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Sheriff David Grice has added several vehicles to the Davidson County Sheriff's Office fleet as he tries to find the best make and model for his department.
Sheriff David Grice has added several vehicles to the Davidson County Sheriff's Office fleet as he tries to find the best make and model for his department.
The sheriff's office recently acquired four new Chevrolet 2013 Tahoes, two 2012 Chevrolet Caprices, two 2012 Dodge Chargers, a 2012 Ford Taurus and a 2012 Ford F-150 truck. The vehicles, which Grice estimated each came at a cost of about $29,000 with equipment, were purchased with money from the DCSO's yearly capital outlay fund.
Updating the DCSO's vehicles each year, the sheriff said, is paramount for deputies as the department covers a county that is 55 miles from north to south and 35 miles east and west.
In years past, the sheriff's office has used the Ford Crown Victoria. However, the last year Ford manufactured the Vics was in 2011.
"The Crown Victoria was a well-designed car," Grice said. "For some reason, Ford felt like it outlived their use. … We are sort of right now trying to find a long-term replacement for the Crown Vic."
The 2012 Caprices have been assigned to Sgt. Jerry Soles Jr. of the Interstate Criminal Enforcement Team and Capt. Mitch Kepley of the Criminal Investigation Division. Soles and Kepley previously had Chargers.
In regard to the Caprice, Soles said he likes the handling and the room inside the vehicle. "Everything is a little tighter at my fingertips, computer, lights and all of that," the sergeant said.
The Caprice, which Grice says gets 17 to 18 miles per gallon, also provides Soles and Kepley with a large trunk. That helps Soles with transporting his equipment, including a jack to assist stranded motorists with changing tires.
"I like it," Kepley said of the Caprice.
Cpl. Matt Riddle of the Patrol Division received a 2013 Tahoe about three weeks ago. He previously was assigned a 2011 Crown Victoria.
"It's great," Riddle said of the new vehicle. "It's awesome.
The Tahoes, which get about 18 miles to the gallon (Grice said gas mileage is comparable to the Victoria), gives him additional room and easier access to his K-9, Alex, and equipment.
Grice said he also has four additional Tahoes on the way.
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Oh my goodness. This book sounds fantastic, and my principal will probably let me buy a class set - especially since it's a Newbery book. This class is only supposed to be a semester long, but the other teacher who I was supposed to "flip" with at semester also has ideas that will take longer than a semester, so we are going to ask our admin if we can just keep our kids the whole year.Understanding marriage in those times - esp in the upper classes - as a business deal rather than a loving commitment is essential, and you're right about the Tudor fiction - it's great but certainly not appropriate for 12-14 year-olds.
I just though I'd add that the show 'The Supersizers Go' looked at food during several eras of English history, and does talk about how mush class determined diet. It's available on both You Tube and Hulu.
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Ipswich Town sign Nottingham Forest striker David McGoldrick and Hull's Aaron McLean
Ipswich have signed Forest striker David McGoldrick and Hull forward Aaron McLean on loan for the rest of the season.
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Town boss Mick McCarthy hopes to make McGoldrick's move a permanent one in the summer, and he hopes the double deal will help lift them away from their position five points above the relegation zone.
He was looking for attacking options in the wake of DJ Campbell's return to QPR and identified McGoldrick, who scored 17 times in 26 appearances for League One side Coventry.
"David dropped down a level to play for Coventry on loan over the first half of the season and did really well," McCarthy said.
"He was the leading scorer in League One with 16 goals so we are signing a player at the top of his form. He's a good player who we have been watching and it's deal that we are looking to lead to a permanent one."
McLean has found goals and playing time harder to come by, scoring three times in 16 outings, but McCarthy feels he will also prove a valuable addition.
"I tried to sign him for Wolves a long time ago so I know about his qualities," the Town boss added.
"He will bring pace, power and athleticism to the side and I'm delighted that we have managed to get both of them."


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In Colorado, the air traffic control tower at Front Range Airport near Aurora has been spared.
The closures will not force any of those airports to shut down, but pilots will be left to coordinate takeoffs and landings among themselves over a shared radio frequency with no help from ground controllers. Those procedures are familiar to all pilots.
Since a preliminary list of facilities was released a month ago, the FAA plan has raised wide-ranging concerns, including worries about the effect on safety and the potential financial consequences for communities that rely on airports to help attract businesses and tourists.
"We will work with the airports and the operators to ensure the procedures are in place to maintain the high level of safety at non-towered airports," FAA Administrator Michael Huerta said in a statement.
Airlines have yet to say whether they will continue offering service to airports that lose tower staff. The trade group Airlines for America said its member carriers have no plans to cancel or suspend flights as a result of the closures.
The FAA is being forced to trim $637 million for the rest of the fiscal year that ends Sept. 30. The agency said it had no choice but to subject most of its 47,000 employees, including tower controllers, to periodic furloughs and to close air traffic facilities at small airports with lighter traffic. The changes are part of the across-the-board spending cuts known as sequestration, which went into effect March 1.
The airports targeted for tower shutdowns have fewer than 150,000 total flight operations per year. Of those, fewer than 10,000 are commercial flights by passenger airlines.
Airport directors, pilots and others in the aviation sector have argued that stripping away an extra layer of safety during the most critical stages of flight will elevate risks and at the very least slow years of progress that made the U.S. aviation network the safest in the world.
One of the facilities on the closure list is at Ogden-Hinckley Airport in Utah, where air traffic controllers keep planes safely separated from the F-16s screaming in and out of nearby Hill Air Force Base and flights using Salt Lake City International Airport.


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HOUSTON -- You know the deal ... The 2012 NFL regular-season is here.
Well, some Dolphins fans don't see it as that awesome. Some are thinking this season in which the Dolphins are showing us they are rebuilding but not actually admitting they are rebuilding will be a long season.
Some fans, frankly, are thinking this season is going to be another loser. Want to know what I'm thinking?
I predict the record for this season at the end of my column today after telling you where I see the Dolphins being at the moment as they get ready to kick off the season opener against Houston.
But this being an interactive exchange forum, I want to hear what you think. So read my column and then tell me in the comments section where you see the Dolphins record this year. Tell me where you agree or disagree with me.
Later, I'll update this blog with the day's inactives and any injury news and after that we'll have a live blog all day long. The Dolphins promoted linebacker Jonathan Freeny from their practice squad. I expect him to play today on special teams. Texans running back Arian Foster is expected to play, despite the injury report that has him as questionable. Linebacker Brooks Reed, meanwhile, is a legitimate game time decision.
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Tuesday was D-Day - that's Dick Day - for Eric Idle, former Python, comedy musical writer and now entertainment entrepreneur. Dick Day celebrates the release of What About Dick, a video of a performance of a play about the staging of a radio play – with songs, stand up and improvisation – that is available online. That might sound like a theatrical mutt, but it is a purebred example of a new breed of straight-to-online entertainment business model.
"It's a conspiracy to be funny; it's a play for comedians," says Idle, who wrote the play and has been trying to get it made since the late '80s. "It's taking place in 1941 and they're doing a live radio broadcast of What About Dick. There's a sound effects guy too, he's hilarious. It's sort of partly derived from E.M. Forster, and party from the British films where people wear costumes and go to Italy to experience feelings."
The best part about staging a radio play is that it lets the performers hold scripts. "It's a clever way of getting people to be able to come and perform without having to rehearse for four weeks."
That wouldn't normally prove so hard, but in this case the "people" include Eddie Izzard, Billy Connolly, Russell Brand, Tracey Ullman and Idle himself who plays the role of a piano. "I act a piano, I don't play a piano," Idle unsuccessfully clarifies. "It's the first time any major drama has starred a musical instrument as far as I can remember."
The inspiration for online distribution came from Idle's frustration at having unique access to such a good cast – he describes Connolly and Izzard as the two best conversational comedians of our age – yet no capacity to put on a show. "I kept banging my head on the thought that I can't get these people together and take it to Broadway because you can't get them for that long. The only way I could deal with it was to make a movie of the experience. So that's what I set out to do, got them all involved and interested, then I raised the money privately.
"Now we all own it, and we share it evenly, all the actors, because they invested their time and ability too. So we all get our money back at the same time. We own it. It's a completely new business model."
In fact it is the oldest theatrical business model made global, for this may be the highest profile amateur theatrical co-op of all time. "I think it's a very professional co-op!" Idle quibbles with a laugh. "It's definitely a co-operative venture, which you probably shouldn't say in America because they think that reeks of socialism. You'll be run out of town for not giving somebody all the money and letting everybody else have nothing."
Having almost lost his Los Angeles press day when all the press were initially off at the junket for the new Twilight film, Idle is comfortable casting himself as David to Hollywood's Goliath. "They've got the high ground," he explains. "We're the subversive underground people who will remove their ability to carry on doing that. In a way we're counterculture here. Not to Twilight itself but that method. If you want a big movie picture you go to a big studio. But this is not that. This is actually for your computer or even your iPhone. This is a giggle."
Of course for Idle, the real joy came in the performing. "It was nice because we were all on stage at the same time. I'm the sort of ringmaster as it were – somewhere between ringmaster and headmaster – and they all look across at me. Eddie will look up and I see his little eyes twinkling and I know he's going to throw me a new line."
Still, four nights of world-class improvisation created a bit of a headache in the edit suite. "What I wanted to keep was the spirit of the event, while still telling the story or the tale that's in the play. So that was the compromise we made and there are some moments of hilarity which will be in the out-takes and the documentary and things that will follow it."
The live audience, sourced entirely from the cast's Twitter followers, proved key in those editing decisions. "It was a rock concert! And that's how Python shows were always too, that same sort of buzz, expectant shouting and laughing. They were really ready for it."
Idle was surprised at social media's capacity to fill the theatre without taking a single ad. "Hopefully we'll be doing a similar thing with the download," he says, "which is why this is such a new and fascinating business model. Because these people have their own followers and if only their own followers buy it, you've already got your money back and going home."
So will Australia get to see a live performance? "I don't think it's out of the question, but I need to know what happens to this." Idle is confident though, not just because of his cast's millions of Twitter followers but because he has seen the final product. "I'm relieved to find that it makes me giggle still," he says. "There's fine moments of acting and then there's wonderful moments of hilarity ... and very rude songs."


