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US Subpoena: Twitter Does the Right Thing
January 12, 2011 Dwayne Winseck's Media Blog	2 comments
Finally, something good to say about Twitter. Generally, I found the whole concept of Twitter — expressing yourself in 140 characters or less — awful, but now I think Twitter's great. This is not because I'm a sudden convert to brevity, though. It's because Twitter's done the right thing by users, setting at least a minimal baseline that other 'digital intermediaries' would do well to follow (but typically do not).
In December last year,Twitter was approached by a subpeona wielding US DOJ with the request to turn over account user information for a targeted list of people that were, in one way or another, associated with Wikileaks. It refused to do so without without first notifying the people targeted. They also gave them ten days to respond before just handing over OPD (other people's data) to the DOJ. It also appears that Twitter successfully challenged a 'gag' order preventing them from notifying these people that the US Government was seeking information about them (see the story by Declan McCullagh of CNET here).
So far, we know that the DOJ's list included at least three people. The first is an Icelandic politician and member of the National Parliament, Birgitta Jonsdottir. She's probably on it because she has a radical plan to make Iceland a digital freedom of expression haven, and because she brought Julian Assange, one of the founders and posterboy for WikiLeaks, to a party at the US ambassador's house in Reykjavik last year (see McCullagh). Kind of embarrassing, in hindsight, I'd guess, especially since nobody recognized him.
In Jonsdottir's plan, Iceland would be turned into a 'digital free speech' haven; kind of what like the Cayman Islands are to banking. The purpose, however, would be noble — to advance human rights and democratic governance by promoting freedom of expression — rather than laundering money or evading taxes.
Besides these good things, Iceland would be perfect as a 'digital free speech zone' because its cool climate would minimize the high cost and ecological consequences of running massive air conditioners non-stop to keep Internet servers and data warehouses cool. Fiber optic cables already link the UK and Iceland, but those cables overwhelmingly serve the interests of financial traders in the City of London, not free speech. Even these well-pampered malcontents, however, complain that the zillionth of a second delay in fibre optic cables from London to Reykjavik retards their ability to trade.
Iceland knows all about the financial traders too, because of the calamitous impact that the Global Financial Crisis has had on the tiny country. Rather than the country continuing under the tutelage of the IMF — the first in Europe to do so since the UK in 1976, and not since the late-19th Century when financial crisis wreaked havoc on Spain, Portugal and other 'weak economies' of the continent — the Icelandic 'digital free media zone' could also be a great source of economic growth. In such an instance, perhaps 'digital capitalism', human rights and democracy really could go hand in hand.
I think this is a great idea for Canada, too. I'd suggest that the Maritimes could be our own little 'Iceland within', given that the trans-atlantic cables carrying the vast majority of communications between North America and Europe traverse there. They have done so since the middle of the 19th century.
The climate's reasonably cool, too, so keeping servers and data warehouses from over-heating would also be cost effective and a good option environmentally. It'd be a great economic development and diversification strategy, too.
Doing this in Canada would no doubt require bending the Canadian Government's, and the Communication Security Establishment (CSE) in particular, preference to use Nova Scotia and Newfoundland's place at the crossroads of world communication for surveillance and national security purposes. If this could be achieved, the results would allow a kind of 'North Atlantic Digital Free Media Zone' to be formed, with Iceland and Canada as its inaugural members.
The Scandanavian countries — Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland — might also be easily cajoled into expanding the terrain further. Such an initiative would surely allow Canada, to use an expression beloved of conservative thinkers, to 'punch well above its weight' in all matters digital. We could be a beacon to the world — the cornerstone of a vast North Atlantic Digital Free Media Zone rather than just the familiar zones of free trade and fast capital flows.
I digress. Back to Twitter, the 'poster child' of open and responsible social networking for the moment. Two other people, besides Josdottir, have apparently been contacted by Twitter in relation to this matter. The first is Wikileaks' volunteer, Jacob Applebaum, who was also notified by Twitter that the US Government was scrounging around and wanted the records on his use of the short messaging service. Twitter sent a similar letter to the famous Dutch hacker, Rop Gongrijp,as well, who promptly responded by posting the notice on his blog. You can see it here.
Twitter is to be applauded for not just handing over information from and about its users willy-nilly without letting them know first that it had been strong-armed into doing so by the US Government. Its letters to Josdottir, Applebaum and Gongrijp give them 10 days to respond and suggests that they look to the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the public interest legal watchdog on all matters digital and related to the internet/cyberspace, for advice in the matter.
So far, the EFF will represent Josdottir in the U.S. on the matter, although Iceland has also turned up the political heat on the US over the issue of such treatment of one of its members of National Parliament. A group of EU Parliamentarians, the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats, a body that is 85 members strong and the most influential and largest of its kind, has also weighed in on the case in no uncertain terms.
Thus, this is no longer just a legal case implicating Twitter; it is also a diplomatic one, too. Nation-States, and the US in particular, are clearly flexing their muscle and attempting to assert their sovereignty over cyberspace. Scholars like Lawrence Lessig, Ronald Diebert, Jonathan Zittrain, and Timothy Wu have long shown that cyberspace is no more immune to government intervention than you or are I are immune to the laws of gravity. From struggles over the Internet Corporation for the Assignment Names and Numbers (ICANN), to the rift between Google and China and, now, the 'Twitter case" clearly expose that fallacy for what it is.
Many other 'info intermediaries', from Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to search engines, social networking sites, and phone companies just turn this stuff over when requested. The hand-over and take-down notices issued to these key 'digital intermediaries' by government, law enforcement and entertainment industries are plentiful. The demands are often times 'overly-broad', especially with respect to claims of copyright infringement.
That companies comply with such demands was made painfully clear during the Terrorist Surveillance Project and unauthorized electronic wiretaps cases during the Bush Administration's so-called Global War on Terrorism, as broken in 2005 by NYT writers James Risen and Eric Lichtblau, although only after even the editorial board at the NYT sat on the story for a year.
As the subsequent court cases showed, all of the major telephone companies in the US, except Qwest, silently complied, and subsequently tried to obstruct and obscure their role (see here, here and here). While the court's condemned these activities, they were retroactively made legal through new legislation passed by the US Congress in 2008.
Today's 'digial intermediaries' collect and keep vast stores of information that we generate for three reasons: (1) for business strategy; (2) because user information is a valuable commodity and (3) because they are required to do so by law, so that the State can pull on this resource in the interest of fighting crime and National Security when it asserts the need (and gains the legal authority) to do so.
In order to get a magnitude of the sweeping discretion that these entities reserve for themselves, try to keep the scales peeled back from your eyes and read the "acceptable user/terms of service" policies of your Internet and telephone provider (e.g. Verizon, Comcast, Bell Canada, Rogers), the SNS site you use most (Facebook, MySpace, Orkut), or the search engine you like most (Google, Yahoo, Bing). The breadth of control asserted over user generated content (UGC) is breathtakingly broad.
According to these defacto 'private laws of cyberspace', what these firms do with the stuff we generate online is pretty much up to them (within broad limits, as the Privacy Commissioner of Canada made readily apparent to Facebook in 2009, for example). Typically, they hand stuff over to law enforcement without you knowing about it.
We typically think that we are generating information for those we know and perhaps an audience that we would like to appeal to for one reason or another, but 'digital intermediaries' make money by selling access to our personal information and User Created Content to others, typically advertisers and marketers. The problem with this is that in creating these 'digital stores' of information, they also create a repository that governments and security interests can gain access to. The EFF advises the shortest 'user information retention policies' possible; thus far, it is mostly small outfits that do so, such as IndyMedia centres.
