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Karren Brady looks forward to new opportunities for West Ham following Olympic Stadium decision
Karren Brady has voiced her excitement over what a potential move to the Olympic Stadium will mean for West Ham.
Last Updated: 06/12/12 10:04am
Mayor of London Boris Johnson revealed the news on Wednesday following a meeting of the LDDC as the Hammers took a huge step towards becoming the first tenants of the East London venue.
Contractual matters still need to be resolved before the deal is confirmed, but Brady is already looking forward to the proposed relocation and the opportunities it could open up.
She said in The Sun: "If I had to sum up how I feel, it would be excited. Excited at the prospects for the club, our supporters and East London.
"I'm looking forward to working with our local partners to target groups in need of employment. I am excited at the prospect of growing our business.
"I am excited at the chance to work with our supporters to make this a stadium that befits their proud history and that they can call home. The opportunity for our club to really compete at the highest level and grow to fit its fanbase is immense."
Brady added: "I have talked a lot about our plans and meant every one of the promises I made on behalf of West Ham. What excites me the most is that I finally believe that the time has come to start putting those plans into action and delivering on those promises. And that is what it has always been about for me."
West Ham have been targeting the stadium for the past three years but Brady expects the hard work to really start once final negotiations have been completed.
She added: "Of course, we have only been named highest-ranked bidder and we still have to see the ball over the line in the final negotiations.
"Then the hard work can really start to create a stunning new home.
"Yesterday was a fantastic day for West Ham United, but I think there are even better times ahead."
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MOTU 30th Anniversary Club Figure,
April 2012
Fire raining down from the skies? Oh yes, you know you're in for something special! We're heating up our celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Masters of the Universe with Draego-Man, a fierce flyer who fights for team evil! For our second of six all-new original figures, we turned to the Four Horsemen, who not only sculpted this blazing bad boy, but also designed him, adding the first dragon figure to the MOTUC lineup! This 6" highly detailed, fully articulated figure includes a sizable snap-on tail, huge wings and a flaming sword.
Real Name: (Renounced his given Dragonian name)
During the Great Wars, the Dragons of Darksmoke fought in many epic battles against King Grayskull and the Snake Men. A magical half human half dragon creation of the Great Black Wizard, Draego-Man was shunned by Granamyr and allied himself instead with the Free People of Eternia. After the Truce of the Three Towers, Draego-Man became so disgusted with the humans that he isolated himself from all civilization, living as an outcast in the Caverns of Rakash. After several millennia of bitter retreat, Draego-Man discovered Skeletor's plans to enslave his dragon kin and use them as weapons against the Royal Palace. He returned from hiding to join Skeletor's Evil Warriors seeking revenge against all who betrayed him. Draego-Man uses his flame breath and ability to manipulate fire to battle for the side of evil!

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A handful of local churches in the area either have installed columbariums, or are considering adding one.
When her time comes, Judith Arrington's final resting place will be inside her place of worship at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Canton.
Her cremains will be placed into an aluminum cylinder, then slid into place into one of the 128 niches in the church columbarium. It's located directly behind the baptismal font and alongside the altar.
"The baptismal ... is kind of the entrance to this community," said the 70-year-old Arrington.
The original columbarium at the church was installed in 1989. Arrington's husband, Gordon, actually constructed the walnut portion of it himself. When he died six years later, his ashes were placed inside a cylinder in the structure — and his wife already has reserved the niche next to him.
A handful of local churches in the area either have installed columbariums, or are considering adding one.
"We believe the love of God binds us together ... through death, distance, ideologies," said the Rev. Cara Stultz Costello, of Faith United Methodist Church in North Canton, as she listened to pre-schoolers squeal a few yards from that church's outdoor columbarium. "We have the whole spectrum of life all held together in ... the church."
The number of church columbariums is expected to climb.
"The biggest state for us now is Texas; it's Bible belt," said Paul Eickhof, who founded Eickhof Columbaria in Crookston, Minn., 28 years ago, and has been installing the structures all over the country.
Eickhof's firm built the columbarium and a recent addition at Church of the Lakes United Methodist in Jackson Township.
"People these days are much more informed about death and dying ... and the cost of this and that," Eickhof said. "It used to be answers to those questions came only from only one place — the funeral
Even with the added cost of a niche, where price varies from church to church, cremation remains far less expensive than a traditional burial. Cremation costs, with an urn, average $1,650, compared to $7,300 for a burial, according to the Cremation Association of North America and the National Funeral Directors Association.
"The culture has really changed, to accept cremation," said Stultz Costello.
And more people are being cremated. Last year, the cremation rate in the U.S. was 43.2 percent, according to the Cremation Association. It's projected to climb to almost 49 percent by 2017.
"We're doing (columbariums) at universities, churches, retirement homes," said Eickhof, adding the trend will continue as more Baby Boomers die.
The Rev. Dustin Berg, of St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Canton, said 61 of that church's 152 outdoor columbarium niches are sold or in use. A St. Francis of Assici garden statue greets those who come to visit "Resurrection Chapel."
"As the church was your companion in life, it's your companion in eternal life," Berg said.
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While I was hanging out on Site Meter, a couple other things got my attention. It's my general policy not to respond to bloggers who attack me — otherwise it would be a traffic-building strategy to attack me — but I do make exceptions as the whim strikes me. So, let's look at what Roy Edroso — of Alicublog and the Village Voice is saying about me.
He takes my Carrie Prejean post and intersperses it with comments in fisking fashion, and I'm going to fisk it back at him. Ready?
THE OLD DARK HOUSE. Hadn't been over to see the Ann Althouse site for a long, long while, but I retain a soft spot for her, so when tipped today by the Perfesser (with the irresistible tease, "Teenager? Is TMZ threatening to post child pornography?") I took a chance. Professor Althouse was talking about the Carrie Prejean sex tape:Despite his inclusion of that St. Paul quote, Edroso cuts my quote of Alinsky's Rule 4, which happens to use Christianity as the example of the effectiveness of demanding that your enemies live up to their own rules. Alinsky wrote: "You can kill them with this, for they can no more obey their own rules than the Christian Church can live up to Christianity." It's hardly some odd quirk of mine to combine scripture and Alinsky. Edroso, in his usual fashion, looks for ways to make me look flaky — along with the other bloggers he's made it his business to mock. (The link to The Anchoress hints at Edroso's approach. Check out his latest Village Voice column for a more comprehensive example of how he works.)
But TMZ — I don't read it much, but, again, I'll guess — does not itself parade as Christian. Prejean does, and so she will be held to the high standards of Christianity, while TMZ can say and do whatever it wants. ("When we are cursed, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it; when we are slandered, we answer kindly. ")Scripture and Saul Alinsky? This explains so much: Althouse is The Anchoress!
TMZ is following Rule 4 of Saul Alinsky's "Rules for Radicals":
Back to Edroso:
This argument that hypocrisy doesn't exist for the Elect...What argument? Where did I argue that Christians aren't responsible for hypocrisy? I simply don't.
.... is by now an old rightwing favorite....So just pull it out of you frumpy bag of liberal complaints about right-wingers. I thought you were trying to fisk my post, Roy. But, no, I'm either this distinct writer that you love to make fun of or I'm indistinguishable in the blurry mass of rightish bloggers that you've looked at before and have grown weary of squinting at.
... and the quality of Althouse's reasoning hasn't changed much from the old days.Well, you haven't come close to nailing anything I've said in this post, so why bother to be specific about anything I've said in the past? You can't even read the post currently in front of your face, yet you think everyone already knows what it is I've said in "the old days." Maybe Roy is tired and on autopilot. But maybe, as he worked his way through what I'd written, confident in his ability to spew snark, he saw that my post actually cohered and that it was pretty damned sharp and funny, and he consciously decided to blur his observations so he could still get his post up. The poor wilted man. The option of actually liking what I'd written is inconceivable within the little framework he's built for himself. What would happen to that Village Voice gig?
But the Jesus stuff was a shock. I went down into her comments...He couldn't figure out anything to say about what I wrote — "the Jesus stuff" — and, desperate, he dove into the comments looking for something repulsive. What he came up was from Florida, a specific, familiar commenter here:
... a quick scan suggests that the old let's-pretend liberals (what were their names, again? Rainbow? Sunshine?) seem to have fled or outed themselves, and the remnant are leaving stuff like this:"Jesus stuff"... "stuff like this"... Roy is not editing and dealing with sloppy word repetitions, and, worse, he's not bothering to figure anything out. It's just stuff. He found the most unsightly quote and then — without reason — counted on his readers to believe that it exemplifies what is generally in the comments at my blog. How utterly flabby and lame.
What's difficult as hell to do is to live up to the standards that would be set up for Christians by the butt-buggering sodomites. The rapists of 13-year-old children.
Christians could never live up to the sodomites' expectations.
Thankfully, though, Jesus doesn't require that. And we know they'll spend eternity burning in hell.
So at least there's that comfort.
Now, as for the comment he cherry-picked, Edroso has no idea what it means and makes no attempt to figure it out. He has not, like the regular comment readers here, been exposed to the way Florida writes and the things he writes about. He doesn't know about Florida's longstanding Roman Polanski theme — which began here and which involves a fair amount of antagonism toward me. It's likely that Edroso thinks he's come across some rabid homophobia, but, in context, I know that "butt-buggering sodomites... rapists of 13-year-old children" refers to Polanski and the Hollywood-type liberals who've defended him. Florida's comment is not part of a mass of "stuff like this" in the comments. It's something particular, incisive, and satirical, and, if you are going to focus on it, you'd better take some time to figure out what it means. But Edroso is happy to see something that looked like shit and to splatter it onto his post and then, childishly, to demand that onlookers see how ugly things are over at Althouse.
Amazingly, Althouse is still removing comments...Huh? Where did that come from? What comments does he think I've removed? He's trying to pin that one comment on me by asserting that I moderate the comments, so that anything that is left, I've approved of. That is either a lazy mistake or a nasty lie. My approach to the comments is well known: I have a strong free speech policy, and I leave vile things in. To imply that whatever is left has my stamp of approval is cheap and unethical.
... perhaps because they don't come up to the standards of this gem, or because they're actually messages from her employers trying to reach her because her phone has gone dead and her windows are boarded up.He ends with a comic image, intended as a play on my name, the "old house" that he's used in his post title. Unfortunately, he hasn't built the foundation for what could have been a well-written joke. The material he thought he had just wasn't there.
Den Beste isn't still blogging, is he?Roy makes a second attempt at humor, and, while I'm familiar with Den Beste, I have no idea why this is supposed to be funny. Althouse is The Anchoress... Althouse is Den Beste? Everything is melting in the mind of Roy Edroso.


