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Mika Salmi (born 16 November 1965) is a Finnish-American entrepreneur in technology and media.

Biography
Mika Salmi is a pioneer in the creative and technology industries, founding AtomFilms – a forerunner in short-form, user-created content – in 1998, preceding YouTube by several years. He also ran the internet's most popular casual games web sites, Addicting Games, and Shockwave and built one of the first sports tracking apps. He has discovered Grammy, Oscar, and Emmy recognized artists, and has been profiled in dozens of trade, business and lifestyle publications and is a voting member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

At AtomFilms, he provided the first online video platform for Oscar winners Jason Reitman, Aardman Animation, and David Lynch. He was also the first to work with a major intellectual property rights owner to allow derivative works by the general public when AtomFilms created a partnership with George Lucas and LucasFilm for The Official Star Wars Fan Film Awards in November 2000.

Prior to founding Atom, Salmi worked in the music business at Sony Music and TVT Records, discovering and bringing Grammy-winning artists Nine Inch Nails and Presidents of the United States of America to the labels.

Salmi was CEO and founder of Atom Entertainment, AtomFilms, Shockwave, and Addicting Games – which together were ranked in the top 20 most popular entertainment websites and had over 28 million monthly active users. Sequoia Capital, led by Michael Moritz, was the lead investor in Atom Entertainment, which was purchased by Viacom for $200 million in 2006. From 2006 to 2009, Salmi promoted new media as president of global digital media for MTV Networks/Viacom. At a time of change for the media industry, Salmi is credited with helping MTV transition to digital.

For his role in the tech transformation of entertainment, the Wall Street Journal featured a front-page feature on Salmi; Vanity Fair named Salmi part of The Next Establishment, on a 2008 list that included Elon Musk and Tina Fey; and a 2000 Bloomberg Businessweek profile of Salmi stated he was almost 'the Man'. USA Today placed Salmi on a list of tech people to watch in 2001, in an article stating that Salmi's biggest challenge might be to get people to watch content on their computer screens. In addition to dozens of print publications, like those noted above and The New York Times, Salmi has appeared on multiple television news programs and morning talk shows, both in the US and overseas.

Salmi also created MadRaces in 2010, one of the first sports gaming apps, which he sold to Betaworks. Later, he became CEO of CreativeLive, a live video education company. Following that, he served as senior advisor to The Raine Group. Today Salmi is Managing Partner at the European venture capital firm Lakestar, known for investments in Airbnb, Blockchain, Glovo, Public, Revolut, and Spotify. He served on the board of international business school INSEAD, where he earned his MBA, and spearheaded the opening of its first location in the United States.

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1965 births
Living people
Businesspeople from Helsinki
Finnish emigrants to the United States


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Dell Introduces New Campus and Data Center Networking Solutions for the Future-Ready Enterprise
Posted by Adrian Patrick Gemora October 07, 2015
Dell announced expansions to its networking portfolio to address growing complexities in campus networking and skyrocketing bandwidth demands in the data center. For the campus, Dell introduced a new unified-campus architecture powered by the new Dell Networking C9010 Network Director switch and companion C1048P Rapid Access Node. In the data center, Dell debuted the Dell Networking S6100-ON, combining multi-rate connectivity, modularity and open networking to deliver unparalleled in-rack networking flexibility.
"At Dell, we're taking a holistic, end-to-end approach to networking from connecting server storage and workloads together in the data center to connecting desktops and mobile devices in the campus," said Chris Papa, Country Manager, Dell Philippines. "We're excited about these new products and capabilities and the new levels of simplicity and flexibility to help our customers become future ready."
Designed for mid- to large-scale campus environments seeking improved scalability combined with simplified management, the new Dell unified-campus architecture provides a single management view for the entire campus from access to core. This provides a single point of control for quality of service, policy provisioning and software upgrades, as well as for programming software-defined attributes. Additionally, through the use of industry-standard protocols, the new Dell campus architecture can be jumpstarted using existing Dell campus investments by re-deploying Dell Networking N-series switches as access nodes.
The new Dell Networking C9010 Network Director is a next-generation multi-rate capable modular switch and is the first platform based on the new Dell campus network architecture. It delivers optimum scalability for up to 4,000 virtual ports managed centrally, a lifetime of flexibility with support for 10 and 40 gigabit Ethernet (GbE) today, and a tool-free upgrade to 100GbE in the future to meet the growing bandwidth requirements of a diverse campus of end-users and end-points. For initial deployments, the C9010 can be deployed as a traditional campus switching platform without the Dell Networking C1048P Rapid Access Node, serving to aggregate legacy switching platforms in wiring closets.
The real power of the C9010, however, comes when paired with the C1048P Rapid Access Node to deliver new levels of simplicity and scalability in the campus. The Dell Networking C1048P extends the capabilities of the C9010 Network Director by providing enhanced power over Ethernet well as user access and connectivity back to the C9010. The C1048P can be deployed either stand-alone or in a stacked configuration, and can be introduced at any time to the new architecture, greatly simplifying ongoing maintenance and operation. For enhanced investment protection, Dell N-series switches within current customer environments can also become access nodes via a software download shortly after launch.
As the latest addition to the S-Series family of data center switches, the Dell Networking S6100-ON combines multi-rate connectivity with chassis-level modularity and open networking perfect for data center operators seeking maximum flexibility and control in the rack. Through multiple expansion modules, customers have the flexibility to deliver various combinations of port speeds ranging from 10 – 100GbE with both QSFP28 and CXP port choices for flexibility in deployment. With its increased density, performance, flexibility and simplified management, the Dell S6100-ON is ideal for virtualization, cloud and big data analytics environments—all foundational elements for the Future-Ready Enterprise.

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Selling plant products in New Zealand
Hemp seeds as food
Supplying the wine industry
Pesticide Maximum Residue Levels (MRLs) for plant-based food for NZ and other countries
Plant products' registers, forms, standards, and related documents
Poultry and eggs
If you grow, process or sell plant products as food in New Zealand, you must comply with the Food Act.
Meeting Food Act requirements
If you sell plant products for human consumption, whether grown in New Zealand or imported, you must meet the requirements of the Food Act 2014.
Check New Zealand's food safety requirements
All food produced in New Zealand for sale in New Zealand or for export must comply with the New Zealand Food Act, the joint Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code, and, for pesticide residues, the New Zealand Maximum Residue Levels (MRLs) standards. Make sure you're familiar with these requirements.
Find out about the Food Act 2014
Read the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code
Read about the NZ Maximum Residue Levels (MRLs)
Pesticide maximum residue levels (MRLs)
All plant products sold as food in New Zealand (except for food imported from Australia) must comply with New Zealand's MRLs for pesticides. These are established under Food Notice: Maximum Residue Levels for Agricultural Compounds to safeguard consumer health and to promote Good Agricultural Practice (GAP) in the use of insecticides, fungicides, herbicides and other agricultural compounds.
Find out about the New Zealand requirements for residue limits for pesticides in plant products such as fruit, vegetables, or cereals:
Pesticide MRLs
Food sold in New Zealand may also need to comply with other requirements, including maximum limits for heavy metals and microbiological contaminants. The Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code has information on this.
As well as complying with the Food Act, plant-based foods imported to New Zealand must comply with other regulations. Under the Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition Agreement (TTMRA), food imported from Australia can be sold in New Zealand if it complies with Australian requirements.
Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition Agreement
Food imported from places other than Australia must comply with either the Codex MRLs or the MRLs listed in the Food Notice: Maximum Residue Levels for Agricultural Compounds. This includes the 'default' MRL of 0.1 mg/kg where no specific MRL is listed.
Maximum Residue Levels (MRLs) for Agricultural Compounds - Food Notice [PDF, 761 KB]
Codex MRLs – Codex Alimentarius website
There may be other requirements that apply to the food product you're importing.
Find out about importing fresh fruit and vegetables
Using research and outbreak reports
MPI, together with other agencies, undertakes research and issues reports which help to improve the safety of plant products. The reports sometimes offer guidance that can help your business to use best food safety practices. MPI uses the reports to inform the development of new food safety standards.
The reports cover a wide range of topics that are of concern to the industry, including outbreaks of foodborne illness and the presence of contaminants in produce.
Produce food safety in New Zealand
Learn about MPI's food monitoring programmes
It's important to keep up to date with any new or revised plant product information, including requirements, consultations, strategies and other content changes.


