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Beat the Streak Report: Monday, June 27
So, the weekend brought good news and bad news for the folks atop the season leaderboard. Which do you want first? Bad news? You got it!
Season leader Sebringt's inspired run petered out of gas at 37 games, meaning that we're still looking for our first 40-game streak of the 2011 campaign.
The good news: sebringt converted with Adrian Gonzalez yesterday, meaning they're now just 36 days from matching their season-high streak.
Hang on, that was just the appetizer to our three-course good news meal. The entree: jonroy73 made it through the weekend unscathed and is now chillin' at 36 games. A correct pick on Monday would give him his own share of the season lead. Three more weeks of correct picks would mean a $5.7 million all-you-can-eat buffet.
And for dessert: bclark2779 is just a few games behind Mr. Roy, currently holding down second place with a 32-gamer.
Monday's picks:
(Make a BTS pick)
Oh, hello there …
Yunel Escobar: .500 (10-for-20) since '06 vs. Tigers starter Max Scherzer
Jose Bautista: .625 (5-for-8) since '06 vs. Tigers starter Max Scherzer
Todd Helton: .500 (4-for-8) since '06 vs. Cubs starter Matt Garza
Aramis Ramirez: .500 (3-for-6) since '06 vs. Rockies starter Jhoulys Chacin
Feeling kinda spicy?
Juan Uribe: .364 (4-for-11) since '06 vs. Twins starter Nick Blackburn
You'll thank me later …
Starlin Castro: .000 (0-for-7) since '06 vs. Rockies starter Jhoulys Chacin
Carlos Gonzalez: .125 (1-for-8) since '06 vs. Cubs starter Matt Garza
Troy Tulowitzki: .125 (1-for-8) since '06 vs. Cubs starter Matt Garza
Top MLB streakers
Ryan Braun: 17 games
Nick Markakis: 16 games
Alex Gordon: 13 games
Michael Young: 12 games
Dustin Pedroia: 11 games
Starlin Castro: 10 games
Home Run Beat the Streak pick:
Chris Young: (15 HR this season) vs. Indians starter Mitch Talbot
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Small edit to the "Oh, hello there" picks: Yunel Escobar is facing Tigers starter Max Scherzer, not Brewers starter Shaun Marcum. The numbers are correct, though.
Anyways, I've only posted here once this year after doing it consistently from July-August of last year. Now that I have a respectable streak of 11 and my name will appear under LaV's List, I'll at least show myself and prove that I exist. My strategy this year has been not over-thinking my picks or checking splits. Just finding a player with decent stats all around that isn't always a big name player. Nothing new to most pickers, but not personally putting more than 3-5 minutes into my pick has been very beneficial.
Today I'll be going with Miguel Cabrera whom I'm 2/2 with this season. Good luck, everybody!
Gotta say that I hope Cabrera goes 0-2 with 2 walks today. Leader has him.
If Helton gets a hit today, the wife may be in the Top2500 tomorrow. Since she started this game this month; a significant accomplishment for her.
Switched out Bautista for Helton at the last second – hoping it doesn't come back to haunt me!
Well, regarding Cabrera. Nearly 1 in 4 in the Top2500 picked him
I find it difficult to be happy too. Though, at the same time, whatever she is doing is working for her. I won't try to interject or sway her either for other reasons (i.e., if she does win anything, no collusion between her & I can take place else we both break the BTS rules). Additionally, her luck at getting a good streak together with nearly no knowledge whatsoever about the sport kind of rejuvenates my resolve. Gotta remember, I'm married to the woman after all and am hoping this game might bring baseball, my favorite sport, into her life a bit.
Oops, must have hit the wrong reply link. Above meant for Champion_88.
@LaVolpe: Regarding the "collusion" worry, don't worry.
You ARE allowed to share strategies with each other.
The guy who got to 45 a few years ago mentioned in his interview with MLB.com that he played with 2 or 3 other brothers and they would talk every day about who they were going to pick.
The funny part is that he always mentioned how if his brother was content with a player, he usually used that as a clue to stay away!
Maybe, maybe not. Taking no chances. We don't share pick info until after games lock. She uses only her computer to make picks, I use only mine. We don't look over each others' shoulders. Bottom line, we play the game as if we were 2 people living in different countries — no collusion whatsoever. For tomorrow, I have no clue who she picked other than it will be 1 of 4 picks o'day and probably one of the top picks of the day.
lol, if sharing ideas were not allowed in the contest, then how are people allowed to share ideas on here?
Collusion: "A secret agreement between two or more parties for a fraudulent, illegal, or deceitful purpose."
If my wife's account was just a dummy account for me, by me influencing her picks (i.e., pick this person for me) would be collusion. Granted since she is making her own picks, me discussing potential future picks couldn't be considered collusion based on that definition. Like I said, taking no chances, & she's having a bit of fun as it is. Not going to influence her one way or the other.
If feel your pain but if Helton (currently 0 for 2) goes O fer while the 3 "Thank me later" picks have hit safely that is a true Beat the Streak crime! I would have to believe that 4 for 8 coming in is > 1 for 8. In addition the game total is 11 or 11½, the Rockies are slight -109 favorites and their Team total is 5 or 5½. If that is the case they are supposed to get 10+ hits. They only have 2 after 4 innings and we well know who those 2 are from. Let's go Rockies, crank up the offense!
Todd Helton just got a hit! Helton pickers are safe, I'm at 16! 🙂
And my wife probably makes the Top2500 with a streak of 9 tomorrow. Don't know whether I'm happy about that or not — I'm too much of a competitor.
High five for Helton – and right on your tail YGD!
@LaVolpe: I certainly would not be happy about that.
I hate when people spend no time and no info making picks and succeeding.
If anyone ever wins this thing, I want it to be a guy who spends 2+ hours a day making picks.
LaV's List
Monday's Top Picks of the current Top2500,
101 Batters picked overall
Batter, Times Picked, Percentage
Miguel Cabrera 584 23.36 (1RST)(2ND)
Jose Bautista 333 13.32
Victor Martinez 207 8.28 (4TH)
Todd Helton 198 7.92
Justin Upton 118 4.72
Matt Kemp 114 4.56
Shin-Soo Choo 79 3.16 DL
Joey Votto 68 2.72 (3RD)
Ichiro Suzuki 56 2.24
Andre Ethier 54 2.16
No Selection 50 2.00
Carlos Gonzalez 49 1.96 (4TH) GOOD
Highest "No Selection" 😛 pg# 14 with streak of 14 back to zero.
Yesterday's Top2500 Reset rate was 9.81% with VOTTO-BOT reseting the most.
There was also 8.04% PPD due to players not playing. These streakers do not reset, but did not increase either.
Got Pinched OR 1/2 AB Wonders
TOP2500 saved or reset by PHA (going to include any pinch hitters and/or double switch, 2 AB or Less)
J Mauer MIN, SAVED 11 (2AB) HIGHEST WAS 18 GAMER
M Joyce TB, SAVED 6 WERE 13,10,10,9,8,8 GAMERS
A Ramirez CWS, RESET 5 WERE 14,13,9,8,8 GAMERS
S Fuld TB, RESET 1 WAS 8 GAMER
Alb Gonzalez SD, RESET 1 WAS 8 GAMER
B Abreu LAA, RESET 1 WAS 8 GAMER
M Tejeda SF, RESET 1 WAS 9 GAMER
Bloggers Group Top2500
UserName, Streak, Page#, Rank, Pick, (Times picked in top2500)
YanksGiantsDevils33, 15, pg 10 , 233, TODD HELTON (PICKED 198X)
heyya, 14, pg 14, 296, CARGO (PICKED 49X) GOOD
Kenfucious, 14, pg 15, 296, TODD HELTON (PICKED 198X)
dave55, 11, pg 36, 816, MIGGY (PICKED 584X)
ChiSox07, 11, pg 36, 816, MIGGY (PICKED 584X)
tomfootball17, 10, pg 62, 1165, MIGGY (PICKED 584X)
00LIber, 9, pg 75, 1569, CarGo (PICKED 49X) GOOD
Bloggers Reset Yesterday
GL to all
Only reason I picked CarGo today (had Choo as place keeper) was the wind blowing at 18mph out towards left. (thx Keith or Drag, whoever posted the dailybaseball link)
Good luck to all our bloggers today.
