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It seems fitting that the world's most famous houseguest finally pushed his way onto Celebrity Big Brother this season.
Kato Kaelin, who became a household name almost a quarter century ago when he took the stand during the O.J. Simpson double-murder trial, joined 11 other notables for the second season spinoff of the popular CBS reality series last month.
"When the opportunity presented itself, I thought it was perfect," Kaelin said during a phone interview this week. "I was the most famous houseguest, now it was time for me to be a part of this show. It was perfect."
But following the ousting of Joey Lawrence (Blossom), Jonathan Bennett (Mean Girls) and Olympian Ryan Lochte, Kaelin became the fourth houseguest eliminated this week following a unanimous 5-0 vote.
"People were coming up to me telling me I was such a strong player and when they say that to you on Big Brother it's basically, 'Goodbye,'" he said laughing.
Still, Kaelin, 59, is grateful for his time on the show. After all, he became BFF's with Canadian funnyman Tom Green. He also plans on parlaying his time in the Celebrity Big Brother house into making sure his 15 minutes of fame keep going.
"I have a motto: Forget what you've heard, recognize what you see. And you can quote me on that buddy."
Calling from Los Angeles, Kaelin reflected on his Big Brother gameplay, dished on the house's most toxic twosome and made his prediction for which celeb will win it all.
You were the most famous houseguest in real life and people were excited to see you join Celebrity Big Brother. What made you say yes?
I wanted people to see who Kato was. Maybe people don't know that I have a fun spirit and I love life. So that's what my goal was on the show. I never said, 'I'm going to win this thing!' I just went in there and said, 'Here I am.'
What was your strategy going in?
I needed to find a person I could trust. It all fell into place when I met Tom (Green). From the first day, when we started talking, we both said, 'No matter what, I'll watch your back, you watch my back.' Early on, Tom was worried he was going to be the first one out. I said to him, 'Buddy, it ain't going to happen.' Now he's going to be the winner. He won HoH, so now he's got all the power. Everything switches once someone has the HoH, and now that Tom has it everyone's going to be kissing his b-u-t-t. He's going to break up that alliance between Tamar (Braxton), Ricky (Williams), Lolo (Jones) and Natalie (Eva Marie). It's going to be so great to watch. I'm hoping — and thinking, Mark — he's going to say, 'This one's for you, Kato.'
You and Tom really hit it off. Are Canadians just more trustworthy?
You know what, I've done quite a few things in Canada and I'd say, yes, 100%. The show comes with three d's – dishonesty, deceit and dilemmas – so it was new to me and it kind of threw me. But I was talking to Tom and he said to me, 'Kato, don't take this the wrong way, but you're way too trustworthy.' I remember thinking that wasn't a bad thing, but on Big Brother I guess it is. On Big Brother, you have to be aware that people will go behind your back. There's a lot of that going on. But I learned a lot. I'm going to be a friend of Tom's for the rest of our lives — I know that. We were together for 24 days and we never stopped having fun on the show. There are other people in there who I have (nothing) in common with.
You went out 5-0, did that shock you?
I was shocked that it was 5-0, but I knew I was getting knocked out. The reason it was 5-0 is they had to show an alliance to whoever it was that had the power, but now they no longer have the power. That's why it's such a great show.
We spoke to Joey earlier in the week and he alluded to tension in the household. Did you feel any of that?
Yes, 100%. It didn't feel like anyone wanted to have fun other than Tom and I. But a lot of the tension was down to sleep deprivation. Sleep is hard to come by on the show and that led to knee-jerk reactions to some things. There's too much plotting and you can't sleep and the lights are always on, so it's really, really difficult. But that's part of the game. I'm glad I did it. Would I do it again? I don't think so. It's a tough, tough thing.
Joey, Jonathan and Ryan — they were the first three houseguests eliminated. Did any of those surprise you?
All the dudes are gone. Isn't that funny? Even when (host) Julie (Chen) read my name I said, 'Can someone check for a typo?'
Do you regret anything?
I regret that I didn't trust my gut on some of the challenges.
Who did you think was the most toxic presence in the house?
I think it's a coin toss between Tamar and Lolo. I mean they fought about what's more expensive: sea bass or salmon? I mean fighting … yelling over sea bass and salmon. I was hearing that and thinking, 'really?'
So you think Tom's going to win it all?
Tom's going to be in the final four. There are a lot of questions to answer to get to the final two. If he does that, anyone that goes up against Tom for the final vote from the cast will lose. It will be a slam dunk for Tom. Slam dunk. He's going to make Canada so proud.
What's next for you?
I'm a host with Wizard World, which is a comic-con. We're the world's largest travelling comic-con and we get all the actors from the Marvel and DC movies. I have an entertainment stage and I bring up the talent. So you've got William Shatner or Jason Momoa or the cast of Justice League and then me. I'm on Instagram. Follow me and you will see the fun that I bring every day.
It's been almost 25 years since people all over the world heard the name "Kato Kaelin" during the O.J. Simpson trial. How did this all measure up for you?
I was about as relevant as the letter b in the word, debt. But I'm back, baby. I'm back.
The next episode of Celebrity Big Brother airs Thursday night on CBS and Global.
