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The Virginia legislature years ago banned governors from donating excess inauguration funds to political causes, but that hasn't stopped Gov. Terry McAuliffe from finding a way to route $211,000 from his inaugural fund back to his election campaign and the Virginia Democratic Party, disclosure records show.
Mr. McAuliffe's aides say the two $78,000 checks his inaugural committee sent to his campaign committee along with a $55,000 check to the state Democratic Party were expenditures for the rental of email lists. But campaign finance analysts told The Washington Times that the costs of the email rentals appeared to be exorbitant, and critics suggest the transactions look like an end run around the state prohibition.
Corrupt. Slimy. Odious. Detestable. Degenerate. Sordid. Crooked. Unscrupulous. Double-dealing. Perfidious. Degenerate.
This is what the vagina voters in Virginia turned out in droves to support. Never mind that he will expand the role of the state and poke it into every orifice in your life (other than your vagina, of course, because it's much more sacrosanct than your wallet). Never mind the expansion of the nanny state. Ken Cuccinelli wanted to control your vagina! That's all that matters!


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griffen still trains bjj with cameron.
griffen still trains bjj with cameron.
igor yakimov although not a mma fighter has a excellant ground game !
i think he also did well in ADCC , google his videos well worth a watch , i think his take downs are excellant
hmmm no vids how strange ?
i've pretty much come to the conclusion that no matter what system a submission grappler uses it seems they have been influenced by bjj in some way or another it would seem bjj is the superiour system in my opinion anyway .
i think even those who do not train bjj work strategys on how to avoid playing the bjj game .
without doubt... Marcelo Brigadeiro
Apart from the guys mentioned above (including my coach obviously), I'd defo agree with the OP's choice of Karo Parisyan. The guy used to roll with all the BJJ guys in LA and by all accounts is nigh-on untappable. That and the fact that he used to throw Randy around (as mentioned by Randy, not by Karo) he's top drawer. He's all Judo as far as I can gather - he never joined in with Eddie's class at Legends although I did hear mention that he was doing reciprocal one-on-ones with a Machado BB.
In the UK I'd say there were a lot of top grapplers who aren't BJJ based - Rob Broughton, Dave Faulkner, Paul Cahoon, Tom Blackledge as well as a tonne of guys at Team Kaobon who've never put on a gi.
As for other non-bjj grapplers, the Luta Livre guys like Eddie Alvarez spring to mind. He's with a BJJ gym now for sure, but as mentioned on another thread he went there at their request to teach nogi, rather than giving up LL to train BJJ.
I'll take my Luta Livre ass off the BJJ forum now, sorry guys!
Alvarez a Luta livre dude? His dad taught him how to fight in the basement, i believe (not a joke)
For sure PEQUENO.. he is amazing.. also imho pound for pound one of the strongest guy alive, Also robert leitoa Sr is amazing.
No worries waterboy. Luta livre is awesome

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Saad Qureshi's dark wooden sculptures of tiny landscapes and imagined ruins are pretty, yet could also be described as a bit vacant. The centrepiece of this exhibition is a large tubular curl of charred wood and cement that looks like an abandoned space outpost from a sci-fi movie. With remnants of life such as pylons and little homesteads scattered on its surface, it seems to suggest a Mobius strip or a reference to ancient lore about a flat Earth.
Qureshi (who featured in the 2009 TV series 'School of Saatchi') also squashes models of dreamed-up lands into the drawers of reclaimed desks. Mounted on long, thin legs with wheels, these forms have a certain elegance, yet the artist's attempt to evoke poetic thoughts of compartmentalised or 'shelved' memories, through the visual pun of a wooden drawer, is rather obvious.
Other works include Qureshi's self-titled 'mindscapes' – sketches of fantastical architectural structures mounted in hinged glass frames that flip out from the gallery wall. Overall, there's an Eastern influence and a general monochrome look, but it's difficult to see what else might be driving the creation of these works.
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Novelist Joseph Boyden became the first author with aboriginal roots to win Canada's Scotiabank Giller prize, the country's most prestigious and lucrative literary award.
Boyden won the C$50,000 prize late Tuesday with his book "Through Black Spruce," a suspenseful and humorous novel published by Viking Canada about an aboriginal woman from Canada's north going missing in New York City.
"I'm so deeply humbled to be counted among the writers here," the Toronto-raised Boyden said after the award was announced at a black-tie gala attended by much of Canada's literary community.
Anthony De Sa's collection of short stories "Barnacle Love" was short-listed along with Marina Endicott's "Good to a Fault," Rawi Hage's "Cockroach" and Mary Swan's "The Boys in the Trees."
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Defence Minister Brendan Nelson has revealed the government is considering axing the Super Seasprite project and suing the contractors after the fleet was grounded on safety grounds.
The Australian navy bought 11 of the helicopters from US defence contractor Kaman Aerospace for $1 billion in 1997, but the Seasprites have been plagued by technical problems and have never been fully operational.
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A plea agreement was reached Aug. 20 in California Superior Court in the case of a former Hudson man charged in a Sept. 22, 2013, hit/skip accident which left a 21-year-old nursing student dead.
Riley Dean Hoover, now living in Chico, California, will be sentenced to seven years Sept. 5, after several charges were dropped as part of the deal, according to Hoover's attorney, Clyde Blackmon.
"There were negotiations and pursuant to those negotiations Riley entered a plea of no contest and will be sentenced to seven years in state prison," Blackmon said Aug. 21. "We pleaded to two charges and admitted an enhancement of inflicting great bodily injury and all other charges in the case were dismissed."
Police had alleged Hoover, a 2012 Hudson High School graduate, was traveling about 45 mph Sept. 22, 2013, around 11 p.m. when his 2009 GMC Envoy struck Kristina Chesterman, a Chico State University nursing student, according to Chico Police Lt. George Laver. She was about two blocks from her apartment when struck, according to police.
Miss Chesterman died of her injuries two days later. Police found parts of a vehicle near the impact scene they later identified as belonging to Hoover's vehicle, Laver said.
Hoover was arrested at his apartment, a short distance away, Laver said.
Police had also alleged Hoover was part of a drug ring after allegedly finding almost 3 pounds of "bubble hash," a potent form of hashish, Laver said.
As part of the plea deal Hoover pleaded no contest to DUI/ causing injury with a special causing great bodily injury enhancement and a felony hit and run, Blackmon said. All other charges were dropped, Blackmon said.
"We didn't have a jury trial," Blackmon said. "We resolved the case short of a jury trial."
Hoover was originally charged with felony money laundering; DUI/alcohol gross bodily injury; driving with a blood alcohol content of .08 percent/causing injury; leaving the scene of an accident; the sale and transportation of marijuana, and the manufacture of a controlled substance other than PCP.
Hoover had originally pleaded "not guilty" to all charges earlier this year.
According to California law, Hoover will only serve about 85 percent of his sentence, or just under six years, according to Butte County Deputy District Attorney Jennifer Bennett, who prosecuted the case. Hoover will also get credit for being in jail almost a year, she added.
