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How much do you trust your government to do the right thing with your privacy and your freedom of speech? British citizens are finding out now that the answer to that question should be, "not very much"! It seems that a super-secret British spy agency is publishing a menu of options they have to provide politicians to hack into the ...Read More »
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Évocateur – The movie about the show that started it all
If you are a conservative that has paid any attention at all to the likes of Andrew Breitbart, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, or Rush Limbaugh, you may have thought that these men were trailblazers – something new under the sun, when it comes to conservative commentary. You would be partially right in that assessment, in that they each have set ...Read More »
Obama's Dream of Gun Control Will Likely Lead to More Tragedy
[View the story "Obama's Gun Control Strategy a Recipe for Disaster" on Storify] Obama's Gun Control Strategy a Recipe for Disaster Reasons why millions should oppose the comprehensive gun control measures and associated executive orders pursued by the President. Storified by Jeremy Griffith· Wed, Jan 16 2013 20:06:00 The President's comprehensive strategy of legislation and executive orders to ban or ...Read More »
Smoking Gun: August Cable to Sec. Clinton "Ten Islamist Militias And Al Qaeda Training Camps" Surround Us
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Bachmann letter raises furor over inclusion of Muslims with extremist ties as advisors to the Department of Homeland Security
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How do I stop 00:07:7D devices and this specific mentioned device from connecting?
EDIT: Just noticed this: ^what would this mean? The unwanted MAC is the first on this subnet?^
I am not actually using a router, so I might end up buying one if this can't be solved. This is essentially my network setup:
Wall => Arris modem => My Computer with ICS turned on => USB port and cable => TP-LINK TL-WN722N (in Soft-AP mode) (configured using netsh.exe) => my Nintendo 3DS
in the screenshot F2:EC:38:95:27:91 is my computer
E0:0C:7F:E4:6B:8E is the Nintendo 3DS I'm trying to connect. I've actually gotten through to inside the Global Trade Station room in-game so I know it can connect to Nintendo's servers, but I think this Cisco device is blocking it most/all of the time.
00:07:7D:2F:70:D9 is some Cisco device I don't want connecting (always has this MAC address), but can get in no matter the WPA2 key I put in. It also starts connecting soon after (not immediately) calling "netsh wlan start hostednetwork". This device isn't always detected by the colasoft MAC scanning software but my 3DS always can't get in.


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Children's Volunteer Program and Serving Dinner Program
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By car: Head west on W Wisconsin Ave toward N. 12th Street. Turn left onto N. 27th Street. Continue onto S. Layton Blvd. Turn right onto W. Mitchell Street.
By bus: Take the #30 bus toward Florist Street. Get off at 27th and Wisconsin to transfer to bus #27 towards College. Get off at intersection of Layton and Mitchell. Walk to 3025 W. Mitchell Street.
Orientation: TBD
Days/Hours of Operation: Children's Volunteer Program: Monday-Wednesday at 5:30pm-8:00pm; Serving Dinner Program: Sunday-Saturday 4pm-6pm
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Description of Agency: Milwaukee Women's Center is a shelter for battered women and their children. The agency provides shelter for women who are in imminent danger and need a temporary sanctuary from their abusive partners. The Milwaukee Women's Center provides holistic care to empower women and families who are experiencing abuse to live safe, independent and healthy lives. The Crisis Line at the Milwaukee Women's center aims to provide support 24 hours a day to anyone in need. It was established to give encouragement and support and to empower capable, competent women who are making decisions only they have a right to make.
Student Role at Agency: Students will be answering the 24 hour crisis line and assessing the needs of the caller or resident and taking the appropriate action. The students will be trained to be able to offer legal, medical, or housing referrals when needed. As part of their role, students will record all necessary information in the Phone Log and Daily Log. Students will be trained during a 4 week period during their chosen shift.


