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THE KYRANIAN SENGREN AXE
DESCRIPTION - USAGE - FIGHTING STYLE - ORIGIN/HISTORY
The pride of the former Kyranian kingdom's arsenal is the Sengren, a double-bladed axe in which all noble youth of Kyrania were trained. Effective as a weapon against cavalry and infantry and able to pierce the strongest armour, the Sengren is known for its lightweight design. Today, the Sengren is still used, most notably amongst the famous Caelum Guard, however most of the techniques practiced and developed during the time of the ancient kingdom have been forgotten.
Picture description. The double-bladed Sengren Axe of typical Kyranian design. Image by Seeker.
Description. The Sengren is a double-bladed axe that is made completely out of steel. One of these blades is large, thick and strong. This blade looks like a triangle, with the top of the triangle cut off and the base bending outwards much like a standard working axe. The other blade is crafted in the shape of a crescent moon and is sharpened to a razor edge. Above the top of the axe is the tip of this crescent blade, hard enough to pierce the strongest armour and to cut through flesh. The handle of the Sengren is covered by two strips of leather from the Kyrattin cattle to enable the wielder to have a good strong grip on the weapon.
At one ped in length and two hebs in weight, the Sengren can be effectively wielded in either or both hands. The most noted variation of the weapon is an even smaller and lighter version for use by youths and females. This version weighs one heb and is well under one ped in length. While some weaponsmiths made variations of the Sengren that were larger and heavier, these were deemed to be too bulky to be effective against mounted enemies. Due to it being made of the one piece of metal, the Sengren can only be destroyed by melting it down.
During times of war, another version of the Sengren was produced. In this version, the handle of the Sengren was made of eur'oak this version was used by those commoners who showed some promise and appeared to be well suited to the army, that is they were broad of shoulder.
Usage. The Sengren was once the pride of the Kyranian arsenal and was used by infantry units in the Kyranian army. This axe is too small to swing effectively at ground units from horseback, however it could be used as a secondary weapon against another knight if that knight's sword had been lost. During the heyday of the Kyranian kingdom, all noble youths of the kingdom were trained in the use of the Sangren.
In addition to its use in the armies of Kyrania, the Sengren was also used in the Kyresk and the Kyranian Manhood Ceremonies. In the Kyresk, combat occurred between siblings to break ties when determining the heir of the noble Kyranian houses. During manhood ceremonies, noble youths engaged in Sengren competitions. In both the Kyresk and manhood ceremonies, the fights were to first blood. On succeeding in the manhood ceremony and the Kyresk, the successful Kyranian would etch their family mark into the pommel of their axe, signifying ownership of the axe and the continuation of the family line.
The eur'oak handled version of the Sengren was used by commoners when drafted into the armies of Kyrania. The wooden handle made it easier for the commoners to etch their family mark into the pommel of the Sengren. These commoners formed the detachments to units of swordsmen and wielders of other weapons. The specialist Sengren Infantry unit, however, was made up of nobles wielding the full steel version of the Sengren. After the wars ended, those commoners who survived took their Sengrens with them and they had pride of place in their farms, inns and other places of work. In the farms, they were often used as farm implements, and handed down through the generations, until they fell into disrepair.
Today, the Sengren is used on a much smaller scale, most notably in the well known Caelum Guard. Since the fall of the ancient kingdom of Kyrania, many of the techniques designed for the Sengren have been lost to time. Regardless of when this axe is used, it is never used in conjunction with a shield as the the use of a shield prevents the Sengren being used to its full potential.
Fighting Style. The Sengren is a weapon for warriors on foot that can be used either one handed or two handed and is effective against both cavalry and infantry units. Most of the techniques have been forgotten and died out since the fall of the Kyranian kingdom due to the difficulty in finding and employing a trainer. The following are some techniques that are still known of today.
In a field against charging cavalry, a skilled practitioner could duck low, swing, and use the large part of the Sengren to cut through a horse's leg. After this, the user would swing the axe the other way, twirling the blade and using the crescent side to cut the tendons of another horse as it passed by. These two techniques were developed against calvary.
When used in battle against infantry, the Sengren is effective at both attack and defence. For example against troops wielding broadswords, the larger and heavier blade takes the opponent's blows, while the crescent blade catches the blade and tears the weapon from the owner's grasp. The tip of the crescent extends above the main axe just long enough to pierce armour and flesh.
Unfortunately, the Sengren does not have any defences against ranged weapons and wielders of this axe would have to rely on the support of the other weapon wielders in the army when facing archers, crossbowmen or similar troop types.
Origin/History. The Sengren was designed and forged by Sengren "Ren" Thromgolin, one of the descendants of Cyroan Thromgolin. The weapon was named after its designer. His younger brother, Cyrobaltt "Cyro" Thromgolin, developed techniques when using the Sengren to make it effective against infantry and cavalry. Together with their older brother, Gilden "Gil" Thromgolin, they revolutionised offensive and defensive warfare in Kyrania and became known as the 'Scions of Cyroan'. As the Kingdom of Kyranian progressed through its history, wielders of the Sengren were used in varying roles on the battlefield, sometimes within specialised units and sometimes as detachments to units of swordsmen within the Kyranian army. The Sengren units played an important part in all of the conflicts in which the Kyranians were engaged up to the fall of the ancient kingdom.
A common belief amongst the royal family of Kyrania was that if a Sengren was placed under the bed, a male offspring was assured. Tradition has it that this belief dates back to King Cyroden Gilden who forgot that it was under his bed one night before sleeping on the bed with his wife, Queen Barutta Dawatte. In fulness of time, they produced a son and heir. Since then, most members of the Kyranian royal family supposedly sleep with a Sengren under their bed. It is also reported that some other members of the nobility have also followed this practice.
Since the fall of the kingdom, most of the secret techniques of the Sengren have been lost and the axe is not as popular as it once was. The most notable exception to this is within the famed Caelum Guard which still trains in and uses the Sengren amongst other weapons.
When Sengren "Ren" Thromgolin first created the Sengren, his weaponsmith created a version of the axe which was presented to Ren at a formal ceremony. The axe was made completely out of steel, and had carvings up and down the handle representing his family lline, a stag's head with a crown between the antlers. Both blades also had similar etchings. A jeweller attached an amethyst stone to the pommel of the axe.
