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Once upon a time, [Luke | Kirk | Neo | Harry] was living a miserable life.(Via Kottke.)
Feeling disconnected from his friends and family, he dreams about how his life could be different.
One day, he is greeted by [Obi Wan | Captain Pike | Trinity | Hagrid] and told that his life is not what it seems, and that due to some circumstances surrounding his [birth | birth | birth | infancy] he was meant for something greater.
Deciding to leave with [him | him | her | him], [Luke | Kirk | Neo | Harry] is taken to [Mos Eisley | Starfleet Academy | the real world | Hogwarts] where he meets lots of new, fascinating people.
For the first time in a very long time, life is exciting, and [Luke | Kirk | Neo | Harry] explores the new life that has opened up for him. With his new friends, he starts to work hard to become the sort of man that [Obi Wan | Captain Pike | Trinity | Hagrid] said he could be.
Although [Han | Spock | the Oracle | Draco] challenges his abilities, things go relatively well until suddenly, [Alderaan is destroyed | Vulcan is attacked | Morpheus is captured | Voldemort returns]...
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
"How Star Wars, Star Trek, The Matrix, and Harry Potter are Actually the Same Movie":
Monday, June 29, 2009
iPhone app to manage your multiple girlfriends:
Benefits that this application can bring to you:(Via MR.)
- Don't make mistakes. Check the measurements of the girl before you buy a new pair of shoes or clothing
- Be creative. Do not repeat gifts
- Be more creative. Avoid always going to the same places with the same girl
- Be attentive. Do not forget your special dates
- Be healthy. Do not mix information from two girls
- Be the master. Show to your friends your long list of girls
- Be selective. Through the analysis of ratings and cost of dates and gifts, you can keep only the girls with the best cost-benefit
WARNING: For your own safety, under any circumstances, do not let your girlfriend access this application...
Friday, June 26, 2009
Thursday, June 25, 2009
The Panasonic Toughbook laptop really is tough:
...We found, however, that Panasonic's Toughbook performed as promised. Fair enough. So we came up with some tests that were decidedly unfair.It also survived being mauled by "Nalin, a white tiger who lives at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo, CA" and "Liz, a 10,000-pound Asian elephant":
We used the Panasonic Toughbook to serve Doritos. Then we crushed the chips to dust between the keyboard and the screen, the same screen we used as a dartboard. The darts poked holes in the screen's protective coating, but the display underneath remained undamaged. Not a single dead pixel.
[Liz] stood on it, dropped it onto a concrete slab, stood on it again--balanced on three legs--and then tossed it around some more. Liz put two small cracks in the laptop's magnesium alloy lid and popped the hard drive out.And finally:
The drive slid right back in to the Toughbook's chassis, which rebooted without a glitch. The screen was undamaged, although it was hard to see through the tiger hair and congealed drool.
We took the laptop to the Jackson Arms firing range in South San Francisco to shoot it with a Ruger Mark III .22 pistol from 15 yards.Here's the "tiger vs. laptop" video (contains ads.)
...We put a bullet through the laptop. Then we booted it up. We were able to log in. Our test file was still there. The screen had a hole in it, but was still usable.
Warp Drive worries:
"Star Trek" makes faster-than-light travel look easy, but according to new calculations by Italian physicists, a warp drive could easily create a black hole that would incinerate any passengers on a space craft and then suck Earth into a black hole...(Via Rand Simberg.)
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
The science behind phantom traffic jams:
Phantom jams are born of a lot of cars using the road. No surprise there. But when traffic gets too heavy, it takes the smallest disturbance in the flow - a driver laying on the brakes, someone tailgating too closely or some moron picking pickles off his burger - to ripple through traffic and create a self-sustaining traffic jam.
...The mathematics of such traffic jams are strikingly similar to the equations that describe detonation waves produced by explosions, said Aslan Kasimov, a lecturer in MIT's Department of Mathematics. Realizing this allowed the reseachers to solve traffic jam equations that were first theorized in the 1950s. The MIT researchers even came up with a name for this kind of gridlock - "jamiton."
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"You Can't Stop The Signal: Bowing to growing pressure from the troops, the U.S. Army has unblocked access to Facebook, Flickr, Delicious, Vimeo and Twitter at 81 bases in the United States."
Monday, June 15, 2009
"The long debate over adding ununbium to the periodic table of elements":
The periodic table added its 112th official element Wednesday, when scientists in Darmstadt, Germany, announced they had received official approval for ununbium from an international body of chemists. But the discovery of the new element wasn't news to anyone -- it was first announced back in 1996, when the Darmstadt scientists claimed to have created two atoms of the stuff in a 400-foot particle accelerator. It's just taken 13 years of formal reviews and appeals for their colleagues around the world to believe them...
Friday, June 12, 2009
The web back in 1996-1997.
As they note, back in 1996:
As they note, back in 1996:
* Google.com didn't exist yet.More posts on the history of the internet.
* In January 1996 there were only 100,000 websites, compared to more than 160 million in 2008.
* The web browser of choice was Netscape Navigator, followed by Microsoft Internet Explorer as a distant second (Microsoft launched IE 3 in 1996).
* Most people used dial-up Internet connections with mighty speeds ranging from 28.8Kbps to 33.6Kbps. Highly modern 56Kbps modems would arrive in 1997.
* People had only recently started to switch from 640×480 to 800×600 screen resolutions.
The irony of Apple's iPhone App Store success:
...Over the last year, though, the iPhone has attracted something that none of its rivals can match: a devoted following of developers who are building amazing programs for the device. There are now more than 50,000 applications available in the iPhone's built-in App Store, and Apple says that the pace at which developers are adding programs is accelerating. None of Apple's competitors comes close to these numbers. Android is in second place with 5,000 apps, and the Nokia and BlackBerry stores have just over 1,000 apps each. If you buy a Pre, brace yourself for a comically small number of add-ons—today you'll find just 18 apps in Palm's online store.
...There is, of course, an irony in Apple's success. For years, Apple fans claimed that the company made the best PCs in the world, hands down. Nevertheless, it was hard to argue with the fact that Windows PCs simply ran more programs. Now Apple is in the position once occupied by Microsoft. Over the next few years, Palm, Research in Motion, Nokia, Sony, and others are sure to create some transcendent mobile devices. But the hardware hardly matters anymore. How is anyone going to compete with all these amazing apps?
Thursday, June 11, 2009
My netbook plug: I've now been using my Asus Eee PC 1000 netbook for couple of weeks now, and I'm extremely pleased with it as a travel machine. It's perfect for mobile blogging (as I'm doing right now from a local coffee shop) -- because it's far more manageable for this purpose than my MacBook Pro with the 15" screen.
I have it currently running Eeebuntu 3.0 Standard (a Linux distro optimized for netbooks), which takes care of most of my internet-type applications (e-mail, websurfing, etc.) And for recreation, I have a few Windows and Mac games running off of Wine and Basilisk II, respectively.
