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Famous as a city that is fiercely proud of its Javanese traditions, the regal city of Solo or Surakarta is known throughout Indonesia as a strong upholder of Javanese culture. A visit here is a chance to connect with and take in the sights and sounds of ancient Javanese culture. You'll need at least a few days to explore the city to wander around and discover all the vibrant old markets, busy street life and ancient buildings.
Historically, Solo has been a centre of power in Central Java. In 1745 the Mataram court was transferred here from Kota Gede, and, since then, the city has built on its reputation as a cultural hub. From Solonese dance, wayang puppetry through to hand-crafted batik Solo remains a city that prides itself on its artistic traditions of elegance and refinement. Today, Solo is part of the province of Central Java.
While you are here pay a visit to the many cultural attractions of the city such as the two keratons or palaces, of the Sunan of Surakarta and the Prince of Mangkunegara. Take a load off your feet and ride a pushcart along the maze of white palace walls.
Absorb yourself in history with a becak ride through the old city.
Known as the city that never sleeps, there is always something going on in Solo. Warung's operate almost around the clock so there is no danger of going hungry.
With a population of over 550,000 people, Solo is a densely populated city. But while people may live close together there are no high rise buildings, so this city has a community atmosphere that is difficult to find in any other city in Indonesia.
Compared to Java's other 'court' city, Yogyakarta, fewer travelers journey to Solo. Come here and explore the refined and aristocratic Javanese traditions that you won't find anywhere else.
To view the theatrical presentation on the history of the establishment of the Mangkunegara dynasty, please visit our photo essay: 'Matah Ati': An Extra Ordinary Journey Through War and Love
While Solo is not as established as a tourist destination as Yogya, there are a wide range of accommodation options available. A number of major hotel chains have establishments here including the Novotel and the Ibis.
The Indah Palace hotel is a three star hotel located close to many of the landmarks in the city.
A number of tour operators run tours which include visits to Solo and the surrounding area. These include
Yogya tours
Jogjakarta Tour
Java Overland Tours
The handiest way to get around Solo is by becak.
The compact size of the city means walking is an option however the streets are crowded and noisy and not well paved.
Bicycles are a good option for those who are willing to brave the traffic and can be rented from tourist offices in town.
For a more traditional experience, try renting a horse drawn carriage.
Taxis are available though they can be difficult to find away from the main tourist areas.
Rental cars are available for hire and can be organized through some of the bigger hotels in Solo.
Solo has a large airport, the Surakarta - Adi Sumarmo Wiryokusumo International Airport, which has daily flights traveling from most major cities throughout Indonesia. International flights also fly from here to Malaysia and Singapore. AirAisa flies from Kuala Lumpur to Solo and SilkAir from Singapore.
Domestic airlines that fly in and out of Solo include Garuda Indonesia, Lion Air, and Sriwijaya Air.
The train goes regularly between Solo and Jakarta and the trip takes between 11-12 hours. The train continues to Surabaya.
Night buses travel from Jakarta to Solo and take around 12 hours.
From Yogya, you can travel to Solo by express minibus which takes around one hour. The cheaper but more crowded public buses also travel by this route.


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There are some devices that allow to connect laptops to High Definition TVs. One good example is Intel WiDi device. The problem is that most of them do not support linux/ubuntu.
It would be nice to stream movies, pictures, etc... from my coffee table to my TV without using a long HDMI cable.
I was wondering if anyone knows a similar device that supports Ubuntu.

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Given a Fano threefold $X$, its index $ind(X)$ is the largest integer $r$ such that there exists a divisor $H$ such that $rH \cong -K_X$. Let $\mathcal{L}$ be the associated (ample) line bundle and define the twisted forms $\Omega^q(k) = \Omega^q \otimes \mathcal{L}^k$. When do the twisted cohomology groups $H^p(X, \Omega^q(k))$ vanish? The Kodaira-Nakano vanishing theorem states that the cohomology groups vanish for $p+q > 3.$ For simple examples such as $\mathbb{CP}^3$ and the quadric hypersurface, many more of the twisted cohomology groups vanish. What results are known? Can anything stronger be said if $X$ has a Kahler-Einstein metric?
Added: There are few scattered results in the literature. For example:
The only two threefolds with non-vanishing $H^0(X, \Omega^1_X (1))$ are the Mukai–Umemura threefold $V_{22}$ and $V_{18}$ [math.AG/0310390].


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Grand Theft Auto IV
Music Radio
The BEAT 102.7
DJ Mister Cee
DJ Green Lantern
"What's The Problem" by Styles P
"Anybody Can Get It" by Uncle Murda
"Nickname" by Qadir
"Where's My Money" by Busta Rhymes
"Getaway Driver" by Maino
"Stick'm" by Red Cafe
"Wet 'Em Up" by Tru Life
"Price on Your Head" by Johnny Polygon
"Top Down" by Swizz Beatz
"War is Necessary" by Nas
"Flashing Lights" by Kanye West ft. Dwele
"Hip Hop (Remix)" by Joell Ortiz ft. Jadakiss & Saigon
"Crackhouse" by Fat Joe ft. Lil Wayne
"Dirty New Yorker" by Mobb Depp ft. Havoc & Prodigy
"We Celebrate" by Ghostface Killah
"Blow Your Mind (Remix)" by Styles P ft. Sheek Louch & Jadakiss
"You Mad Cause I'm Stylin' on You" by Papoose
Classics 104.1
DJ Premier
"Supa Star" by Group Home
"All for one" by Brand Nubian
"I Got it Made" by Special Ed
"D. Original" by Jeru the Damaja
"Droppin' Science" by Marley Marl ft. Craig G
"Cha Cha Cha" by MC Lyte
"Top Billin'" by Audio 2
"Go Stetsa" by Stetsasonic
"It's Yours" by T. La Rock & Jazzy Jay
"Who's Gonna Take the Weight" by Gang Starr
"Live at the Barbeque" by Main Source
François K
"Signal Failure" by Padded Cell
"The Devil in Us (Dub)" by Black Devil Disco Club
"No Pressure (Deadmau5 Remix)" by One + One
"Brain Leech(Bugged mind remix)" by Alex Gopher
"B.T.T.T.T.R.Y. (Bag Raiders Remix)" by K.I.M.
"Tits and Acid" by Simian Mobile Disco
"Let Your Body Learn" by Nitzer Ebb
"Testarossa (Sebastian Remix)" by Kavinsky
"I Thought Inside Out (Original Mix)" by Chris Lake vs. Deadmau5
"& Down" by Boys Noize
"Waters of Nazareth" by Justice
"Turn to Red" by Killing Joke
"Make it Happen" by Playgroup
"Optimo" by Liquid Liquid
Fusion FM
Roy Ayers
"The Edge" by David McCallum
"Funk in the Hole" by Roy Ayers
"Heavy Tune" by Gong
"Holy Thursday" by David Axelrod
"Knucklehead" by Grover Washington Jr
"Pokusa" by Aleksander Maliszewski
"Raisin" by Ryo Kawasaki
"Stomp" by Marc Moulin
"Stratus" by Billy Cobham
"Sneakin' in The Back" by Tom Scott & The L.A. Express
IF99 (International Funk)
Femi Kuti
"A Chance for Peace" by Lonnie Liston Smith
"Galaxy" by War
"Give The People What They Want" by The O'Jays
"Home is Where The Hatred Is" by Gil Scott-Heron
"Just Kissed My Baby" by The Meters
"Livin' It Up" by Mandrill
"New Bell" by Manu Dibango
"Sorrow, Tears & Blood" by Fela Kuti
"Truth Don Die" by Femi Kuti
"Who Is He And What Is He Today" by Creative Source
"You Can't Hide Love" by Hummingbird
"Zombie" by Fela Kuti
J.N.R 108.5 (Jazz Nation Radio)
Roy Haynes
Preview: None
"April in Paris" by Count Basie
"Giant Steps" by John Coltrane
"Let's Get Lost" by Chet Baker
"Moanin'" by Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers
"Move" by Miles Davis
"Night and Day" by Charlie Parker
"Snap Crackle" by Roy Haynes
"St. Thomas" by Sonny Rollins
"Take The 'A' Train" by Duke Ellington
"Whisper Not (Big Band)" by Dizzy Gillespie
K109: The Studio
Presenters: DJ Karl (
Karl Lagerfeld
"Burning Love Breakdown" by Peter Brown
"Can't Live Without Your Love" by Tamiko Jones
"Dancer" by Gino Soccio
"Get On Up And Do It Again" by Suzy Q
"On A Journey" by Electrik Funk
"Standing In The Rain" by Don Ray
"Supernature" by Cerrone
"Till You Surrender" by Rainbow Brown
"Under Water" by Harry Thurman
"Walk The Night" by Skatt Brothers
L.C.H.C (Liberty City Hard Core)
Jimmy Gestapo
"A Day In The Life" by Murphy's Law
"All Your Boyz" by Maximum Penalty
"Back to Back" by Underdog
"Enforcer" by Leeway
"Injustice System" by Sick Of It All
"It's The Limit" by Cro-Mags
"Just Can't Hate Enough" by Sheer Terror
"Right Brigade" by Bad Brains
"Tell Tale" by Killing Time
"Victim in Pain" by Agnostic Front
Liberty City Rock Radio 97.8
Iggy Pop
Preview: None
"1979" by The Smashing Pumpkins
"Cocaine" by Steve Marriott's Scrubbers
"Cry" by Godley & Creme
"Dominion/Mother Russia" by The Sisters of Mercy
"Edge of Seventeen" by Stevie Nicks
"Evil Woman" by Electric Light Orchestra
"Fascination" by David Bowie
"Goodbye Horses" by Q Lazzarus
"Heaven & Hell" by Black Sabbath
"Her Strut" by Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
"I Wanna Be Your Dog" by Iggy Pop & The Stooges
"Jailbreak" by Thin Lizzy
"Mama" by Genesis
"New York Groove" by Hello
"One Vision" by Queen
"Remedy" by The Black Crowes
"Rocky Mountain Way" by Joe Walsh
"The Seeker" by The Who
"Street Kids" by Elton John
"Straight On" by Heart
"Thug" by ZZ Top
"Turn You Inside Out" by R.E.M.