On the death of Ren, the weapon found its way into the royal family, and for a while was used as the king's weapon in war. More often than not, this required the pommel stone to be replaced, with an amethyst each time. In time, the weapon became a symbol of the royal family of Kyrania, and resided above the throne in Caelum, with the king using a standard Sengren when Kyrania went off to war. Nowadays, the Sengren still holds pride of place in Caelum, a reminder to all of the weapon of choice of the ancient Kyranian kingdom.
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Lakers in the News 12/28/15 - 01/03/16: Robert Upshaw sets new season highs in points, rebounds, and blocks in D-Fenders win
Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2015 8:59 am Post subject: Lakers in the News 12/28/15 - 01/03/16: Robert Upshaw sets new season highs in points, rebounds, and blocks in D-Fenders win
Larry Nance, Jr. shows his potential in Lakers' loss to Grizzlies
Larry should be known as a bit more than a leaper
Most Los Angeles Lakers' fans were unhappy when it was announced that Julius Randle would be coming off of the bench for the rest of 2015. Looking at the positive side, Lakers head coach Byron Scott was at least not benching his young forward in favor of a veteran, like was the case with D'Angelo Russell and Lou Williams. Randle would instead be replaced among the the Lakers starters by the team's second 2015 first round pick, Larry Nance, Jr.
The results for Nance, Jr. have been mixed. The late first rounder has not put up eye popping statistics (averaging 6.5 points and 4.7 rebounds in 23 minutes) since the move, predictably struggling to stand out against other team's starters, all par for the course for a raw rookie. Nance, Jr. has at least been efficient in limited opportunities, shooting 51.5% from the field as a starter, and on Sunday afternoon against the Memphis Grizzlies he translated that efficiency into a larger impact (or at least as much "impact" as a player can have in a 16-point loss).
Nance, Jr. set new career highs in scoring and rebounding with 17 points and 11 rebounds (second on the team in both categories), his first career double-double. He also made eight of his twelve field-goal attempts, and was one of the more active players on the floor for a Lakers team that Scott described to reporters as "a little fatigued from a mental standpoint" after their 26th loss of the season.
That activity and constant motion is what allowed Nance, Jr. to be effective in a starting lineup with three shoot-first players like Kobe Bryant, Lou Williams, and Jordan Clarkson. One of Nance, Jr.'s best sequences of the game came on one of the first possessions:
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Nance breaks out with double-double in loss to Grizzlies: What you need to know
Here's what you need to know about the Lakers 112-96 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies...
WHAT HAPPENED - Kobe Bryant played through knee pain that he originally anticipated would keep him out of the game. He scored 14 points in the first quarter, but the Lakers still trailed 32-23 at the end of the period. They fell behind by as many as 25 points – a common theme in recent losses – and were outscored 44-28 in the paint. The Grizzlies outscored the Lakers 17-12 in transition in a game that at times got a bit wild. "When you think Memphis Grizzlies, transition points isn't exactly what comes to mind," Larry Nance Jr. said. "I think Lou (Williams) had a big block on (Mario) Chalmers. They had a big block on Lou. It was just back and forth. At times like that, that's what you play basketball for, it's fun."
WHO STOOD OUT – Larry Nance Jr. played perhaps his best game as a Laker, notching career highs with 17 points and 11 rebounds. He shot 8-of-12 from the field. Most important, Nance knocked down several mid-range jump shots that earlier in the year he had been reluctant to take. "I think my teammates did a terrific job of getting me the ball," he said. "They found me when I was wide open several times." That's a nice, politically correct statement from Nance, but so much of what he does is predicated on creating additional opportunities for himself and the team. His growing contributions on the offensive end have been an underrated effect of Scott's lineup shakeup earlier this month.
Kobe Bryant plays after being 'lobbied' by fans but Lakers lose, 112-96 to Memphis
by Mike Bresnahan - latimes.com
These are the unusual games in Kobe Bryant's final season.
The crowd is polite, not roaring. Both teams are underachievers. Bryant will play again in the city before retiring, decreasing the in-game buzz.
There's always that one familiar part, though. The Lakers lose.
The Memphis Grizzlies got in touch with their long-lost offense and bolted past the Lakers, 112-96, Sunday evening at FedEx Forum.
Bigger than another one-sided box score, Bryant's sore right knee almost kept him out of the game, he revealed afterward. It had bothered him the previous couple of days.
He changed his mind about sitting out after walking through a boisterous lobby filled with pro-Bryant fans at the team hotel.
"Honestly, I wasn't going to play but I got on the bus and all the fans . . . I felt really, really awful if I couldn't muster up enough that I could play," he said.
Bryant had 19 points and three assists. He then said he would play Monday in Charlotte because it's his last trip there.
TDIKH: December 28, 2004
by nba.com
Forty-eight points later, it was clear that it would take more than a sprained shoulder to slow down Kobe Bryant.
After falling on a layup attempt in the first quarter, Bryant went to the locker room for treatment. He returned to shoot 14-of-26 from the field and 16-of-18 at the line in the Lakers' 117-99 victory over Toronto.
"There were certain things that I could not do with it, but I could still raise my arm up and still move it from side to side," Bryant told the media. "Some of the movements I couldn't do — like tying my shoe — were not really important."
Bryant scored 25 in the first half alone, but he saved his best for the fourth quarter.His team trailing by six with 8:15 left, Bryant engineered a 32-8 game-ending run in which he provided 17 points. The Lakers also featured stellar defense, as the Raptors missed 10 of their last 11 shots in the final 6:30.
The Lakers finished with crucial advantages in free throws (30-13) and 3-pointers (13-6), while Lamar Odom pitched in 15 points and 13 rebounds in the purple and gold's sixth straight win over Toronto.
Kobe fondly recalls inbounds scuffle with Grizzlies forward Matt Barnes
As soon as they crossed midcourt, Lakers guard Kobe Bryant and Grizzlies forward Matt Barnes hugged each other.
It signified the bond they built when Barnes played for the Lakers (2010-12). But it also showed a much different exchange than when Barnes, a former Orlando Magic forward, pretended to inbound the ball at Bryant's face during the 2009-10 season.
"I thought it was funny," Bryant said following the Lakers' 112-96 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies on Sunday at FedEx Forum.
So much that Bryant did not even flinch.
"He's crazy, but he's not that crazy," Bryant said, alluding to Barnes' reputation as an emotional and physical defender. "So I didn't bother flinching."
Julius Randle shows how he can thrive in transition against Hornets
The Lakers burly power forward shows off his mobility
The Los Angeles Lakers lost to the Charlotte Hornets 108-98 on Monday night, and the lack of playing time for one of their most promising young players just added insult to injury. Julius Randle, who has only averaged 24.8 minutes per game since being moved to the bench 11 games ago, played just 19 minutes against the Hornets. Randle's averages of 10.4 points and 9.7 rebounds off the bench are actually impressive considering the limited playing time, but he has only shot 37.6% since the move while suffering from a severely clogged paint.