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A British police officer who spent four years living undercover in protest groups has revealed how he participated in an operation to spy on and attempt to "smear" the family of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence, the friend who witnessed his fatal stabbing and campaigners angry at the failure to bring his killers to justice.
Peter Francis, a former undercover police officer turned whistleblower, said his superiors wanted him to find "dirt" that could be used against members of the Lawrence family, in the period shortly after Lawrence's racist murder in April 1993.
He also said senior officers deliberately chose to withhold his role spying on the Lawrence campaign from Sir William Macpherson, who headed a public inquiry to examine the police investigation into the death.
Francis said he had come under "huge and constant pressure" from superiors to "hunt for disinformation" that might be used to undermine those arguing for a better investigation into the murder.
He posed as an anti-racist activist in the mid-1990s in his search for intelligence.
"I had to get any information on what was happening in the Stephen Lawrence campaign," Francis said. "They wanted the campaign to stop. It was felt it was going to turn into an elephant."
"Throughout my deployment there was almost constant pressure on me personally to find out anything I could that would discredit these campaigns," he said.
Francis also describes being involved in an ultimately failed effort to discredit Duwayne Brooks, a close friend of Lawrence who was with him on the night he was killed and the main witness to his murder.
The former spy found evidence that led to Brooks being arrested and charged in October 1993, before the case was thrown out by a judge.
The disclosures, revealed in a book about undercover policing published this week, and in a joint investigation by the Guardian and Channel 4's Dispatches broadcast yesterday, are set reignite the controversy over covert policing of activist groups.
Lawrence's mother, Doreen, said the revelations were the most surprising thing she had learned about the long-running police investigation into her son's murder.
"Out of all the things I've found out over the years, this certainly has topped it," she said.
"Nothing can justify the whole thing about trying to discredit the family and people around us," she added.
In a statement, the Metropolitan Police said it recognized the seriousness of the allegations — and acknowledged their impact. A spokesman said the claims would "bring particular upset" to the Lawrence family and added: "We share their concerns."
Jack Straw, the former British home secretary who in 1997 ordered the inquiry that led to the 1999 Macpherson report, said: "I'm profoundly shocked by this and by what amounts to a misuse of police time and money and entirely the wrong priorities."
Straw is considering personally referring the case to the Independent Police Complaints Commission.
Francis was a member of a controversial covert unit known as the Special Demonstration Squad.
A two-year investigation by the Guardian has revealed how undercover operatives routinely adopted the identities of dead children and formed long-term sexual relationships with people they were spying on.
British Prime Minister David Cameron yesterday called for an investigation into claims that police spied on the Lawrence family.


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In The Current Issue of This Month at The Urbana Free Library
Vol. 38, No. 03 March 2013 | Download as PDF | Archived Newsletters
- The 2013 Fairy Tale Ball - An Enchanted Evening
- The Last Day of Winter: CD Release Concert with Chris Vallillo
- Prairie Breezes Presents Jason Finkelman
- UFLive! Presents Yellowjacket Stringband
- UFL Reads! American History
- TECH 21: Technology in the 21st Century
- AsiaLENS Film Series Presents Bön: Mustang to Menri
- Meet Children's Book Author Trent Reedy
The 2013 Fairy Tale Ball - An Enchanted Evening
Friday, April 5 • 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.
A Special After-hours Event
Sometimes, fairy tales do come true! Just wear a shiny suit of armor, a sparkly ball gown, or dress like your favorite fairy tale character, and join us for an evening of fantasy and frivolity at the sixth annual Fairy Tale Ball.
At the ball you can learn about the wonders of medieval science with the Royal Alchemist, enjoy fables of yore in a royal reading tent, create courtly crafts, be captivated by the castle juggler, and try your luck at the labyrinth—if you dare!
This year's noble entertainers include:
• Central Illinois English Country Dancers & Flatland Consort
• Champaign-Urbana Dulcimer Society
• Ginger Lozar Puppet Show
• Fortune Teller Madame Zitron
The 2013 Fairy Tale Ball is generously sponsored by Fred Schlipf and Diane Hillard.
The Last Day of Winter: CD Release Concert with Chris Vallillo
Special Guest Rocky Maffit
Saturday, April 13 • 3:00 - 4:30 p.m.
Lewis Auditorium
According to Chris Vallillo, there no such thing as too many guitars! For years, he's collected and restored old stringed instruments, some high quality, most quite inexpensive, but each with its own uniquevoice. With The Last Day of Winter, Vallillo used this collection of voices to create a unique recording of original and Americana roots music on slide guitar.
Chris Vallillo is a nationally acclaimed singer/songwriter, folk musician, and recipient of an Illinois Arts Council Artist Fellowship Award. In 2008, his CD of music for Abraham Lincoln in Song, reached #10 on Billboard's Bluegrass Album Chart.
Rocky Maffit is a world percussionist, singer/songwriter, author, and Grammy-nominee. He is the author of Rhythm & Beauty: The Art of Percussion, and creator of three music CDs—Everytown, Sun and Shadow, and All the Lost Angels.
This concert is hosted by The Urbana Free Library, with generous support from JPE, Inc.; Tarrant Insurance Agency, Inc.; and Sara Tondini, Claymore Reality, Inc.
Prairie Breezes Presents Jason Finkelman
Friday, March 8 • 4:15 - 5:00 p.m.
Lewis Auditorium
At this month's Prairie Breezes, children and their families will be treated to a performance by percussionist Jason Finkelman. Using African and Brazilian instruments, found objects, and interactive improvisation, Finkelman's talent will amaze you.
Prairie Breezes concerts take place on the second Friday of most months and are generously sponsored by Peggy and Bob Podlasek in memory of Greg Bliss.
UFLive! Presents Yellowjacket Stringband
Sunday, March 17 • 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
Busey-Mills Reading Room
Come hear what all the buzz is about and enjoy an eclectic mix of old-time, blues, Irish, and Cape Breton tunes with our guests the Yellowjacket Stringband. The group features Kate Fritz on fiddle and banjo, Claire Johnson on fiddle, and Tom Turino on guitar, banjo, and accordion.
All UFLive! concerts take place on the third Sunday of most months and are made possible through the generous support of The Urbana Free Library Foundation.
UFL Reads! American History
Sunday, March 24 • 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
MacFarlane-Hood Reading Room
Sometimes it's easy to forget where we've been and to remember our past. Join UFL Reads! as we explore nonfiction titles that highlight significant periods in American history.
In March, UFL Reads! will discuss The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl by Timothy Egan. In this critically acclaimed account of the dust storms that terrorized the High Plains during the darkest years of the Depression, Egan tells the extraordinary tale of the people who survived this ecological and human catastrophe.
UFL Reads!, our book club for adults, meets the fourth Sunday of most months.
TECH 21: Technology in the 21st Century
All classes held the first Saturday of each month • Registration required
10:00 - Noon • Satterthwaite Conference Room
Email Basics • March 2
Learn how to set up, send, and receive email, as well as etiquette and safety tips. Also discover differences in options and services offered by providers such as Gmail, Yahoo!, and Hotmail.
Being Professional on Paper • April 6
Learn tips for creating a professional cover letter, résumé, curriculum vitae, and more. Approximately one hour of instruction followed by one hour of document creation. Some familiarity with Microsoft Word and the Internet helpful.
The Full-time Job of Job Seeking • May 4
Find out how to use sources such as online job boards and employer websites to find jobs. Also learn tips for filling out job applications and required surveys. Some familiarity with the Internet helpful.
Classes are free and open to computer users of all ages. Call 217-367-4405 for reservations.
Classes made possible by Eliminate the Digital Divide 2012-13 Grant through the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO)
AsiaLENS Film Series Presents Bön: Mustang to Menri
Wednesday, March 13 • 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Lewis Auditorium
The preservation of Tibetan Bön culture is portrayed in this beautiful documentary. The film interweaves two stories: daily life of the Menri Monastery in Northern India (rebuilt after the old monastery in Tibet was destroyed) and the life of Geshe Sonam Gurung (who journeyed as a young boy from the ancient kingdom of Mustang, Nepal, to study at Menri).
Bön: Mustang to Menri has a universal message: Inspired individuals can overcome challenges and adversity, and they can have a positive impact on the world while giving back to the people, places, and traditions that nurtured them.
AsiaLENS is a series of free public film screenings and lecture/discussion programs on issues reflecting contemporary life in Asia. The series is organized by the Asian Educational Media Service, a program of the Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Meet Children's Book Author Trent Reedy
Thursday, March 7 • 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Children's Services
After serving in Afghanistan in the United States Army, Trent Reedy brought home many stories from the war zone. Reedy was an English teacher in Riverside, Iowa, who dreamed of becoming a writer. But it wasn't until he went to war that he found a story to tell.
Come meet Trent Reedy! Get a first-hand account of his stories from Afghanistan and his journey to becoming a children's author. Reedy's books will be available for sale and signing at the presentation.
Trent Reedy is the author of Stealing Air and Words in the Dust, a nominee for the 2014 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award. Visit trentreedy.com to learn more.


