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SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — California health officials have a new message for cellphone users.
For the first time ever, the California Department of Public Health has released guidelines about harmful cellphone radiation and how you can avoid it.
Dr. Karen Smith with the California Department Of Public Health said, "We recognize that there are a lot of people in the general public that have some concerns about their cellphones and whether using a cellphone is safe."
Smith said, "When you sleep, you keep the cellphone at least arm's length away from your body. And also, not carrying your cellphone in your pocket, having it either in your purse or not carrying it with you."
Read Also: Cellphone Radiation Exposure Fact Sheet Draft Released By California
The research suggests cellphones could increase our risk for brain cancer and tumors, low sperm count, headaches, as well as impaired memory, hearing, and sleep.
Dr. Joel Moskowitz at UC Berkeley said, "Currently we're not doing a good job in regulating radiation from these devices. In fact, we're doing an abysmal job."
Moskowitz says this is a long-time coming.
He's partially responsible for bringing this information to light. He sued the Department of Public Health for refusing to release information about the dangers of cellphone radiation back in 2009.
This spring he won that case.
"People are being injured and harmed by the delay in having this information accessible to them," Moskowitz said.
So does the release mean that the state believes cellphones are dangerous?
"Not at all," said Dr. Karen Smith. "Our position is that the science is evolving."
The state said one of the main reasons they've decided to release these guidelines now, is that there are new numbers out showing that cellphone use is higher than ever, with 95 percent of Americans using them on a regular basis.
california authorities are liars
Only stupid people carry cellphones. Its really a tracker chip, an animal ID tag, so that your owners know where you are, and what you're doing. Because Tax farmers want to know what their tax slaves are doing at all times.
They don't plan on keeping humans alive. Once you are replaced with robots, you'll have to give a convincing argument of why YOU should be kept alive. Without a purpose, your tax farmers don't need you anymore.
Regarding income taxes in USA…
Look it up…
"exempt income means any income" (use quotes)
"income that is not considered tax exempt"
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US citizens are simply tax slaves.
I like the part where they say 'Don't carry it with you'.
Kinda defeats the purpose of having one.
Also, this part:
So does the release mean that the state believes cellphones are dangerous?
"Not at all," said Dr. Karen Smith.
'But we're still going to do our best to freak everybody out'
Also no mention on WiFi in the house-businesses…we're getting it everywhere, all day now.
Well it is CA and you have to keep all those APP makers happy.
And of course being a San Francisco expert on these matters, she'd obviously be expecting men to follow the, in the purse regimen ….
"Doctor" Joel Moskowitz is brought on to discuss his expertise in cellphone radiation.
Moskowitz earned his PhD in Social Psychology. He does not seem to be an expert in any associated scientific field. He's a political advocate.
Use that opinion to gauge just how concerned you should be.
Sounds to me like you have an interest in the cellphone industry.
Dr. Moskowitz is not pretending to be an expert…Dr. Moskowitz as the article mentions had to sue the State of California to get this info released…in 2009….the State had this info since 2007 and was hiding it from the citizens….
Any words from a California government troll or study group are worthless.
I'm more concerned about the mental health of these homeless people going around starting fires, defecating in the streets spreading Hepatitis A, shooting innocent people, and being here illegally. Let's start with that and leave the cell phones alone. It's mere speculation that cell phones cause brain cancer.
Women are encouraged to carry their phones in their purses. Men, please note that you must now carry a man-bag, as pockets are far too dangerous…unless you don't want kids.
All you have to do is wear an aluminum foil hat. Not bad once you get used to it and the voices are sooo friendly and soothing
I would laugh at these so called experts util I realize that manufactures and providers will bend over backwards to please the California market rules (coming next) and those will be spread out to all of us.
Cell phone frequencies oscillate at 2 to 3 times faster than the frequencies in a microwave oven. Of course, they are lower power or people's heads would melt a lot quicker, but with prolonged exposure it adds up. I put mine at the other end of the house when I go to bed, try and not carry it in my pants pocket often, and usually always use speaker phone instead of sticking it against my head!
I but mine in the backyard every night and dig it up in the morning and put it in a metal box when I take it to work. You can't be too safe you know
You have far more to fear from lunatic government bureaucrats and politicians than a cell phone.
Wacko Californians unable to have kids because of cell phones is a problem?
If a product is found to be dangerous it should be outlawed! Wait….What? We're talking about cell phones?? What do these doctors know? Probably just looking for a government grant!!!!
Even if phone are dangerous, what's the worst thing that happen? What? Brain Cancer??
Ok…so if I get Brain Cancer….will I still be able to text?
This just in from anyone in power in California:
So, I recently bought chains to repair my RV weight distributing hitch. The box comes complete with a prominent label telling me that the state of California deems the contents of the box to be carcinogenic. Yep, chains.
Ok, so design a shielded bag that will prevent a problem as well as not allow them to receive a signal when called. Have to say pretty ridiculous and I have never like carrying a phone anyway.
Can they name one person who was even harmed slightly by cell phone use?
Guidelines are totally impractical. So, where are you to carry the phone if not in your pocket? Don't these people have any common sense?
Electromagnetic radiation has been studied for over 100 years. With regards to ham radio theory, etc. quite extensively. The science is in and the potential risks from cellphones is zero. This is another scam being perpetrated on the population. The effects drop off so quickly with distance that over a couple of inches the exposure is practically nil.
100% WRONG and easily verifiable by researching the available science (not funded by the telecommunications industry).
Show your work please
Cell phones slow your brain's cilia, promoting amyloid plaque & Alzheimer's. Whirling Bliss Machines promote faster cilia.
Using a cell phone day after day is like volunteering for Alzheimer's. Texting is like volunteering for obesity. Regardless of where the phone is held the body is being exposed to spikes of harmful ions. So if we get diabetes first because we text or hold our phones near our abdomen, that promotes Alzheimer's, too. Some experts call Alzheimer's "Type III Diabetes."
Since no one reading this is likely to give up their cell phone, the next best thing to do is to get a Whirling Bliss Machine and Bliss Disks. The typical recommendations such as keeping the phones out of one's pocket and at arm's length while sleeping are a joke, a cruel joke. Maybe it delays your diabetes of Alzheimer's by a year. Big whoop!
McCain must have talked to often with his son Lindsey Graham.
Given this new information, I am all for free Obama-phones.
Came to this story from Drudge. Left for http://www.PressCalifornia for more real California news.
This is ridiculous! When your not using your phone i.e sleeping, the amount of radiation your phone transmits is probably equal to or less than the amount it receives from the light in your bed room, so better turn off your night light. Visual wave radiation is much worse for you, can you believe that thousands of people die from skin cancer every year,, from the sun. This whole thing is stupid but, consider the source "California"! As an cell phone engineer, don't fear radio wave radiation, wifi, cellular, but the kind that you get from your doctor and dentists, yikes! And yes, use sun block!
Another CYA message from people who don't have a clue what the affects are outside a lab. Thanks for scaring us for no reason.
Even if this is true there's no problem with carrying a cell phone in your pocket if it's powered off. You could check it occasionally for missed calls, messages or texts.
Ever wonder why so many people seem to have cancer these days? Cell phones. I refuse to carry one on me. I'll take my chances with a little inconvenience as opposed to cancer.
The old dial telephones were worse, although the effects were not as quickly evident. Most people that used them for even a few decades died, research shows.
Must be the frequency range. I've never seen a warning on a clock radio saying not to put it on the nightstand by my bed. In the early 1980's my dad had an acquaintance who was an RF engineer for Amana. He helped design microwave ovens but wouldn't allow one in his house.
I, for one, welcome our new talking horse overlords.
I'm much more interested in the donkey that took a whiz in the liquor store.
All with ZERO evidence, ZERO science, and ZERO research.
The biggest fruitcakes in the world. How can live with such loonies?
Just alert these California officials that you self-identify as having an immunity to radio wave damage.
I can see that. San Francisco "men" do carry purses. That's just a sample of their weirdness.
Hmmm. I have all of those things, but I don't own a cell phone, never have. Who do I sue?
As always, creating policy around a pseudoscientific notion with no support from empirical evidence in order to seize control over something.
Anti-racists say there is a RACE problem that can only be solved when the third world pours into EVERY White country and "assimilates."
What if I said there was a RACE problem that could only be solved if hundreds of millions of non-Blacks were brought into EVERY Black country? How long before people realize I'm not talking about a RACE problem, but the conclusion to the BLACK problem?
They say they are anti-racist. What they are is anti-White.
Anti-racist is a codeword for anti-White.
Seems simple to me. I don't recall similar issues with (receive only) radios. It is the transmission aspect that causes the risk. Cell Phones could easily be made "receive only" until transmission is needed – like when you are actively using the phone. Same issue with Bluetooth headsets – I have one, but only will put it in my ear on the rare occasions that I am on a call requiring it. Problem is that the providers and app developers have monetized knowing your location at all times and sending back god knows what personal info constantly – which requires the transmission.
So does the release mean that the state believes cellphones are dangerous?
"Not at all," said Dr. Karen Smith. "Our position is that the science is evolving."
Except on the subject of Anthropocentric Climate Change of course. "The science is settled" on that subject…unless we deem its not, then we'll tell you the latest way your simply existing within the status quo is killing you and everyone else.
It doesn't mater what you are and have been doing…you need to change it.
The Soviet Socialist Republic of CA is an out-of-control Nanny State whose Marxist elites seek to regulate and control every last aspect of people's lives. They do it either through coercion and/or fear. Unfortunately Californians are no longer real Americans, but dimwitted sheepish serfs who obediently obey the commands of their government masters.
I drive way too fast to worry about this…
Will the new brain implant cell phones be dangerous too?
Everyone is looking at the waves and the frequency, but it's the ions that do so much damage. The ions that come off of cell phones, routers, cell towers, smart meters, etc., can be measured, and it has been known since about 1958 that those kinds of harmful (so-called "positive ions") slow down and stop the motion of the cilia in our bodies. Negative ions speed the cilia up and allow them to beat in concert which is vitally important. Slowed and stopped cilia produce amyloid plaque in the brain and elsewhere.