Randle's efficiency was good in his limited minutes against Charlotte, scoring 11 points on 4-8 shooting and even knocking down a three-pointer, a shot he has actually shown a willingness to take over the last 8 games. Randle is actually averaging 1.1 three-point attempts per game over that period and making 50% of them, after shooting just five over the entire season to that point, making none. He likely will not continue to shoot that percentage over a larger sample size, but his willingness and effectiveness while doing so could be an encouraging sign of added range for the young four man.
The increased threes have not led to Randle falling in love with the shot, as the young forward clearly knows he will make his bones around the rim, where 70.3% of his attempts have come from when playing off the bench. How does Randle manage to get their when dealing with the Lakers' spacing issues in their half-court offense? Against the Hornets, he did it in transition:
Michael Jordan, Hornets Honor Kobe With Tribute Video
Back on June 26, 1996, the Charlotte Hornets selected Kobe Bryant out of Lower Merion High School with the 13th overall pick in the 1996 NBA Draft. Bryant could've turned into the cornerstone for the Hornets franchise, but it wasn't long before Kobe was shipped to the Los Angeles Lakers in exchange for veteran center Vlade Divac.
Ultimately, the trade proved to be a game-changer for the Lakers. Los Angeles won five NBA titles with Kobe leading the way. Charlotte, however, continued to struggle and never really recovered from perhaps the biggest mistake in franchise history by trading Bryant.
On Monday, Bryant took the floor at The Time Warner Cable Arena for the last time. The Hornets honored Bryant with a tribute video featuring one of his mentors, or "Muses" as he'd say, in Michael Jordan via The Cauldron:
Kobe maintained Hornets didn't want him after 1996 NBA Draft
Nostalgia swept over Kobe Bryant as he soaked in Michael Jordan's tribute video and waved to adoring fans.
But the Lakers' 37-year-old star also carried 20 years worth of resentment toward former Charlotte Hornets coach Dave Cowens. Charlotte selected Bryant 13th overall in the 1996 NBA Draft, though the Lakers secured his rights by trading veteran center Vlade Divac.
"Charlotte never wanted me," Bryant said following the Lakers' 108-98 loss to the Hornets on Monday at Time Warner Cable Arena. "Cowens told me he didn't want me. It wasn't a question of me even playing here."
It has long been reported Bryant and his former agent, Arn Tellum, ensured Bryant's future in purple and gold. They reportedly limited Bryant's pre-draft workouts and threatened teams that Bryant would play overseas if they selected him. Meanwhile, former Lakers executive Jerry West cleared cap space to acquire Shaquille O'Neal as a free agent and pair him with Bryant.
"That was more of the New Jersey narrative," Bryant argued, referring to the Nets succumbing to pressure not to draft him. "Cowens told me, 'We don't need you here.' Then I was like, "Oh, all right.' I quickly transitioned from smiley kid to killer instinct."
Nearly a week after completing the deal, West told former Showtime Laker Byron Scott that the 17-year-old Bryant had completed "the best workout I've ever seen."
D'Angelo Russell loves being called a bust, remains focused on getting better
D'Angelo remains patient with his development even if some fans are not
Los Angeles Lakers rookie point guard D'Angelo Russell has dealt with his fair share of criticism from fans and media alike during his first NBA season. The 2015 second overall pick has averaged 11.8 points, 3.3 assists, and 4.3 rebounds per game while shooting 40.3% from the field and 32.3% on three pointers this season in 27.8 minutes per game. Russell has not been bad, and has even shown flashes of brilliance, but the 19-year old's level of play has not been high enough to satisfy some of his harshest critics or earn more playing time from his head coach.
Russell understands that is a natural part of the spotlight, and the young player seems to be taking the right attitude towards the negative evaluations. In a wide-ranging interview with Mike Trudell of Lakers.com, Russell described how he is able to stay patient with his developmental process even while others are not:
Trudell: Because of how high you went in the draft, the expectations and the hope for what you can be, some folks have already judged you, despite how early it is and how young you are. That's not everybody, but still, have you felt like people want to see everything from Day 1?
Russell: Yeah, right away. But that's why I don't get caught up in social media (critiques). Right now, I don't really like doing interviews ... because I know that once I get comfortable with my team, my coaches and all that, the same problems I was having months ago, people are going to be like, 'Dang, he's come a long way.' Because everywhere I've been, I've struggled first, but then made (success happen).
At first when I got to Montverde, I was playing behind Mike Frazier*, and I felt like I was better than him. He's really good, but I had confidence, and after a while I was starting, and had blown up a little bit and people were looking to me like, 'Lead us, man!' and I was thinking, 'I'm 15 years old!' But my coach gave me the keys.
Then I got to college, and struggled at the beginning of the year, but soon I got comfortable and took off.
I never knew I'd be the No. 2 pick in the Draft, but it happened. Out here, I struggled in the beginning, started to find my way and it's up and down. But this is a whole different level. You're playing against grown men ... vets. Playing against Hall of Fame coaches that take away everything you do well. This is a whole different animal.
So I'd always rather be a late bloomer at anything I do. I don't want to be great right away. I love the process. I love when people say, 'You suck! You're a bust!' I love that. Because whether it's months or years, whatever it takes, best believe they'll be thinking about those words they said a while ago.
On a night when he seemed something other than human, even Kobe Bryant couldn't will the Lakers into avoiding an upset from the Charlotte Bobcats.
Bryant slugged through a career-high 54 minutes by firing 45 shots and making 22. He also went 10-of-12 at the line and hit four 3-pointers to rack up 58 points, but it still wasn't enough in a 133-124 triple-overtime loss in Charlotte.
The Lakers quickly jumped out to a 12-point first-quarter lead behind Bryant, who hit six of his first seven shots, including a one-handed alley-oop jam. But the Bobcats evened things up at halftime with a 42-point second quarter.
A back-and-forth battle ensued, but Bryant missed two game-winning attempts at the end of regulation.
Still, he managed to score all seven of the Lakers' points in double overtime to extend the game a further five minutes. From there, the gas had run out, as Charlotte ended the game with seven unanswered points.
Bryant carried one of the heaviest loads of his career, as no other Laker reached 15 points, though Luke Walton (14 points, 11 rebounds) and Kwame Brown (11 points, 15 rebounds) recorded double-doubles in 50 and 45 minutes, respectively.
The Bobcats, meanwhile, had the best team performance in their young franchise history, as Gerald Wallace (28 points), Matt Carroll (27 points), Emeka Okafor (22 points, 25 rebounds) and Raymond Felton (22 points, 15 assists) all put forth commendable efforts.
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5 Questions for Management and Coaches
by Ed Schrenzel - lakeshowlife.com
