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Yes, I know that direct links to posts and comments don't work.
I'm seeking help with the problem.
UPDATE: The problem has been fixed.
"There Are Some Unverified Spokesmen Around, Including . . . ME??"
So a press conference was held to announce that Jamil Hussein is not an employee of the Iraqi Ministry of the Interior.
The press conference was given by Brig. Gen. Abdul-Karim Khalaf, who is the spokesman for the Ministry of the Interior.
And whose name had been on a CENTCOM working blacklist of "unverified sources." (The military has since verified his status; his inclusion on the working list was a mistake.)
If CENTCOM had the name of the official spokesman for the Ministry of the Interior on its working blacklist — and, as Allah points out, garbled his name in e-mails about the press conference — what does that say about the military's claims regarding Jamil Hussein?
This does not inspire confidence.
Do You Know What Day You Were Born?
My 6-year-old daughter just asked me what day she was born.
Not what date. What day — of the week.
I didn't know. And I didn't know for myself. (Or my wife or son.)
Do you?
P.S. Turns out she was born on a Tuesday.
UPDATE: Commenter sharon notes that she knew the day of the week she was born, from the poem:
Monday's child is fair of face,
Tuesday's child is full of grace,
Wednesday's child is full of woe,
Thursday's child has far to go.
Friday's child is loving and giving,
Saturday's child works hard for a living,
But the child born on the Sabbath Day,
Is fair and wise and good and gay.
Now that sharon has mentioned it, I remember the fact that I was a Wednesday's child. Which is about right: I'm pretty cranky.
Ramadi Story on Malkin's "Vent"
Filed under: Dog Trainer,General,War — Patterico @ 6:44 pm
Michelle Malkin featured my post on the Ramadi airstrike in her "Vent" today at Hot Air. I thought her "Vent" account was well done, and refrained from overstating the conclusions of my post.
I am still looking into certain matters noted in updates to that post, including one tidbit that bolsters the charge that the paper repeated insurgent propaganda, and another that has caused some commenters to question whether military press officers split hairs in answering my questions. I'm also working on developing and building relationships with reliable contacts on the ground there. I'm told that the L.A. Times is still actively looking into the events of Nov. 13.
Over Three Million Served
The blog topped 3,000,000 visits today.
Of course, that doesn't mean that 3,000,000 separate people have seen it. As I understand it, a "unique visitor" is a metric that measures each visit from an IP address that hasn't been used to access the page in the last 30 minutes. So if, over the course of eight hours, you visit every hour for 10 minutes, looking at five pages each time, that's 8 unique visits, 40 page views . . . and one person.
So how many different people are represented in that 3,000,000? I have no idea. Do any of you have a guess?
I'm thinking 3,000,000 visitors is probably like 20 of you, coming back here time and time again to yell at each other in the comments. (I'm exaggerating, of course, but you get the idea.)
Well, whatever it means, thanks for reading.
A "Third Way" on Fake Iraqi Cops?
Filed under: General — Patterico @ 8:17 am
The military says it has no evidence that Jamil Hussein is a policeman or member of the Ministry of the Interior.
AP says: you bet he is!
Someone's right and someone's wrong, wouldn't you say?
Not necessarily. Like Bill Clinton, I come to offer a third way.
I was discussing the issue of fake Iraqi cops recently with a military press guy who is (I believe) not involved with the Hussein controversy. He offered me a theory about what may be going on with some of these folks who aren't showing up on police rosters, but who are being quoted as police sources by the press. I asked him if I could quote him and he sent me this:
After the Iraqi Army was disbanded in 2003 the police force was kept intact; however they refused to show up to work which is why Coalition forces had to recruit and train the new police force from scratch. So I am suspect of press reports that claim to have a source within the Iraqi Police, because there is a high probability that the source is most likely a Saddam era leftover who hasn't walked a beat in years. Those individuals are not employed by the Iraqi Ministry of the Interior. The Iraqi MOI keeps accurate listings of verified police officers, for pay purposes.
— Maj. Jeff Pool, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Force) PAO.
So it's possible that, in a sense, some of these folks are technically Iraqi police — but don't represent the government, as readers would assume they do when they read a quote from an alleged Iraqi "policeman."
Just tossing that out there for your consideration.
A Further Response to Prof. Reynolds
In a FURTHER UPDATE to this post, Glenn Reynolds has further responded to my previous post about federalism and federal legislation relating to no-knock warrants.
I have two points.
First, Prof. Reynolds appears to deny that the link I provided shows that he had argued against federal legislation in the Schiavo case, citing concerns about federalism. But if you scroll down to the third post at the link (or simply click on this link to go directly to the relevant post), you'll see Prof. Reynolds favorably quoting Ryan Sager to this effect:
[I]t was in this last week that the Republican-controlled Congress made it clear that it sees no area of American life — none too trivial and none too intimate — that the federal government should not permeate with its power.
It can all be summed up in two words: steroids and Schiavo. . . .
Putting aside the tangled facts of the [Schiavo] case for the moment — which include some bitter family history and selective science on both sides — the driving question here should be: Does Congress have a role?
And when it comes to a family dispute over a painful medical decision, one which at least 19 judges in six courts have already adjudicated, the answer must be a resounding "no."
The forums for matters such as the Schiavo case are state courts, upholding state laws.
To this, Reynolds added:
A while back, I wrote about the problem of "fair-weather federalism," but judging by the past week things look to be getting much worse.
I think it's fair to cite this post as a clear example that Prof. Reynolds decried federal legislation in the Schiavo case as an example of "fair-weather federalism."
Instead of referring to this post, Prof. Reynolds quoted a different post with the group, and argued that that post "wasn't really a federalism argument as such." True enough, but the one immediately above it was. The fault is at least partially mine, as the link I had provided covered multiple blog posts, and I failed to provide a specific link to which post I was talking about.
My second point is to respond to Prof. Reynolds's argument in which he tries to turn the tables, and say that if he is being inconsistent, then I must be as well:
At any rate, doesn't this go both ways? That is, isn't Patterico inconsistent to have supported the Schiavo legislation while regarding Congressional legislation over no-knock raids as posing troubling federalism problems?
Not necessarily. The reason is that in defending the Schiavo legislation, I have fleshed out in great detail why I believe the Due Process Clause authorizes federal intervention. But having read Prof. Reynolds's post, I still don't understand the argument that no-knock raids — even looking only at ones that go bad — violate the Due Process Clause.
The due process argument in the Schiavo situation is, I think, fairly clear-cut. As I have argued, substantial authority (including dicta in Cruzan) suggests that, under the Due Process Clause of the Federal Constitution, cases like the Schiavo case must be decided according to the "clear and convincing evidence" standard. I believe that it was appropriate for Congress to provide jurisdiction to the federal courts to ensure that this federally mandated standard was properly applied.
Maybe there is an equally valid due process argument to be made that no-knock warrants violate due process. But I don't think Prof. Reynolds has really fleshed out the argument, and it's not intuitively obvious to me where there is a due process failure — at least in cases where police have a valid warrant.
After all, to obtain a valid search warrant, officers must provide facts that they believe in good faith to be true, showing probable cause to search a residence, and obtain a signature from a neutral and detached magistrate. If there is a no-knock provision, they must provide facts that convince a magistrate that there is a reason that the usual knock-and-announce requirement must be dispensed with.
That doesn't immediately strike me as a failure of "due process." It sounds like a fair amount of process — and exactly the amount that is due to the homeowner under the Constitution.
If the raid later goes bad, and someone gets shot, that should probably motivate a discussion of the policies or tactics used. But I don't see why we must necessarily conclude that there has been a "due process" violation. And under principles of federalism, it seems to me that this discussion — relating as it does to local police matters — should take place on a local level.
In any event, I agree with Prof. Reynolds that we share considerable common ground: we agree that stripping immunity in a section 1983 case is an act that is well within Congressional authority.
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Het seizoen 1957/58 was het 41e seizoen van de Coupe de France in het voetbal. Het toernooi werd georganiseerd door de Franse voetbalbond.