It is against this backdrop that the significance of what Twitter has done is clear. It has not flouted the law, but complied with it in a way that seems to afford a great deal of respect for users' interests. It has at the very least given considerable weight to the interests of its users, rather than just to its own commercial interests or those of the US DOJ. It has helped render the process transparent and public. It has given Jonsdottir, Applebaum and Gongrijp time to cobble together a meaningful response; and to cultivate our interest and some media attention in the meantime. Twitter has also indicated that in these kinds of situations, a powerful counter-legal response is required. And to do that, one of the best around is the Electronic Freedom Foundation.
This is about communication rights, on the one hand, and law and interests of the state on the other. Twitter has helped to frame it like that, and should be commended for doing so. So, in 140 words or less, Twitter has done the right thing.
Categories: Internet Tags: Birgitta Jonsdottir, CyberWarfare WikiLeaks, free speech, Internet control, Julian Assange, network surveillance, privacy


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what is helpjuliemove? ….hmm, i have the same imbalance with my homework/errands vs. cycling…..
Great graphic! I vote for the nap.
Sunday just doesn't feel right without a nap.
V, my friend Julie moved into a new apartment and I helped a little.
Love it! Thats me, every chance I get!
I like the graphic. Joshie and Chris would agree that Saturdays and Sundays are not the same without naptime.
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Review on Topological Photonics published in RMP
A team of physicists led by Dr. Tomoki Ozawa (iTHEMS Senior Research Scientist) published a review article titled "Topological photonics" in Reviews of Modern Physics. Study of topological phases of matter started in solid-state physics through the discovery of the quantum Hall effect. However, it has been recognized during the past decade that topological band structures, which are at the heart of the phenomenon of the integer quantum Hall effect, are general properties of waves inside medium, and thus are much more ubiquitous. One of the most active fields outside solid-state electron systems where topological physics has been studied is photonics. This review summarizes the current status of the study of topological band structures and topological phases of matter in photonics and related fields. The review is authored by an international collaboration of eleven scientists including both theoretical and experimental researchers from eight different countries.
Reviews of Modern Physics
RIKEN's community newsletter features Dr. Chang at SUURI-COOL (Berkeley)
Jason Chang ( iTHEMS Research Scientist in LBNL ) was featured in the RIKEN's community newsletter, RIKENETIC. He talks about exciting challenges and opportunities in San Francisco Bay Area. Worth reading!
RIKENETIC
iTHEMS Seminar+discussion on "non-equilibrium physics of living matter"
Dr. Kyogo Kawaguchi (Nonequilibrium physics of living matter RIKEN Hakubi Research Team, Hakubi Research Group, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) / The University of Tokyo)
Dr. Kyosuke Adachi (Research Scientist, Nonequilibrium Physics of Living Matter RIKEN Hakubi Research Team, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR))
14:00-14:50 (40 min. talk + 10 min discussion)
"Physical" problems in multicellular dynamics and cell differentiation
Kyogo Kawaguchi (RIKEN Hakubi Research Group)
14:50-15:30 (30 min. talk + 10 min. discussion)
Phase transition in a chromatin model with epigenetic modification
Kyosuke Adachi (Kawaguchi Lab.)
15:30- Informal discussions
MACS ColloquiumSupported by iTHEMSSUURI-COOL (Kyoto)
The 8th MACS Colloquium
April 12 at 15:00 - 17:30, 2019
Prof. Hayato Chiba (Professor, Advanced Institute for Materials Research (AIMR), Tohoku University)
15:00- Teatime
15:15- Talk by Prof. Hayato Chiba
16:45- MACS Student Conference FY2019
The 8th MACS colloquium is supported by iTHEMS. It will be broadcasted to Wako, but if you can join the colloquium physically in Kyoto, that would be better. iTHEMS provides good confectionary at Kyoto!
Venue: Lecture room #401, Graduate School of Science Building No 6, Kyoto University
Broadcast: #235, 2F, Main Research Building, RIKEN
The 8th MACS Colloquium (in Japanese)
International Molecule-type Workshop "Frontiers in Lattice QCD and related topics"
April 15 - 26, 2019
International Molecule-type Workshop "Frontiers in Lattice QCD and related topics" will be held in Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics (YITP) on April 15 - 26, 2019 under the support of iTHEMS and YITP.
Lattice quantum chromodynamics (QCD) is a systematic method to investigate strong interaction of hadrons with numerical simulations. In this workshop, frontiers of lattice QCD will be discussed under relaxed atmosphere in Kyoto.
Organizers: Sinya Aoki (YITP), Yasumichi Aoki (RIKEN, CCS), Hidenori Fukaya (Osaka U.), Shoji Hashimoto (KEK), Tetsuo Hatsuda (RIKEN, iTHEMS), Takumi Doi (RIKEN, Nishina Center), Atsushi Watanabe (YITP)
Venue: Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University
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Quantum computing: current status and prospects
Dr. Keisuke Fujii (Kyoto University)
Venue: Suzuki Umetaro Hall, 1F Bioscience Building, RIKEN
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Berkeley-iTHEMS Seminar by Dr. T.Tada
May 1 at 15:40 - 17:30, 2019
Dr. Tsukasa Tada (Coordinator, iTHEMS / Vice Chief Scientist, Quantum Hadron Physics Laboratory, RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science (RNC))
Title: Three quantizations of conformal field theory
Venue: Old LeConte Hall 402, UC Berkeley
Self-introduction: Hokuto Konno
I have been working in the mathematical study of gauge theory. In particular, I have developed Seiberg-Witten theory and Yang-Mills theory for families of 4-dimensional manifolds, and used them to examine the topology and geometry of such families. One of typical objects studied using gauge theory for families is the space consisting of all symmetries of a given 4-dimensional manifold. The space of symmetries is a natural mathematical object, but at the same time, this space is an infinite-dimensional complicated space in general, and consequently quite hard to attack. Interestingly, some of my recent work with several groups revealed that we can extract information about the space of symmetries of some 4-dimensional manifolds using gauge theory for families. I am trying to go ahead with this direction, and also to develop other aspects of gauge theory, relating to a sort of topological quantum field theory.


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Romero, Indians pummel Tigers
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By Justin Miller - jmiller@civitasmedia.com
Mechanicsburg's Kaleb Romero runs the ball to the left against West Liberty-Salem Friday.
WEST LIBERTY – It was all Mechanicsburg right from the opening kickoff Friday night as the Indians rolled over rival West Liberty-Salem, 44-0, to improve to 6-0 on the season.
Mechanicsburg scored on its opening possession on a 47-yard run by Kaleb Romero. The Indians missed the extra point, but Romero was just getting warmed up on a chilly night.
The Tigers moved the ball here and there on the Indians' defense, but couldn't put it in the end zone and watched as time and again Mechanicsburg rolled down the field.
"Kaleb's a special kid. Everyone knows that," MHS Coach Kurt Forrest said. "We're going to take what you give us – and if you give us Kaleb's running, then we'll take that."
The Indians opened it up in the second quarter after getting a turnover on downs at the team's own 20-yard line.
Romero flipped the field immediately with a long pass to Jacob Bowers, then scored on a 3-yard run off left tackle. He added a two-point conversion run to make it 14-0.
On West Liberty-Salem's next drive, quarterback Brandon Upton fumbled on an option run and the Indians took over at the MHS 40.
It didn't take long for the Indians to march down the field behind Romero, as he followed an incredible, powerful 20-yard run with a 3-yard scoring run to the right side. He punched it in for another two-pointer to make it 22-0.
