third best selling smartphone in the U.S. during the first quarter of this year, trailing only its stablemate BlackBerry Curve 83XX and the Apple iPhone.
BlackBerry Storm 9530 Specifications | Review
source: SlashGear
19 Comments
1. yngpapii916
Posts: 4; Member since: May 06, 2009
... This is definately good news... i feel bad for everyone who bought the first Storm.. most probably wont be eligible to upgrade or exchange for the new Storm 2...
posted on Oct 20, 2010, 1:43 AM 0
2. heavybreathing
Posts: 276; Member since: Feb 26, 2009
Oh they'll line up to buy one. They'll get another plan just so they can use the storm 1 and the storm 2. Their douchebaggary knows no bounds.
posted on May 06, 2009, 6:04 AM 0
4. bigfanboyred
Posts: 141; Member since: Jan 17, 2009
not true. with some plans you can upgrade annually. thats what i have been doing. they dont give you the $70, but you still get the discount.
posted on May 06, 2009, 9:04 AM 0
3. The Godfather unregistered
heavy breathing is such a hater since his mom refuses to buy him one. BB Storm FTW....1 and 2. And yes, VZW will allow early upgrades for this device
posted on May 06, 2009, 7:54 AM 0
5. T-Money3000 unregistered
yes but only in November...after November 21st. and 4, what r u talking about a $70? as long as the storm has been out it's always been $50 and now theres no MIR. and 2 is exactly right, if you dont have an annual, ADDALINE!
posted on May 06, 2009, 9:41 AM 0
6. jeff t.
Posts: 11; Member since: May 05, 2009
im am a verizon user and sorry to say that the storm sucked it was horrible i love verizon service but most of their phones are stupid the blackberry storm is nothing but a bunch of cheap plastic that was thrown together with a crappy operating system to get it out the door for holiday sales in hopes that if people were really turned off by its operating that they could fix it with software updates rim was doing nothing more than taking a ride on the touchscreen wave to get a slice of that pie
posted on May 06, 2009, 10:23 AM 0
14. jporterweb
Posts: 25; Member since: Jan 17, 2009
Yippee lets play fan boy flame war through the whole comment thread... And for anyone who's used the Storm with its new firmware update(the one that Verizon will be releasing soon) you know that it makes the Storm the phone it was meant to be. Every bug I know of has been fixed in the new version. The speed of the accelerometer now rivals the iPhone and from the ones I've compared side by side the rotation is faster than the iPhone 3g. How many complaints were there on the iPhone and the iPhone 3g? Seriously give them a chance to fix the bugs.
posted on May 06, 2009, 4:56 PM 0
17. jeff t.
Posts: 11; Member since: May 05, 2009
yeah but for all the people who dont know what leaked firm ware is they still have the crappy first one that they released and lets face it that one one was horrible until it is official and the next authorized firm ware is released that phone is a paper weight i am one that loves having the latest and greatest out there and when i return something that was supposed to be as great as the blackberry storm to go back to my lg dare that is saying something the full html browser that the storm is supposed to have what a joke i could browse better with a lg dare????? the only web site that you could use the storm and it would operate like a full web browser should is the verizon wirless web site when you go over certain icons they will drop to give you other options try doing that on any other web site and you will see espeacially if you have the firmware that authorized right now and come on the storm was to rushed along way to fast to get it out before black friday and maybe one day if they didnt rush it so fast that they wont be able to fix it with firmware it will go from paper weight to ahhhh a cell phone because they didnt even have the cell phone part of it correct when they first released it
posted on May 07, 2009, 10:08 AM 0
19. vzw fanman
Posts: 1977; Member since: Dec 11, 2008
ok dude why have a blackberry if you dont care to learn anything about it. stick wit your dare! also i have bolt browser which is a lot better than the bb browser. i see the only period you use is in your username
posted on May 07, 2009, 7:38 PM 0
7. jgerboc
Posts: 18; Member since: Jan 17, 2009
After all we continue to endure with Storm1, I am not sure I will be looking to experience another customer service fiasco with a VZW and RIM partnership. It's been over 4 months now and an autherized update is still only rumor.
posted on May 06, 2009, 10:50 AM 0
8. vzw fanman
Posts: 1977; Member since: Dec 11, 2008
so download the leaks dood
posted on May 06, 2009, 11:07 AM 0
18. jeff t.
Posts: 11; Member since: May 05, 2009
well what about the people who dont live every moment of their lives based on a phone and dont know about the leaked firm ware thats part of the problem so of you blackberry users you never kissed a girl before and all you do is live life behind a damn phone not every body lives that way the phone works for them not the other way aroundall you know is I got this up grade and I got this program and never been laid before
posted on May 07, 2009, 3:17 PM 0
11. TechGuy916
Posts: 4; Member since: May 06, 2009
In Responce to some of the comments posted about the storm, As someone who deals with this phone on a day to day basis and owns it myself, Most people who purchased this phone have ZERO clue how to use it correctly nor spent any time actully learning it and god forbid actully installing the desktop software to sync/backup their info. The phone has issues with OS .75 this is not being disputed, but at the same time the only real issues with that OS ver is the lag time on the switching from portrait to landscape mode and the video camera has play back issues. I would say 98% of the issues customers have with the phone falls into the lack of knowledge of how to use the device, and the fact they do not want to spend the time to learn to use it correctly. This really falls in line with most smart phone users, they expect it to function like a typical cell phone. I would diffently like to see a 2nd generation storm that had a better camera and maybe a dummy mode and a advanced mode for the people that truely get how blackberrys work.
posted on May 06, 2009, 11:32 AM 0
12. chack_fu
Posts: 46; Member since: Jan 19, 2009
AMEN TECH GUY I am a VZW Sales Rep, and I have had less than 7% return rate on the Storm since its launch selling around 110 of them. I talk people out of upgrading to the phone. Ladies, fingernails? Dont even think about it. I also carry the phone and I set the expectaions that there will be a software upgrade avaliable and you will see an enhancement with the portrait to landscape view. I spend about 20 minutes with everyone that gets the phone telling them the quirks or easy shortcuts (double click on BB button for opening messages/reply/send, delete multiple msgs at one time with multi tapping the screen, using two thumbs when typing for less error). Just wanted to add that the phone is great when you know how to use it!!