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The 2010 ALMS season proved a mixed bag for Corvette Racing, with the team working out various teething problems to finish Fourth overall in the GT category. Across the Atlantic in Europe, another Corvette battle has been raging, albeit with very different results. The FIA's GT3 European Championship provides a venue for up-and-coming drivers in race cars that are close to production specifications. Manufacturers such as Ferrari, BMW, Porsche, Aston Martin, Lamborghini, Ford, and Audi all provide behind-the-scenes support to teams that run their vehicles. Notice that Corvette is not among this prestigious lineup. Instead, Callaway Competition in Leingarten, Germany, is approved by the FIA to build Corvettes for the series. As a private tuner, the company does not receive any official support from GM.
Twelve races are held each year at various European racetracks (two per weekend). The 2010 season started in Silverstone, England, and ended at Zolder, Belgium. In a previous story ("Back on Top," Feb. '11), we covered the first six of these races. In that report Callaway Competition left the sixth race in Brno with the lead in the FIA's Drivers and Team Championship battles. This month, we'll recap the team's results over the second half of the season.
Paul Ricard, France—Rounds 7 and 8
The 5.8km (3.6mi) Paul Ricard circuit is located 30 km (19 mi) east of Toulon in southern France. Paul Ricard is an FIA test track for Formula 1 competitors and is known for extremely fast lap times.
Round 7: Daniel Keliwitz captured the pole in his No. 101 Callaway Corvette, beating the second place No. 16 Graff Racing Vette by 1.2 seconds. Keliwitz made an excellent start and held the lead until turning the car over to Christian Hohenadel on lap 11. Hohenadel took the checkered flag 6.652 seconds ahead of the Second Place No. 16 Graff car to gain 25 Drivers Championship points.
Round 8: Hohenadel qualified the No. 101 Corvette fourth for Round 8. When the dust settled at the start, the No. 16 Graff Racing Corvette was third, and the No. 101 car had dropped to seventh. After the mandatory pit stops, the No. 16 Corvette was first, the No. 61 ProSpeed Porsche 911 second, the No. 76 BMW Z4 third, and the No. 101—with Keliwitz driving—was fourth. Keliwitz proceeded to methodically pick off the cars in front of him, grab the lead four laps from the finish, and take the victory to gain another 25 Drivers points.
Algarve, Portugal—Rounds 9 and 10
The 4.7km (2.94mi) Algarve circuit is filled with tight, twisty turns and numerous elevation changes. With their two Paul Ricard victories, the Corvettes were slapped with "Balance of Performance" adjustments, as per FIA rules. They started the season with a base weight of 1,270 kg (2,794 pounds), along with 60 kg (132 pounds) of ballast, bringing total weight to 1,330 kg (2,926 pounds). The engine, meanwhile, was fitted with a 52mm inlet restrictor. Prior to Algarve, all Corvettes were given an extra 20 kg (44 pounds) of ballast and fitted with a 49mm engine restrictor. The No. 101 Corvette received an additional 40 kg (88 pounds) of "success weight" because of its Paul Ricard victories, pushing the car to a portly 1,390 kg (3,058 pounds).
Round 9: Amazingly, Keliwitz put his overweight No. 101 Corvette on the pole by 0.153 seconds ahead of an Audi R8. Graff Racing brought one car (No. 16) and qualified eighth. The other Callaway entry, No. 100, was 21st on the grid. Two Porsches passed Keliwitz at the start, pushing the Corvette down to third position. Keliwitz maintained that spot until the 11th lap, when he overtook the No. 61 Porsche for second place. On lap 18 Keliwitz pitted and handed No. 101 over to Hohenadel. Hohenadel returned in second and held this position through the finish, crossing the line 5.849 seconds behind the No. 61 Porsche. This added another 18 Drivers Championship points to the Callaway team's total. At this point, the No. 16 Graff Racing Corvette drivers were the only team with a mathematical chance of overtaking the Callaway drivers in the championship battle.
Round 10: An Audi R8 and a Ford GT captured the first two starting spots for Round 10. Hohenadel was eighth, and the No. 100 Callaway Corvette, driven by Marius Ritskes and Dennis Retera, was ninth. The No. 16 Graff Vette of Mike Parisy and Joakim Lambotte was 16th. The Callaway team knew tires were going to be a problem because of the hot Algarve weather. The team decided to be conservative, and Hohenadel cruised around the track in eighth until he pitted on lap 16. After taking over, Keliwitz pushed the car to third position on lap 25. Shortly after that, the No. 16 Graff car slid into the gravel trap and was out of the race. If the No. 101 Corvette finished third or higher, the 2010 Drivers Championship would be secure. Instead, the team decided to go for the victory. On lap 28 Keliwitz passed the No. 61 Porsche to take the lead, which he held to the finish. The other Callaway Corvette finished in Eighth position. The jubilant Callaway team celebrated winning the Drivers Championship, but the Team Championship battle was still up for grabs with two races remaining.
Zolder, Belgium—Rounds 11 and 12
The historic Zolder racetrack is located one hour east of the city of Antwerp. The 4.011km (2.492mi) track opened in 1925 and is very hard on brakes. Following its excellent performance at Algarve, the No. 101 Corvette continued to carry its 40 kg (88 pounds) of ballast.
Round 11: Hohenadel qualified fifth, 0.729 seconds behind the pole-position Ford GT. The extra weight was playing havoc with the Corvette's brakes. After a clean start, Hohenadel moved to third position behind the leading Ford and an Audi R8. On lap eight the No. 100 Corvette spun into the gravel trap and was out of the race. The No. 101 car pitted on lap 17, but Keliwitz was blocked by an Audi while trying to leave his pit stall. This lost the team several valuable seconds. Keliwitz returned in sixth, but was losing ground because of overheated brakes and tires. He crossed the line in Ninth—not good enough to secure the Team Championship. The rival Pro-Speed Porsches finished Second and Sixth, which tightened the championship battle.
Round 12: Keliwitz started in ninth position and moved up to eighth shortly after the green flag fell. He pitted on lap 16, and co-driver Hohenadel returned to the race in sixth position. By lap 29 of the 37-lap race, Hohenadel had put the No. 101 car into third. A Third Place finish would have secured the Team Championship for Callaway Competition, but on the next lap, the car's right front brake disc exploded, putting it out of the race. The ProSpeed 911s finished First and Fifth, which put the Porsche team 10 points ahead of Callaway and gave the Germans the Team Championship. It wasn't the dual-title finish the Corvette contingent had hoped for, but rest assured they'll be back next year with another competitive GT3 effort.