Massive B Soundsytem 96.9
Bobby Konders
Preview: None
"Badder Den Dem" by Burro Banton
"Set It Off" by Choppa Chop
"Real McCoy" by Mavado
"Raise It Up" by Jabba
"Brrrt" by Bunji Garlin
"Youth Dem Cold" by Richie Spice
"All About Da Wood" by Chuck Fenda
"Call Pon Dem" by Chezidek
"Last Night" by Mavado
"Da Order" by Spragga Benz
"Bullet Proof Skin" by Bounty Killer
"Church Heathen" by Shaggy
"No Fraid A" by Munga
"Driver" by Buju Banton
Radio Broker
Juliette Lewis
Preview: None
"Arm in Arm" (Shy Child Mix) by The Boggs
"Cocaine" by Cheeseburger
"Disneyland, Pt1" by Get Shakes
"Get Innocuous" by LCD Soundsystem
"Homicide" by The Prairie Cartel
"Inside the Cage (David Gilmour Girls remix)" by Juliette & The Licks
"Mayday" by UNKLE feat. The Duke Spirit
"No Sex For Ben" by The Rapture
"One Horse Race" by Tom Vek
"Pony" by Teenager
"Raging in the Plague Age" by Les Savy Fav
"Riot in the City" by White Light Parade
"Sleep is Impossible" by Deluka
"Strange Times" by The Black Keys
"Take it With a Kiss" by The Pistolas
"The Teacher" by Ralph Myerz & The Jack Herren Band
"Vagabond" by Greenskeepers
"Wrap it Up" by Whitey
"Yadnus (Still Going to the Roadhouse mix)" by !!!
San Juan Sounds
Daddy Yankee
Preview: None
"Atrevete-Te-Te" by Calle 13
"Impacto" by Daddy Yankee
"Maldades" by Hector El Father
"Ponmela" by Voltio
"Salio El Sol" by Don Omar
"Sexy Movimiento" by Wisin & Yandel
"Siente El Boom (Remix)" by Tito el Bambino
"Ven Bailalo" by Angel y Khriz
The Journey
Presenters: A Computer
"8:07" by Global Communication
"A Rainbow in Curved Air" by Terry Riley
"Arrival" by Steve Roach
"Communique 'Approach Spiral'" by Michael Shrieve
"Oxygène, Pt 4" by Jean Michel Jarre
"Pruit Igoe" by Philip Glass
"Remote Viewing" by Tangerine Dream
"B+W Stripes (ZTWIG)" by Aphex Twin
"The Oh of Pleasure" by Ray Lynch
Tuff Gong Radio
Carl Bradshaw
Preview: None
"Chase Dem" by Stephen Marley
"Concrete Jungle (The Unreleased Original Jamaican Version)" by Bob Marley and the Wailers
"Pimper's Paradise" by Bob Marley and the Wailers
"Rat Race" by Bob Marley and the Wailers
"Rebel Music (3 O'Clock Roadblock)" by Bob Marley and the Wailers
"Satisfy My Soul" by Bob Marley and the Wailers
"So Much Trouble In The World" by Bob Marley and the Wailers
"Stand Up Jamrock" by Bob Marley and the Wailers
"Wake Up & Live (Parts 1 & 2)" by Bob Marley and the Wailers
The Vibe 98.8
Vaughn Harper
"Because of You" by Ne-yo
"Bump N' Grind" by R. Kelly
"C.O.D. (I'll Deliver)" by Mtume
"Criticize" by Alexander O'Neal
"Daylight" by RAMP
"Footsteps in the Dark" by Isley Brothers
"Freek'n You" by Jodeci
"Get It Shawty" by Lloyd
"Golden" by Jill Scott
"Hangin' On A String" by Loose Ends
"Have You Ever Loved Somebody" by Freddie Jackson
"In My Bed (So So Def remix)" by Dru Hill
"Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)" by Marvin Gaye
"Inside My Love" by Minnie Riperton
"It's Only Love Doing It's Thing" by Barry White
"I Want You" by C.J.
"Just Be Good To Me" by S.O.S. Band
"Pony" by Ginuwine
"You" by Raheem DeVaughn
Vladivostok FM
"Gruppa Krovi" by Gruppa Kino
"Jdat" by Marakesh
"Kvartira" by Zvery
"King Ring" by Seryoga
"Liberty City: The Invasion" by Seryoga
"Liniya Zhizni" by Splin
"Mama" by Basta
"Nikogo ne Zhalko" by Leningrad
"O Tebe" by Ranetki
"RAP" by Dolphin
"Schweine" by Glukoza
"Wild Dances" by Ruslana
"Zelenoglazoe Taksi (Club remix)" by Oleg Kvasha
Talk Radio
Integrity 2.0
Note: This Radio Station becomes active at a later point in the game
P.L.R Public Liberty Radio
Presenters: Multi
"The Seance" with Beatrix Fontaine
"Pacemaker" with Ryan McFallon
"Intelligent Agenda" with Mike Riley
WKTT Talk Radio: We Know The Truth
Presenters: Multi
"Just or Unjust" with The Judge
"The Richard Bastion Show" with Richard Bastion
"Fizz!" withJayne Labrador
Interior Music
Strip Clubs
"Come Into My Life" by Rick James
"Ooh La La" by Goldfrapp
"Shake Ya Ass" by Mystikal
Steinway Beer Garden
"Celtic High" by Step Killian's Angels
"A Real Real" by Naill Toner
"Hustlin'" by Rick Ross
Other Information
The official theme for Grand Theft Auto IV is "Soviet Connection (Theme from Gta Iv)" by Michael Hunter
The games score is written and produced by Michael Hunter
The song used in the first trailer is "Pruitt-Igoe theme" by Phillip Glass
The song used in the second trailer is "Arm In Arm (Shy Child Mix)" by The Boggs
The song used in the third trailer is "King Ring" by Seryoga
The song used in the fourth trailer is "Real McKoy" by Mavado ft. Busy Signal
The song used in the "Niko Bellic" trailer is "B+W Stripes (ZTWIG)" by Aphex Twin
The song used in the "Manny Escuela" trailer is "Ven Bailalo (Reggaeton Version)" by Angel y Khris
The song used in the "Vlad Glebov" trailer is "Nikogo ne zhalko" by Leningrad
The song used in the "Packie McReary" trailer is "A Day In The Life" by Murphy's Law
The song used in the "Playboy X" trailer is "Wet Em Up" by Tru Life
The song used in the GameStop promo is "Move" by Miles Davis
The song used in the Europe TV commercial is "Get Innocuous" by LCD Soundsystem
The song used in the American TV commercial is "Vagabond (Liberty City Mix)" by Greenskeepers
The Lost and Damned
Music Radio
The BEAT 102.7
Statik Selektah
Funkmaster Flex
"Here in Liberty City" by Termanology
"Car Jack" by Freeway
"Spit" by Saigon
"The Chase Is On" by Skyzoo
"I Hear Footsteps" by Consequence
"My Favorite Song" by Talib Kweli
"Arab Money" by Busta Rhymes ft. Ron Browz
"Conglomerate" by Busta Rhymes ft. Young Jeezy & Jadakiss
"Swing Ya Rag" by T.I. ft. Swizz Beatz
"Jumping Out the Window" by Ron Browz
"Go Hard" by DJ Khaled ft. Kanye West & T-Pain
"Dangerous (Remix)" by Kardinal Offishall ft. Akon & Sean Paul
"Green Light" by John Legend ft. Andre 3000
"Love Lockdown" by Kanye West
L.C.H.C (Liberty City Hard Core)
Max Cavalera
"Slaughter of the Soul" by At the Gates
"Jailbait" by Drive By Audio
"Inner Sanctum" by Celtic Frost
"Drowned" by Entombed
"Dead Embryonic Cells" by Sepultura
"Dead by Dawn" by Deicide
"I Cum Blood" by Cannibal Corpse
"Call From the Grave" by Bathory
"Awakening of the Gods" by Kreator
"Fear of Napalm" by Terrorizer
Liberty City Rock Radio 97.8
Iggy Pop
"Hair of the Dog" by Nazareth
"Renegade" by Styx
"Every Picture Tells a Story" by Rod Stewart
"Saturday Night Special" by Lynyrd Skynyrd
"Funk #49" by The James Gang
"Free Ride" by The Edgar Winter Group
"Lord of the Thighs" by Aerosmith
"Highway Star" by Deep Purple
"Touch Too Much" by AC/DC
"Drivin' Wheel" by Foghat
"Five to One" by The Doors
"Go to Hell" by Alice Cooper
"Jane" by Jefferson Starship
"Run to the Hills" by Iron Maiden
"Wild Side" by Mötley Crüe
"Wheels of Steel" by Saxon
"China Grove" by The Doobie Brothers
"Wanted Dead or Alive" by Bon Jovi
Radio Broker
Juliette Lewis
"Shake It Loose" by Blonde Acid Cult
"Hell on Wheels" by Kill Memory Crash
"Get Ready to Die" by Magic Dirt
"Nouveau Americain" by Brazilian Girls
"Borderline" by Freeland
"The Hunger (Blood in My Mouth)" by Kreeps
"Radical Businessman" by Japanther
"Command" by Foxylane
"Body Language" by Monotonix
"Dance Girl (GTA MIX)" by Game Rebellion
"Blood on the Steps" by The Yelling
"I Walk Alone" by The Jane Shermans
Talk Radio
WKTT Talk Radio: We Know The Truth
"The Martin Serious Show" with Martin Serious
Other Information
The official theme for The Lost and Damned is "The Lost and Damned Theme" by Stuart Hart
The games score is written and produced by Stuart Hart
The song used in the first trailer is "Dead Embryonic Cells" by Sepultura
The song used in the second trailer is "Wild Side" by Mötley Crüe
The song used in the "Johnny Klebitz" trailer is "Nouveau Americain" by Brazilian Girls
The song used in the "Billy Grey" trailer is "Blood on the Steps" by The Yelling
The song used in the "Malc" trailer is "Here in Liberty City" by Termanology
