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What's even sadder than the cynical deluge of hybrid supercars is that the only event from last week's Geneva Motor Show covered by the mainstream non-automotive press was Justin Timberlake introducing the Audi A1 at a press conference.
Granted, a free commuter paper is not exactly The New York Times, but it's perhaps a reflection of the general public's interest.
Our Mr. Petrány was in attendance at Audi's press event on Tuesday afternoon and he described an awkward corporate scene, where Mr. Timberlake feigned great interest in receiving the first Audi A1, equipped with a 1.4-liter engine, after being introduced by 15 seconds of corporate rock performed by a band flown in from Sweden.
Perhaps it's too much to ask from the general press to focus on anything other than a nano-bit of vapid celebrity news, but one cannot help but think of the Geneva Motor Show's great history, spanning almost a century.
Has the automobile really fallen to such levels of social irrelevance that the only bit of interest at a supposedly grand motor show is a shabbily dressed man purchased for corporate money, sticking out like a sore thumb in his unlaced boots and his garish belt from the French-Italian chic of the local crowd.
Geneva is the canary in the coalmine of automotive trends. If there's any indication of where the automobile is headed, Geneva points to a world of pointless hybrids and appliance-cars, sparsely decorated with a lone Lexus LF–A or an Audi RS5.
But maybe there's hope.
A few pages behind Timberlake, a spread describing the history of the show featured a rather large print of a red Countach, introduced here in 1971 to hurl the world of supercars forever spaceward. At least one person on the 6:42 AM Lausanne-Geneva express was interested.
Not that being interested in a red or yellow wedge from outer space is a particularly great request from the human nervous system, but still, it's a start. We need our supercars like never before.
Photo Credit: Máté Petrány, Lamborghini, and the author


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Fist bump
The fist bump (also known as a report or less commonly respect knuckles is a long deceased way of greeting. Evolved from the handshake, it has come from its lengthy sleep in the depths of History to social groups such as Metal/Rock Musicians, Atheltes and just plain cool dudes. It can be expressed as raising ones hand in a fist shape violently in the air (known as an "air" props), or a regular fist to fist punch with one of your buddies (regular "Props"). While the regular fist bump is typically used during a greeting, the report is used anytime to confirm a positive status between two people. It is common for the initiator to say "report" as he initiates the ritual.
During the early 1200s in Western Europe, a major problem had arised. If you have a friendship or a certain relation with someone, how can you express this without words? As it seemed by a fluke, this question was answered. During a toe wrestling competition between two men, a dog interfeared and bit off both of their toes. Baffled, they both ran after the speedy canine (short one toe each), but they had much difficulty and soon gave up. they stopped to take a breath and plan their attack. Their plan was for the first to distract the caninewith the rest of his foot while the other would run up to it, trip it and put into a rear naked submission. It worked and soon the dog laid passed out and the two men had their toes. Unfortunately for them the modern science of re-attaching limbs was far from mastered. As the tale goes, these two men made a vow to be friends and settle their difference ,just as they both tripped on a small lizard and, to stop each other from falling, they shoved their hands out in a fist shape towards each other and they connected. As the both prevented each other from falling, they used this "hand pounding" technique as a special way to show their friendship. This quickly caught on in Eastern Europe, then the whole western hemisphere. Unfortunately, this large tradidtion was soon forcefully forgotten when harry Potter defeated Lord Voldemort and banned props forever.
The Anti-Props Zones[edit]
Anti-props zones are thin lines that circulate the earth which prohibit the crossing of air props signals. these thin lines are found approximately 5.165 degrees from each latitudial line (every 10 degrees). If you do not know what the lattitudial lines are, either look it up or wait for grade 9 geography. (Which is obviously the grade I the writer am in.) These thin lines consist of an extremely thin ray of light invisible to the naked eye. If you try to props through one of these zones, the light will reflect in such an odd way with the interception of the props signal, that it will look like you are eating small children.[1]
Props guidlines[edit]
"Pound It" can be and has been used as a celebratory offering to a member of a party who provides mirth for the others. In order to thank him or her for this often extemporaneous mirth, a pound is offered.
Hit me with a pound, Pound it up, Give me some pounds, and I'll give you some for that are also used to commence a pounding. They are widely accepted and admired in most situations.
- Props must be performed with two fists. If it is not performed like so, it is called a 'Floppy Five"
- Can be practised by male or female, but must remain in same sex usage (eg. Male to Male props, Female to Female props.)
- A props can only be performed between 2 buddies, THIS IS NOT A TOOL OF LOVE!!!
- During a props both knuckles MUST be aligned.
- The props can be performed at any strength level. Do not complain if your hand is sore after a props.
- The props can be performed at almost any time. it is prohibited at funerals or sailboat competitions.
- Ducks CANNOT props. End of story.
- If your friends refer to you as a "Cool Cat", you cannot props. If you try, you will suffer the consequences.
- If you fail to hit your props and your hand misses, you must wait 24 hours before trying again.
- When air propsing, one must be sure he/she is not trying to surpass the Anti-Props zone. Doing such will result in a failed props, not to mention further issues.
- *MOST IMPORTANT* The props should be used in any case where a handshake is used. If your reason for props does not violate rules 1 through 10, your good to go. Remember, props are much more sanitary than a handshake.
Benefits of The Pound[edit]
While handshakes are customarily disease-ridden, plague-carrying, and highly infectious, pounds are both sanitary and hygienic, offering a terrific solution to the vile pestilence of their adversary. For this reason, they have become popular in trench warfare, and continue to gain support from vegans, Jains, scientologists, and other health advocates. Since the pound is silent, it can be done clandestinely; thus, it is quite common in secret societies such as the Freemasons or other places where there's a lot of people who don't wash their hands.