The positive ions also repel the positive ions in our cells' channels such as the calcium and sodium channels. This interferes with how the cells function.
Cell phones emit non-ionizing radiation (EMF). The rest of your claims sound like someone trying to sell something, ,like the book you have as your image.
So Dr. Smith's outfit say's you shouldn't sleep near a cell phone or carry one on you. When asked if that means they're saying cell phones are dangerous, she says, Not at all, just that "the science is evolving."
Wow, if you want an example of "mealymouthed," then I give you Dr. Smith!
yea I NEVER put my phone in my pocket! it goes right in my underwear under my junk!
Makes one wonder when the first lawsuits come in or the FDA takes over and requires warning labels on each phone.
California lawmakers also require EVERY store, restaurant and business that has common household items to display signs about how they "contain agents known to cause cancer." I've even seen these signs at HOSPITALS.
Has anything good come out of UC-Berkeley since ~1968?
How many times have we heard this? Then the following week it is debunked.
Never had my cellphone set off a rad monitor and I am around them several times a day and go through a scan many times a week
Look at the APA's guidelines regarding cellphones and children, read the Studies done by the Swedish Health Dept. There were two court cases in Italy where it was proven that cell phone use caused death by brain cancer.
This is NOT NEW INFORMATION, folks; face it; you just don't want to have to think about giving up your toys. They are not a necessity – you just believe them to be.
BTW, with no cancer history in my family, my 63 year old sister died of a brain tumor behind her ear.
The risk is yours to take. Just saying…
UC Berkeley Psychologist Joel Moskowitz Is Cell Phone, Wi-Fi 'Truther' … Joel Moskowitz is one of those professors. With a … Even though Dr. Moskowitz admitted to the Los Angeles Times that there is no "irrefutable evidence" linking cell phones to cancer, the conspiracy storyline never gets old.
As usual wacky California. IF THEY'RE THAT BAD BAN THEM OR SHUT UP!
From Kalifornicatia? Build the wall — from Mehico along eastern border of Kalifornicatia — straight to Canada — removing the Western threat for we Deplorables.
If its coming out of California its Junk Science, that will be designed to weaponize something against you. They hate the cell phone, like most leftists do, and they want to turn the cell phone into the new "cigarette"
I was taking this seriously until I saw that this originated in Calif. But really, doesn't EVERYTHING in Calif already have 'Calif 65' warning stickers? This is redundant.
So we can thank Apple for putting McCain down.
This nonsensical supposition/suggestion is mindless pseudoscience. It is shameful how far California has devolved.
While minimizing exposure to electromagnetic radiation is a good thing, considering the damage to living tissue over the frequency bandwidth of such electromagnetic one would think there would be a greater concern over the low frequency electromagnetic fields we are exposed to rather than the high frequency electromagnetic fields we are enveloped in within our own homes. We are aware of our cellular telephones and microwave ovens and perhaps even the Wi-fi signals from our routers, computers and even our new flat screen televisions but what about the 60 cycle electromagnetic radiation we are exposed to continually by the wiring inside of our own homes? I only mention this to give others something to worry about.
This is fake news. Here are the scientific facts.
Cell phone health hazard is like Global Warming. It gets shot down and it comes back. It gets shot down again and it comes back. It gets shot down again and it gets a name change.
The only possible solution for this health care crisis is for California to raise taxes on cell phones. It is the right thing to do.
We are talking about battery powered devices here.
We're down to a choice: Tin-foil undies or tin-foil encasements for our 'phones.
Asian countries for Asians.
Black countries for Blacks.
but White countries for everybody?
That's genocide.
Anti-racist is a codeword for Anti-White.
I shot my cell phone for trying to fry my balls.
This announcement is sort of like a someone announcing in 1943 that there might be a problem in Germany, "Keep those pesky Germans at arm's length, especially at night. No, we don't have proof they might be bad for you."
Guess we may have a generation of butt cancer…ugh! KOW.
Does it cause first hand,second hand, third hand, millionth hand cancer?! LIBERALISM causes more cancer than cell phones!
The strange thing is that there is no telecom regulator in the world making cellphone radiation measurements from the user point of view. However, the Android phone user may make the monitoring using Cellraid's Quanta Monitor, free in Playstore. See how if your SAR level exceeds the limit 1.6/w/kg in the US.
Also the levels could be reduced 90%, using Quanta Guard, if the phone manufactures, FCC, and operators want to.
Yikes- California lables everything as harmful.
These Mexifornia morons will st a law that you have to carry your cellphone at the end of 5 feet selfie stick all the time.
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If you've ever worked as a reporter — or any kind of researcher — the instinct to follow a story persists. Sometimes, it pays off. For me, the turning point of this blog was when I got thousands of hits on a reblog about hurricane Sandy in November 2012.
November 2012 was something of a super month for bloggers. Between the presidential election and Hurricane Sandy, activity on the Internet was much greater than usual. Even people who were normally not especially interested were hopping online to follow current stories.
The thing was, the article that started bringing in all those hits was a reblog, or more accurately, a scoop. Anyone could have as easily read the same article on its original site. I was not at the top of a Google search. I tried using the phrase everyone else was using and Serendipity didn't come up. At all. So people were seeking me out. Rather than reading the original article, they came to my site. Even giving me a point or two for attractive presentation, there were more than enough stories on the same subject all over the Internet. I'm not being modest. I wanted to know: why me?
I decided to analyze what I did better or differently than others. I looked at the total content for days when my numbers were very high. I realized all involved current events that were unusually high-profile. My best days involved Hurricane Sandy (November 2012), the blizzard Nemo (February 2013) and the days leading up to and immediately following the storms. Also the beginning of the new television season, the Oscars (before, after and during) and (of course) the election. And sadly, the bombing at the Boston Marathon (April 2013). Plus every time they play the première episode of Criminal Minds.
When major events occur, I write about them. Not one story, but a series of posts. I start with an article that covers the main story, then add to it. If the initial story was reblogged — often the case — I add graphics and photographs. I add commentary and analysis. My additions are typically longer and more detailed than the original. I don't alter the original author's text and I always give credit, but I build on it.
In this case, the original post was a reblogged (using ScoopIt) standalone post. Using it as a jumping off point, I followed a trail. I gathered pictures, stories about hurricanes and other storms. I wrote about them from my perspective, if I remembered them. Then, I asked Garry — my personal treasure trove of first-hand experiences — to talk about his experiences during the Blizzard of 1978 and other storms.
I roamed the web to see what was happening in various places being hit by the storm. Although I focused on Sandy and it's impact on Coney Island, I discovered many other places along the coast which were equally affected. I posted what news I could gather about these areas.
I kept gathering and adding information, especially photographs, historical background and apocryphal stories. I just did what I always do when something interests me. I get into "bloodhound mode" and I followed the scent. The circles kept getting wider and including more locations, more events.
I eventually included stories not directly related to Sandy but which were thematically related. Other monster storms have paralyzed the Atlantic coast, some relatively recently. I love history so it was fun digging up historical information. Research can keep me glued to the computer for very long stretches. It's how I learn.
I googled "hurricanes past 100 years East Coast" and could have filled an encyclopedia with the results. Research became stories. I hunted down historical photographs. I remembered stories I heard from relatives and friends about storms. My husband covered every storm to hit New England for more than 30 years, so he is a nearly bottomless repository of great first person experience.
I ultimately produced a series of stories over almost a week. News, mood and background stories, data, photographs. I stitched them together. Each post was separate, but they formed a continuity. One thing led to another. When I thought about this storm, I remembered other storms, wrote about the storm that hit on my birthday in 1888 … and I offered facts, stories, and historical background, sidebars, and photographs.
The combination worked. Folks came to read one story and stayed to read many more. Some of them signed on as followers. It turned out that I didn't have such a huge volume of visitors, but everyone who did visit stayed and read as many as five or six stories. A lot of hits.
Since then, I have more visitors on a regular basis and most of them read at least two or more stories. It's not complicated:
- Be current. Don't ignore major events. You don't even have to write the stories yourself. Which brings me to the next point.
- If you don't like WordPress's reblog format, try ScoopIt. It seems a waste of time to write an essentially identical story when someone else has already done a great job writing it. Being relevant doesn't mean you have to write it, but at least include it by reference.
- When something signficant or interesting is going on in our world whether it's a national election, a hurricane, tsunami, the new television season or the upcoming Oscars, pay attention. You don't have to write about just that subject, but maybe you shouldn't completely ignore it either.
- It's fine to march to the beat of your own drum, but it's good to also pay attention to what the rest of the band is playing. If you march alone most of the time, occasionally it's not a bad idea to join the chorus … or sing counterpoint.
- If you can't be relevant because there are no big stories, be entertaining. Use those lemons to make delicious lemonade.
- Include lots of photographs.
Ivory towers can lonely. If you want company, you need to associate with the rest of the world and pay at least some attention to what interests them. If you write entirely for yourself, it's a diary, not a blog.
- Fascinating, Flooding, Ferocious, Fierce Freak Storms: Summer Hazard Series Spotlight on Hurricanes (rem4ed.wordpress.com)
- Atlantic Hurricane Season May Spark to Life Next Week (bloomberg.com)
- In Photos: Ancient Maya Carvings Exposed in Guatemala (namelessmag.jasunni.com)
- Hurricane Sandy Was 1-in-700-Year Event (armageddononline.org)
- The storm in pictures: Art galleries display photos from Sandy (nj.com)
- The "Hurricane Sandy Babies" Are Arriving in Bulk (complex.com)
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Hackathon photo courtesy of Tom Young
Sara Streeter wrote in to let us know about the hackathon that Axeda (where Sara is an Innovationeer) put on for AT&T's 2013 Developer summit. The projects were Arduino-based and sensor-enabled, and featured NFC, geotracking, emergency response, and all kinds of monitoring:
At the AT&T Developer Summit in Las Vegas just before CES 2013, nine Teams competed in an M2M Hackathon. All of the teams started out with the same software, and the same Arduino device. Teams were allowed to select from a variety of sensors provided by Axeda, and some teams even brought their own sensors from home. From 2PM Saturday to 2PM Sunday the teams worked non-stop to build the best M2M solutions possible. The top prize for the M2M Hackathon was $10,000 and the opportunity to compete with 70+ other teams for the overall prize of $30,000.
Check out Sara's wrapup of the event on Axeda's Developer Connection.