The song used in the "Brian" trailer is "Get Ready to Die" by Magic Dirt
The Ballad of Gay Tony
Music Radio
"Jump Up" by Major Lazer ft. Leftside & Supahype
"Kid Conga" by Daniel Haaksman ft. DJ Miltinho
"Put Your Hands on Me (Acapella)" by Crookers ft. Kardinal Offishall & Carla Marie
"A City Under Siege" by Boy 8-Bit
"Nude Night" by The Chemical Brothers
"Bad Men" by Crookers ft. Solo
"Animal (Acapella)" Miike Snow
"Watching You (Oliver $ Remix)" by Jahcoozi
"Boxer" by Crookers ft. Nic Sarno
"Stickin" by SonicC
"Knock You Out (Andy George Remix)" by Black Noise
"Boom Da (Crookers Mix)" by Mixhell ft. Jen Lasher & Oh Snap
"No Security" by Crookers ft. Kelis
K109: The Studio
Presenters: DJ Karl (
Karl Lagerfeld
"A Lover's Holiday" by Change
"Any Love" by Rufus ft. Chaka Khan
"(Are You Ready) Do the Bus Stop" by The Fatback Band
"Boogie Oogie Oogie" by A Taste of Honey
"Disco Inferno" by The Trammps
"Doin' the Dog" by Creme D'Cocoa
"Everybody Dance" by Chic
"He's the Greatest Dancer" by Sister Sledge
"I Need You" by Sylvester
"Menergy" by Patrick Cowley
"Put Your Body In It" by Stephanie Mills
"Relight My Fire" by Dan Hartman
"Shake Your Groove Thing" by Peaches & Herb
"Still in Love" by Rose Royce
"There But For the Grace of God Go I" by Machine
"Young Hearts Run Free" by Candi Staton
Vladivostok FM
Presenters: DJ Paul
"How Would U Feel" by David Morales ft. Lea-Lorien
"Lovin' You More (Freemasons Vocal Club Mix)" by Steve Mac
"Salvation (eSQUIRE Mix)" by Sucker DJs
"Put 'Em High (JJ's Club Mix)" by Stonebridge ft. Therese
"You Never Know (Morjac Extended Mix)" by Marly
"Lola's Theme" by Shape: UK
"Love on My Mind" by Freemasons ft. Amanda Wilson
"Can't Get Enough" by Soulsearcher
"The Weekend" by Michael Gray
"Music" by Jonathan Peters ft. Maya Azucena
"Crazy World (Fonzerelli Mix)" by J Majik & Wickaman
"Boogie 2Nite (Seamus Haji Big Love Mix)" by Booty Luv
"The Best Thing" by Hook n Sling
"Pjanoo" by Eric Prydz
"When Love Takes Over" by David Guetta ft. Kelly Rowand
San Juan Sounds
Henry Santos Jeter
"Dime" by Ivy Queen
"El Desprecio" by Aventura
"Guallando" by Fulanito
"Llora, Llora" by Tego Calderon ft. Oscar D'Leon
"Me Estás Tentando" by Wisin & Yandel ft. DJ Nesty
"Na De Na" by Angel & Khriz ft. Gocho & John Eric
"Suavemente" by Elvis Crespo
"Virtual Diva" by Don Omar
Vice City FM [Episodes from Liberty City ONLY]
Presenters: Fernando Martinez (Frank Chavez)
"Buffalo Stance" by Nanesh Cherry
"Breakout" by Swingshot Sister
"C'est La Vie" by Robbie Nevill
"Cuddily Toy" by Roachford
"Divine Emotions" by Norada Michael Walden
"Find the Time" by Five star
"Heart and Soul" by T'pau
"History" by Mai Tai
"I Can't Wait" by Nu Shooz
"I Don't Want a Lover" by Texas
"Kayleigh" by Marillion
"Labour of Love" by Hue & cry
"Love changes (Everything)" by Climle Fisher
"Maneater" by Hall & Oates
"Misfit" by Curiosity Killed the Cat
"People Hold On" by Lisa Stansfield
"Something About You" by Level 42
"Stay with Me Tonight" by Jefferey Osbourne
"Teardrops" by Womack & Womack
"The Look" by Roxette
"The Politics of Dancing" by Re-flex
"Voices Carry" by 'Till Tuesday
"Waiting for A Star to Fall" by Boy Meets Girl
"When Love Breaks Down" by Prefab Sprout
"Wishing Well" by Terence Trent D' Arby
"Wishing I was Lucky" by Wet Wet Wet
"Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin)" by Scritti Politti
"You're the Voice" by John Farnham
RAMJAM FM [Episodes from Liberty City ONLY]
David Rodigan
"Don't Fuss Nor Fight (AKA Sweet Reggae Music)" by Barrington Levy
"Out of Jamaica" by Ini Kamoze
"Holiday" by Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley
"Jammin' for Survival" by The Morwells & Prince Jammy
"Police in Helicopter" by John Holt ft. Sizzla
"Hard Time Pressure" by Sugar Minott
"007 (Shanty Town)" by Desmond Dekker
"Anything Goes" by Major Lazer ft. Turbalance
"Jammy A Shine" by Prince Jammy
"54-46 Was My Number" by Toots And The Maytals
"Worries in the Dance" by Frankie Paul
"Mus Come a Road" by Mr. Vegas
Self-Actualization FM [Episodes from Liberty City ONLY]
Presenters: Audrey - Ashley Albert
"A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules From The Centre of the Ultraworld (Live Mix MK10)" by The Orb
"Artifacts & Prophecies" by Alpha Wave Movement
"Bike" by Autechre
"Cosmology Myth" by Larry Heard
"Go Forward (Love Bubble Mix)" by Chilled by Nature
"Moonbathing" by Tom Middleton
"Skygazer (3002) (Remix)" by Alucidnation
"V/8 Psychedelic Brunch" by Pete Namlook and Klaus Schulze ft. Bill Laswell
Talk Radio
Integrity 2.0
"The Lazlow Show" with
Other Information
The official theme for The Ballad of Gay Tony is "The Ballad of Gay Tony Theme" by Aaron Johnston, Jesse Murphy, and Avi Bortnick
The games score is written and produced by Aaron Johnston
The song used in the first trailer is "Pjanoo [Club Mix]" by Eric Prydz
The song used in the second trailer is "The Look" by Roxette
The song used in the "Tony Prince" trailer is "Menergy" by Patrick Cowley
The song used in the "Yusuf Amir" trailer is "Arab Money" by Busta Rhymes ft. Ron Browz
The songs used in the "Armando & Henrique" trailer is "Jump Up" by Major Lazer ft. Leftside & Supahype
The song featured in the "Luis Lopez" trailer is "Anything Goes" by Major Lazer ft. Turbalance
The songs played in the Masionette 9 Night Club can be found on Electrochoc
The songs played in the Hercules Night Club can be found on K109: The Studio
The songs played in the Bahama Mamas Night Club can be found on Vladivostok FM
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December 04, 2012
Lady Gaga concert in Cape Town: Photos
If you happened to be out and about in the Mother City yesterday evening, you would have noticed some rather festive looking crowds making their way to the stadium along the Fan Walk. The reason behind their weird and wonderful outfits? Lady Gaga, of course!
In honour of Mother Monster, fans showed up in bright wigs, glitter, face paint and masks. Here's a selection of snaps of the Little Monsters all dressed up!
Let it not be said that Lady Gaga fans lack enthusiasm and spirit!


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Give Thanks for That Knee Injury
When Knee Ligaments Go, Bored NBA Players Have Little to Do but 'Shoot, Shoot, Shoot'
Athletes who tear an anterior cruciate ligament will inevitably face questions about whether they'll ever be the same.
In basketball, when players return from this injury, many of them definitely aren't the same: They're better—at least when it comes to the crucial area of midrange shooting.
Because the rehabilitation for the injury allows them to stand, but not to do anything vigorous, NBA players who suffer it find themselves making do by playing what amounts to an endless game of H-O-R-S-E.
Nene, a Washington Wizards center, was a 23.8% shooter from midrange before he tore his ACL in 2005. Since then, he's knocking down about 41% of his midrange attempts.
Before tearing his ACL in 2008 as a member of the Philadelphia 76ers, Jason Smith shot a below-average 36% from midrange. Since returning, he's shot 45%, including 50.3% (78-for-155) this season playing for New Orleans. "It kind of gives you a laser focus on shooting, because it's really all you can work on for a while," said Smith. "Now, my midrange jumper is a big part of my game, where it really wasn't before."
In coming months and seasons, this funny little example of unintended consequences is headed for a series of high-profile tests. Chicago Bulls star Derrick Rose, 24, tore his ACL in last season's playoffs, a year after becoming the youngest person to win the NBA's Most Valuable Player award. Last month, Boston Celtics guard Rajon Rondo, a then-26-year-old, four-time All-Star, tore his right ACL.