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Guest Author - Mindy Graham
Attachment problems and disorders are one of the greatest obstacles facing families after they have made it home. Many children have been bounced around foster homes or orphanages more times then they can remember and connect the reality of caring for someone with separation and pain. For this reason and others attachment has become a negative for them and some will avoid it at all costs.
One term for the most severe of these cases is RAD (Reactive Attachment Disorder) and it can so extreme that the new adoptive family fears for their life. Treatment generally involves hundreds of hours of therapy and countless hours of your own at home reinforcement including holding therapies.
Not all kids will face this reality, but it is of course more prevalent in older children. Even with a younger child it is important that you focus your efforts when you get home on bonding immediately because that bond is crucial to your childs development.
Another reality with adoption is FAS (Fetal Alcohol Syndrome) which often leaves a child permanently delayed. There are different degrees of effects this disorder with a child. So some can be fully functional adults, while others may never learn to walk. Some countries do not even acknowledge the existence of FAS (mostly Slavic nations) so it goes under diagnosed.
FAS usually (but not always) has physical features making it easier to recognize than RAD. This includes a downward slant to the eyes, a larger than usual space between and a smaller head circumference. These children still have great potential and would be amazing children in any home but it is important that a family know so they can seek early intervention to help their child reach their full potential.
I am writing this not to scare off adoptive parents but simply to offer information that is often left out when your preparing to adopt (especially domestically). They often avoid any labels on these children in hopes of giving them a chance at adoption.
While finding them a hope is important, finding them the RIGHT home is the best option. And this means full disclosure. You have to know the childs issues in order to deal with them, and going in blind only increases your chances for failure.
We certainly have no control over international adoption and what they choose to disclose or not disclose but I hope that our own domestic system will work on improving its own system so parents can better parent the children they are given before it leads to an adoption disruption or dissolution.


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Camille Jania added to her team lead in singles and doubles wins since the New Year with two wins over Furman Saturday (photo courtesy Gil Talbot).
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Harvard women's tennis team won its second match of the weekend, cruising past Furman, 5-2, at the Murr Center Saturday afternoon.
Harvard jumped to a 3-0 lead after taking the doubles point with two victories and singles wins from Kristin Norton at No. 1 and Hideko Tachibana at No. 3. Norton swept Lauren Kline, 6-1, 6-2, and Tachibana defeated Katherine Ouudin, 6-0, 6-2.
In doubles, Harvard's top pair and No. 23-ranked Hideko Tachibana and Kristin Norton fell, but tandems at No. 2 and No. 3 picked up the Crimson. Hannah Morrill and Kelly Whelan doubled up Michele Stanford and Margaret Boyette, 8-4, and Samantha Gridley and Camille Jania coasted past Oudin and Amanda Murray, 8-3. Jania and Gridley (5-1) now lead the Crimson with five doubles victories during the doubles season.
Other than Norton and Tachibana, Jania was also a winner in a top three singles position. The junior took down Stanford, 6-3, 7-5, at No. 2 for her team-high fifth singles win since the New Year.
Hannah Morrill flipped Jania's winning tally, 7-5, 6-3, to take down Susan Bitetti in the No. 6 singles position.
After the match, the Crimson took time to give back to the local community by hosting a clinic for youth from the Tenacity tennis group. Tenacity is a local tennis and education program serving Boston's urban youth.
Harvard continues its non-conference schedule by hosting St. John's March 10 at the Murr Center. The match is slated for a noon start.
Doubles (2-1 Harvard)
1. Kline/Moreno (F) defeated Tachibana/Norton (H) 8-4
2. Morrill/Whelan(H) defeated Stanford/Boyette 8-4
3. Gridley/Jania (H) defeated Oudin/Murray 8-3
Singles (4-2 Harvard)
1. Norton (H) defeated Kline (F) 6-1, 6-2
2. Jania (H) defeated Stanford (F) 6-3, 7-5
3. Tachibana (H) defeated Oudin (F) 6-0, 6-2
4. Boyette (F) defeated Gridley (H) 6-3, 7-5
5. Moreno (F) defeated Whelan (H) 6-4, 6-4
6. Morrill (H) defeated Bitetti (F) 7-5, 6-3


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Protoxide: Death Race Review
Hovercraft racers come and go on consoles, with classics like Nintendo's F-Zero and Sony's Wipeout series standing far above any competition. For fans on the go, seeing another entry in the genre on the iPhone is always a good thing. Protoxide: Death Race sports a perplexing name and some great tech behind it, but it suffers from some serious flaws as well.
Like most racing sports of the future, Death Race is as much about combat as racing. The single-player campaign is story-driven, focusing on a young racer who wants to become the best, get revenge for something, or some other clichéd motivation. The game actually spends a surprising amount of time building its plot, with text-driven, dialogue-filled cut scenes. Not surprisingly, the story feels entirely extraneous to the actual gameplay, though it occasionally acts as the motivation for slightly off-beat goals.
Your general goal is to finish first, of course, but some of the races also require you to take out rivals. Taking them out requires weapons, and the game sports a decent variety of boom sticks. Just like in Wipeout (and most other combat racers), you must fly through a power-up icon on the track to acquire it. Shields, nitro boosts, speed pads, and a variety of rocket-style weapons are all up grabs. Weapons vary from slow and powerful to fast and weak, but they're all auto-fired once you manage to keep an opponent in your sights long enough to lock onto them.
Fasten your seat belt tightly before each Death Race.
It's almost an expected compromise in iOS racers that acceleration is automatic, and that's the case here as well. You can tap a button for shields, brakes, and nitro, and steering is handled with tilt controls. The tilt controls are responsive, but some gamers will likely want an option to use a virtual D-pad and have actual control over acceleration and weapons.
Visually, Protoxide leaves a good impression. The 12 ships and 16 tracks look excellent, and the 3D engine powering all this vehicular mayhem is excellent. The compromises, however, seem to be in the top-end speed of the game and the lackluster AI. While the game isn't exactly slow, it's definitely not hitting the sort of breakneck speeds that it should.
The AI is either absurdly easy to catch up with, or cheaply designed to constantly keep up with you. There's no strategy to the other racers, and their behavior just feels contrived. We also wish this was a universal app, as that graphic shine dulls considerably if you blow the game window up to fit the iPad's screen.
Currently, Protoxide: Death Race only supports local multiplayer over Wi-Fi, but the developer promises Internet playability in a future update. We hope that's the case, as the ability to play online would make the game much more appealing. Net play won't solve all the problems, but there's nothing here that isn't fixable. As it is, Protoxide might appeal to hardcore fans of the genre, but there are still better racing choices out there.


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Hi, my name is Alexia. I am a sophomore at Mansfield Senior High School. I love to run, watch movies and read! My favorite book of all time is The Host by Stephanie Meyer.
Book Review
The Divergent Series by Veronica Roth
Instead of reviewing a single book, I've decided to review a series. I highly recommend the Divergent Series by Veronica Roth. It is an exciting story about a world divided by factions. It is a great series with three books, Divergent, Insurgent and Allegiant, that you will be unable to put down.
Movie Review
Catching Fire
If you are a Hunger Games fan, get to the theater as fast as you can! Catching Fire, based on the book by Suzanne Collins, is a great movie! It is very accurate according to the book, and all the characters are very well cast. Katniss and Peeta's story continues, riveting and exciting as ever. If you haven't seen it yet, go as soon as you can! You won't be disappointed.


