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Weather Blog: Burst of summer near
Thank you for stopping by the Weather Watch 12 blog! The first 10 days of June have produced zero, yes zero 80 degree days in Milwaukee. This streak should end soon as a quick burst of summer is near. In today's blog we look at when temperatures return to the 80s, and when thunderstorms rumble back into the forecast.
More dreary weather blanketed the Milwaukee area to start the week with low clouds and fog Monday morning. A repeat of the fog may occur TUESDAY morning as winds will be light and a fairly moist airmass hangs around. The Futurecast forecast map below is valid at 6:30am showing widespread low clouds and fog across southern Wisconsin. We will need to watch this closely as Dense Fog Advisories may be needed.
The fog should lift quickly on Tuesday as winds shift to the south-southwest drawing in much warmer weather. The WPC surface forecast map below is valid at 7am Tuesday. The key feature on this map is high pressure to our south and low pressure over the upper Midwest. This combination will funnel the warmth into southern Wisconsin.
For the first time this month temperatures will warm above the seasonal average in Milwaukee. Highs should top out in the low 80s on Tuesday, about 6-9 degrees above average! By mid to late afternoon a lake breeze may cool lakeshore locations. Below is the Future Temps map valid at 4pm.
The summerlike warmth will be put on hold as winds shift and low pressure drifts to the south of Wisconsin on Wednesday. With a warm front residing just south of the Wisconsin and Illinois thunderstorms may blossom Wednesday morning, and then again later in the day.
The NAM computer model forecast valid at 7am Wednesday shows showers and thunderstorms across southern Wisconsin. Keep in mind we are still 36+ hours away from this timeframe, so the exact position will likely change. However, if you have outdoor plans on Wednesday you may want to have a plan B ready in case rain or thunderstorms find your area.
We will continue to watch Wednesday closely as a few storms may be strong to severe close to home.
For the latest weather information watch WISN 12 News, and for updates throughout the day follow me on Twitter @jnelsonweather
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Joe Kovacs pinned Tony Garcia in 1 minute, 38 seconds in the 220-pound match and the Chico High wrestling team defeated Las Plumas 70-9 in a dual meet Wednesday night at Chico High.
Sam Miller (195 pounds), Aaron Bates (182), Cordero Rios (170) and Emiliano Chaves (152) were all winners by fall for the Panthers, who also received a technical fall victory from Jerome Munoz at 160 pounds. Other winners included Joseph Moure (145, fall), Kurtis Clem (132, fall), Jared Alves (126, fall), Cameron Leary (120, technical fall), Morgan Sauseda (113, pin) and Malik Hopkins (285, by forfeit).
For Las Plumas, Robbie Olive (106) and Gabe Hindman (138) were victorious.
Orland 50, Wheatland 24
Dylan Hill had a technical fall over Kalan Perkins in the 182-pound weight class by a score of 16-0 to lead Orland to victory. Other match wins for Orland (10-0, 2-0 Butte View League) include Melkie Garcia with a pin in the 285-pound weight class, Austin James (113) with a pin and Quinton Hill with a decision at 126 pounds by a score of 15-4.
Durham 38, Willows 36
In the last match of the night, Andrew Teats of Durham defeated Nick Reed of Willows in the 184-pound weight class to win it for Durham. Willows coach Matt Steele called it an incredibly exciting and close match. The win brings Durham to 2-0 in league, and Willows to 0-1 in league.
Oroville 43, Paradise 35
Whitney Angle scored 12 points as Oroville pulled out the win. Ashley Jenkins added 11 points for Oroville (15-2, 1-0 Eastern Athletic League).
Corning 6, Hamilton 2
The Braves were defeated despite goals from Adrian Chavarria and Emilio Gallegos.
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S.F. building escaped rampant demolition
Few people who pass the violet-painted house at 1712 Fillmore St. give it a second look. It's another Victorian in a city full of them.
But this building is different. Perhaps no other structure in San Francisco has such an extraordinary story. If its walls could talk, they would relate virtually the entire history of the city.
Around 1895, a single-family Queen Anne Victorian home was built near the corner of Post and Buchanan streets in the Western Addition. The neighborhood was solidly middle class; its mostly professional residents took the streetcar to their offices downtown. But the 1906 earthquake and fire - the first of three cataclysmic events to hit the neighborhood - changed its character for good.
Poor and working-class people from the burned-out South of Market and downtown neighborhoods flooded into the Western Addition. The neighborhood's elegant houses, including the Queen Anne Victorian at 1690 Post St., were divided into apartments.
Working-class Mexican Americans, Jews, Filipinos, blacks and Japanese Americans displaced the merchants and businessmen. The Western Addition quickly became one of the most diverse neighborhoods in the country, known as San Francisco's "little United Nations."
Birth of Japantown
A bustling Japantown sprung up, then as now centered around the corner of Post and Buchanan. Sometime before 1920, the Nippon Drug Co. opened on the ground floor of the Queen Anne Victorian.
In 1930, the co-owner of Nippon Drugs was a man named J. Hatsuto Yamada. Yamada's business prospered - until the second cataclysmic event. On Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese planes bombed Pearl Harbor.
In the days after the attack, white San Franciscans drove through Japantown, staring at its inhabitants. In February, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, expelling all 110,000 people of Japanese ancestry from the West Coast.
On April 6, all Japanese Americans in San Francisco were ordered to report to two mustering points on Van Ness Avenue, then shipped off to desolate internment camps. Most San Franciscans, including Hatsuto Yamada, were sent to Topaz camp in Utah. Few returned before the end of the war. Many never returned at all.
The expulsion of San Francisco's Japanese residents benefited another marginalized group: blacks. Until World War II, the city had few black residents. But wartime shipyard jobs in the Bay Area attracted thousands of black workers, many from Texas and Louisiana. When they arrived in San Francisco, however, they discovered there was nowhere to live. Whole families were forced to cram into small rooms. Hastily built government housing at Hunters Point and elsewhere was insufficient to meet the demand.
Neighborhood transforms
The newly vacant buildings in Japantown offered a solution to this crisis, and so a Japanese neighborhood became a black one. It was a surreal transformation, and nowhere more so than in the Victorian building on Post Street.
In 1949, the defunct Nippon Drugs reopened as a nightclub called Vout City, run by a wonderfully weird avant-garde musician named Slim Gaillard. When Vout City (immortalized in Jack Kerouac's "On the Road," it was named after a language Gaillard invented) folded, the building's owner, pioneering black businessman Charles Sullivan - who was later to provide invaluable support to a young rock 'n' roll promoter named Bill Graham - rented the space to one of the city's first black car salesmen, Jimbo Edwards.
Edwards opened a cafe called Jimbo's Waffle Shop. When local musicians began using its back room for after-hours jam sessions, Edwards changed the name of his joint to Jimbo's Bop City. Bop City soon became a mecca for every jazz musician who came to town, including legends like Dexter Gordon, Lionel Hampton and John Coltrane.
Meanwhile, Nippon Drugs co-owner Hatsuto Yamada returned from Topaz and opened a new drugstore, now bearing the all-American name Jim's Drugs, a few blocks away from his old business.
Jimbo's Bop City was the most famous of the many jazz clubs in the Western Addition during the 15 or so glorious years when it was the Harlem of the West. But musical tastes changed, and Bop City closed in 1965. The venerable club thus did not have to witness the tragic finale of the third and most devastating of the three cataclysms to affect the Western Addition: urban renewal.
The city had long viewed the Western Addition as a dangerous and unsavory slum. Despite pious proclamations to the contrary, there was clearly a racial tinge to these views. After World War II, well-meaning planners came up with a radical plan: They would declare the neighborhood a "blighted" area, making the city eligible for federal funds under the 1949 Federal Housing Act. Then they would tear down the old Victorians and replace them with shiny new high-rises.
The redevelopment plan languished until 1959, when a dynamic, politically connected planner named Justin Herman took charge. Under his forceful leadership, the bulldozers began to roll. In 1960 Geary Boulevard was torn out and replaced with a multilane expressway that was partly below grade. Soon, much of Japantown was demolished as well. In 1963, Herman announced plans to raze most of the rest of the Western Addition.
Too late to save
Members of the community, including both blacks and Japanese Americans, organized to try to save their neighborhood, but it was too late. By the end of the 1970s, 2,500 Victorians had been torn down, 883 businesses had closed, and 20,000 to 30,000 residents had been displaced - most of whom never returned. Writer James Baldwin memorably said, "Urban renewal is Negro removal."
The Western Addition was gutted. The heart and soul of black San Francisco was torn out. Japantown, which had never completely recovered after World War II, was rendered sterile by the new corporate Japan Center mall.
But by a twist of fate, the Queen Anne at 1690 Post St. survived. Along with five other Victorians, it was jacked up in the late 1970s and moved two blocks to Fillmore and Post, as part of a city-subsidized development called Victorian Village. Since 1981, 1712 Fillmore St. has been home to Marcus Books, the oldest African American-themed bookstore in the country.
Two living neighborhoods are gone. Yet the Queen Anne still stands. The ghosts of Nippon Drugs and Vout City and Jimbo's Bop City, of Hatsuto Yamada and John Coltrane and Charles Sullivan, still have somewhere to call home. That is as much of a happy ending as this story can have.
Editor's note
Every corner in San Francisco has an astonishing story to tell. Each Saturday, Gary Kamiya's "Portals of the Past" will tell one of those lost stories, using a specific location to illuminate San Francisco's extraordinary history - from the days when giant mammoths wandered through what is now North Beach to the Gold Rush delirium, the dot-com madness and beyond.
Trivia time
What statue on Market Street offended the writer Gelett Burgess so much that he toppled it?
Get the answer in next week's feature.
Gary Kamiya is a freelance writer and Bay Area native. His new book, "Cool Gray City of Love: 49 Views of San Francisco," will be published by Bloomsbury in August. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com