War of the Rebellion: Serial 007 Page 0353 Chapter XVII. CAPTURE OF FORT DONELSON, TENN.
We advanced forward, however, in quick-time until, nearing the enemy, we halted for the purpose of gaining, if possible, some more definite idea of his position, the skirmishers having rallied on their battalion without (as I learned from Colonel Crook) being able to furnish very definite information. Colonel Cook and myself advanced a few paces beyond our commands, for the purpose of taking such observations as would enable us to direct the movements of our regiments to the best possible advantage. We discovered portions of the enemy's baggage at the distance of about 100 yards, just over the point of a hill in our front. Being thus better satisfied of their position, and that an engagement must immediately occur, we accordingly deployed as rapidly as possible in line of battle, my right resting on Colonel Cook's left and the Third Tennessee on my left. The enemy opened a terrific fire upon us about the time or before we had fairly executed the deployment. The force here against us consisted of one battery, supported by six infantry regiments, all of which ultimately engaged in the fight. I ordered my entire command of fire and load kneeling, as in that position the main body of the enemy's fire would and did pass over us.
The officers and men under me on this occasion evinced great coolness, bravery, and determination for success in this most unequal contest. They directed their fire with unusual accuracy, which told desperately and rapidly upon the enemy, who under its terrible effect and force gave ground, while w e advanced upon them 20 paces. A further advance would have lost on our part an advantage in position by which we had been very considerably benefited; and although the enemy continued their retreat until they had gone beyond the reach of our guns, it was not deemed consistent with the orders for the movements of our whole army on that day, as made known on the previous night from Generals Floyd, Pillow, and Buckner to myself and other commanders of regiments, to pursue the several forces any farther in that direction. Besides this, many of my arms (flint-lock muskets), by coming in contact with the melting snow, had become too inefficient for further use until they could be dried and put in proper order. My ordnance wagons were more than a half mile distant, and the men only had a few rounds of ammunition each remaining in their boxes. I marched my regiment therefore back to a better position, a distance of, say, 150 paces, ordered the men to put their pieces in order by drying them as rapidly as possible, sent for an additional supply of ammunition, made details to have my wounded taken from the field and properly cared for, and threw out a small number of skirmishers in connection with Colonel Cook, to notice the movements and position of the enemy, who reported that he had gone back beyond the Wynn's Ferry road, and could not be seen at all from the position of our late engagement.


Roughly chop 75g of the chocolate and put into a large jug with the coffee. Bring 300ml of the milk just to the boil, then pour over the chocolate and coffee mix, stirring to melt. Once melted, cool.
Tip the cooled mocha milk into the blender with the ice cream and remaining milk. Blitz until blended, then pour into 4 tall glasses. Add an extra scoop of ice cream to each, if you like, then grate a little of the remaining chocolate on top.
Very good indeed, who needs starbucks? The extra scoop was a bit much for me but looked pretty with some dark choc chips sprinkled on it!
I made mine with leftover Fresh filter coffee, Waitrose Columbian Coffee Icecream and above with great success. I used a hand whisk to mix and froth it all up. I am keen to make my own Iced Coffee at home rather than be so reliant on Supermarket brands.
I switched the coffee granules with half a teaspoon of Nescafe classic coffee. Tastes greaat also !
Deary me this was good!
I really enjoy this service. I just got on the site so need to check it out more but so far it is user friendly haha My tip price checking not designed for over here but not a real problem. I congradulate you all on being on point.


Lying in-between one of wet and dry zone, boundary of Sri Lanka, Udawalawe National Park consist with Plains, mountainous, marshes, forests and grasslands. Udawalawe is a smaller park, Nonetheless, given its smaller size, it has a greater density of animal to it's size ratio, notably elephants. covering approximately 8.6 km (5.3 mi) in length, with a maximum perpendicular width of 7 km (4.3 mi) Man-made Udawalawe Reservoir adds heavenly beauty to the park, intriguing it is an Elephant magnet. with a herd of about 250 believed to be permanently resident only because of the Udawalawe Reservoir. Park is a very important habitat for waterbirds as well. If you are a bird watcher this a clearly, not-to-miss, place.
Shaffer's High Sierra Camp is located inside the Tahoe National Forest and the camp is mainly for boys and girls age 8 to 17. Shaffer's has been recommended by Outside Magazine and The LA Times as one of the best sleepaway and overnight summer camp in the country. Enjoy wilderness adventures at this overnight summer camp in California. We are located inside the Tahoe National Forest and our camps are mainly for boys and girls age 8 to 17. We have been recommended by Outside Magazine and The LA Times as one of the best summer camps in the country. Come and discover the best 2018 & 2019 summer camp in California.


YouTube UK Blog: Nonprofit Programme Hops the Pond, Launches in the U.K.
Nonprofit Programme Hops the Pond, Launches in the U.K.
since it was introduced in the United States last fall, and they've been using their channels to raise awareness about everything from education to climate change, animal welfare to poverty alleviation.
Today, we're pleased to announce the launch of the United Kingdom Nonprofit Programme, which will provide U.K.-based nonprofit organisations who meet the acceptance criteria with benefits like increased branding and upload capacity, as well as the opportunity to be featured in the "promoted areas" of the site.
If you're a nonprofit organisation based in the U.K., click here to find out more about the Nonprofit Programme and to apply. And if you're a nonprofit who is headquartered outside the U.S. or U.K., we'll keep you posted as we expand the programme to new corners of the world.
Thousands of nonprofit organisations have joined the YouTube Nonprofit Programme since it was introduced in the United States last fall, and they've been using their channels to raise awareness about everything from education to climate change, animal welfare to poverty alleviation.


The way students dress, their grooming, neatness, and cleanliness reflect the pride the whole community has in San Gabriel Mission Elementary School. Therefore, everyone is expected to contribute to the school atmosphere by being correctly and appropriately dressed at all times. All students are expected to be in complete and correct uniform each day for school. In order to purchase the correct uniform, all clothing is to be purchased from CKW School Uniforms and Sport Locker (P.E. uniforms). Please DOWNLOAD FILE BELOW for P.E. Uniform Order Form.
Uniform blouses are required to be worn under sweatshirts.
Sweatshirts may not be worn on uniform days.
Belt: Must be worn at all times.
Shirt: A short sleeve white t-shirt may be worn under the uniform shirt.
Uniform shirts are required to be worn under sweatshirts.
In very cold weather a white or navy blue long-sleeved t-shirt or turtleneck may be worn under the uniform shirt or blouse. The uniform jacket may be worn to and from school and in the schoolyard, not in the classroom. The school sweater or sweatshirt may be worn in the classroom.
Navy P. E. shirts and gym shorts are ordered through the school office from Sport Locker.
Navy sweat pants and sweatshirts may be worn on cold P.E. days. They are purchased from Sport Locker.
All black or all white leather or leather-like athletic shoes are worn for P.E. No Vans, Converse, canvas, or platform shoes.
It is the responsibility of parents to see that students are in correct uniform daily. Parents and students are expected to cooperate with the uniform code. If there is a disagreement about acceptable appearance at school, the principal will make the final decision. Issues relating to dress or appearance of a student that are not specifically mentioned in the Parent-Student Handbook, but are inconsistent with the school's regulations, may be deemed unacceptable at the discretion of the principal. If a student frequently offends against normal standards of dress, grooming, or hygiene, and has been corrected in this regard, the cooperation of parents shall be sought to correct the problem. Students will receive Behavioral Expectations slips for disregard of the uniform policy. The slip needs to be signed by parents, so that they are aware of the problem. The school reserves the right to require parents to bring an appropriate change of clothes to school if a student is inappropriately dressed. The principal will make the final decision.


This is not some kind of Mexican-concept restaurant. It is the real deal and actually run by Mexicans, and it shows. The place is very simple, almost a "hole in the wall". No reservations. No cutlery. Just tacos and kickass margaritas. The decoration is great, full of Mexican art and artefacts. The tacos and other food (there are some other Mexican dishes) are great. Everything is shareable, so it makes for an informal dining experience. If you like spicy you have come to the right place, my mouth is still recovering.
I do not remember what I ate, I just remember that it was great, spicy and involved a lot of margaritas and Mexican beers. Reasons enough for me to come back and for you to pay a visit!


FILE: Brigham Young Cougars guard Elijah Bryant (3) takes the ball down the court during BYU's 80-65 win against the Pacific Tigers at the Marriott Center in Provo on Saturday, Jan. 27, 2018.
LOS ANGELES — BYU trailed Loyola Marymount by double-digits for the third straight time in Los Angeles on Thursday night. This time, the Cougars couldn't rally, falling to the Lions 76-69.
Turning point: BYU cut a 16-point deficit to 67-62 with 3:22 to play, but Loyola Marymount scored the game's next six points over the next two and a half minutes to salt the game away.
The hero: James Batemon scored a game-high 28 points and hit three 3-pointers to go along with four rebounds and three assists.
BYU turned the ball over 18 times to just eight times for LMU, leading the Lions to a 24-14 edge in points off turnovers. LMU had a season-high 14 steals.
The Cougars hit just 5 of 24 shots from 3-point range, while the Lions were 5 of 15 from long distance.
Both teams went long stretches without a field goal — BYU the final 4:28 of the first half and the Lions for 5:44 late in the second half that was snapped by a tip-in with 2:05 left that put Loyola Marymount up nine.