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A tech last week recommend that I have some dampers installed in my ductwork in order to properly balance the air flow in the house. There are two duct runs from the air handler. It is as follows:
1. First duct run (flex) ends in a distribution box with five flex ducts stemming from it. Two of the flex ducts go to the master bedroom, another duct runs to the water closet in the master bedroom, the other duct runs to the master bedroom, and the last one goes to the closet in the master bedroom. This master suite (Which the air handler is located right above) gets too cold and too hot (in summer and winter) relative to the house. This is particularly where I would like to have dampers installed. Currently, we have one register completely closed in the bedroom, and both closet registers completely closed (one in the water closet and regular closet). In other words, we only have two of the five vents open and that provides enough air. Does having too many dampers (reducing air flow) hurt our air conditioning system? Ideally, I would like to have dampers on all five of these ducts and completely shut off the closets and reduce air flow the rest of the vents. Would this be OK or will it hurt my system? I hope this would push air throughout the rest of the house more efficiently.
2. Second duct run (flex) goes to one distribution box with five runs, at the end of the box, more flex duct runs to another box with five runs, and finally more flex runs to a third box.
I had a tech at my house last week and he said the ductwork design is poor. He recommened dampers to help with the balancing. What do you think? Could I just have them installed on the individual duct runs that go to the master bedroom and bathroom?
some stats on the house. 3 ton air conditioner (Comfortmaker), roughly 1,500SF house located near Greensboro, NC. system was installed brand new in 1996. Recently was serviced and had one pound of freon added to the system.
Thanks for your help in advance!


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LAS VEGAS — Later this month, two guys plan to walk into a North Las Vegas bar and shoot each other.
LAS VEGAS — Later this month, two guys plan to walk into a North Las Vegas bar and shoot each other.
The combatants will be wearing ballistics-grade head and body armor, carrying dinner plate-sized forearm shields and modified police-issue 9 mm Glocks.
They will be standing at opposite ends of a 30-by-8-foot steel cage — fully enclosed, UFC-style — in the middle of what used to be a couple of stage-side tabletops at Whiskey Dick's.
That's where a new sport, known to its North Las Vegas-based creators as tactical fast draw, is set to make its Jan. 31 debut.
"You'll get two points for a head shot and one point for anything to the (body) vest," fast draw inventor and former bounty hunter Nephi Oliva said. "You can score a maximum of 12 points, but there's no time limit, so it's almost like a boxing match with bullets."
Oliva has been kicking around the idea of starting a fast draw league for years but had to wait until this month to get a firearms instruction certificate needed to handle "Simunition," the plastic-tipped, paint-filled training ammunition to be used by fast draw's gunslingers.
Simunition rounds aren't as loud as a standard 9 mm round — and can't be fired out of a regular gun barrel — but they're built around a regular 9 mm casing and travel at a velocity much higher than paintball guns.
A round hitting an unarmored fast draw gunslinger might not break the skin but is sure to leave a nasty bruise. The Simunition website says that wearing head, throat and groin protection is mandatory and calls the cartridges "nonlethal." It "strongly recommends" that shooters stay anywhere from 1 foot to 6 feet away from each other, depending on the type of ammunition used.
Oliva recently invested $6,000 for a dozen Simunition-modified Glocks to help get fast draw off the ground.
He and three business partners at the American Gunfighter Association, the fledgling sport's sanctioning body, expect to earn that seed money back quickly, explaining they are already in talks to install fast draw cages at several bars around the Las Vegas valley.
Fast draw's appeal, according to its founders, lies in its accessibility.
To Oliva, the sport isn't a barroom gimmick or a claustrophobic take on indoor paintball. It is a complete entertainment experience, a gender-neutral mix between mixed martial arts and video gaming, featuring disc jockeys, ring announcers, nicknamed gunfighters and just about everything else short of a fog machine.
But beneath it all, he said, fast draw is just an especially flashy way to teach people how to use a gun properly.
"Training for firearms is relatively boring," Oliva said. "Ultimately, we are a firearms instruction company, and we offer training through sports to make it more appealing.
"People will ask, 'Aren't you promoting violence?' My answer is that people like George Zimmerman existed because something like (fast draw) didn't," he said.
Zimmerman's trial on charges of fatally shooting 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Florida in 2012 sparked protests around the nation with discussions of "stand your ground" laws. He was acquitted in July.
For Whiskey Dick's owner Rich Tyson, fast draw is good business.
Tyson, who helped found the bar in 2010, said at first he was a little wary about taking on the sport.
Then he started to imagine all the bar's booths and stools filled with fast draw spectators, its most prominent gunslingers donning a Whiskey Dick's-sponsored protective vest.
From there, he was just about sold.
"Our biggest concern was obviously safety," Tyson said. "But they're going to be in this cage that's lined with Plexiglas, and I know (Oliva) has been working with the cops to make sure everything is safe.
"I'm not really a big gun guy, but I think the idea is pretty neat. I'd wanna come over and watch it if I didn't own the place."
North Las Vegas Police Department spokeswoman Chrissie Coon said police are "looking into the (sport's) legality."
"We've always taken the stance that guns and alcohol don't mix, but there's still a lot to review with the city attorney before we take an official position," she said.


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Microsoft has unveiled its Windows Phone 7 Series, a new platform that, among other features, brings together Xbox LIVE games and Zune music/video on a mobile phone. With Windows Phone 7 Series, Microsoft claims it is taking a different approach to phone software. For instance, on the Start screen, dynamically updated "live tiles" show users real-time content directly, breaking the mold of static icons that serve as an intermediate step on the way to an application. Create a tile of a friend, and the user gains a readable, up-to-date view of a friend's latest pictures and posts, just by glancing at Start.
Windows Phone 7 Series is based on the concepts of "hubs" which bring together related content from the Web, applications, and services into a single view to simplify common tasks. Windows Phone 7 Series includes six hubs :
- People. This hub delivers a social experience by bringing together relevant content based on the person, including his or her live feeds from social networks and photos. It also provides a central place from which to post updates to Facebook and Windows Live in one step.
- Pictures. This hub shares pictures and video to a social network in one step. Windows Phone 7 Series also brings together a user's photos by integrating with the Web and PC.
- Games. This hub delivers the first and only official Xbox LIVE experience on a phone, including Xbox LIVE games, Spotlight feed and the ability to see a gamer's avatar, Achievements and gamer profile.
- Music and Video. This hub creates a media experience that brings online music services and even a built-in FM radio into one simple place that is all about music and video. Users can turn their media experience into a social one with Zune Social on a PC and share their media recommendations.
- Marketplace. This hub allows the user to discover and load the phone with certified applications and games.
- Office. This hub brings the familiar experience of Microsoft Office productivity software to the Windows Phone. With access to Office, OneNote and SharePoint Workspace all in one place, users can easily read, edit and share documents, along with Outlook Mobile.
According to Microsoft mobile operators who will support the Windows Phone 7 Series include AT&T, Deutsche Telekom AG, Orange, SFR, Sprint, Telecom Italia, Telefnica, Telstra, T-Mobile USA, Verizon Wireless and Vodafone, and manufacturers Dell, Garmin-Asus, HTC Corp., HP, LG, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Toshiba and Qualcomm Inc. The first phones will be available by holiday 2010.