Pound Expiration Time[edit]
Although there exists no time constraint or expiration period in the art of the pound, there is a proper period of time in which a pound ought to be delivered and accepted. Pounds often need to be distributed promptly lest they lose their gusto. The exact time restrictions are molded by the given situation's particulars (i.e. place, persons present, reason for giving pound, etc), and should be adhered to by pound purists.
For example, after a humorous comment is delivered, an average of less than three seconds should elapse before the pound is proferred.
Acceptable Pound Situations[edit]
Receiving a pound can be as rewarding as receiving a scholarship to your college of choice. It has been compared to the opening of gifts on Christmas morning. But in order to receive such an offering, you must first arouse laughter by triggering certain aspects of conversation.
- "The International" or "Across the Seas" pounds are rewarded when making a reference to a foreign country. They are often accompanied by a small phrase or brief sentiment from the respected country or culture.
- "Sacred" pounds are obtained during conversation about God, the Holy Bible, or any of the twelve Apostles. These pounds are often ubiquitous at Bible study meetings and various Christian youth gatherings.
- "Hypothetical", "Telepathic", "Brain", "Mental" or simply "Air" pounds are exchanged when pounder and pound receiver are either too far or merely too lethargic to slam fists with one another. This pound is frowned upon for its slothful connotation, however it is preferred to the complete absence of a pound. They can also occur when the two pounding persons are fearful that the "pound expiration time" will pass. The two differ slightly, as "Hypothetical", "Telepathic", and "Brain" pounds require no physical movements in any way, with the exception of an unmandatory slight headbutt motion of sorts. "Air" pounds, however, require a full pound exercise, for the pounds are meant to meet in the air. They are often credited with giving way to the action of blowing kisses.
- "Animal" pounds are given in comments or situations wherein it is fitting to reference members of the Animalia Kingdom. An excellent example is the turtle pound, which is common at reptile expositions. It is created by the two interactors placing their thumbs between their clenched index and middle fingers in the semblance of a turtle, and then pounding their fists together. Another popular animal pound is the wolf pound. This transaction, a homage to small-town werewolf Wolfgang von Schübert, is usually dispensed alongside a bellowing howl, and requires the pounders to shape their fists into a wolf-like formation.
- "Zig-Zag" or "Sidewinder" pounds are exchanged during situations in which room is limited, usually in a crowded room or a small space such as a car. As suggested by their name, they are distributed in a serpentine motion. They can also be given when the pound sender is in an exceptionally jubilant mood. The vertical alteration of this pound has been justly dubbed "the Rollercoaster". This pound is rare to use on a day to day basis, but has become overwhelmingly popular at amusement parks such as Six Flags and Disney World.
- "Meat and Potato" pounds are extremely hearty and formidable. They are the strongest, purest forms of pounds and only exist between the closest of confederates. Customary eye contact is vital for the proper and fluid execution of these titanic formalities. They are usually exchanged after the poundee and pounder reunite after a long period of separation, but can also be given at funerals, farewell parties, or celebratory feasts. These are not for the faint of fist.
- "Nascent" pounds are given to new members of a society who were previously unaware of the art of pounding. Often slow and weak, these pounds aim more to teach than to congratulate.
- "Athletic " pounds are renowned for their emphatic machoness, and are sometimes problematic for novices if not given and/or received properly. They are usually administered before, during, or after a sporting activity in which a player, team, or any sport-related affiliate completes a successful play. Strictly dispensed amongst players, fans, coaches, and mascots, this form of poundage is analogous to a coach-administered slap to the butt.
- "Paddle" pounds, though not given with a fist but with a paddle, are extremely gleeful and euphorically exhilarating forms of communication between two teammates during a table tennis match. To initiate, the pounder simply raises his/her paddle above their head and bellows "PADDLE POUND!" to call the pound receiver into action. Often given when one or both players have successfully administered a good move during game play, "Paddle" pounds can also be given when one's team has won a match.
- "Double" pounds are not as simple in their execution as they are in theory. Only attempted by experienced pounders, this form of greeting involves both fists to meet symmetrically in media res of the two pounders' bodies. Missed pounds can have tragic affects - contusions, bruises, torn ligaments, etc.
- "Rainbow" pounds are administered from one person to a person of lesser stature. It is performed by the pounder simply raising his arm above and slightly behind his head and then subsequently bringing it towards the poundee's fist in a downward arc motion.
- "Napoleon Bonapound" requires that both the pounder and poundee be wearing jackets or cummerbunds. Following a normal fist pound, the two simply tuck their fist hand into their jacket opening and stare off triumphantly into the distance.
- The "Breaking the Pound Barrier" pound commences with the two greeters slowly and unsteadily accelerating their fists towards one another. Upon contact, they immediately open their hands and recoil them back. Sound effects are mandatory. This has also been referred to as an "Asteroid" pound.
- "2001: A Pound" is a type of pound where both pounders slowly elevate their fists towards oneanother, whilst singing, humming, or whistling the theme to 2001: A Space Odyssey (Also Sprach Zarathrustra). The two fists finally gain contact with each other once the singer or singers reach the climax of the theme. Multiple extra bumps during the following timpani solo are optional.
- "Pound Explode, aka Exploding Pound"is an American classic. Start with a regular fist pound, but upon contact, open your fist and quickly retract your hand. Sound effects appreciated.
- The "Ticking Pound" starts with a regular pound, and then retract fists slowly. As you retract, each person shakes his or her fist, and then after an appropriate period of shaking, explode as in a Pound Explode.
- The "Reverb Pound" starts with an Exploding Pound. After hands are open and apart, bring them back together and close into a pound. Retract fists.