It's definitely not suitable as a primary computer, at least not for me. But as a travel machine that I can just slip into my backpack, it's perfect.
I'd especially like to thank Gus Van Horn for planting the idea in my head.
I have it currently running Eeebuntu 3.0 Standard (a Linux distro optimized for netbooks), which takes care of most of my internet-type applications (e-mail, websurfing, etc.) And for recreation, I have a few Windows and Mac games running off of Wine and Basilisk II, respectively.
It's definitely not suitable as a primary computer, at least not for me. But as a travel machine that I can just slip into my backpack, it's perfect.
I'd especially like to thank Gus Van Horn for planting the idea in my head.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Australian Navy submarine cooks may make more money ($160k) than some admirals.
It's all about retaining trained sailors. If good food helps, then the brass apparently believes it's worth the money.
It's all about retaining trained sailors. If good food helps, then the brass apparently believes it's worth the money.
Tuesday, June 09, 2009
Moblin is making some waves as the hot new netbook Linux distro.
Others are talking about Android on netbooks.
I'm currently running the just-released Eeebuntu 3.0 (Standard) Linux distro on my Asus 1000 Eee PC 1000 (upgraded with a Runcore 64GB SSD), and it works like a dream.
Others are talking about Android on netbooks.
I'm currently running the just-released Eeebuntu 3.0 (Standard) Linux distro on my Asus 1000 Eee PC 1000 (upgraded with a Runcore 64GB SSD), and it works like a dream.
Monday, June 08, 2009
Friday, June 05, 2009
Student attendance tracking with iPhones:
...[A]t Aoyama Gakuin University, in Tokyo,...students will be required to enter their ID number into an iPhone application at the beginning of class. The phone will pinpoint the students' location when they do, to ensure they are actually on campus.(Via Instapundit.)
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Excuse me if I whoop and perhaps punch the air, but I am uncharacteristically over-excited by the announcement that RPS' favourite space RTS of the moment, the gigantic and enthralling Sins Of A Solar Empire, is going to get an expansion pack. Wired are the couriers of this splendid news:
While he couldn't nail down a date for the expansion pack's release, Mr. Wardell did mention that the expansion would include some much-requested features including a "full on campaign" mode as well as new playable factions.
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Normal Lake Level is 322.00 feet above Mean Sea Level. Current level for Cedar Creek Lake is: 322.00 Water Temperature: 62 degrees - top 62 degrees - bottom
Cope heads 13-3A baseball selections Monitor Staff Reports CEDAR CREEK LAKE–Eustace, Kaufman and Ferris headed the District 13-3A baseball coaches' picks for the all-district squad recently. Eustace senior Lucas Cope, who pitched and played several different positions in helping the Bulldogs to their first playoff berth since 1989, was named as the district's Most Valuable Player. Eustace, Kemp and Kaufman wound up tied for the district lead at the end of the regular season, and Eustace knocked off both Kaufman and Kemp in a mini-tournament to become the district's top playoff seed. Eustace lost a best-of-three series to Pittsburg in the area round of the playoffs. Kemp, with seven returning starters from last year's district champion squad, entered the playoffs as the district's second seed and defeated Brownsboro in bidistrict before losing to Texarkana Pleasant Grove in the area round for the second straight year. Bulldog freshman pitcher Braden Strickland was named the district's Newcomer of the Year, while Kemp senior Mikie Scruggs (who pitched eight complete games, went 5-0 in district play and notched 116 strikeouts in 75 innings) was named the Utility Player of the Year. Kemp senior shortstop Matt Carr was named the co-Offensive Player of the Year, along with Crandall senior Nolan Cornett. Ferris senior Israel Munoz was named the Defensive Player of the Year. Coaches named three first-team pitchers – Mabank junior Chancz Sullivan, Kaufman senior Zach Mayo and Ferris junior Brett Scott. Kaufman senior Roy Martinez was named the only first-team catcher, while two designated hitters were named, Kaufman freshman Corey Cox and Ferris sophomore Billy Sage. Coaches named six players to the first-team infield and four players to the first-team outfield. Mabank senior first baseman Brandon Carrico was joined by Kemp senior third baseman Nick Sallings and Kemp junior first baseman Josh Carr. Also named to the first-team infield were Kaufman junior McCrae Jones, Crandall freshman Cameron Gann and Ferris senior Spencer Piner. Three local juniors were named to the first team outfield – Mabank's Kolton Browning, Eustace's Cameron Coffey and Kemp's Kevin Betz. Crandall junior Travis Bruce rounded out the first-team selections. Coaches named two pitchers and two catchers to the second team, along with two designated hitters, four infielders and three outfielders. Kemp sophomore Zach Allison and Crandall freshman Rick Lopez were the second-team pitchers, while Crandall Sophomore Tucker Mallon and Ferris senior Jacob Flores were the catchers. Kemp junior Dudley Chambers and Crandall junior Clay Rich were the designated hitters. Two Eustace players, sophomore shortstop Chris Compton and his brother, junior third baseman Ryan Compton, were named to the second team infield, along with Ferris' Mat Garcia and Cody Hester. Kemp senior Cody Kuehn and Eustace senior Rusty Hart, along with Ferris junior Chase Parrott were named to the second team outfield.
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The chief of Thailand's coup-prone army warned on Thursday his troops "may use force" to quell political violence, after three people were killed in a grenade and gun attack on protesters in Bangkok.
The rare official statement from General Prayut Chan-O-Cha followed a call by Thai election authorities for July polls to be postponed because of the unrest.
"I want to warn every group - especially those who use violence and war weapons against innocent civilians - to stop now because if the violence continues the military may be needed to come out... to restore peace and order," Prayut said in unusually strong comments.
He said his troops "may need to use force to resolve the situation," threatening "decisive measures" if civilians are hurt.
Unknown assailants fired two grenades into a rally camp early on Thursday at the Democracy Monument - a stone's throw from the city's famed backpacker zone - followed by a burst of gunfire.
Bangkok's Erawan emergency centre said three people were killed and 23 wounded.
The latest bloodshed comes as demonstrators push for the appointment of an unelected premier in a move that has infuriated government supporters, who last week were dealt a blow after a controversial court ruling ousted Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra from office.
Her dismissal by the Constitutional Court has sent tensions soaring in the Southeast Asian nation, which has endured years of political turmoil pitting Yingluck's family against the kingdom's royalist establishment.
The Thai military, which has staged 18 successful or attempted coups since 1932, has been at pains to stay neutral in public during the six-month crisis despite pressure by anti-government protesters to step-in on their behalf.
Observers say the army may be chastened by events of 2010, when it led a crackdown on pro-government "Red Shirts" gathered in Bangkok that left scores dead.
Red Shirt leaders, who are hosting a mass rally on the city's outskirts, have warned of an imminent military coup and the risk of civil war if power is handed to an unelected leader.
Thursday's deaths take the toll from six months of protests aimed at toppling the government to 28, with hundreds of others wounded in attacks mostly targeting opposition protesters.