Twitter: @markhdaniell

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wxCL is a GUI package for Common Lisp that uses wxWidgets, and it seems to look pretty good on Windows and Linux, and the code is sufficiently lispy. Exactly what I'm looking for, except it's in alpha. Serious, seeping wound alpha. I haven't gotten it working on Linux yet, but it works on Windows. The asdf-install included in SBCL 1.0 for Windows doesn't work, and asdf doesn't work with Windows links, so here is what I ended up doing. First, I unpacked the wxcl archive to ~/.scbl/site. This is where asdf-install would put it. Then I copied the function sysdef-source-dir-search from the current asdf-install release to installer.lisp in SBCL's version. Finally, I add that function to asdf:system-definition-search-functions so ASDF can find stuff in .sbcl/site.


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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (March 28, 2008) – Destinee Hooker (San Antonio) collected 24 points to lead the U.S. Women's National Training Team over ZheJiang, a professional Chinese club team, 19-25, 25-17, 27-25, 25-21 Friday at Hangzhou, China. The two teams added a fifth set, which ZheJiang won 15-11.
Team USA improves to 3-2 on its eight-match exhibition tour of China. The Americans continue their tour on March 29 versus ZheJiang at FuYang at 7:30 p.m. China Time.
Team USA's three-week training tour of China was designed to allow the coaches to evaluate a younger group of players in preparation for Olympic Games roster selections. The U.S. qualified for the 2008 Olympic Games, held Aug. 8-24 in Beijing, by finishing with a bronze medal at the 2007 FIVB World Cup.
Team USA started middle blockers Foluke Akinradewo (Plantation, Fla.) and Tracy Stalls (Denver), outside hitters Hooker and Angie Pressey (Lake Mary, Fla.), opposite Heather Hughes (Fallbrook, Calif.) and setter Angie McGinnis (Fraser, Mich.) versus ZheJiang. Team captain Nicole Davis (Stockton, Calif.) served as the libero for the match. Setter Lindsey Hunter (Papillion, Neb.) entered as a sub in the first set and started the second and third sets. Cassie Busse (Prior Lake, Minn.) started the fourth set. Outside hitter Alix Klineman started the fourth set after subbing into the match in the third set. Outside hitters Lauren Faucette (San Diego) and Therese Crawford (Kalamazoo, Mich.), middle blocker Lauren Paolini (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and setter Nellie Spicer (Barrington, Ill.) started the fifth set.
Hooker racked up 18 kills on 45 swings to go with four blocks and two aces in just four sets of action. Stalls contributed 13 kills, three blocks and two aces for 18 points. Akinradewo totaled 16 points on 11 kills, four blocks and an ace. The two starting middle blockers combined for 24 kills, seven blocks and three aces while earning kills 53 percent of their attacks. Pressey tacked on nine points with eight kills and an ace. Hughes chalked up seven kills and an ace for eight points. Klineman turned in five points in less than two sets of action. During the added fifth set, Faucette provided Team USA with three of its 11 points all on kills. Paolini, Spicer, Busse and McGinnis rounded out the scoring with a point apiece. Davis passed at a 63 positive percent while adding a team-high 18 digs.
The U.S. held margins in all team scoring categories. The Americans scored 20 more kills (67-47) than ZheJiang, while having edges in blocks (12-9) and aces (8-5). Team USA forced ZheJiang into a 29 kill percent and .147 attack percentage. The U.S. also held the advantage in digs at 53-35.
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In contrast to the first set, the U.S. never trailed in the second set. After the score was tied 3-all, Pressey provided a kill and Hughes served an ace to give the Americans a 5-3 cushion. Akinradewo scored a kill followed by a Hooker block to increase the margin to three point at 7-4. Team USA scored three consecutive points at 10-5, capped by kills from Stalls and Hooker. ZheJiang closed the deficit to two at 10-8 and the teams traded points through 15-12. Akinradewo broke the string with a kill that started a 3-0 U.S. run to yield an 18-12 lead. Stalls and Hooker recorded consecutive kills followed by a ZheJiang error to move the score to 22-14. Akinradewo ended the set at 25-17 on a block.
ZheJiang started the third set with a 4-2 lead, but the U.S. tied the set on a Pressey kill at 4-all. Akinradewo collected a kill and block followed by a Pressey ace and ZheJiang error as part of a 4-0 run that gave the U.S. an 8-5 lead the first technical timeout. ZheJiang scored four of the next five points to knot the score at 9-all. Klineman scored a kill and block on consecutive points to lift the U.S. into a 14-12 lead. Trailing 15-13, ZheJiang reached the second technical timeout on a 3-0 run and 16-15 lead. Hooker gained the sideout out of the break with a block, then followed with consecutive kills to move the U.S. back into the lead at 18-16. Momentum shifted to ZheJiang with three straight points and host advantage at 19-18. Hooker and Stalls produced back-to-back kills to give Team USA a 21-20 lead, only to have ZheJiang return to the lead at 23-22. Akinradewo scored a kill to save one set point, then gave the U.S. its own set point at 25-24 with a second consecutive put-away. After Hooker slammed a kill to give the U.S. its second set point at 26-25, Stalls concluded the set with a kill at 27-25.