Bennett called the sentence a "concrete outcome." She added that the outcome is not always known when a case goes to a jury trial.
"The maximum amount of time he can get for those three counts is seven years and he stipulated to the upper term," Bennett said. "So for those particular crimes, he is serving as much time as he can."
At the Sept. 5 sentencing hearing, Miss Chesterman's family will get a chance to make "impact statements and let the court and defendant know how this has impacted their lives," Bennett added.
"I'm pleased in terms that he pleaded to all the counts that had to do with the death of Kristina and those were the most egregious accounts and the accounts that mattered the most," Bennett added.
The Chesterman family did not think the deal was "fair," according to a post by Miss Chesterman's mom, Sandra, on the Remembering Kristina Chesterman Facebook page.
"We had very little time to give our input in this offer but based on the risks that we would take by going to trial, we reluctantly accepted this disgusting and unfair offer," Sandra wrote. "As we were agreeing to the offer, I specifically said it was an injustice and unfair that this is how our system works and we vowed to make the necessary changes to these ridiculous one sided laws. Neither Dave or I ever said that we felt this was a fair deal."
Sandra also posted a promise to her daughter.
"This is where it stops, I promise you, Kristina that your death will change the system," Sandra wrote.
Sandra vowed to "do everything in our power to change these laws so that the victims and their families will feel vindicated when the trial is over."
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Incredible. Like those other crimes he was committing were nothing. If I were the DA I would have never offered or accepted a plea deal. Why accept a plea deal when this punk is indefensively guilty on all charges? He should have gotten time for being out of state on probation, time for running a drug operation, time for selling illegal drugs across state lines, possession of illegal substances, and second degree murder (come on...it's not like DUI is a brand new thing...everyone knows not to do it). He should have been jailed on federal and state charges. Life in prison would be more appropriate.
ok frist off i think kristina got the rotten end of the stick.he did the crime he needs too do the time. 7 years. 5 years good behavior. wrong . not good enough. think of the innocent life he took from her family because of what he did. hummm drink and drive. and be high on pot. THE DA ought too be ashame of himself too want too help him.and too drop the drug chargers. he needs too spend time in prison and think about what he did. i hought they was suppost too be tuffer on drunk drivers so why havent the.y get with it do something about this problem thats taking innocent life lets put a stop too this before its more life


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The first thing I stole was mommies heart, when I came to live with the family, mom had me stay in a spare bedroom with her during the day for a few hours so I could run around , and play without upsetting Mariya, and Gracie. She slowly introduced me into the rest of the house, it was a very big place. Mom bought me a huge kitty tree to play on, and tied a bunch of strings to the banister for me to play with, I untied them all. She was worried that Mariya would sit on me or step on me cuz I was so small, turns out Mariya treated me like I was her baby. I love my big sister.
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1. First allow me to submit my own two cents worth (to review my impressions
on the Magnepan 1.6QR pls skip to paragraph three): 9-11 has taught us that
life is very short. Fullfill your needs, take advantage of what life has to
offer. I do not consider myself to be a "audiphile" I do not have the money
or resources. However, I recently refueled my interest (since adolesence) in
audio gear. Myself (like many others) grew up reading the now defunct
monthly magazine "Stereo Review". It amazed me how every review (it seemed
to me anyway) of audio equipment was at the least adequate/never glaring or
negative. I guess it fell under the "don't bite the hand that feeds you"
principle (most equipment reviewed were also built by major advitisers of
the magazine). But alas, the periodical always satisfied and stirred the
interest of audio/hi fi gear in me. It seemed the world of (high end?) hi fi
equipment such as Revox, Meridian, Infinity (hey were're talkin' 70's
here!), Marantz, yes even Carver was far beyond my grasp.
2. Enter Ebay. Sure I'm aware of the caveats, shipping horror stories,
unwarranted items etc., but hey, you got to admit-you can't find some of
this stuff at your neighbor's garage sale! And isn't that what Ebay is
anyway -a giant (worldwide) flea market?! Plus there are certain safeguards
in place ie, safeharbor, etc. But to see some of the gear available from the
70's going for pennies! I a aquired a Marantz 1060 and 14 Integrated Amp for
$40 bucks each! Mark Levinson's going for 50 cent on the dollar used (of
course). B&W 801 Matrix considered by some to be the best speaker in the
World -pound for pound (a speaker a former roomate of mine "swore" he'd own
one day which at the time retailed for $5000!) on Ebay for $2300! Who cares
it the things weigh 300 pounds and special shipping/crating required? My
point is I succesfully built a-what I consider to be a high end system. I do
not make a lot of money (apprx 35k annually); but most importantly I have
(what my wife and I disagree on:) priorities! ie; the kids needing shoes
-vs-oh, say $200 interconnects for my speakers-that sort of thing! Well with
some sneaking and a little white lying (I keep telling/convincing
myself/her: at least it ain't crack!) I was able to come up with a very
decent "starter" audiophile system" on a budget! Preamp: $350 for Adcom GFP
565 (a stereophile recommended and now classic) Two Nakamichi PA-7 monster
amps running 200watts mono (I consider a definite giant killer) and
considered better than Adcom's GFA 555's at $400 each! A rotel RCD 965
limited edition CD player -$150. Finally a pair of Vanderteen 2c
speakers-$500. Try match this for under $2000! Apparently my Vandy's
challenged my kids to a duel (and lost) and had to be replaced. Since it's a
crime to disgard children, I opt'd for a new set of speakers. I did not go
the ebay route this time, instead I wandered into my freindly neighborhood
run of the mill high end store. I asked the salesman what he had in the
$1500 range. I explained I was not looking for quanity at this point in my
life; but quality.
3. Which brings us to Magnepan and his current masterpiece: the 1.6QR's. I admire Jim Winey and his "out of the box" concept of audio speaker design. I'm not a engineer or physicist and I do not know what makes a magneplanar speaker work; But I do know these work magnificiently! You could not buy these in a Circuit City or Best Buy or Good Guys etc. no, not in this age of home theater, satellite speakers, subwoofers, dolby this, dolby that, MP3's, DVD's, (you get the picture). Further, these are truly a high-end speaker in every sense. (Hey-you can't purchase a steinway at K-Mart can you?!) Nor can you purchase these, pluck em' down in the living room, fire up the ole' Fisher receiver and expect acoustic alchemy! Not that Maggies can't deliver HT (home theater) sound quality; see the MGCC2's on the Magnepan website : http://www.magnepan.com. I have not used the 1.6's for HT yet; I primarly purchased these for audio only playback. Which brings me to the sound. I knew from the first decible these were special. The best way to describe the sound was "ambient". They truly do disappear! The pro's and con's: These speakers are NOT as finicky as some would lead you to beleive. It's true they need power (they are inefficient by design; 86db!) but think in terms of quality vs quanity. Case in point: when my normal amp was down I ran the speakers using my old Sansui AU G99X an integrated amp rated at approx 200WPC at 8ohms; 250/280 in 4ohms. I play a solo saxophone piece by Mccoy Tyner. It ran well until Mccoy hit a lower octave on his baratone sax and it was shut down city! Conversely, I ran the same passage through my old stand-by Marantz 1060 at 60 watts and it played flawlessly!