Demonstrators also stormed a meeting between the government and vote officials Thursday, forcing caretaker Prime Minister Niwattumrong Boonsongpaisan and other ministers to flee.
The bloodied ruling party wants to bolster its authority and is likely to win fresh elections - parties led by or allied to Yingluck's older brother Thaksin Shinawatra have swept every poll since 2001.
But Election Commission secretary general Puchong Nutrawong told AFP that the July 20 poll "is no longer possible" adding early August was one option although polls "cannot be held if protesters do not agree".
An election held in February was later annulled after demonstrators blocked voting in many areas.
Anti-government protesters refuse to back new polls without vaguely defined reforms first, saying the ruling Puea Thai party administration lacks the legitimacy to govern.
They are calling on the upper house of parliament, the Senate, to invoke a clause in the kingdom's constitution to remove the government and appoint a new premier.
But their critics say such a move has no legal basis.
Protesters have recently moved to a heavily-fortified area immediately around Government House in the city's historic quarter - a short walk from the site of Thursday's attack.
Protest leaders now occupy a wing of the government headquarters, holding press conferences in an attempt to show the government lacks the authority to rule.
Thailand has been cleaved apart by political divisions since Thaksin was ousted in a military coup in 2006 and later fled overseas to avoid jail for corruption.
The billionaire former telecoms tycoon is reviled by the Bangkok elite and many southerners who accuse him of driving rampant corruption, cronyism and of being a threat to the revered monarchy.
But he has traditionally drawn strong support among the northern rural poor, who say he is the first Thai leader to improve their situation with populist policies and increasing political power. - Sapa-AFP


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There's going to be a street collection today from 9 till 5 to raise money for the DEC appeal (as not seen on BBC), so if you have a spare couple of hours please go to Spalding hostel (the small door next to First Class Teas, the flat on top of the Cambridge Arts theatre) to pick up buckets and permits. And if you're passing, please drop in some change. See the facebook event for more details -
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A tale of two imperfect 10s. Rhys Priestland and Jules Plisson have paid the price for stuttering showings in last week's penultimate round of the Six Nations, with Warren Gatland and Philippe Saint-André both deciding the number was up for their struggling fly-halves.
Priestland's replacement by Dan Biggar is one of six changes Gatland makes to the Wales side battered by England last week for Saturday's final match against Scotland.
France did at least beat the Scots last Saturday but so lame was their performance that Saint-André has dropped four players for the potential title decider against the Irish.
Ireland coach Joe Schmidt has stuck to the XV who saw off Italy with no little swagger in Dublin and arrive in Paris as favourites to win the title.
In a bid to snatch the win that could open the door for his side, or more probably England, to take the title, Saint-André has recalled Castres's Rémi Talès in place of the ineffectual Plisson. Also back in what looks a much stronger XV are Dimitri Szarzewski, in for the dire Brice Mach at hooker, and Louis Picamoles in the back row.
The teenage star-in-the-making Gaël Fickou is given a start alongside Mathieu Bastareaud, setting up an intriguing clash at centre with Brian O'Driscoll, playing his last game for Ireland, and Gordon D'Arcy.
Two of Gatland's changes have been forced by injury – Leigh Halfpenny, facing surgery and four months out after dislocating his shoulder against England, is replaced by Liam Williams, while Mike Phillips is back at scrum-half for Rhys Webb.
But Priestland, Richard Hibbard and Adam Jones, three mainstays of the back-to-back title wins, are axed. Hibbard's poor lineout throwing set up a key England score at Twickenham, and Ken Owens is preferred against the Scots, who give a debut to the 23-year-old Edinburgh wing Dougie Fife.


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Having survived the plague that took so many of his friends and lovers, Michael has learned to embrace the random pleasures of life, the tender alliances that sustain him in the hardest of times. Michael Tolliver Lives follows its protagonist as he finds love with a younger man, attends to his dying fundamentalist mother in Florida, and finally reaffirms his allegiance to a wise octogenarian who was once his landlady.
While Michael Tolliver Lives is a stand-alone novel, accessible to old and new readers alike, a reassuring number of familiar faces appear along the way. As usual, the author's mordant wit and ear for pitch-perfect dialogue serve every aspect of the story, from the bawdy to the bittersweet. Michael Tolliver Lives is a novel about the act of growing older joyfully and the everyday miracles that somehow make that possible.
©2007 Armistead Maupin; (P)2002 HarperCollins Publishers
"Maupin denies that this is a seventh volume of his beloved Tales of the City, but - happily - that's exactly what it is, with style and invention galore." (Publishers Weekly)
"Sweet without being sappy." (Booklist)
"Worthy epilogue to Tales"
If you're a fan of the Tales of the City books (as I am), you will thoroughly enjoy revisiting the main characters that you have missed all these years since the last novel was completed. Now, they are roughly 20 years older, and Maupin presents them as characters living with new interests, concerns and conflicts. I would have to agree that Michael Tolliver Lives is not quite up to the same extraordinary level of the first 6 books, but it is nevertheless a thoroughly enjoyable, engrossing, and moving read. Superbly read by the author.
"Sweetly Unsentimental"
Michael "Mouse" Tolliver has always been the voice of reason in AM's The Tales of the City, but he comes to full maturity in this latest effort: Michael Tolliver Lives. Michael, once unabashedly youthful, has slipped into upper middle age with all the vigor and wit we'd expect. He lives comfortably with his much younger lover in the shadow of 28 Barberry Lane in what could be described as a "new" life, but the past is unalterably present.
This novel shakes him and things up when he's forced to choose between his logical and biological family. In doing so, Michael and the reader come to realize the heart has room to hold dearly more than we had ever thought.
There is sadness in Michael Tolliver Lives, as well as sweetness and sentiment and beautiful prose. With the wisdom that comes from experience, AM provides a resolution that makes for powerful insight into the human condition.
I loved this book and all it represents. Read it and and weep (or maybe smile!).
"I SO wanted to love this."
Having read all of the Tales of the City books 3 or 4 times each, I couldn't wait to tear into the further adventures of Mouse. I fully expected to love the book. Maybe my expectations were too high.
While Michael Tolliver Lives was funny and entertaining, it just didn't have the sweetness and charm of the original 6 books. I know Maupin says that it's not a sequel (though clearly it is), and shouldn't be compared to the other books, but obviously that's what everyone is going to do. And this one left me a bit unsatisfied.
This book seemed more a justification of Maupin's life than a novel. Frankly, I don't care how old Maupin's boyfriend is. I'm thrilled that he's happy, but I don't care to be preached to about the joys and trials of a May/December romance.
You'd be better off going back and reading the original Tales books. Now THERE lies magic.
"Like spending time with an old friend!"
I loved the Tales of the City series, and it was great fun catching up with Michael, Mrs. Madrigal, et al.
"more about the family!"
warm human friend
which mother will he be with in her extremity?
the interview with Mr Maupin was interesting. I always loved reading the books, too.