The Lakers front office and coaches have some explaining to do going into 2016
The Los Angeles Lakers are 5-27 through the first 32 games of the season and there are still more questions that answers for this team.
With the new year just around the corner, Lakers fans would love to see the answers to answer these five questions:
1. What message has Mitch Kupchak communicated to Byron Scott about giving more court time to the younger players?
Ordinarily a coach is primarily evaluated by the team's win-loss record. This year, the Lakers are a miserable 5-27 and headed for an all-time franchise-worst record—and that's with Scott playing veterans and going all-out to win games. But if developing young talent is presumably a priority this season, then has Kupchak given that message to Scott? And if he has, why isn't Scott listening?
Is there a possibility the Lakers actually have a master plan? Could it be that they are "showcasing" veterans like Lou Williams and Brandon Bass, and perhaps even Robert Sacre and Nick Young, to enhance their value to other teams so that Kupchak can orchestrate a midseason trade or two? And after that, playing time will be turned over to the youngsters? Only time will tell.
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Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2015 12:23 pm Post subject:
This article is comical. What will a mid-season trade do for us? Just mess up our chance of retaining our pick. I say continue to let them suck, tank or whatever it is they are doing. This season was gone long before it started.
New Beginings
Kobe embracing 'green' for final game in Boston
The color disgusted former Lakers player and general manager Jerry West so much that he refused to wear it. The color has also made several Lakers feel nauseous.
The color "green" might represent wealth, describe inexperience or suggest renewal and rebirth. But that only means one thing to the Lakers: the hated Boston Celtics, who have won a league-leading 17 NBA championships and beaten them in nine out of 12 NBA Finals. Yet, for some reason, Lakers guard Kobe Bryant claims that green has always been his favorite color.
Why?!
"I've always loved it," Bryant said. "It's a little weird, isn't it?"
So, as the Lakers (5-27) visit the Boston Celtics (18-13) on Wednesday at the Garden, Bryant will treat his last regular-season game here with some reverence. He said his wife (Vanessa) and two daughters (Natalia, Gianna) will visit the city for the first time to experience something that apparently has become dear to his heart.
"I'm looking forward to them getting a chance to see the city a little bit, and then to experience the green," Bryant said. "It's just a different green. I want them to be able to see it."
Kobe credits playoff losses to Celtics, Spurs molding his NBA identity
This place meant so much to Kobe Bryant, namely because the Celtics partly shaped his NBA legacy.
Bryant felt miserable as the Lakers lose to the Celtics in the 2008 NBA Finals, punctuated by a 39-point loss in Game 6. Yet, Bryant considered that moment the "most important piece" in the second half of his 20-year NBA career.
"I was determined and said listen I have to figure a solution with this leadership thing and do whatever is necessary," Bryant said. "I can't go through this, and that was a turning point."
The Lakers then won consecutive NBA championships against Orlando (2009) and Boston (2010), while Bryant won two Finals MVP awards.
"The loss led to the win," Bryant said. "I don't remember the loss as like a painful experience, I remember it as a beautiful moment because it helped me find the best version of myself and my teammates. I always remember the beauty of it. But at the time, not so much."
Similar frustration happened during Bryant's third NBA season when the San Antonio Spurs swept the Lakers in the 1999 Western Conference semifinals.
"I remember having to make a decision because the Spurs were such a fundamentally sound team and we had a reputation of being more flash than substance," Bryant said. "I had to look at the Spurs and understand why they were so efficient, why they played winning basketball and then I had to step back and look at my game and figure out how to edit my game so I'd simplify it."
The Lakers then won three consecutive NBA championships. But what did Bryant do?
"I was doing too much, particularly handling the ball," Bryant said. "I made a conscious decision to not work on my handle at all and try to dumb down my game to be more efficient so I don't dribble as much and learn to become more efficient and play winning basketball."
Kobe On If Celtics Selected Him In 1996 NBA Draft
By Dan Duangdao - lakersnation.com
With the Los Angeles Lakers traveling to face the Boston Celtics, it will mark the final time Kobe Bryant plays at the TD Garden.
While both franchises are currently rebuilding, it will be interesting to see what kind of reception the five-time champion receives in his farewell tour.
As Kobe is set to play his final game in Boston, there was an opportunity for the franchise to select him with their sixth overall pick back in the 1996 NBA Draft. While workouts went well, the Celtics ultimately selected Antoine Walker out of Kentucky instead of the high schooler.
While Kobe was a long-time Lakers fan, he would have tried to carry on Larry Bird's legacy had the Celtics drafted him according to Baxter Holmes of ESPN:
"I would've tried to carry on Bird's legacy," Bryant says without hesitation. "Absolutely. I would've done it with a tremendous amount of pride and honor."
Although Walker averaged 17.5 points, 7.7 rebounds and 3.5 assists during his 13-year career, it is interesting to think about how Kobe's career would have played out if he was a member of the Celtics. However, in a time where only big men came out of high school, the Lakers traded center Vlade Divac and took a chance on a high school guard.
Nick Young Shouts Out Hot Boys, Himself After Celtics Win (Video)
by Cody Williams - lakeshowlife.com
Nick Young shouted out things only Swaggy P would after the Lakers beat the Celtics
The Los Angeles Lakers picked up a big win on Wednesday night as they went to TD Garden for Kobe Bryant's final game in Boston against the Celtics. Quite honestly, it was the best the Lakers have looked as a team all season as they knocked off their rivals and one of the better teams in the Eastern Conference.
Though he didn't play a particularly big role in the Lakers victory, Nick Young was in rare form (mostly because wins are a rarity) in the locker room after the game.
Ever the jovial and eccentric character, Swaggy P decided to start shouting out people to thank them for their parts in the win. Only, his list of shoutouts was a bit unconventional, ranging from Lil Wayne and the Hot Boys to simply thanking himself:
James Worthy lost his mind on the Lakers postgame show (Video)
Studio laps, trash talk, and more from Big Game James
The Los Angeles Lakers have had a long and storied rivalry with the Boston Celtics essentially going back to the beginning of both franchises. After a brief period of cooling, the rivalry was reignited when the Los Angeles Lakers were rebuilt around Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and "Big Game" James Worthy as the "Showtime" Lakers did battle accross multiple NBA Finals with Larry Bird, Kevin McHale, and the rest of the 1980's Celtics in some of the most competitive basketball the league has ever seen.
Worthy is now an analyst for Time Warner Cable Sportsnet, but he still bleeds Lakers blood through and through. This is always easy to see after wins and losses, but was especially obvious after the Lakers beat the hated Celtics 112-104 on Wednesday night in Kobe Bryant's final game in Boston, as Worthy lost his mind celebrating on the postgame show.