Dit seizoen namen er 1163 clubs deel. De competitie ging in de zomer van 1957 van start en eindigde op 18 mei 1958 met de finale in het Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir in Colombes. De finale werd gespeeld tussen Stade Reims (voor de tweede keer finalist) en Olympique Nîmes (voor de eerste keer finalist). Stade Reims veroverde voor de tweede keer de beker door Olympique Nîmes met 3-1 te verslaan.

Stade Reims was de vijfde club die de dubbel (landstitel en beker) in het Franse voetbal won.

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1/32 finale
De wedstrijden werden op 13  en 17 (Girondins Bordeaux - FC Nantes) januari gespeeld, de beslissingswedstrijden op 16 (Stade Rennes - Gallia Sports Algiers) en 17 januari (CO Roubaix-Tourcoing - Stade Français). De 18 clubs van de Division 1 kwamen in deze ronde voor het eerst in actie.

1/16 finale
De wedstrijden werden op 2 februari gespeeld, de beslissingswedstrijden op 6 en 9 (Le Havre - Cherbourg). De derde wedstrijd tussen Besançon - Rennes op 20 februari.

1/8 finale
De wedstrijden werden op 2 maart gespeeld, de enige beslissingswedstrijd op 6 maart.

Kwartfinale
De wedstrijden werden op 6 april gespeeld.

Halve finale
De wedstrijden werden op 27 april gespeeld.

Finale
De wedstrijd werd op 18 mei 1957 gespeeld in het Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir in Colombes voor 56.523 toeschouwers. De wedstrijd stond onder leiding van de scheidsrechter Augustin Le Menn.