posted on May 06, 2009, 1:00 PM 0
13. YouLostTheGame
Posts: 441; Member since: Dec 11, 2008
What I'd like to see is some kind of BB Bold touchscreen device. I love the look and feel of the Bold with the physical keyboard but also really like the touchscreen on the Storm. So give me the best of both worlds...a physical keyboard like the bold, and the touchscreen aspect for the display. This way RIM could get rid of the use of a trackball/rollerball (whether physical or optical like the new Curve). Now THAT would be a sexy phone!
posted on May 06, 2009, 3:09 PM 0
15. jherz6
Posts: 217; Member since: May 23, 2008
I totaly agree with some of the coments left here. Not that the storm doesnt have a couple bugs, However what phone doesnt. Most peoples problems are operator error. I have had my storm since its release last november and I like others have a bit of an issue with the lag when turning also. I have zero trouble typing in ither mode, hasnt frozen on me once, and I personally cant wait for the version 2 only because I want one with wifi and the better camera, and with any luck it will be 4g.
posted on May 06, 2009, 7:06 PM 0
16. bounce
Posts: 2; Member since: May 06, 2009
I just the other day finally got a Storm, moved on from my trusty 8830, and put on the newest hacked software 41 and while that has some issues none that cannot be fixed with out popping out the bat every so often, I think that it is a vast improvement over the orig platform, my dad is still running the first version and fights with it all of the time. If they have gotten all of the bugs worked out of the 2 then I will switch again, but untill that one comes out I will use the one I have now and love every min of it. I mean look at the Iphone when it came out, think about the problems that it had and it still has. it cannot recieve picture messages, and it really isnt all that durable. I really dont know what the big deal is, if you dont like the phone quit using it, it really isnt that hard to figure out...
posted on May 06, 2009, 11:59 PM 0
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Hi guys! I hope you are all having a wonderful week! Sorry I haven't been so active on the blog and commenting scene, I recently moved house... sort of. The place does not have internet yet :( so, I came to the library to put this blog up. Now that we are two weeks into Winter I thought I would write up a blog post on what I consider to be my ultimate Winter essentials, the products, and clothes, I need especially this time of the year, and rely on. I don't know about you guys, but I absolutely love Winter! The cold, crisp weather, the shorter evenings, breaking out the cosy clothes, and of course, Christmas! However, I don't think Winter is so keen on me. The weather I love tends to wreak havoc on my skin, nightmare normal to combination skin.... anyway, here is my Winter essentials list. :)
Lip scrub
Chapped and sore lips happens to be a year round problem from me, since I was fairly young. Two or three hours without Vaseline, my lips are killing me. However, it does get worse during the Winter, and I find good lip scrub calms them down aswell, and it also moisturises and exfoliates away all the dead skin, and I get more wear out of my lipstick too with it on. I use Lush's Bubblegum lip scrub, and I love it.
Face scrub
With normal to combination skin, my T-zone tends to be oily sometimes, my chin is prone to break outs, other than that, my skin is usually really good, I don't really breakout anywhere else else except my chin. But during Winter, all hell breaks lose, and my skin makes me want to cry. My whole face feels dry and tight, not only that, but my hairline flakes up some Winters at the very worst! So, if your skin is like mine, I'd recommend a decent face scrub. It with gently exfoliate away any dead skin, and any decent face scrub should leave your skin feeling fresh and moisturised, I use Lush's Ocean Salt, I would highly recommend it, as the avacado butter in it really moisturises the skin.
A decent moisturiser
No matter your skin type, every skin needs moisturiser to protect us against the elements. In the summer time, I use a light feeling moisturiser, such as Garnier moisture match, which I love. However, in the winter, I switch over to thicker, richer, creamy moisturiser. At the moment I am using Simple's Kind to skin replenishing rich moisturiser, and I am loving it, and I apply this in a circular upwards motion twice a day. I would recommend trying to get a moisturiser with SPF to protect against the cold and the wind. Winter time especially, our skin needs that extra boost of hydration.
Thick black tights
Now, onto the clothes side of things, I believe that thick black tights are absolutely essential for every wardrobe. It's a handy piece to transfer summer clothes to winter clothes, so it's easier to wear more of the clothes in your wardrobe year round. They look great with skirts and shorts. Penny's/Primark do amazing fleece lined black tights which I love.
Cosy jumpers
One of the great things about winter is that it is finally time to break out the cosy, over sized knitted jumpers! I would wear them all year round if I could. They look great with a pair of leggings and knee high boots. It's something just to be cosy and warm in, I think it doesn't really feel like winter untill the cosy jumpers come out to play! I have a few in my own wardrobe, I take a size small in a jumper, but I like mine baggy so I get a size medium or large. I hope to invest aswell in a tacky Christmas jumper, a la Hal from Malcolm In The Middle. ;)
(The nose flashed too!)
That hoodie
You know what hoodie I'm talking about, that hoodie you just live in during the Winter, probably Autumn aswell, the hoodie you live in, and sleep in. It's a hard thing to part with and because of this, it probably gets washed twice in the three months, but that doesn't matter, because it feels like heaven, and you can't just wash heaven. Mine is my purple college hoodie, money well spent.
A decent coat
I firmly believe, every single girl, and lad, should have a proper coat in their wardrobe for the winter. It should go with most things, keep you warm and snug, fit you properly, and preferably, be stylish. It's an investment piece that won't always come so cheap, but once you have it, you'll have it for years to come, provided you make the investment. It's a wardrobe must have, an absolute essential.
A snood or a scarf
I'll be the first to admit it. I absolutely cannot hack scarves! I think they can be too fussy, I get hot way too easily, so I don't like them. If they are too loose, I look swamped, if they are too tight, I feel suffocated. If you're a scarf person, that's great, but if you don't like scarves either, a fantastic alternative I find, is a lovely snood! All you have to do is throw it on and Bob's your uncle! Dunne's Stores have lovely ones in right now, big knitted thick ones in burgundy, navy, forest green, cream and black for €12, or lighter, but still extra snug ones in the same colours for only €6! I got mine in burgundy. :)
Hot chocolate
Lastly, but not least, hot chocolate. Not a beauty product or clothes, I know. But what's winter without a good cup of hot chocolate? I make a mean hot chocolate, with Option's Mint Madness, milk, marshmallows and a dash of Mint Madness on top. Delightful. It always goes down well with a nice aul chocolate bar of your choosing.
I hope you all liked this blog, I will try next week to blog twice next week, hopefully, we'll be getting the internet in soon, I really hope so!