4. Unfortunately the Maggies biggest attribute is also it's achilles heel: Their uncanning, crystal-clear clarity and their ability to reveal weaknesses in your system truly stand out! Be prepared, (if your serious about your system) to spend some time and money for these! You have to get the best interconnects, amps, preamps etc. It's true when my salesperson told me owning these are like being married (if Maggie says move the couch and does'nt like the curtains, you move the couch and get rid of the curtains!). Speaker placement however is crucial (although not as critical as some electrostatic's tend to be). I'm learning you don't necessarily aim the speakers as much as "designing" a soundfield in your room. Unfortunately, I'm learning big screen TV's and maggies don't like sharing the spotlight! So for serious listening the big screen is rolled out of the living room! Would you place a 6 foot diagonal black cube on stage while Miles Davis performed; well neither would Maggie!
5. I feel I made the best move purchasing the 1.6QR's. But they are not for everyone! I'm 41 years old, my kids aren't toddlers anymore, and NO cats around to climb on these! I grew up listening to rock, soul, (ok I'll even admit disco-but I was forced to via the airwaves!) jazz, and now classical. This is truly a magnificent speaker, capable certainly of reproducing any genre (although heavy metal and rapsters would be disappointing). But it's ability to reproduce the human voice -particulairly female- and piano's are uncanning. Listening to a cappella recording (try Livingston Taylor's version of "Grandma's Hands") is truly a remarkable experience! Listen to Stepen Marley and Erykah Badu sing "I'm in love with you" and you actually "see" Stephen facing Erykah, Erykah facing the listener! Or Jewel, singing the "morning song" she is there in your living room! For pure "wow" factor I play to unsuspecting freinds Pablo Sanchez's "cold sweat/funky broadway" guranteed to drop jaws!
6. The 1.6Qr's have a commanding presence, almost 6' high, 1 1/2 foot wide, 2 inch deep,dominating the listening room, (scoring a perfect 10 in the "wow" factor amongst freinds and relatives!). I'm amazed when in my normal sitting position I'm "enrapped" in sound rich, and full. However, when I stand and approach the speakers themselves, they actually "disappear" all that's left is music coming from the soundstage! By design the speakers are literally transparent, with sound flowing from the front and rear, thereby reflecting and projecting the room with a very convincing soundstage (Not to be confused with a similar and popular "direct reflect" concept). Much has been noted of it's lack of reproducing deep bass. Hey-there's bass; perhaps not the Arnold Schwarzenegger type of in your face explosion in HT but more in terms of a subtle, more acoustic/upright bass feel.
7. Well I think I've said enough already! Jim Winey obviously has a winner and at roughly $1600 this is indeed a standout. In fact, Stereophile magazine rated this pair a "class B" rating (often reserved for spkr's in the 2-8 thousand dollar range) But decide for yourself. Arrainge (if possible) an audition for these and be prepared to become addicted!
Product Weakness: shows component weakness(s),spkr placement Product Strengths: giant killer; cyrstal clear highs; blood line, price, modern classic, made in the U.S.A.
Associated Equipment for this Review: Amplifier: nakamichi pa7 Preamplifier (or None if Integrated): adcom gfp 565 Sources (CDP/Turntable): technics cd Speakers: magnepan 1.6qr's Cables/Interconnects: transparncies Music Used (Genre/Selections): all but country/rap Room Size (LxWxH): 30 x 10 x 8 Type of Audition/Review: Product Owner
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Topic - REVIEW: Magnepan Magneplanar 1.6QR Speakers - jameskerry 19:37:02 02/14/02 ( 12)
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- yep and much of the movie's audio is synthetic (more) - Aroc 06:13:39 02/15/02 ( 4)
- HT and Sound - sam9 09:33:14 02/15/02 ( 0)
- Re: yep and much of the movie's audio is synthetic (more)...On Movie Sound + Fidelity.. - Rich H 07:17:28 02/15/02 ( 2)
- Re: yep and much of the movie's audio is synthetic (more)...On Movie Sound + Fidelity.. - kenk 23:57:39 02/16/02 ( 0)
- yeah, that's basically what I meant. <nt> - Aroc 11:27:48 02/15/02 ( 0)
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What 70 IQ looks like
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#1 Jul 16, 2013
"...One thing that's remarkable about the testimony of Rachel Jeantel is that it puts on display a black whom one would simply never see under the standard media unspoken rules. Any depiction of a black who came across as so deeply ignorant, frankly stupid, transparently hostile, and flagrantly dishonest would be met with accusations of racism because it is so unflattering."
Yep. Three hundred pounds of stupid ghetto groid.
#2 Jul 16, 2013
I found her comment when asked if "Martin using the phrase, Wild A## Cracker was racial and she said, No.
#4 Jul 16, 2013
Great link. In.the case of Jeantel. I believe her to be some.variation of an idiot savant. No she can't count cards or perform higher order mathematics or have an eidetic memory. No her skill beyond drooling in a corner is being a jababa ( now called.ebonics) speaking ho. While trayvon was a thug he didn't have deformed.face or.a.freak show body.so since.jantel is.down right ugly she had.to be.able to suck the.chrome off a trailer hitch.
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#5 Jul 16, 2013
So just because they are black we should point out their uneducated? That's rich! I'm sure the sea of idiots is made up of plenty of white people too. You know how you can tell if they have a 70 IQ or lower? They blame black people for all of their problems, while the powers that be rob them blind . Useful idiot pawns in their blame game.
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#6 Jul 16, 2013
I'm pretty sure that if a white girl had got on the stand and talked like that, or talked to Piers Morgan like that, people would have called her an idiot too.
#7 Jul 17, 2013
Spoken like a true 71 IQ. Way to be, groid.
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#8 Jul 17, 2013
Hey now! She has been offered a tutor and a scholarship to a predominantly black college. I thought they should have paid for speech therapy lessons.
NN)-- She might still be figuring out what she wants to study, but her finances just got a lot more clear.
On Tuesday, radio host Tom Joyner offered Rachel Jeantel, a friend who was on the phone with Trayvon Martin the night he was killed, a full ride to college.
Juror: I felt sorry for Rachel Jeantel
Defending her friend Trayvon Martin
Jeantel, 19, spoke to CNN's "Piers Morgan Live" on Monday night.
Joyner said he was so touched by what she said then, and during her testimony during the trial of George Zimmerman, that he was moved to help.
Zimmerman, a former neighborhood watch volunteer, was acquitted of a second-degree murder charge in Martin's shooting death.
Passions on display over Zimmerman verdict
"Rachel, here's my offer to you. If you want to graduate from high school and go to an HBCU, even if it's not in Florida but especially Florida ... If you want to do that, I want to help you do that," Joyner said during his radio show Tuesday, referring to historically black colleges and universities.
"I will help you get tutors to get you out of high school, tutors to help you pass the SAT, and I will give you a full-ride scholarship to any HBCU you'd like."
Jeantel, who said she might want to go into law enforcement, thanked Joyner.