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Tag: national hunt
What is jump racing?
Jump racing, also known as National Hunt racing, is the code, or discipline, of horse racing that involves negotiating obstacles, usually in the form of hurdles or fences. Some jump racing does, however, take place on specialist 'cross country' or 'bank' courses, on which some of the obstacles are more akin to those typically found in open countryside. In Britain, with the exception of some National Hunt Flat races, all jump races are run over an 'official' minimum distance of at least 2 miles, although on certain racecourses the advertised distance may be slightly shorter. However, the longest jump race staged in Britain is, unequivocally, the Grand National, nowadays run over 4 miles 2 furlongs and 7 yards, at Aintree Racecourse in April each year. Since the advent of so-called 'summer jumping', which began in 1995, jump racing is staged throughout the year, although the National Hunt season 'proper' lasts from mid-October to late April or early May.
What is a maiden race?
In horse racing parlance, a maiden is a horse – regardless of its age or sex – that has yet to win a race in its selected discipline. Thus, it follows, naturally, that a maiden race is a race in which none of the participants have won a race in their selected discipline. Maiden races are run on the Flat and under National Hunt Rules, so the situation is complicated, somewhat, by horses that progress from one discipline to another, as many do, throughout their careers. A horse that has won a Flat race, or a National Hunt Flat race, but not a hurdle race, is still eligible for a 'maiden hurdle' by virtue of never having won a race over obstacles, and so on.
What is the going?
In horse racing, the term 'going' is used to describe the condition of the ground at a racecourse, in terms of its moisture content. The going is measured by the Clerk of the Course on a raceday morning and communicated to the Racecourse Association which, in turn, distributes the information to the Press Association. Traditionally, the going was described by one of seven broad, subjective categories, ranging from 'hard' to 'heavy'.
However, for National Hunt racing, going previously described, officially, as 'hard' has been outlawed as unraceable in Britain and, for Flat racing, such going is rarely, if ever, experienced anywhere other than Bath; set on the Lansdown Plateau, 780 feet above sea level, Bath is the highest racecourse in the country that stages Flat racing and has no watering system.
Furthermore, for racing under both codes, at least on turf racecourses, the traditional going description is accompanied by an objective, empirical figure, known as a 'GoingStick reading'. Described as a cross between a spade and a shooting stick, the GoingStick is a device with a single metal probe that is pushed into the ground and measures penetration and shear, which are translated into a figure representing the moisture content of the soil. The GoingStick produces readings between 0 and 15, but a reading below 5 ('heavy') or above 10 ('firm') usually means that the ground is unraceable.
Of course, some racecourses in Britain also stage Flat racing on synthetic, or 'all-weather', surfaces, such as Fibresand, Polytrack and Tapeta. These surfaces, which consist of silica sand, polypropylene fibres and other components, can be rolled or harrowed to adjust their firmness, but the official going description still relies on the traditional, subjective approach. Indeed, all-weather racing has even few categories than turf racing, with the going ranging from 'fast', through 'standard', to 'slow'.
How many times has Kemboy run in the Cheltenham Gold Cup?
What is a selling race?
What is the virtual Grand National?
Which trainer and jockey combination was placed in seven consecutive renewals of the Grand National?
How many times was Richard Hughes Champion Jockey?


The state budget may be grim but Alaska's construction industry as a whole should have another good year, according to a University of Alaska Anchorage Institute of Social and Economic Research forecast.
The 2015 construction outlook predicts a total spend of more than $8.5 billion statewide. That would be a 3 percent decline from the revised 2014 projection of $8.8 billion worth of construction activity in Alaska.
MacKinnon also noted that there is typically a lag between when public money is appropriated and when it actually "hits the street" in the form concrete being poured or buildings going up, so prior year bonds and capital spends will undoubtedly have an impact in 2015.
ISER prepares the forecast for AGC of Alaska every year.
Employment in the industry is expected to dip slightly from the 17,600 jobs last year, which was a 6 percent increase over 2013. Those projections do not include self-employed contractors in Alaska, estimated to number 9,000 in 2011.
Private spending is expected to be more than $5.5 billion of the total and down about 6 percent. Leading the way per usual will be the oil and gas industry with about $3.8 billion of work, a slight decline from 2014.
ConocoPhillips has several large oil projects on the Western North Slope and ExxonMobil is continuing work on its large Point Thomson gas development.
Forecast authors Scott Goldsmith and Pamela Cravez wrote that low oil prices have a greater impact on how much producers have in the bank than what they want to do because projects are planned based on conservative price models.
At $210 million, mining work is projected to be up 19 percent despite some lower metal prices. The state's six major producing mines have larger capital expenditures planned for the year, according to the report.
A subcategory that could go under public and private spending, utilities should spend about $680 million this year, down 20 percent. That is due mainly to the completion of Matanuska Electric Association's Eklutna plant. The largest project left is Anchorage's Municipal Light and Power $275 million replacement plant scheduled for completion in mid-2016.
Health care spending will be pretty steady, at $240 million in the coming year, based on federally supported projects by Alaska Native health organizations. The Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage is building a 200-room patient housing facility.
Public sector spending should be about flat, at more than $2.9 billion, according to Goldsmith and Cravez.
Residential construction is pegged to be down 14 percent at $415 million. The activity continues to center on the Matanuska-Susitna Borough; however, land shortages in Anchorage, high heating costs in Fairbanks and overall stagnant economic and population growth will likely slow the construction segment.
Public sector spending should be about flat, at more than $2.9 billion.
Work on transportation infrastructure — highways, airports, ports, and railroad — should be up slightly and total more than $1.2 billion.
Defense spending, which includes U.S. Army Corps of Engineers environmental work along with military construction, should be $435 million, up about 10 percent. Fort Greely is expected to get $50 million for its missile defense program, a recent addition to the federal budget, the authors wrote.
Other federal spending, done largely by the Interior Department in Alaska, is expected to be off 15 percent to $255 million.


The point cloud data on a scanning line from laser scanning system has the same value in one dimension. According to this characteristic, an algorithm of surface reconstruction based on non-uniform B-spline is put forward. For the pre-processing of the original point cloud, the points that don't belong to the surface are deleted, and the methods of splitting, sorting and slicing are used. The least square non-uniform B-spline is used to smooth and interpolate the data of the section point cloud, then the data of reconstructed surface can be achieved after a secondary sampling. An example of the rearview mirror of motorcycle is given to testify that the method is effectual and feasible.


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"And I saw seats; and they sat upon them; and judgment was given unto them; and the souls of them that were beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God ... "
"How can they sit on the promised throne of judgment to judge the world, when their guilt is greater than the guilt of the world?"
St. Faustina's diary, Divine Mercy in My Soul, Notebook 6, 1702.
"Know you not that the saints shall judge this world?"
And who are the Saints? Are they not the Holy Ones who today stand fast in faith and in upholding the true Word of God? People who are persecuted not only physically but mentally and socially for their belief in Christ the King.
How interesting as this persecution spreads throughout the world today, not only in the media but especially in light of the biblical statement regarding those "that were beheaded for the testimony of Jesus."
Is there anywhere in the world where that prophetic description would fit today?
The answer for anyone who reads the news is beyond obvious. Yet, people still do not believe when prophecy unfolds before their very eyes.
And "they" who shall judge, as far as our Lord is concerned, is not confined to just men.
As the world lauds the "wisdom" of the now very dead Christopher Hitchens, one may ask for mercy upon his soul. But in reality, he may need mercy in judgment more from a woman he blasphemed when he lived on this planet. A Saint by the name of Mother Teresa.
Perhaps in the judgment of tomorrow, others should take note that while they live comfortably and publicly cause uproar with their childish and evil statements, people like Bill Maher may find themselves not just being Judged by the God he claims doesn't exist, but by a woman he knows does and is fighting for her right to believe in a hellhole of a jail in Pakistan.
In that future judgment, Asia Bibi may be asking God for more than just mercy on her islamic persecutors but also on idiots like Maher who squalor their freedom blaspheming the very God she has lost her freedom for. In the end, she will find herself free, and he will be ... ?
May God hear the cry of His Saints and rescue them now.
And may He silence His critics for ever.
Today, Asia Bibi is persecuted by the islamic beast ... tomorrow, she may be among those who judge it.
The incorruptible St. Catherine on her golden throne.


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Q: Codeigniter form without any ajax work in the desktop but fail in mobile I am working in an application using Codeigniter 2.1.4 and I have a simple login form and I am not using any ajax to submit or load the form ('data-ajax' => 'false'). Also I am using jQuery Mobile 1.3.1 to give the site a mobile look as it will be accessed most from mobile devices.
The issue I am having is that in the PC or Mac the login form work and I can access the private section of the site, but if I try accessing the site from a mobile device (iPad and iPhone) I keep getting the error:

An Error Was Encountered
The action you have requested is not allowed

A lot of google search results suggest issues with the CSRF feature in CI 2.x with forms using ajax and even when disabling the CSRF feature in the config.php file the issue is not solved. I even tested the application without the jQuery Mobile library without luck.

Note: The odd thing is that I tested the app in Google Chrome for the iPhone and it work like a charm, but I tested it a Samsung Galaxy
  III and it gave me the same error.

Any ideas what is going on?

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"Astro Zombies" is only worth seeing with RiffTrax.
What is "Astro Zombies" all about? Well, it's a notoriously bad movie about murders, killer astrozombies, a mad Doctor (Dr. Demarco), CIA agents, and spies who after Demarco. To say anything more would involve me getting a headache so I will decline to elaborate.
If anyone was to ask me what a bad movie looks like, I'd point them to "Astro Zombies." This isn't a so bad it's good movie ala "Manos: The Hands of Fate" either. There's nothing fun about this slow as a snail movie due to the inept filmmaking, the dull dialogue, and pointless filler scenes (see the endless driving and tedious lab scenes for reference).
About the only positive aspect of the entire movie is the performance by Tura Satana (best known for the cult classic "Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!"). Her lively presence as a spy is the only thing that will likely keep viewers awake.
Presentation: 1.85:1 1080p. How does it sound? The HD remaster contains flickers, grain, and scratches, but there's no question the print has been cleaned up. The colors look especially sharp for a 1968 feature film.
Audio Track: Unspecified DTS Track. How does it sound? Very flat. It sounds worse than a Mono track at times.
* The reason I wanted to review this movie wasn't for the movie itself, it was for the brand new RiffTrax commentary. It does not disappoint. As anyone who has seen this movie knows, it is tough to get through. Thankfully, the RiffTrax trio (Mike Nelson, Bill Corbett and Kevin Murphy) make it all bearable with jokes about 3 Stooges, endless driving scenes, John Carradine, blood exchanges, and more. Some of the best moments involve the gang groaning and screaming about the film's more painful moments. About the only downside here is that I wish the film's audio was a bit more audible like in their standard VOD releases. Hopefully, Kino includes more of these exclusive tracks in the near future. All home video releases should come with a RiffTrax commentary!
* A passionate solo commentary by horror film historian Chris Alexander in which he talks about his career, his love of horror cinema, "Astro Zombies," Ted V. Mikels, and more. There are several moments of silence, but this is a really enjoyable track.
Overall Thoughts: "Astro Zombies" may be bad, but the 3 delightful commentaries are worth picking this disc up for.