Thank you all for reading,
Stay fab xo
Kim :)


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- Confirm you are up-to-date on regular vehicle maintenance and State emissions safety inspection
- Consider an electric or alternative fuel lawn mower
- Switch to energy efficient light bulbs
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A housewife who stole a one-month-old baby boy at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Teaching Hospital, Bauchi, has confessed that she carried out the evil act in a desperate bid to save her marriage.
Mallama Halima, a 40-year-old mother of five children, said her husband divorced her because she could not bear him a male child.
Speaking at the GRA Police Station where she was detained following her arrest, Halima said she was bitter after being divorced. She then decided to steal the baby boy in a desperate bid to return to her marital home. But her action has caused more problems as Halima's husband refused to accept her and the baby. It was learnt that he maintained that he was not the one who fathered the child. Halima's husband, Daily Sun learnt, pressed his wife for details of how she came about the baby and Halima eventually confessed. The husband promptly advised her to return the baby and it was in the process of returning the baby that she was arrested.
Mother of the stolen baby, Hauwa, said she gave birth to her baby on September 14 and was at the teaching hospital and was yet to be discharged. Hauwa said the drama began on that fateful Monday, October 15, when she discovered that her baby was missing. She said, "I was sleeping when the nurse on duty came to administer drug on me. I went to the baby's cot and did not see him. I thought the nurse was attending to him. When I went to meet the nurse on duty, she said the baby was not with her too. And that was when we started looking for the baby." The missing baby's father, Sani Mohammed, a trader, said the development was a big trauma for his wife because that was her first delivery.
"We reported the matter at the GRA station and as God wants it, not quite long after, the woman who stole our baby and her husband returned it to the hospital." Daily Sun learnt that the incident put the nurse on duty in trouble as she was arrested but Halima, in her confession, said she acted alone.
Chairman of the Bauchi State Nursing and Midwives Association, Alhaji Sagir told Daily Sun in an interview that he was optimistic that when investigations were concluded, the nurse on duty would be released. "The woman who stole the baby has been arrested and the nurse on duty is not implicated in any way. Ours is a respected profession. We are involved in saving human lives, caring for the sick and we are proud of our members."
When contacted, the Chief Medical Director, Dr. Alkali Mohammed Alkali, told newsmen that probably the woman capitalised on the opportunity given to visitors and relations of patients to steal the baby. Alkali said the hospital management would henceforth intensify security measures to ensure that such ugly incident did not repeat itself.
-Daily SUN


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With less than one week left until Prince Harry and Meghan Markle officially tie the knot, the very last details are all coming together, it seems, and that includes the royal wedding cake. In March, the couple announced that they had chosen Claire Ptak, owner of the London-based Violet bakery, to create their masterpiece. And on Tuesday, the Violet bakery shared the first images of the cake coming together, giving royal wedding fans their first glimpse of the confectionary masterpiece. Ptak first shared a picture of a large crate of fresh lemons with the caption, "And so it begins 🍋," followed by a snap of a beautiful layer of a cake, topped with peonies and the caption, "Petal perfect."
Though Chef Ptak didn't officially confirm that this is a first look at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding cake, all the signs point to them, from the lemons to the peonies (Markle's favorite flower!). Kensington Palace previously announced that the wedding cake will be a lemon elderflower cake and "will incorporate the bright flavours of spring." It will be covered with buttercream and decorated with fresh flowers, just like the one in Ptak's picture. If this is the very top of the official royal wedding cake, it really looks both delicious and beautiful.
As far as any other details of the big day, those are being kept under lock and key (literally). Though Markle's wedding dress is reportedly finished and currently stored in a secret location at Windsor Castle, the only person who'll see it before May 19 will be the queen, who gets a sneak peek.
But thanks to Chef Ptak, we all get to feel like the queen with a first look at the royal cake!


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|Jack Atlas
Jack Atlas
Jakku Atorasu
|Manga debut
Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Ride 4: The Settlement with Darkness
|Anime debut
Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Episode 1: On Your Mark, Get Set, DUEL!
|Previous team(s)
Red Archfiend (Turbo Deck)
King's Pride
|Voice actors
Jack Atlas is Yusei Fudo's rival in Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's. Like Yusei, Jack is one of the Signers with a Mark of the Dragon on his right arm.
Jack is an arrogant man who thinks of his opponents as little more than entertainment for himself and his audience. However, after losing to Yusei, Jack realizes what he's been missing as King and decides on starting his own journey to becoming a real duelist. Upon meeting Carly Carmine, he realizes the error of his ways, and tries to repay Yusei and the others. Jack has little applicable skills outside of dueling and has been consequently fired from several jobs in one day. His high standards drive him to the point where he spends 3000 yen (about $32 US) on a single cup of coffee.
In the English dub, his personality is slightly more malicious: he framed his former friend Rally with the Duel Runner chip, for example.
Jack's character design is by Shuji Maruyama. Jack has violet eyes and spiked blonde hair. His other accessories include a neckband, similar to the one worn by Yugi Muto, a belt buckle and earrings in the shape of the letter A, the first letter of his last name.
Jack's parents were killed during the Zero Reverse incident. As a child, Jack was a lone wolf and never played with the other chidren. Later, he met Yusei Fudo and Crow Hogan and became one of their best friends. He was fostered by Martha.
In their teens, Jack, Yusei and Crow met Kalin Kessler and formed The Enforcers as a way to improve their lives in Satellite, by becoming the best duelists in Satellite. After conquering all of Satellites zones, Kalin changed, taking dueling so seriously he forced a kid into a Duel and proceeded to beat him up, after winning. Unhappy with Kalin's attitude, Jack and Crow left the team. After learning that Kalin is on the run from Sector Security, Yusei approaches Jack to ask him to help.
The reunited gang catch up with Kalin in an abandoned storage building. They tell him he has changed and try to get him to abort the battle with Security. After Yusei refrains Kalin from further attacking a badly beaten Security, Crow and Jack hold Kalin in a room, while Yusei tries to convince Security that he, himself, is the leader, in the hopes Kalin wouldn't be arrested. However Kalin gets arrested, ultimately ending the team.
Yusei and Jack spend much of their time with Nervin, Blitz, Tank and Rally afterwards. Jack comes into possession of the card "Red Dragon Archfiend".
Jack duels and defeats Yusei, afterwhich he tells Yusei that one cannot win a Duel with Monsters, Spell or Trap Cards alone, only with them joined up. He points to his heart as he says all you need to amass yourself victory is right here. At the time, Yusei did not understand what he meant.