The host later appeared on CNN's "Piers Morgan Live" Tuesday night.
He described how Jeantel's life has been turned upside down in the past year and half by Martin's death and the trial.
"We talked to her people today and it's going to take some work, first of all to get her a high school diploma, and get her ready for the SAT test, and then entered into college. But we are going to do that," he said.
"She deserves a chance," Joyner added.
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Since: Dec 11
#9 Jul 17, 2013
Jeantel said Monday that she was "disappointed, upset, angry, questioning and mad" at Zimmerman's acquittal.
She found herself in an unforgiving spotlight of the nationally televised trial, during which viewers criticized her dress, her weight, her speech and her combative manner on the stand. She admitted to lying about her age and her reasons for skipping Martin's funeral.
She called the verdict "BS" and said Martin, 17, was never aggressive.
"He was a calm, chill, loving person who loved his family, definitely his mother, and a good friend," Jeantel said.
#10 Jul 17, 2013
Was that a Firestone or Michelin tire around her chin(s)?
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#11 Jul 17, 2013
yeah? And people would blame it on her being white? I figured you would blame it on her being a woman or a blonde. That seems to be the train of thought
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#12 Jul 17, 2013
well at least I don't blame my problems on people that have nothing to do with them. Do you like when liberals stoop to your level and call you inbred, religious whackos and nutters? Do you know how easy it is to stereotype you as such? Especially when you guys start an unfair thread like this. Ever see the youtube videos of romney supporters with misspelled signs?
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#13 Jul 17, 2013
at least you only pointed out she's fat! LOL! Anything after a double chin is called a chitty. Oh man! Had it been a skinny person , the media would've nailed her to the cross. Only because she's fat, right? Ok wiseinheimer....
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#14 Jul 17, 2013
Why you gotta drag me into it? Everybody knows fat is a side effect of stupid pantz. Why do you think so many women are overweight? Its fat that makes ones IQ low ,not race.
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#15 Jul 17, 2013
"Uneducated" comes in a variety of packages. I thought you knew...
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#16 Jul 18, 2013
read the thread? What's funny is you guys make up all this media bias when it comes to race that isn't there. If only you guys would pay half the attention to any issue of real concern. So many things to nail liberals down on, jobs, the middle east, inflation, torture prisons, taxes, the deficit, corporate tax loopholes, domestic spying, fracking, and on and on.
Why this racist garbage????
Conservative values, good
Rightwing religious racist homophobes,bad
#17 Jul 18, 2013
Because that's the game obama opened with. He's stoking the racial hatred. He could end it, but he's too lazy to even try.
#18 Jul 18, 2013
My retarded skunk would do better with speech therapy for Jantel. Every time she starts speaking Jababa ( ebonics) he would spray her in the face.
#19 Jul 18, 2013
^^^^^ What a 70 IQ posts like.
"Where did I put my tiara?"
Since: Dec 11
#20 Jul 18, 2013
Now, now...No need to self deprecate. You are "loved" on topix, you are amongst friends, we appreciate your candor regarding your IQ test.
#21 Jul 18, 2013
You're as funny as Tiny Tim's crutches.
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For a more fun way to eat kale, try making this Spicy Thai Kale Chips recipe!
The strawberries add some juiciness to the salad so you don't need to use as much oil in the dressing. That's a pretty good trick to remember. I, of course, then turned around and also added nuts and cheese so I'm not sure I'm really saving anything in the calorie department. But I feel like as long as I'm eating my vegetables, what's the harm in drowning them in oil and/or cheese?
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Strawberry Kale Salad
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Total Time: 10 mins
- Yield: 4
1 bunch kale (5-6 ounces) or 5 ounces baby kale
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon lemon juice (1/2 lemon)
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon Balsamic vinegar
2 teaspoons honey
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
drizzle hot chili oil (optional)
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- Cut the tough ends off the kale bunch. Slice the rest into 1″ strips. Rinse and drain well. Pat dry with a clean tea towel. (if using baby kale, just start with the next step)
- Put kale into a large bowl and sprinkle with salt, lemon juice. Massage kale with your hands for 2-3 minutes until it has wilted slightly. (Baby kale will only need a minute or so.)
- Add olive oil, balsamic, honey, pepper and chili oil. Toss with tongs to coat well.
- Add strawberries and pecans to kale. (At this point, you can refrigerate the salad for up to 2 hours.)
- Add cheese right before serving.
To make salad even farther in advance, massage and dress the kale salad but don't add strawberries and nuts. Refrigerate up to 8 hours, adding remaining ingredients at serving time.
- Calories: 230
The key is to massage your kale. Not like in a dirty, sexualized way, but in a friendly, washing the poor guy's feet kind of way. You want to rub the salt and lemon juice right into the leaves to soften them up and make them easier to chew than non-massaged kale, which is like chewing grass.


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His screams were heard by passers-by who dialled 999.
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The lifeboat crew was assisted by members of the South Shields Volunteer Life Brigade on the cliff top, who spotted the boy, who had a compound fracture of his leg which was bleeding.
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Obama Struck Secret Deal to Back Hillary in 2016: Book
(NEWSER) – A new book by journalist Edward Klein says Obama has been pushed into supporting a 2016 presidential run by Hillary Clinton. Obama offered the endorsement in exchange for Bill Clinton's enthusiastic nominating speech at the 2012 Democratic convention, writes Klein in an extract of The Amateur: Barack Obama in the White House published in the New York Post. The deal was allegedly struck in spite of a history of animositybetween the two presidents. "Obama doesn't know how to be president. He doesn't know how the world works. He's incompetent. He's an amateur!" Klein quotes Bill as saying privately, via a source.


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Improved Attack on the Cellular Authentication and Voice Encryption Algorithm (CAVE)
Gauravaram, Praveen S. & Millan, William L. (2004) Improved Attack on the Cellular Authentication and Voice Encryption Algorithm (CAVE). In International Workshop on Cryptographic Algorithms and their Uses, July, 2004, Gold Coast, Australia.
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We present new cryptanalysis of the Telecommunications hash algorithm known as Cellular Authentication and Voice Encryption Algorithm (CAVE). The previous guess-and-determine style reconstruction attack requires $2^{91}$ (resp. $2^{93}$) evaluations of CAVE-4 (resp. CAVE-8) to find a single valid pre-image (one which satisfies the input redundancy). Here we present a new attack that finds emph{all} valid pre-images with effort equivalent to around $2^{72}$ evaluations of the algorithm for both CAVE-4 and CAVE-8.
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Jimmy Fallon Turns NBC Anchor Brian Williams Into an Old-School Rapper [VIDEO]
When I was in middle school, I heard "Rapper's Delight" by Sugar Hill Gang all the time. We all liked it, even if local radio stations didn't want to play it very much.
That is definitive "old-school" rap.
And Sugar Hill Gang's original version IS a definitive version. I didn't say THE definitive version because I think there are two more.
One other is by Neal McCoy who used to do it in his live shows all the time. I don't know if he still does; I haven't seen him in years. But McCoy's live cover was dead-on.