The U.S. jumped out of the gate early in the fourth set with an 8-2 lead behind three points from Akinradewo, along with aces from Hooker and Stalls and a backrow kill from Klineman. Team USA used a 6-2 run to take a 15-6 lead as Stalls turned in two blocks and a kill around two Hooker kills and an Akinradewo ace. The U.S. lead reached 10 points at 21-11 as Hooker and Stalls tacked on consecutive kills. ZheJiang made the set interesting with an 8-2 run that narrowed the gap to four points at 23-19. Klineman gave the U.S. several set points at 24-19, and after ZheJiang saved two, Busse scored her only point of the match to close out the set 25-21.
Although the match was won by the U.S., both coaching staffs agreed to play an additional set to 15 to allow all the players to see action for the night. ZheJiang used a 4-0 run to put distance between it and the U.S. at 6-2. ZheJiang extended its lead to seven points at 12-5. Stalls and Faucette scored back-to-back kills and the U.S. took advantage of an opponent error to close to within four at 12-8. Spicer served a floating ace to narrow the deficit to three at 13-10, but the teams traded points the rest of the way for a ZheJiang 15-11 victory.
Team USA Tour of China Match Information
March 21: Team USA lost to Tianjin club at Tianjin (25-22, 25-21, 25-21)
March 22: Team USA lost to Tianjin club at WuQing (23-25, 21-25, 25-16, 25-21, 15-9)
March 24: Team USA def. Chinese Army Club at YiYang (21-25, 25-21, 25-19, 26-24)
March 26: Team USA def. Chinese Army Club at ChangShu (23-25, 25-17, 26-24, 21-25, 15-13)
March 28: Team USA def. ZheJiang in Hangzhou (19-25, 25-17, 27-25, 25-21 with 11-15 added fifth set)
March 29: Team USA vs. ZheJiang in FuYang, 7:30 p.m.
April 1: Team USA vs. TBA in Nanjing, Time TBA
April 2: Team USA vs. TBA in Nanjing, Time TBA
U.S. Women's National Training Team Roster on China Tour
# - Name (Position, Height, Hometown, College)
1 - Juliann Faucette (OH, 6-2, San Diego, Calif., Texas)
2 - Destinee Hooker (OH, 6-4, San Antonio, Texas, Texas)
3 - Therese Crawford (OH, 5-11, Kalamazoo, Mich., Hawai'i)
4 - Alix Klineman (OH, 6-4, Manhattan Beach, Calif., Stanford)
5 - Angie Pressey (OH, 5-8, Lake Mary, Fla., California)
6 - Foluke Akinradewo (MB, 6-3, Plantation, Fla., Stanford)
7 - Tracy Stalls (MB, 6-4, Denver, Colo., Nebraska)
9 - Lauren Paolini (MB, 6-5, Ann Arbor, Mich., Texas)
11 - Heather Hughes (OPP, 6-2, Fallbrook, Calif., Loyola Marymount)
13 - Nellie Spicer (S, 5-9, Barrington, Ill., UCLA)
15 - Nicole Davis (L, 5-6, Stockton, Calif., Southern California)
16 - Lindsey Hunter (S, 5-10, Papillion, Neb., Missouri)
17 - Angie McGinnis (S, 5-11, Fraser, Mich., Florida)
18 - Cassie Busse (OPP, 6-1, Prior Lake, Minn., Minnesota)
Head Coach: "Jenny" Lang Ping
Assistant Coaches: Sue Woodstra, Li Yong, Tom Hogan
Technical Coordinator: Diane French


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Government Compensation Offer Amounts to Legalised Fraud
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Denis O'Rourke MP
Christchurch Earthquake Issues spokesperson
1 February 2013
Government Compensation Offer Amounts to Legalised Fraud
New Zealand First supports the online petition calling for the Government to stop taking advantage of a natural disaster and give red zoned home owners in Christchurch a fair deal in their fight for home and section compensation.
Currently the Government is offering red-zoners half the rating value of their vacant sections and for the land component of uninsured homes.
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"It is also a matter of simple fairness that the Government will not take advantage of disaster situations to acquire land at unfair value.
"The Government's offer of only 50 per cent of the rating value for the section where it has no home built on it or where the home is uninsured, is outrageous, and in the circumstances amounts to a legalised fraud.
"The owners affected could not sell their land except to the Government and could not build a house or live there because services are withdrawn."
Mr O'Rourke says a red-zoned bare section owner or uninsured home owner would get only 50 per cent for the section while neighbour with an insured home gets 100 per cent.
"That is illogical, inexplicable, and unfair.
"Minister Gerry Brownlee said that the offer was justified because there would have been land damage. This is poppycock. There was land damage for both bare sections and those with homes built on them."
Mr O'Rourke says that now it's been revealed that Government officials advised that it is appropriate for all red-zoners to receive full compensation, the Minister must review his decision.
"The Minister dumped good advice and substituted his own guess of 50 per cent of the land value. That is a substantial abuse of power and is unsustainable.
"The land owners concerned would be justified in seeking redress through the Human Rights Commission upon the grounds of unjustifiable discrimination."
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The 911 call has been released which alerted authorities to the death of socialite Casey Johnson.
In the call, from January 4, an unidentified woman asks a 911 operator to send someone to her Los Angeles property after finding the heiress' body.
"The emergency is I have somebody who I believe has just died in my guest house. So I need somebody right away," the woman tells the operator. "What do you need from me?"
Although Casey is not mentioned by name during the call, the woman describes her as 30 and female and she tells the operator she believes the young woman is definitely deceased.