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Each week, DartmouthSports.com will spotlight two outstanding student-athletes - one male, one female - as Dartmouth's Athletes of the Week. Student-athletes may be chosen based upon their efforts both on and off the field of competition.
The end of one career and the beginning of another highlighted the week in Dartmouth athletics as runner Chris Zablocki (Essex, Conn.) and skater Sasha Nanji (Markham, Ont.) have been named Dartmouth Athletes of the Week. Zablocki, a senior, closed out his career with a 14th place finish at NCAA Regionals. Nanji, a freshman on the women's hockey team, had a four-point weekend for the Big Green.
Dartmouth Male
Athlete of the Week:
Chris Zablocki (Essex, Conn.) Cross Country, Senior
Senior Chris Zablocki (Essex, Conn.) finished his Dartmouth career with his best race in recent memory. He was the top harrier with a 14th-place finish at 31:24 and led the Big Green to a fifth-place finish overall, beating out 31 other teams at the event. Dartmouth had its chance to knock off Heps Champion Columbia, but fell just 10 point shy of the Lions. Zablocki also had an opportunity to earn a trip the NCAA Championships at Indiana State, however, it was not to be as his career came to end, but on a high note.
Take me through your
race on Saturday?
I took it out under control, and for the first 5k just stayed a little behind my teammate Tom (Robbins), right on the top-two Columbia guys because all of us really wanted to beat them after they won Heps and beat us. Then the last 5k I tried to just keep running down people in front of me one after the next. The many Dartmouth people cheering definitely helped with that. Eventually I passed my old high school teammate Forrest who runs for Syracuse, and got right behind the best Cornell guy. Then with around a quarter mile to go I passed him and started going for the top Brown guy. Then I fell in the mud and he passed me back. I got up as quick as I could and kept going all out, but then another guy in a green uniform passed me and I couldn't find any more power to match him. So I ended up being first to miss the national championship, in addition to the team being second out of it. And a few feet before the finish Forrest passed me, which meant I lost the secret bet we had made before the race.
The weather
conditions were terrible with all the rain. How much does that affect your
mindset going into the race and once you get out there?
The stormier and muddier it is, the happier it makes me and the better I perform. I think it is that way with a lot of guys on our team. Our team races on the Boston course a lot, so before the race I was very confident about our chances to beat Columbia, even Providence, and make the national championship.
How would you grade
your season and the team's year?
Better than my current grade in German - but I don't think we exceeded anyone's expectations, and that is obviously what we seek to accomplish every time we get on the starting line. We wanted to win Heps, and even more to make the national championship, and we didn't realize either goal, even though I still believe we could have if our fourth and fifth men had run faster in some key races.
Being a senior and
looking back, how was your experience as a member of the Big Green cross
country team?
Really Awesome! My teammates are my best friends. We always were at least close to getting big wins. There's no better place to hammer out tons of 20+ mile days than all the trails on Oak Hill and the logging roads up at the Grant. And at Dartmouth the athletic and academic aspects of college mesh very well, as long as one stays focused on the goals one wants to achieve in each. Maintaining focus and consistency has been pretty hard, between being in season every term and maintaining triple digit weekly mileage even during off terms, the distractions presented by the Greek system, the many interesting programs abroad, and the difficulty of some classes. But for me and many of my teammates, our team atmosphere makes it worth it. My only regret is that despite giving it our all, my classmates and I never won Heps or qualified for Nationals, something I really expected after seeing the team get 15th at the Championship the year I decided to come to Dartmouth.
Dartmouth Female
Athlete of the Week:
Sasha Nanji (Markham, Ont.), Women's Hockey, Defense, Freshman
Freshman Sasha Nanji (Markham, Ont.) was one of the catalysts this past weekend, helping the Big Green post a 1-1 record with a win over 10th-ranked Princeton on Friday night. She got things started with Dartmouth's first goal and her first collegiate tally midway through the opening period. Nanji made the initial shot that got stopped, but she stayed with it and beat the netminder for the 1-0 lead. She then followed that with an assist on a power play goal from senior Sarah Toupal (White Bear Lake, Minn.). Nanji finished the weekend with her second assist coming against Quinnipiac in a tough 2-1 loss to the Bobcats. She leads all defensive players on the Big Green with four points and is second in ECAC Hockey among blueliners with 0.67 points per game.
You scored your first
collegiate goal against Princeton on Friday. How did it feel and did you think
you would score this early in the season?
It felt absolutely amazing especially with a big win go along with it! With all the chances I've been getting in our first four games, I was disappointed it didn't come any earlier.
Your team has beaten
two ranked teams so far this season, what was the key to success in those
The key to success in those games is just following Coach Hudak's game plan and each of us showing up to play (as a team!) every shift and wanting it more than the other team. We seem to be getting a lot of shots on net and perhaps outplaying teams even in some of the losses we've suffered. We've just got to do a better job penetrating the offensive zone particularly in front of the net, and get some quality shots on net. If we can do a better job in this area, we should be able to win our share of games.
When you have the
puck on the blueline on the power play or on an offensive set? Are you looking
to score or find some one in front to tip home a pass?
When you shoot on net, anything can happen! I prefer looking for an open teammate down low (perhaps a back-door play), but if I don't see an open teammate, I will not hesitate to take a shot on net from the blueline and hope for a tip-in or have one of my forwards get a rebound and tuck it in the net.
You are now three
weeks into your first season. Is it what you thought it would be and have you
enjoyed it?
Yes, I have absolutely loved every aspect of life here at Dartmouth. It is truly a privilege to be here academically, socially, and of course athletically. We have some of the very best professors right here at Dartmouth; the very best coaching staff in the league; and an amazing bunch of young people who I now call family.


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In a Newsweek Exclusive, the IRS has confirmed that mothers who have suffered a double mastectomy can not deduct the expense of infant formula.
We certainly sympathize with the Harris family–Best for Babes Co-Founder Danielle Rigg is a breast cancer survivor who also endured a double mastectomy. And we understand the frustration with perceived double standards when "condoms, hypnosis, yoga and even dancing lessons" are considered medical costs with a doctor's note that can then be "deducted as pre-tax income for medical expenses not covered by insurance." Breast cancer survivors should not be penalized when they can not breastfeed.
We wonder, however, if Newsweek, Mr. Harris and his wife would consider using their considerable connections and resources to advocate for donor milk and human milk banks. The World Health Organizations states that pasteurized, screened donor milk is a superior choice to infant formula. Best for Babes believes milk banks should be as ubiquitous as blood banks. Formula is an adequate substitute for human milk, but it is certainly not "medicine", in fact, formula is associated with considerable health risks. Formula-fed babies have 3 times as many hospital visits, so actually using formula instead of donor milk means greater health care costs for all of us.
Since "Dr. Scholl's footpads, sunscreen, birth control, and prescription sunglasses all qualify as medical care for the 'diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment or prevention of disease,' according to the IRS", it would be worth finding out if donor milk can be deducted as a medical expenses, since human milk mitigates, treats and prevents disease.
In addition to Newsweek, allies of the Harris family include former California governor Gray Davis, a family friend, Rep. Henry Waxman, who wrote a letter to the IRS supporting the Harrisons. "Breast-cancer survivor organization Susan G. Komen for the Cure, also urged the IRS to reconsider, and the law firm Kirkland & Ellis took the case pro bono, putting one of its top tax attorneys, Todd Maynes, on the job."
Boy wouldn't those "heavy-hitters" be helpful in getting more human milk banks established and ensuring that all mothers who can't breastfeed due to a double mastectomy have access to the very best substitute for their own milk, screened, pasteurized, donor milk. Because then we would be truly saving more lives in one fell swoop.
Let's PUMP for the cure right under our nose, literally!


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Film screening: The Sapphires
With an introduction by Wayne Blair
Join the director of The Sapphires Wayne Blair for a screening of this acclaimed film about four young, talented Aboriginal girls who learn about love, friendship and war when their all-girl group The Sapphires entertains the US troops in Vietnam.
The Sapphires
Directed by Wayne Blair, 2012, Australia
Running time 103 mins
35mm colour
Rated PG
Starring Chris O'Dowd, Deborah Mailman
Part of Corroboree Sydney at the Gallery
Image: Wayne Blair. Detail of photo by Russell Shakespeare
Saturday 23 November 2013, 2pm
Tickets are issued at the Domain Theatre one hour before commencement, and doors open 30 minutes before commencement. Latecomers not admitted during screening.
Duration 2 hours
Location: Domain Theatre
Related program: Corroboree Sydney 2013


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Scene & Heard: Rotary Club of Annapolis' "67th Annual Crab Feast"
Alexis Verduijn, Amanda and Dale Crowner As the gates of the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium opened at 5 p.m., some 2,500 ticket holders poured in for what's known as the world's largest crab feast, the Annapolis Rotary Club's "67th Annual Crab Feast." There, they would dig into around 40,000 crabs, 3,400 ears of corn, 1,800 hot dogs and 150 pounds of barbeque, just for starters. There were hundreds of gallons of beer, soda and water to be imbibed, games to be played, and plenty of schmoozing to do over the next few hours. At the watermelon booth, folks were greeted by royalty -- Katelyn Kelley, the National Watermelon Queen, Katie Taylor, South Carolina's Watermelon Queen, Terra Tatman, Mar-Del Watermelon Queen, and Christine Chaloupka, Florida's Watermelon Queen -- sashes, tiaras and all. It all added up to a big tradition for many of the attendees. "It's the signature event of the year for the club. For many, it's the hit of the summer. They've been coming for decades," Jeff Neufeld, assistant event chair, and next year's chair. "I love going around and seeing families who've been coming for years; hearing their remarks," said Elaine Shanley, Annapolis Rotary Club president. John Hammond, Anne Arundel County chief administrative officer, and his wife, Louise Hammond, retired Annapolis city council member, had been bringing their family since 1977. "You see everybody here that you don't get to see the rest of the year," said John Hammond. "And you know [the Rotary Club] is going to do good things with the money," said Louise Hammond. Michael Foundos, Foundos Realty vice president, and Bjorn Verduijn, Flik International general manager, boasted their own Crab Feast tradition -- being the first in line at the gates. "We arrived at 1:30," said Foundos. "It's our Christmas. You can have turkey and ham any day of the year. This is better than Christmas," said Verduijn, explaining their enthusiasm for the event. The annual bash takes almost all of the club members to make it work, with event chair Dave Cordle overseeing it all. "It's the most wonderful stress you can feel, when you know all the proceeds are going back into the community," he said. "It's a lot of fun. And you should see the clean-up operation. We clean it all up in roughly 90 minutes. It is amazing to watch Rotarians at work," said Bea Carson, Rotary Club president-elect, with a laugh. "[I like] just seeing the smiles on everyone's faces," said Neufeld, as he and Cordle scanned the crowd. -- Sloane Brown
Photo by Karen Jackson, Special to The Baltimore Sun
Copyright © 2018, Chicago Tribune


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EFF Takes On Cisco's Role In China 84
decora writes "Several years ago, writer Du Daobin posted several essays on the internet, protesting such things as unfair taxes and the corruption of the media. He was then charged with 'inciting subversion of state power,' arrested, and after many legal twists and turns, tortured in prison. Daobin, along with several other dissidents with similar stories, decided to sue Cisco Systems (PDF) earlier this year under the legal theory that it aided and abetted China's violation of the Torture Victim Protection Act of 1991. As the case moves forward, the Chinese Ministry of Public Security has stepped up its surveillance, harassment, and interrogation of Daobin and the others. The Electronic Frontier Foundation has now joined the Laogai Research Foundation to draw attention to the case. As part of its opening move, it has asked Cisco to make public statements in support of human rights, hoping that the company's influence with the Chinese government will provide some modicum of protection for the threatened dissidents."