After another WL-S drive stalled out, Romero struck for his fourth touchdown run on a 46-yard scamper and bounced into the end zone for yet another conversion to make it 30-0 a minute before the half ended.
"They did a good job controlling the line of scrimmage when they needed to," WL-S Coach Dan McGill said. "We have to come back and be disciplined on both sides of the ball."
Romero had one more big play in the first half, ripping the ball away from a receiver on a completed pass and returning it to the house for a score. The officials ruled the play was dead after the return, drawing the ire of Forrest.
The ruling gave the Tigers one more heave at the end zone, but the pass fell incomplete.
The second half was largely uneventful, with the running clock in effect. Phil Cook shouldered the offensive load for Mechanicsburg, scoring on runs of 3 and 47 yards. The Tigers recovered a fumble on a shotgun snap that didn't reach Romero and Drew Myers intercepted a pass by Upton. The reserves played the final 7 minutes of game time.
The Indians dominated the line of scrimmage for most of the game, keeping pressure on the WL-S offense and gashing the Tigers' defense.
"They're a tight-knit and intelligent group," Forrest said of his line, adding that the whole team is that way. "Every day, we do something special."
Romero was extra special, racking up 174 yards and four touchdowns on 14 carries. He added 117 yards through the air on 3-of-6 passing. Cook had 104 yards and two scores on 9 carries.
Brandon Wolfe and Trevor Anderson combined to rack up 81 yards on 25 carries for WL-S.
Next Friday night, the Indians host Springfield Catholic Central and the Tigers play at Cedarville.
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Congress Introduces Legislation to Ban Wildlife Killing Contests on Public Lands
Today, more than 15 members of Congress introduced legislation that would prohibit organizing, sponsoring, conducting, or participating in wildlife killing contests on more than 500 million acres of U.S. public lands.
The Prohibit Wildlife Killing Contests Act of 2022, whose introduction was led by Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.), would require the Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and U.S. Forest Service to enact regulations banning wildlife killing contests within a year. Eight states — Arizona, California, Colorado, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Mexico, Vermont, and Washington — have already outlawed these events within their borders.
Wildlife killing contests are organized competitive events in which participants compete for cash or prizes by killing the most, the largest, or sometimes the smallest animals over a certain time period. Each year thousands of important native carnivores and other wildlife — including coyotes, foxes, bobcats, mountain lions, prairie dogs and even wolves — are killed during these competitions.
"Most people are shocked to learn that wildlife killing contests are legal on our public lands," said Camilla Fox, executive director of Project Coyote. "Killing animals for prizes and entertainment is ethically indefensible, ecologically reckless and anathema to sound wildlife conservation and management."
Watch filmmaker Filipe DeAndrade and Mission Blue founder Sylvia Earle, PhD, both Project Coyote Ambassadors, discuss the immoral acts and unscientific beliefs that excuse these wildlife massacres called "contests." Please be aware this short interview does show images that are difficult to view.
Project Coyote is proud to stand in coalition with the more than 50 organizations comprising the National Coalition to End Wildlife Killing Contests.
"It's time for us to end the mass slaughter contests of America's wild carnivores once and for all," said Stephanie Kurose, a senior policy specialist at the Center for Biological Diversity. "The senseless killing of our most persecuted wildlife on public lands should have never been allowed. Congress should pass this legislation quickly so we can finally spare our native animals from these ruthless kill-fests."
"Wildlife killing contests are cruel events that have no place in modern civil society," said Johanna Hamburger, director and senior staff attorney for the Animal Welfare Institute's terrestrial wildlife program. "Participants frequently violate fundamental hunting principles of fair chase by using bait and electronic calling devices to maximize the likelihood of winning, and the animal carcasses are usually dumped after the event."
"A closer look makes it pretty clear that these bloodbaths constitute neither wildlife management nor sport," said Tracie Letterman, vice president of federal affairs for the Humane Society Legislative Fund. "Killing contests aren't merely retrograde cruelty, either. They destroy native carnivores like coyotes, who play a vital role in ensuring the health of forest and pastoral ecosystems. Now, thanks to Representative Steve Cohen's leadership, we have a chance to do something about it."
Additional cosponsors of today's legislation are Reps. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.), Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.), Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.), Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y.), Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.), Sara Jacobs (D-Calif.), Andy Levin (D-Mich.), Grace Meng (D-N.Y.), Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.), Mark Takano (D-Calif.), Dina Titus (D-Nev.) and Cori Bush (D-Mo.).
Project Coyote, a national non-profit organization, is a North American coalition of scientists, educators, and citizen leaders promoting compassionate conservation and coexistence between people and wildlife through education, science and advocacy. Visit ProjectCoyote.org for more information.
The Center for Biological Diversity is a national, nonprofit conservation organization with more than 1.7 million members and online activists dedicated to the protection of endangered species and wild places.
The Animal Welfare Institute (www.awionline.org) is a nonprofit charitable organization founded in 1951 and dedicated to reducing animal suffering caused by people. AWI engages policymakers, scientists, industry, and the public to achieve better treatment of animals everywhere – in the laboratory, on the farm, in commerce, at home, and in the wild. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for updates and other important animal protection news.
The Humane Society Legislative Fund is a social welfare organization incorporated under section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code and formed in 2004 as a separate lobbying affiliate of The Humane Society of the United States. The HSLF works to pass animal protection laws at the state and federal level, to educate the public about animal protection issues, and to support humane candidates for office. Visit us on all our channels: on the web at hslf.org, on our blog at hslf.org/blog, on Facebook at facebook.com/humanelegislation and on Twitter at twitter.com/HSLegFund.
Each year, thousands of coyotes, foxes, bobcats, prairie dogs, crows, and even wolves are targeted in "wildlife killing contests" where contestants win prizes and awards for killing the most or largest of a given species. These contests, largely unmonitored by state and federal wildlife agencies, are legal throughout the United States and often occur on our public lands.
Learn more about wildlife killing contests.
Sign the petition to end wildlife killing contests on federal public lands.
Ask your representative to co-sponsor this bill.
Deepen your understanding. To expose this barbaric practice, Project Coyote has produced and collaborated on several films to raise awareness and to inspire action to end this cruel and senseless slaughter of America's native wildlife. Click the links below to watch and share these films (please be aware the content is difficult to watch):
Wildlife Killing Contests (2021)
Killing Games (2018)
Camilla Fox( Executive Director )
Camilla H. Fox is the founder and executive director of Project Coyote – a national non-profit organization based in Mill Valley, California that promotes compassionate conservation and coexistence between people and wildlife through education, science, and advocacy.
She has served in leadership positions with the Animal Protection Institute, Fur-Bearer Defenders, and Rainforest Action Network and has spearheaded national, state and local campaigns aimed at protecting native carnivores and fostering humane and ecologically sound solutions to human-wildlife conflicts. Learn more about Project Coyote here.
Posted by Camilla Fox
April 6, 2022 in Actions & Bulletins , Overkill vs. Coexistence
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Where the Wild Thing Were – Attend Discussion Virtually on January 11
M Leybra - April 8, 2022
"Congress Introduces Legislation" to allow Wildlife Killing Contests anywhere except on Public Lands? How quaint of U.S. Congress & may long live what's left of United States wildlife on public lands continuing to be persecuted, w/ the exception of contests.


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Black Crusade
So what happens if Abaddon dies?