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Sopranos A&E Connection Game
We built The Sopranos A&E Connection Game website and game engine with "Big Game" makers area/code. The game ran from December 15th, 2006 through February 2007 in conjunction with A&E's broadcast of season 1 of The Sopranos. It synced gameplay with live broadcast in a unique gaming experience. Beyond the success of the premiere, the game generated the most traffic in the history of AETV.com at the time that it was active.
When episodes were broadcast on A&E, the players' online gameboards came to life and animated synchronously to the TV signal. As the characters, settings and objects of the Sopranos appeared onscreen, the corresponding pieces would light up and score points. This simple game interaction, which borrowed from the logic of fantasy sports and applied it to the realm of drama, created a passionate and addicted community and turned each episode into an intense and highly social event.
Minimalist built the backend server and infrastructure for the game, co-managed the data generation process, and integrated the image recognition service for the gamepiece collection.
You can read more about it in this New York Times article linked below. The game server was an ASP.NET application running on Windows Server and SQL Server 2005.
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At Last, Presenting the Kaaterskill Rail Trail!
Four years ago, on June 1, 2013, a celebration was held on the campus of the Mountain Top Historical Society in Haines Falls, NY for the opening of the Kaaterskill Rail Trail from the U & D Railroad Station to the Laurel House site at the top of Kaaterskill Falls. It was a beautiful sunny day; the crowd was enthusiastic; the long awaited trail was finally ready. Well, the trail was almost ready. Hiking the trail for the past four years has meant taking a detour from the MTHS parking lot out to Osborn Road to North Lake Road and then south on Featherbed Lane to re-join the KRT about ¾ mile from the Railroad Station. It was not exactly what had been planned and worked for over so many years by so many community groups and individuals.
Now, on Saturday, May 20, 2017, there will be another community celebration beginning at 10:30 a.m. This time we will mark the end of the detour and the opening of the missing link with a few speeches, a ribbon cutting, and a beautiful, delicious cake. Walkers and hikers will be able to enter the KRT along the old train route just east of the MTHS' historic Railroad Station. It opens up a whole new world of hiking! At the Laurel House site, there is now a bridge that allows people to cross Lake Creek above Kaaterskill Falls and join the NYSDEC system of trails. One could hike all the way to Windham! "The Kaaterskill Rail Trail connects hikers, cyclists, and other outdoor enthusiasts to the wonderful Catskills landscape" , said Kim Elliman, OSI's president and CEO. "OSI is proud to have preserved this significant and storied rail trail, and prouder yet to pass it along to local citizens for their permanent enjoyment."
This final link of the KRT has been made possible through a broad coalition of groups and individuals. Funding to purchase the property adjacent to the MTHS has been provided by generous grants from the Open Space Institute, NY/NJ Trail Conference, the Mountain Top Historical Society and the Hunter Foundation. All the background work to bring the property to the table for the purchase has been a long process involving the attorney for the Kursh Estate, Joe Gaffney; John Lyons and Kimberly Garrison of Grant & Lyons, LLC, attorneys for the MTHS; Michelle Yost of the Greene County Soil and Water Conservation District; Sarah Killourhy and members of the town of Hunter Planning board; David Kukle of the Town of Hunter Board; and MTHS Board members. The work of preparing the trail for opening day is being headed up by Doug Senterman of the NY/NJ Trail Conference with the backing of Jeff Flack from GCSWD and many volunteers. Of course there are many unnamed others who have helped bring this four year promise to fruition. Please join us on Saturday, May 20 2017, at the U & D Railroad Station on the MTHS Haines Falls campus at 10:30 a.m. to cheer those people and organizations, named and unnamed, enjoy a piece of cake, and then take a hike on the Kaaterskill Rail Trail! Just head straight east from the Railroad Station into the woods.
On May18, 2017 Cyndi LaPierre, president of the Mountain Top Historical Society, signed the final papers closing the purchase of the property allowing the connection of the Kaaterskill Rail Trail to the Mountain Top Historical Society's Campus in Haines Falls and in effect driving the Golden Spike. It's been a long time coming. To our memory Don Conover, publisher of The Mountain Eagle, was an early advocate in the 1980s. We are happy to have taken part in establishing this section of what we hope will be an even longer trail connecting the communities or the Mountain Top. Join us on Saturday for the official opening and celebration, and come back again and again to enjoy this beautiful trail and its connection to the miles of trails in New York's Catskill Forest Preserve.
Hemlock Corrections
After the publication of the 4th 2016 edition of the Hemlock, MTHS president Cyndi LaPierre received a phone call from a granddaughter of Ferris Thompson, Claudia Lane. Claudia and her mother and aunts discussed the building of the swimming hole on the Batavia Kill that served guests at the Thompson House and the Osborn House that is mentioned in the article about Larry Tompkins. The Thompson sisters distinctly remember watching their father build the dam and dredge the stream. With the following revision that was submitted to us by Claudia Lane, we wish to set the record straight on that point. We are publishing this revision on our website, Facebook page, and will attach a printed copy to the archived copies of the Hemlock. We strive to publish and archive accurate information and welcome corrections from those with local knowledge.
The Thompson Brothers, owners of The Thompson House, asked permission from the owners of the Osborn House, next door if the could dredge the river and build a dam. They created a 10 feet deep swimming hole where there was a high diving board and guests could canoe. On Saturdays there was a water show. For the finale an employee would high dive through a ring of fire. Larry vividly remembers the shockingly ice cold........
Rip Van Winkle at the MTHS
A huge thank you to everyone who contributed in any way to the MTHS Local History Day on August 22, 2016!
Thanks to the MTHS board members who worked on the scene all day and behind the scenes prior to that.
A special thank you to Mara Lehmann who spent a lot of time and energy pulling everything together!
Thank you to board member Randy Hoose for bringing Rip Van Winkle to life to the delight of all the attendees.
Thank you to John Curran for opening the archives for the day to share with the history lovers who came in.
Thank you to the volunteers for the event who are not board members and generously gave their time to help with everything from directing parking to selling raffle tickets and hot dogs.
Thank you to the local history groups who set up displays at the event: Eastkill Valley Historical Association, Greene County Historical Society, the Haines Family Association, and Lexington Historical Society.
Thank you to Linda Nicholls of Greene Room Players for directing a new group of puppeteers for the Rip Van Winkle Puppet Show. Thank you to Jen Byrne and Mary Kate Kroyer and their daughters for doing a great job of performing the historic puppet show.
Thank you to storyteller Carol Spear for enchanting young and old!
Thank you to Jim Planck for his interesting presentation about Rip Van Winkle; it is always good to learn new things about an old subject.
Thank you to Paul Misko for his entertaining history quiz. It was an amusing and informative way to close the day. Paul also provided a Rip Van Winkle themed activity with his bowling alley. That saw a lot of use during the day.
Thank you to the Twilight Day Camp counsellors who supervised the Children's Tent.
Thank you to the local publisher and the authors in the Book Tent: Steve Hoare of Black Dome Press, Larry Tompkins, David and Wanda Dorpfeld, Johanna and Rob Titus, and Dede Terns Thorpe.
Thank you to the media who let people know about this special day in Haines Falls.
Thank you to the Mountain Top Arboretum for providing a golf cart for the day.
Thank you to Chris Scott for providing porta-johns.
Thank you to the Town of Hunter, Stewart's Shops, and Greene County for financial support.
And a big thank you to everyone who came to Haines Falls on Local History Day to participate in our celebration.!
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That was certainly an appropriate response, and it was unrehearsed. It was something that they did automatically.
You may find yourself doing the same thing when you have meditated on God, for example, and His awesomeness amazes you, that you either praise Him by looking up with uplifted hands, or the feeling can be so humbling that you drop to the ground.
How does awareness of heaven, the divine, and so on affect you?
Have you spoken to others about it?
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Raven about a bagel
By adamg on Wed, 11/25/2020 - 11:34am
Mary Ellen spotted a raven eating a bagel in West Roxbury yesterday. No word where the bagel's from, but since it's West Roxbury, Local 138 would be a good caw.
Squirrels like a bagel, too.
By Parkwayne on Wed, 11/25/2020 - 11:35am.
'you can't get good bagels here, not like Montreal or New York'
[this joke would be much better if ravens were migratory species]
Like European swallows?
By Essteess on Wed, 11/25/2020 - 11:56am.
this joke would be much better if ravens were migratory species
Or is that African swallows?
Laden or unladen?
By Don't Panic on Wed, 11/25/2020 - 11:40pm.
OK, that's enough
By Essteess on Thu, 11/26/2020 - 11:24am.
I am not bringing coconuts into this discussion.
By SwirlyGrrl on Wed, 11/25/2020 - 12:03pm.
Quoth the raven "ever'thing!"
By MisterMagooForYou on Wed, 11/25/2020 - 11:46am.
That's aravenable. Magoo.
It's nice to hear about a
By Milwaukee Mike on Wed, 11/25/2020 - 12:31pm.
It's nice to hear about a corvid outbreak rather than a Covid outbreak for a change.
It's Local 338
By redxy820 on Wed, 11/25/2020 - 2:15pm.
Best bagels in town!
Everything is connected in
Everything is connected in nature and each living thing whether tree soil or water has an affect. Here is an example of a species much smarter than humans when it comes to surviving outside. That bagel is just a play snack. Crows are awesome. They certainly have us trained.
By Parkwayne on Thu, 11/26/2020 - 10:30am.
aren't pretty much all species 'smarter than humans' when it comes to surviving outside, outside of the tropics? After all, the reason why we have stuff like the Nintendo Switch and Glade plug-in air fresheners is ultimately because we had to evolve our big brains to survive in climates hostile to our sorry, weak, hairless bodies.
That bird will be stuffed


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Q: Simple python library can't install Windows 10 Enterprise version 10.0.1.15063 build 15063. Tried both pip and pip3:
pip install scipy
pip3 install scipy

Both didn't work. Even tried to specify path of python directory, still didn't work.