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I spent a lot of comfortable evenings with this audiobook
"Friends indeed"
I originally read the Tales series in the 80's. Some of this reading occured on city buses during my comute. I can remember bursting into laughter and turning redfaced on the bus. This book was certainly a return to old friends, a joyful experience. And a reminder that no matter how far we travel, we can always go home.
"terrific listen"
I was so happy to read more about the characters I came to love in the "Tales of the City" series of books years ago. As the characters and I are in the same age range I also appreciated Maupin's keen observations of the vicissitudes of aging. A lovely experience to hear him reading the book, as well.
"A good listen........"
I really enjoyed this. Having been a fan of the earlier Tales City books, this was like having old friends coming home. Its not great art or literature,but it was extremely enjoyable. I particularly liked the theme in the book about how one has a biological family, and a logical family of ones choosing .......press express checkout and find out what is happening to those characters you know and love.
"An extraordinary story, both poignant and humerous"
There are so many sub-plots and each one fascinating - much like our own lives often are
multifaceted, so I would listen to it again; probably on a road trip.
The interweaving of lives that are totally alien to mine.
I have listened to them all - and I cannot say one is better than the other because they are a continuation of the lives of the characters that you meet in the first book.
Michael Tolliver - naturally!!!
Anyone who listens to this won't be disappointed - there are some explicit sexual descriptions but nothing that we don't already have access to in other forms of media. And if you totally don't like it, then fast forward! : )
Tell us about yourself!
"It's missing something"
Sadly, this book is devoid of the charm that made Tales of the City so engaging and endearing. As a result, I didn't really care about Michael any more, which makes me sad.


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Is this the same theater? Notice it is in WINDSOR, not SANTA ROSA. 4 photos from Cinema Tour, the last photo shows construction of an addition.
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Lakers have a Marshall plan for point guard
LOS ANGELES – Kendall Marshall sat unfazed in front of his new locker, a purple and gold Lakers logo near his feet. The newly signed point guard answered questions about his past, present and possible future with the Lakers, then returned to texting on his cell phone.
If he was impressed with the jersey that hung behind him in his locker or the sight of Pau Gasol across the way, Marshall didn't show it.
"Obviously, coming from Carolina I understand that legendary feel," said Marshall, who played at North Carolina. "You see it when you walk around, you see the logos, guys on the team, so it's something I'm definitely excited about."
The Lakers signed Marshall on Friday to help fill the holes in the back court left by injured Steve Nash, Steve Blake, Jordan Farmar and quasi-point guard Kobe Bryant, who was diagnosed with a fracture in his left leg.
Marshall said he was aware of the Lakers' dire situation but tried to stay focused on helping his Delaware 87ers of the D-League. Then his cell phone rang.
"I'm excited," he said. "I won't say it's too much nervousness because at this point I don't really feel like I have that much to lose."
That's probably because Marshall watched his once-promising professional career bottom out before it had a chance to start.
Nothing has gone to plan for the former Tar Heel, who was the 13th overall pick by the Phoenix Suns in 2012. Marshall was a non-factor for the woeful Suns last season, averaging 14 minutes. In October, he was sent to Washington in the Emeka Okafor trade and was promptly waived by the Wizards.
Marshall landed in the D-league, where he averaged 19.4 points, 4.7 rebounds and 9.6 assists in seven games with the 87ers.
Marshall said many things led to his career stalling out.
"Part of it could have been me; part of it could have been the organization, part of it could have just been the way basketball works," Marshall said. "So I can't blame anybody for the way it happened.
"Obviously they are going to do what's best for the organization as the Lakers are going to do for themselves. That's all I'm worried about at this time."
Yet it was his experience playing in then-Suns coach Alvin Gentry's up-tempo system that brought him to the Lakers.
"He did play in a similar situation in the Phoenix system, and I do know he's a good guy who can lead the team at the point as our point guard," D'Antoni said. "It's tough under any circumstances, but we'll see. He will probably get some time."
Marshall didn't get off the bench in the first half nor did he play, but D'Antoni said before the game that he had faith in the young guard.
"He's trying to find his footing in the NBA, so we'll see what he's got," D'Antoni said.
Marshall found some familiar faces when he arrived at the Lakers facility to sign his reported multiyear contract. He played with Wes Johnson in Phoenix and AAU ball with Xavier Henry.
While at North Carolina, Marshall played against Ryan Kelly, who starred at Duke, and later against Robert Sacre in a predraft camp. He grew up as a fan of Steve Blake.
"Catching up with him was cool," said Johnson, who had a locker near him in Phoenix.
Although the Lakers only have played 26 games, it apparently is never too early to talk about the playoffs. D'Antoni, however, didn't need many words to describe what the injury-plagued Lakers need to assure themselves of a postseason bid.
"I don't want to be too simple, but you have to win games," D'Antoni said. "You got to play. We have to get our point guards back, get Kobe back in a month or whatever and then go from there."
And one more thing, he said.
"Hopefully we get some luck because we're on the other side of the coin right now," D'Antoni said.
Backup center Chris Kaman, who has battled back problems and been out of D'Antoni's rotation for more than a month, played 16 minutes and finished with six points and three rebounds.
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Ms Clinton, the foolish far-left democrats have betrayed you including the DNC. Please drop out of this ridiculous party and run as an independent. You will win the Presidency if you do.
Come on Montana, you can help stop the catastrophy that's in the making. Obama is losing already against McCain in trial heats while Hillary keeps beating McCain and also she wins crucial states such as Florida and Ohio! She can lead us to victory in November and no one else!!!
And she's the ONLY ONE taking millions from speacial interest groups (while denying it),
and the ONLY ONE using race and gender to divide the voters,
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Only One Democrat can and will win in November. And her name is not Obama.
Who cares what clinton does...she is without portfolio and integrity...The problem with the MI/FL count is that hillery has lost and is acting like a dog with a bone....Even to lying for lyings sake.
They very best thing would be to ignore them altogether!!!!
"So Obama rubber stamped Bush's energy bill, huh. How do you y'all feel about paying $5/gallon for gas? Yeah, that's change we can all believe in"
What a great quote, please tell all the Obama supporters.
Thats a change I can believe in, year right.
Ed....and anyone else who doesnt get it...
The energy bill was designed to invest money into technology that will end our dependence on foreign oil. Get a clue bud. Its a step in the right direction and exactly the opposite direction Hillary and the geezer went in.
Wow....right out in plain sight – in a field no less – not even looking worried about sniper fire! Brave women.
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goodbye mchillbilly
I guess Hillary and her coven will not control the White House, so as soon as Hillary leaves the stage, Sen. Obama can now concentrate on defeating Sen. Mc Cain. Coming this November, McCain is about to face his Waterloo!
Let me guess,high African-American caucus,and both races are closed to registered Democrats only......................well,good luck in November ,Obama,with all that. You want have all of these (cut out the Independents)disenfranchisements to help you in November. You'll have to win it on your own..............................................................magine!!!!
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Because Clinton has solved the energy problem, Health care and Social Security problem when her Hubby was president. That's experience we can believe in.