By Gillam Harrow, December 31, 2011 in Black Crusade
Gillam Harrow 3
I'm sure you all see this event to be as unlikely as i do, what with his favor by chaos itself and all that, but what if Abaddon kicks the bucket at the hands of, say, the inquisition or a coalition of highly trained (and likely suicidal) loyalist marines? who takes over? is this a blow Chaos on the whole can quickly bounce, or does it lead to a crumbling of chaos forces in the region untill a new champion is chosen? what would be the implications of a champion backed by a single chaos god taking this "top spot" as it were?
Cardinal Nicodemus 0
Horus Aximand steps in and leads a new Black Crusade.
1) Abaddon burns a fate point and the forces of chaos save him....
2) GW comes up with an even more powerful Chaos Overlord
3) One of the two (or both) of the Lost Chapters come over and present their version of Abaddon
4) He was eaten by Tyranid and thus Holy Terra was already eaten and its game over
5) The God Emperor takes his place
6) He is elevated to Daemon Prince and continues to serve
I would say options 1, 2 or 6
Gaius 3
Woah woah two or six? You almost make it sound like Games Workshop is willing to change big things in the universe on a meaningful scale, no their more about making wide sweeping non sensical small details to factions that drastically change what they are like... usually by means of Matt Ward! Such as you know turning the Grey Knights into a bunch of Xanthites who're immune to Chaos as opposed to having to still try and resist it and being all the more impressive for suceeding...
They wont change something like that... lets look at his Warhammer Fantasy battle equivelant Archaon who messed up and lost a big chaos incursion they didn't even turn him into a Chaos spawn because the Chaos gods are you know ok with failure on a massive scale and let him off where all of his predecessors had the good grace to die. [inaudible grumbles]
But as for the Black Legion Little Horus would be a likely contender if Archaon kicked the bucket as new leader. If developments did happen perhaps someone from the Word Bearers might step up to lead more of the vast hordes of Chaos.
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Part-Time Super Villian
Back during the big Eye of Terror summer event several years ago, which revolved around Abbaddon's 13th Black Crusade against Cadia, GW stated that the outcome of that campaign would effect the official history of the 40K universe: if the Loyalists won, itwould mark the beginning of a new "golden age" for the Imperium, while if Chaos won, the Imperium was pretty much doomed. Chaos won, due in large part to most of the official event scenarios being weighted in Chaos' favor (explain to me how an invading force can ambush entrenched defenders on a Fortress World?!). So officially, a century after the setting of the WH40KRP games, Abbaddon and the Planet Killer are en route to Holy Terra. If Abbaddon were to somehow die before arriving, I doubt it would cause much of a ripple amongst his warhost...
Oops- double post.
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Gaius said:
I hate the Word Bearers, but that's mostly because of Erebus, Lorgar, and Kor Phaeron, from the Horus Heresy series.
And frankly, when you take in all the information, the change in attitude of the Grey Knights makes a bit more sense. They're all about fighting Daemons and stopping the Warp from breaching reality. What if they were confronted with a situation where the ONLY WAY to stop something was to resort to using the powers of Chaos themselves (and you know I don't mean psychic powers). Maybe there are other means that can get the job done, but you won't always have a vial of Sanguinius' tears, or something, to throw in to the growing breach.
So, what to do? Should they just curl up in to a ball and die because they've failed? And they've failed, even if they go out in a blaze of glory, carving through Daemonic hordes the whole **** way. And, while it is also a bit of fairly new fluff (a reinterpretation really), that's what the Grey Knights aren't supposed to let happen. They're called in when the **** is really hitting the fan, with the orders to stop what's happening at all costs.
I'm not saying there isn't bad fluff, but when we look at something we should do it with a more critical eye than simply saying it sucks because, "Matt Ward wrote this".
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No matter how powerful Abaddon is, he is still just one guy. If he dies, Chaos loses nothing... The Black Legion will either splinter into other warbands again or fall behind a new chaos lord with the might and charisma to lead them. No big deal to Chaos, in fact the radical changes probably suit the ruinous powers.
Adeptus-B said:
Chaos won, due in large part to most of the official event scenarios being weighted in Chaos' favor (explain to me how an invading force can ambush entrenched defenders on a Fortress World?!). So officially, a century after the setting of the WH40KRP games, Abbaddon and the Planet Killer are en route to Holy Terra. If Abbaddon were to somehow die before arriving, I doubt it would cause much of a ripple amongst his warhost...
Wait what... where the hell does it say any of this about the Imperium ending in a century? More to the point, where the hell does it say it's official.
Especially since, if I remember correctly, the BFG side of things was a sweeping victory for the Imperials.
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Grey Knights willing to go Xanthite are imaginable. A letdown for many, but it can make sense.
Grey Knights going full Xanthite yet remaining incorruptible make no sense at all. You dabble in Chaos, Chaos dabbles in you.
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Just for the record that -IS- a totally legit arguement strategy and point. but I will agree with you that the Word Bearers can lick smeg as I too have grown to loath them from reading the HH series.
Morangias said:
Wasn't there a part in the Gre Knights Codex about them annointing themselves in the blood of the Sisters of Battle they butchered because they claimed that the Sisters were "tainted by Chaos"???? hmmmmm......seems pretty khornite to me..
The statement I was refering to was in a White Dwarf promoting the Eye of Terror campaign. And the doom of the Imperium has been officially incorporated into the background fluff of the latest edition of the tabletop game- it doesn't expressly state that the Planet Killer destroys Terra, but it makes it clear that the Imperium is dying and won't last long into the 42nd Millenium.
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Abbaddon blows up Terra, finally releasing the Emperor's soul from the Golden Throne and allowing him to be reincarnated. He leads a new Crusade to unite the Imperium.
Abbaddon blows up Terra, destroying the High Lords (why do I think of Cheech and Chong there?), causing the Imperium to fracture. Now, every time two different IG regiments line up on the tourney board, it actually makes sense.This causes another event on the order of the Age of Apostasy. After several centuries of fragmentation, a new Sebastian Thor like figure emerges and leads a new crusade to unite humanity.
A couple of wild cards are also out there: Cypher/the rest of the Fallen and Alpha Legion. Both have had a bit of fluff attached to them over the years that could be spun to be interpreted as they are acting more like Recongegators or Istvaanians than foes of the imperial ideal
Unless your WIll is that strong.
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Exactly.....what Magnus thought
Incorruptibility does not sit well with me in 40K as a grimdark setting.
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Adept Orcadius said:
They did do this. But not because the Sisters were impure. They did it because the WERE pure, and their blood was armor against the Bloodtide or somesuch.
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Firstly, let us put some things into place.
One would definitely have to remember that the Chaos Legions are by no means Chaos itself. The ruinous powers are a sum of the collective feelings of all sentient races, and they do not devote a large portion of their attention to the Imperium. The war they are fighting is the so-called Great Game, symbolically depicted by infinite clashes of demonic armies in the improbable fortresses of the daemon worlds within the warp. It is mainly a dialectic battle, a war for the prevalence of a certain feeling within the minds of the sentient entities in the galaxy (those connected to the warp, at least). After all, if there's something the Great Crusade ought to have taught to the unenlightened Imperials, it is that he who sows bloodlust and extermination shall harvest violence to a degree greater than he expected (ergo horus' apostasy). The enlightened have learned this truth form Khorne.
So, let's get to the matter at hand.
The above comes to signify two things: that destroying the Imperium is mainly an agenda of the Chaos Legions, not the Chaos Gods (they wouldn't mind, but it's definitely not their purpose), and that Abaddon is quite a small fry in the grand scheme of things (and the Dark Gods care only for the grand scheme). If he were to die, his place in the Black Legion would probably be filled by Aximand, or someone else who would be able to wield that power. As for the Black Crusades, let us remember that there are still six Deamon Primarchs in the warp, and countless Greater Demons etc, who could easily call a Black Crusade.