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There are millions of people logging on to their computers at this very moment. To get a fraction of them directed to a book trailer video is not difficult, it's nearly impossible. An estimated 2000 views means your trailer is doing very well, more views means it is better than the "norm" (http://rockyourwriting.com/2011/08/do-book-trailers-work/). There have been many bestseller's not even break the double digits when it comes to book trailers. Others probably would have done much better had they took the time to market their book with a trailer.
Number one New York Times Best-Selling Mystery and Thriller novelist Harlan Coben's newest book released in March of 2013, generated (to date) 9, 493 YouTube views for the book trailer. Why is it not a higher number of views? Is it because dedicated readers do not follow Mr. Coben? No. We'll get to that in a few minutes.
When I began thinking of promoting my latest book with a video trailer, I thought, "Gee, who will even want to look at a trailer for a book. We're not talking the next blockbuster movie starring Johnny Depp."
Low and behold, after getting past my reservations I listened to my publicist and agent and decided to go forward with the video trailer, with two stipulations. It was not to be a cheesy B-rated production, and we were not to invest a great deal of money into the project.
They called my bluff. The video costs less than what I spend on my cellular phone bill in a month, and it turned out to be a decent depiction of what my book encompasses. Now came the big test, posting it to YouTube and seeing if anyone really gave a care about the video.
In one month's time, the video trailer accomplished the unimaginable. It was Viral and no end in sight. In its first month, it generated just over a mind-boggling 157,000 views (in only one month) making this book video a historic one-of-a-kind.
What was the key? You got me! It could have been the fact that I have a remarkable team working behind me. It could be the subject matter or the fact that I have such wonderful friends who all shared the video.
Honestly, my agent and my editor tell me it's because my book is making history and I am a delight to read (I surely hope so). One of the keys to creating a successful viral video was that I released the video "before" the book was released. Mr. Coben released the book trailer the same day his book was released; perhaps he could have drove the numbers up had he released it sooner.
Well, I don't believe Mr. Coben is too worried about his YouTube count, he has other more important accounts to concern himself with, and I am not at that stage in my career as of yet.
The only other thing I would add is, cross-promote your work, and your video; it drives up the numbers and the curiosity of potential readers and viewers.
I just hope the frenzy continues after my book releases. If you haven't yet checked out the video please do so, the YouTube link is at the end of this blog. Also, If you are considering creating a video (book or otherwise) and you would like to chat about it please email me and I would be more than happy to offer what I know.
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radar, system or technique for detecting the position, movement, and nature of a remote object by means of radio waves reflected from its surface. Although most radar units use microwave frequencies, the principle of radar is not confined to any particular frequency range. There are some radar units that operate on frequencies well below 100 megahertz (megacycles) and others that operate in the infrared range and above. The term radar, an acronym for radio detection and ranging, is also used to denote the apparatus for implementing the technique.
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Ex-Vanderbilt player at Alcorn State kicked off team
LORMAN, Miss. (AP) — Former Vanderbilt player Jaborian "Tip" McKenzie, who is facing rape charges in Nashville, Tenn., has been kicked off Alcorn State's football team less than a day after his presence on the team attracted attention.
Alcorn State released a statement on Thursday night from president M. Christopher Brown II saying McKenzie has been removed from the team "until further notice."
"Alcorn failed to sufficiently examine the allegations against McKenzie before allowing him to participate in our football program," Brown said in the statement. "In an effort to provide educational opportunities to a southwest Mississippi student, Alcorn State University made an error in judgment."
Alcorn State coach Jay Hopson told The Associated Press earlier Thursday that McKenzie was playing football for the Braves because he believes the freshman is "100 percent innocent" of the charges.
McKenzie, 19, and three other former Vanderbilt players are charged with raping an unconscious Vanderbilt student at a campus dormitory in June. The four were dismissed from the university June 29.
Hopson said he was aware that McKenzie had an Oct. 16 court date in Nashville for discussions in the case. The coach said he cleared McKenzie's arrival with the school's athletic director and Brown.
"If I ever find anything or if I can get any proof that he is guilty, he will be suspended from our football team," Hopson said. "From everything I've gotten, from every resource, this kid is 100 percent innocent."
Hopson did not immediately return a message seeking comment on McKenzie's dismissal. Alcorn State's release did not indicate if McKenzie was still enrolled in school.
McKenzie, who is from Woodville, Miss., returned three kickoffs for 80 yards against Mississippi State last weekend in a 51-7 loss.
The story of McKenzie playing at Alcorn State was first reported by The Nashville Post.
Hopson, who declined to make McKenzie available for an interview with the AP, said the player enrolled at the school a couple of weeks ago.
"We'll just let the process take care of itself," Hopson said. "And let the whole world figure out that this kid, from everything that I know, that this kid did absolutely nothing. So like I said, if somebody can tell me or show me where he did something, then I may sing a different song. But right now, from everything I know, everything that's been shown to me through numerous phone calls and talking to many people involved in this case, I can't find anything that says this kid is guilty."
McKenzie was indicted Aug. 9 on five counts of aggravated rape along with Cory Batey, 19 of Nashville, Tenn.; defensive back Brandon Banks, 19, of Brandywine, Md.; and tight end Brandon Vandenburg, 20, of Indio, Calif., along with two counts of aggravated sexual battery.
According to Nashville police, the four men are charged with raping the unconscious woman inside Vandenburg's room at Gillette House dormitory early on June 23. University officials checking the dorm's surveillance in the hallways on an unrelated matter noticed the four's behavior and notified the Vanderbilt University Police Department the night of June 25. Campus police contacted Nashville's sex crimes unit June 26.
None of the four played a snap for Vanderbilt last season, with McKenzie redshirting in 2012. But the 5-foot-8 receiver had four catches for 83 yards in the Commodores' spring game — the most yards receiving in the game.
McKenzie was released from jail Aug. 10 after posting $50,000 bond, the lowest bail set for any of the four men.


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* Cueing tips: Walk upright with good posture. Walk forward heel-toe.
Walk backward; muscles used: gluteus maximus, hamstrings
* Cueing tip: Walk backward toe-heel.
Walk 4×, jog 8×; muscles used: hip flexors, hamstrings, quadriceps
Walk on toes; muscle used: gastrocnemius
Walk on heels; muscle used: tibilias anterior
Lunge forward low in the water; muscles used: quadriceps, gluteus maximus
* Cueing tip: Step right foot over left, left foot over right.
* Cueing tips: Travel in a straight line; take two steps forward, turn, take two steps sideways, turn, take two steps backward, turn, take two steps facing the other side.
* Cueing tips: Lunge to the side like a crab walking sideways. Lift the back elbow with each lunge step.
Knee lift, big step, travel sideways; muscles used: hip flexors, hamstrings, gluteus medius
Squat travel sideways; muscles used: gluteus maximus, hamstrings, hip flexors, quadriceps
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LMFAO: D. Jukes Brings In Some Female Teacher To Get Freaky For His Song "Nasty" In Rocafella Records!
Supply & Demand reports "Video shows D jukes in Rocafella Records mastering the track Nasty produced by Rav.P. Also a teacher shows you how to get NASTY FOR REAL. Song is being played in NY strip clubs and over seas markets such as Brazil, UK and more. www.myspace.com/ravp www.myspace.com/jukesdagame"
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Police issue warning after man approaches children
Officers seek public's help finding man
Police are asking parents and children to be on alert after a man tried to lure some Brookfield children into his car early last week.
Michael, 11, told 12 News he was walking home from swim practice at Brookfield Central High School with two friends Thursday when a stranger approached them.
"He told us to come over. He wants to help us," Michael said.
Michael said the man tried the line on them twice while driving near Alverno Drive and Gebhardt Road. The children ran away.
"I wasn't really thinking besides to run faster and faster," Michael said.
Michael's parents asked 12 News not to use their last name to protect the boy.
Police described the man as a white male in his 70s with short white or gray hair and glasses. Police said the man was driving a silver four-door sedan.
"You just don't expect something like this to happen in this kind of neighborhood," said Michael's mother, Ellen. "I refuse to let this kind of thing stop us but we do need to be safe and everybody needs to be aware of it."
Brookfield police believe the same man also targeted two girls Saturday. They said the man approached two 12-year-old girls and mumbled something about a dog. The children ran to an area business.
Anyone with information on the man's identity is asked to call the City of Brookfield Police Department at 262-787-3702.


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Katie Holmes' Car Struck By Garbage Truck But At Least She's Not Married to Tom Cruise
Katie Holmes and Suri Cruise (is it sans the Cruise yet? Who can know?) were hit by a steaming, simmering New York City-summer pile of garbage yesterday as they were leaving Chelsea Piers after a day of more mandatory normalcy.
Says People, Katie and Suri were cruising in their Benz when a turning garbage truck sideswiped them. No one was hurt. You could say even, that the tap was jusssst enough to scare them. To rattle them up a bit and really make them re-think their life choices and chosen faiths.
Stranger still, this is the second time Katie and Suri have been hit in four days. Last Friday, a paparazzi car ran into them as they were leaving FAO Schwartz. In both incidences, witnesses reported seeing the driver of the vehicles yelling, "Xenu Xenu Xenu!" before ramming into them.
The dented Mercedes was seen last night being towed up tenth avenue, covered by an enormous old banana peel-an old gym shoe with a hole in the toe dangling from a side mirror-surrounded by chirping cartoon dizzy birds.