- "Pound Check" - execute a normal pound, but at first contact, say "testing" and tap fists rhythmically while one person says "one...two...three." Repeat as necessary, adjusting volume.
Locking the Pound[edit]
In situations that dictate high enthusiasm or jubilee, the pounder may opt to "lock" said pound. In doing so, the pounder would proceed with the pound and upon contact, rotate his/her wrist to simulate the locking of a key. Two variants are included:
- The "Double Lock" occurs when both the pounder and the poundee go into the act with the predetermined notion that the lock will happen. When the locking happens, both hands turn the opposite way, causing knuckles to grind against one another. This lock ensures maximum security and is more commonly used among friends.
- The "Tumbler" is similar to the Double Lock, but has both actors rotating their fist to the same direction. This leads to discomfort and awkwardness among the pounders and is often seen in negative light. Little is said afterward and both go about their business. This has high potential to end future pounding between characters.
- The "Larry". Larry the mail guy will come around and give you a couple pounds a day, but never ask him if he's bizzee.
In popular culture[edit]
A fist pound, pound it, respect knuckles, bones, props, or the terrorist fist jab is most often depicted in popular culture as a type of social interaction similar to a hand shake or a high five. It involves one person holding out their fist (poundee) and someone else "pounding it" with their fist (pounder). A pound also can be known as a symbol of giving of respect in certain sectors of society. Fist pounds can also be followed by various other hand and body gestures to make a unique handshake. This unique handshakes are typical guy/monkey behavior, though.
- The pound, referred to as the fist bump, was featured in the 2007 Bud Light Super Bowl commercial.
- In a 1995 Sprite commercial featuring hip hop artists Grand Puba and Large Professor, Puba proclaims the joy that can be attained by simultaneously filling one's hands with pounds and soft drinks: "I give a pound to my man wit my right hand/cuz I, I keeps the Sprite in my left hand..."
- ↑ DO NOT TRY THIS!!! Arrest may follow.

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Stairlift Company of Salisbury's Process for Selecting a Stairlift in Salisbury
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- What is the length and width of the staircase?
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With the huge selection of styles and brands available, choosing the perfect stairlift for your North Carolina home may seem intimidating at first. The chair lift experts at Stairlift Company of Salisbury have a keen understanding of products available and the features they offer. They are adept at assisting users through the selection process. Based on answers to the questions above, we'll help you narrow your search to those that are great matches and will fit your needs. You will have the opportunity to see what each model looks like, and will understand the available features.
We are authorized dealers of a wide variety of stairlift products in North Carolina, including:
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Qualcomm has done a lot right with its new Bluetooth LE beacons. Its devices are low-cost and it offers a full SDK for iOS proximity services, and geofencing support for Android devices.
Gimbal Pricing
Qualcomm is taking a low-cost strategy for the beacons themselves – pricing them as low as $5 for their Series 10 beacon.
It charges on a per user basis for its back-end cloud services with the first 10,000 users per month being supported free of charge and then 6 cents per user per month after that – with prices scaling down to 4 cents per user when you hit the million user mark:
0 – 9,999 Waived
10,000 – 124,999 $0.060 per Active User
125,000 – 999,999 $0.050 per Active User
1,000,000 and up $0.040 per Active User
In theory, because you can set your beacons to 'public' mode, you can then scan them to determine their UUID number. This means that you could use the beacons on their own without the Gimbal API or back-end systems and just run them as beacons. This puts them on par with Estimote which has a publicly accessible "out of the box" UUID allowing you to use and test the beacons without back-end services.
So: buy a few of their beacons and build your own back-end. Or use their back-end and you get the first 10,000 users for free.
Bluetooth "Stacks"
This build/buy decision is based on the simple fact that a beacon without a 'system' is just a radio transmitter with no listener.
In deploying beacons (in a store, say, or at home) you need some kind of physical device that acts as the 'beacon' – transmitting information through Bluetooth Low Energy radio signal that is then scanned by a phone or tablet.
Popular beacons include Estimote, GeLo, Kontakt and others. You can also build your own beacons. Coin, for example, offers an Arduino developer kit.
But putting a beacon on the wall is just half the battle. Because you'll still need an app on the user's phone, code inside the app to manage the way that the app detects beacons, and a system (however rough) to manage the beacons themselves.
A lot of developers will want full control of the 'stack'. This means they want to buy 'unlocked' and open beacons, develop a cloud-based system for managing the beacons, and develop the app that goes on a user's phone. Depending on the use case, this isn't difficult to do – especially for fairly simple applications.
Using Apple APIs most of the software 'hooks' are already built into iOS devices and it's simply a matter of connecting it all to some kind of content/management back-end system.
Gimbal SDK Features
There are some incredibly appealing reasons, however, to use the Gimbal 'cloud'. They've managed to take a lot of the pain away in developing beacon-based solutions. In some instances, they offer solutions that we haven't yet seen (but are definitely waiting for) in other beacon solutions:
Private/Public Mode: Gimbal offers an easy way to make beacons "private" locking access to them by unauthorized users. Most beacons are currently transmitting their data in public without a way to toggle into private mode (although the manufacturers promise that the feature is coming). Private mode anonymizes the beacon ID number and only allows its 'true' data to be read by authorized apps. Gimbal allows for this with a single click on their dashboard.
Smoothing Out Signal Strength: One of the frustrations in developing with beacons is the tendency of your app to 'toggle' between different beacons and proximity zones. This primarily happens because of radio interference in the environment, but can sometimes happen because of small glitches in the operating system on your phone. Gimbal allows you to set "windows" that smooth out fluctuations in signal strength and gives you better control of the user experience:
"This option allows for a window of historic signal strengths to be used for a given device to "smooth" them out to remove quick jumps in signal strength. The larger the window the less the signal strength will jump but the slower it will react to the signal strength changes."