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Allegiant question
What did you think of the end?
Henley Feb 02, 2014 05:30PM
Truthfully, I thought it was brave of Veronica Roth to kill off Tris. I mean, yes, I bawled to my heart's content and I thought that all of the romance with Four was a waste, but it was a brave move and I don't hate Roth for it. I think she should have died in a different way, because her death seemed kind of rushed to me. It should have been some really tragic heartbreaking death instead of like "BANG! I see my mom. I grab for my mom's hand... YADA YADA YADA". What do you guys think?
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Lauren Feb 02, 2014 07:58PM 4 votes
Fine idea in theory, fitting for the theme, horrible execution, waste of a story.
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Bethany Feb 09, 2014 06:31AM 2 votes
It would have been too obvious to give Tobias and Tris a happy ever after. It was a brave move.
Rida Feb 09, 2014 04:30PM 2 votes
I'm not so bothered by the fact that Roth killed off the main character but I agree that it was not done properly she did rush it and that honestly had no impact on me. there was no emption created, and firstly the entire book was the longest drag ever. I was really gutted about that because I had high hopes for this book. Also the ending with Tobias it was just pointless and long.
Peter Feb 20, 2014 02:25AM 2 votes
These were my thoughts regarding the ending: I found Allegiant to be anti-climatic and almost completely lacking in suspense. For example, the Death Serum scene was about a single page. The scenes with serums in the first two novels were long and suspenseful. And the scene which so many readers hate so much, regarding the demise of a central character, was rushed and vague, and virtually no impact on me at all.
One of the most frustrating aspects of the novel for me was that the previous book made it look like the divergents would save the world from endless strife, perhaps emerging as leaders of a post apocalyptic, fallen world. Yet when they did come out, nothing special was done with them. Not even with Tris who could resist all simulations. It cheapened the first two novels, making me wonder, what was the point of it all?
Angela Ahh, yes I agree. It was anti-climactic, while the previous 2 books were captivating and very interesting.
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Emma Belle Feb 03, 2014 05:12AM 2 votes
I loved it. If every book ends perfectly than you almost always know whats going to happen. I think it was awesome that she did it even if it was sad. I loved the way Tobias spread her ashes zip-lining also. It was really cute and yes I did cry. :)
Tammy Feb 10, 2014 10:25PM 1 vote
I struggled with a lot of the third book and would have preferred a happy ending. But as I think about it more, it tells us that she is Abnegation. She always felt that she was not "good" enough and at the end she proved that she was. However, I think I could have gotten the same result had she been wounded and saved.
Elle Feb 12, 2014 06:54PM 1 vote
I think that Veronica Roth made a bad decision in changing the world building with the third book. She should have used that idea for a different book series.
She could have had Tris' Mother as the protagonist of that series. I would have love to read that.
The third book in the Divergent series should not have broken the world building inside Chicago
Catalina Feb 03, 2014 08:40AM 1 vote
I hated it. No character development, boring. Very Sad!!
sim Feb 03, 2014 01:12AM 1 vote
I hated the ending. In fact, I hated the whole book. Nothing made sense! I'm really tired so I don't want to go in detail about why I thought the book sucked. And the epilogue? Was it even necessary? No I don't think so. The book was just how my three days got wasted, nothing else...
Grace Feb 04, 2014 01:23PM 1 vote
I wasn't a fan of the ending but I can't hate her for ending it that way. I see where Roth was coming from but it changed my whole view of Tris! It made it sound like she never fully stopped wanting to die so she could go see her parents! I thought she had realized life was worth living! When Roth ended it that way it made it sound like the whole time she was just waiting for the right time to die. I mean I get that she missed her parents and everything but that ending made it sound like Tris was almost happy to die and to be done living and to me that means her friends and Tobias weren't enough for her. I guess I am still a little confused about what exactly Veronica wanted her readers to get from this ending but I still think she is an excellent writer!
Jilleen Feb 20, 2014 03:29PM 1 vote
It was dumb. There was no reason for it, and it left me not caring about any of the books. What a cop out.
Paul Feb 05, 2014 07:54PM 1 vote
It was not a surprise at all as the ending was foreshadowed several times in the last 1/3 of the book. I didn't really see the great love story in this book that I have heard about. Tris and Tobias really didn't have that much to do with each other in this book. In fact they were kind of working against each other for most of the book and really not involved with the other.
Oxy Feb 13, 2014 10:05AM 1 vote
I feel like the book was super slow and pretty boring with a lot of useless taking up of pages. In my opinion, Roth killed off Tris to try and "save" her story. The real question is - did it work?
Nicole Feb 05, 2014 08:36AM 1 vote
I just finished Allegiant and was disappointed by the ending. I certainly don't want to criticize any writer, because I know how hard it is to get the endings just right. But, why? WHY? Caleb was the perfect choice for that crazy mission. And, if it had to be Tris, it made no sense for her to forget her gun in the other room. She didn't usually make those kinds of errors. Why would she in the most important scene? Yeah, yeah, no one should have been there. Still.
Overall, I adored the writing and the world. I just wish the last book had been a bit more consistent with the first two in terms of the characters' strengths and the fight over being Divergent.
Rose Feb 12, 2014 08:18PM 0 votes
I thought that it was fairly well planned out, but it was a little abrupt and I was bawling my eyes out! Tris' death did make me feel awful for Tobias, though!
Chelsea Feb 06, 2014 12:15PM 0 votes
At first I yelled, probably could've thrown the book. But that's just because it took me off guard and definitely made me upset that after all that time she was gone. But afterwards I give Veronica Roth props for going against what other people would assume the ending of her book would be. It's different and definitely adds to the character of Tris and even molds Tobias' character perfectly as well. It was painful but it definitely caught me off guard, which I think shows great writing. Sure, it wasn't what I would have wanted but she did it well.
Sriya Feb 08, 2014 05:32PM 0 votes
Yes, i was very upset about it...but i thought Veronica Roth was kind of a genius ending it so boldly. In Insurgent, Tris risked her life for pointless means but in Allegiant, it is like she finally realized the true meaning of sacrifice. I think sacrifice was really big in this trilogy.
Samantha Feb 20, 2014 12:00PM 0 votes
I cried so much but in the end, I though it was a wise decision to kill Tris off. Most books end happily, only the wise authors dare to try something else. Although I was upset at the end, I still loved the series and respect your decision.
A Feb 05, 2014 05:52PM 0 votes
*head in hands, pacing back and forth*
i....i cant even...i...what...no...why...aaahh!..
Jilleen Feb 20, 2014 03:31PM 0 votes
It was dumb. There was no reason for it, and it left me not caring about any of the books. What a cop out. It wasn't 'brave' it was lazy. The author wrote herself into a bunch of plot holes, got tired of it and quit. It's easy to just kill off your main character. End of story. Dumb. Sorry I wasted my time with the books, I'm just glad I didn't pay for them (library).