She can't even run her campaign.... Debt, debt and MORE debt!
Yeah, what happened to the gas tax relief she was promising for the summer? It was rhetoric just like the many other statements she has made. She should know that the public knows that it was a campaign gimmick because you cannot get anything done without the cooperation of the rest of Congress and the 'Presidont'.
It's her right to run ads and continue in the race but it appears to be futile. Why throw good money after bad? I know if I were a supporter and it didn't look like she was going to win – she would be on her own financially.
I'm surprised she's running adds in 'small' states that 'don't count.' Funny how the tables have turned. I also wonder how many 10 year-old's life savings she's spending to go further in debt? She's in it for Hillary first, not the good of the Party.
Montana knows who is the right candidate
Hillary wants to take on the special interests?
Everybody, she takes MORE LOBBYISTS MONEY THAN ANYBODY! Obama of course get his money from regular folks. So she's gonna attack herself? Actually she's already doing that.
Montana & SD, I hope you are smart enough to see through this crazy woman. Peace.
how are you paying for these ads?
white middle aged woman for Obama....
Nancy Pelosi is in hot water right now for campain finance as well. Let's face it. Politics are some times dirty and you can't make everyone happy all the time.
But you have to admit, George Bush has a lot of people from his administration come out against him. Bill Clinton never had so many come out against him until this election. I think it has something to do with the good ole boy system not wanting a female at the top of the party.
And Ted Kennedy and others have no right to try and run Hillary out of the race. Ted Kennedy tried to take out an incumbent president (Carter). He and others have no right to say anything, b/c party unity was not an issue to him before.
The Clintons really scare me now. Their twisted logic and misspoken words betray a desperation to recapture the White House. And I ask "why?" Bill has made $100 million in income since he left the white house.
Is their greed really so great it supercedes the need of democrats to unite?
This woman had mental and psychological problems! She needs professional help!
Yes, and the only one who puts herself first over the party, the one who voted for the war in iraq, the one who lied to the american people......
I hope she's paying her bills in advance!


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Howdy everypony!
Here's one of the five weapons I had to design for my "Character Design & Storyboarding for Animation" class here at the Savannah College of Art & Design - the Pinkie Pie Launcher!
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Using Mixed Integer Programming for Matching in an Observational Study of Kidney Failure after Surgery
This article presents a new method for optimal matching in observational studies based on mixed integer programming. Unlike widely used matching methods based on network algorithms, which attempt to achieve covariate balance by minimizing the total sum of distances between treated units and matched controls, this new method achieves covariate balance directly, either by minimizing both the total sum of distances and a weighted sum of specific measures of covariate imbalance, or by minimizing the total sum of distances while constraining the measures of imbalance to be less than or equal to certain tolerances. The inclusion of these extra terms in the objective function or the use of these additional constraints explicitly optimizes or constrains the criteria that will be used to evaluate the quality of the match. For example, the method minimizes or constrains differences in univariate moments, such as means, variances, and skewness; differences in multivariate moments, such as correlations between covariates; differences in quantiles; and differences in statistics, such as the Kolmogorov-Smirnov statistic, to minimize the differences in both location and shape of the empirical distributions of the treated units and matched controls. While balancing several of these measures, it is also possible to impose constraints for exact and near-exact matching, and fine and near-fine balance for more than one nominal covariate, whereas network algorithms can finely or near-finely balance only a single nominal covariate. From a practical standpoint, this method eliminates the guesswork involved in current optimal matching methods, and offers a controlled and systematic way of improving covariate balance by focusing the matching efforts on certain measures of covariate imbalance and their corresponding weights or tolerances. A matched case-control study of acute kidney injury after surgery among Medicare patients illustrates these features in detail. A new R package called mipmatch implements the method.
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Inside of a road side stop, we got to go into Dresden for a bit less than 2 hours. The city is really beautiful and the contrast between old and new is amazing. There is an old/new Church there and the reconstruction since it was destroyed in the war only finished a decade ago. They've used as many of the old blocks as possible and you can see the scorch marks from the bombs but the rest of ...
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I have the teal one and love it. great color. the only thing that sucks is removal, i can get it off the nail fine, but it stains my skin.
id love to see you with the other colors on, however.
Some of those aren't even neon… ? Pretty though.
I've seem these at CVS and I like the colors. Do they last long?
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She always like him but she never admitted it because he was like a brother to her
I turned over to look at my night stand and I saw the clock. "Pout in the morning!" I had school tomorrow, it was three in the fuckin morning and I still couldn't get to sleep. My name is Shenessa and I go to NYC high school. Im 5'5". I have brown skin, long dark brown hair, hazel eyes, and thanks to my mama 36c breasts, and a big ass with very thick thighs.
Im what my mom calls a tomboy. I hate skirts, the color pink, cheerleaders, preppie girls, makeup, and anything what so ever that reminds me of a Barbie doll.
I love jeans, T-shirts, sneakers, video games, basketball "im on the varsity team at my school," football "I tried out but didn't make that team because the coach is sexist," volleyball "I'm on the team," and track "I'm on the team." As you can see im very athletic.
My two best friends are Alycia and Deondrey. Alycia is 5'6" with brown eyes. In fact besides that she pretty much looks the same as me excapt her hair is shorter and her breasts aren't as big. We're both sophomores. Deondrey on the other hand is a senior. He's 6'4", and he's very muscular. He has a six pack with muscular arms, but he isn't too muscular "just perfect." His skin color is a mix between caramel and milk chocolate. It's a color that hasn't even been named yet so I have to do the best I can to describe it, it's very pretty. His eyes are green with specks of blue and gold, and he has light brown hair. He has thick full naturally pouted lips, and he has a great smile with dimples. All the girls in my school drool over him and I never saw why until recently.
I've been friends with him since second grade. We only just met Alycia about two years ago so me and hi have a stronger bond. He was like the older brother I never had, but lately I've been looking at him differently. I didn't dare tell him though because knowing Drey. He would probably laugh at me. Besides he has dozens of girls just jumping at his feet why would he want me.
I couldn't sleep all last night, and I can't sleep at all tonight. Since all I was doing was tossing and turning around in bed I decide to go see Deondrey cause I to know for a fact that he wasn't asleep yet. I didn't have to do much to get to Deondrey's house since he lived right next to me. All I had to do to get to his house was go up my fire escape to where it met his, and go up a little more to where it was right in front of his bedroom window.
I didn't feel like putting regular clothe on so I went to see him in my pj shorts and thank top. I was walking up the escape very quietly trying not to wake my mother up. I started to hear some strange moaning. I kept walking up until I came face to face with his window. What I saw shocked me. I knew Deondrey wasn't a virgin and he had sex, but seeing it still shocked me. It was Deondrey and his girlfriend. Her legs were spread open and Deondrey's was between her thighs lick and eating her pussy like he hadn't eaten in years.
