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New Wham: The Digitech Whammy DT - What Do you Think?
The Digitech Whammy, nearly 20 years old has been resurrected a number of times over the years, and the latest model, the Whammy DT seems to have had some interestingly mixed reviews. Tried and reviewed by guitarists and also from names like Premier Guitar who seem to have a very positive opinion at the Whammy DT.
A Favourite gets an Upgrade
The Digitech Whammy pedal, next to the Digitech Whammy pedal, next to the Big Muff of course, has to be one of the most iconic effects pedals ever made. Famous for its bold red simplistic design and the amazing Whammy it produces, this pedal rivals many FX pedals currently available. The latest addition to the Whammy family is the Whammy DT. Whilst sticking with some of the original Whammy's features, such as harmony and detune, the pedal offers amazing drop tuning and true bypass capabilities.
The Whammy DT allows guitarists to modify their tuning, there'll be no more changing guitars, no more awkward breaks mid-performance while you make tuning adjustments, you won't have to break the connection between you and your audience and ruin the vibe you've built up. With the DT key changes are a piece of cake! The Whammy has been the core pitch shifting effects pedal for famous artists for over 20 years, and it now features full drop and raised tuning in addition to classic whammy shifting. You're now able to transpose either 7 semitones up or down and even shift a whole octave when you're feeling really dangerous.
The new DT model features some seriously "mind-bending" capabilities that you may not even expect from a Whammy. It can create instant "hammer-on" and "pull-off" effects during your performances with the momentary footswitch and the various effects can be selected through various selector knobs and dual set of LED indicators. The DT is built to handle the demands of live performance, it features a similar all-metal, rugged and robust chassis to its predecessors.
Drop tuning, capo tuning, true bypass, all make the DT extra special. The DTs true bypass operation ensures it can be added to any rig without any adverse effects on sound quality. You won't get the dreaded "tone-suck" that is produced by other non-bypass pedals.
"Thanks to the Whammy's complex digital signal processing and pitch shifting algorhythms, chordal accuracy is perfectly maintained." - Digitech
Anything WH-1 can do, I can do better
The original Ferrari red WH-1 Whammy never went unnoticed on a pedal board, and the DT is no different. This model was built upon the simplistic design of the original, but includes a slightly rearranged control set. The first Whammy featured an expression pedal on the left side and had controls for detune, harmony and whammy effects on the right whereas the DT features controls on both sides of the unit. The original pedals effects that Whammy fans came to know and love, have migrated to the left side and now the right side is dedicated to the pedals wealth of drop-tune effects.
Since the original Whammy's instant popularity, more models were created in an attempt to further improve the highly-sought after pedal and although these later models may have included additional, fancy effects and features, it was the simplicity of the original that a lot of guitarists favoured.
Some have said that the only major differences between the Whammy DT and its older brothers, is the clarity of pitch shifting. The old models would struggle in executing drastic pitch bends, and as a result produced warbling digital artifacts that some guitarists appreciated but the majority detested. With the Whammy DT you can achieve pristine pitch bends as the pedals processing sounds "much more like a mammoth whammy bar radically working its way through a super-wide pitch range than a glitchy digital approximation, even at the most extreme settings."
Premier Guitar Thinks…
"From a performance perspective, the Whammy DT is extremely flexible and easy to use. The Drop Tune function alone has numerous practical uses when you're leaping between genres and tunings. But even within a single song or even phrase, use of the Drop Tune's momentary switch can extend the range of your instrument and allow you to pave new fretboard highways on the fly.
On the expression pedal-controlled side of the unit the tried-and-true performance options are as interactive and wild as ever. The Whammy effect bends your pitch fluidly, much like a slide whistle or theremin. Adding a bit of vibrato to your foot will apply an elastic, rubbery, or cartoony sort of sound to your pitch. And imagine hitting a climactic note in a solo with your band in a full crescendo, and imagine bending that note up another two whole octaves, or just as easily, plunging two octaves down."
Dolphins Verdict
Some key points made by people who have used and reviewed the Whammy DT:
Recurring Positive Comments
- Capable of clear, pristine pitch bends
- True bypass is excellent, not a "tone-killer" like some older models
- Features additional effects, allowing more creative capabilities
- Still delivers the same ultimate "Whammy" sound
Common Negative Observations
- Rather expensive for an FX pedal (but if you know what you're getting…)
- Significantly larger and than the original Whammy (But it will look small when you're standing over it though)
- It's not exactly pretty (It's on the floor for you to stomp on, who cares?)
The Digitech whammy has been with us for nearly 20 years, and it is continuing to improve and evolve, attempting to give guitarists more of what they desire. The Whammy DT successfully rounds up the lessons of two decades and manages to combine them to make a super cool evolution in which the possibilities often seem limitless.
Check out some more of Digitech's Bestselling FX Pedals
To read Premier Guitars full review of the Digitech Whammy DT, visit Premier Guitar.
Comment below with your opinions on the new Digitech Whammy DT. Is it better than it's elders or does it not live up to your expectations?
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Kane, Jets light up Panthers
Winnipeg, MB – Evander Kane scored a pair of goals, while Dustin Byfuglien and Andrew Ladd added one goal and one assist apiece as the Winnipeg Jets cruised to a 7-2 win over the Florida Panthers on Thursday.
Aaron Gagnon, Chris Thorburn and Grant Clitsome each added one goal and Bryan Little finished with two assists for the Jets, who pulled even with the New York Rangers for eighth place in the Eastern Conference standings with 44 points. The Rangers currently hold the tie breaker, having played in two fewer games this season.
Ondrej Pavelec stopped 25-of-27 shots in the win.
T.J. Brennan and Tomas Fleischmann both had one goal and one assist for the Panthers, who have dropped two of their last three contests.
Jacob Markstrom allowed six goals on 23 shots, while Scott Clemmensen surrendered one tally on 12 shots in the setback.
"There's lots of different things we can point at, but I think the whole game didn't go (well) for us," Panthers head coach Kevin Dineen said.
Gagnon scored 3:54 into the first period, but Brennan netted the equalizer nearly a minute later after deflecting Fleischmann's shot into the net.
Kane scored just 18 seconds later, but the Panthers knotted it up once again following Fleischmann's goal with 13:29 left.
Ladd's tip-in with 7:28 to play in the opening period gave the hosts a 3-2 edge.
"The first ten minutes, after the first five goals, it was just back and forth really. Luckily we were able to answer each and every time," Ladd said. "As a team it makes it easier to go forward. There's a part of the game you're going to go through where you have situations like that where maybe it's not ideal but we're still winning the game 3-2 and it settled the guys down and moved forward."
Clitsome's power play goal 10:05 into the middle session gave Winnipeg a 4-2 edge, and Byfuglien added his seventh goal of the season 28 seconds later.
Kane's second tally of the game came with 8:03 left in the second, and Thorburn's tally in the third period capped the scoring.
Game Notes
Winnipeg will host the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday ... The Jets outshot the Panthers 35-27 ... Ladd has 16 goals and 22 assists this season ... Florida will take on the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday.


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There aren't any teas in ChamelliaTea's Cupboard yet.
I run a tea company in Australia, I go on regular tea trekking adventures in source of the worlds best tea. So far my travels have taken me to Uva, Dimbulla, Kandy and Nuwara Eliya in Sri Lanka, in India I've travelled to the Nilgiris, Assam and Darjeeling, and I have another tea trekking trip planned to Taiwan and China in January 2011.
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Carlson School Undergrads Vie for Homecoming Royalty
Brett Johnston and Vincent Phan are in the running for the 2012 Homecoming king honor. Voting starts October 7.
Brett Johnston and Vincent Phan are in the running for the 2012 Homecoming king honor. Online voting for Homecoming royalty will open on Sunday, October 7 and will close on Friday, October 12 at noon.
For 2012 Homecoming details, visit homecoming.umn.edu.
Brett Johnston
Johnson, of Benson, Minn., will be in his senior year next year. He's studying marketing and human resources. Johnson loves to travel (although he claims he never really goes anywhere) and has run two marathons throughout his life. His two favorite foods are ice cream and cookies - by a long stretch.
During his college career, Johnson has been able to study abroad in Argentina. He is unbelievably pumped to be taking tumbling and gymnastics this coming fall, and is so excited for Homecoming to get started!
Vincent Phan
Phan is a junior double majoring in accounting and management information systems. Although he was born in St. Paul, at the age of one he moved to Germany, where he stayed for 14 years of his life - which is why he has such an awesome German accent.
Phan is a proud member of Sigma Pi and the Greek Community at large. When he's not busy with school or work, he shares his passion for Minnesota with prospective students, parents, and distinguished alumni through the Carlson Ambassador program. He is also a co-founder and board member of the Undergraduate Consulting Club, as well as a consultant in the Carlson Venture Enterprises. Phan loves to travel, and has one big passion in life: food!