And now we have a THIRD definitive version. And it's the one that's sweeping the Internet as we speak.
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1 Using flexible arrays in the kernel 2 Last updated for 2.6.32 3 Jonathan Corbet <firstname.lastname@example.com> 4 5 Large contiguous memory allocations can be unreliable in the Linux kernel. 6 Kernel programmers will sometimes respond to this problem by allocating 7 pages with vmalloc(). This solution not ideal, though. On 32-bit systems, 8 memory from vmalloc() must be mapped into a relatively small address space; 9 it's easy to run out. On SMP systems, the page table changes required by 10 vmalloc() allocations can require expensive cross-processor interrupts on 11 all CPUs. And, on all systems, use of space in the vmalloc() range 12 increases pressure on the translation lookaside buffer (TLB), reducing the 13 performance of the system. 14 15 In many cases, the need for memory from vmalloc() can be eliminated by 16 piecing together an array from smaller parts; the flexible array library 17 exists to make this task easier. 18 19 A flexible array holds an arbitrary (within limits) number of fixed-sized 20 objects, accessed via an integer index. Sparse arrays are handled 21 reasonably well. Only single-page allocations are made, so memory 22 allocation failures should be relatively rare. The down sides are that the 23 arrays cannot be indexed directly, individual object size cannot exceed the 24 system page size, and putting data into a flexible array requires a copy 25 operation. It's also worth noting that flexible arrays do no internal 26 locking at all; if concurrent access to an array is possible, then the 27 caller must arrange for appropriate mutual exclusion. 28 29 The creation of a flexible array is done with: 30 31 #include <linux/flex_array.h> 32 33 struct flex_array *flex_array_alloc(int element_size, 34 unsigned int total, 35 gfp_t flags); 36 37 The individual object size is provided by element_size, while total is the 38 maximum number of objects which can be stored in the array. The flags 39 argument is passed directly to the internal memory allocation calls. With 40 the current code, using flags to ask for high memory is likely to lead to 41 notably unpleasant side effects. 42 43 It is also possible to define flexible arrays at compile time with: 44 45 DEFINE_FLEX_ARRAY(name, element_size, total); 46 47 This macro will result in a definition of an array with the given name; the 48 element size and total will be checked for validity at compile time. 49 50 Storing data into a flexible array is accomplished with a call to: 51 52 int flex_array_put(struct flex_array *array, unsigned int element_nr, 53 void *src, gfp_t flags); 54 55 This call will copy the data from src into the array, in the position 56 indicated by element_nr (which must be less than the maximum specified when 57 the array was created). If any memory allocations must be performed, flags 58 will be used. The return value is zero on success, a negative error code 59 otherwise. 60 61 There might possibly be a need to store data into a flexible array while 62 running in some sort of atomic context; in this situation, sleeping in the 63 memory allocator would be a bad thing. That can be avoided by using 64 GFP_ATOMIC for the flags value, but, often, there is a better way. The 65 trick is to ensure that any needed memory allocations are done before 66 entering atomic context, using: 67 68 int flex_array_prealloc(struct flex_array *array, unsigned int start, 69 unsigned int nr_elements, gfp_t flags); 70 71 This function will ensure that memory for the elements indexed in the range 72 defined by start and nr_elements has been allocated. Thereafter, a 73 flex_array_put() call on an element in that range is guaranteed not to 74 block. 75 76 Getting data back out of the array is done with: 77 78 void *flex_array_get(struct flex_array *fa, unsigned int element_nr); 79 80 The return value is a pointer to the data element, or NULL if that 81 particular element has never been allocated. 82 83 Note that it is possible to get back a valid pointer for an element which 84 has never been stored in the array. Memory for array elements is allocated 85 one page at a time; a single allocation could provide memory for several 86 adjacent elements. Flexible array elements are normally initialized to the 87 value FLEX_ARRAY_FREE (defined as 0x6c in <linux/poison.h>), so errors 88 involving that number probably result from use of unstored array entries. 89 Note that, if array elements are allocated with __GFP_ZERO, they will be 90 initialized to zero and this poisoning will not happen. 91 92 Individual elements in the array can be cleared with: 93 94 int flex_array_clear(struct flex_array *array, unsigned int element_nr); 95 96 This function will set the given element to FLEX_ARRAY_FREE and return 97 zero. If storage for the indicated element is not allocated for the array, 98 flex_array_clear() will return -EINVAL instead. Note that clearing an 99 element does not release the storage associated with it; to reduce the 100 allocated size of an array, call: 101 102 int flex_array_shrink(struct flex_array *array); 103 104 The return value will be the number of pages of memory actually freed. 105 This function works by scanning the array for pages containing nothing but 106 FLEX_ARRAY_FREE bytes, so (1) it can be expensive, and (2) it will not work 107 if the array's pages are allocated with __GFP_ZERO. 108 109 It is possible to remove all elements of an array with a call to: 110 111 void flex_array_free_parts(struct flex_array *array); 112 113 This call frees all elements, but leaves the array itself in place. 114 Freeing the entire array is done with: 115 116 void flex_array_free(struct flex_array *array); 117 118 As of this writing, there are no users of flexible arrays in the mainline 119 kernel. The functions described here are also not exported to modules; 120 that will probably be fixed when somebody comes up with a need for it.


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Nebraska's road to the Big Ten Championship game got a lot bumpier on Wednesday after a 10-9 loss to Michigan State in the first round of the tournament.
The Huskers were down 10-2 heading into the bottom of the ninth, but after scoring four runs, senior Kale Kiser had a bases loaded clearing double with two outs to make the score 10-9.
Freshman lead-off hitter Pat Kelly walked to the plate hoping a hit would score Kiser. After a wild pitch moved the runner to third, Kelly put a good swing on the ball, hitting a line drive, but it was caught by a leaping Ryan Jones at second base.
"Offensively we have never quit the whole year. I thought we swung the bats fantastic, a couple hard breaks," said Erstad, who pointed out mental errors to the Huskers Sports Network during the postgame show. "It boils down to execution. They executed better than we did. We did fight back well, but at the end of the day it's going to boil down to execution and pitching and they were a little better than us today."
Nebraska now heads to the consolation bracket and will play the loser of Penn State and Ohio State. The Huskers will wait to announce the starting pitcher until they know who they are playing.
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Mother's Day Approaches!
Mother's Day is right around the corner, and that always makes me think of my own mom, of course, but also about all the incredible mothers I've known who have guided and supported me throughout the years. I think about the mentors and teachers, aunts and grandmothers, contemporaries and older friends who shared the wisdom of their life experiences. I think about all of these amazing women, and I am grateful for each and every one of them. That's why on Mother's Day, I don't just call my mom; I call my sister, who is busy with two kids out in California. I call my aunt whose sons have long been grown and out of the house. I call my grandmother and listen to her recount stories of my mom's childhood and my own, all of which I've heard many times, and feel grateful that she still recalls them so well and enjoys sharing them with me.