Jack eventually fell out with Yusei after a difference in goals. Jack aspired to be a King and spent a lot of his time setting in a throne in an abandoned theater. He spent little time with his friends, although Rally occasionally visited. Jack once saved Rally from a group of bullies, but didn't stick around to converse.
Inside the theater, he met Lazar, who came on behalf of Rex Goodwin. He convinces Jack that his birthmark is special and that he can become a King in New Domino City. In order to do so, he tells Jack to steal Yusei's Duel Runner and "Stardust Dragon" card and escape through a pipeline into the city.
Accepting Lazar's offer, Jack tied Rally up and left him in a boat floating in the sea. He alerted Yusei, who came there on the Duel Runner he had built. Jack forced Yusei to choose between himself and Rally's life in order to get what he was after. After Yusei dove into the water to save Rally, Jack took Yusei's "Stardust Dragon", as well as the Duel Runner. He then made his way into New Domino through the trash pipeline.
At an unspecified time, the Duel Runner Jack took breaks down. In the English version, his new Duel Runner, Phoenix Whirlwind (Wheel of Fortune in the Japanese version) is the old Duel Runner, after a few modifications.
Jack then became the Turbo Dueling Champion and moved into the compound of Rex Goodwin who tries to conceal Jack's origins from the public. As the King of Duelists, he was adored by the New Domino City public and his fame has been marketed, even to the point where both he and his "Red Dragon Archfiend" card have their own action figures. Also, at an unspecified time Jack faced Bolt Tanner in a Turbo Duel and beats him on his first turn.
Two years later, when Yusei ventures off into New Domino City to take back his "Stardust Dragon" card, he and Jack have a rematch, but it is interrupted by the appearance of a mysterious red-colored dragon, later revealed to be the Crimson Dragon. He later learns from Goodwin that he is a "Signer", a savior predicted to prevent the resurrection of a dark god by a Pre-Incan civilization. Although conflicted about maintaining his title even though he technically lost to Yusei, Jack complies with Goodwin's plans in the hope of truly validating his title by finally defeating Yusei in the Fortune Cup and gives "Stardust Dragon" back to Yusei as a sign of competition.
Yusei faces Jack for the title of King of Turbo Duels, as he has beaten every opponent on the Fortune Cup. Before their Duel commences, Jack recounts the events that happened 2 years ago that lead ultimately to the road of him becoming King. Also, now that he is finally facing Yusei, he tells Goodwin to let Rally and the others go since, there is no further need for them to been held hostage. Before their Turbo Duel starts, Yusei sees them on the screen, and once they're free, Jack says that now there is nothing holding them back.
During the duel, Jack refuses to let Yusei win, revealing that in order for him walk to the path of becoming the King, 2 years ago he gave up everything by turning his back on Satellite and on everyone else he knew. Thus, thinking that all of that happened because of the dragon birthmark, he believes now that Yusei has the chance to become King without giving up anything. Jack does not want that to happen.
As he duels against Yusei, once again the Crimson Dragon appears, and takes Jack, Yusei, Luna and Akiza to another dimension, showing them visions. Jack tells Yusei to continue since, it's their duel that is responsible for them being there. He pushes Yusei, thinking that he will finally win. Jack unleashes his devastating combo, however Yusei has already foreseen this, and manages to counter.
Yusei's Stardust Dragon unleashes its final attack destroying Jack's "Red Dragon Archfiend", consuming the last of Jack's Life Points;The duel runner he was on is completely destroyed and Jack crashes into a guard rail. Jack is thrown from his duel runner and is badly injured. Yusei is announced as the new king and Jack is carried out on a stretcher after Jack gives some words of wisdom to Yusei.
Jack is transferred to Domino Hospital to recover away from the prying eyes of the public.
During the Atlas Rising premiere, Angela Rains reveals the truth to the public that Jack was not born in Tops but in the Satellite.
Carly Carmine sneaks into the hospital, disguised as a nurse in an attempt to interview him. Trudge, now under the Dark Signers' control, suddenly comes and challenged Jack. Jack's arm was broken at the time, so he asked Carly to assist him in the duel and hold his cards. Jack and Carly managed to defeat Trudge, blowing up a portion of the hospital in the process. Before Jack fainted, he asked Carly to get him out without notifying the reporters outside. Carly snuck him out on a gurney as a body with a sheet over it.
Jack woke up in Carly's place after envisioning a meeting with the Dark Signers in a dream. Carly went into Jack's room only to find the man gone. She then followed him to the monorail where he was attempting to get on the train to leave. In the end, Carly convinced him to come to an amusement park with her in the intention of having him relax so she could interview him. She changed her mind however after hearing how hurt he was over losing the title of King to Yusei Fudo. After spending some time with Carly, Jack started to show signs of guilt for betraying his friends and shame for how he let Goodwin use him. Carly suggested that the real Jack Atlas was returning and that the old Jack was the real one defeated by Yusei. She suggested that it was fine for him to become a real King now (in the dub, she sugessted that Jack should say sorry to his friends, mainly Yusei). Jack put on his jacket and agreed with her, after which he vowed to never let himself get used by people again.
Jack responded a call at Carly's apartment from Mina and flies back to Satellite. Here he watched the Duel between Yusei and Kalin. Yusei got impaled in the course of the fight and is taken away by Crow to receive medical attention. Jack demanded the helicopter be landed but Mina tells him that he had nowhere to go without his Duel Runner. Jack was forced to go back to New Domino and wait for the next Dark Signer attack.
After returning to the city, he and Mina told Carly she had best not get involved and Jack broke her camera's memory chip to hide the conflict between the Signers and the Dark Signers. After Jack's Duel Runner was repaired by Goodwin, he told Mina that he would go to Satellite and make his own "road" rather than "Road of the King" he had previously been on.
After the Arcadia Movement headquarters were damaged by a Dark Signer attack, Jack evaded the flaming geoglyphs as they form. He made his way to the building, unaware that Carly is the dark Signer responsible. After the Duel, he came across Luna, Leo, Yanagi and Tanner leaving the building. They told Jack that Akiza was inside and may need help. Jack entered the building to look for her and found Carly's broken glasses inside. He found Akiza unconscious and took her out of the building, unable to find Carly in time. Jack immediately took Akiza to the hospital to get help for her, thinking Carly had been sacrificed to the Earthbound Immortal.