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With Thanksgiving on the horizon (gulp!) and Christmas hot on its heels (double gulp!), we're moving into the season of holiday cheer–and gift-grubbing. Kids are also barraged by ads for toys and computers and video games this time of year, so it's not uncommon for kids to come down with a case of the "gimme's" and find themselves with a Christmas list that's way, way too long. And while we love to play Santa with our kids, we also want them to feel grateful about what they already have–and to understand how to give of themselves as well. If you're wondering how to instill gratitude in your child, we've rounded up some of our best advice on the subject:
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GamesRadar: Watch a Bungie designer dominate at his own game… and then teach you how he did it.
He knows exactly what weapons to use. He knows exactly what class to choose. He knows when to toss a grenade, where to take cover and how to pull of every headshot. The Halo: Reach multiplayer beta doesn't even begin for another week, and this guy is already light years ahead of you.
Why? Because his name is Luke Smith, he's a designer at Bungie and he helped create those weapons, classes and maps. Plus, he's had a lot of practice. Fortunately for the rest of us, this multiplayer master agreed to share his strategies with GamesRadar during a recorded match last week.
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Lol 1st thing he did was die.
But he still killed the guy he was shooting at :-P
May 3rd! Then we can all spawn on our bro's co-op style
That dude always cracks me up. As for the title, many will be better than that.
"Professor Smith is in - class is being taught"
LMFAO - I'm using that...
Just recently repurchased Halo 3: ODST for the beta invitation. I forgot how awesome Firefight was. I hope the game mode returns in Halo Reach. I'm looking forward to the start of the beta next week.
StanLee...hopefully it will return with matchmaking.
Halo Reach is looking good and is going to be fun, Mass Effect and God of War both looks Sweet but its not about graphics kids
In my opinion Red Dead Redemption is the GOTY
" I better slow down, they told us to take it easy "...lol....Many " pro's " out there...watch when the beta gets going...theirs kids that eat and sleep on that game....
lol Natsu, even though he pretty much died before doing anything, he is actually pretty skilled.
Well, he is a Bungie developer so it would be emabarassing if he wasn't at least that good. I know loads of guys who are at least 10 times better. People who'd probably get the same number of kills in that match he played but with no deaths =P
i actually think halo is boring. but watching this gameplay its making me want to play it. graphically its only a minor jump but that could be cuz i'm watching it on the computer. What are the guys doing when they kneel down? Is that how you block or what?
how can you say a game that isn't out is goty? how can you say ANY game is goty til the year is over?
@guy above: that's one of the available abilities for your load out. it seems to make you invulnerable to dmg for about 3 seconds. personally, the evade option seems to be the most effective. the flying one appears to really just turn you into an easy target.
Noticed it's using real light sources. The green from the plasma gun was reflected on surfaces in the game. Awesome stuff. Will make for some moody scenarios. Halo has always had some of the best lighting and it seems like it's not going anywhere :)
PLain. Look at the map design. Wow. Pretty sure I could design that.
Plain does not Mean poor playability. As an example look at nearly all the Unreal 3 maps. They were lousy with static meshes and clutter and many did not play well.
Im not saying this map is good, Ill determine that when I play it, but don't rule it out just because it looks a little plainer than some other levels.
Edit: Also, does anyone else think that elite dodge ability looks a little OP? In a game where you move as slowly as halo that seems like a huge leg up.
I expect a to-scale render of your map tomorrow night thanks.
Then you can remember they've got a few months of polish ahead for detailing.
Does that mean you hate nearly every game previous to this console gen? I mean, I just played through Shadow of the Colossus again. That was standard def and ran at like 8 fps in parts. What about Ocarina of Time? Any of the older final fantasies? Any Metal Gear previous to 4?
Or maybe you just hate halo and think you're funny? Regardless, no one wants you here. But given that you're trolling on the internet you're probably used to that sort of reception eh?
I think you missed my point that good graphics doesnt mean amazing gameplay or vise versa.
Also, and I don't really care because Im not saying the PS3 is less powerful that the 360, but what games are 1080p on the PS3. I think GT:5 might be? God of War wasn't, KZ2 wasn't (both were 720p). Also, I don't think you know what AA is because KZ2 did not have 16xAA. It utilized the Quincunx Anti-Aliasing technique, which is comparable to somewhere in between 2xAA and 4xAA with a blurring side affect.
Welp, now it looks like I was talking to a ghost.
I see things I like and things I don't. The armour ability is a grenade death in waiting. I was afraid you could simply wait for someone to get out of it then melee them but it has a field that forces enemies back. It would be nice if that worked with grenades also. I love the elite roll ability. That was sick.
And that level was freaking huge! I love it bungie!!!
It's more of a defensive last resort, and could be very useful when taking over a territory.
The game looks absolutely awesome.
Luke smith, you ass.
Wouldn't it be nice if someone made a new tribes. I really miss playing that game. I'd have to say tribes 2 was the most fun I have ever had playing a multiplayer game.
Give it time, there will be people out there who'd beat him. Never underestimate the die-hard.
Wow Reach looks like a blast. Loving that dodge too.
looks decent, might grab a 360 with this if i can find decent people to play with, hopefully another 360 price cut comes along
It's a blast when you and a buddy next to you are kicking ass online.
no kidding dude..this guy is NOT that good, and im being 100% serious. When i read the title and started watching i thought it would ACTUALLY be a pro. I mean, yes he has headshots here and there, but the tracking aiming and the focus rifle aiming was bad. These are the kids i poop on :)
May 3rd.
reading your comment made me sad somehow.
To be fair though, he said he was 'taking it easy' so... you never know he might have some skills.
Definately stoked for this fkin game. Watching this made me wanna play halo 3 again lol
Question though.. I DO like the fact that the covenant now has bullet physics and you need to account for the bulletdrop etc, but why would they completely noobify it by adding a "Ghost Reticle" showing WHERE to aim to counter the bulletdrop etc. isn't that sort of defeating the purpose or the "challenge" that is created?
Actually there is no bullet drop. He was referring to bullet (err plasma travel) that the plasma weapons have since they aren't instantaneous like the human weapons (yes the human weapons aka bullet-based should have travel too). This has been there since Halo 1.
My guess is this ghost crosshair is there to balance the fact that the spartan team wont really need to ever give a lead (unless using the pro pipe or picking up alien weapons) and the elite team is forced to have to learn the skill.
I really don't mind it, the ghost crosshair is erratic because it only calculates instantaneous lead, meaning the moment a spartan turns or stops or jumps that ghost crosshair starts jumping around to where ever the new direction and or speed is going. Its not like its auto aim or anything. I still think using your instinct of where you think the player will be head when you take your shots is better than a noob with a minor aim indication upgrade.
Ah you're right about the travel vs drop my bad.
Guess it makes sense.. I don't think it'll be a huge issue anyways it was just something I was a little concerned with at first like it would be a massive assist, but to help create a balance and the fact you pointed out, how it would jump around as it's instantaneous makes perfect sense to me.
I have no doubt in Bungie anyways. They know what their fans want and while some changes are being made to the basic formula, the competative nature, online features and game balance is still high on their priority list :D
I'm not worried about the balance at all. Halo has been one of the most balanced games of all time (in part due to no real class/loadout system). I played Halo 1 the most by far and love it the most. Halo 2's MP was pretty good, though it took them a while to get is balanced (plasma rifle+smg duel wield was incredibly overpowered in the beginning)
But like halo 3, it has issues to me like the all-too-useful battle rifle. Halo 3 also had the lame assault rifle, lame pistol, 2 extra and boring grenade types, "equipment" was interesting but not all that well executed. And there was the lack of modern things like sprint or loadouts or selectable spawns. I drifted from halo mp in the middle of Halo 2 and played plenty of the COD series, Crysis, BF series (both BF and bad company), Gears and so on. Played a little Halo 3 MP but didn't hold me for long (love H2, H3 and H3ODST coop though, firefight is awesome too).
Though battlefield does have great vehicle usage, I always hated the "teleporting" in and out of vehicles, breaks the flow and is down right silly at times. Vehicles have been quite amazing in Halo games though under powered in H2 and H3 slightly (or maybe too many on-foot ways to counter?). I'm am liking alot of the changes, alot of Halo 1 gameplay is back with modern twists like loadouts and abilities. And I really REALLY hope for a good and long campaign full of coop goodness.
Woah, quite the rant I just went on. Long time Halo fan, just think the execution hasn't been all there like it was in Halo 1 (yes, films, forge, vast custom game options, matchmaking, etc were great additions and well executed). Just saying core gameplay was pretty damn balanced except for some really bad issues that made the game less than fun at times.
You know what
I wont lie, I've done a fair bit of Halo bashing in my time
And for the most part I'm still on that, I still dont think the Halo games produce good campaigns
But my golly gosh, the multiplayer for Reach looks fun as hell.
can someone pm me and tell me why i have problems watching hd videos on my laptop.. the vids seem to be lagging all the time
would need to know a lot more about your lap top. but i can tell you this, google chrome seems to have a choppiness to it's videos while they are still loading. if i wanna watch gametrailers, i have to wait for the video to fully d/l before i can watch the stream. firefox doesn't seem to have that problem.
my first suggestion would be to try a different browser...but i am going on almost no information
WOW, you guys are happy for this. Hey take a look at Unreal Tournament 3, same sh!t from 2007, we are in 2010. Man xbox is still giving last gen games with outdated graphics & environment. Like to think that you were in an arena with sand & dirt, it would be nice if it changed the visibility of the scene, but no just same old crap with the name HALO on it. KZ2 you in the desert & guess what your visibility change depending on the wind & you see the dirt in the air like you would in a desert. Also it looks like they used Hand lotion to put some light shining on certain surfaces.
But man this is what Unreal Tournament 3 had already, nothing NEW & GO LOOK for yourself.. Seriously I will sell my xbox by this summer if I don't see a fckin game at the level of UNCHARTED 1 on PS3, yeah UNCHARTED 1 cause I don't think xbox can do anything higher/better than that, it will crash & even with UNCHARTED 1 I still think that it would still have a lot of issues. Do you know how much screen tear there is in SPLINTER CELL CONVICTION, I rest my case.
...sorry THE TRUTH HURTS ..aka - PSNID-maytryx/GamerTag-maytr1x
I Swear to god if I don't get a game soon that is on par with UNCHARTED 1, with no screen tear .. F U XBOX ..bye bye!!!
LOLOLOLLLOLOOL go play your flopzone please
You're calling halo unoriginal??
Uncharted 1 is one of the most uninspiring unoriginal games there are out there, there is absolutely NOTHING that stands out in that game, everything is a rehash even it's overall plot.
yeah killzone 2 is better than this crap lol, you should try getting good at kz2. you won't be disappointed LOL
LOl i've played enough flopzone 2 multiplayer to know that it's NOTHING compared to halo's multi. It's generic unbalanced crap, too easy to pwn newbs. Halo has tons more variety in it's multi.
so if you were sooo good at kz2. what was your psn id??
it an absolute joke to even compare kz to halo... kz is the most unbalanced games i have ever played. spawn raping completely ruins kz. if you think firing from the hip takes skill you need to wake up. full of bootsting cheaters and p*ssies that join low ranked matches to feel good about themselves. no one uses mics, but thats par for the course on psn. small, weak, laughable community. kz has done nothing for fps games except show others what not to do.
we all know ps3 kids only look at graphics. no ps3 [email protected] like to bring up that uc2 was the same exact as uc1 (i love uncharted, but its true), and god of war has not changed at all since the first one. just a bunch of biased idiots. ps3 fantards are scumbags of the gaming universe, and this site is proof.
i need to get a new 360 since i gave mine to my brother.. reach is looking so freaking fun.. and i am loving the the evade..
This game is looking like a blast, hopefully everything will be balanced accordingly.
Can't wait for the full game! XD
You would never be THIS interested as much as us
Multiplayer looks really fun. I am not a fan of Halo, but I can admit this looks very impressive. I have an Xbox Elite, too bad you have to pay to play online on XBOX360. Not that money is the issue with XBOX Live, it is the concept behind paying for what is free elsewhere/ you already paid for. That issue will be another debate for another day.
Looking forward to Single Player/offline CO-Op.
Halo is much more fun to watch when pros play it then actually playing it.
Loooks WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY better than Halo 3 Muliplayer - SICK!
Wow, do all Halo guys who are 'good' sound like this douchebag?
odd. droids always seem to be more interested in halo than we are on this site.
Can't wait for next week! Still enjoying halo 3 daily. You just can't get enough of it. No FPS so far got close to halo.
Havent had a Xbox since it died trying to get through GTA. This right here just might bring me back.
Luke Smith is bad at H3. I will almost certainly be better than him at Halo: Reach...
Okay first of all, the evade and the game looks INSANELY GOOD AND FUN. Secondly is, I can easily take out this guy. ;)
Ive played Luke on Halo 3, I recorded the vid & made some pics because of his flaming ninja recon armor. He is a very good player, but not as good as these noobs made him look.
The team slayer match I played against him, his team won but not by much. I am definately not the best HaLo MP player, but I definately have friends that would smoke Luke on any given day.
How can anyone like this guy, i'd put my house on him being a complete baby and team mate basher when he is getting beat. I have a friend exactly like him.
Judge a man not by his attitude in victory, but his attitude in failure.
The game seems to have a lot of auto-aim.
It doesn't have alot of auto-aim in the traditional sense of games like Goldeneye where the gun or the guns crosshair automatically moves to the enemy player.
What Bungie does utilise alot more though is bullet magnetism which is in place to keep the game consistent due to lag and other network issues. Try playing Halo with every player on the same team and it is virtually unplayable due to the fact that bullet magnetism does not work on teammates.
ya i think its more like halo 2 in that sense
I'm glad that they implemented some kind of filter for the searching of games. I like to play with decent people not insane pros. This guy seemed pretty good but what I really hate is those kids who are hellish with the sniper rifle. I'm talking head shots every time. This game looks like it's going to be pretty fun. I can't wait to play the campaign.
Yeah let them have their '1337' playlists and can stay away from the rest of us who'd rather have fun.