"You think she's passed away?" the 911 operator asks.
"I'm pretty sure. She's ice cold and her hands are turning blue," the caller answers. "I have two other people here with me and we all think she's dead."
Another operator asks the woman why she thinks the death is a suicide.
"I don't know if it was a suicide," the woman replies. "Very often her medication gets all screwed up, so it's probably because of that."
As previously reported on AccessHollywood.com, Johnson's body was discovered on Monday in Los Angeles.
An autopsy was performed on the body of the Johnson & Johnson heiress, the daughter of Jets owner Woody Johnson, but the Los Angeles Coroner's office has delayed releasing the cause of death pending toxicology reports.
They are expected to release the cause within 6-8 weeks, but it could take longer.
On Tuesday night, Jesse Derris, spokesman for the Johnson family, said Casey will be buried later this week.
"The Johnson family wishes to thank everyone who has expressed condolences and support during this trying time. Your thoughts and prayers are deeply appreciated," Derris said in the statement. "The family has arranged for Casey to be flown back east to her final resting place. There will be a private funeral service later this week for the immediate family."
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JOHN KEKIS,AP Sports Writer
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — From the back roads of Senegal to the middle of Jim Boeheim's stifling zone defense, Syracuse's Baye Moussa Keita is ready for the big stage that is the Final Four.
"This is like a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. You just have to enjoy it," the wiry, 6-foot-10 junior said Tuesday before Syracuse (30-9) departed for Atlanta and Saturday's national semifinal against Michigan (30-7). "That's what I'm going to do."
It's been a long journey.
At 14, Keita (whose first name is pronounced BYE and last KEY'-tah) stood 6-foot-6 and excelled at soccer when the coach of his youth team encouraged him to attend a small clinic so officials from SEEDS — Sports for Education and Economic Development in Senegal — could see him. They liked what they saw and Keita left home the next year to attend an academy that would prepare him for the next step — the chance to go to the United States and, through basketball, have a chance at college.
After graduating from the academy, Keita headed for the U.S. and earned a basketball scholarship at Syracuse. He's been a work in progress from the start under Boeheim, but it didn't take long for him to display his potential.
In just his second game for the Orange, Keita had 15 rebounds and made 3 of 5 shots from the floor in 17 minutes in an 86-67 win over Canisius.
"He's just disruptive. He plays so hard," said assistant coach Mike Hopkins, who works with the Orange's big men. "It's like he has a shot of adrenaline on every possession, how hard he plays. His energy level is unparalleled. He makes things happen."
Syracuse, which lost four of its last five games in the regular season, has done an about-face in the postseason on the strength of its defense. Keita and Rakeem Christmas have made the going difficult in the paint for opponents.
The Orange surge started after Seton Hall torched them early in the Big East tournament at Madison Square Garden. The Pirates built an early 10-point lead with a flurry of 3-pointers before Syracuse awoke.
Behind the active play of Keita, Syracuse closed the half on a 9-2 run to tie it at 34-all and took control with a 19-2 spurt late in the game. Two days later, Keita played a career-high 41 minutes and scored 13 points in an overtime win over Georgetown.
"When you lose four out of five games at the end of the year, it's not good for your confidence," Boeheim said. "I thought the Seton Hall game really turned it around. They smacked us early, and we just came right back at them and won the game and played well the rest of the time in New York.
"He (Keita) brings tremendous energy to our defense," Boeheim said. "Both our centers are very good on the defensive end, and that's where we need them to be good."
In Syracuse's 55-39 victory over Big East rival Marquette in Saturday's East Region final, the third-seeded Golden Eagles shot 22.6 percent overall (12 of 53) and 12.5 percent (3 of 24) from long range.
"As a team, we just came together," said Keita, who had 11 points in a third-round win over California. "We've been playing hard and smart at the same time."
Hard to argue there.
In Syracuse's four tournament victories, opponents have shot 61 of 211 (28.9 percent) and 14 of 91 (15.3 percent) from behind the arc.
Even the head coach is impressed. "I doubt that that's ever been done," Boeheim said.
The long arms of the Orange also have blocked 25 shots and nabbed 33 steals.
"When we come in, we just try to hold the paint," Christmas said. "And when someone comes in, we just try to block shots and take charges, try to rebound and get putbacks."
Keita's emergence has come despite not starting a single game since his freshman year.
"As a junior, I know I have a big role to play. I'm the oldest we have," said Keita, whose effervescent smile can light up any room. "I knew I'd have to play big minutes in big games. I was ready for that. I just decided to pick up the energy and play hard."
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I'm always on the lookout for genealogy tech tools. Gadgets, software, websites, I love to look at all the cool new stuff and demo as much of it as I can.
With the holiday season approaching, retailers and websites are offering an array of new and improved gadgets which are great for genealogists. And you'll find them in the most unlikely places, like Menards or Bed, Bath & Beyond. Look for special deals and coupons and be aware that these products may offer a special mail-in rebate. Pandigital's Handheld Wand Scanner with Dual Rollers and it's sister the Pandigital Handheld Wand Scanner typically retail for $99, but Lee Lasseigne (a FPLD Genealogy Club member) saw them on sale at Menards for $75 with a special $25 rebate available bringing the price down to $50! Lee noted this scanner "can be invaluable in a pinch, carry it around wherever you go!"