A: Finally installed.
Just updated git and ran the same command again "pip install scipy"
but this time it worked and installed the library.

A: If you're using Windows, open Command Prompt (CMD) and run this command
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What is the Annual Average Rainfall for Houston, Texas?
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The Best Places to Live with Low Humidity
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While many places in the U.S. have mild winters and beautiful summers, most come with the unwanted effect of warm weather: humidity. Walking outdoors and instantly feeling heavy, sticky air weighing down is a sensation many people would like to avoid. Luckily, there are several places in the United States that are ranked low on the scale of humidity, but quite high when it comes to livability.
When it comes to humidity levels, Las Vegas tops the list -- in a good way. The city is continually ranked at #1 for lowest humidity in the United States, usually quoted as around 30%. Las Vegas is almost as well known for its desert climate as its lively entertainment and gaming industries. Despite the instant associations with casinos and showgirls, Las Vegas has been working in recent years to improve its reputation as a family-friendly, livable city.
Salt Lake City is known for being family-friendly and highly livable, consistently ranking high in surveys tracking residents' quality of life. Additionally, it offers an attractive climate, with the average humidity level hovering around 52% and relatively mild winters -- especially for the home of the 2006 Winter Olympics. The outlying areas offer hiking, skiing, and other abundant opportunities for outdoor activities. While it may be the stereotypical opposite to Las Vegas, Nevada, both are frequent favorites for the best, low-humidity places to live.
While the Southwestern United States is generally regarded as having the lowest levels of humidity, Denver holds it own. With annual humidity usually quoted at approximately 50%, Denver's mild climate and natural scenery makes it a very livable city. Although situated very close to the snow and skiing of the Rocky Mountains, its year-round climate is quite mild, and Denver is known for having sunshine nearly every day of the year. For those who do not like the idea of a desert environment, Denver is a low-humidity, high-altitude alternative.
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Nestled in the Yakima Valley in South Central Washington, Yakima is the eighth largest city in the state of Washington. Its weather ranges from cold winters to hot summers, but its location in a rain shadow (the dry side of a mountain) gives the city 300 days of sunshine a year and an average relative humidity of approximately 50%. Surrounded by wine country, winter sports, and rich agricultural lands, Yakima is a slower-paced but scenic area to call home.
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Do the Denver Broncos have what it takes to win the Super Bowl?
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by watson81 on December 28th, 2012, 9:34 am #2806593
IndianGirl wrote:
Steven Colorado wrote: The Broncos are now playing as well as they ever have post-Elway, possibly even during the Elway era. The Patriots are always a threat but have been stumbling lately. The key to beating them is to get to Brady, and the Broncos defense is aggressive and good enough to do just that.
This is game, set, match. I'm not even a little bit worried about the offense. If Colin Kaepernick can go into Foxboro and hang 41 points on the Pats, it's almost scary what Manning can do.
It's all about getting to the QB. And an additional factor is Gronkowski. He's a gametime call for this week, which means he'll certainly be at 100 percent by the time they'd play the Broncos. There's almost no DEF in the league that can cover both these TEs, and it doesn't help that our one weakness is covering TEs. Also, I'm not even sure both him and Hernandez have been on the field together yet this season. There's not much film to look at.
There is some film with both Gronc and Hernandez on the field. It occurred in last year's Divisional round and to your point, ended with Denver getting served up a 45 burger. Granted this year's defense is much much better overall than last years, but as you correctly pointed out, covering the tight end has been a sore spot. Combine that with the problems we showed earlier this year against the Patsies when they spread us out and went no huddle on steroids with the running game (to the tune of 251 rushing yards), and Del Rio will have his work cut out for him if they do draw those bastads.
I do love the fact the game would be here though. And getting revenge on the Pats and McHoodie especialy would be wicked sweet if it were to go down like that.
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by PA on December 28th, 2012, 9:34 am #2806595
Like others here I don't see the Broncos losing to the Texans.... anywhere.
Brady and the Pats are a different story. And like others here have stated the way to beat the Patriots is with pressure... but not pressure on the edges. Brady is a wiz at stepping up into the pocket and avoiding the outside heat. The best way to beat Brady is pressure from the interior... blow up the pocket and hit him. Of course the Broncos have to stuff the run while doing this.
The Broncos cannot afford to get into a shooting match with Brady. The Pat's offense has been built for years to accommodate and enhance Brady's skills, in much the same way the Colts were built to fit Manning. The Broncos and Manning have only had a season to synchronize. Besides that's not the nature of this Bronco team. Balance is the word most used to describe them... the best balanced team in the NFL. The Pats and Packers can light it up with points, and need to to win. The Broncos need to force the Pats into their game and keep the Pats from pouring it on early. In a close game where defense is a key... the Broncos win 4 out of 5 times.
It will sure be a whole lot easier to do this in Denver... Beat KC and the Broncos take a big step toward the Super Bowl and a possible Championship. One game at a time...
Article Discussion: Do the Denver Broncos have what it takes
by bearvp on December 28th, 2012, 9:38 am #2806598
Whoever gets to play at home in Broncos vs Patriots will win. If the Broncos can just win this week and secure at least a #2 seed, our chances are WAY better to beat the Pats in Denver than in Foxboro.
by deepwater805 on December 28th, 2012, 10:04 am #2806636
Denver absolutely has a chance to win the Super Bowl. In fact, the Broncos are the most balanced team entering the post season.
Weaknesses in Houston have been exposed in the last three weeks, and the same is true for the Patriots.
The only thing that's been exposed on the Broncos is that they're getting better every week.
Go Broncos!!!
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by OrangeBones on December 28th, 2012, 10:24 am #2806663
Runnermike wrote:
OrangeBones wrote: The Denver Broncos have progressively improved throughout the season one game at a time. The time is now and this team is getting hot. One of the differences is Denvers superb defense which is turning the ball over into the hands of Peyton Manning. LIke I said before, if they continue how they are approaching their offense while playing solid defense especially at stopping the run as well as hopefully improving special teams then they are capable of stopping any team. We need Kuper and McGahee back! What is going on with Porter? I guess there isn't anybody else on practice squad worthy to supplement? Go Broncos.
If you are giving an honest assessment we need McGhee less than you think. He has fumbled at critical times a lot, including against the Pats.
Well it's not that I think Moreno should be replaced because yes I agree he can get it done and in comparison/game he is having a better season than McGahee is. Eventhough McGahee does have a fumbling issue (who has had 5 this season, 1 against the Pats and had 2 last year in playoffs) one thing he does very well is block. Not to mention he's there if Moreno gets injured and the veteran presence alone goes a long way come post-season. If not, I'm very happy with the Knowshon Moreno show! I'm convinced if it had not been for McGahee, Moreno would not be the runner he is today.
Go Avs/Broncos/Rockies/Nuggets/Rams!!!!!
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by liamm on December 28th, 2012, 10:55 am #2806698
Cutler2Marshall4six wrote:
liamm wrote: Such a game would not be the clinic/spanking that is was last year. I wonder if Timmy Boy has his Tee-times reserved yet - season's over for him in 3 days....
Come to think of it, his talent level assured that he didn't even have a season...
I'm glad we are able to continually establish that Tebow is on a non-playoff team and hasn't gotten the opportunity to play QB for said team. Can we move on?
"Gotten" the opportunity??? You make it sound like a Christmas present.
He hasn't *EARNED* the opportunity.
by Cutler2Marshall4six on December 28th, 2012, 11:28 am #2806739
The fact that Mark Sanchez has turned the ball over 50+ times in the past two seasons, has a completion percentage that is only a few percentage points higher than Tebow's, and the offense's ineptitude to score points and win games, it's not about "earning" the QB job; it's about the fact that the Jets needed a spark and Rex Ryan refused to go to him. They benched Sanchez for McElroy and McElroy isn't playing this week because of concussions. Instead of giving Tebow a shot to start in the last meaningless game of the year, they are going back to the guy they have been awful with for 2 years with now. They gave up 2 draft picks for Tebow and they don't even give him a chance in garbage time of the season? Stupid.
Tebow didn't "earn" the starting job in practice last year, but he "got" the opportunity to play and he went 7-4 and won a playoff game.
"Only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swimming naked."
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by afootballfan on December 28th, 2012, 11:37 am #2806749
j10e wrote: Let us and the Broncos team not put the cart before the horse. KC must be overcome in order to secure #2 seed and with help the #1 seed. Then it will be the Patriots on our turf and our best chance for a W. GO BRONCOS! Stay focused.
You're right about the Broncos needing to pay attention to what's in front of them which is KC, and they have done a great job of that all year. The one game at a time mantra has been adopted by everyone on the team this year. As far as the fans go, we can put the cart in front of,in back of, or on the horse and it won't make any difference. As long as the horse keeps winning, the cart will be there too.
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by lifesbeengoodtome on December 28th, 2012, 11:37 am #2806750