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The Havelock Fire and Rescue Department is out to set a new record.
The Havelock Fire and Rescue Department is out to set a new record.
�We are doing the Brave Enough to Wear Pink Campaign for the fourth year now,� said Charlie Winter, a department firefighter and paramedic leading this year�s effort to raise money for breast cancer awareness and support. �We�re out to beat last year�s record.�
They have a high bar. During last year�s campaign 1,200 pink T-shirts were sold and $10,400 was raised to donate to the Havelock Fire and Rescue Department Cancer Care Fund managed by the CarolinaEast Foundation.
�We�ve got a long ways to go, but we can do it, though,� Winter said Tuesday as the drive officially kicked off. �We�re starting a little bit earlier this year because of the demand from last year.�
Winter said a combination of shirt design, community support and untiring effort by the fire department has led to high sales of the shirts in the past.
�I think it�s everything put together,� Winter said. �Everyone in the country has known somebody who has been hurt or affected, or knows somebody who has been lost or has dealt with cancer.�
This year�s shirts feature a Dalmatian in a firefighter�s hat with the phrase �Brave Enough to Wear Pink.� It was designed based on a theme by department members, including Capt. Tom Dorn and firefighter/paramedic Scott Dorsett.
This year the department is also selling hats along with the T-shirts. The cost is $20 for each and they are available by calling 444-6443 or visiting the Havelock West End Fire Station on U.S. 70 at the entrance to Tucker Creek. Residents can also visit the department�s Facebook page.
In a separate breast cancer awareness fundraiser, Havelock�s firefighters are joining with CarolinaEast to create a Pink Glove Dance Video for a competition sponsored by MEDLINE. The company manufactures pink rubber gloves that were worn in a video made Tuesday with members of the fire department. The winner of the video competition will receive a $25,000 donation to the charity of their choice.
�We chose Havelock Fire and Rescue because they have been so supportive of our foundation,� said Megan McGarvey, with CarolinaEast Medical Center. �They do the Brave Enough to Wear Pink and they sell the T-shirts and the proceeds actually come back to the CarolinaEast Foundation for our breast cancer research and education, so we thought that this was a perfect opportunity to partner and show Havelock Fire and Rescue how much we appreciate their ongoing support.�
The 90-second video will be submitted Oct. 4 to the competition, and the voting starts Oct. 28 and continues for two weeks.
�It�s one vote, per person for Facebook,� McGarvey said. �We�re really going to depend on the community for those votes. Whoever gets the most votes also gets $25,000 to go to the charity of their choice.�
The dance competition proceeds will be going to the Susan B. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.