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And eventually, when it fails, fingers will be pointed at the US as a "world tyrant". We should let the EU handle this one, by themselves. Or the Arab League
We are effectively playing the role of the French in the American Revolutionary War - keeping the powerful weaponry at bay so that they can liberate themselves. In the Revolutionary War, the French helped keep the British Navy at bay, something we could not do for ourselves. Similarly here we are keeping the planes/armor that the Libyans can't deal with themselves at bay.
It is easy to say that the US should not interfere with other countries, but: "with great power comes great responsibility".
Like it or not: the US are the world police. They have a big army and lots of fancy military equipment, and most of the time I believe they are really trying to do what is best for everybody, and prevent bloodshed etc. etc. With an army as big as theirs, they have a moral obligation to intervene when people are being killed for no apparent reason (or for "bad" reasons, whatever that means). It is however not so easy to decide when to intervene, because it is often not clear what exactly "good" and "bad" reasons are: wars and international politics are not as straightforward as movies (I wish they were. It would either make the movies more interesting or the politics easier to understand).
And yes, they will sometimes decide to intervene when it should not have been done. That is always easy to say afterwards. How many times have you made wrong decisions in your personal life (or in your MMORPG if you prefer)? Often enough, I bet. The consequences may be smaller in case of personal decisions, but should that be a reason for a country to sit back and do nothing? No.
How else are you gonna make more virgins?
I'm not generally a supporter of military intervention to solve problems, however there are cases such as this where it is genuinely the only way. Qaddafi is sufficiently dangerous to himself and the people living in the region such as to justify our throwing our weight behind the pro-democracy forces. The thing we need to be exceedingly careful about is if they do win, we need to stand behind whomever the Libyan people choose in their elections.
It might mean standing behind some questionable characters, bu
Maybe this is for the best, but I have a queasy feeling about how it's going to turn out.
It's very important to keep in mind that this is not Iraq.
First of all, the revolution was sparked by the people, and fought by the people before the UN intervention. In the present case, the UN is in fact offering military SUPPORT, not a full-scale military intervention and is not starting anything.
Second, one major problem with Iraq is the huge amount of civilian casualties, estimated at 100k. Whether they were killed by the Taliban, lack of medicine* or American troops doesn't matter: the war killed them, without the war they would have lived, and the war was started by the USA.
In Libya, the war is already started so it's definitely not the UN's fault if people die indirectly as a result. The UN is indeed trying to reduce the damage that will occur.
*The stats actually do not include people who died indirectly from the war, such as lack of medical treatment for injuries/diseases not caused by the war or lack of food.
Third, the UN must stick to offering military support where needed and nothing else. Air strikes on military assets are efficient - they are accurate and do not require a presence on the ground. Jets and bombers can take off from nearby countries, drop bombs on very specific military assets in Libya, then go back to where they came from. No territorial occupation, no troops spending too much time among the population (which can put the population at extra risk by drawing enemy fire or causing troops to mistake civilians for enemies). On top of that, when foreign troops are on the ground the local population may feel "invaded" even if troops are on their side, so at least air strikes avoid this and the population feels like they're leading the fight.
The Libyans must be in control or else they will resent the UN and things will not get better. Basically, the UN must offer the required help but needs also to keep their involvement to a minimum. Most of all, the UN must make sure that Libyans are happy about their help. If at any point the Libyans want to UN to leave them alone, the UN must back off not matter what help the UN believes it could provide. The moment the UN takes control, we're headed for another Iraq.
Fourth: Mistakes will happen. A bomb might hit civilian assets by mistake and kill innocent people.
This is a problem in Iraq and Afghanistan because when it happens we point the finger to the USA and say "It wouldn't have happened if you hadn't started this mess".
But if the Libyans started the revolution, if they asked for the help of the UN or at least approved of it and if the UN takes extra care to avoid errors, then the UN can't be blamed for mistakes. What I'm saying here is not that the UN must cowardly put all the responsibility on someone else. But it's important that the Libyans do not come to hate the UN's involvement or else the new government will be anti-democracy and anti-Western World. It's important that the Libyans see that the Western World is a friend and the UN must be a genuine friend.
Fifth: the USA should not have gotten involved in this. The USA have a terrible image in the Middle-East, Africa and pretty much all third-world and all Islamic countries. This is unlikely to improve the image of the USA, instead it's much more likely to make Libyans think "If the USA is involved, the UN's help might be a bad thing after all". This just makes it easier for terrorists and religious fanatics to gain support from the population and take power.
I can't believe the US government was that stupid. And frankly, I'm actually wondering if the USA really are involved because they want to help the Libyans. I'm suspecting they can't be that stupid and did this on purpose to serve whatever new megalomaniac secret plan the CIA/White House/DoD came up with.
I won't say the USA should back out, it's too late anyway, the harm is done. The UN intervention has been tainted with the mark of conquest by the USA now.
Sixth: the UN must back out once their role of offering military support is done. They have to let the Libyans choose the
I fully support the military action in Libya, because nothing short of that is going to stop mass murder of civilian population that is perpetrated by Gaddafi forces in rebelling parts of the country. Good for them that they've acted swiftly enough, too (one month sounds like a lot, but when it comes to world diplomacy it is remarkably fast).
However, I'm afraid that UN forces will make the same mistake that NATO did in Bosnia and especially Kosovo - acting as peacekeepers in name, but picking a side and sticking with it in reality. In Kosovo this was most prominent - when Serbs were burning down mosques, killing Albanians and driving them out into Albanian, NATO was quick to intervene. But when Serbian army and paramilitaries withdrew, and the only force remaining in the province was KLA, the latter started burning down churches, killing Serbs, and driving them out into Serbia - and KFOR stood aside and watched.
Now, if the rebels prevail, I don't think anyone is going to shed tears if the "colonel" hangs, trial or no trial. But the sides in this civil war are largely arranged around tribal identity - Qadhadfa vs the rest of them. We say that the rebels are "pro-West", but so was KLA, by their own words - which did not stop them to partake in genocide themselves when they had the upper hand. So if the rebels win, and start massacring Qadhadfa - would the West also intervene militarily to stop that? Somehow, I doubt it, which is too bad, and would discredit the whole operation. I hope I'm wrong.
As a Zimbabwean I know that nobody's going to "misdirect" one of those 110 tomahawks a bit further south to sort out our problem but I do know that Mugabe considered Gadaffi an ally and has received help from Lybia. It is also clear that Bob has reacted to the situation in the middle east - i.e. he has felt the cold fear that bullies feel when they realise that they are more alone and beginning to stick out.
So from us Southern Africans to the rest of you - we don't have any aeroplanes to send but we are with you in spirit. Kick G's hairy arse as thoroughly as you can for us please. One day when we have sorted out our own home we will be able to help you like we did in WWI and WWII.
Will the US now bomb Israel toï force them to comply with the hundreds of UN resolutions that Israel is in violation of?
Depends. Is there a UNSC resolution authorizing the use of military force against Israel? There was one for Libya.
what's the difference between Yemen, Bahrain & lybia?
One of those doesn't exist.
If you mean Libya, then the difference is that it has an ongoing country-wide armed uprising (not simply street protests) for almost a month now, and government has been using artillery (incl. heavy naval artillery) and bombers to suppress it.
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In January 2002, a student at the Virginia Appalachian School of Law, Peter Odighizuwa, shot three people dead before other students were able to retrieve guns from their cars and put an end to the carnage before there was more bloodshed. Over thirty victims at VA Tech yesterday were denied that right as a result of a campus gun control law that helped the shooter pick off his targets at will.
A bill in the Virginia legislature last year that would have allowed students with concealed weapons permits to carry their guns at schools was killed, with VA Tech spokesman Larry Hincker heralding the move as action that would "help parents, students, faculty and visitors feel safe on our campus." How hollow those words sound now in light of eyewitness reports of how victims had to cower under desks as the killer calmly approached, their only means of defense throwing chairs or risking their lives by escaping out of high-rise windows.
"Isn't it interesting that Utah and Oregon are the only two states that allows faculty to carry guns on campus. And isn't it interesting that you haven't read about any school or university shootings in Utah or Oregon? Why not? Because criminals don't like having their victims shoot back at them," Gun Owners of America's Larry Pratt said yesterday. "That's why the American people want an end to this ineffective gun ban."
85% of Americans support the right of a principle or a teacher to have instant access to a safely stored firearm in order to defend the lives of students and prevent a school massacre, but a drive is already underway to disarm more victims and grease the skids for more horrors similar to what unfolded yesterday.
The talking points have already been disseminated and the disarmament lobby and the establishment media is doing it's best to exploit yesterday's tragedy to push for gun control.
AFP led the way, writing that "Buying a handgun or rifle is relatively easy in Virginia," before any details of where the killer acquired his weapons have even been released.
The Los Angeles Times lauded the fact that the NRA are still silent on the massacre, claiming that "Supporters of gun rights generally kept their heads down," which is completely untrue. Everyone besides the NRA immediately went on the offensive, pointing out the fact that campus gun control policies directly disarmed the victims. The NRA at its apex is a co-opted organization, and routinely backs down when key gun control debates arise.
Gun Owners of America, the only major no compromise 2nd Amendment group in America, issued a press release in which its President Larry Pratt stated,"All the school shootings that have ended abruptly in the last ten years were stopped because a law-abiding citizen -- a potential victim -- had a gun."
"The latest school shooting demands an immediate end to the gun-free zone law which leaves the nation's schools at the mercy of madmen. It is irresponsibly dangerous to tell citizens that they may not have guns at schools. The Virginia Tech shooting shows that killers have no concern about a gun ban when murder is in their hearts."
Questions linger about the massacre itself, with furious students blaming a delayed, incompetent and cowardly response from police for the over two hour gap between the first and second shootings before they were warned.
The identity of the killer has not yet been released, but quite what motivated a man whose girlfriend cheated on him to slaughter over thirty other innocent people is very suspicious. Rumors that two shooters were involved have still not been ruled out. Students of numerology will be all too aware of the connotations attached to the fact that there were 33 victims in all. The massacre occurred three days short of the anniversaries of Waco and Ruby Ridge and four days short of the 1999 Columbine shootings.
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Ohio Recount Rigging Case Goes to Court 224
The Akron Beacon Journal is reporting that the trial of the three election workers accused of rigging the 2004 presidential election recount in Cuyahoga County is finally underway. As you may recall, this was the case where poll workers 'randomly' selected the precincts to recount by first eliminating from consideration precincts where the number of ballots handed out on Election Day failed to match the number of ballots cast and, then opening the ballot boxes in private and pre-counting until they found cases which would match up. What is interesting here is that they have already admitted doing this and that it was clearly counter to the letter and the spirit of the law, but still insist it wasn't really 'wrong,' presumably since they only did it to avoid having to go to the bother of a full recount as required by law.