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According to officials on Friday the crocodiles were washed into rivers.
Crocodile farmers, locals and police have trapped thousands of the reptiles, using plastic bands to tie their legs behind their backs and then piling them into pick-up trucks.
The flood gates at the Rakwena crocodile farm close to the Botswana and Zimbabwe borders were opened on Sunday because it was feared that rising flood waters would crush the reptiles, releasing some 15 000 crocodiles into the Limpopo River.
"At night time we have more success. It is much easier to see them," Zane Langman, whose in-laws own the farm, told the media.
Most of the crocodiles are less than two metres long. The area is home to several farms that supply crocodile skins to the fashion industry.
Avoiding the water
"We are working as a team with the stakeholders," police spokesperson Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi said on Friday. There have been no reports of injuries caused by the escaped reptiles.
Police in Zimbabwe, on the other side of the Limpopo, also issued warnings to people to avoid going into the water because of the crocodile threat.
Heavy rains and flooding claimed at least 20 lives in Mozambique and South Africa and led to the evacuations of thousands. – Reuters


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In Illinois, if you're HIV-positive and attending school, the principal, school nurse, teachers and possibly other school officials are all going to know about it.
In Illinois, if you're HIV-positive and attending school, the principal, school nurse, teachers and possibly other school officials are all going to know about it.
That stigma is preventing teens from being tested for the disease, according to Ann Hilton Fisher, executive director of the AIDS Legal Council of Chicago.
So, Rep. Sara Feigenholtz, D-Chicago, is sponsoring House Bill 4314. It would repeal Illinois' Communicable Disease Prevention Act, which has been in place for more than a decade. The House Human Services Committee Thursday voted 7-1 for the bill, which advances to the House floor.
Under existing law, a school principal may disclose the identity of an HIV-infected child to the school nurse and the student's teachers. A principal also can disclose the student's identity to those persons who, under federal or state law, are required to decide the placement or educational program of the child.
A girl in a suburban Chicago school who had tested positive for the virus that causes AIDS was traumatized last year when a school official told her she could not use the regular girls bathroom when she gets her period, Fisher said. She said the girl was told that her sanitary napkins were infectious waste and that she could only use the bathroom in the nurse's office.
"Whether people believe it or not, when the confidential trust of privacy is broken, a high rate of emotional distress can occur in an HIV-positive child," said Linda Coon, an attorney and director of Families' and Children's AIDS Network, reading a letter that several teens in a Chicago HIV support group wrote to the committee.
"When a student's trust is broken, it brings thoughts of fear, suicide, anger and even public humiliation and victimization by both peers and the community at large."
Barb Germann, health services coordinator for the Springfield School District, said she is unaware of any student in the district that is currently HIV-positive.
"I have been a school nurse for 20 years, and I know of two students who were HIV-positive, and neither of them attends the schools now," Germann said.
Dennis Canny, the principal at Rochester High School, said no students there have reported being HIV-positive.
Although central Illinois does not have a lot of HIV-positive students, "People are very interested in talking about somebody else's HIV status," Fisher said. "Discrimination is real."
Cathy Krieger, president and CEO of the Children's Place Association in Chicago, said students are avoiding being tested for HIV because they fear that the test results would be made public or presented to their school principals, and then other people would find out about them.
Cheryl Ward, surveillance program administrator for the HIV/AIDS section of the Illinois Department of Public Health, said there was a 100 percent increase in positive tests for males 24 and under from 2000 to 2006. There was a 52 percent increase overall in HIV cases among youth 24 and younger.
Meagan Sexton can be reached at (217) 782-6882.


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Organization That Plagiarized Guide On Making Science Posters Has Pricey Lawyer Threaten Original Creator With Copyright Claim
from the where-do-they-find-these-people deptA bunch of folks have been sending in variations on the story about Colin Purrington, a guy who apparently created a "guide" to creating posters for scientific conferences that is somewhat popular online. The crux of the story is that Purrington, who has left academia, still spends time asking folks to take down any copies of his work -- and he's a bit obnoxious about it frankly -- mocking anyone who suggests that a copy might involve fair use. He doesn't seem to recognize that fair use exists.
Contents copyright Colin Purrington (1997-2013). Plagiarizing, adapting, and hosting elsewhere prohibited. Included in the plagiarizing prohibition is paraphrase plagiarism, which is when you copy sentences and phrases but make minor word changes to mask your theft. Also, I have lost my patience with people claiming that Fair Use allows them to bypass my copyright. Really, folks?Well, yes, actually. That's the whole point of fair use. If it's fair use, it does let you bypass copyright. His copyright claim is a pretty clear example of copyfraud, overclaiming certain rights. Also, while I agree that he certainly may hold the copyright on the work, significant parts of the work are basically just factual statements, which generally aren't subject to copyright protection, or, at the very least, very weak copyright protection.
That said, none of that means he deserves what then happened. He apparently sent one of his "hey stop it!" letters to Purdue University's DMCA takedown address and cc'ing a general catchall email at the The Consortium for Plant Biotechnology Research (CPBR) after finding parts of his guide in a document hosted on the Purdue site, which was discussing an upcoming CPBR competition. While I think that Purrington goes way, way, way overboard in his claims about his own copyright, it does seem fairly clear that CPBR copied significant portions of Purrington's own work. The original file is no longer on the Purdue website, though you can see it here (or embedded below). As the folks at Retraction Watch have pointed out, it's pretty clear that the CPBR version copies heavily from Purrington's document.
For what it's worth, while Purrington sent a notice to Purdue's DMCA address, his letter is clearly not a DMCA-compliant / takedown letter, and really does seem to be more of a "hey, you should take this down" admonition, including an exceptionally jokey closing line:
If you can cover the shipping charges, I would be grateful if you to send me the head of the person who did this.Har har. Still, what came back was quite unexpected. A threat letter from CPBR's very expensive lawyers at big shot law firm, Arnold & Porter. These guys cost a lot. In that letter, they claim that CPBR didn't copy Purrington, but rather that Purrington copied CPBR and that now that they were aware that Purrington had violated the copyright on CPBR, they were threatening him with statutory damages, up to $150,000 for willful infringement, for copyright infringement if he didn't take down his work.
Oh yeah, and they claim that jokey last line is being viewed "as a physical threat against [CPBR staff's] personal safety" and warn that if any further threats are made, they will go to the authorities.
While Purrington's guide has moved around online a few times (and ridiculously, no one covering this seems to link back to the original), you can find the earlier version that supports his story if you look in the Internet Archive for the guide's old address at Swarthmore. CPBR's letter clearly claims that CPBR created the content in 2005. Purrington's guide dates back to 2001, though it is a bit different. Still, you can find both of the key passages highlighted by RetractionWatch in a late 2004 version of Purrington's document (though, oddly, one of the copied phrases only shows up right at the very end of 2004, but that's still before 2005).
CPBR is a big organization. It takes in tens of millions of dollars in government grants and then fees it out to universities to do research. You'd think that it would know better than to claim copyright over something when there's pretty clear evidence that it was the one doing the copying.
While I find Purrington's position on copyright a bit ridiculous (also: his continual confusion between plagiarism and copyright, his refusal to acknowledge fair use within the law, and inability to compose a complaint DMCA takedown notice), it does seem pretty clear here that the party over reacting (massively) is CPBR. When the Chronicle of Higher Education reached out to both CPBR's director and the lawyer who wrote the letter, it appears that both hung up on the reporter. It might be time to admit that they royally screwed up here.
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Paz de la Huerta/Michele Abeles
David Velasco writes about Michele Abeles in Artforum (via Brian Droitcour.) Starting with an amusing anecdote about a project involving the Boardwalk Empire star, the piece is a look at the artist's approach to photography, given its changing nature in the digital age:
As if to further disarticulate the usual figure-ground relationship, she'll often title her photos by rattling off some of their ingredients. The title Number, Lycra, Man, Hand, Rock, M.L., Cardboard concatenates the generic elements of that 2009 image according to the flattened order in which her eye is drawn to them as she scans the composition. The photograph becomes a sort of rebus that could be read out loud. Against photography's materiality (the indexical trace of light on film) we have an insistence on iconicity, on the fundamental unmooring of picture from reality.
Not only do these pictures subdue the photograph's material trace, but they also imply the elision of the photographic machine itself. The best example of this is the only one with a face: Sunglasses, Lips, Head, Reflection, 2009, a photo of a dude in pink-camo sunglasses looking at the camera, his odalisque pose reflected in his shades. Abeles and her camera should be reflected in the sunglasses too, but they aren't. (She shot the photo from behind a panel of mirrored glass.) So it's like he's posing for himself, his picture magically taken without anything at all—the disappearance of the apparatus and its operator maybe signaling the eventual obsolescence of the camera in our imagemaking repertoire. We'll be our own cameras. Of course, the camera is still there. And so is Abeles. They're just out of the picture.
Some pictures leave the camera behind altogether. Take the perfectly strange images Abeles has been making using the automated "contact sheet" feature in Photoshop. She recycles her "stock" photographs (dogs, cats), plugging them in and then letting the I Ching of the software sort them into random grids. Today, there's a war playing out on our desktops between the grid's modernist organizational clarity and the additive entropy of overlapping windows. I almost read Abeles as refiguring this battle within and among her bodies of work. Sometimes she'll take it a step further, as in a print that was included in the group show "Skin So Soft" at the transient venue Gresham's Ghost earlier this year. Here, she copy-pasted a few of these contact-sheet images and laid them out on a blank white field, juxtaposing them with a miniaturizedSunglasses, Lips, Head, Reflection. When Google Images' grids are our research condition, all photography is stock photography...