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Best Pavement songs guys?
It's got to be grounded, yeah?
that weird guitar solo on Fin slays.
Father to a sister of Thought, Space ghost 2, Gangsters & Pranksters, oh whatever all of their first four albums are perfect.
Christ, such an amazing band.
Wish I'd seen them a couple of years ago.
Elevate me later
Range Life
Top band, so glad I saw them on the souless money tour a few years ago.
I had a ticket for that, but didn't go in the end: remembered I hate souless band reunions (thanks, Pixies).
Saw them a couple of times first time round though, so it's all good.
"My New House"
or maybe "The Classical". Oh wait...
Seriously though, it's "Cut your hair".
favourite pavement lyrics? I like the one about being told off in front of the over-friendly concierge. The lyrics never mean anything, but Malkmus makes them sound so good.
saw you, reeling in a parking lot
What about the voice of geddy lee?
How did it get so high? I wonder if he speaks like an ordinary guy?SCROTUM, Antelope, and JaguarPirate this'd this
AND HE DOESsplitterwill and JaguarPirate this'd this
- splitterwill and JaguarPirate this'd this
Out on tour with the Smashing Pumpkins
Nature kids, they don't have no function
I don't understand what they mean
And I could really give a fuckClair_de_Lune and JaguarPirate this'd this
Well, I've got style
Miles and miles, so much style that it's wasted
Lies and betrayals, fruit-covered nails
Eeeelectricity and lust!nice_squirrel this'd this
Maybe eyes
Eyes in the socket
Eyes in the socket
So I'm gonna sock it
Write it on a postcard
Dad, they broke me.andrew_wolfpack, splitterwill, and JaguarPirate this'd this
Maybe, someone's gonna save me
My heart is made of gravy
When it's central, so essential,
It has a nice ring when you laugh
At the low life opinions
And they're coming to the chorus now...
give it a day
it gets said a lot but pavement really did have terrific b-sides; give it a day, easily fooled, harness your hopes for me they count as 3 of their best tracks.
In the Mouth a Desert
AT&T, Pueblo, Frontwards, Elevate Me Later, Grounded, Stop Breathin, Painted Soldiers, Kentucky Cocktail, And Then (The Hexx)
- sunstroke_house, Oissin_, and georgiabeth this'd this
At one point my band was comprised of three people who had attended Pavement's last ever show
in Brixton in 1999.
We joked that this would be the criterium for new members joining. Not a very funny joke, I'll grant you.
It's Stereo.
Yeah, sorry you indier-than-thou fucks. :D
(Or maybe Rattled by the Rush, if you like an amazing guitar solo.)
That said, my favourite album is actually Terror Twilight.
Range Life
for definiteorangejuice and kostenurky this'd this
Mussle Rock - where's the Spiral Stairs love guys?
probably one of my favourite b-sides ever. Other favourites Hands Off The Bayou, Perfume-V, Trigger Cut, Pueblo, Filmore Jive ... too many basically.
They're one of those bands that have such perfect signature sound that it's always just so satisfying to listen to them, no matter what mood I'm in they make it better
I like
Fillmore Jive
Oojim was right, it's Grounded
Though Gold Soundz and Trigger Cut come a damn close second.
And Fight This Generation a runner up (especially a live version), Amy Blue covered it here:
Fight This Generation
is a great shout.
its Gold Soundz
Perfect song. The rests good too tho. Rang Life & Stop BreathingJaguarPirate, meowington, skellywager, 8stepstoperfection, anal_schwarzenegger, JustJay, and harman_kardon this'd this
^ This
It's definitely Gold Soundz, guyz.
</thread>anal_schwarzenegger this'd this
oh man, Gold Soundz!
How has it taken this long for someone to mention it! I'm changing my answer to this.
- nice_squirrel this'd this
summer babe
is pretty perfectBlackCabMetallic and harman_kardon this'd this
I have listened to this song...
so many times.
Shady Lane for me.
Just for the lyrics. Some of my favourite ever, including :
'Freeze, don't move
Youve been chosen as an extra in the movie adaptation
Of the sequel to your life.'
'Glance, don't stare
Soon you're being told to recognize your heirs'
So much semantic depth.
Grounded and Fin also rank high if we are just talking musically, and I also love In The Mouth A Desert.JaguarPirate and Antelope this'd this
Stop Breathin' for me
also Gold Soundz, Trigger Cut, Shady Lane and Ann Don't Cry.
i was dressed for success, but success it never comes..
"Here" is such an incredible song.Joemanji84 this'd this
oh gosh yes!
and the Tindersticks cover is brilliant: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxlwn3wPwcY
Listening to Quarantine the Past now
and I think it might be my favourite best-of of all time.
so so good. brings back so many memories.
Not that it's their best, but how has no one mentioned Here yet?...
... other than that We Dance, Gold Soundz, Shady Lane, AT&T and Grounded would probably be all lumped together for me. Along with loads of others. Too hard to choose!
So glad I saw them on their last proper show (Manchester, 1999 - I hear the Brixton one was pretty sucky and they never got through the whole set)
C'mon people
the answer surely is Box Elder: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfMW7VjqgU4
Summer Babe
& Trigger Cut
Opening of a debut album doesn't get much better than that does it?
and Embassy RowOissin_ and harman_kardon this'd this
Starlings of the Slipstream
Is one of my favourite songs.
- oojimaflop this'd this
Darlings on the splitscreen
My favourite Pavement pun.
Major Leagues is my favourite Pavement song
Unusual for a band's best song to be on their worst album, but there you are.
lovely song
Terror Twilight has its moments, .. and Carrot Rope too.JaguarPirate, Antelope, Stringly, and nice_squirrel this'd this
Unseen Power of the Picket Fence
Westie Can Drum
God I love Pavement. Saw them before they split at the Barrowlands and then again when they reunited.
what a bandshinymcshine this'd this
I think their best song is Frontwards.
But you're all correct with your other answers too, such is the quality of Pavement.
disagree with this so much
definitely a varying quality in the albums.
Speak, See, Remember
You know if we could we'd sell the air!
I guess I agree about the varying quality.
As in, for me, Terror Twilight isn't as good as Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain.
But I would still class Terror Twilight as a quality album. I don't think Pavement really have had a 'low point' in their output.
- kostenurky this'd this
Transport is Arranged
"Praise the Grammar Police, set me up with your neice
Walk to Baltimore and keep the language off the streets
Well I'm of several minds; I am the worst of my kind
I wanna cremate the crutch, I know you're my lady -
But phonecalls could corrupt the morning
Heed the surgeon's warning - Pillars of Eight!"
Ahhhhhhhhhhh! Ah-Ahhhh! Fucking magnificent.
Cat amongst pigeons time....
Pavement fans are well-adjusted grown ups, kostenurky.
You're not going to upset us by saying you don't like our favourite band.
I think you mistook this thread for a My Chemical Romance forum. Try your luck there, they'll cut your bollocks off (assuming your a guy, apologies if not).
I wasn't trying to troll...
How refreshing to see somebody show maturity and restraint on an internet forum.
I'm in your house right now, pouring petrol everywhere.
No one disses Malkmus and gets away with it.oojimaflop, nice_squirrel, and JaguarPirate this'd this
It took me quite a while to actually get into them, then one day they just clicked. You can still be overrated and very good at the same time.Icarus-Smicarus and JaguarPirate this'd this