Amirah I. Feb 21, 2014 09:38AM 0 votes
I'm sad for Four! He deserved happiness, after all. And he's even close to it! And then BAMMM! The ending just ruined everything ugh////////////
Nadine Feb 20, 2014 01:23AM 0 votes
The end was what made it. Cried my eyes out about it. So sad. It's a worldly ending though - it's what humanity deals with every day. We live, we love we die.
I was upset and then annoyed. Her death was actually obvious. The sighs where all, so there and yet I missed it because I was to caught up in the fact that they where getting to an end with all the fighting.
Tobias is a better person - better than me. I would definitely have swallowed the fricken memory serum.
deleted member Feb 18, 2014 05:38PM 0 votes
I think that although killing tris was absolutely devastating the actual ending was good, especially when tobias gets over his fear of hights
Irene Feb 23, 2014 05:01PM 0 votes
OMG! When people talked about a death- that's not what I thought they meant. I'm used to reading PNR. I like PNR. We all know how it's going to end. The only question is: how will they get there. I loved this book but now I'm going to read some PNR and recover. OMG!
Ashley Feb 13, 2014 05:41PM 0 votes
I was loving the book with all its suspense and romance and action up until she killed Tris. Then I decided that I hated the ending. It's not fair to say I hated the book because that would be a lie, but I did NOT like the ending. I kept thinking, She's not really dead, she's okay, it'll be alright, she'll marry Tobias and it will be a happily ever after ending. I mean, the book was supposed to be Tris' story anyway so she couldn't possibly die, right? WRONG, SO WRONG!!
Fay Feb 14, 2014 05:03PM 0 votes
I'm torn with regards to the ending, because part of me is angry that the main character died, but on the other hand, if a book can elicit such strong emotions, doesn't that make it a good book?
Katie Feb 05, 2014 07:37AM 0 votes
So Sad!
deleted member Feb 18, 2014 09:47AM 0 votes
I always wanted an author who was brave enough to kill the main charachter. Well, until I read this book.
In the first book I thought Tris was a very strong charachter, she had to go through a lot of things and handled it really good. In the second book I didn't really like Tris, the whole time she wanted to sacrifice herself, I just became a little fed up with her. In the third book I liked her better, but not as much as I did before the second book. I cried when she died, I didn't like her much, but I cried, I cried the rest of the book, I cried when Four (I like that name better) heard she died. It was just so ...... well, terrible. After I cried a long time I didn't like the book. I hated it. It wasn't as good as I expected and Tris died, but after a few days I was more reasonable. I also saw the good things in Tris's death.
I think the end is good, it's how it's supposed to end for me. I just didn't like the way she died, it's like: 'hey, congralations that you lived through the death serum, now I shoot you, so you're death.' It was a little rude.
Nope...yes, ugh it was all very poetic and made me very sad. I would have preferred an HEA.
AnnMarie Feb 07, 2014 02:01PM 0 votes
I cried like a baby but it was the perfect ending!
Maiah Feb 12, 2014 03:08PM 0 votes
Ok I feel quite broken up about the end of this book. I really liked divergent and insurgent. The development of the characters was thorough and I even liked the story line. However, the ending of this book just tore me up inside. I know happy endings are all cliche but after all Tris and Four had been through, I wanted something good to come of all of this. I don't think Tris' death was the worst part; I just can not accept how Roth left Four alone. He already had so much on his shoulders and he has always been alone. Over the course of the 3 books, we learn so much about Four and how sucky his life was. Tris was the one person who stood by him. Even though they faced hard times, they always found their way back to one another. I just thought if was wrong that in all this Roth left him right were he began. Alone.
Olivia Feb 06, 2014 12:22PM 0 votes
I thought that it was brave of Veronica Roth and I thought it was fine as an ending. I really loved how it fit with the whole theme that was shown throughout the book (and series) of knowing when to make a sacrifice of yourself and that was like the ultimate sacrifice.
However, I thought the execution was poor and I didn't really comprehend her death until the end so I wasn't emotionally effected at all. And I really didn't like the rest of book which I found boring.
I've never read the Divergent Series but I've heard that Tris died in the end and people start hattin' the book. Hopefully I get to read the book and understand everyones (people who hates it) point of view.
Erika Feb 08, 2014 01:48PM 0 votes
After the initial shock, I thought it was a rather bold and good ending to the book.
Rebecca Feb 18, 2014 05:35PM 0 votes
Stephen king taught me to always be prepared for the main character to die. I was not expecting it in this one. I couldn't believe it I had to reread it, i though no maybe she was going to be in a coma or something. It was horrible just kinda let it slip by. Had trouble reading the last bit. I wanted her to still be alive. I think that is what makes it a good book. The emotion it provoke just over words.
Deborah Feb 14, 2014 08:41PM 0 votes
I waited for Tobias to come out of a simulation at the end. I thought when he did the zipline to spread her ashes, that he'd wake up and realize he just needed to face that fear. I envisioned Tris sitting beside him, teasing as she asks what took him so long. ...Or something along those lines. Maybe because Tris was prepared to die when she gave herself up to Jeanine, that's a good place for her simulation to have ended and the rest of the book could be Tobias's test simulation. Would make for a more interesting movie version... Then they would be promoted to some high level in the Dauntless faction that explained the 'test' simulation. (and neatly tidying it up into a happier ending!)I'm not sure their whole world needed to crumble apart, it was fairly interesting.
Jenn Feb 16, 2014 01:14PM 0 votes
I kinda saw it coming but that was a major twist at the end by killing off Tris. I cried cause it was sad. But please somebody let me know this, does everyone know now that Matthew killed her? I dont understand how no one wants revenge!
Tammy Feb 03, 2014 08:42AM 0 votes
I was shocked at the ending but I liked it as well.
Kim Feb 11, 2014 04:08PM 0 votes
I hated it and loved it at the same time. It shows how to move on after loss but it also makes you sad that you don't know what could have come of Tris' future.
Nadine Feb 20, 2014 12:57PM 0 votes
her words : " I fell in love with him. But I don't just stay with him by default as if there's no one else available to me. I stay with him because I choose to, every day that I wake up, every day that we fight or lie to each other or disappoint each other. I choose him over and over again, and he chooses me."
is what made the entire story surreal. she was no longer inlove. she loved.
Aly Feb 09, 2014 06:53PM 0 votes
I have a little sister (12). She was reading allegiant right at the part when Tris dies. All of a sudden she started bawling and bawling. She cried for around 30 minutes as did I!
Stephanie Feb 19, 2014 08:39PM 0 votes
If I had known that Tris was going to die at the end of the third book, I would not have continued reading after Divergent. For me, Insurgent and Allegiant were slow, inconsistent and a little boring. The only reason I persisted was to see Tris and Four finally find peace and happiness at the end. :-(
Elena Feb 20, 2014 03:00PM 0 votes