Actually it's dailybaseballdata.com. Congrats on getting to double digits. Keep it up for awhile.
Thx, I already Have it bookmarked from last time you posted it for quick reference.
lol, from your post last night, you made it seem like wind speed was unimportant, and then the next morning, you base your pick fully on that perspective!
Do you seriously look at biorhythmns in making your picks too?
How does that help?
When did I ever say anything about wind not being important?
I think he you got you confused with Kenfucious' post over the weekend, regarding strategy.
Oops, that was kenfucious.
What sites besides http://www.dailybaseballdata.com do you guys use to help supplement your decision-making for your picks?
I don't know what it is about June, but every year, my June is abysmal, and then turns around sharply in July-September, so I am hesitant on changing anything.
But I might as well try some other things out for the last 3 days of June anyway.
That comment was mine – and the biorhythm note was entirely in jest. In fact, my argument was completely against over-analysis.
Well Ian, all 3 of your "you'll thank me later" picks are safe for today.
Let me just say the leader has a big one going with Miggy today who has never faced Stewart before so this is going to be very interesting today since most of the time pitcher dominates and shuts the team down.
The reason was quite simple Holmes. Pitcher's opposing batters average was somewhere near 330, though less than 20 innings pitches. Cabrera is a quality hitter. Favorable overall numbers is the reason; though those numbers have nothing to do with pitcher vs. batter history. We've seen this time & time again in BTS. It's a faith pick. As I mentioned earlier, I'd like to see him go down today and if he does, it might be a combination of walks (a bit wild maybe), timing being off for Cabrera, and just bad luck for those that picked him. The cards have been dealt, now we just wait and see.
Miggy due up top of 2nd. So far pitcher has shown just an average fastball and a slider with little speed differential. If he doesn't get a some good calls on the black or shows Miggy a different pitch for the out, I'd say Miggy pickers should start feeling a bit confident.
And I reset my case!
And I reset my case 🙂
Well game o the night underway and Max comes out firing bullets, sticking out the side. Including Tista.
Cabrera: 1-1
Well there's still hope that Tista goes o-fer
Scherzer is one of those pitchers that scare me. He's reset me more than once. Catch him a his good day and good nite
Everything happens for a reason. Miggy is a good hitter but most of the people who play BTS go by averages and that isn't what it should be about. If I see a pitcher facing a team for the first time I stay away.
Different topic: ESPN's Streak for the Stash. I've seen you guys post stuff about that in the recent past. Some questions if you don't mind:
1. If I understand it correctly, the jackpot for next month may be at $350K?
2. Highest streak at end of month, at or greater than 27 wins?
3. You don't have to have an active streak at end of month to win?
4.The rules are similar to Survivor, but you don't have to pick everyday and can pick more than once a day?
Correct on all accounts. Normal monthly prize is 50k with the stash carried over from month to month if 27 is not hit.
If you're interested we have a group, bts bloggers group.
I'll play this for a couple days to get my feet wet. Will join the group first of month & give the game a shot. Any strategies you want to share, especially with non-MLB picks?
Any of your group members in the hunt for this month? If so, who?
Nah. There's only 9 or10 of us and Gamara had the best streak of the month at W10.
As for a strategy if I have no streak going or a losing streak I'll pick anything and everything, but once I get streak going I stay away from soccer golf and tennis. Throughout spring and summer I mostly pick baseball. Winter time they have NFL, NBA, NHL, college basketball and football. A little bit of everything. There was a prop on whether Punk Phil would see his shadow or not. There's been NFL draft, NBA draft cricket.
Wow, Phil seeing his shadow is the easiest gimme ever, since all you have to do is check the sky 15 minutes before it locks!
Oh and if you are picking random stuff don't always base your choice off the percentages. I think they just make up numbers to mess with ppl.
Really? Interesting. I can see a strategy similar to what you said, regarding getting a streak going. For me, it will be a bit more difficult. I can't play while at work — any fantasy/game URLs are filtered (government facility). So, best case is get up early enough to make an early pick and continue a later pick when I get home. Therefore, trying to compete for the other game (most in a month) is pointless for me — just can't get to the site enough during daytime hours; besides that game is just not that important to me. P.S. Tried it today — 2 for 3 picks & a 4th pick (the Nats) later tonight for the fun of it.
Do you own a smartphone?
I got both soccer picks right this morning but messed up with the first baseball prop. Got the 7th or 8th inning prop right and am going with Braves tonight. And if you have a smartphone, theres an app for that.
If you have a smarthphone you can download the app for the game. Also, I must agree with Liber, I pick randomly sort of at the beginning to try and get something going. Once I reach 7 or 8 then I try to put some thought into it. Unfortunately I've only reached 8 twice. It's fun and I feel like I have a much better chance of winning that then BTS. I like both though and will continue to play both. Good luck and we look forward to having you in the group!
No, just dumb phones :). But I'll be playing for the $50K or $350K next month just the same; so quality is more important than quantity.
Will it be 50K or 350K? Looks to be a couple have an outside chance for the big pot; but will have to be lucky enough with multi-picks over the next 3 days.
Back to BTS: This could be the lowest reset-rate this season, especially if Ichiro gets a hit later. If it winds up being that, then those that fell gotta be kicking themselves.
I don't think anyone will get there this month. Leader had a shot but "only" got to 25.
Reset was only 9% yesterday. Not too much better than that. I don't know what today's rate is at but it can't be that much better.
With the finished games, reset rate is 3.8% and not many batters left with 10 or more picks that haven't gotten a hit yet as of right now: Ichiro (4 ABs left?), Kendrick (4 ABs left?), Cuddyer (2 ABs left?) & A.Gordon (4 ABs left?)
Cuddyer is out of the game lifted for a pinch hitter.
If Ichiro can get a hit, the entire Top 15 can sweep safely. 🙂
Yep, that's why I think today will be the lowest reset rate this season, if he does get a hit. Basically, today appears to be a freebie from the BTS gods.
I feel so horrible for missing such a golden opportunity today.
The strangest part is that the 2nd hitter I was considering: Michael Cuddyer got yanked from the game early.
So I guess I should not feel too bad.
My picks tend to be the polar opposite of how the rest of the field is doing.
There was a weekend with 3 30%+ resets in a row and I survived all 3 of those and then I cannot get a hit on a day with a 95% success rate.
Think we all know how you feel. I've been reset on nites where the reset-rate was in single digits. Though I don't recall a reset rate as low as what today may be; could be less than 7%
Anyone watching the CWS on ESPN? Great defense in that game. What got my interest was that the SFTS current active leader at 19 picked that game. Score is 1-1 in the 11th.
And just as I post that: SC stealing 2nd base, catcher throws in center field, center fielder throws to 3rd base and it bounces in the stands: runner scores! The SFTS leader has to be cursing
And there is a hit by Ichiro! 🙂
Today is the 1st Ultimate Success Game Day (USGD) of the season! 10 Thumbs Up (and yes I know no person has more than 2)
After 89 Game days
USGDs 1
SUSGDs 5
SSGDs 33
With that being said if today is a low reset day could tomorrow be a massacre?
If not tomorrow, could be one or two this week. Gotta put the BTS universe back in balance 😉


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This might be known to many *nix gurus, but it was new to me. Many systems come with the ll command that is a shortcut for 'ls -al'.