Finding and Exiting Regions: Like signal strength it can be frustrating to find that your app "finds or exits" a region when your user hasn't even moved. Gimbal offers more granular control over what it calls "visits" and allows you to set a timer for arrivals. For example, their equivalent for 'didExitRegion' allows you to set a number of seconds before the app will confirm an exit.
Gimbal even provides a handy chart that summarizes what you should expect for response times when an app is in background mode. This has been a contentious topic and it's useful to see them document their findings:
|Beacon Transmit Rate
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|100 milliseconds
|7 seconds
|10 seconds
|645 milliseconds
|15 seconds
|6 seconds
Gimbal Cloud Features
In addition to the library that they provide to help you develop your app, Gimbal provides a robust back-end to help you manage interactions with the app, the beacons, and analytics. Their system includes support for:
- Geofencing
- Communication to your user's app (push messages)
- Analytics which include length of visits
- Full management of transmitters, hubs and receivers
These features go well beyond beacon management and offer an end-to-end solution that includes geofencing, push messaging, analytics and a robust hub/transmitter dashboard. Whether you use their beacons on their own or use the back-end system as well, Qualcomm has, if nothing else, raised the game for the 'becosystem'.
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Spanish tenor and conductor Placido Domingo had surgery last week to remove a cancerous polyp in his colon, his spokeswoman said.
The 69-year-old opera star was released from Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City Sunday, spokeswoman Nancy Seltzer said. The malignant polyp was localized, according to Seltzer. Domingo is expected to make a full recovery.
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Domingo suffered lower abdominal pain while touring in Tokyo in February and later returned to New York for a physical. Soon after, London's Royal Opera House announced that Domingo would not be performing in Handel's "Tamerlano" as scheduled for March, but would be undergoing "preventative surgery."
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Mountain West Wrap & Tourney PreviewPosted by Brian Goodman on March 9th, 2011
Andrew Murawa is the RTC correspondent for the Mountain West conference. With the MWC tourney tipping off Wednesday, get set with RTC's regular season wrap-up and tournament preview.
MWC Wrap-Up
For the top four seeds, the MWC Tournament is of great importance, with Colorado State the team with the most on the line. The Rams sit firmly on the bubble for an NCAA at-large invitation, and while winning the whole thing and the automatic bid that goes along with it would be their best bet, prevailing wisdom indicates that if they can take care of New Mexico in the quarterfinals and then upset BYU in the semifinals, Tim Miles' club will have gone a long way towards punching its ticket. Meanwhile, for the top-seeded Cougars, they've still got some things to prove. In the wake of last week's dismissal of its best interior player, Brandon Davies, for a BYU honor code violation, the Cougars hopes of possibly earning a #1 seed in the NCAA Tournament have disappeared. However, where they will wind up seeded remains a real question – a good showing in the MWC Tournament and a run to the championship could still earn them a #2 seed, while an early exit could confirm the doubts of the NCAA Selection Committee and relegate them to a #3 or even a #4 seed. For San Diego State, they've still got plenty to prove as well. Their best wins on the season are over Gonzaga, St. Mary's and a season-sweep of UNLV – good wins, but certainly not great. However, if SDSU can add another win over UNLV and get the BYU monkey off of its back, it could prove its credentials as a possible #2 seed. And then there's UNLV, a team that has had a roller coaster ride of an offseason. If they can defend their homecourt in the conference tournament and come away with an MWC title, they could wind up as high as a #6 seed (assuming they knock off SDSU and BYU along the way), while an earlier exit could relegate them to a #9 or so. For seeds five through nine in the MWC Tournament, the stakes are clear: win the title or consider your options for the "other" postseason tournaments. New Mexico has a good shot at an NIT bid, should they fail to win three games in Las Vegas, while the rest of the bottom five seeds will determine whether to call it quits or consider possible invitations from the CBI or CIT.


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Edwin Lyngar says no two marriages are the same, so why do so many people try to practice the same traditions?
When I married my current wife, Joy, more than six years ago, I asked her to take my last name. I imposed despite the fact that she was already an attorney with an established reputation. But, we were in love, and it meant something to me, so she just did it without complaint. Thinking about it over the years, I now wish I could take back the request. I wish I knew then that most of the traditions of marriage are a kind of oppression, especially for women. I love being married, but the process of getting married and so much of the expected roles of wives and husbands is just social control masquerading as tradition.
Before I married Joy, I used to believe that sharing a name meant something. It was a sign of devotion that showed we were on the same team. We were the Reno Lyngars, like the Miami Heat (or something). When I met Joy, I was a divorced man raising two children alone, and I craved the stability of traditional marriage.
Very shortly after we married, I went into the wedding business myself. Joy's friend, a judge from a neighboring state, needed to become a certified minister to perform our wedding ceremony, and the unnecessary religious hoops bothered me. So I got certified as a secular wedding official in Nevada where I live. Although I expected to only do a few weddings, I ended up performing about a dozen over the past few years, and I had no idea officiating weddings would be so instructive about marriage in general.
I performed several ceremonies for couples who had been together for decades. They were forced to marry late in life only for legal reasons, like insurance and inheritance. These couples were oak trees of dedication. Marriage itself was an imposition on couples who clearly knew what the hell they were doing. They should not have been forced to swap last names or get a state-issued marriage certificate to fulfill some bureaucratic need.
I also did a few traditional-looking weddings. I got to see some overpowering mothers-in-law, and people wearing expensive tuxedos and dresses, and some stress between families. The couples I married were happy and in love, even though it sounds cliché. Yet they subjected themselves to lavish, but painful, rites, often for the sake of others. Some weddings were wonderful, but many were crates filled with hidden baggage.