Akiza was in a comatose state and is visited by her parents Hideo and Setsuko. Jack told them that Yusei may be able to help her, which he does in the end. He also says that the Signers still have a lot to learn about each other, and the only way they met each other was through Yusei.
Jack, along with the others Signers, were invited by Rex Goodwin to his house to learn more about the Signers and Dark Signers. He was told that the Signers are drawn together and guided by faith. After learning about the Dark Signer's powers, Jack believed Carly to be among their victims, who were sacrificed when the two Earthbound Immortals were summoned.
Seeing how much Yusei was afraid of Kalin and that he has lost confidence after his last encounter, Jack punched Yusei in the hopes that a fight would cause Yusei to regain his determination. Yusei thanked Jack and accepted that they must fight the Dark Signers to protect people. Hearing this Jack remembered that he must protect Carly.
After the Dark Signers unleash the Black fog on Satellite, Jack along with the other Signers, Leo and Mina are flown by a helicopter piloted by Trudge to Satellite. In Satellite they meet up with Martha, who is happy to see Jack back after many years. The reunion is cut close as Yusei finds out that Rally, Crow and the others have disappeared. Mina became greatly upset over Jack's feeling for Carly after seeing him with her glasses while he is saying that he is fighting for people.
During supper, Roman appeared in order to duel. Jack wanted to duel him but is stopped by Yusei, who tells him that its too dangerous to Duel a Dark Signer here. Following Yusei's instructions, Jack took Martha and the kids to safer place. Shun, Micchan and Taka snuck away to watch the Duel and to help Yusei however they could. As Roman summoned his Earthbound Immortal, Jack quickly appeared and rescued John and Mitch from being sacrificed.
After Yusei's match against Roman Goodwin conclude, Jack, Akiza, Luna along with Leo are there, as the rest of the Dark Signers show themselves. After Jack realized Carly is one of them, he chased after her and asked why is she one of them. Carly responded, "If you want to know the answer, come to see me".
The Signers split up to face their respective opponents at the four control units for the Original Enerdy Reactor. Jack took his Duel Runner to the Hummingbird tower, where Carly showed herself on her own Duel Runner.
During their Duel continues Carly used the card "Enlightenment" causing Jack see an alternate future in which he lost his duel against Carly and died. Carly kissed him, reviving him as a Dark Signer and together they defeat the Signers. They turn the world into a Hell, which they rule as King and Queen. During the course of the vision, Carly's glasses slipped from Jack's coat, causing him to remember Carly as she normally was and to snap out of his previous vision.
Jack told Carly that wasn't the fate she truly wanted and activated his trap card while showing her her glasses. It allowed Carly the choice between recovering her own life points or damaging Jack for half the attack power of her Fortune Lady Earth. Carly turned to accept the choice of inflicting damage on him when she hesitated and, in the end, turned down a chance to win the Duel in favor of saving Jack. However, her Earthbound Immortal, Aslla piscu possessed her and forces her to continue the Duel. She managed to summon her Earthbound Immortal after this possession.
Following this summon, Jack began to focuse hard on trying to save Carly. This causes the 5 Marks of the Dragon to leave the other four Signers and appear on Jack's back, allowing him to Summon "Majestic Red Dragon".
Jack attempted to end the Duel in a Draw, deciding that if he had to cause Carly's death that it would be acceptable if he died along with her. However, Carly's normal self managed to take control and activated a trap card that forced her to lose.
She and Jack embrace before she turned to dust, Carly finally confessing her love to him.
Jack proceeded to activate the control unit.
After Akiza's Duel with Misty, the sun sets before the final unit can be activated and the Condor geoglyph appears on the sky. The King of the Underworld appears from the original Enerdy reactor, and is moves towards the City. The Crimson Dragon transports Jack and his companions to Goodwin's island residence. Jack notices the Stairway to the Dragon Star has smashed through a building. Goodwin stands at the top of the stairway, where he reveals he has become a Dark Signer and becomes a Signer by attaching Roman's arm to himself. Goodwin prepares to sacrifice a Signer through a Turbo Duel ritual to welcome the Ruler of the Underworld. Jack, Yusei and Crow face Goodwin in a 3-on-1 Duel. During the duel, Goodwin forces Jack not to work with Yusei, and become a true King. Jack remembering Carly, refuses, and his life points lowered to 1. Soon after, he crashes and is unable to duel any further. After Yusei defeated Goodwin, he gets saved by Majestic Star Dragon.
Half a year has past since the Dark Signer incident. Jack is currently working with Yusei and Crow in developing a new duel runner engine, though during a test the engine overloads and explodes. Afterward, he later assists Yusei and Crow in tracking down Ghost. After Yusei defeats Ghost, they find out he is a robot and Yusei believes a new threat is approaching.
Jack has apparently been seeing Carly in secret during the past six months at a cafe, indicating that their relationship is developing. However, Crow yells at him for slacking off and demands that he gets money for new parts. Jack attempts to find honest work, but he is fired from every job he attempts, due to his ego and his obsession of himself being a Signer. After one such failure, he and Carly learn about a money trader named Garome who rips people off by making them sign some false documents. Jack then challenges Garome to a duel for those contracts, putting up his Red Dragon Archfiend and Wheel of Fortune as antes. Jack ultimately wins, however he still can't find a job.
On the day of Akiza's final exam, Crow and Jack help Yusei modify and improve her Duel Runner so she can Turbo Duel and obtain her license. Like the rest, he is present during her first official Turbo duel, in which she is able to defeat Trudge. But the duel was almost interrupted by a trap plotted by some guys that despised Akiza. However, Jack finds out and beats them up for their cruel actions.
One day, Carly informs Jack of Duel Runner thieves. With his pride of a Turbo Duelist, he decides to try and capture the thieves, but when one pulls a laser gun on him, one of the thieves suddenly tries to stop him and takes the shot instead. As Jack stops to check on the fallen man, Trudge appears and informs him that this man was actually an undercover agent named Kazama. Feeling guilty, Jack borrows Kazama's Archfiend Chaos King and hunts down the thieves, getting beaten up numerous times before he follows them to their hideout. Once he arrived, he and the ringleader engage in a ground duel to the death. Jack seems to be on the verge of losing, but then summons the agent's Synchro monster and wins the duel. When Trudge and his officers arrived, Jack had already beaten up all the gang members and had them piled up. Later, Jack returns the Synchro card back to the recovered agent, then they shake hands and Jack vows to duel him someday.