To activate this in ubuntu, modify your ~/.bashrc file and uncomment the alias command settings
alias ll='ls -l'
There are other options available. Now all you have to do is type ll and you get the equivalent of 'ls-al'!
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Be sure that you are buying a DTV. It should be a no-brainer, but it's always best to double check.
By law, beginning March 1, 2007, all television reception devices (including TVs, VCRs, DVRs, etc.) imported into the U.S. or shipped in interstate commerce must contain a digital tuner. Retailers may continue to sell analog-only devices from existing inventory, but must prominently display on or near the analog-only device a Consumer Alert label with an advisory.
Therefore, all television equipment being sold should contain a digital tuner, or should be identified at the point-of-sale as not having one. Be aware of the Consumer Alert label and the limitations of analog-only devices if you are purchasing a new TV or other TV equipment. And if you have questions, don't hesitate to ask the salesperson. Just remember that DTV is different from HDTV and you do not need an HDTV simply to receive free over-the-air programs.


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House takes up own immigration fix, no citizenship
WASHINGTON — The Republican chairman of the House Judiciary Committee said Sunday that any attempt at comprehensive immigration legislation cannot offer a "special pathway to citizenship" for those in the United States illegally. That approach could block the GOP's hopes of ever winning the White House, the top Democrat in the House predicted.
With last week's Senate passage of a comprehensive immigration bill, the emotionally heated and politically perilous debate is now heading toward the Republican-led House, where conservative incumbents could face primary challenges if they appear too lenient on the estimated 11 million immigrants living in the United States illegally.
Rep. Bob Goodlatte, the Virginia Republican who leads the House Judiciary Committee, said he does not foresee a proposal that could provide a simple mechanism for immigrants here illegally to earn full standing as U.S. citizens, as many Democrats have demanded. Goodlatte's committee members have been working on bills that address individual concerns but have not written a comprehensive proposal to match the Senate's effort.
The House answer would not be "a special pathway to citizenship where people who are here unlawfully get something that people who have worked for decades to immigrate lawfully do not have," he said.
A pathway to legal standing, similar to immigrants who have green cards, could be an option, he said.
That approach, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi said, would bring electoral doom for Republicans looking to take back the White House after the 2016 elections.
Republicans, she advised, should follow the Senate lead "if they ever want to win a presidential race."
In 2012, Obama won re-election with the backing of 71 percent of Hispanic voters and 73 percent of Asian-American voters. A thwarted immigration overhaul could again send those voting blocs to Democrats' side.
"We wouldn't even be where we are right now had it not been that 70 percent of Hispanics voted for President Obama, voted Democratic in the last election," Pelosi said. "That caused an epiphany in the Senate, that's for sure."
The Senate bill would provide a long and difficult pathway to citizenship for those living in the country illegally, as well as tough measures to secure the border. Conservatives have stood opposed to any pathway to full citizenship for those workers, and House lawmakers have urged a piecemeal approach to the thorny issue instead of the Senate's sweeping effort.
Illustrating the strong opposition among conservative lawmakers in the House, Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., said flatly: "The Senate bill is not going to pass."
House Speaker John Boehner has ruled out taking up the Senate bill and said the Republican-controlled chamber would chart its own version of the legislation with a focus on border security.
In the Democratic-controlled Senate, 14 Republicans joined all Democratic senators and independents in the 68-32 vote.
Sen. John McCain of Arizona, the 2008 Republican presidential nominee and an author of the current Senate immigration bill, nodded to the politics.
"Republicans realize the implications of the future of the Republican Party in America if we don't get this issue behind us," he said.


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LAS CRUCES, N.M. (CNN) - A man from New Mexico is charged with felony animal cruelty after police say his cat tested positive for methamphetamines.
Aaron Spaulding, 39, was initially arrested in June on allegations of beating his girlfriend and mistreating two pets, a dog and a cat.
Officers upgraded the animal cruelty charges Tuesday after the domestic shorthair cat's blood tests came back positive for meth. Police say Spaulding strangled the cat and forcibly made him ingest the drugs.
A veterinarian who examined the cat says he showed signs of neurological deficits. The animal was treated and has since been adopted into what police say is a caring home.
At the time of his arrest, Spaulding was also charged with false imprisonment, battery and interference with communication. He was released on bond June 24.
It's unknown how Spaulding is pleading to the charges.
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Is there a way to rebind or unbind the Panorama debugger? I am using -dev for the extra info during debugging, but I am also playing after taking a break and don't restart the game without -dev. There's a game bind on F6 so when using it in a match the Panorama debugger pops up
I know it's a useful feature but is there a way to change it? If not, can it be added please? I am sure it's not a big deal to implement.


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The kids are all about texting these days, right? So Hallmark—of all companies—has created these wristbands that allow young'uns to exchange simple ten character messages. But while they're cheaper than a cellphone, they're far less convenient to use.
Since there's no keyboard, voice recognition, or even a touchscreen, messages have to be slowly spelled out using just a set of three buttons. And because they're limited to just ten characters, it only encourages kids to use their ridiculous shortforms that's only serving to create a nation of terrible spellers. And since the Text Bands sell for just $15, their wireless communication capabilities are obviously severely limited. In fact, to exchange a message with someone you actually have to bump fists or high-five with each other. Which doesn't give you much time to beat a hasty retreat if you're letting someone know they're being an @$$. [Text Bands]


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|Alphonse Gabriel Capone
January was always an interesting month in his life; it was one hundred fourteen years ago this month that he was born, ninety-three years ago that Prohibition was enacted, and sixty-six years since the death of Al Capone, Chicago gangster.
|Al and his mother, Teresa
He was born Alphonse Gabriel Capone on January 17, 1899 in Brooklyn, New York. His parents, Gabriele and Teresina Capone, were Italian immigrants. Gabriele Capone worked as a barber, and Teresa was a seamstress. Capone was one of nine children. He dropped out of school at the age of fourteen and was heavily influenced by New York gangster, Johnny Torrio.
|Five Points Gang
Capone started with small time gangs but quickly moved up to Torrio's Five Points Gang. This group, made up of Italian-American men and boys, was based in the Sixth Ward (Lower Manhattan) of New York City. It was during this time that Capone suffered the three slashes on his face that earned him the name, "Scarface."
|Mae Josephine Capone
|Capone's Chicago Home
Capone married Mae Josephine Coughlin on December 30, 1918, one month after their first son, Albert Francis Capone, was born. Shortly after, Capone moved to Chicago. In 1923, he purchased a house for his family in the Chicago neighborhood of Park Manor.
|Johnny Torrio
Johnny Torrio recruited Capone and moved him to Illinois in 1919 for potential Chicago "business opportunities." With Prohibition now law, Chicago offered gangsters a great opportunity for "bootlegging" – smuggling illegal alcohol - into the city.
|Al Capone "The Boss"
|Downtown Chicago in the 1920's
Capone organized Chicago's underworld and quickly made the town his own. In 1925, Torrio handed over the reigns of "The Outfit" to Capone. During Prohibition, with Capone as the crime boss, the Outfit, also known as the Chicago Syndicate, and the Chicago Mob, made over $100-million dollars per year in revenues from gambling, prostitution, racetracks, night clubs, and the sale of alcohol. (The Chicago Outfit is still in existence.)
|Chicago Mayor, William Thompson
Capone's gang operated casinos and speakeasies throughout the city with the bribed blessings of Chicago Mayor, William "Big Bill" Hale Thompson.
|St Valentine's Day Massacre
The 1929 Saint Valentine's Day Massacre, where seven rival gang members were gunned down in a garage, has been attributed to Capone's order, but facts to substantiate that were never proven. When questioned, Capone had an alibi – he was at his house in Palm Island, Florida.
|Soup Kitchen, courtesy of Capone
Capone understood the benefit of a good PR campaign. He acquired media attention by opening soup kitchens for the poor, and providing clothing to those who could not afford them, providing assistance at his expense. The way Capone saw it; he was "just a businessman, giving the people what they want." And, because of the effects of Prohibition and the Great Depression, the public wanted to believe him.