I stood there watching. I wanted to leave but I couldn't stop looking at her tossing back and forth while Deondrey flicked his tongue ring over her clit. I wanted so badly to be her. I wanted so badly for Deondrey to be my first. Something weird started to happen to me. I started getting hot. My thighs started to tremble and my pussy started to get warm and wet. I till couldn't stop looking at him eat her out. She started to moan louder and louder.
I couldn't take it any more it felt like torture. I slid my hand down the front of my shorts and started to rub my clit. "Oh shit Drey Drey!" I heard her say rite before she screamed trough an earth shattering orgasm. Deondrey stood up his face covered in her pussy juice. He licked his lips and grinned at her.
A small moan escaped my throat. He looked up out his window strait at me. I ran down to my room as fast as I could hoping he didn't really see me with my hand down my shorts. I laid in bed till about four a.m.. I heard footsteps. Someone was coming down my escape. There was a knock at my window, I got up and went to open it, and saw that it was Deondrey. My heart started to pound as if it was trying to jump out of my chest.
"Hey Nessa." He said. I looked down at my feet and said "hi Drey Drey." " What are you doing up so late?" I said trying to sound innocent. He laughed and said don't play me like that Shenessa I know u saw me and my girl fuckin. "I didn't see all that. I just saw u eat her pussy!" I blurted out. He looked me in th ye and said "I know you liked it I saw playin with that li'l virgin pussy of yours." "I'm not a virgin." I said a lying trough my teeth.
" you want prove that." he asked with a grin on his face. "Whatever how the hell am I suppose to prove that?" I said a little bit aggravated. "Drop your shorts" he said.
You can't be serious I answered nervously. He looked at me and said seriously does it sound like im join Nessa? I said no and pulled down my shorts. "Turn around and bend over." I did as he instructed. Seconds later I felt him start to rub my pussy. A small moan came out my mouth. U like that Nessa he said in a deep voice. He slid a finger inside me, all I could do was moan. He started to move his finger in and out in a slow pace. I started to rock back and forth with his fingers. He increased his pace and I began to whimper.
" Im gonna ask you sum questions Nessa." he said suspiciously.
"And if you lie there's gonna be hell to pay mamita. You know I know when you lie so don't try to play me, iight?" "Yes Deondrey." I moaned almost out of breath.
He slid his fingers out of me, but I could still feel them at my entrance. "Have you eva given head before?" I answered no. " have you eva had your li'l coochie eaten out before?" I answered no. " Have you eva had a man beat that li'l coochie up before?" I said yes. He slid a finger inside me and asked' "are you sure Nessa?" I whimpered yes. He slid his finger out and then slid two in. I yelped, "are you positive Nessa?" he asked again. I moaned yes almost hissing.
He slid out of me and pushed three fingers in. " Deondrey!" I yelled sounding out of breath. "Stop lying to me mamita." He whispered.
"I know you're a virgin, I can feel your hymen at my finger tips." I felt like I was burning up I was so hot. My body tensed up, as I started to become more and more bashful. He felt me tense, "it's iight if u iz Nessa, der aint nuffin wrong withat."
I felt myself starting to turn red. He continued questioning me. "Do you want to stay a virgin?" I answered I don't know. " I stopped touching you, and I know you didn't cum yet, and you were supposibly against this, so why is yo coochie dripping?" I don't know I answered honestly not knowing. "Do you want me?" he asked sounding mad sexy. I don't know I whispered. He laughed a little bit and told me to stand up. I tried to but my legs weren't working like they should of been, so I just sat down on my bed.
I pulled my panties up but just left my shorts of because he grabbed them before I could put them on.
"Can I have those back?" I said starting to get irritated. "No you can't" he said sarcastically, then he threw them at me. I tried to put them on as fast as I could because I suddenly remembered my panties were see trough. I would of stayed like that if he hadn't started looking at my crotch and licking his lips. I was feeling so embarrassed I couldn't even look him in the eye, I looked down at the floor.
He stated to speak. "So you're not sure if you want me or not huh ma?" I manage to stutter out the word yes. "Ma I know you do don't lie to me." How do you know I said trying to act as if I didn't know what he was talking about. " I know you fantasize about me. Two nights ago at around two in the mornin I thought you wuz still awake cuz I heard some noises. I thought it wus u talkin. So I came down to see wut u wus up to. I came in trough yo window cuz u left it open, you weren't awake you wus just mumbling in yo sleep. I wuz bout to leave but then u started moanin and screamin like some nigga was killin you. I wuz bout to wake you up and out of nowhere you start screamin, "Fuck me Drey please don't stop, harder harder please Deondrey. Damn it daddy hurt me."
Deondrey started to laugh after he stopped quoting me. " you wus havin a wet dream bout me ma." I felt myself start to turn red again. Once again he repeated "Do you want me ma?" I answered yes. He walked up to me and kissed me. He grabbed my hand and he walked me up to his bedroom. He started to kiss me again stripping me at the same time. Once I was naked he made me lay down on his bed and told me to open my legs. He pulled me down to the edge of the bed and got on his knees. He pushed my legs even further apart and he licked my pussy bottom to top.
A shiver went up my spine and a small whimper came from my throat. He dug his face into my crotch and started to lick and flick his tongue over my clit wildly. I started to moan and twist and buck my hips. I grabbed his sheets and began to grind my pelvis into his face. He flicked his tongue faster and faster, making me even more wet. He held my thighs and pulled me down hard and fast on his tongue forcing it inside me. I screamed then started to whimper as my body started to tremble. He repeated this act over and over again. When I began to scream his name he started to suck and lick on my clit again, except this time he started to finger me at the same time.
I couldn't hold on much longer. Moments later I started to scream like a mad woman as I felt volt after volt of electricity start to surge trough my body. Multiple orgasms washed over my body as I screamed his name and trembled helplessly. I felt him suck and swallow all the pussy juice out of me, the more he did it the more came out. When he stopped all I could do was shiver.
He stood up and undid his belt buckle, he pulled down his pants and then took of his boxers. He moved up on top of me with his legs between mine spreading my thighs open. I felt the head of his dick at my opening, he felt so huge. I started to get nervous, I went tense again. "Relax ma." he said sounding like the caring boyfriend he would later become to me. He started to kiss my neck and push in me at the same time. I felt him stretching me out, he was so big I wanted to scream. It hurt so bad I felt tears start to rush down my cheeks. "Open up for me ma." he whispered to me sweetly. The walls of my pussy tried to accommodate to his size but he was just so big. It felt like he was stretching me from inches to miles, but he continued to slide into me.
He came face to face with my hymen. "Im sorry Nessa." he said to me, he kissed me and with one long, hard thrust he broke my hymen. My pussy started to burn. I wanted to scream but he kept kissing me so I couldn't. He waited a minute before moving again. When it stopped burning and I stopped clawing at his back, he started to move in and out of me slowly. Even tough it hurt more then it felt good I felt little sparks of pleasure.