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Affordable Art for the Bathroom
Hanging expensive artwork in a steamy bathroom is never a good idea, but artwork is also a crucial part of bathroom décor; it helps a purely functional space feel warm and inviting. Luckily, there are so many great sources for affordable art online. We picked some favorites for the bathroom.
It may seem like a cliché, but we always like water imagery for the bathroom: ocean landscapes, lakeside scenes. They're thematically appropriate, of course, but also relaxing; perfect for gazing at during your bath. Most of our selections are drawn from that theme, with a few others that seemed somehow bathroom-appropriate.
• 1 This lovely image of apothecary jars would be perfect alongside a sink. 8x12 print is $25 on Etsy. By Sweet Eventide.
• 2 The patterns in this image remind us of mosaic tile. "Red Sky at Night" by Brainstorm Print and Design is available on Little Paper Planes for $60 (19X25 print).
• 3 This sweet little Clothespins Print by Abby Try Again is only $11 for a 5x7.
• 4 The shapes in this lakeside scene are so pleasing, and the mood is so serene. "Untitled 2 (raft)" by Dan Boardman, available on 20x200. $20 for an 8.5x11 print.
• 5 Caroline Hwang's whimsical fisherwoman was a Tiny Showcase selection last year. Lucky for us, there are still some prints left. $10 for a 6x4.25 print.
• 6 More interesting geometry and water from Carlo Van de Roer. "Untitled (Bondi Baths, Sydney, Australia)" is available on 20x200. $50 for an 11x14 print.
• 7 Also on 20x200, an image from the "Praia Piquinia" series by photographer Christian Chaize. We actually own one of the photographs in this series, and the colors in person are amazingly vibrant. $50 for an 11x14 print.
• 8 Alicia Bock's "Endless Summer" truly conveys what it feels like to swim in the ocean. $35 for an 8x8 print on Etsy.


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News Slideshow: Ten Reasons Why CIOs Should Care About CES
By Eric Lundquist | Posted 01-06-2011
Ten Reasons Why CIOs Should Care About CES
The consumerization of business Ugly words to describe a big trend. Cloud computing? Started in the consumer world. Smartphones? Consumers. App Stores? Consumers. Tablets, location based services, social networking. You get the picture, consumer tech is now way out ahead of the parade. Don't get left behind.
We're guessing that you're as enthusiastic as we are about every new gadget and hot piece of software coming down the pike. But, chances are that your role as an IT leader doesn't give you the time you need to attend the annual International CES, Jan. 6-9, 2011, in Las Vegas. This Bacchanalia of all things tech is jam-packed with the latest and niftiest gadgets and applications, from videogames and smartphones to high-end audio and video products. While you're likely following the latest CES tech news, it's easy to dismiss the potential impact these new devices and applications will have on your enterprise. We advise, instead, that you brace for impact: What's happening in Vegas will not stay in Vegas. In fact, chances are that many of the hardware and software debuts here will be making their way into your enterprise forthwith. With that in mind, we've highlighted the 10 reasons why CES should matter to every CIO.
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Oct. 3, 2000
Stockton, Calif. -
Oct. 3, 2000
Stockton, Calif. -
Senior Jeff Wood shot a course record 65 in the first round of the Pacific Invitational, but it was not enough as UC Santa Barbara finished tied for 11th in its first golf tournament of the year.
The Gauchos, playing with some new faces, shot a three-round total of 889 to tie with Washington State for 11th place. The 889 total put UCSB at +25 for the tournament. San Diego State led a group of three teams that finished under par, shooting an 845, good for -19. Alabama-Birmingham finished second at 850 (-14) and Cal was third at 859 (-5).
Wood's first round score of 65 was a new record for The Reserve Golf Club in Stockton. He followed that up with a 79 and a 73 to finish at 217 for the tournament, tying him for 17th-place. Newcomer J.R. Becko shot a 225 to tie for 40th. Returnees Scott Linklater shot 226 to finish tied for 44th and Christian Helland shot 228 to finish tied for 58th. Another newcomer, Jeff Greenfield, shot 230 to tie for 67th.
UCSB returns to action at the Spalding Intercollegiate on October 9-10. The STRATA Classic is hosted by Pepperdine at the Saticoy Country Club in Ventura.


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Focus on leadership
Successfully implementing changes with motivated personnel
Many different factors determine whether a company is successful or not. The relationship between management and personnel and personnel motivation deserve special attention.
The "Focus on leadership" seminar teaches the importance of vision and strategy as well as the basic principles of successfully managing a change process with motivated personnel.
All seminars are offered in German. English seminars are available on request.


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Fatal crash in St. Marys on Bucktail Road
ST. MARYS – The St. Marys City Police Department reports investigating a two-vehicle crash that occurred on Bucktail Road (SR 120) on Wednesday, April 18, 2012 at 11:15 a.m. that claimed the life of Frederick K. Beck, age 74, of Emporium.Police report that a 2008 Jeep operated by Beck was traveling westbound on Bucktail Road, approaching a curve in the roadway. A 2002 Freightliner single-unit box truck operated by Michael L. Barr, 57, of Kersey, was traveling eastbound on Bucktail Road approaching the same curve. The Jeep crossed into the oncoming lane for unknown reasons. The Jeep and Freightliner collided head-on in the eastbound lane. The Jeep moved across the roadway and into a driveway on the north side of the roadway and came to rest. The Freightliner moved into the eastbound ditch and came to rest. Damage to both vehicles was severe. Barr was not injured. Beck was pronounced dead at the scene by the Elk County Coroner's Office. Police were assisted at the scene by the Crystal Fire Department, St. Marys Area Ambulance Service, and PennDOT.


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Drew, are you still looking for hitting partners? I am a 3.0 player living in West Covina and can play on weekdays and some weekends. And I don't mind driving to Ontario to play with you. Email me [moderator removed-use private msg feature] to let me know. Thanks. - Tagore
In rancho cucamonga up day creek pass the 210 freeway on the right hand side their is Daycreek park.
Heya Drew,
I wouldn't mind practicing with you Drew. Have you found a hitting partner yet and if not, let's connect.
When you get to a 3.5 level I will hit with you up at day creek park. Let me know. This is a video of my group that I play with up their. I am at the end of the video with white shirt and brown pants with light blue hat. Have a great week..
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Hi Tony,
I'm in between a 3.5 -4.0 level. Do you think I could join your group?
Hi MIchelle,
Yeah you can. Right now until summer I am only playing on thursday and some friday nights (5pm to 10 pm) But our usuall days with the group is tuesday and thursday. I will need to know a head of time if you can make it on one of those days. So here is my email firstname.lastname@example.com you can also add me on fb if you want . I all ways check it. The address of the park is 12350 Banyan st RC
We have a female team that are 4.0 that placed runner up in sectionals. Julie is the captain and she plays with us. She has a full team right now but if your interested she probably will need someone next season. Hope you can add me on fb its allot easier . OK so thursday is a good night to introduce you to the group. Hope to see you on the courts.
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Bob in Texas asks "With SQL Denali supporting network shares to store databases on remote machines can older Windows 2003 servers be used as the remote file server?"
The answer to this is shockingly enough "it depends". Technically yes a Windows 2003 Server can be the file server hosting a remote SQL Server database. However it would be better to use a Windows Server 2008 R2 server instead. The reason for this is that Windows Server 2008 R2 introduced SMB 2.0 which is much more optimized than the SMB 1.0 protocol which Windows 2003 Server supports.
SMB is the network protocol that Windows servers and workstations use to talk to each over and do file share transfers. The SMB 1.0 protocol is a very chatty protocol which requires a lot of overhead which means that there is much less room in the network cable for data traffic. One of the big improvements, probably the biggest and most important, was the reduction of network chatter with SMB 2.0.
SMB 2.0 is fully backward compatible with SMB 1.0 which allows newer operating systems such as Windows Server 2008 to communicate with older platforms like Windows 2000 and Windows 2003.
For smaller lower load databases it would probably be OK to host them on older OS file servers like Windows 2003 Server, however for larger higher load databases you will really want to look at upgrading the file servers to Windows Server 2008 R2 (or Windows 8 server when that becomes available). You may also want to look at NAS devices which support SMB 2.0, but make sure that they support SMB 2.0 before putting databases on them.
As we get closer to the release of SQL Server "Denali" we will begin to see more and more devices which claim to support hosting remote databases. Only time and testing will tell if these devices will be good at supporting remotely hosted databases.