In 1930, Capone was named as Chicago's "Public Enemy Number One."
|Capone's Arrest Record
|Capone's Mug Shot
Prohibition agent, Eliot Ness, was intent on convicting Capone on bootlegging charges, but never could. In 1931, Ness settled on arresting Capone for income tax evasion. Following a long and corrupt trial, Capone was sentenced to 11 years in prison. He was first sent to the Atlanta Penitentiary, and then moved to the Lincoln Heights Jail in L.A. On August 11, 1934 he was sent to "The Rock" - Alcatraz.
|Capone's Cell
|Alcatraz Sign
Capone spent the last year of his sentence in the prison hospital, dealing with the disabling effects of syphilis. He was released from Alcatraz on January 6, 1939, and sent to the Federal Correctional Institution on Terminal Island in California to serve a one-year sentence for contempt of court.
|Capone Before Release
|Death of Capone Reported
Capone's reign as Chicago's lead crime boss was over. Capone returned to his home on Palm Island, in Florida after prison. His physical and mental health deteriorated to that of a 12-year-old child. On January 21, 1947, he suffered a stroke. The next day, January 22, 1947 Al Capone suffered a fatal heart attack and died. He was 48 years old.
|Original Family Stone
|Capone's Grave at Mt Carmel Cemetery
Capone was buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery on Chicago's South Side, along side his father and brother, Frank. In 1950, all three were moved to Mount Carmel Cemetery in Hillsdale, Illinois.
Al Capone was, and continues to be, one of the most notorious gangsters of the 20th Century.


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A Look At The Technologies & Industries Senators Leahy & Hatch Would Have Banned In The Past
from the dedicated-to-infringing-activities deptThe more I look at the "Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act," (COICA) bill proposed by Senators Patrick Leahy and Orrin Hatch (and co-sponsored by Sens. Herb Kohl, Arlen Specter, Charles Schumer, Dick Durbin, Sheldon Whitehouse, Amy Klobuchar, Evan Bayh and George Voinovich) the worse it looks. The idea behind the bill is to give the Justice Department the ability to avoid due process in shutting down or blocking access to sites deemed "dedicated to infringing activities."
With such a broad definition of offerings dedicated to infringing activities, I thought it might be worth running through a list of technologies that and services that were all deemed "dedicated to infringing activities" in their early days, to give you a sense of what these Senators would have banned in the past with such a law:
- Hollywood itself: The history of Hollywood is that it was set up on the west coast in order to avoid Thomas Edison's attempt to control the movie making business with various patents. Hollywood was very much an entire industry dedicated to infringing activities in its early years.
- The recording industry: The origins of modern copyright law in the US came out of fears by musicians that the concept of any kind of automatic playing or "recorded" music would destroy the market for real live musicians. The fear of the player piano was a big, big issue in the early days, with sheet music producers claiming that piano rolls were infringing. So, the early parts of the recording industry were very much "dedicated to infringing activities."
- Radio: When radio first came about, it too was "dedicated to infringing activities." That's because it played music on the radio without paying.
- Cable TV: The very early days of cable TV involved the cable companies offering network television without paying for -- and, even worse, they were charging customers for access to others' content. The very core of the original cable TV system was "dedicated to infringing activities." Charlton Heston denounced cable as "depriving actors of compensation."
- Photocopying machines: When the Xerox machine came on the scene in the late 1950s, it freaked out the publishing industry who denounced it as being dedicated to infringing activities. Just as the 1909 Copyright Act was mainly a response to misguided fears of the player piano, some say the 1976 Copyright Act was in response to the Xerox machine. Some of the modern concepts around fair use came about due to lawsuits from publishers claiming that the photocopier was, in fact, dedicated to infringing activities.
- The VCR: By this point, you should know the famous Jack Valenti quote: "I say to you that the VCR is to the American film producer and the American public as the Boston strangler is to the woman home alone." Yup. Dedicated to infringing activity.
- Cassette tapes: "Home taping is killing music." Need I say more?
- The MP3 player: Remember the RIAA's lawsuit against the Diamond Rio? They declared that such a device "stymies the market for . . . works and frustrates the development of legitimate digitally downloadable music." So, that iPod? Yes, it, too, was dedicated to infringing activity.
- The DVR: In 2001, a bunch of TV companies sued, claiming that the Replay TV DVR was an "unlawful scheme" that "attacks the fundamental economic underpinnings of free television and basic nonbroadcast services"
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About half a year ago, Stephen Little (curator and head, Chinese and Korean Art) and I both arrived to the museum. Our first mission was to bring LACMA's collection of Chinese art back on display. As of this past weekend, approximately forty objects are now on view. The reinstalled gallery is designed to tell the history of art in China, with each dynasty distinguished by examples that reflect the aesthetics, technology, and ideology of their time period. To achieve this goal, nothing is more illuminating than our best-known pieces.
One of the most celebrated early Chinese artworks from LACMA's collection is a cauldron called ding from the Zhou dynasty (1046–256 BC). This ding is from a set that would include more vessels of different shapes and sizes. Called mingqi in Chinese, meaning "spirit objects," such sets were used during burial rituals and ceremonies conducted for ancestors, and demonstrate the importance of ancestral worship in the early times of Chinese civilization.
Equally famous is a seated Buddha carved of marble. The Buddha has been part of LACMA's Chinese art display since the 1940s as a long-term loan, until officially entering the museum's permanent collection in 2007. With a serene face and gracefully proportioned body, the Buddha exemplifies the highest achievement of Buddhist art in China.
While showcasing these masterpieces of different time periods and medium, I also wanted to convey the continuity of art making in China. Chinese culture has always valued and revered history and tradition. Imitating the past is considered the necessary first step of learning and is a source for creativity. Archaism is a reoccurring theme over centuries.
On display is a longquan-ware vase in the shape of a cong, not far different from a jade cong of the Neolithic period. Cong refers to the geometric shape that combines a circle and a square. The circle symbolizes heaven and the square symbolizes earth in early civilization. Together they present the dual-system of yin and yang that is still important in Chinese philosophy and ideology today.
A jade disk from the middle Ming dynasty (1368–1644) is decorated with dragons on one side and raised bosses with spirals on the other. Its design—the donut-like shape and the raised spirals—is also inspired by a Neolithic piece.
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King of the Dead is the second Cirith Ungol LP. It was produced by Cirith Ungol and released July 1984 on Enigma Records. It was re-released September 1999 on Metal Blade Records. It is the only album without any "Fire"-song. The other three albums have Frost and Fire, A Little Fire, The Fire and Fire. The cover was painted by Michael Whelan and is like the album, entitled "King of the Dead". The sound is a dozen of pounds heavier than the debut album. It is also their most epic, progressive and conceptual album. It was the first CU album I bought, and it's today my favourite ungol LP.
I find more darkness and ´dread´ in a Cirith Ungol LP like KING OF THE DEAD than any Obituary or Cannibal Corpse record ever offered me.
-King Fowley, Apr 2004
The cover was painted by Michael Whelan for Michael Moorcock's book The Bane of the Black Sword.
In the band's own words
It's going to be a million times more radical. People aren't going to know it's the same band. The lyrics are much more intense and the music is heavy.
Tim Baker, Heavy Metal Times 1983 (the year before release)
Frost And Fire and King Of The Dead are my favorites. KOTD is CU's classic. The production is 100% heavier than on Frost And Fire.