If you missed the Menard's deal, you can still save about $19 for the same item by using great coupons at Bed, Bath & Beyond. First time email subscribers for Bed, Bath & Beyond get a 20% off one item in-store Savings Certificate, which can be used in conjunction with any additional rebates to bring the price of the Pandigital scanner to about $60. Don't forget to check your mailbox, because you might be able to use BB&B's $5 flyer coupons along with your 20% savings certificate!
I found an interesting genealogy website a few days ago. Family History Notebook offers free online document storage (limit 100), and reasonable plans for up to 4,000 documents. This could be a great gift idea for the genealogist who is looking to ditch the accordion file folders!
If you haven't tried Mocavo and the newly launched Mocavo.co.uk, you're in for a treat. Mocavo is the world's first and largest genealogy search engine. In addition to browsing the web for your ancestors, you can publish your own information, share your research, and work on collaborative projects with other genealogists.
If you have any suggestions or comments on these items, post them on our blog!
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[Produced by Warren G]
Yeah, if you want it I got it ya need it baby
Yeah, its Warren G beeyatch
[Verse 1: Jah Skills (Warren G)]
(Jah Skills will just speak)
As I enter the G-Funk Era
(tell me why you tweak)
Well I dont know why however
My mind is throbbing
I went bobbing for snapple
Mixed with E&J so my insides just crackle pop
Snap long time ago ya lost ya flow
Now you realize wack MCs I must chastize (what)
The gun totin bumpin indosmokin
Bad ass english cuz its broken
Couldn't turn my styles even if ya had a token
You was hopin that I would quit but (aww shit)
I'm hangin around like nut sacs with a dick
I'm sick, I know that styles abstract up your ass crack
Lovin this shit called rap ass burnin through your back (Jah Skills
I'm stoppin fools like blood clots
My lyrics ring out to stop parties like there was gun shots
Why oh why oh why well why not
Shouldn't I represent this shit called hip hop and it won't stop
[Verse 2: Warren G]
Well are you high yet
Can you recollect ya talk shit you get checked
Mr. Smutly I'm not a punk thief
Let me break thee, smoke thee, choke thee and locc thee
Muthafuckin M-I-C right now how
Wow how dow wow how dow piggy pow
Its me, the Warren to the G gee G Z
Its me uh can I just please thee
Rock the muthafuckin M-I to the C all day all night
Cuz I will just fuckin fight till I get mines
My ends, let me roll with my friends
Nigga you can't fuck with this cuz uhh I bends
When I bends my style
You can't see this cuz I'm wicked and wild
Mr. Smutly just slow ya muthafuckin roll
Its me Warren G on the muthafuckin gangsta stroll
Rockin with the T-W-I-N-Ss
So uhh let me just bless this
[Bo Roc]
Have you ever heard of a nigga called Warren G
[Verse 3: Trip Locc]
There ain't no puzzle
I lets it be known that I'm the trip
Locc packin mo stackin mo shit than I did before
The real niggas from the Eastside, darkside
Breakin off fools in my way on this whoo-ride
So best believe that I'm a threat
(fuck a chin check)
I'm a shoot him while my nigga blaze up the buddha
And when we light it up, its on
A taste of the Chronic, another nigga gone, but gettin his head
(so what you really wanna do) I'd a done it
Cuz yo mouth like zip loc so I know you won't run it
Top notch Glock cock so you remember
The flow that I kick is nuthin less than a life ender
So watch yo step before you step into my path
Tryin to take whats mine is some shit I just roll past
[Verse 4: Wayniac]
Let me tell you how it goes
Prime example of a night stalker
Caught up in that bind
Usin time with my hood as that street walker
(gang bang) so I'm gonna have to take whats mine
Notorious bitches but I dont love no one time
So peep it as I take ya down the backstreet
Show you how I do it (how ya do it)
I breaks em off to get my ends meet (pow)
Victim of the ghetto so I'm sluggin
The man won't give me mine so the whitey I'll keep muggin
I'm trapped up in a cycle but I'm keepin my humanity
Cuz I ain't goin out (us niggas always keep activity)
Niggas say I'm crazy but to others I'm just nutty
Cuz I dont give a damn, ya life ain't shit without no money
Thats why niggas keep doin niggas but I'm not that nigga to be done
Ya fuckin around and set it off Long Beach is where I'm from
[Outro: G Child]
Whoo!! Spacekateers, in case y'all didn't know
That was Warren G, that was Jah Skills, and that was the Twinz
This is the G-Child, spacekateer space cadets
Its on like that and its on like this, so don't miss
Runnin' Wit No Breaks is the final track on Warren G's 1994 G-Funk classic, Regulate… G-Funk Era.
For most of the beat, Warren sampled Les McCann and Eddie Harris' Go On and Cry.


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Fitting into a new team has become a prominent theme during Nathan Sturgis' six-year MLS career.
Last Thursday's trade between Houston and Toronto meant Sturgis was on the move once again, going from TFC to the Dynamo for a conditional draft pick. While his last move – from the Seattle Sounders to Toronto – took him to a team in flux, this trade has a different feel and the versatile midfielder/defender is looking forward to helping his new team build on their recent success.
"I'm excited," Sturgis told MLSsoccer.com over the phone last week. "Houston's coming off a very good year and they're opening a new stadium, so it looks like things are going well there and I'm excited to join the team."