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I Love Design.net
There are so many options for personalized wall art that can be used as unique accents and heirlooms for your child's room, many of which we've featured here at Ohdeedoh. We're always on the lookout for new designs and these created by Caroline Silfverling are definitely worth a look.
Caroline's shop I Love Design.net has a wide range of personalized wall art and also unique activity posters that your kids can color in themselves and display proudly on their bedroom walls. With a variety of looks from comic book style graphics to minimal but bold type treatments, there's something for the entire family.
1. Personlized Family House Print
2. "About Me" Girls Large Activity Poster
3. "About Me" Boys Large Activity Poster
4. "Colour-in" Soccer Kids Activity Poster
5. Personal & Customized Family Circus Poster
6. Personlized Wedding Couple Print
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Watch them get away with their pizzicatos and harp-like sounds. And broken but so beautifully voice-led harmonies. Maybe defining something I can't categorize but stands in between the cliché-ed indie term and more progressive and mathematical music. Read something about the frontman being a genius but don't care. Good inspired music.
1. Offspring Are Blank
2. About To Die
3. Gun Has No Trigger
4. Swing Lo Magellan
5. Just From Chevron
6. Dance For You
7. Maybe That Was It
8. Impregnable Question
9. See What She Seeing
10. The Socialites
11. Unto Caesar
12. Irresponsible Tune
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He has been adjunct Professor at the Faculty of Architecture, University of Toronto and the School of Architecture, Dalhousie University. He also taught at the University of Texas, University of Pennsylvania, University of Waterloo and University of British Columbia.
Notable projects include the Metro Central YMCA in Toronto and the Earth Sciences Centre at the University of Toronto, both recipients of the Governor General's Medal; Symphony Hall, Detroit; and the Bahen Centre for Information Technology at the University of Toronto.
Mr. Schmitt and his firm have won over 150 design awards including six Governor General's Medals. He is the founding Chair of the Public Art Commission, City of Toronto. He is currently a member of the Advisory Committee on Planning Design and Real Estate of the National Capital Commission, Ottawa and on the Design Review Panel for Waterfront Toronto. He is a Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada and a Board Member of the Canadian Art Foundation.


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By: Mark McGrouther, Category: Science, Date: 08 Apr 2011
This week I was delighted to add two beautiful images of the undescribed 'Bare Island' anglerfish. Also added were a 'new species' for the site, the Little Bellowsfish plus some great images of a Common Galaxias and a Scribbled Unicornfish from remote Middleton Reef. From closer to home, the Horned Blenny makes an ever-so-cute appearance. As always, thank you to all contributors!
Estuary Catfish skull - lower surface
Estuary Catfish skull - upper surface
Horned Blenny, Parablennius intermedius
Little Bellowsfish, Macroramphosus gracilis
Scribbled Unicornfish, Naso maculatus
Undescribed anglerfish
Undescribed anglerfish at Jervis Bay
Whitebait stage Common Galaxias
Columns have been added to the Find a fish table to show the number of species in each family on the site and the total number of species for the family in Australia.
We are still adding images of visitors who appeared on the old site and were not migrated. This week it is the turn of colleagues from New Zealand and Japan.
Dr Clive Roberts
Dr Hiroshi Kawase
Tags fishes, ichthyology, undescribed anglerfish, Little Bellowsfish,


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New Car Review Video
2013 Toyota Prius v: New Car Review - Video
The Toyota Prius has proven itself to be the preeminent gas/electric hybrid of the auto industry. If you doubt that, try counting how many of them you see on the road today. They are everywhere.
If you want most of the benefits of the regular Prius while adding more room and versatility, the 2013 Toyota Prius v is worth considering. The larger dimensions of the v take the Prius from hatchback into wagon category, but the exterior styling remains Prius all the way. And so do the unusual trim names: Two, Three and Five.
Larger Within
The big story for the Prius v is how expansive the interior is. Both front and rear seats offer living-room-size comfort. Essentially, the v is more crossover-SUV-like with a higher seating position than the conventional Prius.
And the sliding/reclining rear seat helps create even more extra space. Cargo room approaches SUV levels, too, especially with the rear seat folded down.
Up-front, the dashboard is a winner, as it is better laid out than the standard Prius and more upscale-looking. Furthermore, all trims give you iPod, USB and Bluetooth connectivity.
We highly recommend opting for Toyota's Entune infotainment system. It's one of our favorites because it easily connects with your smartphone and gives you access to a series of useful apps. It uses a large, high-res touchscreen, too.
There's really nothing bad to say about the interior of the Prius v.
Hybrid Drive
The hybrid system in the Prius v consists of a 98 horsepower 1.8-liter 4-cylinder engine combined with an 80-hp electric motor and a nickel-metal-hydride battery. It's basically the same as the regular Prius -- a net 134 hp going to the front wheels by way of a continuously variable transmission.
But that's where the extra size in the Prius v becomes an issue, as acceleration and fuel economy take a hit. Not that other Prius models are more powerful, but at 3,300 pounds, the Prius v has more weight to haul around.
This means fuel economy drops from around 50 miles per gallon in the Prius to somewhere in the low 40s in the Prius v. More specifically, government fuel economy ratings for the v are 44 mpg city/40 mpg hwy. That's still very good, but if you don't need the extra space, the standard Prius may be a better fit.
Cost and Competition
The base-level Prius v carries an MSRP of $26,650. Other cars to consider include the Ford C-MAX Hybrid and the standard Prius. Or take a look at the Toyota Highlander Hybrid, at nearly the same price, if it's more seating and space you want.
The extra space in the 2013 Toyota Prius v is a big benefit for families, home handymen or anyone who likes to stretch out in their ride. It will take you longer to speed up and require a little more gasoline, but the Prius v will deliver an economical trip with enough technology to keep everyone entertained and engaged.