-Greg Lindstrom
King of the Dead was our best album, the reason was that we had total control over it. Every album could have been this good if we could have exercised complete control over its production and other things. This is the album which I feel is our best effort. The reason the long wait between albums is because when you are financing them yourselves, you have to come up with the money to pay for things like studio time. Plus being on all these independent labels their time tables are slower. I also did all the layout and design of the first three covers, all this while we were all working full time trying to sponsor the dream.
-Robert Garven
Cirith Ungols Best Album
As co-founder and drummer of Cirith Ungol for 22 years I feel I can say
without a doubt that this was our best effort. A previous reviewer
mentioned that "Frost & Fire" sounded thrown together. The real
truth is that we had been in the band for 9 years already and "Frost
& Fire" was our attempt to get airplay and find success with what
we conpagered some of our more accessable music. When the local LA
station KLOS played it once and conpagered it too heavy, we decided to
go for bro ke with our second album. I disagree and think Tim singing is
not only excellent and that "Frost & Fire" has some of his best
vocals. "'Im Alive" was one of our all time best songs, which we
started almost every set with. The LA Times said that Pearl Jams
"Alive" was a blatant rip off of our song, which is debatable.
C onpagering we produced, self recorded and paid for the entire project
and that we were one of if not the first independent band to put out
their own album during the wave of indie productions during that time,
I think F&F and KOTD is a mandatory listen.
That said "King of the Dead" is my favorite and the last album which we had total control over. I am proud that we are mentioned in the same breath as bands that were epic and hope you all appreciate what we were trying to acomplish at a time when only big label bands had any chance of distribution or airplay.
Rob Garven
May 2007
(Rating: 5 out of 5 stars)
This was written already in the 70's.
"Atom Smasher" gets the ball rolling with sheer power, only ever letting up for guitarist Jerry Fogle to introduce yet another dark musical passage into the "smasher's" world.
-King Fowley, liner notes
Welcome to the brave new world
The Future's here, or haven't you heard?
The sons of man have fell from grace
Till the Smasher comes to save his race
Here it comes, there it goes
Just a flash in the sky
Atom smasher, here he comes
Better run for your lives
He is the hero of the atom age
Born in a test tube raised in a cage
A reaver King his throne defiled
Roaming the streets to the call of the wild
As upstarts strive to rule the world
Against them Chaos legions hurled
The Smashers force has swept the land
Again begins the Dawn of Man
Robs second favourite Ungolsong. No1 is I'm Alive.
The eerie follower "Black Machine" tells of things we all fantasize of, yet there's a big price, your soul!
-King Fowley, liner notes
Extract from an interview:
Sleazegrinder: Have you ever ridden the black machine?
Robert Garven: Personally, no. I tried to climb aboard but was thrown off. However I drive a red machine on weekends. My other dream was to get a Ferrari. After the band broke up and I paid off all the bills I got married bought a garage with a small house attached, and realized my dream. Weekends find me in the garage listening to bands like ASKA, Fireball Ministry or Riot, taking apart my carburetors (it has 8), or taking something apart. Since my dream of music has died, this is my passion now, and it runs deep, very deep.
Climb aboard the Black Machine
Fills your head with evil dreams
Fills your head with thoughts of fire
A quick escape your one desire
Ride The Black Machine
Pearly whites behind back dawn lips
Ride with the Masters of the Pit
Snapping jaws of the dogs of doom
Kick your way from this stagnant tomb
Ride the Black Machine
Climb aboard the Black Machine
To that place you've never been
The Black Machine will take you higher
Your burning souls our one desire
Track 3 may be the band's fines musical moment ever in the form of "Master Of The Pit", where Cirith Ungol becomes almost in a trance while delivering some of the absolute most intense "jamming" ever recorded! The guitar playing in this song alone should bring shivers to anyone who lives for and follows the charm of ark heavy metal. A 100% masterpiece!
-King Fowley, liner notes
Pray you never kneel
To the Master of the Pit
Violently stirring their brew of corruption
Lords of the dark summon certain destruction
Pray you never kneel
To the one who calls you slave
With the hearts and tongues of the Gods
in the hands
The Legions of Hell below forth their commands
Bow down and kneel
To the Master of the Pit
Through the powers of Chaos are those you abide
You raise your sword to cast him apage
You know there's no escape
When you see your world in flames
As the hellrains pound the darkening land
Man and sword begin their last stand
You know you'll never kneel
To the Master of the Pit
Feverish prayers of life everafter
As your doom driven blade
drinks the soul of the Master
The titletrack and Rob's third favourite Ungolsong.
The title cut follows and againt we're treated to a huge dose of classic C.U.. Dread (what else?). The bottom end bass just roars from Michael "Flint" Vujea and the almost subliminal, psychedelic tones in the guitar gives way for drummer Robert Garven's infamous gong. And the stage is set for almost 7 minutes of all that makes Cirith Ungol great. This song is a perfect showcase of where the band's dark heart lies.
-King Fowley, liner notes
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Thunder howls The King will rise again
The time has come to pay for all your sins
Silence shattered by his gasping cries
His savage touch will end your world of lies
Who has dared to desecrate his crypt
Shall soon be hanging lifeless in his grip
Who has dared to stalk him in the gloom
Fore he has freshly risen from the tomb
Crown upon his head
King of the Dead
The sword descends the blood shall fall like rain
Its rising tide will cleanse your world of pain
His grip will rob the living of their breath
For as he ruled in life he rules in death
Written by Robert Garven
This was written already in 1977. This version is a re-recording from the version that appeared on Brian Slagel's Metal Massacre 1-sampler. Personally I prefer the '82 version from Metal Massacre.
A re-recorded "Death of The Sun" brings in side two. And while a bit less over-the-top than the amazing "Metal Massacre" version, it still goes hand in hand with the direction and sound of the record.
-King Fowley, liner notes
Burning in its savage fury
Our fates accept not judge or jury
Helpless we must watch it done
For i have seen the Death of the Sun
We are coming to the end
I see my life and i have sinned
It's too late to change our ways
For man has seen his final days
Solar winds that parch the land
Minions are wasted by Satans hand
A molten globe will torch the sky
As mankind bleats his final cry!
Written by Robert Garven, 1977
Singer Tim Baker was always loathed by many critics for his overly raw vocal delivery, but without Tim's evil delivery tracks like "Finger Of Scorn" just wouldn't have worked. While the band sets the mood Tim sets the intensity while pulling out and grabbing from within his soul meaningful words slike "the beast will rule the hearts of man till mankind falls to rape again". A quite haunting yet beautifully faint guitar passage opens up "Finger..." and finds reprisal later on in the song, almost serving as "quiet time" for the listener to deeply think about just what Tim is saying. Disturbing material for sure.
-King Fowley, liner notes
This song was written by Greg, even though he quit the band after the debut album. It is an excellent piece of music, and probably the closest thing to a ballad on the LP.
"Finger of Scorn" was one of our original pre "Frost & Fire" songs, which Greg wrote.
-Robert Garven, Diabolical Conquest interview
"Finger Of Scorn" was one of my songs that the band used with my blessing.
-Greg Lindstrom, BallBuster interview
Tι σημαίνουν για σένα οι Dexter Ward και κατ' επέκταση το heavy metal;
Οι Dexter Ward για μένα αυτή την στιγμή είναι η έξοδος μου από την καθημερινότητα και ένα καινούργιο όνειρο που θα κυνηγήσω από την αρχή μέχρι το τέλος χωρίς να έχω μεγάλες προσδοκίες, με μοναδικό γνώμονα το να περνάμε καλά. Όσο αναφορά το Heavy Metal θα σου συνοψίσω την απάντηση μου σε ένα τραγούδι, το "Finger Of Scorn" των θεών Cirith Ungol. Τα συναισθήματα που αναβλύζουν μέσα από τις νότες του είναι ίσως η τελειότερη μορφή τέχνης που έχει υπάρξει σε αυτό τον πλανήτη. Μνημείο πραγματικό για τις γενιές που θα ακολουθήσουν. Το Heavy Metal είναι το είδος μουσικής που έχει δημιουργήσει τα περισσότερα τραγούδια ανάλογου επιπέδου, οπότε δικαιωματικά έχει την μεγαλύτερη θέση στην καρδιά μου.