Jack begins to try and develop applicable skills, an example being making a table and chairs out of leftover parts one morning, but still ultimately failing when Crow sits down and the chair breaks apart from under him. After Leo and Luna's loss to Lucciano, Jack and Crow discuss the changes that have recently taken place. The two grow concerned for Yusei, and they decide to go find him and figure out what's troubling him once and for all.
When they meet with Yusei, he reveals his unease around Ghost, and tells them that he suspects that Yliaster is behind everything, as Roman had told him that it was a man from Yliaster who set him down the path of becoming a Dark Signer. Furthermore, they are using the WRGP for some mysterious plan, if Sherry was to be believed. The three decide to work towards mastering Dark Glass's Accel Synchro as a means to effectively combat the new Yliaster plot and to protect the city. When Yusei takes in an amnesiac named Bruno, Jack is distrusting and very hostile towards him, since he had modified his Duel Runner to greater heights.
When Jack suddenly gets arrested by Sector Security, the word of him being a suspect gets around. Trudge shows Yusei, Bruno, and Crow a security clip of Jack purposely destroying Duel Runners during duels. They all assume that it was Jack, because of the Wheel of Fortune, and the exact same deck. When Jack escapes Security, he sets out to find the culprit. He later confronts the Imposter, a duplicate of Jack calling himself "The King". When Jack faces the mystery duelist, he ends up defeated by his own monster, Red Dragon Archfiend and seemingly falls into the sea.
It is revealed that the imposter was a Riding Roid as a part of the Infinity Trio's (namely Jose's) plan to use the Signers for their nefarious scheme involving a "circuit" of some kind. Jack Atlas did not die but is actually captured and hidden in a cave while being shown what the impostor is doing, this time wreaking havoc on the highway. He is also under the careful watch of the trio by the use of a machine. Eventually, seeing his friends (Yusei, Crow, and Kazama) getting injured trying to figure out who was the so called 'King', Jack's willpower caused the machine to break, freeing Jack from his mind prison. He then escapes from the cave he was hidden in and chases after the Imposter. Jack intercepts the imposter before he is about to hurt Yusei and then challenges the imposter to a duel. During the duel the imposter constantly taunts him, telling him that he is now weaker than his former self. Jack summons his Red Dragon Archfiend quickly with Trust Guardian but gets pushed into a corner very early in the game as the Imposter summons his Red Dragon Archfiend and boosts its attack. When it seems Jack is winning, the imposter unleashes his ultimate weapon: the summoning of 3 Red Dragon Archfiends (they are colored blue, purple and yellow). The 3 dragons nearly wipe out Jack's life points but he is saved by his Red Dragon Archfiend, which was protected by Trust Guardian. Jack then makes his final move and summons Majestic Red Dragon and gains the attack points of the imposter's Red Dragon Archfiend before attacking and defeating him. The attack destroys the Imposter Jack Atlas and all of his cards.
In the English dub, Jack has an Australian accent. Words like 'little' 'better' and 'settle', he says like "lit'l", "bet'r" and "set'l". He makes puns on biking, and similar to Kaiba, he is a cold hearted guy, and in a way an anti-hero. He's a tad arrogant, showing little respect to other duelists, especially the one he defeats. His arrogance tends to make him underestimate his opponents which tend to lead to defeat or at least a disadvantage towards him. He doesn't really respect all that everyone has done to help him until sometime after the Fortune Cup after he has a conversation with Carly Carmine. He also tends to be manipulative to the point of even using his friends to get what he wants. During his duels he states that he enjoys entertaining the crowd and as such is often very theatrical with his duels along with saying "Let's kick this duel into overdrive" in the beginning of his professional duels and saying "Who's the Master of Faster" when he wins a duel. Besides "Master of Faster" he has a lot of other nicknames like "King of the Cards" or "The King". However, Jack later on realizes his errors, and stops plotting against Yusei. During his duel with Goodwin, he states that he gives up becoming King and is fighting for Carly and the rest of his friends. After Goodwin's defeat, he works with Yusei and Crow, and helps people in need, but he is still grouchy and arrogant.
In the manga, Jack works with Rex Goodwin. In this version, he seems much more malicious compared to his attitude in the anime, and doesn't seem to even know Yusei. He is sent to Satellite, before Goodwin begins plans for the D1 Grand Prix.
In Satellite, Jack finds Yusei and attacks him with "Heavenly King Black Highlander". He congratulates Yusei on dodging the attack and challenges him to a Duel. Yusei declines in favor of helping Sect, but Jack continues to attack him with "Black Highlander", but Yusei defends with "Junk Blader". Seeing that they were already dueling in some form, they decide to have a proper Duel.
When Sect falls from Yusei's Duel Runner, Yusei abandons his Duel Runner to save him, but Jack continues. Yusei and Sect fall into a body of water, as Jack wins the Duel. Afterwards, he finds "Synchro Deflector", on Yusei's Duel Runner, which he could have used to prevent himself losing the Duel. Jack smiles and chucks the card away, leaving Yusei and Sect in the water.
Jack plays a Burn/Beatdown Deck that focuses on inflicting damage to his opponent either through battle or effect damage, while summoning his ace "Red Dragon Archfiend". His deck is an opposite of Yusei's, as Yusei prefers defensive play, while Jack punishes his opponents for defensive play, probably to show their rivalry. Most of his monsters inflict piercing damage like "Mad Archfiend" and "Twin-Sword Marauder", while his traps inflict most of the effect damage, but also aid in summoning. His Ground Deck, which is a Dragon Deck, focuses on the same strategy, but with the use of "Strong Wind Dragon", and "Exploder Dragonwing" in addition to "Red Dragon Archfiend". He also uses "Majestic Red Dragon" against Carly and the Imposter Jack Atlas. Jack has two Decks, one for Turbo Duels, and a one for normal Duels.