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Lil Duva's Christmas Carol "This Christmas" (Dedicated To All The People Who Are Dead Broke This Xmas) [Comedy]
Duval TV reports "DEDICATED TO ALL THE PEOPLE THAT AINT GOT IT BUT PEOPLE KEEP ASKING "
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Ubuntu "Feisty Fawn" 7.04 Herd 3 Released
Ubuntu Feisty Fawn 7.04 Herd 3 has officially been released today for alpha testing. This is the third alpha release of the Ubuntu Feisty Fawn. The project is planned to be finished and ready for production machines by April 19th. Feisty Fawn includes many exciting new features, a few of which are listed below.
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Thunderbolt™ 3
More Speed. More Pixels. More Possibilities.
More Speed. More Pixels. More Possibilities.
Thunderbolt™ 3 brings Thunderbolt to USB-C at speeds up to 40 Gbps, creating one compact port that does it all – delivering the fastest, most versatile connection to any dock, display, or data device. For the first time, one computer port connects to Thunderbolt™ devices, every display, and billions of USB devices. A single cable now provides four times the data and twice the video bandwidth of any other cable, while also supplying power. It's unrivaled for new uses, such as 4K video, single-cable docks with charging, external graphics, and built-in 10 GbE networking. Simply put, Thunderbolt™ 3 delivers the best USB-C.
Many companies are shipping products and PCs in the market in these areas: computers, displays, high-speed data storage devices, audio and video devices, docking, and more.
Here are all the products that are shipping: Thunderbolt™ ›
Solutions and products built to Thunderbolt™ and Thunderbolt™ 2 specifications will work with Thunderbolt™ 3 via an adapter.
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Connect displays with astonishing resolution, contrast, and color depth to see your photos, videos, applications, and text with amazing detail.
Now, one compact port provides Thunderbolt™ 3 data transfer, support for two 4K 60 Hz displays, and quick notebook charging with a single cable. It's the most advanced and versatile USB-C docking solution available.
Gamers can now connect plug 'n' play external graphics to a notebook to enjoy the latest games at recommended or higher settings.
Provides a peer-to-peer connection at 10 GbE speeds to quickly transfer files between computers, perform PC migrations, or set up small workgroups with shared storage.
Jason Ziller shares benefits of Thunderbolt™ technology, like running data, video, and power over a single cable, fast storage, and hi-res displays.
Seamus Byrne at CNET News covers how the Thunderbolt™ 3 port aligns with the USB 3.1 Type-C port.
Jason Ziller demonstrates how to run external graphics on a mobile graphics dock over Thunderbolt™ 3 technology.
Jason Ziller demos the Lexar CFast* card reader hub featuring Thunderbolt™ 2 technology.
Jason Ziller shows us the QNAP NAS* network attached storage device featuring Thunderbolt™ 2 technology.
Jason Ziller demonstrates networking capabilities across multiple OS interfaces using Thunderbolt™ 2 technology.
Gary Adcock walks us through 4K video production workflow using Thunderbolt™ 2 technology.
Michael Kintner discusses the benefits of using Thunderbolt™ technology with 360 Heros products.
Jason Ziller demonstrates networking capabilities across multiple OS interfaces using Thunderbolt™ 2 technology.
Greg Laporte demos SONNET products equipped with Thunderbolt™ technology.
Vijay Char shows the latest Promise Technology storage solutions featuring Thunderbolt™ connectors at NAB 2015.
Brad Iles showcases the latest OWC solutions with Thunderbolt™ technology.
Dave Roberts features the latest from MOTU at NAB 2015.
Nate Parada discusses Magma expansion solutions featuring Thunderbolt™ technology at NAB 2015.
Clement Barberis demonstrates LaCie's wide range of products featuring Thunderbolt™ technology.
Josef Rabinovitz, President of JRM, shows us new products featuring Thunderbolt™ technology at NAB 2015.
May Hwang shows us how Highpoint uses Thunderbolt™ technology.
Greg Crosby shows us how G-Technology integrates Thunderbolt™ technology.
Mitch Cohen demos Corning's active optical Thunderbolt™ cables.
Kosta Fanagos and CalDigit's latest featuring Thunderbolt™ technology.
Carllene Mowry shows us ATTO's Desklink* product line featuring Thunderbolt™ technology.
Richard Wright demos AKITIO's latest docking and storage products with Thunderbolt™ technology.
Thad Huston shows us the latest AJA capable 4K I/O Thunderbolt™ device.
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David Beckham is getting back in the game with Major League Soccer.
The league announced Wednesday that the former LA Galaxy superstar has exercised his option for an MLS expansion team and will seek to build that team in Miami, a move rumored for months that now looks like a reality for soccer fans in South Florida.
MLS Commissioner Don Garber made the announcement with Beckham and Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez during a press conference at Perez Art Museum Miami. Beckham's ownership group will now work with MLS and local officials to finalize a deal for a world-class soccer stadium, but a timeline for when negotiations need to be completed or when a Miami team might join the league were not revealed.
Beckham and his representatives plan to build a privately funded stadium for the new team, and, according to a report from The Miami Herald, met last week with Mayor Gimenez about 30 potential sites. A league statement released on Wednesday stated that an agreement for a new stadium must be finalized in order for MLS to come to Miami.
"We appreciate all that David has done as a player, an ambassador and as a global icon to help grow Major League Soccer," Garber said in a statement. "We are thrilled that he will be an owner, and we look forward to him helping us achieve our goal of being one of the top soccer leagues in the world."
Beckham, 38, became Major League Soccer's first Designated Player in 2007, and led the Galaxy to two MLS Cup titles during his six seasons in the league. His arrival in LA, after trophy-filled years with European giants Manchester United and Real Madrid, ushered in a new era for the league, spurring bigger contracts for star players, seven new expansion teams and the addition of nine soccer-specific stadiums.
He left MLS following the 2012 season and finished his career with famed French club Paris Saint-Germain last year.
"From the beginning of my career in England to today in Miami, my journey has always been driven by my incredible passion for the game," Beckham said in a statement. "Miami is a vibrant, diverse community that thrives on the same type of energy that fuels the international appeal of soccer, and I look forward to a dedicated, long-term partnership with this dynamic city and Major League Soccer. My experience with the Galaxy is what convinced me that I wanted to one day own an MLS team and it is thrilling to now see that dream coming true."
Beckham joined a crowd of roughly 200 people for an event at Miami's John S. and James L. Knight Concert Hall on Tuesday night to drum up support for the project, and told the crowd that he expects to make Miami's franchise an international success story.
"There's going to be a few bumps along the way, but we're going to make the team in Miami not just the best team in America," Beckham said in brief remarks to the crowd, "we're going to take the team global."
Beckham's ownership group includes his business partner and long-time friend Simon Fuller and Bolivian wireless telecommunications tycoon Marcelo Claure, but the remainder of the ownership group will be finalized over the next several months.
Given a pre-negotiated rate to buy an expansion franchise as part of his contract with the league as a Galaxy player in 2007, Beckham began formally zeroing in on Miami for his expansion franchise last year.
"I can remember so well my discussions with David back in 2007," Fuller said in a statement. "The vision was for David to play in America and to help the sport that he loves to grow in popularity. It was central to our plans that one day David would own his own team. Here we are, February 2014 in Miami, the dream is now a reality and the commitment to grow the sport that he loves continues."
The favored stadium site among Beckham's group is reportedly Biscayne Bay's PortMiami, but Beckham visited a number of sites last year, including SunLife Stadium, Marlins Park and the FIU stadium on the Florida International University campus.
According to a report in the Herald last year, roughly 25 acres of the county-owned PortMiami site could be made available – enough for a 25,000-seat stadium with expandable seating for various events – if the site is chosen.
MLS has had a franchise in South Florida before. The Miami Fusion played in Fort Lauderdale between 1997-2001. Despite boasting a colorful and successful roster that won the Supporters' Shield in 2001, the club was contracted along with fellow Florida club the Tampa Bay Mutiny after that season.
MLS announced last year that it will make its first foray back into Florida when Orlando City SC join the league in 2015.
"Miami is a unique melting pot of cultures that is brought together by one common thread: soccer," Gimenez said in a statement. "During the last several months there has been palpable excitement in our city when people talk about the possibility of a Beckham-owned team. Today's announcement is celebrated across Miami."


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Portland State University School of Architecture offers two options for master's level study in architecture, together with a graduate certificate in public interest design, a graduate certificate in urban design, and a pre-professional undergraduate degree in architecture:
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Learn about our graduate programs in architecture at our information sessions. You'll meet our teaching faculty and director, talk with current students, learn about the curriculum and our teaching philosophy, discover leadership and design-build opportunities for students, tour our studios and lab facilities, and find out more about the application process for our programs.
Our highly respected faculty members bring decades of professional experience and expertise to our studios, where students develop their creative identity while nurturing their civic responsibility, critical judgment, and ability to translate ideas into plausible architectural propositions. Our faculty are leaders in architectural disciplines including architectural theory and history, sustainable design, green building science and energy efficient building technology, public interest design, urbanism, urban design, and professional practice.
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Upcoming information sessions will be held as follows:
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To RSVP for an information session, please complete the registration form, or contact us at [email protected] or 503.725.8405. If you cannot attend, but you are interested in learning more about the programs and the application process, please contact us to schedule an appointment for a tour and meeting with one of our faculty members.
Please note that the deadline to apply to join our 3-year and 2-year Master of Architecture programs for 2020 is January 16, 2020. The deadlines to apply to the Graduate Certificate in Public Interest Design are January 16, 2020 for Spring 2020, and July 15, 2020 for Fall 2020.
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A man in prison says he was involved in the November 1994 robbery and shooting of Tupac Shakur, AllHipHop.com reports.
Dexter Isaac, an inmate currently serving life in prison for murder, robbery and other offenses, came forward with his confession on Wednesday — the day before what would have been Shakur's 40th birthday.
Remember the late Tupac Shakur
Isaac said he was paid $2,500 by James "Jimmy Henchman" Rosemond, an entertainment mogul, for the robbery and shooting. Isaac said he confessed to prove Rosemond's involvement and to clear his own conscience. According to his confession, Isaac also knows what happened to Shakur's jewelry and claims he is in possession of a chain that was taken.
That attack, in which Shakur was shot five times, is considered by many to be the start of the East Coast-West Coast rap war that resulted in the murders of Shakur and Notorious B.I.G. Their murders remain unsolved. Shakur was shot four times in September 1996 and died six days later.
"I want to apologize to [Tupac Shakur's] family and for the mistake I did for that sucker [Jimmy Henchman]," Isaac told AllHipHop.com from prison. "I am trying to clean it up to give [Tupac and Biggie's] mothers some closure."