Just two weeks ago, the player many had projected to be the No. 1 pick in the 2013 NBA draft, Kentucky's Nerlens Noel, tore his left ACL.
Can these players really expect to emerge as better midrange shooters?
To find out, the Journal looked at 34 NBA players who have torn an ACL since 2003. To factor out the effects of age, we limited the sample to the 20 players who were 26 years or younger at the time of the injury. Since coming back, those players have shot 42% from 16 to 23 feet—up from 38% before their injuries, a fairly significant improvement.
That statistic looks even more persuasive when you consider that for players in that age range who have spent at least five years in the NBA and did not sustain an ACL injury—midrange shooting actually declined to 39% in their most recent season from 40% when they were rookies, according to Stats LLC.
Among those showing improvement after ACL work are Utah's Al Jefferson and Los Angeles Clippers guard Willie Green. Memphis guard Tony Allen's midrange shots stayed the same after ACL surgery, while former Orlando forward Pat Garrity's became slightly worse.
The sample is likely to grow: In 2012, when labor talks delayed the season and dramatically reduced the number of days off once it began, five NBA players suffered ACL injuries, up from an average of less than 3.5 over the last decade.
Rose and New York Knicks guard Iman Shumpert went down within hours of each other last year on April 28, the first day of the playoffs. Days later, Knicks guard Baron Davis tore his ACL. All five of last year's victims were point guards.
Over time, ACL surgery has become much less intrusive—enabling players who were once sidelined for a year or more to return within eight months, if not sooner, which might start to reduce the improvements to shooting.
David Altchek, a knee surgeon and NBA medical consultant, forbids his players from doing any basketball-related activities for two months after surgery to allow swelling to go down. After 12 or 16 weeks, Altchek says he allows players to begin doing "light shooting," meaning set, stationary shots rather than jump shots.
But in months four to eight, he says, the medical protocol is shoot, shoot, shoot.
"Your knee isn't even strong enough to do jumping for a while," said Shumpert, a 22-year-old who made his season-debut in January. "It's a lot of set catching and shooting; probably more than I'd ever really done before."
In the weeks ahead, the league will become fixated on the return of Rose, perhaps the highest-profile NBA player ever to sustain the injury in his prime. He's begun to practice fully, but the Bulls remain cautious and haven't publicly discussed a return date. Rose's teammate Richard Hamilton, long seen as one of the game's best midrange shooters, said it wouldn't surprise him if Rose improved.
"There's two things I've noticed about him: One is his body, and how much strength he's added through his rehab. The other is how much time he's spent on that midrange, standstill jump shot," Hamilton said. "The only way to improve at something is to work on it, and everyone knows how hard he has been working on it."
Rose says he may not return until next season. And he plays down any talk about his midrange shooting. "I'm working on my shot," he told reporters, "but you're not going to label me as a shooter [when I return]. My game will always be driving."
If Rose does come back this season, don't expect to see his advances right away: these improvements tend to emerge in the second season. Smith of the Hornets, for instance, was just 32.4% from midrange when he returned in 2009.
"You just have really heavy, fatigued legs that first year back," Smith said. "I felt like I was coming up short on a lot of my shots. It takes a while to get used to your legs taking that pounding again."
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I recently was given a propane grill that is a lot nicer than my charcoal grill, however my family really likes the cooking and taste of a charcoal grill. I hear the propane grill tastes a lot different. Is there something specific I can do to get a taste similar to a charcoal grill, while using the benefits of my newer, nicer, larger, propane grill?
Whether or not charcoal tastes different/better is actually a bit of a debate. I've been a propane griller for years and now I use charcoal not for the taste, but because frankly, I like to play with fire. But lets assume that there is a taste difference, identify where the differences comes from, and how to address them:
Those are the main tastes and how to replicate them. Nowadays the biggest is definitely #1, but it only matters if you doing foods that cook for a significant length of time or are especially 'porous'. If you're doing hot dogs and chicken breasts, I wouldn't bother if smoke. If you're doing burgers - maybe/probably. If you're doing thick steaks, thick pork chops, a whole chicken, or anything that's going on awhile, then creating some smoke is definitely worth it. ("Liquid smoke" definitely doesn't taste like the real thing.)
From what I see you have 2 options.
I think that you will have a hard time getting charcoal flavor without charcoal. Smoked flavor, however, is obtainable. If you have an outside grill, fill a small disposable aluminum pan with water-soaked wood chips (hickory or apple wood are nice), and stick it in your grill with the meat with the lid down.
If you're talking about a gas grill that's on the range top of a kitchen appliance, this is probably a bad idea (smoke alarms, fire department...). However: America's Test Kitchen did a wonderful episode of smoked/barbecued ribs achieved in the oven. Can't find a link that's not behind a pay-wall right now, but I believe the method involved a roasting pan with a rack set in it, soaked wood chips, and covering the whole contraption with foil in an oven for many hours. Maybe other posters can help out my foggy memory.
While I like the "Smoke Box" approach that @rfusca offers you can accomplish the same effect with an cheap/disposable aluminum tray (like those pot pies come in) and a few wood chips, it really doesn't take much smoke to get the flavor into your meats. Just place the tray on the grill slightly away from the meats and let it get to smoking before you put you steaks/burgers on, and keep the lid shut.
Another option is to use "Liquid Smoke". This must be done carefully and in small doses as a little goes a long way. You will get the best results out of mixing Liquid Smoke with something. For steaks I like to mix about a teaspoon with a stick of softened butter (along with garlic, rosemary, oregano if you like...) whip it up and then chill it. While grilling, after you have turned the steak add about a tablespoon of the butter. As it melts it will impart a subtle smokey goodness to your steak. (also works well with chicken)
For burgers mixing a tablespoon of the butter mixture in to the patty when you are forming it works well. However, I like to mix a little Liquid Smoke with some BBQ sauce and work that into the raw ground beef and then form that to patties and grill normally.
On an episode of Good Eats Alton Brown demonstrated how to make liquid smoke. Something which every serious griller should try, ONCE. ;)
Avoid the liquid smoke stuff. It tastes horrible in my opinion. I bought a small "smoke box" at Lowes. It's just a cast iron box with slits in the lid. By some wood chips, I like apple wood, and soak them in water for a while. Then put the smoke box under the grill but over the flame. It works well.
Yep, you can. The first step would be to buy some lava rocks or similar additive to your gas grill (if it's cheap). This will even out the flames and get you a better cooking situation, more similar to the charcoal barbecue.
Second would be throwing some wood on the fire; you can do this in an aluminum foil box, with a metal 'smoking box', or just throwing some wood on the grill as you prefer.
If you do that, use hardwood only; probably it's best to start by buying a bag of hardwood chips for grilling. Softwood produces nasty smoke which tastes terrible.
How about a seasoning with a smoked salt?
You can even put a lump of charcoal on the grill. I like to use a tuna can that's been well washed as a tray for it.
Have a bucket of water handy for dousing.
Get some lava rocks or something like that. Put them on the grate under your cooking grate. Then put a few apple sticks or what ever you would like on top of the rocks, let it heat then put your food on the cooking surface. Close and enjoy ;-)
I have put a few charcoal briquettes in my propane grill on occasion, and have used the smoker box that Lowes sells. Mix wood chips with charcoal crushed seems to work better to put in about 15 minutes before put meat on to get good smoke going.
You can use smoke flavoured BBQ sauce to either marinate your meat, or applying it while it is on the grill.
I have been grilling tri tip for a couple of years and finally got the timing down perfect. I wanted to kick it up a notch tonight. I don't have any wood chips, but I did have some briquettes with mesquite in them. I put the briquettes in the foil pouch over direct heat while my meat cooked over indirect heat. The best I've made so far. Next time I will try to make the holes in the pouch bigger to allow for more oxygen flow and more smoke.
Edit: forgot to include that I have been grilling on a propane grill for years.
I don't know whether they banded it or you just don't see it anymore but they do have charcoal seasoning maybe at a health food store.


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There are many books and papers that treat fundamental group of mapping spaces including Smale's,Michor's etc, but they are far from elementary and the audience are undergraduates.
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The ability to link cross site duplicates
I'd like a "close as cross post" option that allows me to provide a link to the question on the other site that was cross posted as. Either that or have duplicates work across sites.
I'd like a "close as cross post" option that allows me to provide a link to the question on the other site that was cross posted as. Either that or have duplicates work across sites.
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This question has been asked before and already has an answer. If those answers do not fully address your question, please ask a new question.
Tim's proposal no longer relevant close reason is fine, but I don't think it goes far enough. Cross posting is a significant problem that we deal with on at significant portion of our questions on U&L. We are constantly closing, migrating and linking to FAQ's about it.
First of all I would propose that the SE software run an automated quality check on the post to make sure it isn't an exact match or even similar match to another open question by the user. They often post a day later with a a few tweaks made, but the majority of them would be easy to match. Only questions without accepted answers should be considered.
Secondly the close-as-duplicate really should allow off-site links, or there should be a target close reason that specifically explains that cross posting identical questions is not ok. A one step migrate/merge might be the answer.
We need this for the new users who don't understand that cross posting isn't acceptable here.
The solution is to modify the
I don't favor attempting to eliminate cross-site duplicates. Finding duplicates on a single site is hard enough as it is. Our experience with invalid question migrations suggests that the community is either unable or unwilling to accurately police itself in this way.
There's nothing wrong with cross-site posting, provided that:
Questions that are on-topic on multiple sites are very rare. In practice, if it does occur, it will generally be on-topic on no more than two sites.


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what is the proper FBD for this system. I cant decide since the weight is given, but there is tension and contact forces. Things get mixed up.