|Akiza (Aki) • Bruno • Carly • Crow • Goodwin • Jack • Kalin (Kiryu) • Leo (Lua) • Luna (Luca) • Roman (Rudger) • Yusei
|Blister (Saiga) • Blitz (Nerve) • Dark Glass • Devack (Demak) • Dexter (Tenpei) • Dr. Fudo • Greiger (Bommer) • Jose • Lazar (Yeager) • Lucciano • Mina (Mikage) • Misty • Mizoguchi • Nervin (Blitz) • Placido • Rally • Regulus • Sayer (Divine) • Sherry • Tank (Taka) • Tanner (Himuro) • Torunka • Trudge (Ushio) • Yanagi • Zeman • Zigzix (Akutsu)
|Aero (Yuji) • Alex (Aoyama) • Angela • Annie • Armstrong (Takasu) • Bolger • Frank • Grady (Dick) • Hanson • Hideo • Itokawa • Hunter (Enjo) • Jesse Wheeler • Kate • Koda (Kodo) • Larry • Lenny (Uryu) • Lug • Martha • Max • MC • Micchan • Mrs. Fudo • Pitts • Randsborg (Jill deLauncebeaux) • Schmitt • Setsuko • Shira • Shun • Taka (Takuya) • Toby
|Canon characters
|Akiza • Blister • Blitz • Bolt • Chief • Goodwin • Greiger • Hunter • Itokawa • Jack • Larry • Lenny • Leo • Lug • Luna • MC • Nervin • Owner • Rally • Randsborg • Tank • Trudge • Yusei
|Game original characters
|Aase • Albie • Alina Noula • Alpha • Angie • Anna • Barclay • Bass • Beta • Buffer • Callisto • Corse • Delta • Dio • Elgio • Ellison Noula • Enjitsu • Figaro • Fight • Fudagawa - Gamma • Geruzet • Giado • Globe • Grammy • Graton • Guide • Gunnie • Haruka • Helio • Hild • Honda • Houten • Hung Soo • Ida • Jean • Kalisse Noula • Kameno • Kidd • Krue • Kurihara • Kuroe • Kyono • Lagoon Noula • Lutz • Mana • Marie • Mark • Michiba • Mito • Motoi • Narumi • Oda • Olivia • Orcus • Oscar • Renge • Roy • Saito • Salida Noula • Sekizato • Shirase • Shirogane • Shuji • Skathi • Tail • Taniyama • Tasaka • Utagawa • Vega • Whomper • Yagishita • Yusuke
|Green Guardian - Embust • Shell Guardian - Savan • Speed Guardian - Ferrario • Underworld Guardian - Moley • Dark World Guardian - Gigori
|Duel Monsters
|Absorbing Kid from the Sky • Abyss Soldier • Alien Overlord • Ally of Justice - Garadholg • Arcana Force 0 - The Fool • Arcana Force EX - The Dark Ruler • Armed Samurai - Ben Kei • Assault Mercenary • Asura Priest • Batteryman Charger • Batteryman Micro-Cell • Beast King Barbaros • Blackwing - Sirocco the Dawn • Blue-Eyes White Dragon • Breaker the Magical Warrior • Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier • Brron, Mad King of Dark World • Caius the Shadow Monarch • Catnipped Kitty • Chimeratech Overdragon • Cloudian - Storm Dragon • Colossal Fighter • Commander Covington • Cosmic Fortress Gol'gar • Crystal Beast Sapphire Pegasus • Cyber Dragon • Cyber End Dragon • Cyberdark Dragon • D.D. Survivor • Dark Armed Dragon • Dark Magician Girl • Dark Necrofear • Dark Ruler Ha Des • Dark Simorgh • Demise, King of Armageddon • Destiny End Dragoon • Destiny Hero - Diamond Dude • Destiny Hero - Doom Lord • Doom Dozer • Don Zaloog • Drillroid • Dupe Frog • Ebon Magician Curran • Elemental Hero Ocean • Elemental Hero Stratos • Endymion, the Master Magician • Evil Hero Dark Gaia • Evil Hero Infernal Gainer • Exodia the Forbidden One • Exodius the Ultimate Forbidden Lord • Falcon of Mist Valley • Familiar-Possessed - Eria • Fiend Roar Deity Grimlo • Fiend Roar Deity Luri • F.G.D. • Flamvell Archer • Flamvell Baby • Freya, Spirit of Victory • Fossil Dyna Pachycephalo • Gagagigo • Gene-Warped Warwolf • Genex Controller • Gladiator Beast Gyzarus • Goblin Elite Attack Force • Gokipon • Gora Turtle • Grandmaster of the Six Samurai • Gravekeeper's Chief • Green Baboon, Defender of the Forest • Green Gadget • Guardian Sphinx • Harpie Queen • Honest • Horseytail • Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV8 • Ice Queen • Hot Ride • Inmato • Jenis, Lightsworn Mender • Jinzo - Lord • Judgment Dragon • Jurak Giganot • Kahkki, Guerilla of Dark World • Krebons • Kuraz the Light Monarch • Light and Darkness Dragon • Mad Dog of Darkness • Maha Vailo • Majestic Mech - Ohka • Marauding Captain • Marshmallon • Medium of the Ice Barrier • Mezuki • Montage Dragon • Morphtronic Cameran • Naturia Gaodrake • Necroface • Night Wing Sorceress • Ocean Dragon Lord - Neo-Daedalus • Ojama Yellow • Plaguespreader Zombie • Psychic Lifetrancer • Rainbow Dark Dragon • Raiza the Storm Monarch • Red Dragon Archfiend/Assault Mode • Red-Eyes Wyvern • Red Ogre • Rescue Cat • Royal Firestorm Guards • Ruin, Queen of Oblivion • Sasuke Samurai #4 • Silent Swordsman LV5 • Skull Servant • Simorgh, Bird of Ancestry • Simorgh, Bird of Divinity • Snipe Hunter • Soldier of Mist Valley • Spirit Reaper • Splendid Venus • Stardust Dragon/Assault Mode • Stone Statue of the Aztecs • Summoned Skull • Super Conductor Tyranno • Superancient Deepsea King Coelacanth • Telekinetic Shocker • The Calculator • Thunder King Rai-Oh • Toon Gemini Elf • Tragoedia • Tytannial, Princess of Camellias • Ultimate Ancient Gear Golem • Ultimate Insect LV7 • Ultimate Tyranno • Vengeful Shinobi • Vennominaga the Deity of Poisonous Snakes • Volcanic Rocket • White Magician Pikeru • Winged Kuriboh • Worm Barses • X-Saber Wayne • Yamato-no-Kami • Yubel
|19 +
|Anime appearances
|Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's +, Evolving Duel! Stardust VS Red Demons +, and Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Super Fusion! Bonds That Transcend Time +
|Male +
|Manga appearances
|Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's (manga) +
|WC09 Deck
|King's Pride +


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This past Saturday, July 17, Better Than Ezra and Bowling for Soup brought their entertaining, rock and roll greatness to WinStar World Casino in Thackerville, OK. The show took place in the casino's Global Event Center. Through the years, WinStar has built their business from a tiny operation to a full scale casino showcasing different areas of the world with every slot and table game the casual or serious gambler could want. Wanting to give artists a true experience, WinStar designed a luxurious backstage area for pre-show preparation and relaxation. For more information on the backstage area and an artist's point of view, check out the upcoming interview with Bowling for Soup.
