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(CNN)- Given initial suspicions that Friday's bombing and mass shooting in Norway were carried out by Islamic militants linked to al Qaeda, the way police ended up describing the suspect behind the attacks came as a big surprise even to many security experts: The alleged attacker was called a «Christian fundamentalist.»

There are those that will mock and ridicule people of faith but Jesus told us that they will do to us what they did to him so it should come as no big surprise even the disciples and apostle and one point in their lives either didn't believe or persecuted people who did believe until their eyes were opened this is nothing new.

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Yet as unprecedented as the political environment has been, the present state of the financial markets — and fixed income market in particular — may seem like an even bigger surprise.

Dario is going to step his game up to the point that he'll be looked at as an all star talent even more than he already has and Holmes is going to surprise big time.

But even if the Frenchman does steer us to the big trophy in the coming months, there are many Gooners who will hope that this will precipitate an Alex Ferguson style decision to call it a day, as he did to most people's surprise (but not Wenger's) after Man United won the league in 2013.

im not Theos biggest fan but the way hes being treated right now i wouldn't be surprised if he left.Against Hull, Wenger played a central midfielder Ramsey on the wing insted of Walcott, then when he brought Ramsey off he brought on another central midfielder Wiltshere, he only brought on Walcott lfor Giroud.If your Walcott what would you be thinking?Those of us who understand the way we play with 1 up top kow that Theo will never be our regular striker because he doesn't have the necessary skills.His only real postion is on the right either as an inside right or an out an out winger.The fact he doesn't track back alot may be reason why Wenger does nt start him, but even so he must be fi.

Apart from on internet or in the TV then I can go ahead and say that totenham doesn't exist to me, trust I have never met a single totenham fan in life (where I live) so its even surprising to me people consider them as a big team.

Or you can compare to Colledge, or even Bakhtiari, who was a big surprise as a rookie, but still the clear weak link on our line.

I think so and I would not be surprised if the gap grows even bigger this weekend as we have an early trip to Everton after a big Champions League clash with Barcelona, while Leicester should be fresh for their trip to Crystal Palace.

But while first - place finishes have become as common in Atlanta as Ted Turner and Coca - Cola, the Braves» dominance this year is, in fact, a big surprise — even to the players themselves.

Le Prof still has two more seasons left on his current contract and very few Gooners would be surprised if he remained at the club much longer than that, even though some would prefer him to leave as soon as possible... There have been many ex-Arsenal legends that are candidates to become Arsenal's next boss, with Tony Adams, Steve Bould, Dennis Bergkamp and others already much further advanced in their management training, but even those big names hardly know the club better than Henry.

Her big brother, who claims to be far too old for lunch box notes, even gets in on the action as a surprise guest note - maker now and then.

Even those of us who spent our adolescence babysitting for other people's children or who work as preschool teachers or pediatric nurses are in for some big surprises.

For many, the fact that the St. Louis - based company was even working on the rice genome came as a big surprise, as does Monsanto's intent to make the data available to a publicly funded international consortium.

The biggest surprise, the researchers note, is that some families of beetles, once they appeared, have never gone away — even surviving mass extinctions such as those that claimed the dinosaurs and many other species 66 million years ago.

As previously discussed, the Juno spacecraft has found that the giant planet Jupiter is full of big surprises; its interior composition and structure seem to be quite different, and its winds even more active, than originally thought.

Biggest surprise Diamond earrings from the groom, and how totally amazing the reception venue looked as Claire at the Farm does not like the couples to see the reception decorated until you arrive on the day and it was even better than I had imaged.

The biggest surprise of the event was that even though Paris is known as the artsy brother of the Fashion Week family, most of the designs presented this January were practical and extremely wearable.

If you are still in a new relationship, avoid giving a very expensive gift because even if it will come as a big surprise, it might scare off your online date or future partner.

Even when the big action scenes do turn up, they're poorly edited, which is something of a surprise as the director and co-writer, Ric Roman Waugh, has a long history as a stunt coordinator.

Apart from perhaps Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, there isn't a better comedy team in the business, and when combined with a cute - as - a-button tabby kitten that looks adorable even while dodging bullets amid a deadly gangland shootout, it's no surprise that «Keanu» leaves you with a big smile plastered on your face.

It's an impressive milestone but one that's not nearly as surprising as the film's highly - lucrative opening weekend take, which shattered expectations like some kind of Colossus — even its February release didn't prevent Deadpool from having the biggest debut for an R - rated film ever.

That it's a disappointment is not a surprise; that it is not as much of a disappointment as one would have every right to expect is an even bigger surprise.

New Line Cinema's sequel to the surprise 2013 horror hit «The Conjuring» is set to dominate the weekend, even as it faces off against Universal's big - budgeted video game adaptation «Warcraft, which is expected to tank at the domestic box office.