Determine the contact force between the smooth 200-lb ball B and the horizontal bar, and the magnitude of the pin reaction at A. Neglect the weights of the bar and the pulley.


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Doctors are seeing fewer flu cases, but flu season hasn't left just yet.
Doctors say, they're seeing mostly cases of the flu and stomach viruses in school-aged children.
It's recommended if you experience flu symptoms, stay away from crowds.
Dr. Medhat Grace, a family physician with Urgent Care says he isn't seeing as many flu cases now as he did earlier this year.
"We are still seeing some numbers of the flu cases every day, but the number has slowed down. The first three days of February we've seen 20 patients compared to about 44 patients in the first three days of January," he says.
Dr. Grace says in January alone, he saw more than 300 patients with the flu.
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- PIO Number: 01-9-34 Case Number: BS01-09-13022
- Date: September 27, 2001
- Time: 2317
- Place of Occurrence: 4440 NE 1 Terrace, Fort Lauderdale
- Mario E. Rosales, 20, 7/22/81, male, 4440 NE 1 Terrace, uninc. Ft. Laud.
- Abraham Duarte, 17, 7/23/84, male (Lincoln Town Car)
- Alejandro B. Rubio, 22, 8/1/79, male, (Lincoln Town Car)
- Esteban Martinez Meza, male
- Misael Cornejo, 23, 8/5/78, male
- Carlos Guevara, 21, 3/17/80, male
- Jose Sanchez, 19, 11/1/81, male
- Jacinto Pulido, 19, 12/10/81, male
- Diego Pulido, 18, 6/23/83, male
- Ines Andres, 18, 8/30/83, male
- Dekovan Calderone, 18, 7/10/83 ( apprehended in Pompano Beach Friday morning)
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Ten suspects are in custody and another is being sought by Broward Sheriff's Office homicide detectives following a deadly gang-related shooting late Thursday night near Fort Lauderdale.
Shortly after 11 p.m., BSO deputies responded to 4440 N.E. 1 Terrace reference gunshots heard in the area. Mario Rosales was found lying on the ground with a gunshot wound to his head. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
BSO homicide detectives said Rosales and three of his friends were hanging out across from his home on the south side of Prospect Road when at least eleven gang members drove up in separate vehicles. Rosales's friends were able to escape, but Rosales was cornered by the suspects, beaten, stabbed, and shot to death. Detectives believe the deadly altercation was the result of an ongoing dispute.
Shortly after the incident, two of the suspects were apprehended a couple of blocks from the scene in a white Lincoln Town car, and seven of the suspects were taken into custody by BSO deputies in Deerfield Beach. The seven suspects were traveling in a white Grand Marquis near the intersection of Dixie Highway and 48 Street when they were apprehended. Knives, screwdrivers, and Martial Arts weapons were found inside both vehicles.
An eleventh suspect, who is believed to be the shooter, is still at large. Detectives are working on obtaining a warrant for his arrest. All ten suspects in custody are facing a charge of felony murder for their involvement in the commission of a crime resulting in the victim's death.
- INVESTIGATORS: Dets. Sgt. Carr, Duggan & Berrena, Homicide
- THIS REPORT BY: Veda Coleman-Wright/PIO
Posted At: 09/28/2001 11:13 AM
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In case the Chinese calendar had you fooled, 2012 is not the year of the dragon; it's the year of the Fiat.
The Italian-made car can be seen just about anywhere these days, including on TV commercials, reality show "Jersey Shore," and beginning January 3, it can be found at the first-ever Fiat dealership in Kentucky.
Fiat of Louisville, 4311 Shelbyville Road, of the Sam Swope Auto Group, opened to the public on Tuesday with an array of 2012 Fiat 500s available for purchase.
"We just feel like the trend in our business is headed in this direction and Fiat is out ahead of the trend," said Richard S. "Dick" Swope, president and CEO of Sam Swope Auto Group. "Even though the Fiat 500 has been around since the 50s, it's been updated, and it's a car for the times."
Earlier this week, I stopped by the dealership to find out what the "2012 Fiat Experience" is all about by taking a test drive of the Fiat 500 down Shelbyville and Westport Road.
Before hopping inside the "rame" (Italian for copper) colored Fiat, I couldn't resist sitting behind the wheel of the large black Fiat by Gucci on display inside the show room.
I instantly fell in love with the lustrous exterior complete with the Gucci logo on various spots of the car, including the hubcap of each wheel and the body of the vehicle.
The interior, too, was elegant, with a leather steering wheel, black and ivory fabric, as well as a green and red stripe on the seat that matched the graphic located on the exterior.
After admiring the Fiat by Gucci's beauty, I took the keys to the Fiat 500 parked outside and began a leisurely cruise down Shelbyville Road. I'll be honest, I was a little nervous I'd wreck the car somehow, but turns out the Fiat is a completely smooth ride and a ton of fun to drive.
Best of all, it's fuel efficient and eco-friendly, which is a quality that has become increasingly important to many car-buyers, like me.
Though the car was originally designed 50 years ago, the 2012 version is definitely top-of-the-line and builds on the Fiat's tradition of sleek, simple, functional and user-friendly.
In addition to the Fiat 500 and Fiat by Gucci, a performance version of the car, the Fiat 500 Abarth, will arrive at the dealership in mid-January.
For those seeking a one-of-a-kind Fiat, you can also custom-design it. There are 14 paint colors available in metallic, non-metallic and premium tri-coat pearl finishes; two different available interior environments, Nero (Black) or Avorio (Ivory); 14 unique seat color and ambient interior combinations and a full line of authentic accessories. The possibilities are practically endless. In fact, there are well over 500,000 different combinations.
The car, said Swope, is for just about any age group, too. "The demographic is anybody who thinks young. People who are early adopters and interested in being eco-minded but want to have fun."
I certainly had fun driving the Fiat the other day and think I'd have even more if that Fiat by Gucci were parked in my driveway. If you're reading this Mom, I'd like to remind you I have a birthday coming up.
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6 Inventors Who Changed the World and Got Screwed in Return
As we've discussed before, just because your hard work and perseverance led you to create something that changes the world, it doesn't mean that you'll get fame, fortune, or the slightest bit of recognition out of it. In fact, some inventors get so little credit that we completely forgot about them in our previous article, and since we really don't like angering the ghosts of people who could probably invent a way to punch us from beyond the grave, here they are.
#6. Siegel and Shuster, Superman's Creators
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Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster created Superman, the most famous superhero ever, perhaps with the exception of Spider-Man or that kid who changes the channel with his eyes in X2.
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Superman can set a TV on fire with his eyes, which isn't as useful.
Debuting in 1938, Superman was an instant success. DC Comics soon followed up the "man in underpants punches criminals" concept with Batman, and that was it, there was no turning back: Siegel and Shuster's creation had started a multibillion-dollar industry that is still going strong today, spawning toys, T-shirts, and, oh yeah, some of the highest-grossing movies of all time.
Nice one, Siegel and Shuster!
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"Take it from us, kids: Work hard, change the world, and you too can see absolutely no reward from it!"
But Then They Got Screwed
"Nice one, Siegel and Shuster" is exactly what DC must have said, in a sarcastic tone, when the duo famously sold them all rights to Superman for a measly $130, a check that's now ironically worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.
The seller added $1,000 for every tear this thing soaked up.
At the time, no one suspected that the guy in blue pajamas that they'd been drawing would turn into a cultural icon -- so when he did, and Siegel and Shuster continued getting squat, the pair embarked on perhaps the longest clusterfuck in copyright history.
The duo spent the better part of their lives unsuccessfully trying to reclaim some part of their creation, only to be rebuffed time and time again. While DC raked in billions from Superman alone, Siegel and Shuster lived the lives of paupers. They were given a yearly pension in the late 1970s by Warner Bros. (which had purchased DC), but only because the studio couldn't afford the bad publicity with a Superman movie on the way.
"You're right, scrapping the costume is not going to help. Just pay them."
In 1999, three years after Siegel died, his family successfully won the rights to his half of his creation. A happy ending, right? Nope! This meant dick to Warner Bros., who still refused to pay them a penny, leaving them to fight in court for another 10 fucking years. And the superdickery continues: More recently, documents disappeared from Siegel's daughter's attorney's office and somehow wound up in the hands of Warner Bros. executives.
#5. Philo T. Farnsworth, the Farm Boy Who Invented Television
Philo Farnsworth, besides having the supreme honor of inspiring a Futurama character, was a serial inventor with a list of credited patents longer than his forehead.
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And he had a HUGE forehead.
Among those patents was the one that made television possible: an "image dissector" that could capture images as a series of lines to be displayed electronically. If that isn't impressive enough for you, consider the fact that Farnsworth came up with the idea at age 14, while growing up on a farm in Idaho, and first demonstrated it at 21, in 1927. If that didn't make you feel bad about yourself, it should have.
But Then He Got Screwed
When the young inventor applied for a patent at age 20, David Sarnoff of the Radio Corporation of America took notice. Radio had a pretty cozy spot at the center of the American living room at this point, and Sarnoff wasn't interested in letting that change. And if it did, then he would at least make sure that RCA would be the one getting rich from it.
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David Sarnoff: Smug magazine's Person of the Year, 1921-1967.
Sarnoff kept Farnsworth tied in a series of legal battles over the next decade using a number of bullshit tactics, like hiring a Russian inventor to spy on him or using said inventor's earlier patents (which they could never get to work) to argue that he had invented TV. At one point Sarnoff just said "Fuck it" and started making TVs without paying Farnsworth. RCA was eventually forced to pay him a one-time $1 million licensing fee, but it wasn't worth the emotional stress that had left the man crippled.
And yet he looks so healthy.