-From an interview with Dexter Ward.
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What they mean for you as Dexter Ward and hence the heavy metal;
The Dexter Ward for me right now is the output from my everyday life and a new dream to chase from beginning to end without having great expectations, only to be driven fun. The reference to the Heavy Metal I will summarize my answer to one song, "Finger Of Scorn" gods Cirith Ungol. The emotions that flow through the notes are probably the most perfect art form that has existed on this planet. Monument real for generations to come. The Heavy Metal is a genre that has created more songs similar level, so that rightfully has the highest place in my heart.
To see what lies beyond our sight.
The secrets robed in blackest night.
The things we dream, but never see.
Caged and blinded by the Beast.
From age to age it stalked the earth
The apish scum of evil birth
Up from slime it has seen man crawl
It waits to see our final fall
The Finger of Scorn! Points to us all!
The Finger of Scorn! Points!
Black idols lie, beneath the sea
They hold the secrets of our destiny
The ancient tales are left to die
And leave mankind to wonder why
The Finger of Scorn! Points to us all!
The Finger of Scorn! Points! to our fall!!
*solo by Jerry Fogle*
The beast will rule the hearts of men
'Till mankind falls to ape again
And when our souls are stripped and torn
Still we face the Finger of Scorn!
Written by Greg Lindstrom
A classical based standard from Bach gets the Cirith Ungol treatment next.
-King Fowley, liner notes
A J.S. Bach cover.
It's a piece by Bach. I think in a way, it's Jerry's answer to "Maybe That's Why". He wanted to do a multi-track guitar piece that was different from the usual CU song.
-Greg Lindstrom, Guardians of Fate 3/02 interview
This was written already in the 70's. The song with the same name as the band's name. The name is taken from J.R.R. Tolkkien's The Two Towers.
...But it's the album closer and band theme song "Cirith Ungol" that really needs to be heard. "Try to run, try to hide, if you don't, you'll surely die" says Tim and yet again we're off into the doom and dirge. This song closes the album off really well with some tight, odd time changes, wild vocal echo played right where it's needed, and some damn fine placing.
-King Fowley, liner notes
Jerry's solo on "Cirith Ungol" was the best 30 seconds of our 22 year career!
-Robert Garven
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They took their name from the place Cirith Ungol in J. R. R. Tolkien's epic fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings. The name Cirith Ungol is Elvish and means "Pass of the Spider". While the place in Tolkien's book is pronounced "kirith ungol", the band pronounced it "sirith ungol". The band said in a later interview they had some problems with the name:
Everyone in the band was a big "Sword and Sorcery" literature fan, especially Greg [Lindstrom, guitars] and I. He would always turn us on to the great writers who gave us inspiration for our music. We read all the books... Conan, Bran Mak Morn, etcetera, but the books that stood out in my mind are Michael Moorcock's masterpieces: Elric, Hawkmoon, Corum among others. Greg Lindstrom and I met at an English Literature class where the teacher was reading Lord of the Rings... and Greg and I read it and it had an influence on our music and feelings. In retrospect I wish we had picked something easier to remember because a lot of our trouble has been over our name. People couldn't pronounce it or remember it, but we figured once they did they wouldn't forget it! We've humorously been called "Sarah's Uncle" and "Serious Uncool," for example! I know other bands are using the Tolkien angle. Led Zeppelin even made references to it in their earlier songs. I think he was an influence both then and now on many people.
-Robert Garven
I remember some other possible band names we were conpagering: Minas Tirith, Khazad Dum, and Uruk Hai, all names from "The Lord Of The Rings". Rob and I both liked J.R.R. Tolkien and Enzo Ferrari, so we knew our songs would cover both those subjects!
-Greg Lindstrom
Try to run try to hide
If you don't you'll surely die
Screaming in terror there you'll lie
In Cirith Ungol Tower of Fire
Gorgons are shriecking their bestial cries
Their piercing cry burns you inpage
Screaming in anguish there you'll lie
In Cirith Ungol Tower of Fire
Demons circle the smoky skies
Your fate hangs before you on a wheel of fire
As you stand revealed to Satans eye
In Cirith Ungol Tower of Fire
Written by Greg Lindstrom


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The Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon is grown in one of the world's most unique winegrowing properties. The site's diversity of soils and slopes translates directly into the layers of complex flavors in our wines.
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text: People are always saying that hydrogen fueled cars are better than battery powered cars, but this is not the case. Hydrogen only has as much potential as petrol when batteries have so much more. For example, Nanobatteries, these batteries are pretty much millions to trillions of capacitors made of graphene. Since graphene is so thin (1 nanometer thick) you can make trillions of parallel plates, and it takes three million sheets of graphene to make a surface one mm thick. Now imagine parallel plates of graphene as thick as the battery Tesla has now. Also, there is wireless charging which is at its infancy now, but in 20 years with nanobatteries and wireless charging you can have a car that can charge while you drive, and a car that can go thousands of miles without charging.


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A healthy school lunch for your child, tater-tot free
Childhood diets have been blamed for everything from the obesity epidemic to attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. Liz Watt, a registered dietitian at the UNC Wellness Center at Meadowmont, explains how to make packing a healthy school lunch easy.
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Written by Sara Peach for UNC Health Care
CHAPEL HILL – For parents concerned about their kids' diets, an Australian study released last month can only add to the list of worries. That study linked the "Western diet" – one heavy on salt, sugar, fat and processed foods – to attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in teenagers.
Also worrisome: Candy, tater tots, corn dogs, sugary soda and other typical kid-lunch fare have been blamed for a rise in diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular disease.
Lunch is a critical part of a child's diet because it contains about one-third of the calories he or she eats every day, said Liz Watt, a registered dietitian at the UNC Wellness Center at Meadowmont.
"If you have no food in your body, you're not able to concentrate," Watt said. "So we definitely need to make sure we're getting a good lunch every day."
Fortunately, packing a healthy school lunch for your child can be easy.
Start by focusing on the basics, Watt said. Instead of worrying about the number of calories or carbohydrates your child is consuming, think about the fundamental food groups: grains, fruits and vegetables, dairy, meat, nuts and beans. Select lunch items from a variety of food groups, such as turkey, cheese and bread for a sandwich with an apple and carrot sticks on the side. By building the lunch around the food groups, you're likely to give your child a well-balanced diet, Watt said.
- If your child buys lunch at school, look over the cafeteria menu together. Recommend the healthier options, but keep in mind that it's okay to eat a hot dog occasionally.
- For packing a lunch, Watt recommends following the "80-20" rule. That means your child's lunch should contain 80 percent healthy items, such as whole grains, lean meats, fruits and vegetables, and 20 percent "fun foods," such as a cookie or a piece of candy. "You're not being too strict about it, and you're also not giving them a bunch of junk food," she explained. "If it's like that, it's more likely to be eaten."
- Make the food as user-friendly as possible. That means cutting up apples and peeling oranges so that it's easy for your child to eat them.
- Involve your kids in the lunch-planning process. Take them to the grocery store and get them to help pack their lunches. They'll be more likely to eat the lunch if they played a role in making it, Watt said.
- At the same time, don't give your children too many choices, which can overwhelm them. Instead, let them choose between two items, such as turkey or ham.
- Don't forget to keep the food safe by making sure hot foods stay hot and cold foods remain cold. Use a thermos for hot foods, such as soup. For cold foods, such as yogurt or deli meat, throw in a freezer pack or a drink that was frozen overnight.