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Recent Posts
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Kankles, Karma and Kittens
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Friends, there's something about me that you should know: I'm a wussy, cry baby, whiney pants.
I'm talkin' cranky baby squared! And to prove my point, I'd like to present you with some ex-post facto - which is Latin for "Lord, that girl can complain!" So, pay attention, there will be a quiz later.
Fact #1: I'm in a circus-type tent in the middle of a cow pasture for this Fall's Antiques Week.
Fact #2: All of my vintage crap, I mean merchandise, is placed in and around said circus tent.
Fact #3: It is hurricane season.
Fact #4: It has been raining off and on for the past 4 days.
Fact #5: I have taken up yoga to calm my over-caffeinated mind and slim my over-fed body.
Fact #6: There are fire ants in my socks.
Fact #7: I'm a teensy weensy bit allergic to said ants of the fire persuasion - I have "kankles," which the urban dictionary defines as calves that become feet without taking an ankle break.
Fact #8: Flea markets and antique shows medical facilities usually have to shoulder other responsibilities. For example, the First Aid slash Central Office slash concession booth that administered a dose of Benadryl to me came with a kettle corn chaser and a bar-b-que'd turkey leg - now that's health care reform!
Fact #9: And before any of that happened, our new kitty decided today would be a good day to have violently explosive diarrhea . . . in my tennis shoe . . .
So, here are the 2 questions on my little quiz:
How many downward-facing dogs will have to do to find my center? And, how many hours will I have to sit and rub my blanky against my cheek to find my happy place again?
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Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Treasure Hunting at Antiques Week in Texas
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Our Golden Retriever, AJ, does this little prancy-dancy thing when we go out to play with or feed him. He wags his tail with such enthusiasm that I think sometimes he might take flight. He's just so overwhelmed by his anticipation and excitement that often he jumps off of the deck and takes a couple of "turbo-rear-end-in-low-gear" laps around the backyard. Well, I gotta tell ya, this is the way I feel about Antiques Week in Texas. And, apparently I'm not the only one who feels this way. Our man Stan Williams, author of The Find, has put Texas Antique Week at the top of his own personal list of favorite antiquing spots and Shelterpop has included it in its Top 5 Flea Markets in the Country. Stan described it this way: "If you want big, expensive items, they're there. If you want junk, it's there. It really has everything."
So, if you find joy in treasure hunting in overstuffed flea markets and are planning on attending Antiques Week this fall, I would love it if you would come by and see me at my spaces at Vickie Davis' wonderful venue at The Texas Rose Antique Show, located across from Marburger Farms, 2075 South State Highway 237. You can find directions here. The show begins Saturday, September 25th, and runs through Saturday, October 2, 2010.
Hope to see you there and happy hunting!
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Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Austin-centric Vintage-Type Thingys
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Hey everyone, just thought I would share a little Austin-centric vintage-type thingys with you.
STAG will showcase 10 looks, including some one-of-a-kind vintage pieces, on Wednesday night, September 22nd at 8pm for Tribeza Magazine's first all-men's ROCK + RUNWAY FASHION SHOW. You can get more info here.
And another little goody I'd like to share comes from Yelp. To quote their site, "Get ready to lose your prohibitions" for Yelp's 2010 Open Party. They suggest that you just knock three times and whisper low . . . and say that Yelp sent you! Some of the things to expect are big-band, burlesque, a casino and free cocktails sure to knock you back a few decades. See more details here.
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Monday, September 13, 2010
Salad Bar: The Joys of Owning Your Own Business
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Happy Monday to everyone. I hope your weekend was restful or productive or fun or whatever you wanted it to be!
Most of my weekend consisted of trying very hard to harness the divine act of accepting my (and a little bit of da Hubbs') most tiresome and irritating character faults. The remainder of my weekend was spent mopping myself up off of the floor because I have more enthusiasm than I have actual energy, and have taken on more work than I can physically and emotionally handle, have over-extended myself and have fallen apart . . . . . Ahhhh . . . owning one's own business . . . . ain't it grande??!!!
See you tomorrow with some great stuff on some really groovy people.
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Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Want It Wednesday: La Vie En Rose
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Thursday, September 2, 2010
Bohemian Rhapsody
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I know in my head that the best things in life aren't things. The best things are supposed to be experiences and relationships and junk like that - Right?! But BOY, in my heart I would love to have one of these things! I would also sell my pancreas for half the talent and imagination that Jeanne Bayol and Jean-Marie Marécha possess.
Deep in the heart of Provence, along the foothills of the Chaine des Alpilles Mountains, there are some of the most beautiful gypsy caravans in the world being restored by these two. During the restoration process, Jeanne and Jean-Marie try to make sure and honor the essence of these marvelous pieces by staying true to the history that the caravans hold. I can't help but feel a sense of mystery and enchantment of times past when I look at these sacred gypsy spaces. It seems to me that the idea of traveling towards the unknown is what inspires and sparks my imagination. After all, isn't that what the gypsy's spirit entails? Jeanne and Jean-Marie want to capture just that in their restorations, which is what they call "a subtle mix of temporary and eternal."
Apparently, it has now become quite posh to accessorize one's gardens with these lovely caravans. Others, I've discovered, use them for a tea room, a guest house, a playhouse, or just a nice escape to sit and read a book. All are options I find simply delightful!
Jeanne Bayol, a native of Provence, is a woman of many talents. She can transform any event with her Bohemian touch, whether it be professional like fairs, seminars, or festivals, she can decorate private interiors, as well. Her sense of color and creative taste have led her to design clothes that are genuinely unique and bear witness to the liberty to dress oneself in an audacious fantasy. You can find images and information on those here. She is also a prolific writer and those titles can be found here.
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March Madness has been a study as much as it has been an intoxication; the New Critics erred in thinking the emotive and the cognitive could not be combined; of course they can, by any astute critic (Poe is a shining example, who the New Critics, from Pound to Eliot to Warren to Winters to Brooks to Wimsatt carefully ignored or played down.). The New Critics made no satisfactory criticism; they merely introduced mumbo-jumbo, mere terms, such as paradox, ambiguity, irony and symbol and nothing about it was original or coherent, it was finally nothing but mumbo-jumbo for the self-elected priesthood.
The professional priest will lord it over the mere amateur, but such religious hierarchies do not belong in poetry, not artificially, anyway; Letters is not science, but finally morality for the many, and this is the ugly, primitive secret which the sophisticated modernist Oxford erudite fop dare not face.
……………………………………………………………..………….Thomas Brady
………..The Lord in His wisdom made the fly
………..And then forgot to tell us why.
…………… ……… …………Ogden Nash
The paradox here lies not in the fly or in the Lord's wisdom but in what a poem can say that ordinary language can't. You don't need Pound, Eliot, Warren or Winters, or anyone from Oxford for that matter, to help you out with that, or even a High School diploma. Indeed, "The Night Before Christmas" is loaded with paradox, as is Pooh's poetry, the Beatles, nursery rhymes, limericks and gospel. You can laugh or cry as much as you like, but still you can't say what it is without saying what it isn't.
The ambiguity in this poem lies in the absurdity that gets to the very heart of what bothers human beings about life, the complexities of it – how a creature so indispensable to the health of the planet should be so small, for example, yet so insistent, fickle, and in your face, so disgusting yet impossible to swat.
The irony lies in the fact that the Lord in His wisdom forgot to tell us just about everything, and even when the scientist has done his or her very best to remedy that, and even shown us photos of the fly's eyes and cultivated its filth in a petri dish so we could actually see the link between flies and disease, and then gone on to save lives by cleansing wounds with maggots, we still can't decide who we are. And then along comes poetry, of all crazy stuff, and tells us!
Love hurts. Grief heals. The meek inherit the earth.
As to symbols, there are none in this poem in the usual sense. Indeed, symbols are rare in poetry worth reading because the whole idea of poetry is to rewrite the comfortable shorthands, cultural icons and codes we depend on. Indeed, when poetry is most effective even the symbols come off the rails, so to speak, and wreck our understanding of everything. For a moment we just have to stop — my God, my God, what is it?
Take the Rose in William Blake's poem, "O Rose Thou Art Sick," for example, or the Tiger in "Tyger, Tyger, Burning Bright." Only beginners talk about either as "symbols," because the moment you think you know what they mean you're lost. You lose the thread, you lose the argument, you lose your soul to the facts already stuck in your head. And you can't move on.
Symbols are for simpletons, not for Ogden Nashes!
Had Ogden Nash written a whole series of poems about flies, as Yeats did about towers, for example, then we might want to consider "why" in a broader sense, and "the fly" might even be considered a symbol in the little poem above. And hey, why not? Life's too complex not to accept what little help we can get from the way we human beings use language!
But we don't need a Professional Priesthood for that, though sometimes we get one, boo hoo. Then abuses do follow, and yes, we do get Reformers, Counter-reformers, New Critics, Anti-new-critics, Pound-profs or Poe-profs or Flat-earthers, you name it.
Fortunately, most of us move on with the baby still in our arms and not lying there blue on the floor with the bathwater.
Most of us also examine our lives in privacy too, I might add, even if we also love frisbee and beer. And the best poetry, of course, remains private in public.
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SOUTHWEST RANCHES, Fla. – Not many dentists make house calls, but Julian Ocampo isn't your average dentist.
Ocampo is a horse dentist, a fast growing profession in the equine industry.
"A while ago, I think it was more of a novelty," said horse trainer Chris Bennings. "You would do it for expensive horses, but people are starting to realize you need to do it with every horse."
"We have got sharp edges growing over the sides of the top molars. That is what is causing pressure on the jaw," said Ocampo as he worked.
Human and horse dentistry are similar, beginning with rinsing and spitting.
"There is going to be grass and grain inside the mouth," said Ocampo.
Ocampo has been working as a horse dentist for seven years. He said technology has helped horses receive better dental care.
Horse dentists use a specialized spreader and head stand to easily access the teeth.
"This is a grinder that has a rotor disc and the blade is made of diamond chips," said Ocampo.
It can cost between $100 and $200 per horse to visit the equine dentist, but owners say it's worth every penny.
"Absolutely. We see it 100 fold come back. The training is easier. They process their food better and they waste a lot less and they just seem much happier," said Bennings.
Like people, horses only need a dental visit every six months to a year. But the job doesn't come without some biting criticism from the patient.
"Every had a horse chomp down when your hand is up in their mouth?" asked Local 10's Todd Tongen.
"Only once and he bit me pretty hard but it is part of the job," answered Ocampo.
Better digestion means keeling weight on a healthier horse. It also means a horse is more comfortable with a bit in its mouth, making for a smoother ride.