First, Worthy decided to take a lap around the studio because there is no better time to get your cardio in then while you are on the air:
Kobe Bryant rung in the New Year by doing it all for the Lakers, leading his team in scoring, rebounds and assists in a 104-94 win over Philadelphia.
While no other Laker scored more than a dozen points, Bryant racked up 35 by shooting 15-of-22. He also grabbed eight rebounds and dished out six assists in the 2006 finale.
The Lakers trailed by one late in the first half, but Bryant engineered an 11-2 run just before intermission, and the Lakers never fell behind again.
"That's when great players come into effect: when their team needs them," Philadelphia's Andre Iguodala told reporters. "He made some tough shots and got it going."Bryant was even more brilliant in the third, pouring in 20 points while missing just one of his nine shots.
The Lakers exited the quarter with a 15-point lead.
With Chris Webber (bruised foot) out, Kyle Korver stepped up for the 76ers by scoring 29 off the bench with a 10-of-18 clip that included five 3-pointers. But not much else was going offensively for Philadelphia, which shot just 39.5 percent.
Kobe Bryant to Roy Hibbert: 'Come on m***** f*****...I believe in you!'(Video)
By Whitney Medworth - sbnation.com
Kobe Bryant visited Boston for the last time in his career on Wednesday night.
It was expected to be a memorable night as the Lakers-Celtics rivalry is one of the greatest in all of sports and Kobe Bryant has his share of memories in The Garden.
What we didn't expect is to see Kobe giving motivation speeches to Roy Hibbert.
Robert Upshaw sets new season highs in points, rebounds, and blocks in D-Fenders win
More solid play from the 21-year old
While the Lakers' young players were shinging in Los Angeles' win over the Boston Celtics, one of the team's D-League affiliate players, the undrafted Robert Upshaw, continued the recent upswing in his level of play with the Los Angeles D-Fenders on Wednesday night in the team's 111-110 win over the Raptors 905. Upshaw had his first double-double of the season for the D-Fenders in the second game of their back-to-back road set, scoring 14 points to go with 13 rebounds and 5 blocked shots in 27 minutes, all season and career highs for the young big man.
It was the second solid game in two nights for Upshaw, who is now averaging 11.4 points, 9 rebounds, and 2.4 blocks in 21.2 minutes per game over his past five games with the D-Fenders as he demonstrates more comfort and better conditioning after a pedestrian start to his rookie season. The most impressive stat there might be the minutes, which have actually gone up over each game of that five game period as Upshaw continues to round into shape after taking a long break from organized basketball prior to kicking back into gear with the Lakers' Summer League team.
(For a more in-depth breakdown on what Upshaw has done better over this stretch, please see my breakdown of his game against the Delawar 87ers)
Improved play aside, there are also possessions where it is fairly obvious why Upshaw went undrafted and why neither the Lakers nor any of the league's other 29 teams saw fit to offer him a regular season contract. For one, he still fouls too often, a problem for a lot of young big men but also one that Upshaw will have to work on if he wants to earn more minutes or an NBA offer. He has picked up 4 fouls in both of his last two games, and needs to do a better job not lunging at fakes.
Upshaw was also benched down most of the stretch on Wednesday night after being subbed out of the game with 8:18 seconds left in the fourth quarter, but D-Fenders coach Casey Owens trusted him enough to throw him back into action for defensive purposes with 18.2 seconds left in a 107-103 game.
The results were mixed. After the 905 scored on Upshaw's first possession when the D-Fenders did not help the helper, but Upshaw's rotation did force a miss from Toronto (and now just one year away from being two years away) forward Bruno Caboclo, who had 17 points on the evening:
Brandon Bass says he embraced rebuilding with both Lakers, Celtics
The man faces his former NBA team with the same fanfare that many would describe Brandon Bass himself.
He remains under the radar with both his personality, game and presence. It appears he wants it that way. But with all the focus on Kobe Bryant playing his last game on Wednesday at the Garden, Celtics coach Brad Stevens has credited Bass role in rebuilding the Celtics during his four years here (2011-2015).
"It's just my presence being around and the way I go about things and the way I gave myself up for the team in different ways and my work ethic and how I carry myself," Bass said following morning shootaround on Wednesday at the Garden. "But I can't say I have done so much for the Celtics. The Celtics have done so much for me. I'm grateful for the city of Boston and the fans and the organization. The Celtics have been awesome to me."
Bass played an evolving role with the Celtics as a starter and reserve both for contending and rebuilding teams. In 2014, Bass won 2014 Red Auerbach award as a player who best represents what it means to be a Celtic.
Yet, Bass signed a two-year deal worth $6.1 million with the Lakers. Since then, Bass has averaged 5.6 points on 57.7 percent shooting in 16 minutes off the bench.
Byron Scott recalls Garden ovation for Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
The crowd rose to their feet at his presence. The Boston Celtics presented the Lakers' star player with a gift and praised his greatness. For at least a moment, all the hatred between the Celtics and Lakers went away.
Will this mark the reception Kobe Bryant receives when the Lakers (5-27) visit the Boston Celtics (18-13) on Wednesday for what will represent his last game at the Garden? Perhaps. But it certainly described the setting for Lakers center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in his last game here on Dec. 16, 1988.
Then, the Celtics fans gave Abdul-Jabbar a 95-second standing ovation. Celtics president Red Auerbach then presented Abdul-Jabbar with a mounted framed slab of the Garden's parquet floor.
"How can I get mad at him now?" Auerbach said. "I've always said Boston fans were the greatest in the world. And I'm going to repeat it, because he's the enemy. And yet, what he's done for the game is unparalleled."
Nearly 27 years later, it resonates with Lakers coach and former Showtime teammate Byron Scott how the Celtics fans appreciated Jabbar for winning six NBA championships and becoming the league's all-time leading scorer.
D'Angelo Russell wants Julius Randle to shoot more
Russell is pumping up his teammates
The Los Angeles Lakers got their sixth win of the season when they defeated the Celtics 112-104 in Kobe Bryant's final game in Boston. Bryant's did get to play hero down the stretch, but he was put in the position to do so by a strong team effort. Lou Williams had 19 points on just 9 shots, and the Lakers young core trio of Jordan Clarkson (24 points on 10-15 shooting), D'Angelo Russell (16 points on 7-17 shooting, 6 rebounds, and 3 asssists), and Julius Randle (15 points and 12 rebounds) all had strong games as well. After the game, Russell partially credited Randle's willingness to shoot more, something he wants to continue.
"[Randle being willing to shoot] opens it up for us. He's always on attack, so when you penetrate and he's wide open at the three-point line and team's are daring him to shoot it, it's something that's going to open things up for everybody on the floor," said Russell, and he was correct that Randle was willing to shoot on Wednesday night, taking 16 shots, which was his second highest total of the season and highest since the team's third game.