A little after 8;00pm CST, the lights dimmed, and a hilarious intro song for Bowling for Soup came over the sound system as the band made its way on stage. Anyone who has seen this group live knows they build their shows around a sincere desire to have fun, entertain, and make the audience laugh. They began their set by proclaiming to be the best rock band in the world and to prepare for a show like none other. Here is their set list:
- Hooray for Beer
- Ohio
- Almost
- High School Never Ends
- Punk Rock 101
- Cover of Katy Perry's Hot n Cold
- Theme song to Phineas and Ferb
- Girl All the Bad Guys Want
- 1985
- A Really Cool Dance Song
True to form, Bowling for Soup took short breaks in between songs as well as in the middle of songs to chat with the audience, drink a beer, and joke around. The band truly knows how to entertain a crowd and keep them on their feet for the duration of the show. The Dallas Local Music Examiner has attended several Bowling for Soup shows and observed many different crowd make-ups. This crowd had a fairly large amount of people who came just to see Bowling for Soup. A significantly large portion also included people who came to gamble and happened onto the show or received comp tickets. Even the people who had no prior experience with Bowling for Soup enjoyed the show immensely and interacted with the band. Although shorter than their normal sets, the show was quite enjoyable and was on par with their other PG-rated shows (WinStar instituted a no swear word rule according to Better Than Ezra).
After a ten to fifteen minute intermission, Better Than Ezra took the stage. Equally as entertaining, they put on a tremendous show. Like Bowling for Soup, they played an abbreviated set compared to their normal shows. Better Than Ezra interacted with the audience as much as Bowling for Soup, but had a distinctly different sense of humor. Bowling for Soup has a more in-your-face, playful sense of humor, whereas Better Than Ezra is more dry and easy-going. Their on-stage personalities serve as obvious examples of the cities where they formed. Better Than Ezra hails from southern Louisiana, and spent a large portion of their lives in New Orleans and Baton Rouge.
The two bands complimented each other quite nicely. Better Than Ezra's crowd reaction was perhaps more impressive than Bowling for Soup's due to the fact that few of the people in attendance claimed to know much of anything about Better Than Ezra. In spite of the unfamiliarity, the crowd was on their feet, fully immersed in the music and entertainment of the band. Here is their set list:
- Good
- Lifetime
- Absolutely Still
- Extraordinary
- King of New Orleans
- Black Light
- Breathless
- Juicy
- Desperately Wanting
- In the Blood (not performed)
Overall, everyone enjoyed both acts quite a bit. Check back soon for video footage of attendee's reactions to the show. If you have any questions, or were at the show and want to voice your opinions, e-mail or leave a comment below. As always, feel free to subscribe to the column by clicking the link at the top of the page to receive new articles delivered to your e-mail, free of charge. Keep a look out for a series on Secondhand Serenade and White Tie Affair leading up to their show at The Loft in Dallas this Wednesday, July 21.


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In this post-9/11 age, the idea of preemptive war against a terrorist-prone country supposedly went out of favor after the 2003 US invasion of Iraq.
Yet Congress is now pushing President Obama toward steps that could easily be interpreted as an act of war against Iran over its nuclear ambitions.
The House and Senate are moving quickly on a bill to force US sanctions on the sale of gasoline to the Islamic Republic of Iran. In theory, the measure would only punish US and foreign companies that export refined oil products to Iran which, despite being a major exporter of petroleum, lacks sufficient oil refineries.
But there's a big problem: The only way to really enforce such a crippling sanction against the Iranian economy would be through an American-led naval blockade which, by international law, is an act of war.
In recent days, Iran's regime has made it pretty clear that it is preparing to fight such a blockade, if it comes to that. Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps began a five-day sea, land, and air military exercise April 22 in the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman. The war games may even extend to the Strait of Hormuz, the watery chokepoint through which a fifth of the world's oil flows on giant tankers, and which is guarded by the US Navy.
History is instructive here: It was a US ban on the export of oil to Imperial Japan for its invasion of China that triggered the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. And a US naval blockade of Cuba in 1962 almost led to nuclear war with the Soviet Union.
Also on April 22, the House of Representatives voted by a huge 403-11 margin to set a deadline of May 28 for an agreement with the Senate on the gasoline sanctions. In the Senate, too, patience with President Obama's slow and often faltering approach to Iran is running thin.
"We have waited long enough for diplomacy to work," says Senate majority leader Harry Reid. "Iran is a festering sore in the world."
Mr. Obama may be able to fend off pressure from Congress to strangle Iran's economy with sanctions on its gasoline imports. But much depends on whether countries like China, Russia, and even Germany are willing to impose other types of penalties that are more targeted at top members of the regime, especially the Revolutionary Guard and its affiliated companies. The toughest ones proposed by Obama focus on Iran's access to banking, insurance, and credit. The White House hopes the UN Security Council will agree by early May to a package of new sanctions.
The US has been successful since 2006 in having the Council ratchet up pressure on Iran as that country further defies calls for it to open its secret nuclear program to international inspections. The West is especially worried about Iran's rush to produce bomb-grade uranium.
China's cooperation is essential. It recently hinted that it is ready to support some of Obama's proposed sanctions. Critical to China's support are offers from Arab oil exporters to make up for its loss of oil exports from Iran. Another signal of China's support was a visit by its Navy to the United Arab Emirates last month.
Hovering over these moves is the threat of Israeli air attacks on Iran's nuclear facilities. Israel did strike Iraq's nuclear plant in 1981 and a Syrian one in 2007.
The US opposes such an Israeli operation, which could create an uncertain escalation of conflict in the Middle East. But some experts say the US would have a tough time restraining Israel if that country attacks Iran before the US elections this November. Support for Israel is very high in Congress.
US lawmakers need to be concerned that any unilateral US sanctions on gas imports to Iran could lead to a naval confrontation. Such a measure should only be taken with the widest international support and only if Iran appears ready to deploy a nuclear weapon that would destabilize the region. Similar conditions were not in place before President George W. Bush ordered the invasion of Iraq, and that war effort suffered for it.
Preemptive war, even if it only a naval blockade, should never be done lightly.