For further regarding Chaos in the WH universe, I would strongly recommend the Liber Chaotica series.
PS. Matt Ward's GK stuff is indeed sub-par, cheesy and repulsive. As is the rest of his work.
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I think a lot of people i this thread are underestimating the importance and unique position Abaddon holds. There's a reason he is the only on, ONLY ONE, in 10,000 years to mount, not one, but 13 black crusades. No one else has ever come close to assembling a force like he has. All this has been achieved by his unquestionable force of will, charisma and the power to back up his promises... and threats.
I'm not an Abaddon fanboy by any stretch, but claiming that someone else would just swoop in and take his place is wishful thinking. There's absolutely nothing in the established background that anyone else is even remotely capable of doing such a thing.
It also irks me to read that he has failed 13 times and that he should either be a spawn or killed because of it. He hasn't failed 13 times. He's succeeded. TNone of the 13 crusades had the destruction of the Imperium as it's primary objective, but each has hurt the Imperium in a way that has paved a way for the next crusade, and every time he gets one step closer to the final prize, Terra.
The only reason gw hasn't launched the 14th black crusade is because it sounds stupid. the 13th sounds cool.
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Jackal_Strain said:
Yes... and no. While Abaddon is certainly a badass (with painfully silly hair) the truth is that, in the eyes of the chaos gods, nobody is unique. And if Abaddon snuffs it, I doubt his current crusade will merely pout and disband. No, there will be huge infighting as a bunch of big wigs all compete for the glory of taking charge, one will crawl atop the heap of dead enemies and eventually all other contenders will realize their chances are too small and back down. The Crusade will continue, in whatever direction the new leader sees fit.
And, most likely, sooner or later someone will go "Abaddon wasn't that hardcore, he had the silliest hair of all time!" go and do a shitload of epic quests, earn their own Unique Mark of Chaos, show it off to all their friends, punch all their enemies in the balls, kick whoever won off the giant corpse pile, declare themselves the Chosen Champion of Chaos and throw Crusades all over the place. This person will most likely be a PC.
Also, while Abaddon has lead a bunch of crusades, the truth is that he not the be all end all of Chaos champions. The fact that he doesn't rock horns, scaly skin and his own personal Daemonic Fiefdom as a Daemon Prince is proof enough of that.
However, there is one thing nobody has mentioned. If Abaddon dies, Perry, minor chaos god of bad hair, dies with him. In fact, with his passing, all other hair will become slightly better by the mere absence of Abaddon's incredibly uncool hair pike and the chaos god it personally sustains.
Indeed, Abaddon has proved to be quite the leader, although he doesn't seem that charismatic in the HH books. He is devoted, though, and has had many successes.
Regardless of that, he cannot be compared to any one of the Primarchs, and they are but some out of many possible wielders of his power (let's not forget apothecary Fabius' Horus-cloning project. Who knows what the next one will be). There is no power gap in the warp, and Abaddon's loss definitely wouldn't create one. Whenever one falls, another one with the skill and ambition will take his place. Such is the way of Chaos.
Reverend mort said:
So it was said, but this is sadly not to be. Perry will forever cherish his place in the Warp, for his greatest apostle lies within it, forever fighting and preaching the glory of bad hair.
He was the one featured in the poster that young Abaddon hung on the wall one day in Cthonia, pledging to emulate the great man in all his unkempt biking glory.
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You are right. Abaddon is nothing like the Primarchs. He is in many ways their superior. He actually leads black crusadesa gainst the Imperium, instead of pouting on his own personal daemon world. The only daemon primarch that has been described as actually bothering to get off his lazy ass and do something is Angron, and he usually gets it handed to him in a spectacular fashion.
Abaddon doesn't sport mutations and hasn't ascended to daemonhood, because he has denied it several times. Abaddon could be a daemon prince multiple times over, but (this is my personal speculation) he has probably taken a look at the primarchs and seen what that leads to. It's counterproductive to actually getting things done.
I personaly don't believe that someone will take hus position if he dies. I think what happened to the legions after Horus fell will also happen to Abaddons forces. they will scatter and fight amongst themselves.
Abaddon is a plot device and a rather bad one at that, but I like how he sorta represents the last hope for the traitor legions for achieving their revenge.
We shall all mourn Perry.
That analogy is like saying Commissar Yarrick is better than Vulcan because he actually fights something. Or Sly Marbo is better than the Emperor because he's still active in the world. Unfortunately, not quite right. The real reason the Daemon Princes sit on their ass is the same reason all the surviving Loyalist Primarchs are either in Stasis or off "repenting" somewhere unknown and far away: because having such immensely powerful entities running around would be too much of a hassle. They would either dominate the fluff or do nothing of what they could, and tabletop would become like that one edition of Fantasy Battles where it was all about the Heroes. Only this time it would be worse and on drugs.
Plus, that would require stating up new models, and I think GW might be opposed to that kind of work on pure principle. Sometimes it almost seems they oppose any effort on their part that isn't just feeding Matt Ward whatever it is he runs on. Personal guess, he consumes Jolt Cola and babies and ***** out the same thing we all do, only he does it pre-wiped and ready to print.
@Somnium. Ye Gods! Not the hair, it's just that whenever I've seen that picture before, I've just figured he's wearing a helmet. But now I realize that black shadowy part I figured was the mouth section is actually his mustache!
@Mort:
It's not quite that simple imo. It has been stated in various official sources that the Daemon Primarchs have given up on the long war. Perturabo is a paranoid maniac that spends eternity fortifying against his enemies (storm of iron, or was it the ultramarine novel where they end up on Medrengard). Magnus and Lorgar spend all their time pondering and musing over the mysteries of the warp (Soul Hunter). The only Daemon Primarch that has done anything is Angron, and Gw did make rules for him. He is pretty powerful on the tabletop, but there are nastier creatures (Daemon lords from FW f.ex).
Your example comparing Marbo witht he emperor doesn't match Abaddon vs the primarchs at all. Like you said, Marbo is alive and the emperor is... well something else. Both Abaddon and the primarchs have the opportunity to do something, but only Abaddon actually take that opportunity. And personal power level is a bad way to judge how important a character is to the setting. Nobody believes Usarkar E. Creed stands a chance against Captain something of the generic boringness space marine chapter in combat, but the impact Creed has on the setting is quite formidable.
Abaddon is the greates chaos commander since the heresy, and replacing him will not be as easy as some people in this thread seems to think. The established background is pretty clear on this.


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Web startups with the theme of a "community" as in let's say a Match.com, a roommate finding service or even this site for that matter....my question is how do they gain their initial users? I am referring to a small scale operation with small scale funds. Is that what Beta testing is, where a static URL page briefly details the future website asking for those interested to submit their info so that when the site is launched it already has users?? I am sure this is not the case, but the question I have is how does a website initially get a decent amount of users with profiles so that when the site is launched the visitors love the concept, but do not love that there are only 3 other active profiles and unbeknownst to them they are the sites founders. :D Those of you with expertise, please be kind enough to answer this lingering question for me. Thanks, Marcus.
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A beta site would be at least a partially working site where the users provide feedback on how it works and recommend new features.