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The Race for Green Gasoline
UMass Amherst is making ground-breaking 'green gasoline' a reality.
In the last 10 years, the most promising technology—pyrolysis (literally meaning "to break apart with fire")—has gained the attention of top biofuel research groups. With the prestigious, $800,000 Early Career Award in Basic Energy Sciences from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Dauenhauer is gaining attention for his studies of the thermal degradation of wood.
As wood heats, its molecules get smaller, and when they mix with air, that familiar orange glow results. The wood turns into hundreds of chemicals, the biggest groupings being furans, anhydrosugars, and aldehydes. These chemicals can be collected from wood as a brown crude, or 'bio-oil', of which a certain portion can be upgraded to bio-fuels.
If you look at wood, you will see both white and dark regions of the grain. The white parts are long chains of sugars, and when they break during thermal degradation, they fracture in certain patterns. "If we understand how wood pyrolyzes," says Dauenhauer, "we can control the reaction to degrade in the most favorable way to make 'green gasoline.' "
In the best conditions, 70 percent of biomass, such as wood chips, can be converted into bio-oil, which is subsequently upgraded in a biorefinery to green gasoline. However, unlike petroleum, which comes out of the ground, bio-oil composition is controlled by the pyrolysis process, and higher quality bio-oils result in greater yields of green gasoline. "There are perhaps only a couple of universities that are as intensely focused in the pyrolysis area of biofuels as UMass Amherst," says Dauenhauer. "The race is on," he adds, "to predict which pyrolysis reactions produce high quality bio-oils and greater quantities of biofuel."
Brought on board in 2009, Dauenhauer is using a hybrid poplar tree for thermal degradation—it grows fast. He is particularly excited to be located among the biomass-rich woodlands of Western Massachusetts. "New England is the burgeoning biofuel center," he says. "The new generation of biomass crops are wood and grasses, which situates UMass Amherst prominently. All we need now is the technology." With the help of this award, that's fast coming. Dauenhauer and colleagues have published new findings in Science describing how they combined high-speed photography of heated cellulose with theoretical fluid modeling to uncover a plausible mechanism for ejection of certain non-volatile compounds in the pyrolysis product stream. The process, called reactive boiling ejection, describes how bubbles form and then quickly collapse in a short-lived molten cellulose phase. The collapse expels streams of aerosols that contain nonvolatile material. According to the Dauenhauer and his colleagues, a deeper understanding of this process should lead to more control over product distributions.
The award for Dauenhauer's latest work comes on the heels of $80,000 in NSF support and the highly selective 3M Nontenured Faculty Award, which supports a three-year study of hybrid production of biorenewable aromatic chemicals. Dauenhauer's DOE and 3M studies are spinoffs from his much-publicized research into a new method of gasification for converting biofuel feedstock into sustainable fuel, which, according to Technology Review, could have a "profound" effect on the chemical industry. His gasification process would not only greatly reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but also double the amount of fuel that can be made from an acre of biomass feedstock. Between Dauenhauer's work on pyrolysis and other bio-fuels research across campus, UMass Amherst is making ground-breaking 'green gasoline' a reality.
David Bartone, '12G


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Tomorrow is not a compromise.
You can experience tomorrow's urban mobility today with the BMW C evolution – without compromise. On the contrary: this electrically powered maxi-scooter combines sustainability, dynamics and agility with a design that catches everyone's eye. Every other vehicle in urban traffic will get left behind along with the noise and fumes. The powerful, completely electric engine guarantees immediate torque and a riding range of up to 99 miles. This model also comes in four riding modes, and intelligent energy recuperation during braking and accelerating. Riding performance of the highest order, environmental friendliness, and innovative technology – the C evolution stands for riding pleasure without compromise.
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Contrary to conventional internal combustion engines, the C evolution's electric engine provides peak torque from a standstill, instead gradually building up to the peak torque. With peak output of 48 hp (35 kW) and 53 ft. lb. (72 Nm) of torque at the crankshaft, this machine provides immediate riding pleasure. The maximum speed is electronically limited to 80 mph to ensure optimized power consumption and range. With acceleration from 0 to 30 mph in only 2.8 seconds, you'll quickly leave the traffic behind when the light turns green.
More range, more riding pleasure.
The C evolution uses the newest generation of battery modules. They are equivalent to those used in the BMW i3 and enable the C evolution to achieve a range of up to 99 miles. The battery can be charged with its integrated charger at a common 110-volt household socket or with a fast-charge cable at a 220-volt charging station or optional household wall box.
A design that embodies the future.
The shape of the C evolution is at first sight typical of BMW Motorrad. LED lights and a big TFT display reflect BMW's technological leadership, while the striking split-face fairing shares its DNA with the rest of BMW Motorrad family. A statement is set by the new, attractive color-Ionic Silver Metallic with an Electric Green accent color. The graphic on the side covering adds to the electric scooter's modern appearance. High-quality fit, finish and attention to detail complete the design elements of the C evolution.
Front - Dual floating discs, dual-piston floating calipers, diameter 270 mm
Rear - Single disc, diameter 270 mm, dual-piston floating caliper
ABS - BMW Motorrad ABS
Wheels - Cast aluminum
Front rim - 3.5 x 15 in.
Rear rim - 4.5 x 15 in.
Front tire - 120/70 R 15
Rear tire - 160/60 R 15
Unladen - 30.1 in. (765 mm)
Inner leg curve, unladen - 68.7 in. (1,745 mm)
Front - Upside-down fork Ø 40 mm
Rear - Single-sided swing arm with direct-link spring strut and spring pre-load with 7 manually adjustable settings
Front travel - 4.7 in. (120 mm)
Rear travel - 4.5 in. (115 mm)
Permitted total weight - 981 lb. (445 kg)
Payload (with standard equipment) - 375 lb. (170 kg)
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UnNews:President Clinton Eats Fox News's Chris Wallace Alive, Spits Out The Bones
This article is part of UnNews, your source for up-to-the-microsecond misinformation.
26 September 2006
NEW YORK, New York -- Bill Clinton, former President of the United States of America, recently consumed Chris Wallace of Fox News Sunday on the Fox Network program, When Presidents Attack, leaving behind only the inedible parts such as bones and Wallace's coal-lump heart. Millions of veiwers watched in horror as the apoplectic President, angered by conservative provocation, ate the hapless (but admittedly foolish) reporter alive, without washing his hands first.
"It was absolutely shocking. I've never seen anything like it since Oprah was interviewed!" said one regular viewer.
One member of the production crew cackled with glee: "We've been waiting for something exciting to happen for ages; this is going to put our ratings through the roof!"
The Interview[edit]
WALLACE: When we announced that you were going to be on "Fox News Sunday," I got a lot of e-mail from viewers. We all agreed that you are a dirty scumbag, but let's be reasonable about this. Most of the viewers wanted me to ask you: Did you have sexual relations with Osama bin Laden, and if so, why didn't you do more to put him out of business? Also, what sexual positions was Osama fond of?
CLINTON: OK, what the fuck are you talking about?
WALLACE: Please, let's be civilized about this. Now, I read this book, see, and it said Osama bin Laden did stuff that had to do with stuff you did as President, so the question is, why didn't you do more, connect the dots and put him out of business?
CLINTON: OK, let's talk about it. Now, I want to point out just how interesting this is. I'm being asked this on the FOX network, ABC just had a right- wing conservative run in their little "Pathway to 9/11," falsely claiming it was based on the 9/11 Commission report. And I think it's very interesting that all the conservative Republicans, who now say I should have taken care of bin Laden myself, claimed that I was too obsessed with bin Laden back then. All of President Bush's drinking buddies thought I was too obsessed with bin Laden. They were just jealous, of course. They said I was thinking too much about him, that I needed to get on with my life.
And then, when I did give up on bin Laden, they forgot all about him, too. They never spoke with bin Laden for nine months after I left office. All the right-wingers who now say I should have paid him more attention said he wasn't worth my time — same people. It's like, you give your life to try to make this thing work, and just crashes and it just fucking burns right in front of you and you people...you people...you just don't understand!
They were all trying to get me to withdraw from Somalia in 1993 after, you know... our argument...
WALLACE: I understand, and I ...
CLINTON: No, wait. Don't tell me this — you asked me why didn't I do more with bin Laden. There was not a living soul who actually thought he really meant anything to me. All the people who now criticize me are right-wing fools! They don't know me, and they dont' know Osama!
WALLACE: Uhh...
CLINTON: All right, you were saying?
WALLACE: Do you think you did enough, sir?
CLINTON: No, because I didn't catch him.
WALLACE: Damn right you didn't! You're a damned liberal, homosexual, tree-hugging, intern-groping, ghoulish, Moloch worshipping, pot-smoking Democrat!
CLINTON: But at least I tried! That's the difference between me and those right-wingers who are attacking me now. They ridiculed me for trying. They had eight months to try. They did not try. But I did. I swear I did!
So I tried and failed. When I failed, I decided that the only other option was to to drown my sorrows in the bottle and hide my emotions by chasing loose women.
So here we are now, 10 years later. You do Fox's bidding on this show, just like I knew you would. You did your nice little conservative hit job on me.
What I want to know now is ...
The interview then degenerated into gore and violence, which most viewers found far more interesting than politics anyway. After rending the flesh from Wallace's body, Clinton calmed down a bit when he accidentally bit down on one of Wallace's finger bones and spat it out in disgust.
Regaining his usual cheerful composure, President Clinton excused himself from the studio amidst the cheers of approval from the audience.
"We're thinking of inviting him onto the O'Reilly Factor, just to see what would happen" commented the stage director. "O'Reilly would be much more popular if he were eaten by a Democrat."
When asked what he thought this incident would do for his public appeal, President Clinton simply smiled and gave a little belch.
- Lord Voldemort "President Clinton Eats Chris Wallace". Yesterday, September 24, 2006
- Abdul Alhazred "Who Taught Clinton How To Eat People?". A long time ago, September 24, 2006