On a personal level, the move provides Sturgis with a chance to rebound from a tough 2011 season.
Toronto brought Sturgis to Canada after he established himself as a starter for head coach Sigi Schmid in Seattle, where he found success as a hard working central midfielder. At the time, Sturgis seemed destined to fill the same role in Toronto.
"I had a good year with Seattle and had high expectations for this year, but things didn't quite work out in Toronto," said Sturgis, who appeared in just 14 games in 2011. "The team was going through a re-building process and now I'm looking forward to a fresh start and getting back to where I was when I left Seattle."
With a rough season behind him, Sturgis is hoping to move on quickly and prove in Houston that he can duplicate his 2010 success on a team where he seems to be a good fit.
Sturgis' exposure to Dynamo head coach Dominic Kinnear is limited to a Generation adidas tour that he went on with Kinnear at the helm in 2007. Outside of that limited experience, Sturgis only knows what he's seen of the Dynamo from lining up against them.
"Playing against them I know Houston's a tough team because they work hard and battle," Sturgis said. "From an outsider, that's the mentality I see in the team – that you have to come in, battle and work hard.
"I'm an honest, hardworking player and I think that fits into this team very well. I feel I'm good on the ball, a good passer and a team player and that fits the system and mentality they have there."
Darrell Lovell covers the Houston Dynamo for MLSsoccer.com.


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FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas was among the Southeastern Conference's worst defenses last season, struggling to keep opponents from piling up yards and stepping into the end zone in its first year under Bret Bielema.
Bielema said Arkansas has spent the past several months trying to develop an important defensive trait that should help the unit improve this season.
"If we can just become more aggressive at every position — D-line, linebacker, DBs — if we just play with a little bit more physicality, a little bit more confidence a little more swagger we're going to get better," Bielema said.
Arkansas will continue its work to crank up the aggressiveness when it opens preseason camp on Aug. 4. The Razorbacks finished its 3-9 season with issues on both sides of the ball, but made significant changes defensively.
It started with the departure of defensive coordinator Chris Ash, who left for a position at Ohio State. Bielema hired Robb Smith to lead the new-look group that also includes first-year assistants Rory Segrest and Clay Jennings.
He believes Smith's scheme has already made a difference for the Razorbacks.
"I think the simplicity that Robb brings is very, very good," Bielema said at SEC Media Days. "Our previous defensive package was small in the way that it was described, but it was very complex in what had to get done. I think the more we can simplify things for players from snap to snap is just going to make them better.
"It's going to make them more physical. It's going to make them better executers when the time comes and obviously a better defense overall."
Arkansas surrendered 30.8 points and 413.4 yards a game last season.
It included 52-0 and 52-7 losses in consecutive weeks against Alabama and South Carolina. The season also ended with a costly defensive lapse when LSU completed a late-game deep ball to score the winning touchdown in a 31-27 win.
Safety Alan Turner, who led Arkansas with 97 tackles last season, said the defensive breakdowns led to most of the Razorbacks' problems last season.
"I know there were a few games we could've won at the end, but they didn't go our way because we had a mental breakdown here from a player or somewhere else that led to a big play and the result didn't end the way we wanted to," Turner said at SEC Media Days. "So I feel like us as players embraced that and then during this offseason we're trying to correct that and just keep moving forward because we know if we can do that the results will change."
Turner said another year of experience for returning players — which include starters like defensive linemen Trey Flowers and Darius Philon, linebacker Braylon Mitchell, Martrell Spaight and Brooks Ellis, and defensive backs Tevin Mitchel, Will Hines and Rohan Gaines — will help Arkansas improve.
But he said the new philosophy will play a big role, too.
Turner said there's more confidence and aggressiveness coming from the defense since Smith's arrival. It was evident last spring. Like Bielema, Turner is confident it will continue as Arkansas prepares for the start of preseason camp.
"He wants to try to keep it simple and he wants us to play fast and play aggressive," Turner said. "If we do that, a lot of great things can happen for us."
No Trouble
There's typically not shortage of news from the police blotter during college football's offseason. While this summer has been no exception across the country, Arkansas hasn't had any players step into legal trouble.
"It is something that it's a huge point of emphasis for us," Bielema said during SEC Media Days. "It's not by chance. It's not by luck. You recruit a type of individual. And you constantly talk about indicators again. We have guys that continue this upward trend academically. When that's usually happening it's a very good sign that things are going to be right in many different areas."
The offseason hasn't been without a couple of incidents involving players with Arkansas ties. Former linebacker Jarrett Lake was arrested for animal cruelty last winter, but the incident came after his career had ended. Signee JoJo Robinson was arrested for armed robbery in Florida, but the charge was later dropped and the wide receiver has been on campus preparing for preseason camp this summer.
Bielema isn't naïve, realizing Arkansas may not go incident-free under his watch.
But he believes his players understand the importance of making good decisions.
"You're dealing with 18 to 22 year old kids," Bielema said. "I was there too. You're not going to make 100 percent decisions every day of your life. But I think our kids understand the importance. I think they - because of what Fayetteville is like - you guys spend time there and you know it's a fishbowl. There's no doubt about it.
"I mean, you walk into any restaurant, grocery store or wherever you're at, people are going to know most of the time that you're a football player. That has a lot of positives, but it also has a lot of negatives."