Even as I witnessed the messy parts, I never stopped feeling that people should have the right to get married if they wanted. Gay marriage is illegal in my state, although we have civil unions. A gay couple asked if I would do a commitment ceremony. I agreed at once, but they called it off before the big date. Perhaps state disapproval didn't help their relationship. On a side note, this past election offers real hope; three states approved of gay marriage by popular vote.
Despite the difficulty of marriage and the wedding process, I'm still a believer. Marriage is a great thing for many people, and most of all for me and my family, but we need to eliminate the excesses that cause people so much fear and doubt. Marriage isn't a "sacred institution," nor is it better than cohabitating. It doesn't come from god nor does it automatically make dysfunctional relationships work. There are about 330 million people in this country, which means there are at least 165 million ways to be a married couple. I love being married, but I don't want anyone to ever try to do it like we did it. Nor do I want to impose my beliefs about marriage on anyone else. Lastly, why the hell does everyone have to wear such goofy costumes?
Joy and I got married in Hawaiian print clothes at a park. My son was the best man. The greatest thing about being married more than once is you get to pick how to do it the second time around. We abandoned a lot of the marriage bullshit, although I wasn't quite as enlightened as I am today. I just wish with desperate sincerity that I would have asked Joy to keep her own name.
Edwin Lyngar is a writer and author living in Reno, Nevada. He graduated from Antioch University in 2010 with his MFA in creative writing and also holds an MA in Writing from the University of Nevada, Reno. His essays have appeared or are forthcoming in the Bellingham Review and Ontoligica. He blogs about parenting, family life, and writing at www.edwinlyngar.com and is in the process of finding a home for his first book, a memoir titled Guy Parts.
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Mike Tyson Confesses: 'I'm on the Verge of Dying Because I'm a Vicious Alcoholic'
In his debut as a promoter last Friday night, former undisputed heavyweight champion boxer of the world Mike Tyson landed a blow to a strain of unforgiveness that had festered between him and his former trainer Teddy Atlas for 20 years, and confessed that he had been sober and drug-free for just six days.
"I'm a bad guy sometimes. I did a lot of bad things and I wanted to be forgiven…I want to change my life now. I want to live a different life. I want to live my sober life. I don't want to die," Tyson confessed during a discussion about seeking to patch things up with his former trainer at ESPN's Friday Night Fights post-fight press conference in Verona, N.Y., last Friday.
"I'm on the verge of dying because I'm a vicious alcoholic. I've been," he said pausing as he tried to remain composed. "I haven't drank or took drugs in six days," he continued while holding up six fingers.
"And for me that's a miracle. I've been lying to everybody else who thinks that I'm sober but I'm not. This is my sixth day. I'm never gonna use again," he ended while choking up to applause.
Atlas, now an ESPN2 commentator covering Friday Night Fights and Wednesday Night Fights, had helped train Tyson in the early 1980s in upstate New York.
Tyson and his ex-trainer had a difficult falling out, however, over what Atlas said was Tyson's crude approach toward a young girl. The girl was a relative of Atlas' wife, according to ESPN.
Atlas noted in his biography that he borrowed a .38 from a friend in 1982 and went after Tyson. He told him to smarten up and fired the gun at Tyson, missing the confessed "bad man" on purpose.
Tyson confessed during the press conference that the bad blood between him and his ex-trainer had been weighing heavily on him and it was part of the reason he sought to make amends.
"I knew it was a possibility that I would be here with Teddy and I didn't have a good thought of mind about that at first because I'm negative and I'm dark and I want to do bad stuff. I want to hang out in this neighborhood alone," he said pointing to his head. "That's dangerous to hang out in this neighborhood alone up here. It wants to kill everything. It wants to kill me too."
To prepare for the burden-lifting move, however, Tyson sought help from his peers at Alcoholics Anonymous.
"I went to my AA meeting. I had to make a discussion to check out what we gotta do. I explained to my fellow alcoholics and junkies that I was gonna deal with this certain situation here and I explained the feelings that I evoked from it. Almost like, something like a Hatfield and McKoy. I kinda explained to them," said Tyson.
And so on Friday, after 20-years of unforgiveness, Mike Tyson buried the proverbial hatchet with Atlas.
"He behaved like a man, what can I say," Atlas recollected to fellow analyst Joe Tessitore in an ESPN report. "He came over, extended his hand and asked me if I'd shake it and said, 'You're not still mad at me, are you? I wish you wouldn't be.'... I give him credit for showing a gentleman's side."
Tyson said he felt he made the right decision and it was one of the rare moments in his life that he made himself feel proud.
"I made the right decision. I made cuz proud of me. I made myself proud of me. I hate myself, I'm trying to kill myself. I used to hate myself a lot but I made myself proud of myself and I don't do that much," said Tyson. "I was happy I did that. Maybe it was overwhelming to Teddy and he didn't get it yet. He has to know that this is sincere. I don't wanna fight you no more," he explained.
"I was wrong and I'm sorry. I was wrong and I just want to make my amends. If he accepts it or not at least I could die and go to my grave and say I made my amends with everybody that I had hurt. It's all about love and forgiveness," he said.


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Baby Weight Is the Least of Problems for Many Mothers
Having a baby leaves a woman's body off kilter in various ways that are often overlooked. Sarah Nassauer and physical therapist Marianne Ryan join Lunch Break with a look at what women should (and shouldn't) be doing. Photo: AP.