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The cochlea is by far the most complex part of the ear. Its job is to take the physical vibrations caused by the sound wave and translate them into electrical information the brain can recognize as distinct sound.
The cochlea structure consists of three adjacent tubes separated from each other by sensitive membranes. In reality, these tubes are coiled in the shape of a snail shell, but it's easier to understand what's going on if you imagine them stretched out. It's also clearer if we treat two of the tubes, the scala vestibuli and the scala media, as one chamber. The membrane between these tubes is so thin that sound waves travel as if the tubes weren't separated at all.
The piston action of the stapes moves the fluid in the cochlea. This causes a vibration wave to travel down the basilar membrane.
The stapes moves back and forth, creating pressure waves in the entire cochlea. The round window membrane separating the cochlea from the middle ear gives the fluid somewhere to go. It moves out when the stapes pushes in and moves in when the stapes pulls out.
The middle membrane, the basilar membrane, is a rigid surface that extends across the length of the cochlea. When the stapes moves in and out, it pushes and pulls on the part of the basilar membrane just below the oval window. This force starts a wave moving along the surface of the membrane. The wave travels something like ripples along the surface of a pond, moving from the oval window down to the other end of the cochlea.
The basilar membrane has a peculiar structure. It's made of 20,000 to 30,000 reed-like fibers that extend across the width of the cochlea. Near the oval window, the fibers are short and stiff. As you move toward the other end of the tubes, the fibers get longer and more limber.
This gives the fibers different resonant frequencies. A specific wave frequency will resonate perfectly with the fibers at a certain point, causing them to vibrate rapidly. This is the same principle that makes tuning forks and kazoos work -- a specific pitch will start a tuning fork ringing, and humming in a certain way will cause a kazoo reed to vibrate.
As the wave moves along most of the membrane, it can't release much energy -- the membrane is too tense. But when the wave reaches the fibers with the same resonant frequency, the wave's energy is suddenly released. Because of the increasing length and decreasing rigidity of the fibers, higher-frequency waves vibrate the fibers closer to the oval window, and lower frequency waves vibrate the fibers at the other end of the membrane. In the next section, we'll look at how tiny hairs help us hear sound.
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DWTS Season 11 – The Initial Press Reaction, Part I
It's widely variable, from what I can see.
First, the press conference that Marianya so thoughtfully transcribed.
Watch with Kristin, from E!:
Warning: David Hasselhoff Thinks Dancing With the Stars Is a Dating Show
We just chatted up the new "stars" of Dancing With the Stars after last night's big cast announcement and have some things you must know. Like, for starters, not only is Sarah Palin herself expected in the audience (unless she can see the stage from Alaska?) to cheer on her daughter Bristol, but David Hasselhoff's partner should be afraid—very afraid…
Unless she's totally crushing on The Hoff!
'Cause apparently he is crushing on her. Big time.
We can't yet reveal who David's partner is, but he does tell us the first thing he did when he was cast on the show: He asked his daughters whether she's single.
Damn. Wish I would have thought of that "seeing the stage from Alaska" crack. GOOD ONE. 🙂
E! has paparazzi video! Take note of who is with Mark and who remains amazingly, shockingly SILENT. 😉
Here's an excerpt of the article that goes with E! video:
Bristol Palin, though, did make it to the party, and she left her baby Tripp at home.
But that doesn't mean he won't be seen on the set. "She's bringing him to set with her Tuesday for the first time," a source tells me.
And get this: Bristol, who's paired with Mark Ballas, supposedly drove herself all the way to from Wasilla to Los Angeles with her baby in tow.
"She's actually a very sweet girl," one insider says.
Audrina Patridge was one of the last people to leave to the party and stayed behind to hang with her partner Tony Dovolani and Maksim Chmerkovskiy.
While Audrina's probably a little easier to handle than Tony's last partner, Kate Gosselin, insiders are already pegging Audrina as "the new Kim Kardashian." As in, she looks hot in skimpy costumes but can't really dance.
I recommend reading the whole articles since I may not include something you want to see. 🙂
Here's a new category for Courtney…from MTV:
'Dancing With The Stars' Carries On Tradition Of Casting MTV Stars
New castmembers the Situation and Audrina Patridge join the ranks of Steve-O, Kelly Osbourne and Drew Lachey.
While we won't know how Patridge or the Situation will fair until the first step is executed when the show premieres in three weeks, they both have a lot to live up to. MTV stars repeatedly show up as castmembers on "Dancing With the Stars," and while their level of success has been mixed, they always leave an impression.
One of them even won once. Drew Lachey, the former member of 98 Degrees and a staple on the hit MTV reality show "Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica," took home the mirror-ball trophy back in February of 2006. In the finals, Lachey narrowly beat out Jerry Rice (the former NFL wide receiver and a big fan favorite) and Stacy Keibler (a former WWE performer who has a bit of MTV history of her own — she appeared on the wrestling promotion's "Heat" show on MTV at the beginning of the decade).
Niecy talks to MTV about the new cast:
'Dancing With The Stars' Alum Sizes Up Bristol Palin, The Situation
'The Situation seems very disciplined,' Niecy Nash tells MTV News of the 'Jersey Shore' star's famous abs.
MTV News caught up with last season's sassy comic relief, Niecy Nash, who offered a few thoughts on the new castmembers — namely Palin and "Jersey Shore" standout Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino.
" 'Dancing With the Stars' is the hardest and most fun thing I've ever done," she said. "I will tell you, for people who are untrained, it is a challenge."
Nash added that if Sorrentino's dedication to his famous stomach muscles is any indication, he might have the stamina to stay on the show for a while. "The Situation seems very disciplined," Nash said. "You gotta do something to get 45 abs. So maybe he has what it takes to stick with it."
Nash worried that juggling long rehearsals and taking care of baby Tripp could prove to be a challenge for Bristol.
"Bristol, you know, she's been through a lot," Nash said of Sarah Palin's 20-year-old daughter. "It might be hard on her. But, you know, if you could get together with Levi [Johnston], you ought to be able to do anything," she joked.
The Wall Street Journal! 🙂 They handicap the race for the mirrorball and make a few good points. Click to read all of it.
Bristol Palin, Florence Henderson, Margaret Cho, Kurt Warner, Kyle Massey and the New Cast of 'Dancing with the Stars' Season 11: Who Will Win?
Most of the contestants on the new season of "Dancing with the Stars" aren't really stars, of course, but "Dancing with the Formerly Notable" doesn't quite have the same ring to it. ABC recently announced the new cast for the coming season of the show and it includes such semi-famous folks as Bristol Palin, Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino, David Hasselhoff, Florence Henderson, Audrina Patridge, Margaret Cho, Kurt Warner, Kyle Massey, and Jennifer Grey. The 11th season of the show begins on September 20. Who will will? Here's Speakeasy's pre-season analysis:
Entertainment Weekly scopes out the competition with a slideshow:
'Dancing With the Stars': Sizing Up the New Cast
Who's got the inside track on ballroom glory this fall? See our scouting reports, weigh in by voting in our polls
Occupation: Having spectacular abs on reality smash Jersey Shore
Outlook: The Sitch has definitely found his niche — said spectacular abs will benefit him at least as much on Dancing as it does on Shore. Even better, he'll come with his own spray tan.
Bristol Palin's next step: The next edition of 'Dancing With the Stars'
The teenager joins mom Sarah, who has a reality series on TLC debuting in November, and Bristol's baby-daddy Levi Johnston, who is shopping around a reality series in which he runs for mayor of Wasilla, Alaska.
Bristol is going to dance circles around Mom and Levi in the ratings: "Dancing" has recently become an "American Idol"-esque ratings behemoth, thanks to some very savvy casting.
ABC made the "Dancing" Season 11 cast announcement Monday night during two interludes in a two-hour episode of "Bachelor Pad," in which a bevy of hot men and women make a mockery of the abstinence that Bristol is all about these days, in order to win a $250,000 purse.