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Artist Sews Masks for First Responders and Hospital Staff
By Nic Cha Kim Koreatown
UPDATED 11:26 AM ET Mar. 27, 2020 PUBLISHED 10:56 AM ET Mar. 27, 2020 PUBLISHED 10:56 AM EDT Mar. 27, 2020
LOS ANGELES – N95 masks are in urgent demand by medical staff everywhere. Designed to filtrate 95 percent of airborne particles as small as .3 microns, they're a necessary respirator in the fight against COVID-19.
"I'm going to try to fit in as many as I can," said Kristina Wong as she stenciled out patterns to make masks from a large piece of fabric on her living room floor.
Wong is a performance artist. She never expected to be called to duty by nurses and doctors, but as someone that regularly sews props for her own shows, she jumped at the chance to pitch in.
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"I feel like a modern day Rosie the Riveter in that I don't know how to fight wars," said Wong. "I don't know how to use a gun, but I know how to sew and I know to arm the soldiers that are on the front lines. And that's what I'm doing right now."
When she heard that hospital staff everywhere were running out of masks, she decided to get to work sewing right away. She put out a message on her social media asking for donations and put every cent into fabric, thread, and elastic bands.
"I've been making these for nurses, for fire-fighters, for people's parents and older relatives," said Wong. "Just whoever asks me for them, I'll make them."
I am the factory.
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She taught herself how to make the masks by watching videos on YouTube and she's been getting requests from as far away as a fire station in New York. And though the general public understands the limited supply of N95 masks should be reserved for healthcare professionals, due to asymptomatic transmission, some protection is better than none at all.
"That's a mask," said Wong, demonstrating how it works. "It's enough to keep you from touching your face and if someone sneezes on you it just sits here on the surface until you take it off and put it in the wash."
It takes her about 20 minutes to make a mask so she tries to make about 25 every day. It's still not enough, she says.
"This is what's in short supply in hospitals, these two pieces of fabric," said Wong. "It's not an N95, but it's some form of protection."
And many people are thankful. Wong had her one woman show canceled due to COVID-19. Based on her experiences as an elected official with the Wilshire Center - Koreatown Neighborhood Council, she's now using her skill to sew to sow hope.
"I didn't become a doctor obviously, but I finally now have one skill that can save lives and so I'm going to deploy it," said Wong. "I'm going to deploy it. I'm going to help as many people as I possibly can before I lose my fingers."
Your best protection is to wash your hands and to not touch your face, but that can be hard to do so perhaps a mask can help you with that.


Really tough question. Living or dead?
For the dead guys I am a huge Rembrandt (link) fan. I also have drawn a lot from the works of Draper (link), Bouguereau (link), Mucha (link) and Dore (link).
Yes. Mostly live appearances, but online ones will be coming soon! Watch for it on my blog at quickhidehere.blogspot.com!
It varies based on what I am doing. If I am drawing or doing heavily creative work, I listen to instrumental music. Atmorock, soundtracks etc. Because they tend to help with concentration. But if I am just painting/rendering that stuff may put me to sleep, so I turn on more lyrically driven stuff. Recently it's been 90's altrock.
Mostly though, I listen to audiobooks. I love a good audiobook.
It is almost always mixed. Every piece has some traditional and some digital. For the traditional work it is usually watercolor and pencil, and every now and then acrylic or oil. For the digital aspects it is always Photoshop on a Wacom Intuos tablet.
10 on average, usually about 6 days a week. Some weeks more, some weeks less. It is both my hobby and profession, so I tend to spend a lot of the week doing it.
This will sound strange but no. I think they should do what they love (well.. unless they are evil people whose dreams are to blow up the ocean or something, in which case, they shouldn't do what they love) I think most "good" people (who don't want to blow up the ocean) should do what they love, and if someone comes along and offers to pay them for it, then that is awesome. If someone doesn't, then who cares? Take a normal job and keep doing what you love on the side, even if it means doing it for nothing. Some of the most amazing work comes out of people who are just doing something because they love it, and not necessarily because it will make them rich and famous someday. There is just as much heart and passion in that as in getting paid for it.
I exhibit at many major conventions. DragonCon, Illuxcon and Spectrum Live are ones that I will be at this year and plan to exhibit at in the future. Online I keep a little blog called quickhidehere.blogspot.com and also contribute to Muddycolors.blogspot.com which if you haven't heard of and are interested in illustration, you should absolutely check out. Some of the brightest talents working now post there regularly and I have learned so much from it.
Yes, it was when I was very young, and I made a picture of a crocodile saving a tiny fish from a terrible whale. I had created this thing, this world with crayons. It felt like real magic. These strange colored sticks made sense of the world. I have been addicted to drawing ever since.
Do what you love. Don't do what you think the paying community at large will want. That is boring. I am more interested in what a person actually has to say rather than what they think I want to hear.
Also, read, write and travel. These are the 3 most important things you can do to keep your art interesting.
Also, draw every single day.


The Santa Monica College Theatre Arts and Music Departments are pleased to present "Sweeney Todd" May 30-June 8 at the Theatre Arts Main Stage on the SMC main campus, 1900 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica.
In "Sweeney Todd," times are hard in 1846 London and one must make ends 'meat.' So, businesswoman Nellie Lovett adds something extra to the lovely pies she peddles from her shop on Fleet Street. The secret ingredient? Freshly murdered victims of her partner-in-crime, Benjamin Barker, better known as Sweeney Todd.
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The date was September 11, 2010. Leinster defeated the Cardiff Blues 34-23 at the RDS Arena. Isa Nacewa was on exhilarating form that day and took home the Man of the Match award, but also catching the eye was a young outhalf named Ian Madigan.
From my seat in the Grandstand I had a perfect view of his first try in senior rugby and as you can see from the video, it was quite an impressive one. You had to admire the way the youngster backed himself to throw such a step at that stage of the game, when the visitors had fought back from an early deficit to get within touching distance and we had gone a long period without looking like troubling the scorers again.
But this was only the second match in the reign of a certain Mr Joe Schmidt at Leinster. The bonus point win was of course welcome to the RDS faithful, but we were still a bit concerned about how the lads were adapting to a new style of offloading, and when we went on to lose the next two on the bounce to make it just one win from our opening four, that concern naturally grew.
As we all know now, the Schmidt era really took off in earnest when BOD touched down in the closing stages against Munster at the Aviva - but then Isa was our starting number 10 with Johnny Sexton returning from injury on the bench.
By the end of the season however, Madigan had kept in touch with the Leinster matchday squad, and on that monumental day in Cardiff, he wore the number 22 jersey as Sexton led our almighty second half charge to victory over the Northampton Saints.
12 months later, the venue and the opposition were different but it was still Leinster triumphant in the final of Europe's biggest competition, and once more Madigan wore the number 22.
2013 we did the seemingly unthinkable, failing to get out of our European pool. But we did get a reprieve of sorts in dropping down into what was then called the Amlin Cup, and at the quarterfinal stage Madigan got to wear his favoured 10 jumper as Leinster blew away Wasps away from home to reach the semifinals.
However, when it came to the final, which was actually in the RDS, while he avoided the number 22 this time around, he had to make do with 12 as Sexton was back to play outhalf, and it was the same a week later back at the same venue as we defeated the Ulstermen to finish off a unique treble of trophies.
That success signalled the end for both Schmidt and (for a couple of years anyway) Sexton at Leinster. It seemed the time was right for Madigan to step up and lead the line for us as it always appeared he would.
Skip ahead to the last day of May 2014. Leinster retain their Pro12 crown, but what jersey is Madigan wearing? 22.