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El cantón de Tulle-Urbano-Sur era una división administrativa francesa, que estaba situada en el departamento de Corrèze y la región de Limusín.

Composición
El cantón estaba formado por una fracción de la comuna que le daba su nombre:
 Tulle (fracción)

Supresión del cantón de Tulle-Urbano-Sur

En aplicación del Decreto nº 2014-228 de 24 de febrero de 2014, el cantón de Tulle-Urbano-Sur fue suprimido el 22 de marzo de 2015 y su fracción de comuna pasó a formar parte del nuevo cantón de Tulle.

Referencias

Tulle-Urbano-Sur
Tulle

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Welcome to NoDa
NoDa News
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Neighborhood & Business Association
Join, Pay Dues, and Donate
NoDa Vision Plan 2030
NoDa NBA Goals & Review
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Greenification
NoDaRioty
NoDaWeen
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Bylaws and Policy
NBA Financials
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June 2021, Live NoDa, NoDa News
When FOMO becomes a reality: Looking back at a year rocked by COVID
Posted by Eric Linne on June 2, 2021 June 2, 2021
Like most of the world, our lives came to a screeching halt in mid-March 2020. Venturing out only to retrieve delivered groceries or the mail, or for quick walks around the core of NoDa, we took in the shuttered storefronts and deserted streets with a sense of awe and sadness.
Sadness for our friends and neighbors whose businesses were abruptly closed or who lost their jobs in service related industries. And sadness for ourselves for the things we would miss out on in the near future – be it weeks, months, or even years.
While we all missed and lost many things during the pandemic, for us, not seeing relatives and loved ones, forgoing travel, and being unable to attend live performances were the things we missed the most.
In late March 2020, our older son was married in a small, socially distanced wedding on a scenic hilltop in Wisconsin. When we learned of his impending wedding, we struggled with whether we should attempt to drive to this significant life event. My wife and I have been married for 40 years. In all those decades, deciding whether to risk driving hundreds of miles (including rest stops and hotel stays) was the hardest decision we ever made. In the end, we decided not to risk the travel. Our decision hinged on the fact that if we became sick, we would become an avoidable burden for other family members and another community's health system. While we decided not to attend, we took consolation in the fact that our son and his spouse have since planned a more formal ceremony and celebration for this September.
While less significant than the missed wedding, my wife and I also cancelled several planned excursions to destinations we've looked forward to visiting for years. Fortunately, nearly all trips were refunded or credited – and we have plans to resume travelling (attending three family weddings this summer and fall).
We are big fans of live music and theater. Living in NoDa, we feel extremely fortunate to have two of the best music venues in the state, The Evening Muse and The Neighborhood Theatre, just down the street from our home. Not attending a live music event for several months hurt on a couple of levels. First, we missed the intimacy and immediacy of witnessing artists performing a one-of-a-kind set with audience interaction – something that can't be replicated with recorded music and live streams. And we also hurt for our friends who are owners, service personnel, and performers who have faced shuttered venues for months on end.
We're also fans of live theater and other performances. Obviously, all of these venues have been closed since March 2020 and remain boarded up today. Fortunately, live theater and performances are expected to resume, in one form or another, by fall this year. We, as well as thousands of others, can't wait to see our favorite performers "trod the boards" again.
Life is slowly returning to at least a semblance of normal. With vaccinations widely available to everyone over age 12, rates of infections, hospitalizations, and deaths from COVID continue to drop. Businesses, shops, and restaurants are reopening, and people feel more comfortable frequenting these businesses that have experienced a long dry spell. With warmer weather having arrived, outdoor activities abound and you can feel a sense of relief on the faces of people reconnecting with family and friends and rejoining their favorite activities. While we still have a long way to go to resume pre-COVID life, we're definitely moving in the right direction.
We all missed seeing people we love and doing the activities we enjoy for the past 15 months. Hopefully, over the next few months, we can once again feel the level of freedom that this global pandemic has denied us.
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With Nikon and Polaroid getting ready to launch their Android-powered cameras as early as September, Samsung officially unveiled its entrance into the market today in Berlin with its first dedicated point-and-shoot running Android. While recent rumors pointed to the possibility of a device with specs close to those announced for Nikon's Coolpix S800c, Samsung unveiled a 4.8-inch device with specs closer to its own Galaxy S III.
We were able to get some hands-on time with the device and were quite impressed…to say the least. Put simply, the Galaxy Camera is everything you love about an Android device in a quality point-and-shoot camera (minus voice calling). It includes full Google Play access, Wi-Fi/3G/4G (HSPA+), and voice control on a full-sized display like the Galaxy S III.
A few of the notable non-Android specific features: The device will automatically backup photos to the cloud instantly after capturing. The Galaxy Camera also builds in the same Share Shot feature as the Galaxy S III that allows it to connect wirelessly to other Galaxy Cameras and smartphones to instantly share photos. The main camera mode also provides a number of auto-shoot modes like casual, Smart Pro, and Expert for adjusting detailed settings.
Apart from the ability to create smart folders, tag faces, and search for photos and video, the device sports 35 editing features within its "Photo Wizard". Some of the editing options include brightness, color adjustment, contrast, and easy one-tap effects like filters and enhancements.
Also included: Smart, one-tap portrait settings, such as "out of focus," and a Photoshop selection tool that allows you to crop and edit a specific section of a photo. One feature, which is available in the just-unveiled Galaxy Note 2, is "Best Group Pose" for selecting the perfect facial expression per person in a continuous group shot. We first saw this tech make its way to phones courtesy of Scalado.
As for release dates and availability, Samsung did not go into details.