Then the whole television business was put on hold when the '40s rolled around and the government told everyone to focus on building things that could kill Germans. The final blow came when Farnsworth's patents expired just as World War II ended ... and, what do you know, television sales skyrocketed. RCA, or anyone else for that matter, no longer had to even pretend to give a shit about paying Farnsworth for his invention.
It wasn't until 20 years after his death that the government decided that Farnsworth probably deserved some recognition. No shit.
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Following Farnsworth's final wishes, his statue is about to insert something into Sarnoff's anus.
#4. Edwin H. Armstrong, the Father of FM Radio
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When is the last time you listened to AM radio? Intentionally? The sound quality is so bad that most of the programming is reduced to things that already sound like shit, like conservative talk radio or a single, never-ending religious sermon in Spanish.
"Either way, I want to do the opposite of pray. Which is ... what, rape-arson?"
The much superior FM was invented by Edwin Armstrong, who created a system to reduce interference across radio bands in the 1910s. He continued his lifelong vendetta against crappy sound in the '20s, when he came up with frequency modulation (FM) as a way to reduce static. We will now reiterate that he developed all this technology nearly 100 years ago, and it's still present in all modern radios.
But Then He Got Screwed
Things seemed to be going swimmingly for Armstrong for a while, but it was at this point that a remarkably smug asshole came into the picture.
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"Miss me?"
Yes, David fucking Sarnoff from RC-fucking-A proceeded to mess with the life of yet another world-changing inventor. Sarnoff had built his empire with AM radio, so he decided that if FM was the way of the future, then he'd do anything possible to pull a John Connor on that future. Since Armstrong wouldn't relinquish his patent, Sarnoff made sure that RCA not only stopped supporting the development of the new technology, but actively tried to stop it.
In 1937, Armstrong used money from his own pocket to build the very first FM radio station. Another followed, then another, until by the mid '40s a string of stations known as the Yankee Network were busy convincing everyone of the superiority of FM, just by existing. And then it all stopped.
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Armstrong was now forced to rely on his mutant telepathy.
In a dick move of epic proportions, Sarnoff successfully lobbied the FCC to move the FM band to a different place on the dial, from 42 to 50 MHz to 88 to 108 MHz. While there were somewhat valid technical reasons for this, a happy side effect for RCA was that it made all of Armstrong's stations instantly obsolete.
It took decades for FM radio to recover. In the late '70s, it finally surpassed AM, but Armstrong was long gone by then, having committed suicide in 1954 by jumping from the 13th floor of his office building, presumably screaming "FUCK SARNOOOOOOFFFF" all the way down.
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What are the best rechargeable batteries?
So im looking for rechargeable AA and AAA batteries
i want them to last through many cycles and be usable in Electronics, like Wiimotes and Cameras, as well as in flashlights and toys
Ive heard that these
are good for toys like nerf guns ( which is what i would use them in as far as toys go ) because they put out more voltage than standard AAs,and can make the darts shoot farther because the motors spin faster inside the toy.
but is that harmful for electronics?
should i be getting different rechargeables for different uses i guess is what im saying
and what brand is good and reliable?
i have no idea here
been using the costco brand packs of disposables forever, just though i should go green and eventually save some money
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Sanyo Eneloops, or any good variety of the "low self discharge" NiMH batteries + a smart charger.
We nearly always buy Rayovac NiMH batteries. They are easy to find, a little cheaper than the other big battery brands, and we have a good track record with them.
I agree with @narfcake on the eneloops, and here is a charger suggestion: http://www.amazon.com/Crosse-Technology-BC-700-Battery-Charger/dp/B000RSOV50/
The initial expense is completely worth it, IMO, especially if you don't want to discover that the batteries are dead when you need them (or have to be switching the batteries out all the time).
@narfcake: And I think Costco carries them. We have lots of the Sanyo rechargeables, they seem to work well.
Eneloops for sure, you can get 'rebranded' versions too with other manufacturers labels on them, but the same inherent technology.
Great batteries.
Came to make sure Eneloops were mentioned. Leaving happy :)
I, too, can recommend Eneloops--I use the 1500s.
As others have said ... Eneloops are the best.
As for the DX 14500 battery you found -- beware. That puts out 4.2v fully charged, where a AA alkaline puts out 1.5v. Even the NiZn batteries only put out 1.9v.
While a toy that's not electronic and just has motors is likely to be more tolerant of higher voltages than electronics ... almost 3x the voltage is likely to fry stuff. I suggest not using those unless you know what you're doing.
(You could use them in a toy that takes 3xAA batteries in series, however -- just put in one of those, and make "shunts" to fill the other two slots that are just metal to short it out. You could take a dead AA battery and wrap it in tinfoil and then tape around the tube (leave the ends alone) to make one, for example.)


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7 Songs From Your Grandpa's Day That Would Make Eminem Blush
#3. Stuff Smith Smokes More Weed Than Snoop ("If You'se a Viper" - 1936)
More than a few rappers have based their careers on professing their affection for certain smokable substances, a proud tradition that dates back to jazz and blues from as early as the 1920s. Apparently one of the worst side effects of pot is a smoker's inability to stop writing songs about it.
This guy liked to do drugs? No way.
A Few Choice Quotes
Talk about a reefer of five feet long;
Not too fat and not too strong.
Come on now, five feet? That's just impractical.
This, but weed.
Now when your throat get dry;
And you know you're high;
Everything is dandy;
Truck on down to your candy store;
Get you kicks off peppermint candy.
Peppermint candy? Munchies in the pre-Doritos era sucked.
#2. Roy Brown Gets Murderous and Gay ("Butcher Pete" - 1950)
So, there were plenty of old blues songs that were either horrifically violent, or sexually explicit, but Roy Brown wasn't a man to be satisfied with just one or the other. His song "Butcher Pete" is about a guy who goes around the countryside "chopping up all the women's meat" with his "long sharp knife." Get it? This is a rare example where hiding the sexual content behind double entendres and innuendo somehow made the song a thousand times more offensive.
Geez, this song is getting a bit offensive. Better add some graphic stabbings.
A Few Choice Quotes
Ever since Peter flew into town;
He's been havin' a ball;
Just cuttin' and choppin' for miles around;
Single women, married women, old maids and all.
It's nice to know Butcher Pete doesn't discriminate. Old maids need chopping too.
Raise your hand if you love to murder!
The police put Pete in jail;
Yes, he finally met his faith;
But when they came to pay his bail;
They found him choppin' up his cellmate.
Whoa whoa, wait. Chopping up his cellmate? Come on blues guys, you already beat rap to the punch when it comes to horrifying violence and misogyny, do you have to claim suspiciously gay lyrics too?
#1. Blind Willie McTell Might Have Been a Serial Killer ("A to Z Blues" - 1956)
From Ray Charles to Stevie Wonder, the list of beloved blind performers is a long one, but as Blind Willie McTell proves, not all blind musicians are quite so cuddly.
The blindness was the only thing that limited his carnage.
At first, the "A to Z Blues" seems to be a standard "my woman done me wrong" blues song, but then Blind Willie goes and gets creative. The result is a song that sounds like something that might have been created had Sesame Street ever been visited by Charlie Manson.
A Few Choice Quotes
I'm gonna cut your head four different ways;
That's long, short, deep and wide.
Cutting heads is a lost art. Most kids today would probably know two different ways max.
When I get a rhythm of this rusty black handle razor;
you're gonna be booked out for an ambulance ride;
Cause I'm gonna cut A, B, C, D on top of your head;
That's gonna be treating you nice like mama you ain't gonna be dead.
Keeping someone alive as you slowly carve the alphabet into them is one of the more liberal definitions of "nice" we've heard. Wait, why are you backing away? We still have 22 more letters to go!
I'm gonna cut E, F, G right across your face;
H, I, J, K, that's where runnin' bound to take place;
Cut L, M, N cross both your arms;
You'll sell an' peddle gal your whole life long;
Cut N, O, P, Q that's gonna be trouble too;
Cause I'm gonna grab you mama and turn you every way but loose;
Cut R, S, T to hear you cry;
That'll be the last time tears a run from over your eyes;
Cut U, V, W on the bottom of your feet;
That'll be the last time you walk up an' down 25th street;
Marking cross your bosom with X, Y, Z;
When I get through with this alphabet;
You'll quit your messing with me.
Blind Willie's dedication to educating as he horrifies is nothing short of inspirational really.
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My iMac loses its Wifi connection from minute to minute. To make it active again, I have to run "Assist Me..." from the Network preferences panel.
This is really, really annoying.
Does anyone know what's going on?
I'm running Mac Os 10.7.4.
You may find that another device is causing interference such as a cordless phone or microwave, or even a neighbour's wifi device. Try changing the channel on your wifi router.
It may be worth using the "alt-trick" to check what's going on with your wifi - when your wifi is connected, mouse over the wifi icon in your system tray, hold down the
Keep an eye on the Transmit Rate and RSSI; if they're poor it could be a sign that you need to change the wifi channel.
You can also use Lion's hidden diagnostic app to see what could be causing problems for your wifi.
My router settings were causing the problems for me.
The router was set to 11/B/G/N Mixed mode, and as a result I had constant WiFi dropping. I then set the router to 11/G/N and I have not had a single drop.
Perfect fix, just turn off IPv6. That was all my router connection needed!
Change your OS to either 10.6.8 or to 10.8.4
It will help


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WHEELING - For the second consecutive year, the Mountaineer Athletic Club's Coaches Caravan made its initial stop of the season in Wheeling, with coaches and administrators doing a little looking back and a bunch of looking ahead Wednesday evening at Oglebay's Wilson Lodge.
But mostly, as is the case at nearly all of these stops, they were roasting each other.