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We have a winner.
After one of the closest final rounds ever, season 22 of "Dancing with the Stars" has named its champion, and that mirrorball trophy could not have gone to a more deserving couple.
Congratulations to Nyle DiMarco and Peta Murgatroys.
U.S. & World
The deaf "America's Next Top Model" winner spent all season pulling off emotional performances, changing ideas of dance all over the world, and now he's got the trophy and the title to show for it.
MMA fighter Paige VanZant and Mark Ballas took second place, while ABC News chief meteorologist Ginger Zee and Val Chmerkovskiy took third place.
Dancing With the Stars Finale: Who Will Win Season 22?
Before the results could be determined, the final three contestants had to perform for the judges one last time with a routine fusing together multiple dance styles that they only had 24 hours to put together.
Perfect scores went to DiMarco and Murgatroys for their cha cha/tango and VanZant and Ballas for their jive/salsa, while Zee and Chmerkovskiy scored a 27 with their foxtrot/Argentine Tango.
Those scores combined with their scores from the past two weeks and America's votes to decide the winner.
Of course, Tuesday wasn't all about competition. The first hour and a half of the show featured performances new and old from this season's dancers and a few special guests, including Fifth Harmony, Pitbull, Fleur East, Dan & Shay, and Aloe Blacc.
Most of this season's contestants hit the dance floor one last time for an encore of one of their best performance, including Wanyá Morris and Lindsay Arnold's Charleston, Antonio Brown and Sharna Burgess' Aladdin routine, Zee and Chmerkovskiy's Argentine Tango, and more.
"Dancing with the Stars" will return in the fall for season 23.


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APN of Docomo – Tata Docomo for Android Samsung, Micromax, Sony. Tata docomo internet setting of android. Some mobiles does not get the apn settings directly when you insert a sim, and this makes you to call costumer care of Tata Docomo, to ask for getting apn setting, to run internet properly on the same. APN Stand for Access point name. I had experienced this problem in Samsung galaxy S, and also with my friend tablet, which made me to write about this information here. Add access point for other service provider like Videocon, Vodafone, Reliance, Airtel, Idea, Bsnl, Aircel , MTNL etc.. We can set this setting in every mobile but, i will demonstrate to set apn in android mobile step by step.
APN of Docomo
Set APN of docomo – Tata docomo Setting:
1.) Select Settings, then Wireless and Networks and to Mobile Networks i.e which will flow as Settings -> Wireless and Networks -> Mobile Networks -> Access Point Names (APN).
For adding new APN setting, selects option button of your mobile and select "New APN", or you may even edit the existing APN by selecting edit.
2.) You need to make changes in some fields while editing access point. Options and its following value of four fields i.e Name, APN, Authentication Type and APN Type has to be filled as follows :
- Name : TATA DOCOMO INTERNET
For 3G internet connection of Tata docomo,
- Name : TATA DOCOMO INTERNEThvc
- APN : TATA.DOCOMO.INTERNEThvc
- Authentication type : None
- APN type : internet
Few More Links For APN OF different Telecom Service Providers :
- APN of BSNL For Micromax, Samsung, Sony
- APN of Uninor For Micromax, Samsung ,, SOny.
- MTNL APN for MIcromax, Samsung, Sony.
3.) Don't make any changes in other fields, i.e Proxy, Port, User name, Password, Server, MMS proxy and MMS port except MCC and MNC. Edit MCC (Mobile Country Code) and MNC (Mobile Network Code) according to your network area and country from list provided below.
MCC MNC Network State 405 47 TATA DOCOMO West Bengal 405 46 TATA DOCOMO Uttar Pradesh (West) 405 45 TATA DOCOMO Uttar Pradesh (East) 405 44 TATA DOCOMO Tamil Nadu 405 43 TATA DOCOMO Rajasthan 405 42 TATA DOCOMO Punjab 405 41 TATA DOCOMO Orissa 405 40 TATA DOCOMO North East 405 39 TATA DOCOMO Mumbai 405 38 TATA DOCOMO Madhya Pradesh 405 37 TATA DOCOMO Maharashtra and Goa 405 36 TATA DOCOMO Kolkata 405 35 TATA DOCOMO Kerala 405 34 TATA DOCOMO Karnataka 405 33 TATA DOCOMO Jammu and Kashmir 405 32 TATA DOCOMO Himachal Pradesh 405 31 TATA DOCOMO Haryana 405 30 TATA DOCOMO Gujarat 405 29 TATA DOCOMO Delhi 405 28 TATA DOCOMO Chennai 405 27 TATA DOCOMO Bihar 405 26 TATA DOCOMO Assam 405 25 TATA DOCOMO Andhra Pradesh
Note: Following MNC and MCC code are for the user of INDIA, for other country try to find out MNC and MCC code over internet or ask from Customer care.
4.)Select option, and then save this setting.
Conclusion :
If you are struggling to make 3G or HSPA internet work proper in Android. suppose that after successfully setting apn of docomo, your android mobile internet connection would work properly. If you are having problem in accessing internet by TATA Docomo, post your comment below with specified problem, so that if could suggest the solution.
No Matter,If you are from other country then see the following APN setting:
- USA service provider APN setting of Android
- UK service provider APN setting of Android
- India Service provider APN setting of Android
- Canada Service provider APN setting of Android
Disclaimer: Although, we have taken utmost care in gathering correct APN setting of Tata Docomo service provider from our reliable resources and with our own research and experience, but we are not responsible for any inconsistency and inconvenience in accessing internet as we not a part of any of the service provider.


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Toyota investing $200M in Southern manufacturing
Over the past two years, Toyota has invested more than $2 billion at its North American production facilities, and it apparently doesn't plan on stopping there. To keep up with recent strong sales, Toyota is investing an additional $200 million at its engine plants in the Southern US to increase production capacity of its V6 engines.
The bulk of this money ($150 million) will go to expand Toyota's engine plant in Huntsville, AL, which is currently responsible for supplying engines – four-cylinder, V6 and V8 – to eight of Toyota's 12 domestically produced vehicles. That includes the best-selling Toyota Camry (shown above).
Toyota didn't say exactly what improvements are being made to the plant, but this follows last year's $80 million investment in the plant that is set to be completed by next year raising the engine capacity to 750,000 annual units including 362,000 V6s. The remaining $50 million will go to the casting plants of Toyota-owned Bodine Aluminum in Missouri and Tennessee, which supply engine blocks and cylinder heads to the Huntsville engine plant as well as others in Kentucky and West Virginia. Scroll down below for the official press release.
Continue reading Toyota investing $200M in Southern manufacturing
Toyota investing $200M in Southern manufacturing originally appeared on Autoblog on Sun, 23 Jun 2013 09:00:00 EST.


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My team is launching a new site soon.
- Is it worth blocking spiders from indexing the landing page right now?
- What effects will this have on my long term SEO results. Is this question even relevant?
Edit: title changed to reflect real nature of the question.
Edit2: great answers below, but in reality I am looking for an answer that directs me to whether the practice of blocking robots pre launch is good or bad for future SEO results.