- To reduce morning stress, prepare lunches the night before. Try packing lunches as you're preparing dinner or cleaning up, Watt said. Leftovers often make good lunches. And don't forget to pack a healthy lunch for yourself at the same time.


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Publishing student thinking can be among the most powerful ways to improve learning.
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July 13, 2013 10:07
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said on Friday she will leave her position in the Obama administration to lead the University of California.
It was not immediately clear who would replace her at the helm of the Department of Homeland Security, the third-largest U.S. department with a broad mandate including immigration and disaster response.
Napolitano, a former Arizona governor, has been a vocal proponent of immigration reform and had a prominent role in briefing Congress and the public about terrorist threats and attacks, such as the Boston Marathon bombings earlier this year.
Obama thanked her for working "around the clock" to respond to natural disasters including the Joplin, Missouri, tornado and Hurricane Sandy that battered the Northeast, as well as other challenges.
"Since day one, Janet has led my administration's effort to secure our borders, deploying a historic number of resources, while also taking steps to make our immigration system fairer and more consistent with our values," Obama said in a statement.
"The American people are safer and more secure thanks to Janet's leadership," he said.
The Department of Homeland Security was created in response to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and has more than 240,000 employees focusing on sectors including aviation, border security and cyber-security.
Earlier in her career, Napolitano led the domestic terrorism investigation into the Oklahoma City bombing as U.S. attorney for the District of Arizona. She also served as an attorney for Anita Hill, who testified to Senate in 1991, accusing then-U.S. Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment.
Napolitano in a statement thanked Obama for the chance to serve the United States "during this important chapter of our history" and said she was looking forward to her new role focusing on "educating our nation's next generation of leaders."
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Posted by Gary on January 25, 2003
In Reply to: Done & dusted posted by Fergus Finegan on January 24, 2003
: Posted by Julian Henderson on May 18, 2000
: Can anyone tell me what the phrase 'done and dusted' means and also how it originated?
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: From looking at a couple dozen web
sites with your phrase as the search target, I would guess that the term means
"finished with" or "completely done".
: Just a guess, but maybe it is a housekeeping term--put away the junk etc. and then get out the vacuum cleaner so you can say that the house has been "done and dusted"!
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: Maybe it is a law enforcement term describing a crime scene after the forensic people finished dusting for prints.
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: This phrase came into common parlance in 1997, due to the fact that Trinity Students Union's, (Dublin, Ireland), officer board had decided to form an alliance with STA and during our deliberations for a name for our travel agency in July 1996 we decided on DUST. Then one bright spark, I forget who, stated that this particular deal was truely done and dusted. It became quite apparent after a while that alot of people where using this term including the media from that date on and in 1997 it was quite common to hear news presenters on ITV, Channel 4, BBC and RTE use this phrase. The phrase was applied by us to show that a particular business deal had been finalised, not that a house had been cleaned or that we had forensicly examined the scene of the crime. We happened to choose two words from the english language and fit them together to suit our needs and express ourselves and our satisfaction with our accomplishment.
That phrase has been in common parlance in the UK since at least 1930.
- Done & dusted Bob 01/25/03
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Cops: Hempstead man arrested on gun, drug charges
A suspect tried to elude police by running through backyards and streets in Roosevelt late Saturday night, but Nassau police officers chased after him, caught and arrested him on gun and drug possession charges, police said.
Joshua Daren Hill, 18, of Hempstead, faces charges of criminal possession of a weapon, criminal possession of stolen property and criminal possession of a controlled substance, police said in a Monday morning news release.
The arrest came at around 11:30 p.m. as Bureau of Special Operations police officers were conducting a robbery investigation in Roosevelt.
The officers saw Hill walking south on Babylon Turnpike and when they approached him he ran away through backyards on Allers Boulevard, police said.
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Originally hailing from West Chester, PA, the roots of CKY stretch back to 1992, when friends Deron Miller (vocals, guitar) and Jess Margera (drums) met in high school math class, eventually forming the group Foreign Objects together; they issued the five-song EP The Undiscovered Numbers & Colors on the Distant Recordings label in fall 1995. By the next year, the two had begun releasing less metal, more radio-friendly music under the name Oil, though continuing to record Foreign Objects work on the side. Picking up their third live bassist, Ryan Bruni, they released two more EPs, 1996's Lifeline and a 1997 self-titled one.
During recording sessions for their debut full-length, the Oil trio met producer Chad I. Ginsburg (aka CIG), who was soon asked to join on permanently as their second guitarist. This addition marked Oil's 1998 dissolution and CKY's birth, as the guys stopped trying to appeal to the mainstream and changed their name to Camp Kill Yourself (Miller thought up the name, thinking it would make a perfect title for a horror movie). Demos were recorded and the quartet caught a break when Margera's pro-skateboarding brother, Bam, was featured doing wacky acts on the video Jump Off a Building, which featured a song ("Genesis 12a") from CKY. Bam was offered to do other videos and called upon his brother's band to supply the soundtracks -- resulting in the release of the 1999's CKY, Vol. 1 and Vol. 2, which included all the songs from the videos.
Camp Kill Yourself appeared as part of the 1999 Warped Tour, though they were kicked off near the end after joining a fan-generated protest of tour vending prices. The band had also signed with Volcom, reissued Camp Kill Yourself, Vol. 1 with different artwork, and officially changed their name to CKY (quickly altering their original decision of Camp) on the request of Volcom by the first half of 2000. In February, they fired Bruni, disappointed in his performance, and signed up bassist Vern Zaborowski in his place in time for the summer's Warped Tour, also issuing a limited-edition EP, Disengage the Simulator. CKY's songs have also been featured on the popular MTV show Jackass (which prominently featured good ol' Bam), and in 2001, both volumes of Camp Kill Yourself were reissued, just as the group was signed to Def Jam/Island.
When the Infiltrate Destroy Rebuild LP appeared in September 2002, CKY tried to support it as the opening act for Axl Rose's reconstituted Guns N' Roses. Naturally, that tour self-destructed almost immediately. But CKY carried on, and Infiltrate's heavy alt-metal sound helped distance them (somewhat) from being simply a "skate" band. The DVD Infiltrate Destroy Rebuild: The Video Album appeared in November 2003. Zaborowski exited the band in mid-2004 during sessions for their third album and (as what happened when Bruni left earlier) Ginsburg handled bass until a replacement was found.
CKY returned in June 2005 with An Answer Can Be Found, unflagging in their self-promotional swagger -- Miller spent much of the run-up to the record posting Internet messages about his band's total awesomeness. Around the same time, they also revealed their newest member, ex-All That Remains bassist Matt Deis, who also became the first bass player to assist in songwriting. Touring ensued in support of the record, though CKY and Island parted ways in early 2006; the guys inked a deal with Roadrunner by the year's end and released Carver City in 2009. ~ Greg Prato, Rovi


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The freedom of letting go.
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Used 2007 GMC Sierra 1500 Regular Cab
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- Refined and very quiet ride even with heavy-duty towing package, excellent fit and finish inside, seats are comfortable for long drives, comprehensive list of safety equipment.
- Four-speed transmission sometimes blunts performance, larger turning circle than most rivals, hard door armrests.
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Edmunds' Expert Review
Now boasting a refined cabin along with a comfortable ride and strong workhorse capabilities, the 2007 GMC Sierra 1500 stands as a major contender for top honors in the full-size pickup truck segment.
Vehicle overview
Our chief criticisms of the GMC Sierra have long been centered around its mediocre cabin style, build quality and materials. Although the Sierra was certainly a strong workhorse full-size truck, the level of refinement left a lot to be desired. For 2007, GMC is continuing to sell the old truck (the "Classic") but is also introducing a fully redesigned Sierra 1500. The new truck's extreme makeover finally takes care of our age-old gripes and builds on the Sierra's traditional strengths.