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So her office manager sent over a fax today that says "Patient Jan Junkie may call you for pain meds. DO NOT give her ANY Tylenol" (Paracetamol for my UK readers).
This was somewhat confusing, because she didn't clarify Tylenol with Codeine, or what. So I called the office to clear this up.
Dr. Grumpy: "Did Dr. Outoftown mean Tylenol with Codeine, or all pain meds, or what?"
Ms. Manager: "Just plain Tylenol. She doesn't get any narcotics."
Dr. Grumpy: "She can buy plain Tylenol at the store."
Ms. Manager: "I know. So don't give her any. She's not supposed to be taking it."
Dr. Grumpy: "But she can get it without me."
Ms. Manager: "Well, Dr. Outoftown says you shouldn't give her any if she calls."
Dr. Grumpy: "Don't worry."
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In other news, Microsoft to embrace Linux. Hahahaha ha ah oh wait.
NextWeb reports Google's considering Swift as a first class Android language. I'm not surprised companies like Facebook and Uber are embracing Swift as it's sufficiently open and highly attractive in an environment where iOS is king.
But no, Google won't embrace it. Just because something is open source doesn't mean everyone has equal influence. There's still control at the top of the repo and this is why Google forked Webkit, an effort to control its own destiny instead of relying on the very same company that controls Swift.
Furthermore, Google and Android is still engaged in a tired, ongoing, battle with Oracle over Java, another language that is - "for varying definitions of" - open. And Oracle isn't even a direct competitor.
It's true that there's a lot to be said for a more dynamic, scripty, language on Android. While Android Studio has done a lot to improve the developer experience for Android devs, a lot of work done is exploratory UI, something that a language like Swift can help with.
If Google were to embrace a dynamic language, and assuming they don't start from scratch, there are really only three contenders: Go and Dart, since Google completely control them (more likely Dart as it's more suited to UI). And JavaScript, since it's immensely popular and under no one company's control (and as a bonus, Dart is designed to compile nicely to JS, so Google can still support it as a higher level alternative). Just as Swift has made iOS a much more approachable platform for casual developers, embracing the world's most popular language could be a nice boost for developer traction in the Android world.


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Salome 2.2.8 on Mandriva
Salome 2.2.8 on MandrivaPosted by the never at February 01. 2006I read through the thread on 2.2.6 and Mandriva, but I couldn't find the information on the FTP server. The only errors with my install is the libdps.so as follows -
Searching /Kernel/Session in Naming Service +SALOME_Session_Server: error while loading shared libraries: libdps.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
th. 3030379440 - Trace /vsr/salome_2.2.8/KERNEL_SRC_2.2.8/src/NamingService/SALOME_NamingService.cxx [337] : Resolve() : Registry (object) not found
+Traceback (most recent call last):
This then repeats over and over and over again, until I click cancel on the window or send a sigterm of some sort. This is my first dealing with Salome and I'm fairly interested in using it, but switching distributions out now would be too great of a pain. So.... has this been resolved yet or have I overlooked something? Anyone know?
Re: Salome 2.2.8 on MandrivaPosted by Igor Nazarov at February 02. 2006
The reason of your problem is the absence of DPS package on your Mandriva.
It is possible that you didn't install the DPS package from your Mandriva distributive.
But most likely the DPS package is absent from the distributive of your Mandriva version. Currently some of the XWindows developers refuse to use the DPS package. And latest versions of Mandriva do not contain this package.
In this case you can download src of X11R7.0 (that contain the DPS package) by the links below
build it on your Mandriva , define a path to built the libraries in your system environment and then try to start Salome.
Good luck
Re: Salome 2.2.8 on MandrivaPosted by the never at February 02. 2006Hey, thanks for the reply, that was gonna be a last ditch kinda thing.
After posting and taking a break yesterday I came back to salome and tried something out.
I had CAE Linux Beta 1 downloaded , so I copied the lib from there.
Salome fired up but some modules wouldnt work. Such as Mesh.
libg2c.so was missing. Apparently Mandriva 2006 doesn't have g77 included with gcc 4. However, they offer the older gcc 3.3.x with g77 which installs and runs just fine. Default stays gcc 4. That saved a lot of work.
As for libssl.so.2/crypto on 2006..... i did the manual link thing. However, after browsing around rpm sites yesterday i found that in Contrib there is a package called "games-compat-0.3-4mdk". This package contains those files.
Now, Salome fires up and all modules seem to work.
Building SMESH_2.2.8 source fails though..... cursory inspection points to language rule changes to gcc 4. (SMESH binaries do work from the install though)
I do have another quick question at the moment....
1) Does anyone know if Code_Aster has an english port?
Thanks again, cannot wait to study / make use of Salome!