At the risk of sounding overconfident, if we play NE at home, I think the Broncos roll over them, right into the super bowl. If NE tries to run that warp-speed no huddle on us, their blood cells will be screaming for oxygen in a few minutes. Same for Wilfork once Manning drags him up and down the field a couple times. And it's going to be crazy loud when Brady steps up to the center. So there's the home field advantage.
But as has been said before, we lost that NE game on turnovers more than anything. And our defense was still trying to figure out JDR's coaching, he was yelling at them about doing their jobs, play like you practice, etc. It wasn't long after that they got on the same page and started getting some stops on 3rd down. This is a far better team now in every aspect though. Sure, respect the Patriots, Texans and Falcons but don't fear them. I think we can hang with any of them.
I wouldn't guarantee a super bowl, but I do think this team has everything it needs to get it done. Just field the punts/kicks cleanly, the rest of the team is up to the task.
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by aeroman on December 28th, 2012, 11:45 am #2806758
If any team is both top 10 in offense and top 10 in defense and a decent special teams, they always have a very good chance to be champs.
I think we are top 5 in offense and defense this year and our special teams is vastly improved... (although if we have a lead, I'd bench Fumblerooski Holliday) which I'd say gives us more than a 'chance'... it makes us the team to beat.
We have had a sort of softer schedule the second half of the season and that's what detractors will point to... who have we beat?
But we can only play the teams on our schedule and a 10 game win streak speaks louder than the detractors.
Don't be afraid of Tom Brady and the Patriots... if you want to be the best, you should look forward to beating the best.
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by pegasus99 on December 28th, 2012, 11:56 am #2806772
Cutler2Marshall4six wrote: Had it not bee for out sloppy play and turnovers in week 5 in NE, we win that game. Manning is playing at a higher level, DT and our RBs aren't putting the ball on the ground anymore, and our defense has come A LONG way since that game. Playing the Patsies in Denver in the Divisional round has the makings of a Bronco victory.
The Pats and the Broncos have equally good offenses (they are ranked 1 and 2 in the NFL in scoring). Where the Broncos have the advantage is on defense, where they are ranked #3 in total defense and the Patriots rank #27 and the Broncos are ranked #5 in the NFL in scoring defense and the Patriots rank #17.
As long as Peyton, Moreno, DT, Decker, Tamme, Dreesen and Hillman don't turn the ball over, they win a matchup with the Patriots.
Fully agree CTM - we beat ourselves in that game more than anything else. If we can get the Pats here, hang on to our improvements on both sides of the ball and eliminate the turnovers, along with the 12th man making some raucous noise (say, about 140 db), and that game will be a W.
by Stockburn on December 28th, 2012, 12:06 pm #2806781
PA wrote: The best way to beat Brady is pressure from the interior....
There sits the 10,000 pound yeti in the room...who on our team can generate such pressure up the middle?
They've played well against the run ( except against NE & KC ) but what I haven't seen is our ability to come with consistent pressure from the trenches.
I say pray we don't meet Brady again.
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by Cutler2Marshall4six on December 28th, 2012, 12:35 pm #2806807
pegasus99 wrote: Fully agree CTM - we beat ourselves in that game more than anything else. If we can get the Pats here, hang on to our improvements on both sides of the ball and eliminate the turnovers, along with the 12th man making some raucous noise (say, about 140 db), and that game will be a W.
Exactly. Their turbo hurry up offense won't be able to be run at altitude with the crowd being as electric and loud as it's ever been. That was the big killer for the Broncos in week 5 along with the turnovers. It'll be a tough test to contain Gronk and Hernandez, but I think Champ will handle Hernandez and Woodyard/Trevathan and Rahim or Adams will double Gronk. Let Harris cover Welker 1 on 1 and then Tony Carter/Tracy Porter stick with Loyd and I think they can keep that offense to 24 points or so.
by retro-grouch on December 28th, 2012, 12:40 pm #2806814
Anything's possible in a one and done tournament, but here's my two cents:
Texans: Injuries have hurt the second and third levels of the defense. The offense has misplaced its identity. They will be lucky to win two more games. Like the Chargers, they had their moments of being the best team in the league, but none of the moments were very long and none of them came at the end of a season.
Broncos: Most balanced team in the NFL. If they can prevent the best offenses or the best defenses from knocking them off center they will win. There's a long list of players with no reasonable backups, so fingers crossed.
Patriots: Their recent loss of momentum probably means that a bunch of guys are quietly banged up and it's anyone's best guess whether veteran leadership by Brady and Wilfork can snap them out of it. People tend to forget that since 2005 they have been stinky in the post season almost as often as they have been good. Welker and Lloyd are not spring chickens and Gronk and Hernandez have both been gimpy so an overwhelming passing game is not a given.
Falcon's: Soft. Not enough weapons and Nolan's smoke and mirrors won't survive the playoffs.
Packers: If his weapons are 5x5, Rodgers is capable of almost anything and he has to control the game or his defense will lose it for him. Both the Seahawks and the Niners are capable of knocking the teeth out of an offense so watch out.
Seahawks: Wilson is ridiculously poised and consistent, but his Tarkenton routine might backfire against certain speed rushers and certain secondaries. If he can selectively get rid of the ball quicker (even out of bounds) and if their defense can hit peak form then they have a shot.
Niners: Harbaugh flinched. Kaeperneck is not ready and now his whole team knows it. Problems that emerged in the second half in Foxboro and then against the Seahawks will be fatal in the playoffs. The defense also knows that coach doesn't believe in them. First year success doomed Rex Ryan and now Harbaugh is teetering on the edge of a precipice.
Skins: Not enough pieces and parts. Try not to get the kid killed because you will need him next year.
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by pianoman_70 on December 28th, 2012, 12:42 pm #2806815
I, like Bass Master, would be very interested to see if New England could/would run their Phoenix Suns-style offense for 4 quarters at altitude. Without the hurry-up/break-neck pace, i don't see them running the ball on Denver with much effectiveness.
I can't help but wonder if our best chance of beating New England wouldn't be facing them in Denver after a bye, with NE coming off of a tough wildcard game (the #2 seed scenario). Either way, what i DON'T want is for the Broncos to treat a divisional matchup against the Pats as if it's the AFC Championship game. . .even if the whole world believes it is.
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They will have to dial up some creative pass rushing schemes with some stunts and twists that allow Von to come inside. Von is fast and quick enough to get by their tackles, but Brady steps up in the pocket better than anyone in the league. Definitely need Wolfe, Vickerson and Bannan to step up when the time comes and I would expect to see a lot of DJ Williams blitzing up the middle along with Harris and Adams at times.
by Cutler2Marshall4six on December 28th, 2012, 1:18 pm #2806840
Retro - I agree with many of your assessments, except for the Falcons. They probably have the most weapons on offense in the league with Julio Jones, Roddy White and Tony Gonzalez. Matt Ryan is quietly having an MVP caliber year, but people don't take him or his team seriously because they are always 1 and done. I'm not saying they are going to the Super Bowl, but to underestimate them, is just as bad as underestimating anyone else in the playoffs. They are the #1 NFC team for a reason and they have some big time wins this year including shutting out Eli and the defending Super Bowl Champs.
They may have a "smoke and mirrors" defense, but they have played well all year long, so we won't know until the playoffs begin. They remind me, in that aspect, of the 2005 Broncos that went 13-3 and lost in the AFC Championship game. I don't think they can rattle off 3 wins in a row against the best the best teams in the league the win the Super Bowl, but they definitely a team I wouldn't want to play UNTIL the Super Bowl. Same goes for the Packers.
by Stockburn on December 28th, 2012, 1:27 pm #2806853
Seahawks: Wilson is ridiculously poised and consistent.
Say no more!
If our Broncs get bounced I'll be shouting....GO HAWKS!
by liamm on December 28th, 2012, 1:56 pm #2806880
It says a lot the the Jets' coaching staff, whose jobs are on the line, and who see Tebow in practice every day, feel that the other 2 QBs, for all their ineptitude, are still better than TT.
by retro-grouch on December 28th, 2012, 2:15 pm #2806889
Hey C2M46:
What I really meant was "not enough weapons utilization." I think one of the main reasons that the Falcons come up short in the playoffs is that their offense isn't effective enough when good defenses limit the productivity of their primary offensive plans. They need to spread the ball more and they need to better game time route adjustments. Their defense is very competent but not intimidating.
Their wonderfully consistent 2012 regular season form is not going to win them a championship. They will need to show us something that we have never seen before.
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22 Reasons Why Netflix's New Sci-Fi Show Between Is Unbearably Awful
By Jason Helton May 28, 2015 Daily Lists, TV 0 Comment
A few years ago, the common thought was that the model for original entertainment on Netflix wasn't going to work. After all, how could a DVD rental and streaming service be able to compete with the high budgets and production values of the the major networks? No advertising revenue, an entire season available instantly, niche programs that don't conform to traditional television; it all sounds like ingredients for a big failure cocktail…and then House of Cards debuted. But of course, that could have been a fluke. Orange is the New Black answered that question. In fact, time after time, for the most part Netflix has defied the naysayers. Sure, there's been the occasional stinkburger; as much as I loved Marco Polo, it certainly had its detractors. While All Hail King Julien was out winning Emmys, I was considering self-immolation while marathoning their take on Inspector Gadget, and don't even begin to get me started on Douchie Richie Rich, now in its second season. But generally speaking, Netflix has been putting out quality entertainment that has defied all expectations. Hell, just look at Daredevil for some of the best television programming since Battlestar Galactica.