Don't get me wrong I get that it was bold move to kill Trish but it was not well executed. She survives so many things and her death is just stupid. Also! The way she describes dying OMFG! A great opportunity ruined. If you are going to kill your main character do it right. Like in I am Legend! i accepted that he had to died. i was so peaceful to accept that he didn't have any other choice that he was the foreign on the planet and outsider it was just beautiful! Well back to the main issue, they deserved to be happy, together!!! And I'm not even saying well they live happy ever after! They had they ups and downs! But never the less they could built a new life together but fine if you need to kill someone I was better accepting if you killed Tobias, Trish could handle it she was different than Tobias, he had suffer enough!! But NOO add more suffering and emptiness and desolation to it.
Hell! Kill them both I could accept that! And this is not about Trish I liked her but I liked Tobias more and I just couldn't stand the suffering he went through!
Jackie Feb 13, 2014 05:04PM 0 votes
Brave decision on the author's part; Kudos to you, Ms. Roth!
I liked it. I was angry and sad and confused and tired, but I liked it.
Kari Feb 13, 2014 12:48PM 0 votes
NOPE NO NO NADA NOPE NO
I CAN'T EVEN
I refuse to accept Tris's death. Tobias and Tris are living happily and blissfully in love while skipping through a field of wildflowers and unicorns I don't give a crap that it would be cliche they both deserve happiness.
I understand it was to make a point that life majorly sucks sometimes and you got to live through it but ahem no.
LET ME GO GET A MOP TO WIPE UP MY SEA OF TEARS
Angela Agreed!
Zyair Feb 11, 2014 03:04PM 0 votes
I don't know if anyone else noticed this but in the first book
Tris says "Can I be forgiven for all I've done to get here? I don't know. I don't know. Please."
and the final book she says "Can I be forgiven for all I've done to get here? I want to be. I can. I believe it."
Shannon (last edited Feb 06, 2014 07:26AM ) Feb 03, 2014 12:57PM 0 votes
I hated it, so much. After all that, to have her die, I just don't accept it. I understand not every story is going to have a happily-ever-after, but I felt this death was just so unnecessary. I had to keep telling myself they were fictional characters, that I am a grown woman, and to stop crying! But I couldn't, it tore me up...much worse than Mockingjay and I HATED that ending.
Kiley Feb 03, 2014 04:24PM 0 votes
I thought all that death was unnecessary. It was just completley unneeded. She could have made this book perfect but it just never works out that way does it.
Cassondra Feb 22, 2014 06:59PM -1 votes
I think it is the perfect end for Tris: a mixture of abnegation and dauntless, exactly as she was.
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'BRING HIM HOME' Family of Brit activist on death row in Ethiopia slam Foreign Office for not doing enough to save the dad-of-three
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Dissident Andy Tsege was sentenced to death for being part of the political opposition and kidnapped in 2014 while travelling to Eritrea
Andy's family have desperately called for his release, saying they had been forced to spend three Christmases without him
THE family of a Brit activist facing the death sentence in Ethiopia have slammed the Foreign Office for not doing enough to free him after spending a third Christmas without him.
Father-of-three Andargachew, known as Andy, Tsege was kidnapped in June 2014 and held in secret detention for more than a year after being sentenced to death in 2009 for being part of the political opposition.
But as he continues to languish in an African jail, his family living in Islington, London, have desperately appealed for his release, blasting the Foreign Office for not doing more.
In a heartfelt letter to Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Tobias Ellwood, Andy's partner Yemi Hailemariam wrote: "I don't have to explain how heartbroken we are, and how the life of our family has been turned upside down in the last two years.
"Spending a third Christmas without Andy was particularly difficult for us."
Andy remains in an Ethiopian prison with a death sentence hanging over his head
Andy, who was a political dissident during his time in Ethipoia, was granted political asylum in the UK in 1979 and has lived in Britain since then.
He was abducted in June 2014 while travelling to visit Eritrea before being moved to the Kality prison outside Addis Abiba.
Yemi went on, saying: "You say that seeking Andy's release could 'jeopardise the progress' made on his case; but from where I am standing, there has been very little progress.
"Andy is still held under sentence of death, and the Ethiopian Prime Minister has said it is not possible to appeal this sentence – meaning the FCO's focus on finding Andy a lawyer has no hope of ending his ordeal.
"The Ethiopian Government has still faced no real challenge to its outrageous actions in his case."
She said that she had been "disappointed" in the apparent lack of working to secure her husband's release, with her now raising teen daughter Holly and twins Menabe and Yilak, alone.
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The determined woman has called on the Foreign Office to make a stronger stand and rethink their approach at securing Andy's release.
She said: "You will surely be aware that Ethiopia's crackdown on dissent is showing no signs of abating, and that Andy's situation seems likely to only get worse if he remains where he is. We are so worried about him.
"He is stuck in a legal black hole when he should, by rights, have been home with us long ago.
"Ethiopia remains one of the closest partners of the UK, and yet this charade has been going on for nearly three years.
"Surely it is possible to take a much firmer line with the Ethiopian authorities, and show that you want Andy to be returned home to his family, where he belongs."
The daughters of Andy Tsege wrote to the Queen asking for help two years ago
She said she was hopeful to arrange a meeting with Ellwood to discuss the situation.
Maya Foa, a director at Reprieve which has been assisting Mr Tsege, said: "The UK government needs to stand up for this British father of three who was kidnapped abroad and now faces execution in Ethiopia.
"The Foreign Office must urgently listen to Andy's family, and use this week's visit to secure his return home to London. If our government fail him, then Brits abroad just aren't safe anymore."
An FCO spokesperson told the Sun Online: "The British Government has provided significant support to Mr Tsege and his family, and to suggest otherwise is simply incorrect.
"We lobbied for many months to secure a move from solitary confinement to a federal prison, and this was achieved in July 2015. From the moment we heard about his detention we pressed for consular access and have now been able to visit Mr Tsege a number of times."
They added: "The Foreign Secretary has made it clear to the Ethiopian Government that Mr Tsege must be given access to legal representation, as agreed by Prime Minister Hailemariam in June. And we will press them on this matter until they follow through on their commitment.
"There has been an high level of engagement with Mr Tsege's family in the UK throughout this case, and we will continue to support them.
"The Foreign Secretary has offered to meet Mr Tsege's partner, Ms Hailemariam."
The family has previously begged those in leadership positions to help secure the release of their father.
The daughter of Andy, Menabe, wrote to the Queen in 2015, begging for her father to be released.
In the letter, the then eight-year-old said: "I am writing to ask your assistance in these troubled times to bring my father back would be asking too much."
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Крекінг-установка у Морелос — складова частина нафтопереробного та нафтохімічного майданчика в районі портового міста Коацакоалькос на півдні Мексики (штат Веракрус).