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Forget all the rumours, news and press notes you may have heard or read surrounding the release of The Foley Room (if indeed you've heard anything at all), as Amon Tobin's latest album isn't reinvention, nor is it a complete departure. It's a master-class from one of dance music's most consistent artists as he expands his palette to include the sounds just outside his window.
Since his debut (under his own name), Bricolage, Tobin has always progressed in giant strides, moving from drum & bass jazz symphonies to industrial-tinged trip-hop to orchestral jungle combos and beyond. After returning from the outer reaches of space with Out From Out Where, an album that could've been the soundtrack to a sci-fi travelogue, Tobin turned his attentions towards side-project-like endeavours. While the last five years haven't exactly been a drought, The Foley Room is Tobin's first studio album since 2002 where he hasn't employed his extraordinary talents to augment someone else's vision. One could almost be forgiven for thinking he'd run out of ideas.
So what's a maestro to do when they've broken, bent, split, liquidised, digitised, filtered and squashed every breakbeat in their bag? Well, if they're Tobin, they immediately grab a selection of hyper-sensitive microphones and head outside to record what's going on in their urban environment. No longer content to fold and manipulate beat samples, Tobin seems to have built himself a new sound bank made up of a bizarre selection of recording such as dripping taps, spluttering motorbike engines and banging kitchen utensils. Record scratching? Pah! Anyone can do that - let's get some cats chowing down on some rat carcasses, that's what this track needs.
Of course, these organic everyday noises don't constitute a complete change in sound for Tobin - after all, the man's a past master at moulding samples and sonic effects to suit his own designs on wax. So it follows that, in Tobin's hands, there's no guarantee that a sound he recorded outside will sound anything like it did initially by the time it ends up on record - for example, the buzzing drone that runs through the album's first dance-floor burner 'Esther's' may have started out as a guitar line, but it could also have been the sound of a wasp trapped in a jar.
Tobin's source material is further enhanced by the efforts from some outsiders as the album boasts quite a few collaborators in the liner notes - among them are the Kronos Quartet who provide the mournful violins on 'Bloodstone'. But the overall sound of The Foley Room is unquestionably Tobin's, even though it sounds like a step forward rather than a re-tread. The schizophrenic beat-work in the title track is reminiscent of 'Triple Science', although it feels more organic, while the sinister guitar line and rumbling percussion on 'Keep Your Distance' wouldn't sound out of place if it was in a set rubbing shoulders with the cuts on the Splinter Cell: Choas Theory OST.
All told, it'll be interesting to see where Tobin goes from here. Now that The Foley Room has expanded his sound library to include wild animals - yes, that is a tiger doing the vocals on the gorgeous 'Big Furry Head' - modern machinery and random sounds from the outside world, I guess all that's left is to rent a sub and get all Captain Nemo on the next platter. Either that or head off into outer space. It would fit with the Tobin's musical M.O. at any rate - he's always moving forward, exploring his soundscapes in leaps and bounds.
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text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Advice on getting a teaching job in Budapest Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Advice on getting a teaching job in Budapest Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> General Europe Forum View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message kellylJoined: 03 Mar 2003Posts: 1 Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2003 7:23 pm Post subject: Advice on getting a teaching job in Budapest I am interested in hearing about how difficult it may be to get a position teaching English in Budapest (or environs) considering the following: I am not a teacher, but have a few years' experience informally "teaching" conversational English to newcomers to Canada; I plan to get a CELTA in Budapest when I arrive; I have a graduate degree (business) and am interested in teaching business and/or legal English; I have several years experience in banking; and I'm unilingual (currently!). What are the best schools to try and what pay could one expect? Please note that work permits, etc. are not an issue in my case. Back to top bnixJoined: 16 Jan 2003Posts: 645 Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2003 3:21 am Post subject: Why Is a Work Permit "Not an Issue"? Did someone tell you that you didn't need one to teach there?Or what?Just curious. There used to be an outfit called SOL that placed people in Hungary(not necessarily Budapest).There is also one called CETP(but they charge a large placement fee),so I would not recommend them. You can probably pick up some kind of teaching job in Budapest...although it only be teaching privates at first.With your background,you can probably get the kind of position you are looking for,though it might take awhile.And of course,do not expect to make much money. Best of luck.Budapest is a wonderful city. Back to top cummingsJoined: 25 Mar 2003Posts: 6Location: Away Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2003 3:41 pm Post subject: Budapest International house has a large school in Budapest http://www.ih.hu/en/where you can do the CELTA and possibly find work with them after you complete the course. They employ a large number of teachers though the turnover rate isn't very high as teachers tend to stay a while once they get there. The pay in Hungary is low but you can live on it. When i was looking into work there, about 3 years ago, the pay was about 300 pounds a month with a flat provided. I believe that Bell also have a school in Budapest. Hope this helps you. Back to top little bearJoined: 13 Feb 2006Posts: 6 Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2012 10:01 am Post subject: a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> General Europe Forum All times are GMT Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Where to Begin----------------General DiscussionNewbie ForumCurrent Events ForumTechnology ForumOnline Teaching Forum Africa Forums----------------General Africa Forum Asia Forums----------------CambodiaChina (Job-related Posts Only)China (Off-Topic)Hong KongIndiaIndonesiaJapanMalaysiaPhilippinesSingaporeTaiwanThailandGeneral Asia ForumVietnam Caribbean Forums----------------General Caribbean Forum Europe Forums----------------Czech RepublicFranceGermanyGreeceItalyMacedonia and the BalkansPolandRomaniaRussia & C.I.S.SpainTurkeyUkraineUnited KingdomGeneral Europe Forum Latin America Forums----------------ArgentinaBrazilChileColombiaCosta RicaMexicoMexico (off-topic)PeruGeneral Latin America Forum The Middle East Forums----------------BahrainEgyptIsraelKuwaitOmanQatarSaudi ArabiaUnited Arab EmiratesGeneral Middle East Forum North America Forums----------------General North America Forum Oceania----------------Australia/New Zealand You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum This page is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling. Contact Dave's ESL Cafe Copyright © 2018 Dave Sperling. All Rights Reserved. Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group Teaching Jobs in China


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DWTS Season 12 – Kirstie Alley: "Oh, Jesus. What have I done?'"
TV Guide has a great interview up with Kirstie Alley. In it, she talks about her ability to dance, if she's a quick learner, being critiqued, her partner Maks, and more. Here's a take. Be sure to read the link for more. I am soooo liking her!! I really hope she will go far in this competition.
TV Guide Magazine: Are you a great dancer?
Alley: I'm an OK dancer. I dance at clubs, at parties, in my living room as exercise. I've done Zumba, which is sort of like Latin aerobics.
TV Guide Magazine: What do you excel at? Are you a quick learner? Really flexible?
Alley: I have good endurance. I don't think I'm too flexible. Last season, I saw Jennifer Grey gracefully lift her leg up and put her foot on her dance partner's shoulder. I was like, "Damn! I'm not flexible like that."
TV Guide Magazine: Are you ready to be critiqued on national television?>
Alley: Being judged, I think, will be hard. When you're doing a play or a sitcom, the audience laughs or doesn't laugh, but they don't usually yell things out like, "Oh, my God. You suck!" [Laughs] Also, you know when you're in the bottom two and you're standing there and the lights are bouncing back and forth? I don't know how I'll take that. I don't know if I'll be a bitch or something. But [the judges] aren't Simon Cowell-mean. Which I think is good.
TV Guide Magazine: What kind of prep have you done?
Alley: None.
TV Guide Magazine: None?
Alley: I've gotten myself up to doing two hours on the treadmill or elliptical. I was told, "You really want to get your stamina up." It's a rigorous schedule.
TV Guide Magazine: Your partner is Maksim Chmerkovskiy, the legendarily intense Latin ballroom champ. Predict how you two will get along.
Alley: I think we'll be good together. I'm excited. That's who I would have chosen. I'm one of those girls who, as hard as I try, I still like a bit of the bad boy. Honestly, if I looked like him or could dance like him, I'd be a cocky dude. He's sweet, though, and has a good sense of humor. We were instantly bantering and playful.
Some of Kirstie's and Maks' most recent tweets;
I'm ready to choke myself out!!! Everyone tells me I have more energy than they've ever seen… DANCE with Maks and I'm like a heroin addict
— Kirstie Alley (@kirstiealley) March 8, 2011
Aww… You're quite welcome G! Just a beginning though… RT @kirstiealley: not usually the serious (cont) http://tl.gd/96a7vf
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President Barack Obama won't wait for Congress to take action on his agenda, vowing in Tuesday's State of the Union address to use executive powers to sidestep Republican roadblocks on Capitol Hill.
President Barack Obama says he will not wait for Congress to move forward on important issues and is prepared to take executive action in 2014.
"America does not stand still -- and neither will I," Obama said. "So wherever and whenever I can take steps without legislation to expand opportunity for more American families, that's what I'm going to do."
Despite the congressional logjam, Obama declared, "I believe this can be a breakthrough year for America."
"What I offer tonight is a set of concrete, practical proposals to speed up growth, strengthen the middle class, and build new ladders of opportunity into the middle class," he said. "Some require congressional action, and I'm eager to work with all of you."
He added, "In the coming months, let's see where else we can make progress together. Let's make this a year of action. That's what most Americans want."
Still, his vow to go it alone where he sees fit stems from his experience over the last year, when recalcitrant members of Congress -- particularly Republicans in the House -- refused to even consider much of the president's agenda.
Obama outlined a litany of executive actions he intends to take in the coming months to advance the themes of opportunity he focused on in his speech. Among them:
- Raising the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour for workers on federal contracts;
- Establishing a government-backed "myRA" retirement savings program for working Americans;
- Setting higher fuel-efficiency standards for heavy-duty trucks.
Obama will need the help of Congress if he's to have any hope of tackling the meatiest elements of his policy proposals in the State of the Union. The president implored lawmakers to extend unemployment insurance, raise the overall minimum wage, pass immigration reform, expand Pre-K education, cut tax breaks for wealthy retirees, expand the Earned Income Tax Credit, give him Trade Promotion Authority and pass patent legislation -- among other priorities Obama mentioned, and which Congress would have to approve.
Republicans sought to put a soft edge on their response to Obama with a speech from Washington Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers.
"Too many people are falling further and further behind because, right now, the president's policies are making people's lives harder," she said in the official GOP response. "Republicans have plans to close the gap -- plans that focus on jobs first without more spending, government bailouts, and red tape."
Some of the brightest lines drawn by Obama didn't involve domestic policy, but rather, foreign policy -- a policy arena to which second-term presidents often appeal given their broad authority.
"Even as we aggressively pursue terrorist networks -- through more targeted efforts and by building the capacity of our foreign partners -- America must move off a permanent war footing," Obama said in lauding the fruits of diplomatic efforts in Iran, Syria and the Middle East.
But Obama also threatened to veto legislation under consideration by Congress to increase sanctions on Iran, a proposal which could derail diplomatic talks with the Iranian regime.
At times, Obama seemed to scold the House GOP, particularly for its repeated votes to undo health care reform, his signature domestic achievement.
President Barack Obama's talks about Sergeant First Class Cory Remsburg during the State of the Union address.
"Let's not have another forty-something votes to repeal a law that's already helping millions of Americans like Amanda," he said. "The first forty were plenty. We got it."
Obama also nodded to some of the initial struggles encountered by the Affordable Care Act, namely lackluster enrollment numbers depressed in part by the botched launch of the online portal to sign up for health care plans.
"That's why, tonight, I ask every American who knows someone without health insurance to help them get covered by March 31," he said.
The speech came Tuesday as a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released Tuesday showed that sixty eight percent of Americans said the country is either stagnant or worse off since Obama took office.
But Obama closed his speech with a litany of upbeat examples of Americans who had benefited from programs to improve mobility and expand opportunity. And he ended his remarks with a plea for cooperation.
"The America we want for our kids – a rising America where honest work is plentiful and communities are strong; where prosperity is widely shared and opportunity for all lets us go as far as our dreams and toil will take us – none of it is easy," he said. "But if we work together; if we summon what is best in us, with our feet planted firmly in today but our eyes cast towards tomorrow -- I know it's within our reach."
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Electromagnetic brakes on drum motors are operated via rectifiers. Different versions are available depending on the applications: Half-wave and bridge rectifiers for standard applications as well as fast acting and multiswitch rectifiers for applications in which short opening delay times are necessary.
Note: Rectifiers, just like electromagnetic brakes, are available only for asynchronous drum motors.
Every rectifier is an external component that must be covered or installed in a control box as close to the brake as possible.