And with Schmidt now heading the Irish coaching set up, despite Ian's failure to nail down a regular starting role at Leinster as outhalf, he features heavily in Ireland's matchday squads throughout the victorious 2014 & 2015 Six Nations campaigns. What jersey number is he wearing against France and Scotland respectively in those decisive final matches? Do I need to give the answer?
Finally, we have the most ironic fact of this whole bit I'm doing here. In Ireland's final test match before his new contract is up for negotiation, Madigan actually gets to wear that 10 jumper for his country, although the circumstances are far, far from ideal.
Nobody, and I mean nobody, has ever considered pinning what happened against Argentina on him, but the reason I bring it up is that it signifies what incredible bad luck he has had over the years in the high-profile matches for both province and country.
There isn't a single serious Leinster supporter who isn't fully aware of the tremendous skill set at Madigan's disposal...the consistent place kicking, the tough tackling, the speeding bullet of a miss pass, and we have all seen him display these in spades on numerous occasions.
If we must apportion "blame" for his decision to leave these shores, I don't believe we can dump it all in one place, but you certainly can't put any before the man himself.
It's not his fault he arrived at senior level just when Johnny Sexton was reaching the peak of his powers. It's not his fault he got injured at unfortunate times. It's not his fault Joe Schmidt's long-term plans with Leinster were curtailed, and that his successor was of a mind to give priority to a different style of out half.
And it is certainly not his fault that the ridiculous nature of the European rugby calendar is such that contract negotiations have to take place slap bang in the middle of the season meaning dozens of players across the continent have to see out a campaign with everyone knowing their future lies elsewhere.
But one thing is an absolute certainty. Ian "Mad-Dog" Madigan is a Leinster man through and through, and will always be considered as such. I don't say that because he is a fellow "Rock boy" either. The province has worked hard over the years to grow its image as a "12 County Army", and with stars like Darce, Shaggy, the Kearneys and Sean O'Brien we have seen that quality players can be drawn from all over.
What that proves most of all is that it's your talent and attitude that make you a Leinster player, not where you come from nor where you went to school. And you haven't heard Ian Madigan complain about his lot at the province over the years despite the misfortune. When he's been injured, he has worked hard to come back. When asked to play 12, he gave everything. When asked to play 15, he gave everything. And even on all those massive occasions when asked to wear 22, he most certainly gave everything.
He has earned the right to go where he feels his rugby career will progress the most. If he feels Bordeaux is that place, he certainly won't get anything from me but my full support. They seem to be an ambitious club in what is already a remarkably competitive league.
All we can hope for is that he gets the opportunity to take full advantage of his new surroundings, and if he is putting in the quality displays, that he gets the proper recognition when Ireland squads are named.
Posts similar to this one could have been written about JJ Hanrahan this time last year. They could soon be written about Simon Zebo or Robbie Henshaw. We all want our local heroes to play for our local teams, but we also must retain an acceptance of the realities of the modern professional game.
For now, I just have to say best wishes to Ian for the future; it must be a relief that it is all sorted and out in the open. What say the boys in blue give him the perfect send off in May. JLP
#ThanksMads #COYBIB
@HarpinOnRugby really appreciate your kind article. Top man. Hopefully go out with some silverware. Happy new year.
— Ian madigan (@Ian_madigan) December 30, 2015
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By Jane Ellison
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Prince Louis is beginning his very first semester at the University of Tibolia and is acquiring a new baby brother. The eighteen-year-old is saying good bye to old friends and making some new ones. One new friend is proving to be a pain in the butt, Anya Seryoga, the Russian foreign exchange student. Beautiful as she may be, Louis is simply not that into her and only wants friendship. Anya makes it even harder to be friends. Louis is at a point in his life where he simply wants to be single while Anya stays in a fit of jealousy over Louis's new friend, Rhiannon, a quiet, rational, and non-conforming girl. College is proving to be a lot of fun and challenging at the same time. When recession hits Tibolia, the royal family is forced to go on a budget, much to Grandmother's distaste. Her scandalous affairs with her 29-year-old boyfriend feeds the tabloids.
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Pianist Valentina Babor: "Armenians are very musical and soulful nation"
YEREVAN, MAY 14, ARMENPRESS. Valentina Babor, one of the most popular and outstanding pianists, will perform with the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra in Yerevan on May 16. Under the baton of conductor Sergey Smbatyan, the pianist will perform Frederick Chopin's Piano Concerto No.1. At the concert, the orchestra will also perform the Symphony No. 2 of Alexander Borodin.
Valentina Babor is in Armenia for the third time and says she is always pleased to visit Armenia.
"My mother and I love Yerevan very much. Unfortunately, my mother can't be here this time with me, because she has a broken leg", said the pianist.
"Every time when I come to Yerevan I have the feeling that Armenian people are very musical and soulful. I love that. And a lot of my favorite artists have an Armenian background: Patrick Fiori for example or the unforgettable Charles Aznavour", she told Armenpress.
Valentina Babor is going to perform Chopin's Piano Concerto No.1 in Yerevan. She notices that this is one of her favorite works, and she associates a very special and familiar story of her life with this music. "My grandfather, who was a pianist too, before he founded the BABOR Cosmetics, was playing this concerto in a charity concert for wounded people of the Second World War. He was also one of the first who heard me on the piano when I was a little child and one of his biggest wishes before he died was, that I will have the power to live his dream: to become a pianist."
Every musician has his/her favorite composer. Babor adores Mozart and Chopin.
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Mike 'Sugar Bear' Thompson warned about possible cancer during trip to the dentist
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Mike 'Sugar Bear' Thompson could possibly have cancer on his gums. Pic credit: WE tv
Mike Thompson, also known as Sugar Bear, has been notified that he may have cancer in his mouth.
The 50-year-old became known as the quiet man in the background when his daughter, Alana 'Honey Boo Boo' Thompson, rose to fame and landed the family a reality TV show. He was once engaged to Mama June, however the couple split. Their separation caused a rift between him and his daughter that he is still trying to repair.
Sugar Bear is now ready to enter a new chapter in his life. However, before he can have a fresh start, he must deal with the news that he might have to fight a cancer diagnosis.
Sugar Bear's dentist detects the possibility of cancer
Now split from his wife, Jennifer, Sugar Bear is ready to tackle his personal and give himself a clean slate. He has plans to address some cosmetic issues he's been dealing with for years, starting off with his teeth.
According to reports from TMZ, Sugar Bear had a dentist appointment in preparation to receive a new set of teeth.
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Fans of the family's reality show may recall Sugar Bear spent years regularly consuming chewing tobacco, which is often held close to the gums. TMZ states that his heavy usage caused the rotting of his teeth and potentially the damage to his gums.
Before Sugar Bear can move forward with replacing his teeth, he must visit with a cancer specialist to determine the next steps. His dental work is only one step in the full transformation he's working towards. He reportedly is considering a full makeover including liposuction, a tummy tuck, and a hair transplant.
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Although Sugar Bear is known for being quiet and mostly private, he takes the time to stay connected with his fans on social media. He recently shared that he is in a committed relationship again. This is the first relationship since his separation from his ex, Jennifer.
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He is also hoping to get closer to his daughter, Alana, who is now 16. The former pageant girl has had a rocky relationship with her dad since his split from Mama June. Their issues played out on the reality series, Mama June: Road to Redemption, and the two were visibly upset they couldn't find a compromise to their troubles.
While Sugar Bear admits there is room for improvement in his parenting, Alana has often gone to him for comfort. In the past, she's expressed feelings of neglect by her mother and ran to her dad for support. Although their relationship is not perfect, it seems the two have not closed the door on reconciliation just yet.