З 1990 року до вже наявних двох піролізних виробництв у районі Коацакоалькоса (в Паджарітос та Ла-Кангреджера) додали третє, розміщене на майданчику Морелос. Як і попередні, нова установка парового крекінгу споживала етан, постачений по трубопроводу зі штату Чіапас, проте також могла піддавати піролізу певну кількість пропану. Первісно її потужність становила 500 тисяч тонн етилену на рік, а станом на середину 2010-х цей показник зазначали як 600 тисяч тонн.

Вироблений етилен споживається на цьому ж майданчику для продукування поліетилену низької щільності/лінійного поліетилену низької щільності (300 тисяч тонн), поліетилену високої щільності (100 тисяч тонн), оксиду етилену (200 тисяч тонн) та етиленгліколю (135 тисяч тонн).

У 2016-му біля Коацакоалькоса з'явився четвертий піролізний майданчик бразильської компанії Braskem, постачання якого етаном мало відбуватись з тих же газопереробних комплексів, які живили попередні установки. При цьому плани щодо збільшення виробництва етану лише завдяки підвищенню рівня його вилучення не виправдались у повній мірі, що призвело до дефіциту. Враховуючи суворі контрактні зобов'язання концерну Pemex щодо забезпечення нового виробництва сировиною, для потреб власних установок названого концерну почали імпорт етану. Для цього на терміналі в Паджарітос модернізували п'ять резервуарів, котрі раніше використовувались для зберігання етилену, а у січні 2018-го сюди прибув перший вантаж етану на газовому танкері Bow Guardian.