I had first seen the previews for Between a few weeks ago, and while they were a bit underwhelming, I was still interested. As I sat on my couch recovering from sinus surgery, bored from the seemingly endless uninspired television, I was happy to see Between show up on my Netflix display. Finally, some potentially interesting genre television that I could binge the day away with all while accompanied by painkillers and seemingly endless frozen confections to numb the pain in my face away.
Sadly, I was terribly mistaken. SPOILERS ensue…
Based on the forty-four painful minutes of Between available to me, I can safely say that this series is the biggest mistake Netflix has made thus far. This festering pile of cliched shit takes good, or at least halfway decent genre examples, and merges them together to form this unholy Frankenstein of a series which, I can only hope, doesn't last more than the already produced six episodes. It's a John Hughes movie, The Andromeda Strain, The Tribe and a dozen other genres, formed into a food fit for the end of a Human Centipede. No amount of prescription painkillers or alcohol could make me enjoy this program. Want to know why? I'll explain it all, with 22 reasons why I can't stand Between.
1. The Only Thing You'll Be Binging Is Alcohol
Since the inception of original programming on Netflix, and really since Netflix streaming became the norm, it's been all about the binge. Want to see what happens to Francis Underwood after his latest despicable act? Just hit continue (unless of course you reached the end of the season, you poor bastard)! Hell, who needs bathing, or fresh groceries when you can just order a pizza and watch an entire season of a program in a day. Which a show as short as Between, you could crank out those six episodes in an evening without even skipping a meal (if you were masochistic enough).
But wait…what's this? Between is Netflix's first weekly series. Sorry kids, you can't just contain your torture to a single day. If you want to find out what happens to Wiley, MIT nerd, the douchebag twins and every other resident of Pretty Lake, you'll have to tune in every week for your medicine. It goes against everything we've been led to believe in regarding the Netflix model, and while it was likely a contractual obligation (the series is running on terrestrial TV in Canada hours before becoming available on Netflix), it's a poor one. After all, after most people tune in to the first episode, they won't be returning for the final five. At least you could theoretically convince people to give episode two a shot if it were readily available.
2. Wiley Coyote
So after the mysterious scene in which a young man approaches the quarantine fence line, we flash back to day one of the crisis and meet Wiley, likely our main character in that she's played by Jennette McCurdy, the only actress used for any Between promotional content and the only one I recognize. We're greeted by her pregnant belly as she walks through the halls of her high school, unwrapping a cheeseburger that looks too nice for any high school cafeteria I've ever seen.
As the father of multiple fans of Nickelodeon and the Disney Channel, I've become quite familiar with the acting exploits of McCurdy, so I feel I can safely say that she's essentially playing the same character she's played on every other program. Equipped with only an extremely dry wit, she's a rebellious teen whom I already can't stand only two minutes into the program. She's a walking cliche. Smartass teen I can handle. Pregnant smartass teen I can still handle. But did they have to go all out and make her the smartass, pregnant-teen, minister's daughter? This is like Fast Times, iCarly and Footloose all rolled into one with special guest star Death…and I'm rooting for Death.
One other thing; maybe I've just never meet someone with the name Wiley, but every time she is mentioned, I instantly think of a particular roadrunner-hungry Coyote. Even if she weren't a walking John Hughes film, I still wouldn't be able to take her seriously…I'd be constantly wondering when her ACME Rocket Cycle would show up.
3. Enter the Douchebags
Driving down the road erratically in his brand new Dodge Charger, we meet the obvious rich high school douchebag. He fits the profile perfectly; asshat in a letterman jacket, swerving up and down the road in a car purchased by his father, with a completely fake "Shit Eating Grin" on his face and fake dubstep on the radio. I'm guessing he will be a villain.
Next we see a pair of young men on the side of the road changing a flat. The apparently younger one is bitching about being late to school, though he is expending absolutely zero effort in changing said tire. Sorry, if you want to moan about being late, put down your frakking phone and help change the tire. The man doing all the work points out that the whiny one is this show's version of The Breakfast Club's Bender, the local drug dealer, and that he's the pride of the family. I guess these two are brothers.
Wait…uh oh…it looks like the rich douchebags and the working class/drug dealing douchebags are on the same road. A minor fender bender and leaving the scene of an accident will likely cause some conflict later on. Perhaps someone should call the police.
4. Hot for Teacher
It was established in the first few minutes that Adam, the nerdy guy trying to get Wiley to skip class in the opening seconds of the show, is smart. In under six minutes, they've mentioned him being MIT-bound twice, once by Ms. Coyote, and now by the cute and extremely young English teacher who is obviously hitting on him by giving him a book for when "the regular curriculum" gets too boring. It's a book she wrote about during her Master's, but she's quick to mention that she's still only 21 years old.
I know where they are going with this. Forbidden love, not too forbidden to lose the audience, but for God's sake, do the math. While she didn't specifically say she'd earned her Master's, she's obviously completed her Bachelor's degree. Sure, it's mathematically possible, if she skipped a grade or two, did a hell of a lot of summer/winter sessions etc. But possible or not, it's still kinda gross to think that a teacher is hitting on her prized pupil, no matter how close they are in age.
5. Class Warfare
So only moments later, the working class guy has managed to track down the location of the car that struck his pickup and we meet what is obviously a whole family of villains, sitting on the porch of their home, dressed far too nicely for idle conversation. The father, dressed in his Sunday finest, is an immediate dick to the guy just looking for his car repairs to be paid for. He claims his little boy, now established as Chuck, has a pair of witnesses stating that it was the disabled pickup truck, sitting on the side of the road sans one tire, that actually did the sideswiping. This makes me question the sentience of every single person on that porch right now.
To nameless working class guy: Why didn't you report the accident to the police when it first happened? Everyone knows, in the case of a hit and run, you call the po-po. If you had, you'd be getting paid, not wondering how you were going to pony up the cash to fix up that asshat's Charger.
To Chuck: The car wasn't moving, so how is it even remotely possible that it could have hit you? You whipped in front of a minivan or something in your hurry, so someone other than your two witnesses saw the whole thing and could discredit your entire story.
To Minivan Guy: Dude, it's your civic duty to report a crime in progress! Hit and run! Why aren't you on the phone with police? This is why we can't have nice things!
To Chuck's Dad: You are noticeably missing a mustache to twirl while dressing down the poor plumber's apprentice. I get it, you're rich and above the law.
To Chuck's Mom: Hey, is that blood on your chin?
6. Hasn't Anyone Seen ANY Outbreak Film Before?!
Adam, our genius MIT-bound high schooler, decides to visit his uncle at what seems to be a makeshift town morgue. The uncle, we'll call him Deadmeat since the writers couldn't be bothered to give him a name that I could hear, is researching the illness, in a room littered with the dead. No refrigeration, no protocols in place to stem the spread of infection, nothing. He's just working out in the open with not so much as a mask to prevent him from inhaling whatever is killing the old folk of Pretty Lake.
This is the guy the people of Pretty Lake are depending on for salvation? As someone who works by day in a hospital, I know of certain places I wouldn't dare visit without a mask on. A room full of dead, funky, disease-ridden bodies would have my ass in a full biological containment suit, but this moron obviously hasn't read The Andromeda Strain.
Adam reveals that he's been monitoring Uncle Deadmeat's phone conversations and e-mails – a revelation that while disturbing to most, only makes Uncle DM stress once again that his nephew is a genius, as if that wasn't established before. Genius? Please! Adam is just as dumb, walking into the Lab of the Dead in street clothes, without any type of protection whatsoever. Sure, the illness might not be airborne, but anyone in their right mind wouldn't be willing to take that chance.
7. Finally, Rational Thought
In his parting words, Uncle Deadmeat tells his pseudo-genius nephew that he needs to leave town before it's too late. This is the smartest thing anyone has said thus far in the series. Adam apparently believes his uncle, because he goes home and immediately tries to convince his mom to GTFU.
It's obvious that Adam gets his brains from his dead geneticist father, because his mom doesn't see any reason to roll out, even though at this point the bodies are stacking up like firewood. Apparently Mom agrees with me, and instantly pisses him off by comparing him to dear old Dad, but before the argument gets interesting, Mom gets the gurgles and there's one less adult in the town of Pretty Lake.
8. Hygiene, Anyone?
As the ticker onscreen displays that we've entered day five of the crisis, and that the death toll has topped 300 people, we see bodies strewn around the town of Pretty Lake, their lives ended by the mystery disease. There's been no apparent government action to try and deal with the crisis, so the decaying bodies are left to rot, likely spreading their ickiness to the areas around them. If the illness isn't airborne, contact based, hell, even if it's nanobots, it still opens the doors for a massive gastroenteritis to be spread to everyone who survives the first wave.
If that isn't enough, why, when the Ministry announces the quarantine, does a large group of the population go to city hall to watch the televised announcement? Did the government cut off cable to Pretty Lake? Only a handful of the myriad dumbasses at the town hall had the limited smarts to at least wear a mask, with super-genius teacher in the audience sans any form of protection.