Athletics Director Oliver Luck talked about the importance of having quality teams in each of WVU's 17 varsity programs, saying as the state's flagship university, they have an obligation and a responsibility to do so.
''We want to adopt the work ethic that West Virginians have,'' Luck said. ''We want to work hard, we want to be successful, and we want to do it the right way. Because, ultimately our responsibility is to represent the great state of West Virginia.''
Men's basketball coach Bob Huggins admitted his guys had a bad year. To that end, it was Wednesday that he announced his sixth recruit - 6-foot-9, 220-pound forward Remi Dibo out Casper College in Wyoming, who will have two years of eligibility remaining - and vowed his 2013-14 team will rebound, both in the standings and on the court.
Football coach Dana Holgorsen talked about how the loss at Syracuse in the Pinstripe Bowl made everyone in the program re-evaluate everything it was doing.
There was some talk about the WVU baseball team's surprising run to the top of the Big 12 standings, fitting on a night when men's soccer coach Marlon LeBlanc cracked the first joke, aimed at Holgerson and Huggins, effectively putting himself on a tee for the rest of the evening.
Given the seasons you guys had, LeBlanc said, ''This might be the first time this crowd is more interested in soccer.''
He later added, ''I get the mic so few times, I have to take a couple of swings.''
It was probably a bad idea.
LeBlanc, who isn't the tallest fellow in the world, first took a rebuttal from Holgorsen.
''Marlon, in case you didn't know, is the men's soccer coach,'' Holgorsen said. ''And he's also the guy that came up here and disappeared behind this podium.''
Later, it was Huggins' turn.
''He's good isn't he?'' Huggins asked of LeBlanc. ''Tony (Caridi, the event's emcee) came over and said, 'I could listen to Marlon talk all night.' For a while, I thought I might have to.''
Then he poked a bit of fun at the sport LeBlanc coaches.
''We've talked about this, too,'' Huggins said. ''Marlon wonders why he can't get people to games? The score is 1-0. Just think, Dana, if we had to play 1-0. I keep telling him to take the goalie out and fast break. If the score was 63-59, somebody would go. How about if we stood a 7-2 guy in front of the rim and just swatted everything that came through? It's goaltending, Marlon, that's what they call it. It's a good basket - except in Syracuse.''
That, of course, was a reference to a late-game play against the Orange that cost the Mountaineers a potential victory in the winter of 2012.
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Every year at Little Indian Preschool, we have a Trike-a-Thon fundraiser.� Most of the kids show up on their trikes, big wheels, and teeny tiny two wheelers with training wheels.� However, there is always that really impressive three-year-old that zips around on a two wheeler like they cycled their way out of the womb.
None of my kids were that child.
I had this notion that kids would WANT to learn to ride a bike.� This is based entirely on nothing, as I was going into 2nd grade before I was forced onto my awesome green schwinn with a white banana seat.
Of my three children, Ruby was the only one that learned before elementary school.� And even then, it was after she had worn her training wheels down to the metal, and we refused to replace them.� One day, she hopped on her bike and rode away.� The end.
My oldest, not so much.� He was going nowhere fast on his big wheel, so his grandma bought him a bike that looked like a motorcycle.� Meh.� Two years later, when he outgrew it but still needed training wheels, we told him he could pick out any two wheeler he wanted.� Meh.� He declared biking not his sport and someday, when his friends were on their way to frosty boy on bikes, he would walk.���
One day, his friends were riding their bikes in the cull-de-sack behind us.� He took his scooter.� About 3 minutes later he came back crying, feeling left out.� That was what he needed and he was flying solo the next day.�
Fast forward four years.� We are riding down the street on our family bike ride and I have my baby in the seat on the back.� Only after her feet start hitting my ankles as I pedal, it dawns on me she is not a baby.� I have a five-year-old kid on the back of my bike who has likely exceeded the weight limit of the seat.�
For Rita�s 5th birthday we bought her a very cute pink bike with streamers.��It sat unused for an entire summer.� We missed the family bike rides so we popped on some ill-fitted training wheels.� That worked for about 10 minutes.�
Next we borrowed a �3rd wheel tandem bike to attach to the back my bike.� That gave us back our family bike rides and Rita was happy barking orders at the driver.
This summer we told Rita that it was time.� No more baby seat, no more tandem, no more training wheels.� The fact that she could zip up and down the street on a two wheeled razor scooter told us that her balance was fine.� She dug in her heels really well, so at that point we started pulling out the bribes.� My husband enjoys the deprivations bribe: no ice cream at Frosty Boy for the entire family until she learns.� She didn�t care.� She just figured out how to talk her friends� moms into giving her frozen treats.� In the meantime, there was daily crying from her siblings.
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Given x and y could be any phrase, do these phrases always mean the same thing? If not, what's the difference?
- I believe x does not equal y
- I don't believe x equals y
Given x and y could be any phrase, do these phrases always mean the same thing? If not, what's the difference?
No, strictly, they do not convey the same meaning. In practice, your second sentence is often used to mean the first.
I believe x does not equal y means that you actually hold a belief about the inequality of x and y.
I don't believe that x equals y simply means that a belief about the equality exists, but you do not share that belief.
If you substitute another verb for believe, the difference may be clearer:
I have actual knowledge that x and y are not equal. Quite possibly I can show you facts to support this.
I have no knowledge about x being equal to y. Actually, I probably have no knowledge to the contrary. This sentence is in many cases equivalent to:
That said, in practice language is not mathematics. As Edwin Ashworth points out, there is a lot more to these kind of constructions than meets the eye (and a lot more than I would be willing to summarize in an answer here). For further reading, I suggest the article that Edwin linked to (Just in case the comments deteriorate, I include the link here as well).
Indeed, in actual usage, many people will use
to mean
While this is readily understood by most, if not all, speakers, I would like to note that this usage is a common ground for misunderstanding. In particular in theological discussions, it is common that the claim:
is wilfully (mis)interpreted as
in which case it can become the basis of a straw man argument if the speaker actually meant to make a distinction between agnosticism or so-called "weak atheism" (1) and so-called "strong atheism" (2).
So, depending on context, the two sentences may mean the same, but be aware of situations where a strict interpretation is better suited - in which case one can make a very clear distinction in meaning between the two phrases.
I consider the use in English to be ambiguous enough in the minds of the average reader that alternative meanings must be considered and analysed, and the following enumerates those meanings and reasons about them...
This is ambiguous, as - using symbolic notation to help show the difference - it may mean x != y or !(x = y)
This is also ambiguous, it may mean you actively believe !(x = y) or that you admit to not knowing whether x = y. To clarify the difference, imagine we replace "x equals y" with "there is a god": "I don't believe there is a god" might be someone's less-confrontational way of saying they're an atheist, or it may mean they're agnostic - they don't actively believe there's a god, but they acknowledge it's possible.
So, we now have on the table:
Can we say x != y is the same as !(x = y)?
So, if both phrases are intended and taken to mean !(x = y), then they're equivalent. If the first is x != y and the second !(x = y), it depends on the nature of x and y - whether they're e.g. numbers or assertions with uncertain states etc.. If the second phrase is just disavowing knowledge, then it's clearly not equivalent to any intent or interpretation of the first phrase.
The fact is, they are both very commonly used to mean exactly the same thing.
English is packed with many (slightly confusing) double-negatives, triple-negatives, and other messy constructions. (And then you have stuff like "it's awfully nice.")
The problem with what Ork. is saying, is, Ork. is talking as a mathematician and a logician. Unfortunately, almost everyone is very stupid. Very, very few people would understand the difference between an inequality and an equality. (I doubt 1 person in 100, in say the USA, has ever used the word "inequality.")
The fact is, it is 100% commonplace in English - all regions as far as I know - to say "I don't believe FFF" instead of saying "I believe FFF is false."
So, people say "I don't believe there's a train at 7" when they mean "I believe, there is no train, at 7."
So in answer to your literal question, what do they mean, the fact is the person speaking meant exactly the same thing both times.
Think, believe, seem, appear, likely, and many other predicates involving probability judgements
Essentially, these verbs (or predicate adjectives) are transparent to negation, and it doesn't make any difference whether an overt negative appears downstairs, in their complement
or upstairs, in the matrix clause with the NR predicate
because they mean the same thing either way.
This is not true of most predicates. Claim and say, for instance, don't work that way
and neither do possible or easy
No. They do not mean the same thing in general.
This response may be more mathematical than what you are looking for, but I see others attempting to apply straight logic so here goes a answer using Modal Logic.
A lot of the answers are attempting to apply propositional logic to the analysis of these statements, however the problem is that 'belief' is not an expressible concept in plain propositional logic, you cannot qualify a proposition over a proposition. as in, you have the proposition x == y on one hand, then try to modify said proposition with the belief quantifier, propositional logic alone cannot express such a thing and be both consistent (only true things are proveable) and complete (all true things can be proven). You can never express something 'might be true' or express belief in something being true in a way that does not also imply it actually is true. There is no grammar for it.
There are a few ways to extend classic logic with quantifiers over propositions, the most common is 'universal quantification' which allows the form ∀x.X, read as 'for all x X is true'. this is very useful in math, where you want to prove some statement about all natural numbers. but not as useful in interpreting natural language statements.
The proper logic to examine such statements is Modal Logic[1] which extends propositional logic with an explicit notion of belief. It adds two symbols to the logic □ which is read as "It is necessary that or i belive that" and ◇ which is "it is possible that"
so you have
□ x ≠ y (I believe that x ≠ y) ¬□ (x = y) (I do not believe x equals y) which can be rewritten ¬□¬(x ≠ y) and by the modal logic reduction this is equivalent to ◇(x ≠ y) (it is possible that x does not equal y)
note that these are assertions about your beliefs and not about x and y themselves. Whether x and y are actually equal, whether that is even decidable or whether the truth even depends on context or time of day is not relevant to analyzing the statements about belief like this.