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Very similar to the Rick James. If a guy is really pissing you off, load your hand with Ranch salad dressing and go up to him...slap him in the face...and say "I'm Jimmy, Bitch"
This bunghole deserved the jimmy slap. I'm motherfucking Rick James ... Bitch!
by Jimmy AKA Shane January 08, 2006
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A Bristol man charged in connection with the Aaron Hernandez murder case told police he didn't see who shot the victim, but that he was told by another man who was present that Hernandez admitted to killing Odin Lloyd.
Carlos Ortiz said he fell asleep in the back of a car in which the men were riding and only awoke when he saw the others get out to go to the bathroom. He said he only heard gunshots.
Ortiz told Massachusetts investigators after his arrest in late June that he couldn't see who fired the shots because it was so dark in the lot of a North Attleborough industrial park early on June 17. Hernandez, the former New England Patriots star and Bristol native, is charged with murder.
Ortiz told police only Hernandez and Ernest Wallace, a second Bristol man who had driven to Massachusetts with Ortiz earlier that evening, returned to the vehicle before they went to Hernandez's home, less than a mile away.
Ortiz said it wasn't until late in the afternoon of next day when Ortiz and Wallace were returning home to Bristol that "Wallace told him that Hernandez admitted to shooting Mr. Lloyd," court records related to Wallace's arrest indicate.
The two men drove to 114 Lake Ave. in Bristol before going their separate ways. The Chrysler 300 they drove back from Massachusetts in was later confiscated by Bristol police. Wallace fled to his parents' home in Florida before turning himself in.
The details of Ortiz's version of events on the night Lloyd was murdered are contained in an affidavit used by Florida police to get a search warrant for the home of Angela Wallace, Ernest Wallace's mother, in Miramar, Fla.
Police were searching for the gun used in the murder as well as the clothes that Wallace may have worn that night. Documents show they did not find a gun in the home, although they confiscated clothes.
Neither Ortiz nor Wallace apparently tried hard to elude police after the murder. Wallace was seen by neighbors swimming in the backyard pool at his mother's Florida home a few days before he turned himself in.
Ortiz was arrested when he showed up for a long-scheduled meeting with his probation officer in Bristol court on June 25. Ortiz agreed to give them a statement.
His account of the shooting, combined with court records released Tuesday, bring the prosecution's case into sharper focus, further establishing connections between Hernandez, his two friends from Bristol also charged in the shooting, and the victim.
But nothing in the 156 pages of documents indicates who the government believes pulled the trigger. The gun used in the slaying has not been found.
The records, including documents that detail the items seized through search warrants executed at Hernandez's Massachusetts home, an apartment he owned and for automobiles he rented, show that police recovered a surveillance video from Fayston Street in Boston, where victim Lloyd lived, showing him getting into a car with Hernandez and his friends at 2:33 a.m on June 17.
A minute earlier, records indicate, Lloyd received the last of five cellphone calls from Ernest Wallace, one of two Bristol men that Hernandez had texted earlier in the night to come up to Massachusetts.
Surveillance video shows the car entering the industrial park, where Lloyd's body was found, sometime after 3 a.m. Lloyd had sent a series of text messages to his sister to tell her he was with Hernandez, whom he referred to as "NFL." Witnesses who worked nearby told investigators they heard gunshots between 3 and 3:30 a.m.
Hernandez, Wallace and the third man, believed to be Carlos Ortiz, are seen getting out of that same car at 3:27 a.m. at Hernandez's house in North Attleborough, less than a mile from where Lloyd's body was discovered the next morning. The three men are seen on camera going into Hernandez's home. At 3:33 a.m. Hernandez is seen on video standing at the entrance to the basement with what appears to be a gun in his hands, according to a search warrant affidavit. Prosecutors at Hernandez's bail hearing said that gun resembles the Glock .45 used in the killing.
Prosecutors released records related to eight search warrants on Tuesday, including one for the contents of Hernandez's old locker at Gillette Stadium. Police also searched the North Attleborough home several times, an apartment in Franklin rented by Hernandez, several cars and the phones of Hernandez and Lloyd.
Hernandez has been charged with murder and also faces numerous gun charges. Wallace is charged with accessory after the fact to murder and Ortiz is charged with illegal possession of a firearm. Ortiz appeared in court Tuesday for a hearing on whether he is a danger to society and was ordered held without bail until a hearing on Aug. 14.
Hernandez has been held without bail since his arrest on June 26. His next court appearance is scheduled for July 24 for a probable cause hearing on the murder charges. Bristol County District Attorney Samuel Shutter had originally asked that all of the search warrants be sealed but a judge ruled this week that they should be made public.
The 156 pages offer new details into the investigation and the police search for the gun.
Among the new details:
•Police served a warrant on the New England Patriots to search items removed from Hernandez's Patriots locker, hoping to find evidence of gun purchases or connections to Lloyd. There is no indication in the records that they found anything related to the slaying. Hernandez had been released by the team the same day he was charged with murder.
•Police seized two cellphones and three iPads from Hernandez's home. Police found a 203 area code number on Lloyd's phone that they believed to be Hernandez's number and that showed texts back and forth the night of the murder. When Hernandez came to the station, an officer called the number and Hernandez's phone rang. The officer hung up when Hernandez picked up, documents show.
•When police searched Hernandez's home they found a scale and dish used to weigh drugs in a safe. They also found dozens of bullets in that house as well as boxes of .45 bullets in a Franklin apartment he rented.
•Lloyd had $64.75 on him when his body was found as well as the keys to a Chevrolet Suburban that was rented in Hernandez's name. Police found the Suburban in Lloyd's yard on Fayston Street.
•Lloyd and Hernandez went out together Friday night and apparently got so drunk that they never made it back to Hernandez's home. Lloyd told his girlfriend they slept outside, documents show. The two men had gone to Rumors, a nightclub in Boston, where a witness told police Hernandez was seen with a gun in his waistband.
The documents also show that Hernandez was uncooperative with police when they came to question him. When detectives started asking him about when he last saw Lloyd, Hernandez became argumentative and asked, "What's with all the questions?"
He then went inside and got his lawyer's business card and told police to call him. When police said they were conducting a death investigation Hernandez "slammed the door and locked it behind him." He did not ask whose death was being investigated.
Hernandez also stopped his girlfriend, Shayanna Jenkins, from talking to police. Jenkins had burst into tears when investigators told her that Lloyd was dead.
Jenkins then told police that Lloyd was a marijuana dealer, records show. None of the two dozen other people police interviewed about Lloyd made that accusation. While Jenkins was talking to police Hernandez called her and told her his sports agent said she should not speak with them.
The records also show that Hernandez had a penchant for renting cars. Besides the Suburban he rented for Lloyd and a silver Altima, records also indicate Hernandez rented a gray Chrysler 300C when he returned the Altima the evening of June 17. The manager at the rental car company found a .45-caliber bullet casing and chewed blue bubble gum — which she said Hernandez offered her a stick of when he returned the car — in the Altima under a colorful child's drawing. Investigators later retrieved the casing, the chewed gum and the drawing from a dumpster.
Meanwhile, surveillance footage shows that Wallace and Ortiz dropped Hernandez off at his home in North Attleborough shortly after he rented the Chrysler. That car was later found parked outside a Bristol condominium complex.


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Originally Published: 7/26/2013 11:09:00 AM
Way, way off Broadway, stars work without reviews
Broadway artists go up the river in Vassar College to develop plays without distractions
By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press
The Associated Press
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In this July 15, 2013 photo released by Vassar College, actors Carmen Cusack, left, and Michael Esper rehearse for the musical Bright Star at Powerhouse Theater in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. The 29th season of Powerhouse Theater wraps ups this weekend after eight weeks of rehearsals and productions. As in past years, the program has drawn a mix of established names like Steve Martin and lesser-known artists.
Even with stars like Steve Martin and Greg Kinnear showing up each summer, the Powerhouse Theater season is more un-Broadway than off-Broadway.
The program at Vassar College attracts writers, directors and actors eager to develop new works in a collegial, cloistered setting 70 miles north of Manhattan. No big-city distractions, no theater reviewers. And paparazzi don't come to Poughkeepsie too often.
"It's very much like theater camp for grown-ups," actress and writer Jennifer Westfeldt, a Powerhouse regular, said with a laugh. "But it's also very much kept to the original vision they had for it, which was to provide a safe haven for artists, and writers in particular, to develop their work."
The 29th season of Powerhouse Theater wraps ups this weekend after eight weeks of rewrites, rehearsals, readings and productions. As in past years, the program has drawn a mix of established names and lesser-known artists. All stay in student housing on campus and all share the goal of developing new material.
With its walled campus and tree-lined walkways, Vassar provides a sort of quiet, close-knit incubator for the largely New York City-based crowd. A few evenings ago, actress Mozhan Marno was able to take a short stroll to that night's showing of the play she wrote. Nearby, the young cast of a superhero musical took a break from a stage reading to lounge in the setting sun and swat at a whiffle ball. Far from critics and everyday distractions, people here compare Powerhouse to working in a bubble.
And they like it that way.
"Especially with the advent of the Internet age, widespread critical commentary can be damaging to something when it's still cooking," said Powerhouse artistic director Johanna Pfaelzer. "What we provide here is the feedback from an artistic community and from an audience."
Pfaelzer works for the not-for-profit New York Stage and Film, which started Powerhouse in 1985 in collaboration with Vassar to serve artists developing new plays. Part of her job is reading about 300 scripts a year and winnowing it down to the 15 to 20 that will be presented in a full production or a reading.
The judgment-free atmosphere here annually attracts a good number of big names. Playwright John Patrick Shanley had a play on the main stage in 1985 early in his career and has since brought about a dozen plays here, including the first public reading of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize winner "Doubt."
Martin came here this summer for "Bright Star," a musical he worked on with singer/songwriter Edie Brickell. Lin-Manuel Miranda, who wrote "In the Heights," brought his "The Hamilton Mixtape," a hip-hop retelling of the life and death of Founding Father Alexander Hamilton.
Other Powerhouse acting alumni include Ethan Hawke, Frances McDormand, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Meryl Streep, who graduated Vassar in 1971.
Westfeldt has acted in shows here over the years and did a staged reading of her movie "Friends With Kids." This summer, she rushed from a performance of her current Manhattan gig "The Explorers Club" at New York City Center to catch "Bright Star" at Vassar.
"It's become my creative home away from home," she said.
Powerhouse also selects dozens of apprentices each summer for an intensive program of classes and performances. Most are college students. They put on plays that require little tweaking "Agamemnon" and "As You Like It" were two this year but still get to cross paths with the professionals. Acting apprentice Lizzy Lincoln, 21, of Round Rock, Texas, recalled the inspiration of staying in the same building as the young cast of professionals there for a musical.
"We came home from the close of `Agamemnon' and there were people in the parlor just singing with beautiful, beautiful Broadway-trained voices, improvising music," she said.
The bucolic setting has led some to conclude Powerhouse is a place where artists escape the city in the summer for a few weeks of coddling a notion participants scoff at. Patrica Wettig, who has acted on TV and film for decades, said she worked as hard at Powerhouse as anywhere.
"It's not just `Oh, lets come here and slap everybody on the back because aren't we great for doing creative projects.' The attention is very, very much on the work and trying to get it to be the best that is can be," said Wettig, who will have her play "Yellow Kingdom" read on Sunday.
Marno, whose film credits include "Charlie Wilson's War," said that as her play "When the Lights Went Out" was being readied for the main Powerhouse stage, she would start her day with a couple hours of rewrite, head to rehearsals for six hours, and then end the day with a discussion of the developing work with director Kate Whoriskey.
Ultimately, Marno hopes to get the play from here to New York City, following the trajectory of other works like "Doubt." For now, she's happy to have a place to nurture her play.
"There are so many beautiful trees and you can get lost. You turn the corner, and you're in a firefly-ridden meadow," she said "It's very poetic and very atmospheric and I was not at all distracted."
Online: http://powerhouse.vassar.edu
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Sapphire Pure Black X58 Review
No, you read the title right! Sapphire has jumped into the Intel based motherboard market with its Pure Black PB-CI7S41X58 motherboard. As AMD's largest partner, the motherboard offerings out of Sapphire's doors in the past had been strictly AMD based. Now, we have not one but two Intel boards that have been released with this X58 board and a P67-based board coming for Intel's Sandybridge lineup. While the Socket 1366 X58 platform is starting to age, the platform is still the Intel top-of-the-food-chain. Sapphire has been building their own video cards and motherboards for some time now and you can see some of the component selection being employed here on this "Pure Black" offering. One thing that stood out were the Sapphire branded Diamond Black chokes seen on the Sapphire VaporX line of video cards. You get all the X58 based goodies with updates that include a Bluetooth module, SATA 6Gb/s and USB 3.0 connectivity. If this board can can deliver performance and overclocking like the Sapphire high-end video cards then this board should prove itself to be a serious contender. Let's see how it measures up against some of the higher-end boards out right now.
Closer Look:
The packaging on the board befits the name with the box being black with accents describing the features employed on the board. In the middle is a shield showing the "Black" branding and traces running away from the shield with the "Pure" designation up top. The feature list includes support for up to 24GB of system memory, USB 3.0, SATA 6Gb/s and an eight channel audio solution. The back of the box expands on the feature set and lumps the features into the three bands of "Pure Speed", "Pure Features" and "Pure Reliability".
The internal packaging follows the "Black" theme and is entirely black inside and out. The bundle is on top with the motherboard underneath. Pretty much your standard packing solution for motherboards.
The bundle of accessories is pretty slim with this board but includes an I/O shield, IDE cable (yes, IDE is supported), a manual, driver disk and six SATA 6Gb/s cables that have locking ends. The manual is a bit light on information, but what it does have is given in a multitude of languages.
Now let's take a look at this offering from Sapphire and see if this board performs up to the level of the comparison field or if it does indeed blow them away.