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Without a BluRay player, even as an option, its a deal breaker. If the only way they expect me to get content onto the device is to go through iTunes, then I'm not buying.
Even something like EyeTV for recording television seems like a half assed solution, when Apple has the opportunity to do it right.
you can already stream an HD movie or TV show faster than you could get up off your couch and go buy or rent it physically
Wally-world is 3 minutes from my house. I can be there and back in 15 minutes from when I decide to go. They actually have a decent selection of Blu-Ray movies these days, including a number in the cheap bins. Blu-Ray supports up to 36 megabits per second, which is faster than the Internet access at the vast majority of homes in the US. For example, to get Blu-Ray quality video on my 6 meg DSL, for a 2 hour movie I'd have to wait for up to 10 hours of "buffering" before I could "stream" the video. If you only did half the max quality level of Blu-Ray (18 meg) and your Internet connection was twice as fast (12 meg), you'd still have to wait an hour before starting to watch a 2 hour movie. And that assumes there's a server farm somewhere that can feed a whole bunch of 18-36 meg streams simultaneously.
Also, there's nothing to stop you buying an external BD player. Newegg has 'em under $150.
Does Apple include Blu-Ray player software (complete with all the necessary DRM support so you can actually get 1080p)? A drive is useless without the software, and the software included with the drive will be for Windows, not Mac OS X.
Wally-world is 3 minutes from my house. I can be there and back in 15 minutes from when I decide to go. They actually have a decent selection of Blu-Ray movies these days, including a number in the cheap bins.
You realize a lot of those "blurays" are bargains because they are simply the standard mpg2 file from the DVD release put on bluray media, right?
but the big box stores and consumer hardware creators seem to not notice. Outside of Apple and Netflix I know of very little in this direct delivery market other than what the consumer is exposed too, namely cable. Yet for all the years of Cable and Satellite a good amount of DVD sales occur because many still want something the can put their hands on.
The problem I see the new mini having other than lack of blu-ray is the fact it cost even more overseas, the prices are scary high for what you get.
No blu-r
People like owning discs and there are reasons to want to. Currently Blu-ray beats any streaming service hands down. Not surprising, as a Blu-ray is often 25mbps or more for the main movie. Nothing streams at that rate yet. Also none of the streaming services I've seen include extras, which people do like. Finally there's just the concept of owning a disc, owning a movie. People want to be able to rewatch as often as they like and not be charged. May seem silly but it is the case. Also there's just simple impulse buying. People go to the store, browse the movies, see one and say "Want." They aren't specifically out to get a movie, they are just seeing what there is and decide to grab one.
Then of course there's the net issue. While we geek types tend to have connections sufficient for easy HD streaming, many people do not. If you want to stream video well you tend to need a connection at least twice as fast as the rate you wish to stream at, to deal with dropouts and so on without an excessive buffer, and you need it to be pretty stable. Many people still have low end Internet, even if it is broadband. Here cheap cable modem service starts at 3mbps. Now it's only like $10/month more to go up to 12mbps, however people still go for the cheap shit. They say "It's all I need."
Of course then you get to the problems with the streaming services themselves. Netflix is great, pay one price and watch whatever you like, whenever you like. However the selection sucks. There are only a few things you can get watch now. I can watch X-Files but not Robot Chicken, I can watch SVU but not normal Law and Order, and movie selection is the worst of all. Vudu and Cinemanow have a much better selection, you can usually find the latest titles. However that is pay per view. $4 to watch a movie from Vudu. Not hugely expensive, but not cheap either.
Finally there's the simple issue that a Blu-ray player does all this. My $150 LG player plays Blu-rays and DVDs, of course, but also streams Netflix, Cinemanow, Vudu, Pandora, MLB.tv, and Youtube. It apparently can be upgraded too since it didn't come with MLB, that appeared after the last update. So a cheap consumer device, that has an excellent interface for TV use and works with a normal remote, streams movies off the net with ease.
I don't see the Mac mini is Apple planning years ahead (also I can give you plenty examples of Apple failing to plan), it is just a fairly expensive low end computer. Yes you can hook it to your TV, big deal. You can hook any computers with a DVI or HDMI output to your TV and they all have them these days.
Blu-ray is here to stay for some time, like it or no. Streaming is cool but people want to go and buy discs and play them.
A home theater system with no Blu-Ray. Might as well buy a PS3.
Except I can't get my PS3 to see my Win7 network, but all my Macs can.
Looks good, but sacrificing a frontal USB port just for aesthetics?
I don't quite see it fitting into the living room. For that price I would expect a mac mini which works as a media box and has a natal/kninect interface. THAT would be killer! IMHO.
It does work as a media box, it's called Front Row and it's been included with OS X since 10.5 (and was included on selected models before then).
Unless I'm missing something, this seems like a really stupid mistake that would be a deal breaker for any use in the living room.
"and if you have a separate sound system, you can use the audio out 3.5mm jack (no real surround sound here, unfortunately) for your home cinema."
It's one of Apple's magic combined analog/digital 3.5mm jacks. Plug in an optical TOS cable and you've got your digital audio. It's what I do on my iMac.
For years now I have to listen very closely to hear the fan when my laptop is running at 100% CPU and fan. (Unlike my old Dell, which sounded like a harrier.)
If there's one company who I think can do this right it's Apple.
I don't know about you, but the internal power supply would make me really concerned that this thing would run hot.
Also, I had some high hopes when I read they were revving the mini - I was hoping it would have an i5 (and maybe even an i7 option).
Basically, I want an iMac, but I've got my own screens - just never gonna convince me to buy an all-in-one like that, but the Pros are overkill.
Better graphics: yay
Unibody (unopenable) case: BOO
Still Core2 instead of i5/i7: BOO
I guess my MacBookPro will have to be an only Mac for a while longer.
No kidding.
The new Mac Mini is about the same size as Apple's Time Machine which also has an internal power supply and a well-earned reputation for suffering heat-induced death after an average of about 18 months http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2009/nov/04/apple-time-capsule-failures-early [guardian.co.uk]
Unibody (unopenable) case: BOO
You can open it. From the bottom, which makes for very easy access to the RAM, unlike the previous design.
Still Core2 instead of i5/i7: BOO
Same reason the 13" MBP is still Core2Duo. Try to put a discrete graphics chip in that form factor without losing any of the other features.
Unibody (unopenable) case: BOO
You can open it. From the bottom, which makes for very easy access to the RAM, unlike the previous design.
Yeah, I realized that after I posted... definite upgrade (though apparently, you still can't get to the HDD to replace it)
Still Core2 instead of i5/i7: BOO
Same reason the 13" MBP is still Core2Duo. Try to put a discrete graphics chip in that form factor without losing any of the other features.
To be honest, I hadn't thought of that. I guess it makes sense when taken in that
The no i3/i5 seems very strange in particular since they are lower power. The i3/5 are available in 32nm which cuts power usage a good bit at the same performance (also the i series is more efficient per clock), the Core 2s are not they are still 45nm.
Not a huge deal, but if you are going minimal sizing, minimal power usage seems like a good idea too. Can't be all that expensive either, I got a laptop for about $1050 that has a Core i5 and a 5850M in it so you aren't talking ultra premium parts.
At the price
I'm glad I waited; I was going to buy the previous version in the server configuration. Say what you will about HDMI ports, no blu-ray, etc., but the mini makes for a great server. I run Jira, Subversion, Postgres, and Tomcat for a dev team on one mini and it hasn't given me a minute of problems. If anything, I forget where it lives because it's so small. That said, I'd like to replace our existing one with a new one for the increased disk space (currently the db is on an external disk) and to possibly use the built-in Jabber server than the one we've got now.
Changing the disk in the last-gen Mini isn't too hard. You have to do all the work to pull the disks to get at the RAM anyway.
Just be sure to remove the heat sensor from the HDD, rather than trying to unplug it. Not all units have a plug like the one in the iFixit tear-down, and you might need a soldering iron if you do it wrong. Don't ask me how I know.
I don't remember if there was enough clearance to fit a 12.5mm 1TB 2.5" disk. Standard 9.5mm ones fit no problem, any SATA one will be fine.
I think $1000 for the server configuration with two 500GB drives that you can RAID is pretty darned compelling. They claim it draws 10W at idle, which makes the operating cost almost negligble. And it comes with the server OS, which is normally $500 alone.
> I think $1000 for the server configuration with two 500GB drives that you can RAID is pretty darned compelling.
Only if you are completely unaware of $200 ION nettops, $600 RAID tower boxes and, $130 2TB drives.
There's no good reason to put all of the muscle next to the TV. Put the muscle someplace else and put only what you need next to the TV.
A mini with laptop drives that you can't even service properly is not a suitable home server.
At only 1.4-inches tall the unibody aluminium enclosure includes an HDMI port, an SD card reader, and more graphics and processing power.
The new Mac Mini doesn't pack more processing power, it's actually slower than one of the previous models. The old line up included two models, one with an Intel Core 2 Duo at 2.26 GHz and one at 2.53 GHz, both with the option to upgrade to 2.66 GHz. Now the new line up includes only one model, clocked at 2.4 GHz, also with the option to upgrade to 2.66 GHz.
So all in all, the new model is faster than the entry model of the previous version, but the old line up also included a model faster than what's available now.
I wonder if Apple are becoming complacent, or are focusing far too much on their mobile products. Their current product line is an illogical, uncompetitive mess (moreso than usual).
Apart from the usual "Mac Tax, no mid-level desktop blah blah blah" argument, the current product line is decidedly unappealing to a veteran mac user. I have a 2005-era Mac Mini (Core Duo 1.6GHz), and a 12" PowerBook (1.5GHz G4). If it weren't already obvious to you, I'd like to replace both, but don't have gobs of cash to do it, and would also like to get a tangible improvement for my money, and 5 years of "evolution."
We're used to paying 20% more for several intangibles (build quality, form factor, aesthetics) as well as several "tangibles" (OSX, generally top-of-the-line hardware). Right now, many macs cost double what their PC counterparts do, and although Dell and HP haven't quite gotten the memo about build quality and form factor, they're closing the gap, and Windows 7 is actually not bad at all.
Up until today, the Mac Mini hadn't seen a major redesign since the addition of a few extra USB ports around 2007. In 2010, I can pay more than my 1.6GHz machine cost in 2006 for a computer with a slightly better processor (about 2x as fast from what Passmark say), and the same (inadequate) amount of RAM. I installed a 7200RPM hard drive last year (for all of $80), which actually makes the new Mini worse in that regard. 802.11n, and the form factor improvements are nice, but the package just isn't compelling.
The 13" MacBook pro is also a baffling oddity. It's a great machine at a decent price point, and really has no peers in the PC world. However, like the Mac Mini, a C2D is inexcusable on a new machine in 2010. There's not even an expensive option for something faster or with more RAM. The 15" and 17" models are better, though, like many others, I cherish portability more than I do screen size. I'd love for Apple to bring back a 12" model, or simply sacrifice the optical drive for a bigger processor.
The iMac's got better entry level specs and pricing (which have inexplicably not trickled down to the Mini). The top-end model also has an i5, which is nice too, also considering that i7 chips too expensive to be economical for most home users. However, there's no way to get an i5 without a behemoth (but gorgeous) 27" display.
Apple's top-of-the-line workstations used to be defensible, considering that Xeon chips are seriously %*$&ing expensive, and the machines were generally rock-solid and lasted forever. Dell and HP's equivalents weren't much cheaper. However, things have changed, and the Mac Pro hasn't gotten any cheaper. Even a small bump down would be appreciated.
The RAM issue is a bit tricky too. Apple upcharges an extortionate amount on RAM upgrades, and has rather low maximums on most of its machines. Laptops are sadly rarely upgradable very far beyond the stock amount, and even the Minis and iMacs have incredibly low maximums. My G4 from 1999 has the same RAM capacity as my Mini from 2006. That's pathetic.
Hate to sound like an Apple apologist, but there's not a whole lot to be gained from going from Core to i, and some good reasons not to. [arstechnica.com]
And if it seems that they're focusing on new devices at the expense of their traditional lineup: well, sad though it may be, there's a damn good reason for it. [businessinsider.com] 5.4 billion good reasons for it (40% of revenue) in fact.
I almost had to check the calendar to verify it wasn't April 1st. Oi!
I wonder what their thought pattern was on this move. It's got a fraction of the performance of a PC at the same price point (yeah, because I built one - a year ago - for $100 less than that, with high quality PSU/board/etc. and a Phenom II). Hell, pick up an Acer Aspire Revo similar (practical) performance for $330 - less than half the Apple cost. Granted, the Aspire Revo has a weaker CPU, but in that role (without OS X) you're not going to need a faster CPU.
Maybe they saw the mini was selling too well so they increased the price? Seems like a really silly move, considering it now costs more to get a mini than it does an iMac (after peripherals and monitor), with less performance.
The Mac Mini is popular with car customizers because of the size and the external power supply. It's easy to adapt to a DC-DC regulator so it works off of 12V automobile (or boat) power.
Now they'll have to resort to a inverter.
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Is dinner on the first date a bad idea?
Iâve been a fan of ELLE magazineâs advice columnist and counselor to the forlorn, E. Jean Carroll, since I began reading the glossy in my teenage years. Her straightforward, no-holds-barred style is refreshingly appealing, not to mention hilarious (dear).
The online dating service HowAboutWe recently sat down with Ms. Carroll to gain her insight on what makesâand breaksâa first date. Aside from her saucy suggestion that women steer clear of wearing pants (for many reasons that I canât list hereâyou can read why for yourselves if youâd like), E. Jean was adamant that dinner, at all costs, be avoided in the beginning stages of a relationship. In fact, she called it âdeath.â
âDeath, death, death. Dinner is DEATH. DO NOT go to dinner on a first date. Shall I say it again? Iâll say it again.â
The secret of dating, she said, is not about the person. Itâs about the experienceâwhich is why Carroll went on to suggest things like walking, scavenger hunts (for absinthe, no less) and other unique activities in place of swilling wine at a bar.
Personally, I hate going to dinner on a first date. Not because itâs unoriginal or because Iâd rather be out strolling the Comm Ave Mall in search of cocktails hidden by magic fairies, but because there are so many intangibles riding on a dinner date. Thereâs a reservation to make (and sometimes, a new dress to buy) and cabs to hail. A bottle of wine to order. Conversation to make. Chivalry to exert. Should we meet for pre-dinner cocktails? And what happens at the end of the date, after a few hundred dollars are spent, if sparks arenât flying? Is that a âwastedâ date, or par for the course? Even the very nature of a dinner dateâseated across from each other, enclosed by rows of other patrons who may also be on first dates of their ownâcan feel forced, if itâs too soon.
To avoid the remorseful, guilty emotions that arise if things donât move on to a second (or third) date, I opt to keep first ones casual: Iâll meet for a drink (or coffee), visit a museum, check out a street fairâanything to take the pressure off and make the experienceâthe âEâ word, againâmore enjoyable. Of course, there are exceptions, and sometimes an inaugural dinner date works. But generally speaking, Iâll pass.
What are your thoughts about going to dinner on the first date? Is it a lost tradition that needs reviving, or should it settle in yesterdayâs dust?
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ARLINGTON, Va. — The Arlington County manager has proposed raising property taxes and cutting spending in every county agency to help close a budget gap.
The property tax hike would cost the average single-family homeowner an additional $262 next year.
County Manager Barbara Donnellan says the increases are necessary in part because enrollment in county schools is expected to increase by more than 1,000 students next year.
Donnellan also says the county's commercial tax revenue has fallen flat.
She has also proposed eliminating 46 county jobs, although just 20 of those jobs are currently filled.
Donnellan also cited the threat of major federal budget cuts as a potential drain on the county's finances. But she says her $1 billion budget proposal will maintain the services county residents say they want.
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In today's world of checkbook hot rods, it's always cool to hear a story about someone building a great Bow Tie himself in a home garage or shop. What really kicks it up a notch is when we see a homebuilt car that rivals some of the high-dollar, pro built stuff. Enter our feature Nova.
Deacon Markey and his dad, Richard, found the perfect candidate for a new super Chevy in Las Vegas. The previous owner had started to restore the '63 ragtop, but life got in the way and he had to sell it. When the Markeys got to Las Vegas, the car that greeted them was covered in surface rust, thanks to the previous owner not spraying the body with primer after mediablasting it and replacing the floor pans and rear quarters. Even though it wasn't a pretty sight, the compact came with an LS1 engine so a deal was struck and the father-son duo hauled Deacon's new Nova home.
After the body had been re-blasted to get rid of the oxidation, they set to work on building what was going to be a daily driver. A T56 was located to bolt behind the LS1, and Deacon fabricated a new tunnel and crossmember so the six-speed gearbox would fit inside the Nova.
With the notorious poor qualities of the stock Nova front suspension, a Scott's bolt-on front clip was installed to make sure the car would go whichever direction the driver wanted it to. Out back, a Hot Rods To Hell Truck Arm panhard bar-style rear suspension connected to a 9-inch rear from a Lincoln Versailles keeps the Nova's tail under control while putting power to the pavement.
Because Deacon and his father were doing the work themselves, their patience and skills were tested more than a few times. In particular, Deacon remembers painting and detailing the underside of the car. With no lift at home, he did the whole job with the Nova on jackstands while lying on his back. Deacon also bent up and installed all the tubing for the brake lines. As for the fuel system, that part of the project was an eye-opener, expense wise. A budget of $500 had been set for the system, but once all was said and done, the cost had almost doubled with the purchase of fuel pump, filter, Mallory regulator, solid feed and return lines, and all the necessary AN fittings. As Deacon puts it, "After that, cost overruns were no surprise."
After the front suspension was finished, the engine and trans were dropped in, then the computer wired and sensors connected. Since a lot of the harness had to be custom-made, the Markeys were nervous about how things would go the first time the key turned. But everything went smoothly, the engine fired up, and the Nova was a powered roller again. With downhill momentum, work continued towards making the Nova a real car again. Wilwood brakes were installed up front, and along with the factory discs on the 9-inch rear, the Nova has plenty of stopping power. To lighten the nose up, a Glasstek 2.5-inch cowl fiberglass hood replaced the factory steel unit. As a bonus, the hood is forward-hinged.
With the body set, it was time for paint. According to Deacon, this was one of the more difficult parts of the project.
"I was shooting for an elegant, but not too subdued look. The hardest part about painting a car is picking the colors. I thought a two-tone would be nice. I came up with Ferrari Titanium Grigio over Porsche Polar Silver. While I was arguing with my dad over what color the stripe between the colors should be, orange or dark red, the painter settled the dispute by starting the stripe orange at the headlight and phasing it into dark red as it runs towards the taillight. It came out very nice and it's under the clearcoat."
For the interior, luck would drop a very interesting gift into their laps. A month or two after purchasing the car, Deacon and Richard were at a large swap meet and spied a pair of Recaro buckets for sale. They were being sold by a company that dealt with GM interiors. While looking at the seats, a matching rear seat that would fit the Nova was spied, and the whole package was purchased. According to Deacon, the seats had come out of a Pontiac concept car and were never used. A custom fiberglass center console was built and painted to match, and a set of Speed Hut Revolution gauges were installed to keep tabs on the LS1 and let the driver know how bad the next speeding ticket would be. Jim's Upholstery took care of installing a fresh convertible top.
Once finished, both Deacon knew his car could never be a daily driver-it was just too nice. So, instead the car gets driven regularly on weekends, for pleasure cruises, and to car shows where it never leaves the watchful eyes of father or son.
Through the build, many people helped out with build, including Frank Moe, who volunteered his lathe and milling machine for parts fabrication, Mark Ogden, who helped a ton with a lot of the fabrication and design of the custom parts on the car, and Wes Neely who sprayed the Nova's fantastic paint.