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Big Rumble in Little China
|Big Rumble in Little China
Toni Cipriani being told by his mother that he is scared of the Triads.
|GTA Liberty City Stories
|Ma Cipriani
|Saint Mark's, Portland, Liberty City
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Big Rumble in Little China is a mission in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories given to protagonist Toni Cipriani by his mother from her restaurant in Saint Mark's, Portland, Liberty City.
Toni goes around to see his mother at her restaurant, but is once again verbally attacked. She accuses him of being scared of the Triads and claiming that he is no son of hers. Toni decides to prove her wrong by killing two groups of Triads.
The first group is in a bulletproof Triad Fish Van containing a Triad leader (name unknown), which Toni rams with a vehicle while the Fish Van constantly drops boxes from the back in order to slow Toni down. Eventually, the Fish Van catches fire and explodes. Toni then kills the remaining Triads who had not been killed by the explosion, by either running them over or using a weapon. The second group is located at the Chinatown plaza, with Toni killing all the gang members there.
Toni Cipriani: Ma!... Ma!... come on Ma... speak to me.
Ma Cipriani: There's no 'Ma' here for you no more, you coward! You can't fool me... I know why you don't move back in here. You're running scared of some Triads! Your father, God rest his soul, wouldn't let no one run him out of his own home.
Toni Cipriani: But Ma!
Ma Cipriani: Unlike you, your father wasn't yellow! Until the Triads show you some respect, you're no son of mine! A daughter maybe, but not a son.
(Toni then drives to Chinatown and kills some Triads).
Toni Cipriani: This is Toni Cipriani kicking your asses! Remember that name fish heads!
There is no monetary reward for completing the mission other than the money that the Triads drop after dying. However, the mission Grease Sucho is unlocked.
- The name of the mission is a take on the film Big Trouble in Little China.
Toni Cipriani driving towards Chinatown.
Toni Cipriani ramming a Triad fish van.
Toni Cipriani shooting at a fleeing Triad gang leader.
Toni Cipriani killing a group of Triads in the Chinatown market place.
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Harry Redknapp on brink of taking charge at QPR and looking forward to challenge
Harry Redknapp is on the brink of taking charge at QPR and is looking forward to the challenge.
Last Updated: 24/11/12 11:07am
The 65-year-old is poised to take over the reins at Loftus Road after Mark Hughes was sacked on Friday morning, and is on the brink of agreeing a deal following a day of negotiations.
Rangers are four points adrift at the bottom of the table after failing to win any of their opening 12 matches but Redknapp, who has been out of work since leaving Tottenham in the summer, believes he can guide them to safety.
"I'm hopeful we can get it done tonight, there shouldn't be any problems," Redknapp told Sky Sports News on Friday evening.
"I fancy getting back into the Premier League. QPR is a good club, with great fans and a great atmosphere.
"I am looking forward to it. It's a big challenge. It will be a tough job to take on but I am up for the challenge.
"Mark Hughes is a top, top manager and a great guy as well. He was just unlucky and they just couldn't get the results they needed.
"I'm ready to give it a go now and see if I can change their fortunes around. But it won't be easy for sure.
"There's some good players there and I have obviously got to find a way of picking a team that can win some games. They have gone 12 games without a win so you couldn't have too many worse starts than that.
"It's going to be a tough job to keep them up but it's a challenge and I love a challenge. I am going to go in and give it my best shot and if it works it will be fantastic."
Hughes' assistants Mark Bowen and Eddie Niedzwiecki will be in charge for Saturday's game at Manchester United, but Redknapp hopes to watch that match before taking over for Tuesday's trip to Sunderland.
He added: "I will travel up to Old Trafford probably on Saturday and just sit in the stand and watch the game.
"If everything gets sorted, and I'm sure it will, I'll be in on Sunday morning, have the team in for training, train Monday and then fly up to Sunderland."
Redknapp also revealed he hopes to have his former Tottenham assistants Kevin Bond and Joe Jordan working alongside him at QPR.
QPR owner Tony Fernandes took to Twitter to reassure fans that he still had the same vision for the club as when he took charge last year.
"Though we have a change the long term vision of the club remains and much good work has already been done and will continue," he wrote.
"This is a club where the chairman and shareholders look at all things in a long term view. But also take the views of the fans who are the most important constituents of the club. To us fans come first."
Fernandes constantly backed Hughes on the social networking site as the club went in search of their maiden league victory but a 3-1 home defeat to Southampton last weekend proved to be the final straw.
A club statement read: "Queens Park Rangers Football Club has today terminated the contract of manager Mark Hughes with immediate effect.
"This decision has been taken after careful consideration by the board of directors, following numerous meetings over the last few days.
"The board of directors wish to thank Mark for his commitment, hard work and dedication in his 10 months in charge. Mark has shown integrity and professionalism throughout his time here, but ultimately the circumstances we find ourselves in have left the board of directors with very little choice but to make a change."


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|Dean Stockwell, Bradford Dillman and Orson Welles in COMPULSION.
I was very much surprised by how much the film resembled Richard Brooks' IN COLD BLOOD (1968), from the dynamic of its two killers to its B&W CinemaScope photography, though it was based on a completely different murder case. Almost 50 years since its initial release, IN COLD BLOOD still feels uncomfortably realistic while COMPULSION, despite its best intentions, has the feel of earnest but white-washed, 20th Century Fox bombast.
According to ONE MAN BAND, Simon Callow's latest installment in his Orson Welles biography, after a day of failed attempts, Welles was finally only able to deliver a complete take of his jury summation speech (so popular that it was issued on record!) by asking that everyone on the set in his line of vision close their eyes or look away from him as he spoke. You can see some of this in the scene, and it actually works well in terms of showing how the speech against capital punishment arouses the public's self-loathing. However, as the speech appears in the film, it's a composite of many different takes, making the anecdote a bit unrewarding to investigate.