Small moans started to come out of me. He increased his pace, and I started to moan a little bit louder. He started to groan," yo so fuckin tight Nessa." he said while still increasing his speed. After about 4 minutes he lost control and he started to pound into me mercilessly and I was enjoying every second of it. I started to scream and moan. Every time a moan came from my throat he started to beat my pussy up harder and faster as if I was encouraging him. I stared to scream his name and I felt him get harder. My pussy started to contract around him, almost milking him. He started to move even faster, I felt like a piece of pavement being jack hammered. I began to cum bucking my pelvis against him wildly.
Seconds later I felt him tense up. He rammed me hard one last time burying himself deep in me. I felt shot after shot of his cum being pumped into me. It seemed he would keep cuming for eternity. It felt like he was releasing gallons of his seamen into me. When he was done he turned over and dropped on the bed next to me. We where both panting very hard. When he caught his breath, he wrapped his arm around me and pulled me closer to him. He kissed the nape of my neck and whispered very sexily into my ear, "your mine now Nessa, I love you." I said I love you too. And he held me till we fell asleep.
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Numbers 15New International Version (NIV)Supplementary Offerings15 The Lord said to Moses, 2 "Speak to the Israelites and say to them: 'After you enter the land I am giving you as a home 3 and you present to the Lord food offerings from the herd or the flock, as an aroma pleasing to the Lord—whether burnt offerings or sacrifices, for special vows or freewill offerings or festival offerings— 4 then the person who brings an offering shall present to the Lord a grain offering of a tenth of an ephah[a] of the finest flour mixed with a quarter of a hin[b] of olive oil. 5 With each lamb for the burnt offering or the sacrifice, prepare a quarter of a hin of wine as a drink offering. 6 "'With a ram prepare a grain offering of two-tenths of an ephah[c] of the finest flour mixed with a third of a hin[d] of olive oil, 7 and a third of a hin of wine as a drink offering. Offer it as an aroma pleasing to the Lord. 8 "'When you prepare a young bull as a burnt offering or sacrifice, for a special vow or a fellowship offering to the Lord, 9 bring with the bull a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah[e] of the finest flour mixed with half a hin[f] of olive oil, 10 and also bring half a hin of wine as a drink offering. This will be a food offering, an aroma pleasing to the Lord. 11 Each bull or ram, each lamb or young goat, is to be prepared in this manner. 12 Do this for each one, for as many as you prepare. 13 "'Everyone who is native-born must do these things in this way when they present a food offering as an aroma pleasing to the Lord. 14 For the generations to come, whenever a foreigner or anyone else living among you presents a food offering as an aroma pleasing to the Lord, they must do exactly as you do. 15 The community is to have the same rules for you and for the foreigner residing among you; this is a lasting ordinance for the generations to come. You and the foreigner shall be the same before the Lord: 16 The same laws and regulations will apply both to you and to the foreigner residing among you.'" 17 The Lord said to Moses, 18 "Speak to the Israelites and say to them: 'When you enter the land to which I am taking you 19 and you eat the food of the land, present a portion as an offering to the Lord. 20 Present a loaf from the first of your ground meal and present it as an offering from the threshing floor. 21 Throughout the generations to come you are to give this offering to the Lord from the first of your ground meal. Offerings for Unintentional Sins22 "'Now if you as a community unintentionally fail to keep any of these commands the Lord gave Moses— 23 any of the Lord's commands to you through him, from the day the Lord gave them and continuing through the generations to come— 24 and if this is done unintentionally without the community being aware of it, then the whole community is to offer a young bull for a burnt offering as an aroma pleasing to the Lord, along with its prescribed grain offering and drink offering, and a male goat for a sin offering.[g] 25 The priest is to make atonement for the whole Israelite community, and they will be forgiven, for it was not intentional and they have presented to the Lord for their wrong a food offering and a sin offering. 26 The whole Israelite community and the foreigners residing among them will be forgiven, because all the people were involved in the unintentional wrong. 27 "'But if just one person sins unintentionally, that person must bring a year-old female goat for a sin offering. 28 The priest is to make atonement before the Lord for the one who erred by sinning unintentionally, and when atonement has been made, that person will be forgiven. 29 One and the same law applies to everyone who sins unintentionally, whether a native-born Israelite or a foreigner residing among you. 30 "'But anyone who sins defiantly, whether native-born or foreigner, blasphemes the Lord and must be cut off from the people of Israel. 31 Because they have despised the Lord's word and broken his commands, they must surely be cut off; their guilt remains on them.'" The Sabbath-Breaker Put to Death32 While the Israelites were in the wilderness, a man was found gathering wood on the Sabbath day. 33 Those who found him gathering wood brought him to Moses and Aaron and the whole assembly, 34 and they kept him in custody, because it was not clear what should be done to him. 35 Then the Lord said to Moses, "The man must die. The whole assembly must stone him outside the camp." 36 So the assembly took him outside the camp and stoned him to death, as the Lord commanded Moses. Tassels on Garments37 The Lord said to Moses, 38 "Speak to the Israelites and say to them: 'Throughout the generations to come you are to make tassels on the corners of your garments, with a blue cord on each tassel. 39 You will have these tassels to look at and so you will remember all the commands of the Lord, that you may obey them and not prostitute yourselves by chasing after the lusts of your own hearts and eyes. 40 Then you will remember to obey all my commands and will be consecrated to your God. 41 I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt to be your God. I am the Lord your God.'" Footnotes:
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I thought I gave you multiple series for a moment. Sure thing. I'm about to head home first, though.
Shoot. What did I link you? lol
Prepare to have your mind blown between great story and incredible art and scenery. Hiyaaaa...
Go here. Open your spirits to the Capital Cities of Heaven and let in the power. http://readcomiconline.to/Comic/The-Immortal-Iron-Fist
Hey Pops. You think it'd be a good idea to make a figure thread in the cafe section so that we can discuss figures for any series?
How you enjoying BotW?
Hey, Ink Spot (Kangsta) says he can't post or PM, care to take a look?
I don't know the first thing about metabolism. Try making smoothies and juices. You can pack in a bunch of nuts, seeds, raw vegetables and fruits into one smoothie and get all the nutritional goodness. It's also a good way to have raw free range eggs since they'll end up tasteless. Since the smoothie will be liquid it'll also be absorbed into your body quicker and its less taxing on your digestive system. You can drink them alongside your meals to help fill you up more. And if you're making a green juice, you can add like 1 tsp of Wheatgrass powder, raw & organic Barley Grass, tumeric root powder, spirulina powder and ginger root powder. Do that and you'll be packing TONS of nutrition into just a few drinks. Good luck. I haven't read much on eCommerce, but I'm gonna make niche sites. You could definitely make a few hundred off that every month so long as you find the right niche. http://inertiawillhurtya.com/3-secre...iche-websites/
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THE WORLD HAS BEEN INVADED BY ALIENS! It's up to a nerdy, lazy high school kid to save it!
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This is a continuation on my last game, "Pimp My Chav". In this new game you equip a chav's car with all the latest criss accessories.
Music Is Somethin' Goin' On by Todd Terry.