Modal logic is handy stuff, another common place it can be used is distributed learning systems with different nodes working with incomplete information, such as cooperating robots as it actually can express things like "agent1 believes that things agent2 tells him are possible." It allows for a subjective view of the world where different agents come to different conclusions,or for reasoning about possible alternate worlds. This is something that has no ability to be expressed in classic logic where all expressible statements are true or not true everywhere for everyone. For instance you can express "It is possible for bigfoot to exist, even though he does not" in modal logic whereas classically it is not possible for things to be true because they happen to not actually be true.
By interpeting the two quantifiers (□,◇) differently, you find a lot of logical systems are just specializations of modal logic. Temporal logic is when you interpret them as saying whether a statement is sometimes true, or always true, denotic logic is when you interpet them as "you must" and "you may", Epistemic logic treats them as "you know that x is true" and "nothing you know contradicts x being true". Fun Stuff.
Interesting that there are essentially two sets of answers:
The mere fact that you have two sets of answers proves that the statements are not the same as asked by the question title.
The difference is that their interpretation may vary according the interpreter and the context.
Two mathematicians/logicians/philosophers (or maybe just pedants) have a professional discussion will certainly interpret the statements as quite different.
Two "normal people" (whatever that means) would more likely interpret the statements as the same.
Most mathematicians/logicians/philosophers know that "normal people" interpret them as the same; some will treat that simply as an interesting fact of the ambiguity of language and others will not.
In effect, they are holding one thing stable and making the other variable.
"I believe x is not y" is focused on the value of x and its relationship to y. The positive statement of "I believe" is not in question, we are making a statement about the value of the relationship.
"I do not believe that x is y" is focused on your belief. The positive statement "x is y" is not changing, we are making a statement about the value of your belief.
Even if we were to talk about how belief is a scale that is non-binary, and that people aren't usually precise about their concepts of probability, the difference in focus is enough to say that there is a different message being expressed.
I can only see one interpretation for the first statement: "I believe that x does not equal y" means that in my opinion, x is definitely not equal to y.
The second statement ("I don't believe that x equals y") could mean any of the following:
Tricky question. This isn't a question about logic, or equality, but about epistemology and belief. Compare:
As statements about your beliefs, these sentences are not equivalent. The latter asserts a positive statement. The former is weaker. You are merely denying a positive statement. Strictly speaking, saying that you don't believe the Eiffel tower is tall only tells us what your belief is not.
So, the meaning of the statements comes down to how "belief" is interpreted. There are many epistemic theories on how one should do that. And, obviously, it varies by context.
I dont believe stepping on a crack will break my mothers back.
I believe stepping on a crack will not break my mothers back.
Equivalent. Even tho language useage wise the former feels less commital
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Friday, July 4, 2008
July 4th in Washington, DC!
There were also some great local breakfast places nearby. That's where Mark and Steve got a made-to-order sausage, egg, and cheese bagel. We just sat and people watched and read the paper until time to go on our tour.
Walking back to the Capitol my kids were having some really deep conversations about politics and world events.....NOT!! They were arguing about who had the biggest mouth! Haha...I think they ALL have big mouths!!
The tour of the Capitol was amazing. There was intense security before we could enter. But once we got inside, we really enjoyed it. Our tour guide was an older lady named Nellie who reminded us all of maybe a favorite high school history teacher. She was able to tell us so much about the history of the Capitol and made everything so interesting. All my kids loved it and said it was one of the favorite things we have done here!! She had us all close to tears at the end of the tour by describing what it was like here on 9/11 and how we should all be thankful the Capitol is still here as one of our most recognizable national symbols!
Here we are with our headphones on ready to take the tour!
This is just one of the beautiful paintings in the Rotunda of the Capitol.
After our Capitol tour, we headed down to Constitution Avenue for the parade! It was just a good old-fashioned All-American parade with high school marching bands, beauty pageant winners in cars, and a some floats.
But I can't even begin to describe the crowds that were down there! Oh my gosh it was sooooo crowded!! We were still able to get good seats, though, and really enjoyed watching.
This is just SOME of the crowd!
It was really late when we ate lunch and after that we headed back to the Capitol for the concert and fireworks. I am so thankful for the tight security that has been all over Washington, but at the same time, it was a little bit tiring. We stood in line for an hour and fifteen minutes just to walk through a metal detector and have our bags checked to get onto the Capitol lawn!
This is what it looked like looking up at one side of the Capitol steps.
The concert venue.
It started raining right as we got up to the gates. There were free water bottles available, and since we didn't have any umbrellas, we got the left over boxes and plastic wrap they were wrapped in to sit on and put on our heads to keep dry. Haha...that was pretty resourseful I thought! :)
The concert was really fun and had great music! It was on PBS so you might have seen it! It was the Capitol Concert. And the fireworks were spectacular. My camera doesn't really do them justice, but the National Symphony Orchestra was playing in the background and the fireworks were over the Washington Monument. I loved it! It was so patriotic! And my kids loved it too!
After the concert, we tried to get on the subway to go back to the hotel, but as we got closer, we could see that the line to go down into the subway was miles long. So...we decided to hit a local Mexican restaurant and wait till the lines died down. It was delicious and when we came out, the lines were much shorter!
It has been such a fun day. I'm thankful I got to spend this special holiday here in Washington!! We are leaving tomorrow to head back home!
14 comments:
- Kelly said...
What an awesome 4th! I was in DC on the 4th once my senior year of High school on a school trip and I'll always remember that.
So cute that ya'll were all in red, white and blue! :-)
- July 5, 2008 at 10:35 AM
- Meag said...
What a wonderful trip! I am so glad y'all are having such a good time - it looked like you spent the 4th in a great way... having fun, enjoying family, and honoring our great nation! Have a safe trip back!!
- July 5, 2008 at 12:41 PM
- Heather said...
These pictures are awesome! So glad you all are having such a great time!
- July 5, 2008 at 2:48 PM
- Jacquie said...
Looks like y'all had a blast! Your kids are so cute... and seem to get along so well together - how fun!
- July 5, 2008 at 5:52 PM
- mer@lifeat7000feet said...
What a fun place to spend the 4th of July...I bet that concert and the fireworks were awesome!
- July 5, 2008 at 6:59 PM
- petrii said...
WOW that looks like sooooooo much fun!! And the fireworks over the Capitol, beautiful!!
So glad you've had such a GREAT time!!
- July 5, 2008 at 7:47 PM
- Lauren said...
Hi, Betsy! I love reading your blog (I'm still trying to get caught up)! It sounds like you and your family are having a great time in D.C...what a cool trip to go on, especially on the 4th! Please be safe!
- July 5, 2008 at 11:36 PM
- Lauren said...
I am glad you all had fun in DC! What a great way to experience the 4th of July holiday. You have a beautiful family!
Enjoy your week!
- July 6, 2008 at 10:25 AM
- MiMi said...
I can't think of a more perfect way to spend the 4th! Would love to have been there for the concert and the fireworks!
So glad that ya'll had such a great time!
- July 6, 2008 at 6:38 PM
- Faith said...
Oh, how neat!!! Love all the pictures from your awesome trip. I would love to have been there too...but the people, all the people...that would have stressed me out!
- July 6, 2008 at 9:40 PM
- duchess said...
Sounds like a great trip.
We did actually see the concert on PBS.
When I saw your picture, I thought you looked familiar - nice dance moves to Great Balls of Fire. (hehe)
- July 7, 2008 at 8:28 AM
- Megan L Hutchings said...
What an amazing way to spend the 4th of July ;)! I really admire the way your family is always up for anything!!!
I am going to have to say that Ashley appears to be the winner of the big mouth contest ;)!
- July 7, 2008 at 9:48 AM
- Megan L Hutchings said...
I made those delicious Andes Cookies for the 4th! They were a BIG HIT!!!
- July 7, 2008 at 2:18 PM
- Christal said...
what an awesome trip how fun!! What a busy summer too with the kids going every which way eh!! What fun things to be doing though what great kids you have! Looks like you are having so much fun can't wait to see the before and after of the bedroom! And so sorry about your vechile that is no fun!! well have a great day ttys
Thanks for your comment on my blog too I wish we lived closer together too! That would be so fun!
- July 7, 2008 at 11:32 PM


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In the era of reality shows, the Republicans should take a cue and face reality, the reality being that 60 percent to 70 percent of the American people favor going back to the Clinton-era tax system. It worked well then and can now.
Bush shoved that cut on the country in the middle of a war to repay those people who helped him steal the election he supposedly won. I don't think anyone in the upper bracket went to the poorhouse - it was only pure greed that brought about that stupid tax break.
Let's face facts - the imbalance in wealth in this world today is what's driving all the unrest. The only way our system works is when money is flowing freely and is not tied up in the hands of a few, as it is now. The power plays that are taking place the world over are breaking the backs of the poor and middle class in this country.
To show how committed the followers of Ayn Rand are, some time ago an order was issued to the military to start preparing for civil unrest. What does that tell you? To me, it means a big hole in the safety net that we have in this country, and part of the plan in the Republican fiscal cliff proposal submitted last week included deep cuts in social programs.
As they say in poker, this is just for openers.
If we do not get the revenue to cover these programs from tax increases that are on the table, these programs will cease to exist for the poor and a lot of other people.
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The ban does not cover spare parts for old vehicles in use, Al-Tuwaijeri said, adding that a six-month grace period has been granted to importers to set matters straight.
More than 140,000 used cars valued at SR17.5 billion were imported last year. This accounted for 24 percent of total cars imported during the year, the daily reported.