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1. Do you accept demos / are you currently signing bands?
2. Who is distributing your records in Europe?
3. I run a distro, mailorder, store - who do I contact?
4. I have (write for) a zine / do a radio show - who do I contact about ads and records to review?
5. I want to place an order online - but my country is not listed. What can I do?
6. Where can I buy your records?
7. Can you send me free stuff?
8. How can I check out Go-Kart Records USA?
9. I love Go-Kart Records! I would love to intern for them. But how do I go about that?
10. What happened to the LUNACHICKS?
11. How can I contact Go-Kart?
12. When can I see your band live in my town?
13. Does Go-kart have a street team?
14. I heard you guys are doing DVDs as well?
15. I heard Go-Kart is offering merchandise printing in Europe? Can you print my stuff too?
16. Your E-Mails keep bouncing back. Did I do anything wrong?
1. Do you accept demos / are you currently signing bands?
Yes we do, but please don't contact us about it. To be blunt, we receive craploads of demos and press packages every day. It takes a long time to listen to every single one, but eventually we do it. If we hear something that interests us, we'll contact you. Otherwise, you're probably too talented to be on Go-Kart anyway.
If you want to send us your demo or album you'd like us to release, please make sure you fulfil the following guidelines:
a) Music Submission
> please send us full demos (3 song stuff will not be considered) on CD/Vinyl/DVD
> do NOT send us MP3s via E-Mail when we have not explicitly asked to receive them
> include press, tour history, photos and other things that might be of value (we surely won't sign you when you are just sending funny toys or other gimmicks!)
b) Band-Performance
> you can play 40+ shows per year
> you are able to promote yourself even when you got signed to us
> you are willing to dedicate your life to music
Please note that we only work with bands with nice individuals as we think that running a record label is way more than just releasing records.
2. Who is distributing your records in Europe?
You will be able to get our stuff in Europe from the following distributions:
> Germany: Roughtrade (
> United Kingdom: Plastic Head (
> Benelux: Bertus (
> France: Socadisc (
> Spain: Dock (
> Portugal: Rastilho (
> Italy: Andromeda (
> Switzerland: Irascible (
> Sweden: Border (
> Greece: Soundforge (
> Denmark: Target (
> Norway: Tuba (
> Germany: Play It Again Sam (
> Austria: Edel (
If you distribute records in a territory that is not already covered, please get in touch with us.
3. I run a distro, mailorder, store - who do I contact?
We get tons of email and letters from kids who sell stuff at shows and have small distros that want to get stuff from us.
In case you are interested in our wholesale catalog, please get in touch with
Here's the catch - we don't work on consignment, so you have to pay up front for what you want to take. Later on we can give you credit for items you want to return (within reason).
You can also order our stuff through our distributors europe-wide.
4. I have (write for) a zine / do a radio show - who do I contact about ads and records to review?
Generally it helps us a lot if you send an actual copy of your zine to the following address:
Go-Kart Records Europe
PO Box 120750
68058 Mannheim
In case you are running a webzine, please Email
with some details about your publication such as Visitors & PageViews.
Radios should also email us their playlists and send us contact information.
5. I want to place an order online - but my country is not listed. What can I do?
At present, if your country is not listed, we cannot ship goods to this country, sorry.
6. Where can I buy your records?
You will be able to find our releases from small mom&pop record stores to bigger chains europe-wide. If for some reason your local store does not carry our stuff, please let us know and we will fix this. You can drop us a line by clicking
. If you cannot wait, just use our webstore and save a few bucks anyway.
7. Can you send me free stuff?
How can we put this gently... HELL NO! Look, we're nice people but we also have bills to pay. If you want a catalog, and the one on the web ain't good enough, send us a self-addressed stamped envelope. Same goes for stickers. It's a matter of consideration; after all… we ain't a major label.
8. How can I check out Go-Kart Records USA?
Our big brother Go-Kart Records U.S.A can be found on the web by heading over to
. If you hate the Internet and if you are still able to write letters, feel free to contact the folks over there by writing to:
Go-Kart Records
PO Box 20
Prince Street Station
New York, NY 10012
9. I love Go-Kart Records! I would love to intern for them. But how do I go about that?
Well, if you are between the ages of 18 and 26, you might qualify for an internship here. Being able to read, write, and spell your own name will put you head and shoulders above many of our previous interns.
As an intern you can learn the Ins, Outs, ups and downs of an independent record company, and maybe have some fun while being berated by the rest of us. Inquiries can be sent via Email to
10. What happened to the LUNACHICKS?
We're not sure what their status as a band is right now, but some of the members have new bands you might want to check out. Gina is now fronting BANTAM (
), Theo has a solo project (
), and Squid is in a band called "Team Squid" that we don't know much about. Gina is also rumored to be a part of NYC all-girl TURBONEGRO tribute band along with members of the WIVES and NASHVILLE PUSSY, but we can't confirm or deny that at this point!
11. How can I contact Go-Kart?
You can contact us by either sending us an email (
) or write us a letter to:
Go-Kart Records Europe
PO Box 120750
68058 Mannheim
12. When can I see your band live in my town?
Well, we do not know. But what we do know is that we are keeping this website up-to-date. So please check back very often for the latest tourdates, info and shit chatting about our bands or try our forums.
If you want to receive the latest news and tourdates via Email, please sign up with our newsletter on the frontpage.
13. Does Go-kart have a street team?
Yes we do. If you are responsible and we don't have someone in your area you may be the person we are looking for. You'll get posters to put up all over in your town and you'll also get some free stuff. Please sign up to the Go-Kart streetteam list (on the frontpage) and email
the following information:
> Full name
> Date of Birth
> Street
> Zip
> City
> Country
> E-mail
> Website
> Messenger
> Profession
> Own a car?
> Information about your local music scene
> Name some cool record/lifestyle stores/venues in your area
> Name of your favourite magazine
> Why do you want to join the our streetteam
14. I heard you guys are doing DVDs as well?
What can we say? All the rumours are true. With Go-Kart Films, we are trying to help indie filmmakers to get their work released on DVD etc. We have already released some quite successful documentaries in the USA and we are continueing to give talent a platform. Form more information on Go-Kart Films, please head over to
. You can also mailorder most of the DVD in our Webstore. That is when you are from Europe:
15. I heard Go-Kart is offering merchandise printing in Europe? Can you print my stuff too?
Absolutely. We launched our merchandise printing service in Europe in January 2008. Under the name Enough Merch you can have your stuff printed. We do unique prints as well as large prints. You should also check out our
as well as the
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16. Your E-Mails keep bouncing back. Did I do anything wrong?
In order to protect ourselves from spam, we encrypted all of the Email links on this website. Whenever you click on an Email link, you will have to remove the "_remove_" after the @ in order to have your messages delivered to us.
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Illinois had been waiting almost three weeks for injured quarterback Nathan Scheelhaase to play again.
When he took the Memorial Stadium field Saturday and led the Illini to an early 7-0 lead over Louisiana Tech, it looked like the leader of Illinois' attack was back.
But by the end of the first quarter Scheelhaase was back on the bench, the Illini had turned the ball over three times and trailed by a pair of touchdowns on their way to a stunning 52-24 loss to the Bulldogs (3-0). Illinois turned the ball over six times in all and at times appeared powerless to stop Louisiana Tech's quick-strike offense.
Now the Illini (2-2) have a week to figure out who runs the offense and how to shore up the defense before conference play starts next weekend against Penn State.
N. Illinois 30, Kansas 23: Northern Illinois rallied from a 23-13 fourth quarter deficit to defeat Kansas. The Huskies (3-1) victory moved their home field winning streak to 17 games, while the Jayhawks (1-3) lost their 16th straight road contest.
Northern Illinois running back Leighton Settle scored on a 2-yard run with 4:33 left to cap a 53-yard drive and the Huskies 17-point fourth quarter. The short field was set up when Huskies defensive back Joe Windsor sacked Kansas quarterback Dayne Crist.
Notre Dame 13, Michigan 6: Manti Te'o had two interceptions as the 11th-ranked Fighting Irish picked off five Michigan passes and forced a fumble and backup quarterback Tommy Rees sparked the Notre Dame offense in a win over the Wolverines in South Bend, Ind.
Denard Robinson, who amassed 948 yards of total offense in victories over the Irish past two years, wasn't as effective this time around as the Irish repeatedly forced him into mistakes. He threw four interceptions in the first half, then lost a fumble at the Notre Dame 8 on the first drive of the second half.