Then, of course, I think about my own life as a mom, and I eagerly look forward to the painted handprints and macaroni art my kids are sure to bring home for Mother's Day. When your kids are seven and almost five, those are pretty much the best presents ever, especially when they come with kid kisses, proud smiles, and a breakfast I don't have to clean up.
For those of us who are a tad outside the macaroni frame age range, gift giving for Mother's Day can be a little more complicated. We want to give thoughtful, meaningful gifts, but at the same time, there's Mom saying, "Oh, I don't need anything." There's always the standard floral arrangement, which is lovely. And of course you can send Mom a spa gift certificate or a hand-written letter, which are sure to please. But this year, I think it's time for something different, something every woman loves: jewelry. And, as I happen to know of a pretty awesome jewelry company, I think this Mother's Day should be a Lauren's Hope Mother's Day.
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If your mom is a primary caregiver, whether for a child with special needs or an aging relative, wearing an ICE ID is an extra form of protection. In an emergency, if she is unable to advocate for those in her charge, her bracelet can help do that for her. For instance, I am a primary caregiver for a child with special needs, so my Lauren's Hope ID bracelet is custom engraved with our emergency contact information and the fact that my son is a nonverbal child with autism.


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Scott Lenahan - I don't really remember them - the fans and people. I know that as far as the noise, that wasn't really an issue because it's not a place that's a really rumbling stadium like in Death Valley, in Clemson, where you can't hear anything. As far as Wake Forest and playing there, they are a well-coached team. Jim Grobe has been there for a while and his guys always execute well. You can't make mistakes because they will be well coached and they're not going to make many.
Buck Sanders – Scott, that defensive line, in '07, they gave you guys a tough time. They did some really interesting stuff – and still do - with their defensive line in terms of moving guys around and not knowing where the pressure is coming from. I kind of think, this offensive line at UNC, might be able to handle it.
Scott Lenahan - I remember that. That was awful. They anticipated the snap count, as far as our movement in the backfield, they kind of knew when we were going to snap the ball.
Mark Paschal - I remember that game as clear as day. I think it was a noon kick. There were probably 25,000 or 30,000 people there. The whole thing just seemed dead. Everybody was flat. I think they won the ACC Championship the year before or that year. They were good. Going to Wake Forest, this is an opportunity for this team to make a statement early on in the year that, ok, we just beat Elon 62-0, but okay, we're going to step up and play an ACC opponent and get this thing cranked up and moving in the right direction – going forward. I think 62-0 is great, but let's do it against an ACC opponent on the road and see how we do. Looking back at what we did in '07 and how different of a scheme it was, the different guys that they had as opposed to now – there's a lot of different factors – but, I think it will be very interesting to see how these guys respond after coming out and really jumping on Elon.
There's a lot of different things that account for that, whether it's coaching changes, coaching philosophies, just having guys graduate, they've always been for red-shirting guys and really building on maturity and experience. Right now, just looking at Wake Forest, I don't see them being a huge challenge for us. But, going over there, it's a flat, dead atmosphere and these guys are going to have to find it in themselves to get motivated. They can't feed off the crowd. They can't feed off anything like that because it's not going to be there.
Brian Chacos - Buck, when I played over there in '04, and this is sort of what Jim Grobe's deal is, he has some really good recruiting classes, then it's almost like he takes two or three years and it drops down. When we played them in '04, they had guys like Jon Abatte, who Scott is good friends with, who I think was the ACC Defensive Rookie of the Year. They had a running back, Chris Barclay, who was a heck of a running back. They had some talented guys when I was there. But, again, I think to Mark and Scott's point, the environment is not intimidating.
If anything, for a lot of these young players and freshmen, this is a great place to sort of get your feet wet on the road – get in a new environment. A lot of these kids are from North Carolina that will have family and friends in the stands. It is not an intimidating crowd – a great place to get your feet wet. I think we have better personnel than these guys. I think it's going to start up front. I think our offensive line is going to dominate again. Sort of what we showed on defense on Saturday with the attacking sort of mentality, I think we're going to get after them. I think their quarterback is okay, at best. I think we're going to put him in an uncomfortable position and definitely get after him.
Buck Sanders – There's a couple of things working in UNC's favor along those lines – one of those being, the Deacons have got four brand new offensive linemen and it's the second game of the year. Plus, they've got one really one good wide receiver and that's Michael Campanero. Obviously, Elon is not Wake Forest but their receiver Mellette had, what, 130 some catches last year, or something crazy like that? He really got nothing off of UNC. So, I think it's going to be interesting to see how the UNC secondary does against the Campanero and Price combo. Speaking to that point about defense, I wanted to ask Mark, do you think the North Carolina defense was intense enough for you last week? Did they look intense enough for you on defense?
Mark Paschal - They showed flashes of it. The one thing that really stuck out to me, Buck, was that these guys, when they flew around the football, it was, fly to the football, get as many hats on the ball carrier as you can, and then line up and do it again. There was no chest bumping; there was no "look at me" celebrations really, besides the one interception. That's the one thing that I was impressed with. I know that sounds a little strange. It was like, 'okay, we shut them down on this first drive, let's keep going.' There was no, 'look at me, I'm the man,' it's not about me – it was a defensive team attitude. That's what I was excited about because as a guy that showed a lot of emotion on the football field and tried to play the game the right way with the right amount of passion, it's about the 11 guys you're playing with. It's about the other guys. The only reason you're able to make a play is because somebody else on that defensive line was doing their job and giving you a chance to make a play as a linebacker. I think that Fedora is going in the right direction with 'it's not about me; it's not about the individual'; it's not about pumping my chest and doing the dancing and all that stuff. It's about the team effort and lining up and smacking the opponents in the mouth and getting back to the huddle and doing it again. I think that those guys really showed a sense of maturity on the defensive side of the ball that I was most actually excited about.
Buck Sanders – Quincy, what was it that you saw about the defensive side of the ball that you think will translate to this Wake Forest game.
Quincy Monk - The way they flew around the ball as a team, I was very impressed with that. What I saw from this new scheme was (Sylvester) Williams and (Kareem) Martin getting in the backfield, the linebackers really attacking their lanes, and you saw defensive backs play aggressively. We got one tipped interception, on the other, we played aggressive, and got a pick on a screen play. You like to see the defensive taking initiative and being aggressive. Like Scott mentioned earlier, with these new schemes on both sides of the ball, I think we're going to be able to take advantage of Wake Forest. They've got four new offensive linemen, we've got some veteran guys on the defensive line, also a linebacker corps that can really cause havoc. And, the aggressive tempo, you know, Fedora likes to have a lot of plays, I really think we wear Wake Forest out early, like we did Elon because we kind of took the will out of Elon's heart after the first quarter.
You saw, as they got into the game, the third or fourth quarter, their guys were dog-tired because we were the aggressive ones. We kept putting new rotations in every play. You saw their guys had hands on their hips and leaning down. I think we'll have the same effect against Wake Forest. You know it's an ACC opponent, but they definitely don't have the caliber of candidates with the athletic ability that we have as a whole. So, I'm looking forward to seeing what we build on Elon . . . having a game like Elon builds your confidence. It's a new era, and they're feeling good about themselves. It's something to build on for the next opponent. Fedora is not going to let them slack off. They're going to keep that hunger, that aggressive mentality.