And one more thing. Because I recently completed an audio commentary for a forthcoming Redemption release of Jess Franco's DR. ORLOFF'S MONSTER, that film was fresh in my mind as I watched COMPULSION. Consequently, I was struck by how very much the Argentinian actor Hugo Blanco, who plays the radio-controlled murder zombie Andros in the ORLOFF film, resembles Stockwell's Judd, who is himself programmed by a dominant personality to kill.
It's the sort of thing no one ever thought to ask Jess Franco about (not that he would have admitted it, anyway), but COMPULSION was widely released in Europe. In fact, according to the IMDb, it was released in Franco's home town of Madrid on October 21, 1963 - and DR. ORLOFF'S MONSTER went into production in February 1964, so COMPULSION's Spanish release would have coincided with Franco's conceiving the idea for the film. No hard evidence, but it's sometimes revealing to look into which films happened to be "in the air" as other films were being conceived. I wish I'd known this as I was preparing my commentary - and since it's not coming out for awhile, perhaps there is still time to sneak it in.


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Not many high school athletes have their own cheering section.
But Grayslake North forward Aidan Einloth has a dedicated group of friends who come to most of his games. They probably figure he could really use the support.
Einloth is a freshman. Just last year, he was navigating through the awkward middle school years and playing 8th grade feeder basketball with his fellow tweens.
Now, hes starting on varsity for a 5-3 team that is veteran-heavy, but better because hes in the lineup. He got his first start in the third game of the season, after being one of the first players off the bench before that.
No freshman in Grayslake North history has ever spent the entire season on the varsity, let alone started a majority of the games as well.
Einloth will be the first.
It makes me feel really good that the other freshmen come out and watch my games, said Einloth, whose former teammates show up despite the fact that they have to make a special trip to the high school for varsity games since the freshman team usually plays at different times and venues. Theyve been really encouraging and its nice to know that this whole thing with me doesnt change anything with our friendships.
Speaking of change, Einloth was never expecting such a major change of course in his basketball career.
He was one of the top scorers for his 8th grade feeder team, but certainly didnt see that as an express ticket to varsity basketball. He was prepared to go through the usual channels.
This has been surreal because a year ago, I never would have seen myself playing varsity basketball this year, Einloth said. I never even gave it a thought.
But Einloth wound up giving everyone on the Grayslake North coaching staff some serious food for thought during the summer when he fit right in with the older players in scrimmages and games.
A big player with guard skills, the 6-foot-3 Einloth is a tough match-up. He can shoot from long range, drive to the basket and defend the perimeter, but he also has enough size to rebound and play post defense.
The way Aidan can do so many things so well, it was just obvious that he was a varsity (caliber) basketball player, Grayslake North coach Todd Grunloh said. At the end of the summer, we were short on numbers for some varsity games and Aidan was already playing up with the sophomores by then, so we called him on up to varsity to play with us and he was solid.
Its not like he was doing anything flashy, he just did everything well. He was rebounding, he was taking good shots. I mean, I dont think Ive ever seen him take a bad shot. And his assist to-turnover-ratio was like 2-to-1. There were times in those games at the end of the summer where it was hard to take him off the floor.
Not much has changed since then. If anything, Einloth is getting even more minutes because his confidence has gone through the roof.
Hes averaging about 6 points per game and is among the teams top rebounders and playmakers with about 4 rebounds and 4 assists per game.
I think its helped me a lot that the coaches believe in me. They let me play the way I want to play and if I make a mistake, they dont make me feel like its going to affect my playing time, Einloth said. The guys are really good, too. At first that surprised me because Im just a freshman. I thought it would be tough for me to fit in with them. But now that Ive gotten to know these guys, Im not surprised at all that theyve made it easy for me because theyre really nice kids and theyre always trying to help me and give me advice.
Sometimes, the veterans also like to give Einloth a good-natured poke in the ribs. When he misses a layup or makes a silly mistake, theyll yell, Freshman!
Luckily for him, though, thats been the worst of it. He hasnt gotten stuck carrying the ball bag or the dirty uniforms like many younger players do.
Perhaps its because Einloth has made too many fans amongst his older teammates, such as team leader AJ Fish. The senior guard can relate to Einloth. He played on the varsity as a freshman in short stretches. He spent most of that season with the sophomore team but made significant contributions when he was brought up for the state tournament.
AJ said to us coaches one time that Aidan is the best freshman Grayslake North has ever had in the basketball program, Grunloh said. And we joked with him and said, Even better than you, AJ? He said, A lot better.
Einloth says theres nothing magical about his fast rise to the top. Playing year-round is his best explanation. He played not only feeder basketball last year, he also played for his middle school team as well as an AAU team.
It also helps that Einloth catches on quickly. A straight-A student in all honors classes, Einloth is clearly smart on the court.
Ive played a lot of basketball, Einloth said. In some ways, I felt nervous coming into the season being a freshman. But in other ways, I felt pretty comfortable because Ive worked really hard on my skills. The guys were able to see pretty quickly that I could play with them and I think they respect that.