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Oh hey! Watch me do this! Watch me! Watch me! WATCH ME!
Sure, she seems innocent and adorable. And she will play by herself just fine, as long as you are looking at her.
But if you happen to look away?
You just made the BIGGEST mistake of your LIFE. My disdain for you is epic.
4. or, if you are her daddy, she will toss her toys away, then look expectantly at you.
And if you still have the NERVE to not give her your undying attention?
WHY DON'T YOU FIT IN MY MOUTH! LASER BEAM EYES!!
so you buy her a pony, a segway, and a harp-playing monkey, and you hope she someday learns to use her powers for good and not evil.
Vampire baby photo freaked me out BAD. She's still adorable though, fangs'n'all.
How much is a segway going for these days?
Haha. She's going to be such a heartbreaker!
ha ha ha ha, yeah, good luck with that.
Ahhh….she's so cute, even with fangs.
Awwww, such a sweetie girl! Keep it up Annabel, you're on the right track!
Girls Rule and Boys Drool….don't forget that!
LOVE her!! Wow, both your girls are so photogenic. Annabel's cuteness even shines through her devil pic!
The fang picture was a little creepy!! Even with fangs she's absolutely adorable!
So, so gorgeous,,,,, even with all of the added extras!!!!
I just snorted so hard laughing at that picture, I hurt myself.
Sooo funny! And she's adorable.
But just be thankful she does have a good side! My niece was aptly nicknamed the "Little Monster" and would have fit very well with the horned baby and laser eye pictures. I'm being completely honest when I say she cried or was fussy 80% of her first year. It was not fun.
Laser beam eyes must be hard to accomplish over so much adorable cheek chub.
I know someone who heard her 2 yr old crying in the parents room. Then it stopped, then started. So Mummy crept towards the door and peeped through the crack between the door and frame.
The little 'angel' was crying in front of the mirror to see what she looked like and trying to perfect the effect for her unwitting parents.
That's what you have to come!
Great story!!! Cute little devil!!!
And your photoshopping skilz? Amazing!
I love it! Her face gives every thought away.
The disdain indeed is epic.
My daughter is now 6, and after years of us hoping she will use those powers for good and not evil… we're still waiting.
She persuaded a 6'7 burly biker to stop smoking at a friends BBQ by turning on her sad face and asking him why he was polluting her air and trying to make her family sick with cancer. That was 2 years ago at age 4.
She turns on the sad face in stores and makes random store keepers hand her candy without even asking for it.
Is it just me or do you think Annie is like really smart for her age? She is clearly acting like a ten month old. And oh my, who could say no to that face!
If she's got this mastered by six months, I'd say she's pretty much a genius.
Too cute Looks like she got it all mastered already.
Hee hee! I swear I heard the angels and harps and stuff when I looked at that last shot.
omg….she is so darn adorable! Love your photoshop skils!!
I would give her anything she wanted! My almost seven month old (Drew, her Atlanta boyfriend) figured out that he could get my attention by fake coughing before he was even five months old. He still does it all the time and I'm terrified that he's going to really be sick but I'll just ignore it because I'll assume he's faking.
How can you say no to a face like that!
It is amazing how they can figure out how to get our attention so early on.
I am in love with that 2nd pic.
seriously, such a cute, cute, CUTE girl-it's ridiculous. Every picture you ever post I think that every time.
Love the graphics! She is so adorable!!!
The fang pic made me cringe! Those eyes! SKEEERY!
LOL – thank you for the very first thing in the morning giggles. Those edited pictures are hilarious. She's adorable.
Too cute!! My son would do the fake cough too, and I would fall for it. Then I got wise to his antics!
Totally cute…even in vampire mode.
Aww… even her devil face is skwishy-adorable.
OMG that was one of the funniest posts. My girls were like that. It must be a girl thing, my son never did that.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA these are hilarious!! The angel one is the best.
If you get a chance, what photo editing software do you use for this?
I used Photoshop, but that's only because I don't have microsoft paint on my Mac!
That baby is so dang adorable….I could NEVER look away from her.
Coming from a mama who raised her kids already and is sooo ready for grandchildren.
My own babies?? Oh, I put them in their walker/swing/playpen/bouncy chair/container and let them cry. Eventually they got used to it and watched me cook dinner/load the dishwasher/fold the laundry/pay the bills/shower/get dressed.
That's my favorite line from "Fatal Attraction"!!!!!
Gee, who'da thought you and your hubby would have a kids with so much personality? Face it, it's genetic. You're just going to have to deal. Tough, huh?
Kiss those chubby cheeks for me, ok?
I know we don't go wayyyyyyyyyy back! But in my head we are totally cool like that. I love your photos! And that is why I tagged you over at my blog in hopes to see another fantastic pic!
These manipulative tactics will ultimately become handy when she's dating.
Also, the second photo (and corresponding caption) still makes me laugh to myself whenever I think about it.
She and her friends are going to look at all these photos one day and have a huge laugh party….and her friends will be oh so jealous!
She'd have me so tightly wrapped around her finger that even without her "special powers" I'd be watching her all day anyway! She's so stinkin' adorable I wouldn't want to miss a minute of her.
Hmmm…you are so good at the photoshopping. Maybe you should do graphic design!
Or did you already live that life?
Anyway, even with horns, she is pre-shus!
HA! Oh, my gosh, that FACE! She's such a sweetie. Curious–what program do you use to do fun effects on your photos?
GAH! Listen, I am going to send her some toys. No, wait, does she like puppies? I'll send that little puddin' face some puppies. No. She's too cute for puppies, how about a monkey. like a little one who fits in doll clothes and poops in diapers? yes, I'll get her a monkey.
Uggghhhh. Never mind. I'll just send her my wallet. get her whatever she wants. Ignore the weight on my license. The DMV lady is a liar.
About all I can say is, good luck! But as others have said, she's so stinking cute how could anyone resist her!!
HAAAAA!!! You are so funny and she is so adorable!! My 9-month-old daughter is the same way.
Wow!! The teenager years will be exciting at your house!!
She is soo adorable! I love her round little face.
Thank you for almost making me pee myself from laughing so hard, Heather.
I predict that girl will have one sweet ride in about 16 years!
You are such a riot! So creative! That little face would be very hard to resist, I just love her!!!!
I just realized she was wearing a Beatles onesie!!!! Nellie has one, but it's black, has a silhouette of a drumset and says The Beatles on it. I love the one Annabel's wearing!
Heather, how do you have time for all this awesome photoshopping? Unless this is homework for your class, in which case YAY multi-tasking!


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Cristiano Ronaldo on Sunday scored his first goal for Juventus in their fourth Serie A match against Sassuolo. He is up and running and his three-and-a-half game drought (!) is over.
Juventus star Douglas Costa is expected to be hit with a hefty ban after headbutting an opponent and then spitting in his mouth during Sunday's 2-1 win over Sassuolo.
Ronaldo opened the scoring in Turin with his 28th attempt on goal since completing a £99m move from Real Madrid in the summer, pouncing on a defensive mix up to tap in from two yards out.
The first half ended goalless, but in the second half, Cristiano Ronaldo scored his first goal for Juventus in the 50th minute.
The hosts went agonsingly close in the 38th minute when Sassuolo shot-stopper Andrea Consigli pulled off a stunning save to stop Pol Lirola from deflecting the ball into his own net.