SEC Network News
Two more cable providers have agreed to carry the SEC Network.
Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks reached an agreement with ESPN, according to a news release from the SEC.
"It is great to have Time Warner Cable as a distribution partner for the SEC Network," SEC commissioner Mike Slive said in the news release. "Time Warner Cable customers, particularly those in South Carolina and Texas, will have the opportunity to enjoy our football season opener exclusively on the SEC Network when Texas A&M visits South Carolina on August 28."
The addition of Time Warner and Bright House to the list of providers means the SEC Network will be available to approximately 60 million households.


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clang-format is available via npm
Thanks to the effort of my colleague Alex Eagle (mostly),
clang-format is now available via npm. You can install it via
npm install -g clang-format, and then just use the
clang-format command normally. Binaries are available for Mac OS X and Linux, both 64 bit.
Beyond JavaScript,
clang-format now does a pretty decent job at formatting TypeScript, too, including support for classes, interfaces, generics, and of course type annotations. While TypeScript comes with a simple indenter, that doesn't really support full formatting - e.g. it won't wrap overlong lines, doesn't align function parameters, etc. This is of course highly subjective, but I think clang-format does a better job, and it's nice to be able to use the same formatter across more or less all your languages (C++, Java, JS, TypeScript).
See my clang-format for JavaScript for more details on how to use it.


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Yes, thanks Dale for pointing Leia out to me and for pointing this one out as well: Finally! the right cane!
Now let's get to the elusive green smock Ugnaught.
To me, there are just two Yoda snakes: orange and brown.I guess it depends on how anal you want to get, but different shades of the same color do not constitute a variant for me. And the green snake still doesn't look green to me. I know many loose collectors will disagree with me, so flame away. Andy
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Capsule Review: Thermaltake Meka Keyboards and Black Element Mouseby Dustin Sklavos on June 28, 2012 2:00 AM EST
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- Thermaltake
Thermaltake Meka and Cherry MX Black Switches in Practice
While the aggressively loud and wonderfully clicky Cherry MX Blue switches in Rosewill's RK-9000 leave a lasting and indelible impression as being ideal for any serious typing (and not sensitive enough for gaming), the difference between the Cherry MX Red switches in the Corsair Vengeance keyboards and the Cherry MX Black switches in Thermaltake's Meka keyboards is at least initially a little more difficult to articulate. I had to take the Pepsi Challenge to really tell, but the Black switches definitely feel a bit softer than the Reds. In many ways they feel like the next logical step up from using a good membrane keyboard.
That impression changed once I took the Meka G-Unit on a jaunt through Mirror's Edge, a game I continue to be unusually enamored with. The Meka G-Unit's (and by extension all of the Meka keyboards) Cherry MX Black switches have a springier quality to them that becomes much more evident in gaming than in regular typing, and as a result I felt like they performed much more like the Cherry MX Blues in the Rosewill keyboard. Hitting the quick keypresses for some of the jumps in Mirror's Edge seemed just a little bit harder to time with the Meka's keys.
Meanwhile, typing up this review of the G-Unit on the G-Unit has for the most part been a fairly pleasant experience. The tactile response on the mechanical switches continues to be noticeably superior to basic membrane switches, but when it comes to layout I find that Thermaltake's Meka G1 is ultimately preferable. It's common for keyboard manufacturers to place the rows of macro keys directly to the left of the keyboard, but in practice this is a bullet that so far I've only seen Corsair dodge with their Vengeance K90. Even Alienware's M18x notebook has a problem with these keys. Basically, when you go for any of the keys in the lower left of the keyboard you're usually hunting for them by touch, and there were a couple of times in using the G-Unit where I was hitting macro keys when I really wanted to be hitting the Left Shift or Left Control keys. Corsair managed to avoid this by recessing the macro keys, placing them at a different z-height than the rest of the keyboard and thus making the difference clear from a tactile perspective.
As for the software of the G-Unit, I was pleasantly surprised. Thermaltake's software is actually fairly light and includes an OSD that's very inobtrusive. You can also toggle between "Normal" and "Game" modes, which is basically a toggle for the Windows key. My chief problem with the software is that it's a bit obtuse, but not outside of the realm of comprehension for most users. The twelve "T" keys next to the main keyboard can be programmed to launch applications, enter keystrokes, or run macros, and the keyboard and software support three different sets of profiles.
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Jakeisbest - Thursday, June 28, 2012 - linkCherry corp has announced they they are making an even lighter switch, i think the announcement was at the CES tradeshow. Reply
cmdrdredd - Thursday, June 28, 2012 - linkAnything lighter and you'll have way too many misfires. No thanks. Reply
AssBall - Friday, June 29, 2012 - linkYou type at "like 140wpm".
When you ignore spelling and punctuation and capitalization.