Buck Sanders – One of the things that Mack Brown really emphasized when he was at UNC was winning the state championship. He, in fact, invented the term, I believe. He was concentrating on, and constantly wanting to say, "I beat every other team in the state." And, this year, North Carolina is playing five of them. They're playing Elon, Wake Forest, State, Duke and East Carolina. How important is it? I know that North Carolina doesn't often recruit the same players that Wake Forest does, but in terms of checking that box, in terms of beating in-state opponents, how important is that to what Fedora is trying to build?
Quincy Monk - I'll take this one. I think it's very important because I played under Mack. I was in the last recruiting class. So that meant a lot to me. He actually created awards for every time we beat in-state opponents. We had t-shirts that had a countdown on it with which state school was next. So, as a player, you build up on that because it not only gives you bragging rights, but also helps your recruiting game. I think Fedora has a close relationship with Mack Brown, so that's where he got his philosophy – you win the state championship, you win the state in recruiting. If you win the state in recruiting, there's enough athletes in the state of North Carolina that can produce something really special. We lost a couple of guys this year to Georgia. We saw what (Todd) Gurley did last week in the first game as a true freshman in Georgia. We've got those kinds of athletes here in the state of North Carolina. I think the fact that he's bringing the philosophy back is the right, winning, attitude. As a high school player, you want to go to the school that's known for winning. If we build this kind of mentality, this kind of philosophy, we'll start winning the State in recruiting and we'll start getting those guys that now would rather go to a SEC school. They will rather come to North Carolina because they're doing something special. When Mack left, we were top five in the nation. So, I think the way he's doing things is really the right way to build this program back to where it used to be.
Brian Chacos - I think Bunting placed a strong value in that as well - him being an alumnus and having a strong sense of rivalry with a lot of the schools in-state. One year before the 2004 season, all of us got shirts with that huge outline of the State of North Carolina with a red dot of NC State, a gold dot of Wake Forest, and a royal blue dot of Duke, highlighted and said, "Take it back." We won those three games that year in '04. That was a huge emphasis for Coach Bunting. Coach Fedora, when he came in, he said he wants to put up a huge fence and he wants to put barbed wire on it, saying that he wants top talent to stay in North Carolina. That's an important to him, that's important to the foundation he wants for this university and this program. We've got to keep the top talent in this state because if you can't protect the fertile grounds of North Carolina and all the best players that are here, and lose them to the SEC or other ACC schools, you're going to be in trouble. I think, adding on to Quincy, you got to really take care of the kids you've got in-state; you've got to really protect what's going on here in your backyard, and taking care of schools that are in-state first.
Buck Sanders – Good stuff guys, now it's prediction time; Mark, let's go with you. What's your prediction for Saturday?
Mark Paschal - How about 49-14?
Buck Sanders – Wow. Impressive. That's a bold statement, I think. Quincy, how about you?
Quincy Monk - I like the big gap there, but I'm thinking 35-13.
Buck Sanders – How about you Brian?
Brian Chacos - 31-10.
Buck Sanders – Scott Lenahan. What's your prediction?
Scott Lenahan - I'm going to say, 38-6, and the kicker missed the extra point on the touchdown.
Buck Sanders – Wow. Now that's getting detailed. I don't know if you saw in the Liberty game, he missed a field goal and an extra point. So, I don't know.
Brian Chacos - Buck, can I say that Roy Smith will take one to the house on a punt return?
Buck Sanders – You know, that kid impressed me. On one of his returns, I was up on the press box watching it with Greg Barnes, he caught the ball and he started loping down field. He wasn't going full speed by any chance – he was kind of following his blockers a little bit, and then he caught a second gear and just blew by about four guys.
Mark Paschal - Right. Does is not look like Tre Boston('s approach) on every single punt return? He starts slowly up field, and then he peels it back and blows someone up on every punt return.
Brian Chacos - Look for it this weekend.
Buck Sanders – I think that's a good prediction. I think we'll probably see Quinshad Davis with a few more catches this week. That was a beautiful catch he had against Elon. I think he might get a few more targets thrown his way this week. That's my specialized prediction. Thanks guys.
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Mutual.The Hitman is my all time favorite wrestler
Take all the time you need to meditate on this one bruh.Damn, need to sit on this one for a minute.
Damn, need to sit on this one for a minute.
The Hitman is my all time favorite wrestler
The Hitman is my all time favorite wrestler
NothingButTheTruth wrote: »The Rock and then Ric Flair. Those are the only 2 right answers.
SocialAssassinRati wrote: »man fuck this shit...there are a couple cats on here that I dont think belong like 3:16 ,The Rock, and Angle...they are greats but I just dont think they've put in the grind and shit as these other cats to be included on a list of the greatest of the greats
I mean u got guys that have been in the game 30-40 yrs and on the top of the mountain for the majority of that...I think you drop those cats and put a few of the cats that Proof listed
but as far as picking the rest...idk u cant go wrong with either....but I'm going for Stylin' and Profilin'


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Beautiful example of post war car in better than good shape. Although picture not the greatest, this car has beautiful original paint with box and liner. Offered at reasonable no reserve starting price.


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Rising Stakes in the Spam Wars
From outside the e-mail inbox, it might appear that the war against spam has reached a stalemate. Sure, the average computer user still gets a dozen or more unsolicited messages a day. But increasingly vigilant spam filters are sending a sizeable portion of that junk mail straight into "bulk" e-mail folders, if not the garbage. For many, spam has become an unavoidable, yet acceptable, nuisance. It's delivered, it's deleted, and digital life goes on.
Behind the scenes, though, the fight to keep e-mail clear of clutter is escalating. And the spam-fighting forces aren't always winning. Just ask Spamhaus, the anti-spam firm that maintains a blacklist of companies it considers spammers. The Britain-based company on Sept. 14 was ordered by an Illinois court to pay $11.7 million to U.S.-based e360insight, which said it suffered damages as a result of being included on the Spamhaus list. Spamhaus refuses to pay the penalty, insisting the court has no jurisdiction over it.
The ruling came close on the heels of a report by Panda Software saying 21% of all e-mail received by companies is spam. And the senders are getting more sophisticated and menacing in how they package mail, joining up with criminal organizations to defraud computer users of passwords and financial information, and even arguing for the right to send mass mailings in court.
Israeli anti-spam service Blue Security in May closed its doors after a Russian spammer nicknamed "Pharmamaster" used an army of virus-infected zombie computers to send enough spam to shut down the company's site. In the process, Pharmamaster overloaded the server hosting Blue Security, knocking out millions of blogs on LiveJournal and TypePad in the process.
Tactics like that are taking hold. Roughly 183 billion spam messages were sent each day in 2006, according to The Radicati Group, a technology and market research firm. Of those, 59% successfully landed in inboxes. If current trends continue, 465 billion unsolicited mass e-mails will be sent in 2010. Of those, 55% will make it into inboxes, the group says.