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Jordan Witzigreuter.
Taylor Lautner
Jason fuckin Statham, just now, and made me come HARD!
I mean how could you NOT want this sexy-ass, hot MAN to put his dick up your butt and shoot his hot cum inside you?!
last time, Justin Bieber
and my two best Friends, they are Blonde, have really nice bodies, and best part -> TWINS i totaly love them.
trevor yates
CockShowcase.com - flaunt what you got
Taylor Lautner
sin with sebastian
collecting and exposing naked celbrities ... anyone to swap pics?
(non hairy, slim ,young guys)
sin with sebastian
collecting and exposing naked celbrities ... anyone to swap pics?
(non hairy, slim ,young guys)
Zach Gilford
Sexy stud!
Chris Colfer & Mark Salling together with me as the meat in the sandwich
Video of Kinky Angels of BelAmi.
Marco Rossi dancing in his youth
Some really hairy sexy fucker on daddychatroulette. Unfortunately he lives on the "other side of the pond" - otherwise we could have some fun together.
Steve Weatherford
Micheal Fassbender
"Flipping Dykes I though they were a myth like Weapons of Mass Destruction" Grace Adler.
Matt Leblanc
Zachary Levi
A stud neighbor who wanted to watch.
Love me some Chad Michael Murray!
Sexy Steve Cardenas(who played Rocky DeSantos on Power Rangers)
alexander skarsgard
Michael Phelps.
Yeah, I know he's not everybody's cup of tea, but I find him to be very sexy and attractive. Would love to have a round or two of hot sex with him for sure!
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John Schneider & Chris Meloni
Supernaturally Charmed One!!!
Gareth Bale :P
Enrique Iglesias!
Justin Bieber
Zac Efron
Taylor Lautner
Joe Jonas
Nick Jonas
Nick Carter
Aaron Carter
Matthew Singer and Seth Knight.......