I can type "like 140 WPM" of junk too... Reply
IlllI - Thursday, June 28, 2012 - linkcompletely ruins it. Reply
fishbits - Thursday, June 28, 2012 - link"While the aggressively loud and wonderfully clicky Cherry MX Blue switches in Rosewill's RK-9000 leave a lasting and indelible impression as being ideal for any serious typing (and not sensitive enough for gaming)"
Disagree. I've had two makes of keyboard with Cherry Blues and they've been fine for gaming, and not just RTS. The clickity audio aesthetic isn't the best mesh for things like FPSs, but gaming was no problem. That includes Mirror's Edge ;)
I did get a Rosewill with Cherry Browns recently, and like others are saying, it is really good for gaming and typing. Nice, quiet "thunk" feeling to them... but a lot lighter than that. Just satisfying to use. I've yet to try blacks or reds, but am picturing the browns as close to ideal for all-around use to me. Reply
Belard - Thursday, June 28, 2012 - linkThese keyboards are aimed at gamers? The tiny one as the worst layout... moving the ? key over? there is no reason for it. Just leave it where it is... stick the shit key where it belongs.
The middle keyboard, almost got it... +/- for the points made.
The Meka G-Unit is something I am almost interested in. First, I actually PREFER the L-shaped ENTER key. My keyboard was made in 1996... its no longer made... and is white(ish). Todays black keyboards are hard to read at night too.
Anyway, my layout is similar to the Meka G-Unit but they screwed it up by moving the RIGHT shift KEY way over to the right. (Again 3 different keyboards with 3 totally different layouts? I think these come from different suppliers). Finding a keyboard with both a BIG-L enter key and BIG Backspace key is rare. On mine, they stuck the :\ key (rarely use) to the right of the RIGHT shift key and of course made R-Shift a bit smaller. I think that's a perfect layout.
- BIG backspace
- BIG Enter Key
I'd go with this island keylayout... BIG Delete key, but keep the HOME/END Page UP/Down keys where they are. (toss out the Pause/break key, its a Fn or CTRL key combo on Scroll Lock).
- not all keys light up... why not ALL and selective? Or how about multi-colored user control. Some keys red, some white, some blue, etc?
- Not all players use WASD control. I use a mouse for all movements. Keyboard to fire. Reply
cmdrdredd - Thursday, June 28, 2012 - linkWASD is the accepted norm and just about every competitive FPS player uses it because if you use your mouse to move, you can't aim for shit. Reply
Belard - Thursday, June 28, 2012 - linkFunny... my AIM is quite good with the mouse.
The keyboard has 4 directions for moving. My mouse moves quite well. My tigger finger isn't interacting with the mouse.
Mouse = Mouse view and movement direction... I can run at angles and circles that you can't do with WASD. The LEFT button = move forward. RIGHT button = move backwards. My logitech has two side buttons, I have these set to STRAFE <left and right>.
CTRL key = Primary fire
Shift key = secondary fire (grenade)
ASDFG keys = Weapons keys. (also mouse wheel)
Z = zoom
XCVB = various controls keys.
I never touch the right side of the keyboard.
On my ONLINE FPS games... I'm usually in the top 3-4 in scoring/kills.
Its fine that people use WASD, as long as I have the option to make it work for me. Reply
perspicacity - Friday, June 29, 2012 - linkGood to know I'm not the only one who use the mouse for movement. I've tried to get used to using WASD for movement, because it's the default for most games these days... but it just feels so clumsy for me.
Mostly it's a bit of an old dog / new trick sort of thing... I'm too lazy to learn a new style of play.
I think the WASD choice came about because of similarity to console games... my style came about because that's how games were set up in the earliest FPS's.
left button = fire
right button = forward
back button = backward (extra button on mouse) Reply
Porksmuggler - Thursday, June 28, 2012 - linkI have the base Meka, and yes the layout is odd, but that's i-rocks doing (they made the board before Thermaltake rebranded it).
The reason I use it? It's the only compact mechanical with tenkey and 2 usb ports. Unless someone knows of another. I would love a standard tenkey compact with usb ports in a more standard layout. Reply


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We all need a little guidance sometimes. So it's a good thing there are mentors, who can teach us and shelter us and... generally screw everything up. Because that's what mentors do. But who's the most irresponsible or just plain evil mentor in science fiction or fantasy?
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Welcome to our class website!! Please visit often to check out our first grade fun!!
We've had a great start in First Grade! We have had so much fun getting to know one another and learning how to work together as part of a classroom community. We spent the first few weeks of school working on routines, expectations, and building our classroom family. We are now working on implementing all of the components of our daily academic schedule. The children have adjusted beautifully, and continue to impress me with their kindness and drive to succeed! I'm looking forward to a wonderful year filled with learning and fun!!
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News from the world of Maths
Hungry? Why not try one of Vi Hart's brilliant Tex Mex Hexaflexgons – maths has never tasted so good!
Are you reading this page because you decided to or because you were destined to from the start of time? Plus shares Mick's sentiment that we are free to do what we want, any old time. But what does physics and mathematics have to say about free will?
Make your childhood dreams come true and join the Paris Fire Brigade as part of the 2012-13 Mathematical Competitive Game.
A team of physicists have curbed the hope that quantum physics might be squared with common sense. At least if we want to hang on to Einstein's highly respected theory of relativity. Their result concerns what Einstein called "spooky action at a distance" and it may soon be possible to test their prediction in the lab.
Struggling to solve today's sudoku? Is your tried and tested method hitting a brick wall and you feel like you are going around in circles? New research might make you feel a bit better: you might not necessarily be stuck... perhaps you are just in a patch of transient chaos on your way to the solution.
The Travelling Salesman movie is coming to the UK! Get your tickets here and find out about the P vs NP problem.