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|cuak nih = i'm kinda scared
He was a slave of Allah, who accepted the best of what Allah revealed in his heart and held onto it tooth and nail.
And Allah took him away before the doors of dunya opened and before trials rear their ugly teeth. oh, how we envy you Iman Shafiq.
Among the believers are men true to what they promised Allah . Among them is he who has fulfilled his vow, and among them is he who awaits. And they did not alter [the terms of their commitment] by any alteration -
(Al Ahzab : 23)
اللهم اغفرله وارحمه وعافه واعف عنه
May we meet in Jannah, insyaallah!
|back in the good ol' days


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FreeOrion is a free, open source, turn-based space empire and galactic conquest (4X) computer game being designed and built by the FreeOrion project. FreeOrion is inspired by the tradition of the Master of Orion games, but is not a clone or remake of that series or any other game.
Download FreeOrion v0.4 for Windows XP, Vista, or 7; or Mac OSX 10.6.
Download FreeOrion Latest Test Builds for Windows or OSX.
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Morning Five: 07.18.13 EditionPosted by rtmsf on July 18th, 2013
- On Wednesday ESPN finished its two-day unveiling of brackets for the 11 holiday season events that it more or less controls through its television rights, and the possibilities, as usual, are endless. For a comprehensive listing of those events along with the top storylines as they stand right now in the middle of July, here's the thread. Be sure to remember that Jeff Goodman picked Boise State over Oregon State in the Diamond Head Classic so that you can mock him on Twitter in late December… but seriously, does anyone else find it more than a little odd that these brackets are released during the time of year when you couldn't find more people who care less? Why not make this a part of the Midnight Madness/ESPN festivities in October — you know, when fans are actually paying attention to college basketball again. For what it's worth, Jeff Eisenberg at The Dagger and Andy Glockner at SI.com have pretty good rundowns of the events if ESPN.com's marketing campaign isn't to your liking. From our perspective, here's what you need to know: North Carolina vs. Louisville (Hall of Fame Tip-off) and Arizona vs. Duke (Preseason NIT). Done.
- While we're on the subject of ESPN, the post-MLB All-Star Game hole in the calendar provides us with our annual opportunity to over-dramatize the strange mixture of sports and celebrity at the ESPYs. College basketball was once again well-represented, with two major awards among the few nominees. Louisville's Rick Pitino received the ESPY for top coach/manager of the year, while everybody's favorite underdog, Florida Gulf Coast, won the ESPY for the best upset of the year (over Georgetown). The full list is here, but the only other college basketball nominee was Trey Burke for best male college athlete (won by Johnny Manziel). Still, we're more than willing to take a smidgen of credit for the Arthur Ashe Courage Award, given this year to former Sportscenter anchor and Dickie V/Midnight Madness sidekick, Robin Roberts.
- We mentioned Seth Davis' piece on Michigan's Mitch McGary in yesterday's M5, and clearly university brass must have also read about his head coach John Beilein's prescience in keeping the burly freshman on the bench as a secret postseason weapon last year. Why do we say this? Because on Wednesday Michigan rewarded the 60-year old coach with a three-year extension that will bump his salary up to $2.45 million per year, ninth-highest in the nation. The sometimes-irascible but always competent Beilein has come a long way in his itinerant career, but with another top 10 squad pending in Ann Arbor and a growing NBA pipeline to entice recruits, we're thinking that he not only deserves the raise, but is well worth it.
- The Pac-12 under Larry Scott's leadership in the last few seasons has certainly been innovative in its approach to its branding and reach, and yesterday's CBSSports.com report that the league recently sent a letter to the NCAA challenging the admission of Division II Grand Valley (AZ) State to play D-I basketball is certainly interesting. On one hand, why does the Pac-12 care about a low-budget for-profit school with some 40,000 to 45,000 online students? On the other, the business model and corresponding accountability for a school answering to public shareholders on financial matters is in fact a much different situation than that posed by a typical college or university (which are all non-profit entities in Division I). It'll be interesting to see how the NCAA responds to this, and whether other leagues and/or universities get involved. Grand Valley has already begun transition to Division I, entering the WAC as a basketball school and becoming eligible for the NCAA Tournament in 2017-18.
- Some transfer/eligibility news from yesterday to finish off today's M5. Former Kentucky problem child Ryan Harrow has received a transfer waiver from the NCAA to play at Georgia State next season. This move will allow him to remain near his ailing father, who suffered a stroke last year while Harrow was at Kentucky, averaging 10 PPG and shooting 29.6 percent from beyond the arc. By the same token, Minnesota's Malik Smith, a senior guard who averaged 14/3 APG last season at FIU under Richard Pitino, also received a waiver to play immediately at his new school. The NCAA approved his waiver to follow his coach in part because FIU is not eligible for the 2014 NCAA Tournament (APR violations). This will be Smith's fourth school in four seasons.


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March 26 - April 1, 2012
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February 27 - March 4, 2012
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February 712, 2012
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The odd feeling Kerri Walsh Jennings felt in her stomach at the London Olympics wasn't just butterflies.
The three-time gold medalist in beach volleyball was five weeks pregnant at the games, she told Matt Lauer on Monday's "Today" show.
"When I was throwing my body around fearlessly, and going for gold for our country, I was pregnant," Walsh Jennings said.
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The Olympian first started noticing that her "body started to feel different" while she was overseas.
"I'm a pretty happy girl and I was unreasonably moody," she said. "I thought it could have been the stress of the games and travel kind of throws your schedule off. But I knew. At some point, you're late and then you start feeling something. And I definitely felt something in London."
Walsh Jennings, who successfully defended her gold medal title with teammate and fellow Californian Misty-May Treanor, said that the pregnancy did not affect her game. The duo became the first women's beach volleyball pair to win three consecutive gold medals.
"I gave everything I had," Walsh Jennings said on "Today."
The baby, due April 9, will be the athlete's third child. Walsh Jennings and her husband, Casey Jennings, have two boys, Joey, 3, and Sundance, 2.
The gold medalist has a history of quickly returning to the game. Kerri Walsh returned within four months to the volleyball court after giving birth to her second son in 2010.
"I want to be the best," she then answered on a Q&A at the NBC Olympics site. "I want to win a gold medal in London."
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U.S. bone marrow registry sees registrants double since Robin Roberts discussed transplant need
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NEW YORK -- A national bone marrow donation registry says the rate of new registrants has more than doubled since ABC News' Robin Roberts said that she'll need a transplant.
The "Good Morning America" anchor is being treated for MDS, a blood and bone marrow disease. She will require a transplant this fall.
Roberts stopped by a registration drive at ABC News on Tuesday, watching co-host George Stephanopoulos and her boss, ABC News President Ben Sherwood, get swabbed to see if their bone marrow is a match for someone who needs a donation.
Jeffrey Chell, CEO of the registry Be The Match, said some 15,000 people had registered since Roberts announced her diagnosis on June 11. That's 11,200 more than they would normally receive in that period.