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K. I'll check that out.
There is going to be a Trinity War: Pandora issue starting in June that, I assume, is supposed to be like a prologue to Trinity War. But if that's all the way in June, when the heck are we gonna get Trinity War?!
It'll probably be a big Summer event.
I just AoU #1 and I think it's probably the best Marvel Event I've read so far. I just love the post-apocalyptic theme. I swear, while I was reading Avengers vs X-men #6, I thought "wouldn't it be cool to have a post-apocalyptic style event where the heroes are already defeated and have to rise back up" and I think that Bendis read my mind.
@Cameron: Not sure how I feel about AoU yet.
My pull list
Vae Victis.
Vocatus atque non vocatus deus aderit.
Well I mean, it's not perfect but IMO it's very good compared to other Marvel events. Especially with Bryan Hitch's artwork.
Trinity War! It starts in July! Finally! It will be a crossover event (mainly) between Justice League, JLA, and Justice League Dark.
It will mainly be between those three titles, but will be in other books too, like Pandora and Phantom Stranger.
@Cameron: Finally!
Trinity War sounds interesting. And Marvel has another event, X-Men: Battle of the Atom. It seems more contained then most (only involves four of the X-books, Uncanny, All-New, Wolverine & and the one without an adjective. Hopefully it'll be better then AoU, Bendis really dropped in quality on that.
Peaceful Days died, Let's Survive
Yeah, it's Past X-men vs. Present X-Men vs. Future X-Men. I seen a sketch of future Deadpool, which made me think about checking it out.
Btw, I read an interview with Geoff Johns, talking about Trinity War and what "Trinity" ultimately refers to is supposed to be a mystery, but also refer to the Trinity of Sin, Superman Batman and Wonder Woman, and the three Justice Leagues.


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Symphony No. 4 : Work information
- Composers
- William Boyce ( Music, Images,)
- Performed by
- Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Ronald Thomas (Conductor)
This work
- Work name
- Symphony No. 4
- Work number
- Op. 2 No. 4
- Key
- F major
- Genre
- Composed
- 1760-01-01 02:00:00
This recording
- Label
- Producer
- Simon Lawman
- Engineer
- Bob Auger
- Recording date
- 1979-01-01 02:00:00
Published in 1760 but encompassing music written between 1739 and 1756, Boyce's Eight Symphonys is a collection of orchestral overtures extracted from their original context and grouped together. The only independently conceived piece was the so-called 'Worcester overture', written for the Three Choirs Festival. The other seven were taken from four odes, two stage works and Boyce's serenata Solomon.
The modern revival of Boyce's music was already underway when Constant Lambert published a new edition of the Eight Symphonys in 1928. He drew the public's attention to these pieces, describing them as 'among the finest compositions of their time, not only in England but in Europe', and they have since become Boyce's most popular works. The first four symphonys, based on the more modern Italian sinfonia, precede four traditional French overtures.No. 4 opens with a lighthearted Allegro and continues with an elegant Vivace ma non troppo. The last section is a Gavotte, a medium-fast French dance. This particular example is charming, and has become very popular in a number of arrangements.
The Composers
William Boyce
One of the most accomplished English composers of the 18th century, Boyce absorbed the Italian style of the late Baroque from his friend and mentor, Maurice Greene. His finest works include his collection of Eight Symphonies, though for years he was best known for his anthems and his editing of Cathedral Music.
Born in London and baptised on 11 September 1711, Boyce was admitted to the music school of St Paul's Cathedral in 1719 and, upon entering the choir, fell under the guidance of organist Maurice Greene. When his voice broke he became a pupil of Greene's and acted as his music copyist until 1736; he also studied with J C Pepusch who nurtured his interest in the great English and Italian composers of the Renaissance. In these early years, Boyce began to notice the tragic onset of deafness.
Boyce's first compositions began to emerge in the 1730s, while making a living as a harpsichord teacher and organist. By 1736 over a dozen anthems of his were in the repertory of the Chapel Royal, and Greene promoted his music wherever he could. Public recognition of his talents came with his appointment as a Composer to the Chapel Royal on the death of John Weldon in May 1736. In 1738, along with Greene, Handel and other prominent musicians, he helped found what became the Royal Society of Musicians.
With his reputation growing, Boyce achieved a notable success with the serenata Solomon, given in Dublin in the early 1740s, and followed it with the publication of Twelve Sonatas for Two Violins and a Bass in 1747. Descended from the Corelli model, they were soon recognised as the most distinguished English examples of the genre.
In 1748, Boyce became organist of All Hallows, the parish church of Joiners' Hall (his father had been a joiner and cabinet maker) and in 1749 he was awarded a doctorate from Cambridge. He continued to contribute music for London's theatres and in 1759 provided the popular patriotic song 'Heart of Oak' for a Garrick pantomine.
Marriage in 1752 followed before the death of his friend Greene in December 1755 opened up the post of Master of the King's Musick. When John Travers died in June 1758, he also became an organist at the Chapel Royal. With so many commitments and the problems of increasing deafness, something had to give and in March 1764 he was dismissed from All Hallows.
Boyce had also been working to complete Greene's work Cathedral Music, and in 1760 he published the Eight Symphonys, a collection of orchestral overtures written for a variety of works between 1739 and 1756. As the senior composer at the Chapel Royal he was also called upon to compose music for the funeral of George II and the marriage of George III, probably the highlight of his public career.
Boyce continued his royal duties, though semi-retired, and encouraged the younger generation, including the Wesley brothers (Samuel and Charles). When he died on 7 February 1779, the public's grief-laden response was almost unprecedented. He was buried in St Paul's and at his funeral service the combined choirs of St Paul's, the Chapel Royal, and Westminster Abbey sang his anthem If we believe that Jesus died.
Boyce was the ultimate professional, and many of his anthems unfortunately reflect the routine circumstances of their composition. Nevertheless, there is much in Boyce's output that reveals the depth of his talent. Works such as Solomon, the trio sonatas and See famed Apollo and the nine still remain relatively unknown, but contain some of his finest music. Although drawing upon Handel for his music to grand royal events, he remained independent from his great contemporary, and ranks alongside Thomas Arne at the pinnacle of English Baroque music.