A record field of 18 cars will line up for the season finale of the 2014 Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo North America on Oct. 1-3 at Road Atlanta, with some prominent names of North American sports car racing joining series mainstays in competition.
Series participation has grown steadily throughout the season, with more teams and drivers drawn to the excitement of racing in the Lamborghini Gallardo LP 570-4 Super Trofeo car and the experience and amenities provided in the Lamborghini Village.
This combination is attracting championship-winning drivers at the top levels of sports car racing for the final two races of the 12-round championship, which debuted in North America in 2013.


Benny and Ray sit down with former Dual International and USA Pro Rugby player Timana Tahu. Born in Melbourne of Maori father and Australian Aboriginal Mother, Tahu struggled as a kid to establish a solid grounding within any community, growing up in the surrounds of youth hostels from city to city. Eventually he found stability in Newcastle at the age of 14 and only a year later began his journey with NRL.


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    else
        log.log("Error opening file " + fileName, Severity::ERROR);

	while (fileHandle >> word ){
		fileHandle >> transl;
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As of tomorrow, Tuesday 22nd January, the brand new Savage Worlds Adventurer's Guild will be launched. Similar to WotC's Dungeon Masters Guild, and numerous other community content programs for various tabletop roleplaying games, the SWAG will be hosted by DriveThruRPG and allow creators to make and sell products compatible with Savage Worlds.
You can read a FAQ about the new program here. While creators will have access to the Savage Worlds rules, they will not have access to any settings like Deadlands, Rifts, and so on.
The link to the Savage Worlds template seems to go nowhere at the time of this comment. At the moment, it just links to a "this title is not available" message on DriveThruRPG. Hopefully this will be fixed soon-ish?


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Weekly Report - 3 July 2008 (ISSN 1741-7422)
COLOMBIA-VENEZUELA: US steps up pressure on Caracas over drugs
The Venezuelan government rejected claims this week by the US ambassador to Colombia, William Brownfield, that there had been a "tremendous increase" in the volume of drugs passing through Venezuela...
BOLIVIA: MAS candidate defeated in Chuquisaca election
President Evo Morales faced a new setback with the victory of opposition candidate Savina Cuéllar in the Chuquisaca prefectural elections...
PERU: García reaches out to informal sector
President Alan García promulgated a law this week under which some 4m workers in micro and small businesses (Mypes) in the informal sector will be entitled to social security and pension payments as well as enhanced labour rights...
COLOMBIA | Growth slows...
Brazil & Southern Cone
MERCOSUR: Mercosur finds unity in EU-US bashing
Mercosur displayed unusual unity in its latest summit this week...
PARAGUAY: Lugo seals congressional deal with Oviedo
President-elect Fernando Lugo's hopes of pushing through his ambitious social agenda improved last week after his coalition Alianza Patriótica para el Cambio (APC) succeeded in striking a deal with the party of retired General Lino Oviedo, the Unión Nacional de Ciudadanos Eticos (Unace)...
BRAZIL: 3,178 politicians on ombudsman's black list
Last week, just three months before municipal elections, the public ombudsman published a list of 3,178 politicians whose campaign accounts in previous elections have been rejected because of irregularities...
BRAZIL: Central bank raises inflation forecast
Brazil's central bank published a report last week increasing its inflation forecast for 2008 to 6%, from an earlier estimate of 4.6%...
ARGENTINA: Congress enters farming dispute
Congress began to debate the issues at the heart of the dispute between the government and the four farming unions in earnest this week...
CHILE | Mercosur deal on services...
Mexico & Nafta
MEXICO: More bad news
The image of Mexico's police took another knock when a video of training for special police forces in León, in Guanajuato state, was leaked...
MEXICO | The economy...
REGION: Calderón shakes up PPP integration scheme
The Plan Puebla Panamá (PPP), an initiative designed to spearhead regional integration and regeneration, was rechristened Proyecto Mesoamérica during a meeting of the nine heads of state of Mexico, Colombia and Central America in Villahermosa, the capital of the southern state of Tabasco in Mexico on 28 June...
PANAMA: Torrijos to undertake security reform by decree
Congress has voted to award President Martín Torrijos "extraordinary powers" for the next two months in order to carry out security reforms...
GUATEMALA: Interior minister dies in crash
President Alvaro Colom declared three days of national mourning after interior minister Carlos Vinicio Gómez and his deputy, Edgar Hernández died in a helicopter crash on 27 June, along with the helicopter's pilot and co-pilot...
COSTA RICA | Trade deficit balloons...
Split in Cuba's Communist Party?
Fidel Castro last week pronounced a remarkable eulogy of his brother Raúl and the reforms he has carried out since assuming the presidency of Cuba...
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Everdina Jacoba Wilhelmina des H.R.Rijksgravin van Weede (9 augustus 1682 - 13 februari 1724); zij is RK-gedoopt te Grave op 16 augustus 1682  en trouwde in 1702 een prins van Anhalt-Bernburg(-Schaumburg)-Hoym.

Biografie
Van Weede was een lid van de familie Van Weede en een dochter van George Johan des H.R.Rijksbaron van Weede, heer van Biljoen, Walenburg, Balgoy en Keent (1627-1696) en Agnes Margaretha van Raesfelt (1646-1712). Zij trouwde in 1702 met Lebrecht prins van Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (1669-1722) die zijn vader in 1718 opvolgde als vorst van Anhalt-Bernburg(-Schaumburg)-Hoym.