9. Bender Returns From His Bender
Our nameless Bender clone apparently has not had access to any form of communication in the time it's taken him to leave Pretty Lake to purchase some illegal firearms. I can imagine a certain level of surprise when the road home is blocked by barbed wire and guys with really big guns, but I'd imagine that in a similar situation, I would turn around, pop on the radio, or at least stop to read the signs. Instead, he just sallies forth until stopped by rather scary paramilitary dude, who then searches his car, finding the guns he was so eager to hide before.
10. I Doubt Wiley Can Spell Ramifications
Ms. Coyote is sitting down with a non-judgemental lawyer, blindly signing a relatively thin legal document and stating that she understands what will happen if she were to divulge the father of her baby.
I'm starting to wonder if McCurdy is in fact a Pod Person. In her last scene, she nihilistically rejected her sister's begging for prayers as the side of her very recently deceased mother. Only a scene or two before, she was kneeling down beside her dead father, and now she's signing a contract to hand over her impending bundle of joy for money. The writers have done everything they possibly can do to make her unlikable. I'm guessing her next scene will involve her drowning kittens while singing "Everything Is Awesome" at full volume.
11. Let This Play Out
Earlier, we were introduced to another pair of nameless people, this time inmates at the local prison. While things were tense before, it looks like they are escalating quickly. Rather than do their jobs, a pair of prison guards opt to let it play out, allowing one of the guys to get stabbed before the officers pull guns to end the situation.
Isn't it kind of a bad idea to have gun toting correctional officers walking around in the general population areas of the prison? It sounds like a really easy way for a gun to get in the hands of a potentially bad guy.
12. He Got Over Her Quick
When we next see rich douchebag, he's remotely monitoring his businesses on the couch of his home with what's left of his family, his equally douchey son Chuck, and his two daughters, one of whom has Down's Syndrome, and the other who could possibly be the most rational and emotional person in the show's cast. She's a complete and welcome anomaly, and actually breathes life into this dead show for the fifteen seconds she's in it. She brings up a very valid point that everyone in the cast seems to be neglecting: their loved ones, in this case her mother, are dead, and here is her father, making sure the family fortunes are left intact.
I take back everything I've said about the shitty acting from Jennette McCurdy thus far in the show. It's obviously a directorial choice; everyone needs to act like Big Lebowski Nihilists.
It also feels rather exploitative that the super-rich douchebag family has a daughter with Down's Syndrome. It's like the writers sat around in a room looking for an angle that would make people feel even the slightest bit sorry for these rich and obnoxious bastards.
13. I Didn't Ask for This
In a stunning display of Deus Ex Adam, our future MIT student displays his hacking skills (because everyone who goes to MIT knows how to hack like Zero Cool) and determines that only people twenty two and older are dying of this mystery illness. Instead of calling Uncle Deadmeat, now known as Uncle Dave, to tell him his findings, he goes to the office to find his Uncle as dead as the plot. Adam, despite losing his mother and the only father figure he apparently had, has not shed a single tear; then again, neither has the majority of the rest of the cast.
14. "Here, You'll Need These"
So the Bender clone, now established as Ronnie, is being released from custody despite trying to cross the quarantine into Pretty Lake with a pair of unlicensed handguns. In the real world, he'd be cooling his heels in county lockup waiting to be indicted on weapons charges, but instead, they are releasing him to his own recognizance…INSIDE THE QUARANTINE ZONE!
Everyone is dying in the town, and this dipshit is walking right back into it. He could have potentially been the only survivor of the outbreak, but for some unknown reason, he is walking back into the shitstorm that is Pretty Lake of his own free will. But wait, just when you thought the plot of this show couldn't get any worse, the Men in Black GIVE HIM BACK HIS FRAKKING ILLEGAL HANDGUNS.
15. Shift Work
Wiley and Adam make a plan to leave Pretty Lake, because in the time he's spent "deep in the government computers" he's discovered they are prepared to let the citizens rot for years if necessary. His grand plan: wait for a shift change and then run, because he happened to see the work schedule for the evil paramilitary force on the computers he hacked into.
So the government can wait four days and do nothing, then erect an electrified fence that completely surrounds the town, but it leaves said fence unguarded to allow for a shift change?
16. It's a Long Story…One We Would Have Had to Write
Ronnie returns home to his brother with a pair of handguns and a long story, one he seems reluctant to tell. When told he could have called, he responded simply that he couldn't. And that was the end of any explanations from Ronnie. Just when I thought I'd seen everything, Ronnie gets a brilliant idea: with the fence outside keeping people in, it also keeps others out. He assumes that this is his license to douchebag, and he and his brother decide that since they're all going to die anyway, they should take this opportunity to act like assholes.
Thus far, his older brother has seemed like the level headed voice of reason…until now. Farewell one of two characters I could actually stand in the twenty-eight minutes I've been watching this piece of shit.
Their plan for fun: steal a car…from the rich douchebag family.
17. I Quit
Back at the prison, the fat, disinterested guard hands in his resignation in the form of keys to the aggressive prisoner from the fights earlier, stating "You know where he is." The corpse of a guard happens to be on the floor outside his cell, service pistol still holstered. I told you it was a bad idea for correctional officers to carry guns.
18. Ambushed
In a moment of consciousness, the joyriding brothers see a stranded motorist and decide they need to help. Of course, it's an Admiral Akbar-style trap, and soon the idiots are held at gunpoint by the rich douchebag and his son Chuck, or as we've just learned, the Lotts family.
Get it…he's rich, and he has a car dealership, also called a lot.
Anyway, the Lotts have just ordered the Duke boys to remove their clothes and fired a shotgun "warning shot" at their feet…a move that would have likely peppered both of them with buckshot. They're about to be tarred and potentially feathered when the only other rational character thus far, the Bill Duke look alike Gord, just happens to walk out of the woods with a shotgun, rescuing the delinquents and taking them to the derelict police station to answer for their crimes.
Wait…didn't these two asshats just procure a pair of handguns? Why wouldn't you approach a suspicious accident scene in a seemingly lawless town with your guns drawn? The disease kills the old and apparently leaves only idiots!
19. I Thought Wiley Was a Coyote, Not a Cow
Gord, trying to do the right thing by turning in the wannabe car thieves, is interrupted by Wiley's still-nameless sister. Wiley's water broke, and something's wrong. Rather than try to find medical attention in a town that until recently had a population of over 8,000, she finds a guy who can obviously help because earlier we saw him delivering a cow.
20. I Wanted to Take This Time to Explain My Evil Plan
Back at the prison, the aggressive inmate, now armed with a handgun, visits the cell of his rival. With nowhere to go, this should be a relatively simple execution…just aim and shoot…but that wouldn't be even remotely dramatic.
This graduate of the Doctor Evil School for Henchmen Ineptitude opens the door to his victim's cell, pulls him out, hits him a few times, ask for last words, and promptly gets capped by the last surviving prison guard. You had one job, dumbass…
21. Wrong Timetable
In the opening seconds of the show, we saw alarms raised as a person approached the quarantine fence. Revelation time, it was Captain MIT on his grand escape plan. Turns out, he got his schedules mixed up.
Now, when Ronnie wanted to get back into town, the paramilitary forces practically gave him a boxed lunch to go into town. Now Adam gets within 50 feet of the fence and they start popping caps in his ass. Someone need to determine a set of engagement orders before someone gets hurt. The madness ends with his smart (dumb) ass lying on the ground, and we'll have to wait a week before we find out if he's alive.
22. The Tribe 2: Electric Boogaloo
There's already been a foreign show involving everyone over the age of 21 dying due to a mysterious illness, leaving the youth of a city to fend for themselves and rebuild civilization. It was called The Tribe, and even though it was a massive, low budget, poorly acted cheesefest, it was still better than Between. Instead of trying to be remotely believable, it embraced its weird sci-fi roots and lasted five seasons and even led to a spin off. It dealt with serious issues like teenage pregnancy, racism, violence, the separation of the classes and more, and I can take it more seriously than Between. Hell, it had cyborgs, laser guns and virtual reality, and I can take it more seriously than Between. That's because it had a certain measure of imagination, while Between is just a stale rehash of everything else we've already.
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A fan of video games and science fiction from the moment he discovered his father's Atari 2600 and Star Wars, Jason Helton has been contributing to The Robot's Voice since 2011. Prior, he wrote for the UK's Den of Geek and was the producer and host of Iron Otaku Radio on XM's UPOP 29 channel. A die-hard fan of Battlestar Galactica (both old and new), Doctor Who, and pinball, you can follow him on Twitter @Razgriz1138.


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Apparently the collective name for crocodiles and sometimes reptiles in general is a Bask... well you live and learn!
So they will form the basis of the army along with some Tom Meier Lizardmen from citadel and also his troglodytes.
I want to do something a little more unusual so I'm also going to use the Grenadier Dragonmen as an arial threat. Dating from the mid 1980's these are long OOP but do come up on ebay. I can't find pictures for all these figures on line but I understand that there were 4 different blisters produced making 12 figures and I have 10 of them (and some more on the way from eBay).
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