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Pep Guardiola had already given his word to Bayern Munich that he would become their next manager before Roman Abramovich sacked Roberto di Matteo as Chelsea boss, it has been claimed.
Abramovich controversially gave Di Matteo the chop on November, before installing Rafael Benitez on an interim basis with the hope of convincing Guardiola to join Chelsea in the summer.
But, according to the Daily Mail, Guardiola had at this point already begun a course in German lessons having told Bayern Munich that he would succeed Jupp Heynckes at the Allianz Arena in July.
Guardiola reportedly booked his first lesson only days before Di Matteo was relieved of his duties at Chelsea, after informing Bayern chiefs verbally that Munich would be his next destination.
Chelsea, had they made a formal approach for Guardiola, are likely to have offered the former Barcelona manager a significantly better salary package were he to move to Stamford Bridge.
But Guardiola was sold on the Bayern philosophy says the club's chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, with the Catalan joining the Bundesliga leaders for football and not financial reasons.
"If it were purely down to money, then Bayern would have had no chance," he said at a press conference confirming the appointment.
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Parfum Sacre
Passage d'Enfer
Coup de Fouet
L'Ombre dans L'Eau
Vol de Nuit
En Avion
Messe de Minuit
Rive Gauche
Voleur de Roses
Musc Ravageur
Ce Soir ou Jamais
Après L'Ondée
Eau Lente
Ok I actually like:
Agent Provocateur
Ambre Sultan
Crystal Flowers
Tuberose Criminelle
"Of the five senses, the sense of smell is incontestably the one that best conveys a sense of immortality."
Salvador Dali
Parfum Sacre
Passage d'Enfer
Coup de Fouet
L'Ombre dans L'Eau
Vol de Nuit
En Avion
Messe de Minuit
Rive Gauche
Voleur de Roses
Musc Ravageur
Ce Soir ou Jamais
Après L'Ondée
Eau Lente
"I felt something so intense, I could only express it in a perfume." - Jacques Guerlain
In addition to the many great names already listed, I would add:
Feminite du Bois
musc ravageur-come on, how can you pass up ravishing musk?
l'eau d'hiver-it DOES smell like winter...
voleur de roses
bois d'argent
allure-that it does.
the dreamer
l'air de temps
Azzaro Visit! It's just so uhm inviting!
Antaeus as beautifull as the scent
Invisible Power
You've all posted such good ones already. Wish I'd thoght of plenty of those.
Iquitos. I love the name. Don't know what it means, but the sound is good enough for me. Keeps me wondering who would think to name a scent with that sound and then who up the management chain approved the decision.
I've got to wear it more often so that someone out there will ask what I'm wearing and I'll get to say the word instead of all this talking to myself with it.
That girl, that bottle, that mattress and me.
Pino Silvestre
features of a perfect man:
eau sauvage extreme
insense (givenchy) (in english-madman)
if you love poetry:
voleur de roses
tea for two
passage d'enfer
vol de nuit
Après L'Ondée
L'Ombre dans l'Eau
L'Heure Bleue
La Chasse au Papillons or The style in play (lacoste)
Kрасная Москва (ru. The Red Moscow)
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"PLAIN LIVING, HIGH THINKING" O.W., De Profundis
One can not prove the beauty, but show it. You see it or you don't.
Real beauty: 1) Frederic Malle 1-20 2) Chanel Egoiste 3) YSL Opium pour Homme edp 4) Guerlain Habit Rouge 5) TF Noir de Noir \\ Noses: 1) Jacques Cavallier 2) Maurice Roucel
Guerlain's Après L'ondée is such a beautiful name for a beautiful perfume. The English translation of Après L'ondée is: "After the Rain Shower".
Eau Sauvage
Vol de Nuit
Top 5: Obsession | Eau sauvage | Antaeus | Bel Ami | Platinum Égoïste
my wardrobe
Angeliques Sous La Pluie(2000)
(Angeliques (Angles) Under The Rain
Jean-Claude Ellena/
Editions de Parfums Frederic Malle
Lipstick Rose (2000
Ralf Schwieger
Editions de Parfums Frederic Malle
Bel Ami (1986)
(Beautiful Friend)
Celle Que Mon Coeur Aime (1925)
(That Which My Heart Likes)
Mon Peche (1925)
(My Sin)
Stardust (1998)
L'Air du Temps
Nina Ricci (1948)
(Air of Time)
Old Spice (1937)
Iquitos is a river port town on the upper reaches of the Amazon in Peru.Originally Posted by DustB
Yr good bud,
"Why spend life seeking that which does not satisfy? Why remain a slave, when freedom waits? Let your life shine; illumine the world with your truth!"
My Wardrobe
My Reviews
Fiat justitia ruat cælum.
Let justice be done, even if the sky should fall.
Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus
Qui nihil potest sperare, desperet nihil.
Let him who can hope for nothing despair of nothing.
Male irato ferrum committitur.
It is an evil thing to arm an angry man.
I bet "vomit" even sounds good in French. Most of my favorite names are French and I don't even know what they mean. Two English ones that I like are:
Opium - Just daring to name a mass market product after an illicit narcotic.
Agent Provocateur - Provocative?!