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Pelle Lindbergh
When discussing Europe's greatest goaltender of all time - most talk centers around Soviet Union's Vladislav Tretiak and the Czech Republic's Dominik Hasek, with a slew of youngsters such as Miikka Kiprusoff, Tomas Vokoun and Henrik Lundqvist now entering the picture. Sweden's Pelle Lindbergh is another name that gets much mention. Had Lindbergh had he not died in a tragic car accident, he would be mentioned much more often.
Lindbergh, born in Stockholm, Sweden in 1959, became the first European goalie to excel in the National Hockey League. Despite growing up in Sweden, Lindbergh grew up idolizing the Broad Street Bullies, the Philadelphia Flyers, and in particular their saving grace, Bernie Parent. So it came as quite a thrill to Pelle when in 1979 the Flyers made the Swedish netminder their 3rd round draft choice.
Lindbergh "jumped the pond" (came across the Atlantic) to play in North America the very next season. Coming off of a bronze medal performance in the 1980 Olympics, the Flyers felt Lindbergh needed more time to develop in the North American game and culture, so he was assigned to the Flyer's top farm club, the Maine Mariners of the American Hockey League.. In his first season Lindbergh won the Hap Holmes Trophy as the AHL's top goaltender, as well as Rookie of the Year, Most Valuable Player and a First All Star. He led the Mariners to the Calder Cup championship. He went 31-14-5 with 1 shutout and a 3.26 GAA in the regular season followed by a 10-7 record with a 3.54 GAA in the playoffs.
Despite accomplishing all one could do in the AHL in his first season, Lindbergh would only become a part time NHLer the following season, due largely to the stellar goaltending of Flyers starting netminder Pete Peeters. Lindbergh would backup Peeters for part of the season, only seeing action in 8 less than spectacular games. He spent most of the year on the bench, and also back in the AHL where he again excelled.
1982-83 saw the Flyer's deal Peeters to the Boston Bruins for Brad McCrimmon, and opening the door for not only Pelle Lindbergh, but another hot shot goaltending prospect in the organization - Bob Froese. The two would share the crease that season. Lindberg went 23-13-3 with a 2.98 GAA, but faltered badly in the playoffs, going 0-3 with a 6.00 GAA.
Bob Froese meanwhile came up from Maine to post a 17-4-2 record with a spectacular 2.52 GAA. The following season would see Froese get the nod as the starter and Lindbergh backed up, struggling to a 16-13-3 season with a 4.05 GAA. There became much doubt whether this Swedish goalie could break the European stereotype and become a star goalie in the NHL.
Lindbergh quickly erased any doubts the following season. Lindbergh shone in training camp and stole back the starting role. He would play in a league leading 65 games and led all goalies with 40 wins, accumulating only 17 losses with 7 ties and 3.02 GAA. Even more importantly, he was even better in the playoffs where he played all in playoffs games, going 12-6 while posting an incredible 2.50 GAA and a playoff leading 3 shutouts. Lindbergh's incredible playoff run was cut short by the powerful Edmonton Oilers, as they would go on to defeat the Flyers in the 1985 Stanley Cup Final. At the end of the year, Lindbergh was given the Vezina Trophy as the league's top goaltender.
Lindbergh would get off to another quick start the following season, going 6-2 in 8 games, quickly proving the season before was no fluke. However, tragedy would then strike. On November 10, 1985 Lindbergh crashed his sports car into a wall, and he died on impact. One of hockey's brightest young superstars died in a senseless drinking and driving mishap.
News of Lindbergh's passing was obviously a shock to fans of the NHL, but also to his fellow countrymen in Sweden. Lindbergh was a household name in Sweden. By the time he was only 20 years old he established himself as the top goalie in Sweden. His international accomplishments were highlighted by the 1980 Olympics bronze medal. Lindbergh twice played in the European Junior Championships where he was named top goaltender both years. As well he participated in two World Championships and the 1981 Canada Cup.
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Anonymous, 5:25 PM
Pelle...If your listing... I want you to know that it is 8:25pm est on Saturday the 29th of march,2008. I want you to know that still to this day I miss you!!! I hope someday we'll meet again so I can say HELLO, one more time and thank you for the great saves. P.S. I'm watching the Flyers and they sure could use you!!!! God Bless U :(
Anonymous, 6:41 AM
Pelle, We could use your help finishing of those rotten habs tonight! I know your helping Biron and the rest of the team. God Bless Pelle A.K.A Best goalie ever!!!!
Pelle, its hard to believe it has been 23 years since you passed away. You have always been my favorite player even after all these years. I can't imagine that we wouldn't have won the cup with you in goal. You are still missed so very much
jeremy, 4:13 PM
pelle...even though im not a flyers fan,i remember watching you play for the first time in the early 80s in hershey against the bears and ever since then i always thought you were the best goalie ever and i still do!!!!! cant wait to meet you in heaven my friend!! god bless and rest in peace!!!!
Pelle, you were my hero when I was a kid, It was a shock to me when I heard that you had that fatal car accident. Rest in peace, you're the greatest to me!!
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Given the sensationalism and excitement that has accompanied the North American "Shale Boom" in recent years, it almost seems as though the oil and gas industry is and never has been anyhing other than independent companies, eagerly and dutifully drilling and pumping us all into a geopolitically hermetic, worry-free state of energy independence. At the same time, it is difficult to imagine some sort of outcome in which shale does not play an increasingly central role in satisfying humankind's need for fuel and gas products.
With everyone rushing to get in on the game all at once, however, it can be overwhelming trying to figure out which drillers and explorers have the capacity to generate returns, and nowhere is this more true than in the small-cap space, where the rewards and risks both carry the potential to be more pronounced, and investment decisions can quickly become regrets without patience and more diligent research.
Incorporated in 1993, the Houston, Texas-based Carrizo is an unassuming but ubiquitous shale-boomer with an attractive oil portfolio, though it just announced its first foray into the vast gas fields of the Utica Shale. And though the company's shares have doubled their list price in just a year's time, there is no telling how long the company will be on sale for such a discount. For the time being, Carrizo is trading at around 20 times earnings, less than half the industry average.
Resolute is a Denver, Colorado-based independent whose estimated 80 billion barrels of reserves are particularly attractive, though.its numerous operations include plenty of natural gas as well. 2013 saw the company's stock in the red, however, as its earnings multiple, still in the multiples of hundreds, proves to be a sticking point for investors. Be that as it may, a nearly 92 percent rate of institutional ownership is a pretty good indication that analysts see better times ahead.
The San Antonio, Texas driller is coming of a solid 2013, with shares gainin around 40 percent. The company is barely a small-cap and has no earnings to speak of, but probably not for much longer, given the presence it has managed to establish for itself in no less than five of the nation's most lucrative producing regions. Abraxas also offers an impressive shale oil portfolio that allows it to profit from higher crude prices, and to hedge itself against lower gas prices.


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Picked this up at the tow auction today for $275 not including title fee's. I bought it to flip but then I kept thinking about how I wanted one so bad in college. I should be getting it next week so I'll see more about it's condition.
Man I was all about that until I saw it. It's just like what I wanted 25 years ago.
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I wish I had gotten all the paperwork done today so I could pick it up. Now it looks like it'll be Thursday at the earliest. I always love looking through the tow paperwork. The PO address was an apartment in a trendy area of town but the Honda was towed from a parking garage in another trendy dining area of town. I like making up stories in my mind off him getting wasted one night and forgetting what garage he parked in.
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And then he gave me the keys and a tote of parts including a shop manual!


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