That's right. now you too can make your battered hatchback look like an overrated heap of shit. Click now and you'll be the envy of everyone in the ghetto.
Keep ripping it out of those chavs for us; diamond job son innit tho!
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This is the first time I have ever Heard ''SPEED GARAGE'' on Ng. I actually like speed garage and the Todd Terry tune is a classic! It's not just chavs/kevs who listen to it!
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I like that tune too, have it on 12 etc. I picked such an awful one for the last game that some people didn't even want to play it, so I thought I'd go for something a bit more accessible.. I still think it goes well with the game though.
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Lot 57: ELMER A. STEPHAN (1892-1944), Bradford Street Looking East, Watercolor
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For #cpawareness month I want to make a point in sharing some of Carolines journey from when we found out her diagnoses to where she is now. 561 more words
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Children have strokes too.
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{ A Child is a gift whose worth cannot be measured except by the heart} -Theresa Ann Hunt
Oh my goodness… My middle child, my first daughter. 300 more words
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The Cave (opera)
The Cave is a multimedia opera in three acts by Steve Reich to an English libretto by his wife Beryl Korot. It was first performed in 1993 in Vienna by the Steve Reich Ensemble, conducted by Paul Hillier. The title "The Cave" refers to The Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron, where Abraham and Sarah (and several other major religious figures) are buried.
The Cave of the Patriarchs is of unusual interest in that it is a sacred place where Muslims, Jews and Christians pray. The music and a major part of the libretto in the opera is derived directly from, and includes spoken responses from, Israeli, Palestinian and American interviewees who were asked questions about the story of Abraham. The sound track also includes readings from the religious texts that detail the story of Abraham, and a recording of the ambient sound that is found in the ancient building that surrounds the sacred site.
The main narrative thread that runs through the opera is the story of the life of Abraham, as it is told in the various religious texts, and how this story is now understood and interpreted, using modern-day accounts by individual people from three different major religious and cultural contexts. During the individual interviews, Steve Reich and Beryl Korot asked questions such as "Who is Abraham?", "Who is Sarah?" and "Who is Ishmael?" and recorded answers that were given by Israeli, Palestinian and American interviewees. These three groups of people viewed the story of Abraham/Ibrahim and his immediate family in varying ways.
Brief spoken extracts from the interviews were used both as they were, and also as repeated musical phrases based on the words spoken. The melodic phrases used in the opera are all taken directly from the intonations of the natural spoken words (the prosody) which can be heard in the phrases and sentences spoken by the individuals who were interviewed. Images of the interviewees are also used on an array of video screens.
Act I[edit]
- Typing Music (Genesis XVI)
- Who is Abraham?
- Genesis XII
- Who is Sarah?
- Who is Hagar?
- Typing Music Repeat
- Who is Ishmael?
- Genesis XVIII
- Who is Isaac?
- Genesis XXI
- The casting out of Ishmael and Hagar
- Machpelah Commentary
- Genesis XXV (chanted in Hebrew from the Torah by Ephrim Isaac)
- Interior of the Cave
Act II[edit]
- Surah 3 (chanted in Arabic from the Koran by Sheikh Dahoud Atalah, Muqri of Al-Aksa Mosque)
- Who is Ibrahim?
- Who is Hajar?
- The near sacrifice
- El Khalil Commentary
- Interior of the cave
Act III[edit]
- Who is Abraham?
- Who is Sarah?
- Who is Hagar?
- Who is Ishmael?
- The Binding of Isaac
- The Cave of Macpelah
- Vocal Quartet: 2 Sopranos, Tenor, Baritone
- 2 reed players (flute, oboe, cor anglais, clarinet, bass clarinet)
- 4 percussionists (vibraphone, marimbaphone, bass drum, kick bass drums, claves)
- 3 keyboard players (piano, sampler, computer keyboards)
- String quartet (2 violins, viola, cello)[1]
External links[edit]
- Review on Allmusic
- Two interviews with Steve Reich by Bruce Duffie; The second (from November, 1995) has a long discussion about The Cave


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Muslims in Mannaar expose systemic inability of SL State in delivering justice to victims
Muslims in Mannaar expose systemic inability of SL State in delivering justice to victims
SLA silence stymies UNHCR effort[TamilNet, Sunday, 28 May 2000, 15:32 GMT]The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) said in a press release issued in Colombo Sunday that it did not receive a response to a request it had made to the Sri Lankan government on May 6 that "military actions be suspended for the period of the LTTE declared cease-fire" on May 27 Saturday, "in the interest of the civilians, who may be moving during that time". The UNHCR had also asked the Sri Lankan government to indicate a safe route to areas held by the army but had got no reply from the Ministry of Defence according to the press release. The following is the full text of the UNHCR press release: "In response to numerous queries and requests from the media for classification regarding the situation of civilians in the Thenmarachi area of the Jaffna peninsula, UNHCR Sri Lanka wishes to provide the following information. "On 26 May, the LTTE informed UNHCR that the LTTE would be declaring a cease-fire for the Thenmarachi area on 27 May from 10.30 a.m to 10.30 p.m to allow civilians trapped by the fighting in the area to move along an identified route into Vanni [the area south of Jaffna peninsula] "The LTTE requested UNHCR in writing to act as an intermediary with the (Sri Lankan) government to enable the civilians who wish to move to Vanni to do so in safety. "On the evening of 26 May, UNHCR conveyed the LTTE's request, both verbally and in writing to the Ministry of Defence and the Joint Operation Headquarters. "In conveying the request, UNHCR urged that military actions be suspended for the period of the LTTE declared cease-fire, in the interest of the civilians, who may be moving during that time. "UNHCR also invited the government to indicate a safe route to Government-controlled areas. UNHCR indicated that, if security could be assured, it's staff members would be willing to enter the area to access the conditions of the civilians as well as their willingness to move and to where. "Up to now no reply has been received from the Ministry of Defence or Joint Operations Headquarters. "On 27 May, UNHCR staff members in Mallavi, Killinochi reported that 150 persons arrived from the Thenmarachi area after being on the road for several days. "In interviews with UNHCR staff members, the persons indicated they were fleeing hostilities. There were injured among them. They stated that there were civilians who were killed and injured during military actions over the past two weeks including members of their own families. They are also indicated there are still civilians in the area that want to move away from fighting whenever it is safe to do so. "On 27 May, UNHCR staff members in Jaffna present at two checkpoints at Mulli and Karaveddy East monitored the movement of civilians out of Thenmarachi Division into the government controlled area of Jaffna. At Mulli, 400 families arrived, and moved on towards Point Pedro. At Karaveddy 60 families arrived. In both locations, the people arriving stated that other civilians were moving out of the area of hostilities. UNHCR staff members at both locations were able to see other persons moving towards the checkpoints. "In view of these reports UNHCR remains extremely concerned about the safety and security of civilians in the area. UNHCR appeals again to the government and to the LTTE to ensure security for the civilians and their freedom to move to safety" |
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