Haar vader, gouverneur van Grave, werd in 1675 door keizer Leopold I verheven tot des H.R.Rijksbaron. Toen Anhalt diende in de Nederlanden ontmoette hij de dochter van de gouverneur, hetgeen uitmondde in een morganatisch huwelijk in 1702. In een notarieel contract uit 1703 werd vastgelegd dat des H.R.Rijksbarones van Weede geen aanspraak zou maken op de prinselijke status, noch op een prinselijke titel. Haar man kreeg het wel voor elkaar dat keizer Josef I haar op 11 augustus 1705 verhief tot des H.R.Rijksgravin. Uit het huwelijk werden zes kinderen geboren; de drie zonen hadden geen nakomelingen. Een dochter, Charlotte Wilhelmina (1706-1766), trouwde in 1724 met Willem landgraaf van Hessen-Philippsthal-Barchfeld (1692-1761).

 Victoria Sophia (1704)
 Charlotte Wilhelmina (1704-1766) huwde in 1724 met landgraaf Willem van Hessen-Philippsthal-Barchfeld
 Johan George (1705-1707)
 Jozef Karel (1706-1737)
 Sophia Christina Eberhardine (1710-1784) huwde in 1728 met vorst Christiaan van Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
 Victor Lebrecht (1711-1737)

Van Weede was erfgename van verschillende Raesfeltse, in Munster gelegen goederen. In 1720 verkocht zij die zogenaamde Raesfelt-Middachtse goederen aan Reinier van Reede, heer tot Ginkel en Roemburg. In 1721 verkocht zij drie obligaties ten laste van de provincie Utrecht aan Anna en Cornelia van Hardenberg ten overstaan van notaris H. van Hees.

Van Weede maakte een testament op in 1723.

Zij ligt begraven in de kapel van het capucijnenklooster 'Emmaüs' in Velp (Noord-Brabant).

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The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and USA Today lead with France and Germany's tepid response to the Bush administration's U.N. mandate for Iraq. In a joint meeting yesterday, the leaders of the two countries said the proposed resolution failed to meet two primary concerns: that political authority in Iraq should be turned over to Iraqis as soon as possible; and that the U.N., not the U.S., should take the lead in rebuilding the country. The New York Times leads with word that U.S. negotiators, with President Bush's permission, last week offered North Korea a few carrots in exchange for giving up its nuclear program, including a possible peace treaty and a rollback of sanctions. According to the NYT, the inducements would be "phased in slowly" as the country surrenders its weapons—a "major departure" from the White House's position earlier this year that North Korea would see no benefits until it completely dismantled its nuclear facilities.
Still, everyone plays up Secretary of State Colin Powell's "puzzlement" over the remarks yesterday. "I don't see from their statements that they said what exactly they are looking for or who they would turn it over to if we were turning it over right away," Powell said.
Meanwhile, other members of the Security Council stayed mostly out of the limelight yesterday. Russia and China, which like France hold veto power on the council, did not oppose the resolution yesterday, while Mexican and Chilean officials "reserved judgment," the WP reports.
USAT goes high with more potential complications on the Iraq front: As the U.S. and Turkey launched negotiations yesterday over bringing Turkish troops to Iraq, newly appointed Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari told the Arabic satellite network Al Jazeera that Turkish soldiers would not be welcome in Iraq because forces from a neighboring country might bring their own political agenda.
British officials, meanwhile, announced yesterday they are considering an increase in ground troops in Iraq, the WP reports. Foreign Secretary Jack Straw was quoted by the Daily Telegraph as calling for an additional 5,000 British soldiers to join the 11,000 stationed in southern Iraq, noting that if more troops aren't deployed the U.S. and Britain face "strategic failure" in the war.
The NYT, meanwhile, fronts and everybody else stuffs Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld's visit to Baghdad yesterday, where he announced that his "highest priority" was to speed up the recruitment, training, and deployment of former Iraqi officers to help control disorder in the country. At one time, U.S. officials said an Iraqi army should number no more than 40,000 troops and would not exceed 12,000 soldiers in the first year after the war, the paper reports. Currently, roughly 14,000 armed Iraqis have been deployed—a number that could be raised to 100,000 in coming months, according to Rumsfeld.
The WP follows up its scoop from yesterday on the pricey Iraq budget request, reporting that members of Congress—even those from President Bush's own party—were shocked at the anticipated $60 billion to $70 billion budget request. Rep. Zach Wamp, R-Tenn., * who sits on the House Appropriations Committee, tells the paper that before voting for more money he wants to see "the light at the end of the tunnel." But even amid bickering and threats of political turmoil, both Democrats and Republicans conceded that Bush probably would get whatever funds he requests.
On the North Korea front, National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice tells the NYT (in what the paper describes as "a brief telephone conversation") that Bush's policy on handing out benefits to the country was no significant change. Rice "emphasized that any major benefits to North Korea would come only after it could no longer pose a nuclear threat or rebuild its nuclear capacity"—the key phrase, it seems, being "major benefits." The WP, which stuffs the news, says there was a suggestion that the benefits might move "parallel" to North Korea's efforts to disarm. Major benefits, minor benefits—it may all be moot anyway, since negotiators think North Korea didn't pick up on the U.S.'s overtures last week anyway, a LAT piece notes. Some think the country's diplomats simply weren't listening.
Everybody fronts word that embattled Bush nominee Miguel Estrada dropped his two-year bid to join the federal appeals court in Washington yesterday. Estrada's nomination had been the subject of a lengthy filibuster by Senate Democrats, who rejected him as an "extreme conservative" who refused to answer basic questions about his work history. While the NYT notes that some Republicans "strongly suggested" that he was opposed by Democrats because of his Hispanic heritage, C. Boydon Gray, who fronts a group that lobbies in favor of Bush's judicial nominees, tells the LAT that Estrada wasn't opposed for his heritage. "They opposed him because he was President Bush's Hispanic," he said.
Finally, the WP and NYT weigh in today with two nearly identical, yet long-overdue, profiles of Brian Wells, the 46-year-old pizza delivery driver at the center of what has to be the strangest crime story of the year. Last week, Wells walked into an Erie, Pa., bank, near the pizza shop where he worked, revealed that he had a bomb locked to his neck, and demanded money. When police apprehended him a short time later, he told them a "dark-skinned man," according to the NYT, had locked the bomb to his neck and that he had to return with the money in order to defuse the explosive. But before the bomb squad arrived, the device exploded—killing Wells instantly.


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