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I'm going to admit something today. My hair isn't straight. I wear it practically straight most days, but in reality I have a lil' poodle thing going on. It wasn't always like this; when I was a kid I had half straight hair from the top and then from the ears downwards it fell in really cute ringlets. I naturally had quite wavy hair for the years after that, but for the last 4-5 years it just comes out somewhere weird between wavy and curly. It's not defined enough to wear curly, and even if it was, you wouldn't be able to see my face beneath it. Even sprays for wavy hair will leave me looking like Hagrid (I know, I make that reference all the time but hey it's one of the few jokes I have!). Honestly though, my hair is too thick for it to fall in one layer if that make sense, so naturally it looks like it's piled together.
|The sample sizes (L to R: Lush R&B, Hair Custard)
And this is where the youtube videos sucker me in! A youtuber with a very similar hairtype as me (read: jet black, somewhat thick, and between wavy and curly), used a bit of Lush R&B Hair Moisturiser and her waves look amazing! People keep telling me I need to stop straightening my hair everyday, and so I'm like I'll give that a go! I walked into Lush (am I the only one who dislikes going in there because it's just so packed! I want to be in and out in 5 mins, but that is clearly not going to happen). Anyway, the Lush assistant talks me though their hair products, and suggests that the hair custard might actually work better in my hair. Then she offers me sample tubs for both of them so I can try them at home, and let me tell you, those sample tubs are actually an incredibly generous size. Forget a few uses, I have had the Lush Hair R&B sample since February, it is now May and there's still just under half left! I must have used it atleast a few times each week.
The R&B hair moisturiser has the main ingrediants of organic avocado butter, extra virgin coconut oil, oat milk, pressed jojoba oil and candelilla wax.
Anyway, getting to my story. So getting ready for work the next day, I washed my hair, conditioned it with a masque, used my fancy oils and my kerastase mask, and then put a small amount of Lush R&B into my hair whilst it was drying. It still looked a bit dishevelled whilst it was almost dry, so I added some more. Anyway, I get up the next morning expecting to have beach waves. Do I? Nope, I still have the poodle thing going on. I apply a few more applications of the R&B, no that doesn't help, 10 hairgrips it is.
The hair custard was also not for me as the consistency is just too thick. It reminds me of those hair jells that would just stick in your hair and make it feel like straw. So I haven't given this a go since the initial application.
However, where the R&B is involved there is more to the story. I was feeling quite disappointed with it not working. I remember it was snowing a few weeks after I had tried it out, and ofcourse I knew my hair would turn crazy as soon as I went out into it. I decided to use the Lush R&B as a kind of hair creme/finishing product, and it actually helped my hair stay straight all day, even with the snow hitting me in the face (the way the wind was blowing made it feel like a blizzard, it was actually painful)!
I also found that it makes your hair look glossy when applied to the ends and mid lengths sparingly. Honestly, you literally need a teeny tiny amount rubbed into your palms and then worked through your hair. Too much will make it look lank, and will make it go greasy much quicker, but when applied in little bits it's amazing at controlling frizz too and making it look more healthy. You also don't want to apply too much because it can make your hair feel scrunchy, however it brushes out fine and most of the time you won't even be able to tell you applied it, it just sort of melts into the hair.
Overall, the Lush Hair R&B moisturiser could not tame my waves, but if you have problems with your hair not staying straight, being prone to humidity/being frizzy etc, then it's worth a try! I think it's really generous that they do decent samples too because they understand one product might not work on everyone's hair the same, so it's definitely worth going in store and asking rather than ordering online first. I have since brought a big tub of the R&B moisturiser, it retails at £12.25 here, and honestly I wonder if I'll ever finish the tub!


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Even for those who sympathize with director Robert Redford's politics, "The Conspirator" is a pedantic, flat and overlong affair, not entirely unlike watching two hours of C-Span.
The timing for the release of "The Conspirator," about the trial of the only woman implicated in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, couldn't be much better. Not only does it open on the anniversary of Lincoln's death, it comes just as the Obama administration has failed in keeping the trial of 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed out of the hands of the military.
And that's exactly the issue at the heart of Redford's latest film, which stars James McAvoy as Frederick Aiken, the man whose job it was defend Mary Surratt (Robin Wright) against charges of being party to the plot to assassinate Lincoln. The constitutionality of such a thing has been argued on TV, online, in the newspapers, bars and homes ever since the Bush Administration started housing "enemy combatants" at Guantanamo Bay.
The film opens, conveniently enough, on the evening of Lincoln's murder, and while it is unquestionably among the darkest days in the nation's history, it is not the crux of the film, yet Redford tries to play it for maximum emotion, with swelling, overwrought strings and shocked crowds. So little else happens in the film, making the snail's pace extra grating. Most every scene runs five to ten seconds too long, with Redford showing a strong fondness for the overlong establishing shot.
Wright is her usual excellent self, albeit in a mostly one-note role of the aggrieved mother, as is Tom Wilkinson as Sen. Reverdy Johnson, the man who forces Aiken to take on Surratt as a client. And Danny Huston is great as Joseph Holt, the Judge Advocate General prosecuting the case. Unfortunately, James McAvoy isn't up to the task of leading the film. McAvoy gave a brilliant performance in "The Last King of Scotland," but here he lacks the force of will to carry "The Conspirator."
If you haven't reached a conclusion on this issue by now, you probably don't care, and you're certainly not inclined to see this film. If you agree with Redford that trying civilians in a military court is wrong, the story is an echo chamber. And if you believe that civilians should be tried before tribunals, this film certainly isn't persuasive enough to change your mind.
Review: "The Conspirator" Fails to Inspire
Even for those who sympathize with director Robert Redford's politics, "The Conspirator" is a pedantic, flat and overlong affair, not entirely unlike watching two hours of C-Span.


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Creative Dramatics – 1st & 2nd Grade Drama Class
January 15, 2019 @ 4:00 pm - 4:45 pm EST
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An event every week that begins at 4:00 pm on Tuesday, repeating until May 14, 2019
Creative Dramatics students will explore the world of theatre as playwrights, actors, designers, directors, and audience members. They will use their body, voice, and imagination in story drama, pantomime, process drama, monologues, puppetry, role play, improvisation, and theatre games with Carol Cain and Audrey Rushan.