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Despite all my best wishes and efforts, I've really been under a tremendous production load of projects at work lately.
Hours stretched, long drives into field office locations for "in-the-trenches" work. Stuff like that.
I have still been checking my RSS feeds and building the linkage piles, but goodness, no time for weekend link posting of late.
One small benefit of the delays is that I will often go back now and re-consider that pile of 20+ links and after a week, find that some just weren't worth posting comments on after all…so they will be struck.
This slow-simmering seems to result in a much tastier collection of tools and utilities.
So here you go. About a month's worth of slow-home-cooking served up for your dining pleasure.
Networking Link Portals
One of the things we have been doing lately is doing site-wide network traffic monitoring and analysis. Our great network team has developed a pretty easy and deployable process to initiate a remote traffic capture and then internal analysis of the traffic/files. Nothing super sophisticated but we can now pretty clearly generate a response report in record time. That's a small miracle in itself.
Here are three "portal" locations for great linkage and reference materials on Network traffic and analysis.
- Cheat Sheets - Packet Life. Great collection of free PDF-formatted reference sheets on many things network traffic related. This Wireshark Display Filters (PDF) page alone has been very useful.
- Network Monitoring Tools – Amazing collection of links maintained by Les Cottrell at Stanford. Be careful. You could easily loose hours looking through the resources documented and organized here!
- WinPcap Network Tools and Links – Lots of great tools, reference materials, and what-not all lined up and linked regarding WinPcap-supported tools.
Remote System Auditing Tools
In aftermath of yet another incident project, I began looking for an efficient way to remotely audit the physical status and configuration of remote systems in our network. We haven't really had a need in the past to do so, and in the past year have only now been running post-deployment audit reports on systems that we initially set up to capture/document key hardware items. However it has become clear I needed the ability to do ad-hoc surveys and reporting on the status of Windows systems long-since deployed in the field. Our network management infrastructure software can (in theory) do this, but it is non-intuitive and burdensome to do so. In addition, it requires the workstation objects to have been correctly imported to the container in the first place to access. Not done so? No data. So obviously I could have some big holes in my site/system audit reports.
So I started looking for a simpler reporting solution.
I found a number of great (and free) tools to do so but they were either much more robust that I needed, or required a client/server model of deployment, or the reporting was just not customizable out for rapid site-wide auditing and exportation for additional analysis in Excel/Access.
Some of those tools that "almost" fit the bill but eventually fouled out were:
- Total Network Monitor – freeware – Softinventive Labs. Pretty full featured and awesome.
- Remote System Information 3.0 - (shareware) – nice and had much of the system hardware auditing stuff I needed but the reporting wasn't robust enough nor was the fact it was shareware and I couldn't find where the developers were still in business.
- Network Manager (NINO) - (open source) – Located this one on SourceForge and looks like a really heavy-duty network monitoring tool. Ended up being too beefy for my targeted needs.
- OpenNMS – (Open Source) - Another very robust network management platform.
- Lan Sweeper – (Free/$$ versions) – I really, really liked this one. It covers so many of the mission-critical system auditing and monitoring points. However it is based on a client/server type of model. I wanted something that didn't require me to deploy clients on all our systems in addition to the existing network client infrastructure in place.
- Zenoss – (Open Source) – Another very mature and polished network/systems monitoring platform. Again, too robust for my needs.
- Network Inventory - (shareware/$) – Very nice but ultimately not free/OpenSource and cost is king now.
- Network Inventory Advisor - (free-trial/$) – Also nice, especially in that it was not agent/client based but again, the free trial period is limited and there is no $ in the budget for this project.
- AdvancedRemoteInfo - (freeware) — Pet project of Matthias Zirngibl at masterbootrecord.de. This was an unexpectedly special find from Germany. Still in development, this beta level utility really has a lot of great bells and whistles. It provided extensive information about remote system hardware/software and data-points. It also allowed for some useful remote interactions with the target system and reporting was much better. However, again, I needed something that let me manage reports on a site-wide number of systems, not one-system-at-a-time reporting. Still, this is a great tool and I'm going to be keeping an eye on it in the future!
At this point, after almost an entire week of looking for just the right tool, I was almost ready to give up. I checked in with Michael Pietroforte over at 4sysops. He referred me to his lineups of Free Windows Networking Tools and Free Windows Inventory Tools (in fact see his full selection of categorized Free Windows Admin Tools – 4sysops). However, none of those offerings were fitting the bill either.
Then while in the middle of our dialog, I found that an old-favorite had been updated with just the feature-sets I was looking for:
- SoftPerfect Network Scanner -- (freeware) – Free network scanner and remote-system management tool.
This ended up being perfect as it is a single, portable exe file based utility. Though not "tiny" at 720K, it still packs an amazing feature set in.
I am now able to remotely run an IP scan against an entire network site range, and then can set WMI-based custom reports to pull data from the systems. Because by audit is IP based, I'm much more likely to identify the devices on the network rather than those "objects" that were imported and calling home from a client/agent configuration only.
And the WMI-based reporting options are off the hook.
Look for a more detailed post soon on this project, but for now, I highly recommend checking it out.
The only potential "gotcha" is that WMI services and firewall port rules/policy must be configured, up, and running on the remote systems to get all the WMI-accessible data for your reports. If you have that in place, then you can easily run and export tons of highly detailed system audit report data.
Please look below for more useful WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation) resources that are must-reads if you are not yet familiar with it and need to do some homework for deploying and accessing the data it can potentially provide.
- Windows Management Instrumentation (Windows) – MSDN Library.
- Connecting to WMI on a Remote Computer (Windows) – MSDN Library.
- Connecting Through Windows Firewall (Windows) – MSDN Library.
- Connecting to WMI Remotely Starting with Windows Vista (Windows) – MSDN Library.
- Enable WMI for Remote Monitoring -- PowerAdmin.
- Help & support – Clear apps – Providing their own auditing product, this FAQ page touches on highpoints.
- Network Inventory: WMI Access Troubleshooting Guide – 10-Strike Software also deploy a WMI-based solution. This tips page has lots of good background information as well.
- WMI Troubleshooting Guide -- Network Monitoring Software
- Remote Administration (using WMI) on XP Pro – TweakXP guide.
New or Improved Fun Utilities
These remaining tools caught my fancy this week. They "remain" from the many more that seemed interesting from this week but on additional look didn't make the draft-cut.
- KON-BOOT – This boot-kit tool to bypass Windows account protection has gotten a major update that supports both 32 and 64-bit Windows systems. Use it for good!
- Explorer++ version 1.1 now available -- (freeware) – little update to this nice 32/64-bit supported alternative file management program.
- Partition Wizard – (freeware) – Another GUI-based Windows partition management program. I've got so many now (including excellent Linux LiveCD distros) that I really don't need another one…particularly with DiskPart and a WinPE disk, however, I seem to collect these things as a hobby. For additional reviews: Partition Wizard Home Edition: excellent, free partition management utility | freewaregenius.com and Partition Wizard Manages and Fixes Your Hard Drive for Free - Partition - Lifehacker
- Free tool to open a command prompt in any folder – Yeah. I know there are other ways to accomplish this, but if you want an easy to install/integrate/access tool, here you go.
- Download details: Microsoft Exchange Server Error Code Look-up Tool – I'm certain I've mentioned it before, but I couldn't my own link to it here, so here you go. Couple this with MyEventViewer and BlueScreenView and AppCrashView from NirSoft and you might have a good seed set for working on strange system crash analysis.
Remote Desktop Trick
Windows Remote Desktop is a cool trick to access and manage a system across your network. But what if you don't have it enabled on the system? And either the end-user is totally clueless, rights restricted, or otherwise unable to initialize some other remote-control solution? This might be a trick to try.
- Windows Server Hacks: Remotely Enable Remote Desktop – O'Reilly Media.
- Remotely Enable Remote Desktop :: IntelliAdmin - (free tool) – this tool automates the above manual trick. Get the micro-file from this link: Enable Remote Desktop – Remotely (exe download-link from IntelliAdmin). I tend to avoid direct links but the download link from their blog-post page actually points to their full-featured application, and not the standalone tool.
Chrome Browser
I'm still nowhere near ready to jump ship from Firefox to Chrome full time, but I do find myself using the Chromium nightly versions in a portable version much more.
Here are the very small set of "add-ons" that I have found useful to load on it.
- AdBlock - Google Chrome extension gallery.
- Atomic Bookmarks - Google Chrome extension gallery.
- Browser Button for AdBlock - Google Chrome extension gallery.
- ChromeAccess - Google Chrome extension gallery.
- FlashBlock - Google Chrome extension gallery.
- youtube-html5-chrome - Project Hosting on Google Code.
I'm running a portable version of Chrome (Portable Google Chrome 126.96.36.199 or Portable Google Chrome 184.108.40.206) along with Dirhael's (portable) Chromium Nightly Updater to keep the package frequently updated. However, that has required unpacking and copying over the update packages into my the portable Chrome application folders. No biggie but additional work.
So I was delighted to find that Carsten "caschy" Knobloch has recently started including an multi-build supported updater in his Portable Chrome package: Portable Google Chrome 18.104.22.1689 (German site) has the latest full portable packages for download or you can simply unpack it and copy the single exe updater file to your existing portable Chrome package and use it from there. It automates the process to check, download, unpack, and install the latest Chrome release versions into you portable Chrome folders. Way too cool! See this post Neue Version des Portable Chrome Updaters (German) for additional info on the updater proper.
Firefox 3.7 Stuff
And the next iteration of Firefox is still marching closer to readiness. I like what I am seeing, but I was surprised when my playing with a portable version of this latest release actually BSOD my Windows 7 x64 system. First time ever that has happened. Lots of fun stuff here but be careful!
- Firefox 3.7a4/Gecko 1.9.3a4 Released -- The Firefox Extension Guru's Blog.
- Firefox.next Alpha 4 is both: performance and looks -- Mozilla Links.
- Mozilla Developer Preview, Portable Edition 3.7 Alpha 4 and Alpha 5 Pre Released (Firefox Preview) -- PortableApps.com
- Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition and Gecko Layout Engine Test Versions -- PortableApps.com
- Release Notes: Mozilla Developer Preview
More Cool Utility Toys and Tips – Part II
- NTFSLinksView - View NTFS symbolic links and junction points - (freeware) – NirSoft – New tool.
- UserAssistView - Decrypt and displays the list of all UserAssist items in the Registry - (freeware) – NirSoft – Update.
- TinyApps.Org Blog : Unpack / extract .MSI file contents – Great tip and tool reference for dealing with MSI files. Less MSIérables isn't as tiny but also provides a GUI-based method (with Windows Explorer shell integration) to unpack MSI files on demand via the right-click context menu when needed.
- 4sysops has been busy with some great WinPE reference material. I'm still learning more tips and tricks in my own WinPE building pursuits and I collect these tips like crazy as I am always bound to find a new way of enhancing and refining my building work: Create bootable Windows PE 3.0 USB drive – 4sysops and Create a bootable Windows PE 3.0 USB drive with tools - 4sysops
- StandaloneStack 2 Makes Leopard Stack on Your Taskbar in Windows 7 - Windows 7 hacker. Neat tweak-tool for enhancing the Windows 7 superbar features. I'm still working on getting used to configuring and using the Jumplist-Launcher tool as well. I figure between these I should be able to come up with something awesome.
- RT Seven Lite - (Freeware) – Spotted but not yet found enough time to play with. This tool helps with Windows 7 integration, tweaking, and customization. Looks like a really robust tool for custom Windows 7 deployments.
I hope you found something yummy for your Windows system here today!
Claus V.


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Threatening phone call prompted brief lockdown at Newtown schools
NEWTOWN -- Officials in Newtown say their school system was placed on lockdown briefly after someone made a threatening phone call to a school near the site of last year's shooting massacre.
Interim schools superintendent John Reed says the threat was implied Monday afternoon in a call to Hawley Elementary School. Reed hasn't released details but says no one was hurt.
Hawley is less than 2 miles from Sandy Hook Elementary School, where a gunman killed 20 first-graders and six educators in December. Newtown has increased school security since then.
Reed says police Chief Michael Kehoe and other officials responded to Hawley and joined officers stationed there to investigate. He says the chief requested the district-wide lockdown.
The lockdown ended when schools dismissed for the day. It caused busing delays throughout the district.


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45 compl./51 att. , 656 yrds, 8 TDs, 0 INT, 12.9 yrds/comp average
Incredible day to start Big 12 play.
Anyone interested in looking at him as a backup next year? He could win the Heisman Trophy this year, days like this against top 25 teams will help that a little bit.