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Hunted will allow players to take control of ranged-weapon expert E'lara or master swordsman Caddoc and travel into the dark fantasy world of Kala Moor. Designed for co-op play, gamers will use E'lara's ranged attacks and magic and Caddoc's melee skills to battle hordes of enemies -- a handful of which we get to see today:
Hunted: The Demon's Forge is a PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Windows PC title. The game is set for release on June 1.
Sharkey says: I'm really digging what I've seen of the world of Kala Moor. Looks like developer inXile Entertainment has done a great job creating a compelling dark fantasy setting. Here's to hoping the devs achieve their goal and infuse classic dungeon-crawl gameplay with the frenetic action of a modern-day shooter.


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Who's the best person to give Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney advice? Why, longtime Democratic strategist James Carville, of course.
Recapping the Super Tuesday primaries on Wednesday's Good Morning America, former Democratic operative turned Journalist George Stephanopoulos seriously wondered, "James Carville, you usually give advice to Democrats, but take that hat off for a second."
With no sense of humor or irony, the co-host continued, "Give some advice to Mitt Romney. How does he handle this right now?" Of course, Carville had no interest in giving Mitt Romney advice and proceeded to deride the Republican. [MP3 audio here.]
Stephanopoulos, who worked with Carville in the Clinton White House,
tried a different angle, highlighting how long the GOP primaries have
gone on: "And, James, Democrats look at that, the President looks at
this, his campaign looks at this and says, 'Oh, boy. Keep it going.'"
In a previous segment, Stephanopoulos marginalized Romney's victories. He asked of correspondent John Berman, "And, John, from one angle, it's a pretty sweeping win for Mitt Romney last night. Six states across the country. From another angle, the definition of winning ugly."
Berman agreed, "Mitt Romney won more states, more delegates, but his problem might not be with math but with heart."
A transcript of the March 7 Stephanopoulos segment, which aired at 7:05am EST, follows:
GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: Let's get more from ABC analyst Matthew Dowd, with us right here and in Las Vegas, Democratic political strategist, GMA political contributor, James Carville. Thanks to both of you for coming in. And Matthew, let me begin with you. John talked about this insurmountable delegate lead that Mitt Romney has right now. Let's look at last night. He won 213 delegates to Rick Santorum's 84. Huge, huge advantage. Then, you look overall. He's got well more than twice as many delegates as Santorum right now. They will make the case that there's no way Santorum can catch him.
MATT DOWD: Yeah. They're going to make that math argument all day long. They're probably going to send out 20 Excel spread sheets saying there's no way Rick Santorum can do this. But two things happened last night. One, Mitt Romney won the math, but I think he lost a big part of his mojo. I think he thought he was coming into this thing, would begin to unify the party. At the end of the night, give a big speech and sort of say, we're now moving forward against Barack Obama. He cannot do that as of now. He's got a bad slog against him. Rick Santorum could easily win five primary or caucuses in the next two weeks.
STEPHANOPOULOS: And still not catch him. But, James Carville, you usually give advice to Democrats, but take that hat off for a second. Give some advice to Mitt Romney. How does he handle this right now?
CARVILLE: You know, right now, he's in a tough thing. And I think the thing that was said was said that was said that has made the most sense to me in this entire cycle was said by Barbara Bush, who said that this was the worst campaign she's ever seen. And I suspect that Mrs. Bush has seen a lot of campaigns. Romney can't even get on the ballot in Virginia and parts of Ohio. [sic]
STEPHANOPOULOS: Santorum.
CARVILLE: Santorum. He couldn't even get on the ballots in these areas. And Gingrich couldn't get on the ballot in Virginia. Of course, Romney's going to win. He can have his Excel spreadsheets and he's going to put them out there. I think Matthew would agree. He's not running home. He's limping home. The country, if you look at the polls, you'll see it very unimpressive. This has been a terrible cycle for them so far.
DOWD: And this, to me- There have been more sequels in this than the Halloween movies. And just like Jason, this keeps coming up. Every time Mitt Romney thinks he's got it over and it's done, there comes Jason out of the woods and he's coming on 'em again.
STEPHANOPOULOS: But, here's the difference, Jason can't get the nomination. Neither can Rick Santorum or Newt Gingrich given where they are right now.
DOWD: But what they can do is prevent Mitt Romney, by the end of this process, from getting the total amount of delegates he can win. And what their hope is, by doing that, by throwing a bunch of road blocks in front, winning a bunch of states, keeping him from that number, is they can show how weak he is going into the convention and basically turn to the convention and say, you cannot nominate this guy.
STEPHANOPOULOS: And, James, Democrats look at that, the President looks at this, his campaign looks at this and says, "Oh, boy. Keep it going."
CARVILLE: To some extent it doesn't matter. Romney's not running against Santorum or Gingrich. He's running against 1144 and running to get to that number prior to the time he gets to Tampa. I think it's very, very important to him. And I think most people believe that he can get there. It's just going to take- He'll get there. It's just going to take an awfully long time.
STEPHANOPOULOS: And, and, and- Matthew, how does he handle it, though? Does he go after Rick Santorum at this point? That's worked for him in the past. Sort of beating his opponents down? Or does he have to get bigger and unify the party?
DOWD: I think we would all agree he has to get bigger and try to do some change. I don't think they will. I think what they'll do is convince themselves that this is a tactical battle, that they're keep doing, keep through he slog, keep doing it at Mitt Romney said is his own speech, day by day. I don't think they're going to change strategy and I think now they know this is going through June and they're just going to keep doing it yard by yard by yard.
-- Scott Whitlock is the senior news analyst for the Media Research Center. Click here to follow him on Twitter.


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