Even without close scrutinizing, it's evident that the 2007 GMC Sierra's cabin is light-years ahead of the previous one, as higher-quality plastics with uniform graining and tight panel gaps attest. One might even confuse the interior of the top-trim SLT and Denali trims with that of a Cadillac, as those Sierras' lustrous wood and metallic accents create a luxurious ambience.
Under-the-skin improvements include a more robust frame that contributes to a significantly higher towing capacity than last year's. The engines, always a strong point with the Sierra line, get even stronger this year, as output is up for nearly all of them. The truck's steering now has a rack-and-pinion setup that eliminates the big on-center dead spot of the previous system, and safety is increased via the adoption of side curtain airbags, stability control and rear park assist.
Although nearly everything has been covered, there are a few small demerits. One is the use of a four-speed automatic transmission on all trims except the Denali, which uses the superb six-speed unit seen in some of GM's full-size SUVs. The four-speed works fine most of the time, but occasionally, it is slow to downshift, leaving the engine flat-footed when a burst of power is called for. The other minor quibbles are a larger turning radius (by about 2 feet) than rivals such as the F-150 and Titan, and door armrests that are too hard.
Overall, however, we're quite impressed with the all-new GMC Sierra 1500. Like its corporate twin, the Chevrolet Silverado, it should prove to be a smart choice for a full-size pickup. Shoppers in this segment should be aware, though, that there will also be a completely redesigned Toyota Tundra this year. Like the Sierra, it's extremely well-rounded and ready for hard work. So in this segment, we're talking about a two-horse race in which the versatile, comfortable and well-built 2007 GMC Sierra 1500 is worth betting on.
2007 GMC Sierra 1500 models
The 2007 GMC Sierra full-size pickup comes in three body styles (standard cab, extended cab and crew cab). Standard cabs can be had with either a standard or long bed. Extended cabs can have a short, standard or long bed. Crew cabs come only with the short bed, making them easier to handle in traffic and during parking maneuvers. Regular cabs can be had in base Work or midlevel SLE trims, while the extended and crew cabs can also be had in those trims as well as the plush SLT. The even more luxurious Denali is offered only in crew cab form.
The Work trim comes with the basics, including air-conditioning (extended and crew cab versions), a trip computer, OnStar telematics, vinyl seating, a 40/20/40-split front bench seat and tilt steering wheel. The SLE trim actually consists of SLE1 and SLE2. The SLE1 adds deep-tinted windows, chrome grille trim, alloy wheels, a CD player, cruise control, full power accessories, cloth seating, keyless entry, an auto-dimming rearview mirror and a leather-wrapped steering wheel. The SLE2 adds dual-zone automatic climate control (in extended and crew cabs), front bucket seating and steering-wheel-mounted audio controls.
The SLT adds rain-sensing wipers (with heated washer fluid), a Bose audio system with six-disc CD changer, keyless entry/start, leather seating, an exclusive dash design with wood/metallic accents, 12-way power and heated front seats, rear audio controls and Homelink universal remote. The range-topping Denali adds unique exterior chrome trim, a choice of 18- or 20-inch wheels, a navigation system, remote start, a rear-seat DVD entertainment system, satellite radio and a sunroof.
Notable available options include the Z71 Off-Road Package (skid plates, off-road suspension and locking rear differential), power-adjustable pedals, upgraded audio systems with satellite radio, a navigation system, a rear-seat DVD entertainment system, a sunroof, a power sliding rear window, a cargo management system that features tracks with sliding hooks, rear park assist and an "EZ Lift" tailgate that requires only about half the effort (compared to the standard tailgate) to open and close.
2007 Highlights
Performance & mpg
Work trucks feature a 4.3-liter V6 (195 horsepower, 260 pound-feet of torque). A 4.8-liter V8 (295 hp, 305 lb-ft) powers the SLE1 trucks (except the long-box versions). A 5.3-liter V8 (315 hp, 338 lb-ft) powers Sierra SLE2 and SLT pickups, with a flex-fuel E85 version optional. The Denali's 6.2-liter V8 makes 403 hp and 417 lb-ft of torque.
Optional on all but the Work truck and Denali is the "Vortex Max" 6.0-liter V8 that makes 367 hp and 375 lb-ft of torque. All V8s except the 4.8 and 6.2 feature Active Fuel Management, which shuts down four cylinders under light-load conditions (such as highway cruising) to promote greater fuel economy. With the optional Max trailering package, tow capacity is 10,500 pounds.
A four-speed automatic transmission with a tow/haul mode is standard on all models except the Denali, which has a six-speed automatic. Buyers have a choice of either rear-wheel or four-wheel drive. The Work trim with 4WD has a traditional floor-mounted selector for the transfer case. All other 4WD GMC Sierras except the Denali have Autotrac, which features an automatic setting that shifts into 4WD when wheel slippage is detected. The AWD version of the Denali is a full-time system that requires no intervention from the driver.
Antilock brakes (front disc, rear drum) are standard on the 2007 GMC Sierra 1500, with an all-disc version optional. A stability control system with rollover mitigation is standard on crew cabs and optional on extended cabs. Side curtain airbags are optional across the board, as is rear park assist. The Denali has all the preceding items standard, along with full OnStar service and an upgrade to four-wheel disc brakes.
Equipped with the burly 6.0-liter V8, the Sierra's acceleration is predictably swift, going from zero to 60 in 7.9 seconds and clocking a quarter-mile time of 16 seconds flat. The four-speed is sometimes caught flat-footed, taking a beat or two to downshift and provide a surge of power. Steering feel is much improved over previous GMC Sierras thanks to a new rack-and-pinion design. There's no longer a massive dead spot on-center and the power assist feels about right for a full-size truck. On long trips, the supple suspension swallows bumps (even with the heavy-duty towing option) while still allowing confident, no-slop handling with a minimum of body sway through the turns. The cabin is impressively quiet, as we recorded a lower sound reading at 70 mph in the 2007 GMC Sierra than we did in an Audi A6 luxury sedan.
The fit and finish of the cabin is vastly improved over the previous-generation GMC Sierra pickup truck. Tight build quality, an attractive two-tone scheme and comfortable seating front and rear combine with sound ergonomics to make the interior enjoyable on long road trips. A one-touch lane-change feature, plenty of storage cubbies, three power points (including one in the console box) and well-placed cupholders add to the user-friendly environment. SLT trims feature a unique dash and door panel treatment with lustrous wood grain and metallic accents.
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One of the most dramatic couples on Season 12 of "Dancing with the Stars" made their exit from the ballroom on Tuesday night.
After surviving two months of competition highs and some serious lows, Kendra Wilkinson and Louis van Amstel finally were given their exit papers.
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"I have lasted seven weeks, I mean seven weeks longer than I ever thought I would last," Kendra said after co-hosts Tom Bergeron and Brooke Burke announced the news.
It was a headline raising season for Kendra, who sparred – at first – with her partner, and later with judge Carrie Ann Inaba over a comment related to her lack of dancing "elegance," but the former "Girl Next Door" persisted and found her footwork improving, eventually leaving the show on Tuesday with her head held high.
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"I want to thank Louis for stickin' with me and not fighting with me," Kendra said of her partner, before turning her gratitude to her loved ones.
"I want to thank my family, I want to thank Hank for being there every step of the way," she said, referring to her husband, NFL wide receiver Hank Baskett. "I want to thank my baby Hank for being there too. Baby hank, I'm coming home for you. I'm not the best dancer, but I am the best mom and I'm coming home, I'm back to being a mom."
Louis too complimented Kendra on her persistence and said she really improved as the season went on.
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"It's been an awesome journey and we're finishing on a high. I love you, you've come so far. I'm so proud of you," he added.
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