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From the Wires
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey™ Grosses $15.1 Million in 452 IMAX® Theatres Worldwide in Its Opening Weekend
First Installment in Peter Jackson's Latest Trilogy Sets IMAX Records for Biggest December Opening
By: PR Newswire
Dec. 17, 2012 02:45 PM
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- IMAX Corporation (NYSE:IMAX; TSX:IMX) today announced that Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey grossed $15.1 million in 452 IMAX® theatres worldwide, which is an all-time best performance for an IMAX film in December. The Warner Bros. Pictures film, a production of New Line Cinema and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, grossed $10.1 million in 326 domestic IMAX theatres.
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The film also set an international December IMAX record, generating $5 million in 126 international IMAX theatres – including strong performances in Brazil, Spain, Singapore, Turkey, Ukraine and the UK. The film, which received an impressive "A" grade from CinemaScore, is pending release in key territories including Australia, China and Russia.
"We are proud to have worked closely with our longtime partners at Warner Bros. and an accomplished filmmaker like Peter Jackson, who has created a story and visual spectacle ideal for The IMAX Experience®," said Greg Foster, Chairman and President of IMAX Filmed Entertainment. "We're pleased that so many moviegoers chose to experience the first installment of this highly anticipated trilogy in IMAX, and we believe the positive word of mouth going into the holiday season should drive a long and successful run."
The IMAX release of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey has been digitally re-mastered into the image and sound quality of The IMAX 3D Experience® with proprietary IMAX DMR® (Digital Re-mastering) technology. The crystal-clear images, coupled with IMAX's customized theatre geometry and powerful digital audio, create a unique environment that will make audiences feel as if they are in the movie.
About The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
The screenplay for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey was written by Fran Walsh & Philippa Boyens & Peter Jackson & Guillermo del Toro. Jackson is also producing the film, together with Carolynne Cunningham, Zane Weiner and Fran Walsh. The executive producers are Alan Horn, Toby Emmerich, Ken Kamins and Carolyn Blackwood, with Boyens and Eileen Moran serving as co-producers. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and the second and third films of the trilogy are productions of New Line Cinema and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures (MGM), with New Line managing production. Warner Bros. Pictures is handling worldwide theatrical distribution, with select international territories as well as all international television distribution being handled by MGM.
About IMAX Corporation
IMAX is headquartered in New York, Toronto and Los Angeles, with offices in London, Tokyo, Shanghai and Beijing. As of Sept. 30, 2012, there were 689 IMAX theatres (556 commercial multiplex, 20 commercial destination and 113 institutional) in 52 countries.
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North Carolina's Republican governor and GOP lawmakers are vowing to fight a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Justice Department challenging the state's tough new elections law on the grounds it disproportionately impacts minority voters.
Gov. Pat McCrory says the federal complaint filed Monday is an overreach and without merit. McCrory says he has hired private lawyers to help defend the new law from what he suggested was a partisan attack by President Barack Obama's Democratic administration.
North Carolina's new law cuts early voting by a week, ends same-day voter registration and includes a stringent photo ID requirement.
More than 70 percent of African-Americans who cast a ballot in North Carolina during the past two presidential elections voted early. Studies show minority voters are also more likely to lack a driver's license.
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Attorney General Eric Holder says the Justice Department will sue the state of North Carolina for alleged racial discrimination over tough new voting rules.
At a news conference Monday, Holder said "by restricting access and ease of voter participation, this new law would shrink, rather than expand, access" to voting.
He said, quote, "Allowing limits on voting rights that disproportionately exclude minority voters would be inconsistent with our ideals as a nation."
The lawsuit against North Carolina is the latest effort by the Obama administration to counter a Supreme Court decision that struck down the most powerful part of the landmark Voting Rights Act and freed states, many of them in the South, from strict federal oversight of their elections.
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The Justice Department filed a lawsuit Monday seeking to block parts of a new North Carolina voting law that tightens election procedures, including requiring photo identification to cast ballots.
The lawsuit challenges four parts of the law and ask a court to require North Carolina to obtain pre-approval for certain voting law changes under a part of the Voting Rights Act that remains in effect, according to a person briefed on the legal filing.
The lawsuit is part of Attorney General Eric Holder's response to a June Supreme Court ruling that struck down a Voting Rights Act requirement for a patchwork of states and local jurisdictions to get permission from the Justice Department or a federal judge before enacting voting law changes.
The sections of the North Carolina law to be challenged are: the requirement of photo ID to cast ballots; the shortening of early voting from 17 days to 10; the elimination of same-day voter registration during early voting; and restrictions on counting some provisional ballots.
The photo ID portion of the North Carolina law was the center of controversy because Democrats said that it didn't include protections for voters who don't have identification and that it disproportionately would affect minority voters. Conservatives have pushed such photo ID requirements in many states, saying they would prevent vote fraud. Studies of recent elections have shown in-person vote fraud to be rare.
Some voter photo ID laws have been upheld by the courts. In August, the Justice Department filed similar lawsuits against Texas seeking to block the state's 2011 election redistricting plan and a new voter photo ID law. The federal government is also seeking to require Texas to seek future pre-approval for voting law changes.
North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory, in signing the voting law changes last month, highlighted the popularity of the photo ID requirement. "While some will try to make this seem to be controversial, the simple reality is that requiring voters to provide a photo ID when they vote is a commonsense idea," McCrory said.
In a speech earlier this month at a convention of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Holder repeated his criticism of the June high court ruling on the Voting Rights Act, calling it "a deeply flawed decision that effectively invalidated a cornerstone of American civil rights law."
He said despite the ruling, the Justice Department would find ways to try to accomplish the goals of the section of the law that was struck down. "We will continue to vigorously enforce federal voting laws not affected by the Supreme Court's decision -- including all remaining parts of the Voting Rights Act," Holder said.
The Supreme Court called the pre-clearance portion of the law unconstitutional in part because of its disparate treatment of the affected states. The ruling left standing other portions of the 1965 law, which was reauthorized by Congress and signed by President George W. Bush in 2006.


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Operation Smile headquarters taking shape
- September 1, 2011
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Dr. William P. Magee Jr. hopes to create a "window to the world" when Operation Smile's new $20 million global headquarters opens in Virginia Beach's Princess Anne Commons "academic village" in 2013.
"We will bring in people from around the world for education, research and technology," says Magee, Operation Smile's executive chairman. "The building is just bricks and mortar. Inside is where so much of the drama of the organization occurs."
Operation Smile, currently based in Norfolk, provides free reconstructive surgery for children and young adults around the world who suffer from facial deformities such as cleft lips and palates. Its neighbors in the 9.37-acre "village" include the Virginia Beach Higher Education Center, LifeNet Health, The Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters Health and Surgery Center at Princess Anne and Tidewater Community College.
"We will have access to cutting-edge educational and medical resources while working in collaboration with the area's leaders in medicine and education," says Howard J. Unger, Operation Smile's CEO.
Official groundbreaking for the 65,000-square-foot headquarters building was held last September, and construction is moving forward. "We are working with a team to finalize the design for the interior of the headquarters," Unger says. "While we have secured the majority of the funding for the building, we are still in a campaign to raise additional funds."
Unger stepped into his current role after Magee, who founded the organization with his wife, Kathy, in 1982, became executive chairman in July. The change allows Magee to move away from the day-to-day management of the organization's operations and focus on building sustainable, year-round, in-country medical services in the developing nations served by the organization.
"We currently have programs and Operation Smile Foundations in more than 60 countries and 12 Operation Smile Comprehensive Care Centers around the world, with more to follow," Magee says.
Along with raising money and creating awareness for the organization, Magee will be meeting with staff and volunteers from around the world.
"I want to make sure there is a cohesive vision worldwide and everyone is on the same track," he says. "I don't want people to just hear from me in an email or a phone call. [This gives me] the opportunity to get to the key players."


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"Draft Day success starts with Combine success," Deion Sanders as "Leon Sandcastle" said in the 2014 Super Bowl commercial. "Roll my tape."
That was also the last time the Texans had the No. 1 overall pick.
Joseph recalls the first-overall selection, Mario Williams, as well as other first rounders Reggie Bush, and A.J. Hawk. While he did not spend time watching their performances during drills, he did recall talking to potential Texans teammate
He also spoke with several teams during the interview process. When asked which team he thought would draft him based on his interviews, he said that Cincinnati or Houston never crossed his radar.
The Bucs did select a player in the first round by the name of Joseph, but it wasn't Johnathan. It was Oklahoma guard Davin Joseph. One pick later, Cincinnati selected Joseph at No. 24 and he would go on to have a lucrative 5-year career with the Bengals. It definitely came as a surprise to Joseph.
"I didn't even meet with the Bengals (at the Combine), actually," Joseph said. "I didn't have a workout with the Bengals. I didn't have anything with the Cincinnati Bengals."
In 2011, Joseph signed with Houston and went on to have back-to-back Pro Bowl seasons with the Texans. This year as the Texans, with their third No. 1 pick in franchise history, may have other future standouts present. Who knows who they will be?


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The month of October is probably the greatest time of the year. Why? Because this is when the air gets a little cooler, pumpkin beer is put on shelves, and there is a huge increase in talking about horror films. I love horror films and subsequently, I love horror related games. Movies are a different kind of horror compared to video games, though, it's passive and the viewer is forced to see the events unfold as the director wanted. With a video game, the player takes part in the horror; they have to decide what to do and figure out how to react to scary situations. It's not only visceral, it's interactive and therefore, it can affect you on greater scale.
I'm here today to talk about five games that you should play around this time of year because not only will they scare the shit out of you, but they are also solid titles to play. Like those old horror films you are pulling out of the closet, maybe it is time to revisit these titles and remember what it's like to squirm.
The selection is fine, but it would have been awesome to see Slender or Amnesia: The Dark Descent on there though.
No siren: bloodcurse??? That's a great game and possibly one of the best horror games I've played
I love Eternal Darkness SR. If Nintendo brings a sequel, that would be a strong argument to make me buy a wii u


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AMITY — Two second-grade girls at the Amity Primary Center in Douglassville created a new fashion trend that benefits a notable cause.
For the past week-and-a-half, Lauryn Massengill and Jolie Slobodin have been making rubber band bracelets to raise money for breast cancer research, said Lauren's mother, Dawn Massengill.
Dawn Massengill said her daughter was given a jewelry-making kit for her birthday and the two girls took a class about bracelets one weekend.
Massengill said her daughter and Slobodin wanted to help raise money for the cancer research. So they came up with the idea of selling the bracelets and asked the Assistant Principal Karen Long if they could sell the bracelets at a school dance on April 19.
Long said yes, and the girls only brought 100 bracelets not knowing how quickly they would sell out.
Since then, they have sold almost 100 bracelets every morning before school, Massengill said.
Over the weekend, the girls and their moms worked hard to have nearly 200 bracelets ready for school on Monday.
The bracelets only cost $1 and their classmates often buy more than one at a time.
But the small cost can make a big difference.
Massengill said the girls had raised almost $500 by April 26, and that number will continue to rise before the end of the week.


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The NCAA laid out severe penalties against Penn State University today - in light of a child rape scandal. The school's football team has been banned from post-season play, docked scholarships, fined heavily, and stripped of past victories. Michel Martin discusses the penalties with Sports Illustrated's Pablo Torre.
Penn State Sanctions Worse Than 'Death Penalty'?
By editor • Jul 23, 2012