The 50 - year - old Sicario star hasn't even appeared in the role but it seems that Fox are predicting the follow - up to one of 2016's surprise box office smashes will be just as big — if not bigger — according to That Hashtag Show.

From a technical standpoint, the film was one for the ages (this was one of those increasingly rare movies that cried out to be seen on the biggest screen possible and was even one of the few to make intelligent use of 3D technology) but what was even more surprising was how effective it was from a dramatic standpoint as well, thanks in no small part to the career - best work from Bullock and the deft use of Clooney's glib star quality to help orient viewers for what might have otherwise been an off - putting experience).

Even though Transformers may be a worldwide box office sensation, it should come as no surprise that there are international rip - offs of big franchises like this.

Finding its way to the DVD format just a couple of weeks before another haunted house flick (Cold Creek Manor) debuts on the big screen, veteran television director Dan Curtis's horror quickie is one of those comfortable relics that doesn't scare so much as mildly chill, offering countless opportunities to shout at the screen without any sort of discernible payoff — until the end, that is, but even that shocker of a conclusion has been telegraphed since at least the midway point of the first act, muffling its surprise.

With 755 horsepower the 2019 Chevrolet Corvette zr1 is the most powerful Corvette ever it's also the most technologically advanced behind me are the rolling s's at Road Atlanta and we're here to see if we can reach to the supercar levels of performance afforded by this thing's massive power big tires and the tall wing on the back after that we'll take to the streets to see if a car this powerful can behave itself in public this is a monster of a car I've had some brief track opportunities moving this morning to get used to the pace of this machine which is phenomenal we're gonna warm up as we get out to the road Atlanta and sort of build up to the pace that this car can operate at now initially when you hop in this car you have this shrine to the engine right above you you see the line of the hood it kind of dominates the center of the view you can see over it it doesn't affect visibility but it's immediately obvious and that kind of speaks to what makes this car special it's a monster of an engine listen to that [Music] that is tremendous tremendous acceleration and incredible power but what I finding so far my brief time here at the Atlanta is that everything else in the car is rut has risen to match hurt me while I lay into it on the back straight look you know 150 mile - an - hour indicated we're going to ease up a little bit on it because I need to focus on talking rather than driving but like I was saying the attributes of the rest of the car the steering the braking capability the grip every system of this car is riding to the same level of the power and I think that's what makes it really impressive initially this is undoubtedly a mega mega fast car but it's one that doesn't terrify you with its performance potential there's a level of electronic sophistication that is unparalleled at this price point but it's hard not to get you know totally slipped away by the power of this engine so that's why I keep coming back to it this car has an electronically controlled limited slip differential it has shocks filled with magnetically responsive fluid that can react faster to inputs and everything this car has a super sophisticated stability control system that teaches you how to drive it quick but also makes you go faster we haven't even gotten into exploring it yet because the limits of this car are so high that frankly it takes a while to grow into it but [Music] I think what's impressive about this car is despite how fast it is it is approachable you can buy this car to track dates with it and grow with it as a driver and as an owner I think that's a really special [Music] because you will never be more talented than this car is fast ever unless you are a racing driver casually grazing under 50 miles an hour on this straight okay I'm just going to enjoy driving this now [Music][Applause][Music] this particular Corvette zr1 comes with the cars track performance package a lot of those changes happen underneath the sheet metal but one of the big differences that is immediately obvious is this giant carbon fiber wing now the way this thing is mounted is actually into the structure of the vehicle and it makes you know loading the rear hatch a bit more difficult but we're assuming that's okay if you're looking for the track performance this thing delivers also giving you that performance are these Michelin Pilot Sport cup tires which are basically track oriented tires that you can drive on the street but as we wake our way to the front of the thing what really matters is what's under the hood that's right there's actually a hole in the hood of this thing and that's because this engine is so tall it's tall because it has a larger supercharger and a bunch of added cooling on it to help it you know keep at the right temperature the supercharger is way larger than the one on the zo six and it has a more cooling capacity and the downside is it's taller so it pops literally through the hood the cool thing is from the top you can actually see this shake when you're looking at it from you know a camera from the top of the vehicle this all makes for 755 horsepower making this the most powerful Corvette ever now what's important about that is this not just the power but likewise everything in the car has to be built to accommodate and be able to drive to the level of speed this thing can develop that's why you had the massive cooling so I had the aerodynamics and that's why I had the electronic sophistication inside [Applause] we had a lot of time to take this car on the track yesterday and I've had the night to think about things Matt today two crews on the road and see how this extreme performance machine deals with the sort of more civil minded stuff of street driving the track impressions remain this thing is unquestionably one of the most capable cars you can get from a dealer these days a lot of that's besides the point now because we're on the street we have speed limits they have the ever - present threat of law enforcement around every corner so the question is what does this car feel like in public when you slow this car down it feels like a more powerful Corvette you don't get much tram lining from these big wheels though we as the front end doesn't want to follow grooves in the pavement it is louder it is a little firmer but it's certainly livable on a day to day basis that's surprising for a vehicle of this capability normally these track oriented cars are so hardcore that you wouldn't want to drive them to the racetrack but let's face it you spend more time driving to the track than you do on the track and the fact that this thing works well in both disciplines is really impressive I can also dial everything back and cruise and not feel like I'm getting punished for driving a hardcore track machine that's a that's a really nice accomplishment that's something that you won't find in cars that are this fast and costs maybe double this much the engine in this car dominates the entire experience you can't miss the engine and the whole friend this car is sort of a shrine to it the way it pops out of the hood the way it's covered with coolers around the sides it is the experience of this car and that does make driving this thing special and also the fact that it doesn't look half bad either in fact I think it has some of the coolest looking wheels currently available on a new car this car as we mentioned this car has the track package the track package on this car gives you what they call competition bucket seats which are a little wide for my tastes but I'm you know not the widest person in the world this automatic transmission works well I mean there's so much torque again out of this engine that it can be very smooth and almost imperceptible its clunky on occasion I think I'd might opt for the manual although Chevy tells me about 80 % of its customers will go for the automatic I don't think they're gonna be disappointed and that's gonna be the faster transmission drag strip on the street - and on the racetrack man it was a little bit more satisfying to my taste though we've talked about the exhaust I have it set in the track setting let's quiet it down a little bit so you can hear the difference now I've set that separately from everything else so let's put it stealth what happened to the engine sound that's pretty that's pretty amazing man stealth is really stealth and then go back to track Wow actually a really big difference that's that's pretty great the Corvette has always been a strong value proposition and nowhere is that more evident than this zr1 giving you a nearly unbeatable track performance per dollar now the nice thing is on the road this doesn't feel like a ragged edge track machine either you could genuinely drive it every day the compromises are few and that's what makes this car so special if you like what you see keep it tuned right here and be sure to visit Edmunds.com [Music]