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The year is 2009, and little Johnny and Jane America are enjoying the technological fruits of the 21st Century. Biologists are curing world hunger by growing apples on the backs of lab rats! Chemists are developing newer and better cigarettes every day! Physicists have not only split the atom so long ago, they've forgotten where they put the pieces and are trying to haphazardly stitch it back together! And our computer scientists are finding more efficient ways to order Pizza Hut through wireless, atmospheric Internet signals!
With so much science happening all around us everyday, it would seem only natural that our world leaders would embrace it, rather than stand in its way like those nostalgia-burdened, back-thinking Luddites that revolted against Skynet in the better parts of the Terminator saga. Yet, we see this happening all the time.
For example, did you know that Congressman Anthony Weiner, a self-professed man of the people and current candidate for New York City mayor, is actually standing in the way of progress? He recently announced a call to halt the transfer of television signal from analog to digital. He says he has your best interests in mind, America, by postponing the transition that would require the purchase of a $30 converter box for those "old-fashioned" types that haven't upgraded to cable.
Of course, we all know that digital cable, with all those ones and zeroes, provides a much clearer and crisper picture, and that even our elderly citizens, the ones least likely to have upgraded to a "newfangled" set, can appreciate the more pristine view of the buxom box-top femmes and mangled limbs that are so prevalent in our modern pop culture arena. If they are going to have a window into the outside world, it might as well be streak free. Think of that friendly digital code like it was a bottle of Windex!
How could Weiner ask us to give up our science? It's as though he's asking us to stop using fire because not everyone can afford to buy wood! Stay strong America, because the tenacious steamroller that is progress will steadily but slowly bring down all that stand in its way, be they congressmen, holy men, and even, in an unfortunate circumstance, you and I!


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Historically and semantically, SQL Developer is a developer tool. There is very little comparison with TOAD for the dba.
But… Oracle is working on this! In the latest release, 3.0 EA1, you will be able to see Tablespaces, Redo logs and controlfile, finally.
Still no session browser, but I am delighted that the database administrators are not getting forgotten !
Thanks Surachart for spreading the news!


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Hey, why doesn't this work. The rest of the program doesn't really effect how this works, so I'm only going to past the bit of code that Im curious about.
public static double Average(int total) { double average= (double)(total/10); return average; }
When I leave the code as it is, it displays the answer as an integer, when the answer should have a decimal point.
I can fix it by removing the brackets around the total/10 and it then produces the answer with the decimal point. I was just wondering, why do I have to remove the brackets? Surely they are the same thing :O


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Nobel Prize nominee visits SMU: The Rev. Dr. Medardo Gómez, bishop of the Lutheran Church of El Salvador, will visit the SMU campus March 23, 2011. Bishop Gómez' commitment to defending human rights in El Salvador has made him a repeat nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize. Perkins School of Theology welcomes Bishop Gómez as guest preacher for a special service at 11:30 a.m. in Perkins Chapel. He also will give a guest lecture at 7 p.m. in McCord Auditorium, 306 Dallas Hall, in conjunction with the Embrey Human Rights Program in Dedman College. Free and open to the public. Learn more from the Perkins School of Theology website.
Inspiration in bloom: SMU's Meadows Museum welcomes spring with fresh flower arrangements inspired by medieval masterpieces from the Sistine Chapel. The Founders Garden Club of Dallas will present its 2011 exhibition, "Floral Illuminations," from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 25 in the Museum. Club members will create fresh floral arrangements, place settings and artwork inspired by the intricate designs featured in Meadows' latest blockbuster exhibition, Lost Manuscripts of the Sistine Chapel: An Epic Journey from Rome to Toledo. Admission to the Garden Club show is free with museum admission; SMU faculty, staff and students visit free.
Anthropology Lecture and Pig Roast: SMU's Anthropology Department welcomes Srimati Basu, associate professor at the University of Kentucky, to its 2011 Lecture and Pig Roast March 25. Dr. Basu will speak on "Justice Without Lawyers? Everyday Life in the Kolkata, India Family Court" at 5 p.m. in McCord Auditorium, 306 Dallas Hall. Sponsored by the Anthropology Club, Anthropology Department, Women's and Gender Studies, Asian Studies Program and Amnesty International. Free and open to the public. For more information, contact Nia Parson or Justin Boxwell.
Vive le cinéma: SMU celebrates the 15th anniversary of its French Film Festival March 25-April 9, 2011, and the screenings begin March 25 with Coco avant Chanel (Coco Before Chanel, 2009). Directed and cowritten by Anne Fontaine and starring Audrey Tautou, the film explores the pre-fame life of the world's most celebrated fashion designer. The festival continues March 29 with Welcome (2008), director/screenwriter Philippe Lioret's story of the friendship between a divorced swimming teacher and an illegal Kurdish immigrant desperate to join his girlfriend in London. All screenings are at 7 p.m. in the Hughes-Trigg Student Center Theater, and all films will be shown in French with English subtitles. Admission is free and open to the public. These films are intended for an adult audience and may contain sexual content, nudity and violence. Sponsored by the SMU French Club, the SMU Students' Association and the Tournées Festival. For more information and a complete schedule, visit the 2011 French Film Festival homepage. (Right, Alessandro Nivola and Audrey Tautou in Coco avant Chanel.)


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Who knew that civil rights started with an "S" as in Seneca Falls, Selma and Stonewall? In case you missed it Monday, President Obama laid out an ambitious agenda as he began his second term and delivered his second inaugural address. Besides mentioning these turning points in the nation's march to equality, he also carried the torch for a strong response to climate change. The President did not mince words:
We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations. Some may still deny the overwhelming judgment of science, but none can avoid the devastating impact of raging fires and crippling drought and more powerful storms.
Critics will immediately and correctly point out that there is no evidence that climate change caused a specific wildfire or hurricane. (We are not so sure droughts cannot be attributed.)
But the critics don't get a free pass either. This is from the editorial page of Monday's on-line Wall Street Journal:
One of his most passionate moments was even devoted to addressing "climate change," of all things. He rarely mentioned the subject in the election campaign. But doing something about global warming is a commandment in the modern liberal catechism, and now Mr. Obama says it will be a major priority in the next four years. He even used the stock liberal description that those who disagree with him on climate change "deny" scientific fact. It's another example of deliberately stigmatizing his opposition.
By our dictionary, a "modern liberal catechism" would entail a set of questions and answers; hence, referring to commandments seems to be mixing Mosaic and Jesuitical metaphors. And castigating Mr. Obama for stigmatizing his opposition, is "the pot calling the kettle black" when the editorial spits out "liberal" as if it is a synonym for "demonic."
But we try to avoid getting embroiled in the politics of climate change and seek to stay focused on the facts. Here is the catechism we use in assessing climate change: How do we know climate change exists? Follow the money.
We gave a talk last week, Climate Change: Uncovering Risks in a Warming World. To introduce the subject and demonstrate it is real, and that it is now, we gave two examples. As reported in the Wall Street Journal, last November a Russian LNG tanker made the trip from Norway to Japan for the first time using the Northern Sea Route, that is, across the Arctic Ocean north of Russia. An LNG tanker costs in the vicinity of $200 million, which apparently the ship's owner and its insurers felt safe in risking. They are not alone, traffic along the Northern Sea Route has risen steadily in the past few years. Why? Money. The estimated savings in sailing the much shorter route could be $3 million. The other example concerned winegrowing. Denmark, to our amazement, makes a world-class sparkling wine. How can this be? Wine-growing regions are migrating. According to a study by the National Academy of Sciences, current winegrowing regions will shrink by 80% by 2100; the UN estimates viticulture will migrate north by over 100 miles as certain areas become too hot and too dry. So what are viticulturists doing? They are buying properties further north, on north-facing slopes and at higher altitudes. Again, people are making investment decisions based on the changing climate. Is climate change real? Follow the money.
Which takes us back to the contents of the second inaugural address, or, rather, what was not in the contents. There was no thoughtful alliteration of turning points in the nation's march to mitigating and adapting to climate change for the simple reason that Copenhagen, Cancun and Qatar haven't turned us at all. If the President is going to deliver on his promise, he is going to have to change that.
Climate Change
The business case for the development of renewable energy projects, from biodiesel and ethanol to wind, solar, and distributed generation, is more compelling than ever as tax and regulatory incentives combine to attract investments. Emerging issues in environmental law and increasingly recognized principles of corporate social responsibility are encouraging public companies to voluntarily reduce greenhouse gas emissions, install clean energy alternatives, and invest overseas in projects under the Kyoto Protocol to respond to climate change concerns.