Evelyn Bencicova is a visual creative specializing in photography and art direction. Informed by her background in fine art and new media studies (University for Applied Arts, Vienna), Bencicova's practice combines academic research with an interest in contemporary culture to create a unique aesthetic space in which the conceptual meets the visual.
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Praising April- No Foolin'
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It is the first of April, the 91st day of 2013. As I turned my calendars and planners to today's date, I felt a surge of happiness. To me April is a month full of energy. It lights our morning skies and whispers in the breeze... Wake Up.
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Whether that energy comes from the awakening of earth and plants, or the rain and storms full of powerful electricity, I couldn't say.
Perhaps the energy comes from the stars being aligned just so: half in Aries, half in Taurus that makes me want to work and clean and live and laugh and make everything and everyone around me happy. My sun and moon rise in different signs, but April still holds a special power for me.
April is a busy bee type month and I for one am glad it is here. My calendars show a month full of celebrations and activities and work and promise.
Not just here on our 5 acre home place, not just on my blog; both have jam-packed To-Do lists. No, there is energy inside of me as well, an internal cleaning of the house so to speak.
April is my month to change my thoughts into deeds. Dreams that have lain dormant during the cold winter months can come out of hibernation.
April calls, it sings to me: Wake Up. Get up. Go. Do. Be.
What does April mean to you?
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Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2016 12:53 pm GMT Post subject: Do you use minor terrains?
1) Do you use minor terrains in your games?
2a) If not, why not?
2b) Why do you choose to use minor terrains?
3) If you use minor terrains, how do you determine which ones you bring to a game?
Thanks for any input you may have on this question.
2a.)They are far to dangerous. Rolling everytime you maneuver increases the chance of a critical loss to your army. Since we all know that Dragon Dice™ has a fair share of chance, I think I personally don't need that kind of tough luck.
3.) I'd say I look at what I need. Maneuver, Melee, Missile or Shields. And take the appropriate amount + randoms according to the Meta I am facing. Swamplands in my case.
I bring them, but only activate one if I have nothing better to do with that army. If it is 'faster' to just turn the terrain up. I will do that based on my own judgement of whether I think the minor will give me what I want or not.
I bring the minor terrains that match the type of attack I plan on doing/needing the most. I will bring one of each color combination.
I will bring them to the game in the colors to match the terrains I bring but never plan on using them. I don't want to waste a maneuver opportunity in bringing in a minor when turning up the major may better serve my winning chances. About the only time I would even think about bringing one in is if I won a maneuver roll when the major was on 6.
I'll see if Rules 3.0 changes my opinion in any fashion.


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Ethiopia Honors Olympic Victor Ethiopia's Victor in the Olympic marathon event in Rome on September 15, 1960, received a hero's welcome for his outstanding feat of snatching the first Olympic Gold Medal for his country in the marathon duel against some of the world's best runners. Long before the time scheduled for the arrival of the plane bringing the Ethiopian Olympic team home, Addis Ababa airport and the city's main streets leading in the direction of the airport began to become crowded with welcoming crowds. All roads appeared to lead not as the saying has it, to Rome, but to Addis Ababa airport. Reception Among the packed crowd at the airport were included all categories of the city's population—-high-ranking government officials, white collar workers, and ordinary folk. The Imperial Body Guard, of which the Olympic victor is a member, was well represented. The Imperial Body Guard band, decked out in full dress red tunics and green bloomers was on hand to add
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2023: Peter Obi replies Saraki's claim his government will be disastrous without structure
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Kenneth Okonkwo, the spokesperson to the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has replied former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, who recently claimed that Obi cannot make it if elected as president without having members in the national assembly.
Speaking during an interview on Arise Television on Monday, Saraki expressed the fear that if Obi is elected president in 2023, his administration will be characterized by disaster.
The former lawmaker said the Labour Party has no candidates to fill up the parliamentary seats, which according to him may not go well if the party wins the presidential poll.
But Okonkwo, appearing on the same platform on Tuesday, said the structures being bragged about by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the All Progressives Congress, APC, are those of criminality, poverty, insecurity, scarcity of fuel and bad leadership.
He said that Obi was coming in to destroy such structures and take the country to a new height of productivity and exportation.
"The structures that the PDP and APC have are structures of criminality, structure of corruption, structure of fuel scarcity, structure of poverty, structure of insecurity and structure of bad leadership," he said.
"I can go on and on. So if Obi is part of that structure, you wouldn't see me being a spokesman to him. And that is why he is coming in to destroy such structures. Obi is a man already yielding to Democratically ingenue change.
"When he was a member of the House of Assembly, had no members of the House of Assembly. None. But he was able to get everything he wanted approved by the House of Assembly.
"He did not have one member of the House of Assembly when he came in as Governor and this is what Obasanjo would describe as a track record of ability and performance.
"What you need to be in control is not having members in the national assembly as pleasant and as important as it may be. What you need is political will. What you need is strong institutions…Obi is going to provide leadership…
"No national assembly can move against Obi because he has to misconduct himself first. He didn't misconduct himself in Anambra State for eight years. Not even taking the land that he is entitled to or pension that he is entitled to, how can he misconduct himself when he becomes President?…Obi is coming. He's going to have members in the national assembly but what we are interested in is a new Nigeria…Saraki has made no point."
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