They had an even bigger surprise for attendees as they announced four new titles to ship in 2016.

However, the biggest surprise that the new PlayBook includes is the battery that it is touted to comes with, which at 5300 mAh is better than what even some top end laptops or notebooks PCs can't boast of though unfortunately, there is no word as to how long the PlayBook can sustain operations on a single charge.

As S&S CEO Carolyn Reidy observed, «An awful lot of titles drop off the best - seller list after four months, and it's a miracle if it lasts more than four months,» but even more surprising, this one, «not only kept going, but the longer it went, the bigger it got.»

While that is a good piece of news, it should however hardly come as a surprise as all manufacturers big and small including even those hardly related to computing is now into making tablet PCs.

One of the bigger surprises of 2014 may be that mortgage rates might end the year lower than where they began, at around 4.5 percent, even as the Federal Reserve has gradually pared back its purchases of mortgage - backed securities.

- the team has been adding weapons one by one because they want the same amount of attention for each weapon - the team learned that when they added two new weapons at once, one would end up getting overshadowed by the other - there were more new stages than returning stages because bringing back old stages would have little surprise - since they want to satisfy both new and returning players, they changed the order of stage additions - there weren't any major direction changes in balancing from Splatoon 1 - there have been more pattern combinations between weapons and stages, so there was more involved to balance them all - matchmaking is handled by getting 8 players with similar rank points, and then they're split by weapons - the rank point gap between S + players is bigger than ordinary players - only about one in 1,000 active players are in the S +40 to S +50 region in Ranked Battles - there's even less than one in 10 players that reach S +, while 80 % of the overall player base are in A or less - about 90 % of S + ranked players are within a + / -150 hidden ranked power range - rock was the popular genre in Splatoon, so they tried changing it for the sequel - they prioritized making good background music first before forming the band to play that music - the design team would make the CD jacket - like artwork afterwards - due to this, the band members would often change; some getting added while some others removed - Off the Hook is an exception, as they first decided they would be a DJ and rapper along with their visuals first - Off the Hook's song came afterwards - In Splatoon street fashion was the trend, but in Splatoon 2 they tried adding more uniqueness - the aim was to add Flow with ethnic clothing and Jelfonzo with high fashion - all Jellyfish in this world are born by splitting, which means Jelfonzo was born by splitting from Jelonzo - Jellyfish are like a hive mind - when they hold a wedding ceremony, they're just simply holding the ceremony - Jelonzo and Jelfonzo start gaining their own consciences so they can speak - Flow used her working holiday to go on a trip before reaching Inkopolis Square - during the trip, she met the owner of Headspace - the owner liked her, so she got hired to work there - Bisk has a unique way of speaking: anastrophe - the team tried to express him as an adult man - they made him into a giant spider crab because they wanted someone with high posture - he came from a cold country and broke up with his girlfriend to join a band - just like Flow, he became attracted to squids - Crusty Sean finally has his own shop, but he opened it because he's someone who follows the current trends - one of the trends happens to be people opening their own shops - drink tickets aren't stacked, but the probability is higher than a single brand - the music in Inkopolis Square changes depending on the player's location - sounds contribute to creating atmosphere in the location - the song at front of Grizzco Industries had an atmosphere that feels like some smell can radiate from the game screen - as for Salmon Run, they imagined it as a Japanese restaurant outside Japan that is not run by a Japanese person - each time the player moves between the shops, the game uses an arrange shift that shows the personality of each inhabitant - the arrangement in Shella Fresh is related to Bisk's guitar and mystery files that describe his past - with the Squid