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Opera 10.60 has been released July 1 for Mac OS X and is available for download. The features highlighted on the changelogs page are: layout engine (codename 'Presto'), HTML5 with support for offline web applications, WebM, which has been available in Opera (in a special build) on the very day of the announcement at the Google I/O conference, web workers for running scripts in the background without impeding the browsing experience, and geolocation. Version 10.60 is also available for Windows and Linux/BSD.
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Cute 'problems'
by deathshadow on Fri 2nd Jul 2010 20:12 UTC
Most of which look like non-problems here, but then, I'm not on a "Fisher Price My First Computer".
drag and drop-related issues in the bookmarks panel (URL dragged from the address bar is not dropped in the highlighted folder), in textareas (no distinction between cut and copy) and the HTML email composer (totally absent).
Drag and drop for both works just fine here, but I'm on Seven so... Could be another of those things that the Mac sucks at coding to do - Like everything else when it comes to writing code for the Mac.
As to 'HTML e-mail', what? You're writing SPAM?
Absolutely NO reloading of any kind when using the back and forward buttons.
You say that like it's a PROBLEM... Why the hell should it waste time reloading stuff that's already in the cache... isn't that what cache is FOR?!?


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Original URL: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/01/10/ibm_system_x_xeon_servers/
IBM pumps out two Xeon rackers
Cost-cutters ahead of the Sandy Bridge onslaught
Posted in The Channel, 10th January 2012 18:56 GMT
It may seem odd that IBM would update two x86 servers when Intel is prepping its "Sandy Bridge-EP" Xeon E5 processors for launch in early 2012, but the cut-throat competition in the server racket waits for no chip launch. And thus, IBM is revving up two "value priced" Xeon-based servers to compete against Hewlett-Packard, Dell, and others without having to cut prices on existing System x machines with pricier components.
The two updated machines are the System x3620 M3 and x3630 M3. The M3 designation means that they use Intel's current "Westmere-EP" Xeon 5600 processors, which come in variants with two, four, or six cores. Because the future Xeon E5 processors have a different processor socket from those used by the "Nehalem-EP" Xeon 5500s and the Xeon 5600s, these two machines will not be upgradeable to the Xeon E5s.
The System x3620 M3 is a 2U rack-mounted workhorse, not precisely a Belgian draft horse like other System x machines but one capable of pulling a wagon and a plough. The x3620 M3 has a dozen DDR3 main memory slots and supports 1GB, 2GB, 4GB, 8GB, and 16GB memory sticks, so it tops out at 192GB of main memory.
The machine supports up to four 3.5-inch simple swap SATA disks or eight 3.5-inch hot swap SAS or SATA drives. The drives top out at 3TB, for a maximum of 24TB. (This may be just enough for a modern Hadoop configuration if you stick to four-core processors.) Of course, IBM is charging $1,049 for that 3TB drive compared to $575 for the 2TB drive and #329 for the 1TB drive, so companies will be sorely tempted to go with the skinnier units.
Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition is preloaded on the box, and those simple swap SATA drives can be striped or mirrored using the RAID 0 and RAID 1 features of the Windows operating system, thereby obviating the need for an on-board RAID controller.
The System x3620 M3 has PCI-Express 2.0 peripheral slots (the future Xeon E5s will sport faster and fatter PCI-Express 3.0 slots), and specifically it has two full height, half-length x8 slots and one low profile x4 slot. It also has a dual-port Intel 82575 Gigabit Ethernet controller on the system board. The machine comes with a regular 460 watt power supply or a more efficient (92 per cent) 675 watt supply if you need more juice.
IBM's System x3620 M3 server
The server has an internal USB slot where you can plug in a 2GB key preloaded with VMware's ESXi 4.0 server virtualization hypervisor. It is not clear why IBM has not certified ESXi 5.0, which was announced last summer, on the USB stick. ESXi 4.1 is certified to run on the machine, as are the various versions of Windows Server 2003 R2 (including the Small Business Server bundle), Windows Server 2008, and Windows Server 2008 R2.
Red Hat's Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 and Attachmate's SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 and 11 are also certified to run on the box. The internal KVM and Xen hypervisors that are part of those Linuxes are supported, but the freestanding KVM hypervisor from Red Hat and the standalone Xen hypervisors from Citrix Systems or Oracle are not certified on the box – but will very likely run just fine.
The System x3620 M3 will be available on January 20, and a base configuration will come with a single four-core Xeon E5620 processor running at 2.4GHz, 8GB of memory (one stick), a single 500GB disk drive, and Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition preloaded. That machine will cost $1,983, according to IBM's online configurator.
You can save a couple of hundred bucks by dropping the CPU speed down to 1.6GHz with the four-core Xeon E5603. Loading this puppy up with two six-core Xeon X5560 processors, 192GB of memory, a dozen 3TB drives, and two 675 watt power supplies pushes the price up to $10,730. So you still have to fight for discounts even on a "value priced" box.
The System x3630 M3 is a similar two-socket Xeon 5600 machine, but it comes with a few more goodies, such as different peripheral slots and room for more disk drives in the same 2U of rack space.
IBM's System x3630 M3 server
The x3630 M3 has the same Xeon processor options and memory capacities, but offers two PCI-Express 2.0 (one x8 and one x16) plus an x4 slot that is buried in the system but, oddly enough, does not support peripheral cards - IBM does not explain why.
The system comes with two of the 675 watt power supplies and two Gigabit Ethernet ports, and it can have a dozen 3.5-inch SAS or SATA drives mounted in the front and two that plug in from the back. If you like 2.5-inch SAS or SATA drives, you can double that up to 24 drives in the front and four in the back.
The system board has RAID 0 striping and RAID 1 and 10 mirroring on the SAS or SATA drives, and you can snap in a daughter card to add RAID 5 or RAID 6 data protection (including self-encrypting disk, or SED, features, if you want to pay a little extra.)
The System x3630 M3 supports the same operating systems and hypervisors as the System x3620 M3.
With two quad-core Xeon E5607 processors running at 2.26GHz, 32GB of main memory, no disks, and a Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition license will run you $3,489 in a base configuration. Loading this horse up with two six-core Xeon X5675 processors, which spin at 3.06GHz, crank the memory up to 192GB, add 24 2.5-inch disks at 1TB capacity, and burn Windows on it and you're talking $26,277. If you want a really good laugh, put 24 200GB SATA MLC flash drives on it to get the price up to $93,477.
None of these prices on the System x3620 M3 or x3630 M3 include support or IBM's Systems Director management tools, by the way, so best make sure you don't empty the petty cash. ®


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Dear Esther is one of the most fascinating interactive experiences to come in recent time. Developer thechineseroom was praised for creating a beautiful, atmospheric adventure--but many criticized the lack of "gameplay." Everybody's Gone to the Rapture, a "spiritual successor" to Dear Esther, promises to add a bit more gameplay into the mix.
Rapture is a CryEngine 3-powered open world adventure that takes place in a village in the English county of Shropshire. The world is big, which would take about 20 minutes to walk diagonally from one corner to the other. However, your time to explore is limited... because the world will end in one hour.
Like Dear Esther, Everybody's Gone to the Rapture is a "pure story game." However, this story is not a solitary one. You'll be introduced to six different characters as they live their lives before the end of the world. You can interact with them if you'd like, influencing their actions in the final hour of life. You could also just sit and watch, choosing not to interfere. "Do you become like a voyeur, just watching them live out the last day of their life, effectively?"
"I want to be able to allow the player to manipulate the world. I want the player to feel like, actually, this is a space that's evolving and changing," creative director Dan Pinchbeck told Beefjack in their exclusive preview. As such, Rapture is meant to be played over and over again. The time limitation means you'll only see a part of the world each time you play, and every hour you partake in will be a brand new story.
It reminds us a bit of The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, and that's a good thing. Everybody's Gone to the Rapture will be out on PC in 2013.


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It's been a busy week for Major League Gaming. Yesterday, we reported that the league struck a new partnership with media group Relativity. Today, MLG is launching a new weekly news show focused on competitive gaming.
The eSports Report will be hosted by Chris Puckett and Desi Sanchez. The format recaps competitions, highlights pro gamers, and previews upcoming competitive titles.
You can check out a preview below. The eSports Report airs on Thursday evenings at 7 pm Eastern on MLG.tv.
Our TakeA show like this could help bridge audiences that are new to eSports into watching events. As a newcomer, it's hard to keep up with the action and the commentary. For fans, it's also a way to check in on what they missed and see highlights without scrubbing through tons of archived footage. I'm interested to see how this evolves.
Where can we learn how Starcraft or DOTA works so we can follow along with the competitions?
Lose the headsets MLG
cuz that girl is into gaming, and her boobs are not pushed up, bra is not padded 5", and they're not airbrushed.