Those e-mails take a big financial toll, says Sara Radicati, the group's president and CEO. Radicati estimates that, worldwide, $198 billion will be spent in 2007 to keep inboxes from becoming overloaded with unsolicited messages. That's nearly 10 times the $20.5 billion spent combating spam in 2003, when the company first released its estimates. Much of the total will go to anti-spam filters, extra server space and network infrastructure, and IT customer-service hours.
In 2007, an average company will spend $257 per e-mail account on combating spam, says Radicati. That's up from $49 in 2003. "We are seriously spending money and effort to keep spam in check," she says. "There's no solution to stop it. It's very, very difficult."
Time Warner's (TWX) AOL concurs. The Internet company doesn't keep exact figures on its spam costs, but Charles Stiles, AOL's postmaster, acknowledges "a lot of resources" are going into filtering spam from members' accounts. Of the 4.5 billion messages AOL processes per day, between 75% and 80% are blocked as spam. In 2005, the company blocked 556 billion e-mails as spam—up from 500 billion in 2003.
What's more, users are spending larger amounts of time and money to keep unsolicited e-mail in check. The network strains can affect the overall price of Internet connections, because ISPs must deal with the added network traffic. Spam filters or security systems that come with spam blockers typically cost between $20 and $40 a year. The filters help, sometimes blocking as much as 80% of spam, but they don't nix it all.
That's unfortunate, since the spam that makes it past defenses has become increasingly virulent. Stiles says he's seeing more blatant fraud attempts in unsolicited messages. "I think what we see now are people that are really very criminal in their activities," says Stiles. "What they're sending isn't advertisements for inexpensive goods. They're trying to steal people's information, they're trying to get into their bank accounts and do a lot of damage" (see BusinessWeek.com, 4/03/06, "Phisher Kings Court Your Trust").
Mass mailers are continually upping the ante to fool filters into delivering their messages. They have begun delivering spam to the comment sections of blogs, obscuring advertising messages with "chaff text" from novels and other sources to trick both filters and computer users into opening messages, and putting text into picture format to pass by filters without Optical Character Recognition Technology.
Phishing sites don't even need to fool computer users into giving out their passwords to compromise their security, says Stiles. Sometimes, just responding to the spam is enough to trigger downloads of key logging programs that can record and forward bank passwords and other information to the spammer.
Roughly 8% of unsolicited e-mails are phishing scams, 4% are fraudulent, and 27% are illicit advertising, according to Radicati. The ad number echoes results by the National Cyber Security Alliance Online Safety Study that found one in four computer users is hit by a phishing attempt each month.
Michael Denning, a vice-president at VeriSign (VRSN), says his company has seen an increasing amount of such phishing e-mails over the past six years. As the general manager of VeriSign's Digital Brand Management Services, he now educates companies about the kind of damage such spam can have for their brands, and what they can do to stop it. "I really see [phishing spam] as a growing problem," Denning says. "I think it has paralleled the growth of the Internet. As a higher-value commerce comes online, you are going to see more fraud. I don't see the trend decreasing."
And it won't, as long as consumers turn a blind eye to spam, says John Mozena, co-founder of the Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial E-mail. The general apathetic attitude toward spam may encourage spammers, he says. "From the overall point of view, the spammers are winning because people more and more seem to have accepted spam as a fact of life," he says. "There was a time when people were pretty angry about spam. Now, a lot of people seem to have given up the fight."
Indeed, anti-spamming legislation has made its way onto the books and is having some impact. On Sept. 14, the Federal Trade Commission announced it had shut down four spamming operations for violating provisions of the 2004 federal CAN-SPAM Act, which requires bulk e-mails to be marked as advertising and to have an opt-out method, among other things. As part of the settlement, spammer Cleverlink Trading and its partners will surrender $400,000 to the FTC.
Radicati's Sara Radicati is unconvinced that tighter legislation is the answer. "The legislation hasn't worked," she says. "Only the companies that make money from the spam filters are the winners."
Mozena disagrees. He believes a public outcry to outlaw spam on a federal level and allowing spam victims to seek large damages in court could sufficiently deter U.S. spammers (see BusinessWeek.com, 4/20/06, "Europe Catching Up to U.S. in Spam"). Given that the U.S. is responsible for the biggest chunk of spam worldwide, that would be a pretty good start.


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Just got another adapter in: the Netgear WG111v2. Found it on eBay, new, for a mere 18 euro's :) (well 15 GBP actually)
And to the contrary what is said here you don't need to look at the serials to determine the version: it is printed very clearly on the side of the adapter.
But the list is right: a very well supported RTL8187L, which I found so far only on the popular (but expensive) Alfa AWUS036H. Granted, no great reception either (no external antenna), but for that price, you should get one anyway..... arp-replay, fragmentation, chop-chop, .... it all worked right away, and fast.
I found that the device runs quite hot though. Hotter then it's chipset-brother Alfa.
(now if only I could change the title of my post to 10 :D )


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The Brian Lehrer Show
30 Issues: Victims of 2008: The Foreclosed On
30 Issues in 30 Days is our election year series on the important issues facing the country this election year. Today: How to end the ongoing foreclosure crisis and relieve those who have lost their homes. Visit the 30 Issue home page for all the conversations.
Open Prep: Questions, Articles, and Links to Get You Started
Key Questions
- Why won't Obama force the banks to help?
- What is the demographic breakdown of foreclosure victims, and what does it suggest about voting trends?
What are your key questions on this topic? Post them below and get the conversation going!
- Robert Shiller, professor of economics at Yale, co-founder of the Case-Shiller housing index, and author of Finance and the Good Society and The Subprime Solution: How Today's Global Financial Crisis Happened, and What to Do about It, talks about the conditions which led to the 2008 foreclosure crisis, who the victims were -- and the ripple-effects to the present.
- Roben Farzad, contributor for Bloomberg Businessweek, lays out what both candidates in the election want to do about victims of the foreclosure crisis, and explains what has been effective so far.
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A beautiful example of the Crabber 17 with a Dark blue hull. 'Lively' was built in 1998 and has been lovingly sailed over her years. She is currently moored at the River Dart, Dartmouth.
There are many new additions to 'Lively' such as Jib with UV strip, tonneau cover both of which where purchase in 2016 - see specifications for further details of the boat.
Length Overall: 20' 0 "
Max Draft: 1'7" - 4' 0"
Included in the sale is:
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Seth Rogen Talks "This Is The End" at NYC Premiere
Seth Rogen doesn't just star in "This Is The End," with a cast that includes James Franco, Jonah Hill, Rihanna, Emma Watson and many other familiar faces. He also co-wrote and co-directed the new disaster comedy with longtime collaborator Evan Goldberg.
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This 20 month old loves her daddy.. and ELVIS!
Ella Mae is ADORABLE! 20 months old and she loves two things... her daddy... and ELVIS!
The whole video is totally worth a watch, but if you don't have a lot of time, fast forward to 4:13. (You'll end up wanting to wanting to watch the whole thing though.. trust me!)
I think it's safe to say this little girl MAY just have a future in music! :)