Sisters moved to Hero Mode, Off the Hook was put in charge in guiding battles and festivals - Bomb Rush Blush has an orchestra «because it would sound like the final boss» - the team wanted to express the feel of the story's real culprit with this music - the probability of each event occurring in Salmon Run is different - there are no specific requirements, meaning they're picked randomly - this means it's possible for fog to appear three times in a row - the Salmon have different appearances based on the environment they're raised in - if the environment is harsher, they would become large salmon - Steelheads and Maws have big bodies, while Scrappers and Steel Eels have high intelligence - Salmons basically wield kitchenware, but everybody else has a virtue in fighting to actually cook the Salmons - Grill is the ultimate form of this - when Salmons are fighting to the death, they can feel the same sense of unity - they would be one with the world if they were eaten by other creatures, and they also fight for the pride of their race - MakoMart is based on a large supermarket in America - the update also took place on Black Friday in America, which was why Squids are buying a lot of things in the trailer - Arowana Mall looks like it has more passages because there are changes in tenants and also renovation work - Walleye Warehouse has no changes at all, because the team wanted to have at least one map that stayed intact - the only thing different in this map is the graffiti, which is based on the winner of Famitsu's Squid Fashion Contest - all members in the band Ink Theory graduated from music university - they are well - educated girls who also do aggressive things - the band members wearing neckties are respecting the Hightide Era from the prequel - the team will continue adding weapons and stages for a year, and Splatfests for two years - the team will also continue to make more updates including balancing

Maybe the biggest reason why Etrian Odyssey V is NOT the Dark Souls of turn - based RPGs is because instead of just killing you like an idiot as something unexpected surprises you, it's always feeding you exactly all of the information you need to make an informed decision about what you want to do, gives you tools to solve all of those problems in ways that you want to, and lets you pull back before you make a mistake, and even after.

Even more interesting is that apparently even Nintendo was caught off - guard by its sudden compatibility, with Reggie Fils - Aime himself admitting that it was «as much as a surprise» to the Big N as it was to consumEven more interesting is that apparently even Nintendo was caught off - guard by its sudden compatibility, with Reggie Fils - Aime himself admitting that it was «as much as a surprise» to the Big N as it was to consumeven Nintendo was caught off - guard by its sudden compatibility, with Reggie Fils - Aime himself admitting that it was «as much as a surprise» to the Big N as it was to consumers.

There's an even bigger surprise for Kiryu, however, as he's introduced to Haruka's son, Haruto.

The quality of the games, even those beloved big surprises, remains to be seen, but as E3 press conferences go, this was historic.

Kingdom Hearts III: One of the bigger surprises that didn't register for me even as Square Enix showed a trailer that featured the words «Disney» in it.

As it turns out, there's a rift opening up between humans and Teks (big surprise there), and there's even something of a terrorist organization hard at work looking to totally divide the two groups.

Even so the announcement of the New Nintendo 2DS has come as a big surprise, and hints that Nintendo are trying to squeeze every penny they can from the successful 3DS family.

There is surely a jaded brand of cynicism at play here, surprising in an artist as young as Singer, but even more, these gestures indicate a critical self - awareness that is a much - needed antidote to the powers and hubris of an inflated art market and a faith in seemingly bigger, better art spectacles.

It wouldn't come as a surprise to even the casual US Weekly reader that accessories have become designers» biggest money makers.

Albeit, even the most frivolous Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge followers are aware that the smartphone has gentle curves on the right and left sides of the screen, a few who haven't used this phone themselves may have a bigger surprise coming up, as now the curved edge has been applied to the top and bottom as well.