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Midfielder Grant McCann has withdrawn from the Northern Ireland squad for personal reasons.
The Peterborough player's wife is heavily pregnant and McCann has returned home to be with her, ruling himself out of Wednesday's World Cup qualifier against Azerbaijan.
The 32-year-old had anticipated a clash, tweeting on Thursday: "Praying my wife has the baby before I meet up next week with N Ireland. Thought it was coming today, but wasn't to be."
The Irish Football Association confirmed the news in a short statement on Monday morning.
It read: "Grant McCann has withdrawn from the Northern Ireland squad to play Azerbaijan on Wednesday due to family reasons.
"No replacements have been called up."
McCann is the fifth player to drop out of Michael O'Neill's original 24-man squad following Manchester United defender Jonny Evans, Hull's Alex Bruce and forwards Andy Little and Jamie Ward.
O'Neill responded to Ward's departure by summoning uncapped Inverness striker Billy McKay and added Liverpool teenager Ryan McLaughlin and Burnley full-back Danny Lafferty to the group on Sunday.
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official build thread.........this is monstaru2
Posted 11 February 2009 - 09:52 PM
shall widen the hole and get it mounted all the way up tomorrow,get the z parts mocked up ,fish plates cut out,along with some gussets mocked and we shall do some more welding this weekend.
i have to say that adding a 20 amp fuse in the basement has helped a bunch.i still can only weld when she is not working ,but that welder is surpassing my needs for right now.i am stoked about that.
once the frame is bolted static i will start working on the radius links.two of the weld in rod end bungs are wrong size for the tube i have so i have to get 2 more in town.once again brown bearing will save the day on that one......
no pics, will get some up tomorrrow.
cheers,, brain
Posted 11 February 2009 - 11:03 PM
Posted 11 February 2009 - 11:32 PM
Posted 12 February 2009 - 01:15 AM
just kidding, it was great meeting you and seeing the machine
Posted 15 February 2009 - 02:18 PM
'z"ing the frame has by far been the most difficult part of this.as i do not have a flat place to do the work, i have been doing it on the car.
i cut out the flaps that are dust shields on the "framerail" in the engine compartment then rolled the rest up and out of the way to give me a flat "framerail" to work with......then i set up the "z" middle pieces to get set up for the extension out to the front of the vehicle.
after cut
rolled and out of the way
front Z pieces added
am about an 1/8th off front to back,but i think i can make it up in the front .everything is squared out so i think it is in the car body though.whatever,it will be hell for stout no matter what.
in a bit i will be taking the frame back out ,adding some fishplates that i have cut out for the top and bottom of the Z piece,as it is not flush on the ends(you can see in the pics)
add some gussets etc.....i am out to do that.cheers, brian
Posted 15 February 2009 - 03:42 PM
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Posted 16 February 2009 - 03:49 PM
it should be fun.i have some really cool parts comin this week.
it will not be solid for a while EZ, as i really want to drive the damn thing before the end of the year.
there are plenty of little surprises still left though.......should turn out well.
but i think i am on to something ,so i will continue this one until it is basically done.as i have a feeling it will continue to morph........
here ya go jared.the build album..........
cheers, brian
Posted 16 February 2009 - 05:49 PM
One of these SAS mobiles is definitely in my future.
Posted 18 February 2009 - 03:59 PM
needless to say,STOKED!!!!!!!gotta get a shifter sheet,and take a look at the main bearings in the case.if they are ok, i will reseal,regasket and install!!!!!a little ways out for when it actually goes in, butWOOOOOOOOOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!cheers, brian
Posted 18 February 2009 - 04:03 PM
Edited by Rooinater, 18 February 2009 - 04:06 PM.
Posted 18 February 2009 - 05:41 PM
Posted 18 February 2009 - 07:36 PM
4.44 diffs
3.545 first gear
1.592 low subie
6.5 low sammy
so i think we'll just call it 163:1
:grin:cheers, brian
Posted 18 February 2009 - 07:59 PM
Posted 18 February 2009 - 08:02 PM
So you are putting the 4.44 diff into the front of the tranny? How's that working for ya?
Posted 18 February 2009 - 09:07 PM
yep,it is low.......
4.44 diffs
3.545 first gear
1.592 low subie
6.5 low sammy
so i think we'll just call it 163:1
:grin:cheers, brian
i can hear the PING! already... so you going to have this thing done by the summer?
Posted 18 February 2009 - 10:41 PM
i wanted a second transfer case,subframe is accomplishing that....
i wanted as low gears as i could get,well, i have 4.44s and 6.5 t-case gears(i didna go with 8-1 because i may drive it on the street occasionally,and they are like 200 more dollars)
i wanted to get mad lift and clearance,and i have it out back so far.
and i wanted to spend less than 2 grand doin it.so far i am about 850 into it.having or trading for most of it has worked out well.,we'll see how long it takes me to put solid axles under it after it is "done"..
and a fuse is a fuse!:lol:anyways,i hope to have it done by my birthday......in june.cheers, brian
i can hear the PING! already... so you going to have this thing done by the summer?
Posted 19 February 2009 - 12:04 AM
and a fuse is a fuse!:lol:anyways,i hope to have it done by my birthday......in june.cheers, brian
and i got a box of them fuses... a wheeler is never actually "done"... hence your quotes are you flat-bellying the tcase?
Posted 19 February 2009 - 01:54 AM
Posted 19 February 2009 - 09:55 AM
Posted 19 February 2009 - 10:57 AM
Do you think you will end up running a larger tire that an 235? I want to see video of this crawling along.
even with the soob in high range, the 4.44 diffs, and the 1.7 high range reduction of the new t-case gear set with only 235's he'll still be turning lots of revs at hiway speed. it's be better gearing that the stock soob in low range....
from the Trail-Gear website for this gear set "
"If you're planning to run with stock axle gears, the high-range gearing of this kit is ideal for street use with 33"-35" tires." but stock sammy axle gears are 3.73 I think....
Posted 19 February 2009 - 02:58 PM
Posted 19 February 2009 - 04:07 PM
i will go to some larger shoes when i can.until then i will run these.i will have a bit of clearance with these and am not concerned about it yet.:)cheers, brian
i would think 235's would be fine for now. you'd be reducing another stress multiplier on the axles and driveline components by not going huge with your tires and you'll also have lower gear effectivity. which is why if i hang onto lil' roo for another year I might look into getting smaller tires since she needs some new shoes again.
Posted 20 February 2009 - 12:32 AM
and the highway gearing will be fine that way too,if i am doing it right the RPM calc. says i will be around 2100 at 60mph.with 4.44 gears,and the 1.7 of the sammy case.
that does not sound to bad to me.seeing as how i will not be going over 40 anyway:lol:.i do not plan on driving this on the street very much, if at all.short jaunts through town maybe,but it will never see the freeway under it's own power unless the world ends and i have to mad max it:).
got some more reinforcement made today,will weld again this weekend.
taking the kids to MONSTER JAM!!!!!! to get them firede up for a couple of hours and understand (dad(me) and their uncles(me)) addiction to his car(s).
on another note, i pulled an old power steering rack out and started tearing it down,to see what is needed to rebuild it.anyways,nore updates when i get'em from progress.cheers, brian
Posted 20 February 2009 - 09:08 AM
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HARRISBURG – Secretary of the Commonwealth Carol Aichele has advised Pennsylvania residents who are solicited for donations to charities that claim to help military veterans or victims of Hurricane Sandy, to ask questions about the organization before making a contribution.
"Pennsylvanians are generous and want to do all they can to help the brave men and women who have defended our country, particularly around Veterans' Day," Aichele said. "In addition, Pennsylvania residents want to help our neighbors in New York and New Jersey who are suffering from the impact of the recent storm."
"While most charities are reputable and deliver most of the money they solicit to the causes they support, unfortunately some are not," said Aichele, whose department oversees charitable organizations.
Aichele advised residents, if they are not familiar with the organization asking for a donation, to ask questions such as:
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Pennsylvania is home to more than 1,034,000 veterans, the fourth-most of any state, which is one reason many veterans' assistance organizations are located in the state. Aichele emphasized there are many reputable organizations in Pennsylvania that do help veterans.
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Nursing home fire kills 10 in Chile
By The Associated Press
This article was published April 6, 2014 at 2:09 p.m.
SANTIAGO, Chile A Sunday morning fire tore through a nursing home in southern Chile, killing 9 seniors and their caretaker.
The nursing home is located near the city of Paillaco, some 540 miles south of the Chilean capital, Santiago. Police say neighbors were able to rescue three people, but Paillaco Mayor Ramona Reyes said all others died in the blaze because the nursing home had locked patients inside their rooms.
"The rescue by the community was not possible because when they tried to reach them at the two-story wooden house, all rooms were under lock," Reyes told local Radio Cooperativa. "It's a terrible, regretful situation that has appalled us."
Most of the 12 patients at the nursing home lived with disabilities and mental illnesses. Reyes said the facility had all the permits required by Chile's health service, but the building's infrastructure was inadequate.
The nursing home's owner denied that, saying all the patients were self-sufficient and the rooms were unlocked.
"There was a staircase that was left locked. They were all in their rooms but not under lock," Silvia Magaly Zapata told Radio Cooperativa. "Besides, they were all self-sufficient and woke up early. They were wonderful people, although schizophrenic."
Local media reported that firefighters struggled to contain the blaze because nearby hydrants failed, forcing them to use water from a swimming pool several miles down the road.
Police and prosecutors have been at the scene collecting evidence to investigate the cause of the blaze. Officials have yet to release the names of the dead. Three people, who were rescued by neighbors, are being treated at a local hospital for minor injuries.
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