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Battle Creek's Newsted brings more Metallica cred to Gigantour
The band Newsted's inclusion on this year's Gigantour brings the specter of Metallica into play for the heavy metal package.
The tour is the brainchild of Dave Mustaine, who founded tour headliner Megadeth in 1983, after being ousted from Metallica. Jason Newsted, meanwhile, served as Metallica's bassist from 1985-2001. He's publicly broached the idea about possibly teaming with Mustaine to "bust out" a Metallica song together, which Mustaine has said he's open to.
And the Battle Creek-born Newsted says he may give fans even more of his old band during his sets.
"I have no problem throwing in some old Metallica stuff, things I feel righteous about playing," says Newsted, 50, whose musical résumé also includes Ozzy Osbourne, Voivod, Flotsam & Jetsam and Gov't Mule. "There have been two singers in Metallica in 31 years, and I'm one of them. So being the guy that brought a couple of those songs back to life -- 'Creeping Death,' 'Whiplash' and so forth -- and I have songwriting credits on a few things.
"So I feel like I have the right to do those and may try to throw a few things in, depending on how people are reacting."
Mostly, however, Newsted wants to focus on Newsted music. He formed the band in 2012 after a six-year hiatus from music during which he painted and let himself heal from a neck injury.
"It was mostly a getting your ya-ya's out kind of deal," with some friends, Newsted explains. Adding Staind guitarist Mike Mushok earlier this year, it grew into a four-song EP, "Metal," that hit No. 1 on the iTunes metal chart and a full-length album, "Heavy Metal Music," that's due out Aug. 6.
It's also put Newsted front and center as the leader of his own band, a prospect he says makes him "nervously excited."
"I've got a lot of optimism, but I've got to be careful about my expectations," Newsted acknowledges. "That's the thing I've learned so far. I'm assuming many new roles here being the frontman, the lead vocalist, representing my own songs with my name on it. There's a lot of -- I'm not going to say pressure -- but challenges to myself that are very important to follow through on.
"But I don't think I have anything to prove to anybody. What I have to do is reaffirm to everyone what they already know and bring the music to the people. I'm coming out the same fighting weight I was on the (Metallica) black album, so when they see me they should know what they're gonna get."


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Teacha's Pet Episode 2 - UNCUT VERSION SNEAK PEAK
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Vybz Kartel remains in police custody.The dancehall deejay was nabbed during a major operation by the Flying Squad early this morning.The police confirmed that the deejay along with two others was charged with illegal possession of marijuana. However, Music News understands that Vybz Kartel is also being questioned in connection with other crimes.The self-proclaimed "World Boss" was reportedly arrested at a small hotel in Kingston after filming
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Is Vybz Kartel back on Guyanese radio?
Well, after being banned from radio playlists in the country last week, reports are that the dancehall deejay seems to be back on the airwaves.
Last week, The Associated Press reported a decision by Guyana's state-owned radio network to ban Vybz Kartel's music following a week of internal debate. They further announced that they are in the process of reviewing the lyrics of other musicians.
National Communications Network (NCN) spokesman Martin Goolsarran was quoted as saying that the music of Vybz Kartel was banned because it brought "nothing positive" to the entertainment industry.
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Upcoming artiste Deablo from the J.O.P camp is nursing a gunshot wound after a stray bullet allegedly hit him while in a club in the United States (US) last weekend.
News of the incident quickly surfaced on the Internet and circulated on various social networking sites.
Numerous efforts to get a comment from J.O.P founder Aidonia proved futile.
News of the incident quickly surfaced on the Internet and circulated on various social networking sites.
Numerous efforts to get a comment from J.O.P founder Aidonia proved futile.
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Dancehall singjay Mavado is to return to court next year where his charges of malicious destruction of property and assault are set for mention.Vado appeared before the Montego Bay R-M Court today after the case was put off to facilitate the addition of a medical certificate to the case file.Mavado's lawyer Martyn Thomas tells Music News that the entertainer is set to return to court on February 6 and 7 in 2012. Thomas also said that today the court was made aware that the complainant and a man called Bennett have been calling his office requesting numbers for Mavado. Subsequently, the court was asked to inform the police that the complainant and his friend should no longer call Vado's lawyer's office as it could interfere with the process.Meanwhile, Mavado's bail was extended and he was sent home.All this stems from an incident near Anchovy, St James on July 22. Reports are that at about 7:00 p.m. Mavado assaulted a man and damaged his Toyota Camry motor vehicle along the Belmont main road in St. James.The complainant allegedly stopped along the main road to allow a line of traffic to pass when he and his son were reportedly attacked by Vado and members of his entourage.
[Throw Back Mix] Reggae & Dancehall Oldies Mix [Pt3]
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GMark: [News] Teacher's Pet, Vybz Kartel, Denroy Morgan Arrested, LeftSide, Gyptian, Sept 2011
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Beenie reponds to Bounty's Latest Diss
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Bounty Killa and Beenie Man are at it again. Their saga started after Killa tweeted about Beenie and D'Angel's divorce. Since then, the two have been exchanging lyrical missiles.Tony Matterhorn, Twin of Twins, Kip Rich and Elephant Man also have songs bashing their fellow entertainers.So will we have a big showdown at the ending of the year? And if so, whose career will be buried? Check out Beenie man latest Track. [Bounty Diss] http://theislandvibes.com/video/beenie-man-cah-puff-mi-chest-bounty-killer-diss-pt-few-war-monger
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Teacha's Pet that was premiered on the weekend has received mixed reviews from fans, haters and well-wishers.Interesting, poor production, good effort, degrading to women and just dismal are how some are describing the World Boss' reality series.Teacha's Pet is a 12-episode series which features 18 girls engaging in activities and challenges in order to be the ultimate 'Teacha's Pet'.
Marley dominates Billboard reggae chart
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BRAND Marley continues to dominate Billboard's reggae albums chart. The king of reggae Bob Marley and his offspring — Ziggy, Stephen and Damian -- account for four of the top 10 slots on this week's ranking.After a staggering 71 weeks on this chart, the collaborative effort, Distant Relatives, between Damian 'Junior Gong' Marley and American rapper Nas, has muscled its way back to the top of the pile. The project which features tracks such as Count Your Blessings, Friends, Patience and As we Enter, was released by the Grammy Award-winning artistes in May of last year.
Ding Dong returns from successful Panama show
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DANCEHALL artiste Ding Dong is pleased with the progress of his career having just returned to the island folllowing a performance in Panama at the very first time at the Passa Passa Youth Concert held at the Roberta Duran Gymnasium.The head of the Ravers Clavers dance unit, Ding Dong who has been a figure in dancehall ever since the hit single Badman Forward Badman Pull up, says he gave a good showing for the thousands of young teens who attended the event which earlier this year also played host to Elephant Man who rocked the crowd with a slew of dance singles. Currently booked through Solid Agency for several other international shows Ding Dong says he is also setting new fashion trends in dancehall with his clean and fresh wardrobe selection.On the music side of things Ding Dong is gearing up for the release of a new single Jamaica Groupiemet which is featured on ZJ Wah Wah/ Darkcide brand new Menke Riddim set to premiere in a few day's time. The new track takes jabs at a local website which is known for reporting some of the steamiest celebrity gossips locally.
Bounty Killer Disses Beenie with Idiot Song Counteraction)
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Wold Boss look like lady Gaga.
Anyway I think he did wrong when he took the entire last minute of the tune to do and outro... apart from that this potent enough but I think its below par in comparison to Beenie tune---Beenie diss song seem to have more truths and facts to it.
Check out the New Diss Tune By Bounty Killer targeted at Beenie Man its called called Run In A War [Click link to listen] http://theislandvibes.com/video/bounty-killer-run-inna-war-beenie-idiot-song-counteraction-septem
Anyway I think he did wrong when he took the entire last minute of the tune to do and outro... apart from that this potent enough but I think its below par in comparison to Beenie tune---Beenie diss song seem to have more truths and facts to it.
Check out the New Diss Tune By Bounty Killer targeted at Beenie Man its called called Run In A War [Click link to listen] http://theislandvibes.com/video/bounty-killer-run-inna-war-beenie-idiot-song-counteraction-septem
GMark: [News] Lisa Hyper Leaked Pic, Guyana Bans Vybz Kartel, L.A Lewis, Lutan Fyah, Plente Maq, 2011
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Sean Paul Strikes Gold again?
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Teachas Pet Reality Tv Show [Episode 1] (Raw Version)
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