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Marcus Johansson has been one of the Washington Capitals' most improved players this season. One of the main reasons Johansson has set a career high in goals is that he is shooting the puck more than he ever has in his career. I talked about this back in December. Here's a quick recap:
In terms of shots per game this season, Johannson is averaging 2.04 shots. If he were to maintain this over an 82 game season, he would have 167 shots on goal, shattering his previous career high of 107 he set last season. If, Johansson were to pump 167 shots on net in a season and shoot at his career average of 12.8 percent, he would score 21 goals, which crushes his career high of 14 set in 2011-12.
However, Johansson's play hasn't appeared as strong lately. Including his empty net goal against Columbus, Johansson has just three goals over his previous 21 games. Something is up.


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Police indicated that Garza told them he was having problems with his headlights, which he said kept flickering on and off. Garza has been arrested and charged on two counts of Accident Causing Injury or Death. The two passengers have also been questioned and released.
In Fairfield, Idaho, Walker's father said the family learned of the tragedy Tuesday night.
"He was a tremendous individual," said Jason Walker, Derek's father, on Wednesday. "He loved to smile, laugh and love life."
Jason Walker is president of the Fairfield Branch, a smaller LDS congregation. He said his heart also went out to the families of the other two missionaries involved in the accident.
Derek still had 10 months to go on his mission. He is survived by his father, his mother Cynthia Walker, two brothers and two sisters. He was the oldest of his siblings. One of his brothers is currently a freshman at BYU.
President Michael Owsley of the Wendell Idaho Stake said the Walker family moved to the Fairfield, Idaho, area just four years ago, and the family — especially Elder Walker — had already made a huge difference there.
"This young man was a wonderful example to the entire community," Owsley said. "He showed them what a great young LDS man should be."
Owsley also mentioned the special training the missionaries had participated in that day. "His mission president told me that Elder Walker had just been made senior companion, and he volunteered to make a presentation during the training, and that he did a great job with his presentation," Owsley said. "It doesn't surprise me to learn that he was a top-notch missionary. That's the kind of young man he was — absolutely top-notch."
Owsley said that while there are broken hearts in Fairfield today, there is also rejoicing in the faithful life of a great young man. "He loved football," Owsley said. "He loved bike-riding. He loved serving. He loved his mission. There are those here who are saying that he left this world doing the two of the things he loved most: riding his bike and serving the Lord."
The LDS Church issued the following statement: "Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of the missionaries involved in this tragic incident. We pray that they will be comforted as they mourn the loss of their loved ones, who served others selflessly as missionaries."
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Released: Sep 01st, 1995
Running Time: 77
Director: Ralf Scott
Company: Passion Productions
Cast: Elodie, Steven Trunk, Lin Dianno, Dave Hardman, Jeff Cander, Don Fernando, Lila Short
Critical Rating: A 1/2
Genre: All-Sex
Elodie does the USA? I don't even know if this French import named Elodie was even IN the USA -- let alone managed to become carnally acquainted with more than a half-dozen dudes who, despite their foreign-sounding names, have rarely left L.A.! A dubbed-in French female narrator, canned music, and fake moans and groans comprise her gang bang initiation with males who patiently wait their turn to get sucked or do her doggie-style. They try real hard to make this appear to be a foreign flick, and even avoid crediting recognizable performers like Dave Hardman. I can't fault Elodie, but it doesn't work. The temp eventually picks up and the men whack off into her mouth. Elodie gets cleaned up by a gal who eats her out then licks her clean from the "Y" to her gooey face and mouth.


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Sharif Mostafa elected as new Africa Wushu Federation President
IWUF Elects New Executive Board
A short glance to West and Central Asian Wushu Federation members' performance in 13th WWC
Medal Winners of the 13th World Wushu Championships
All Taolu and Sanda Results of 13th World Championships
Iranian Wushu fighters stand out in world championships
Iran female wushu athletes shine, collect world gold medals
Iran Sanda females qualified to final at 13th WWC
Iranian became member of IWUF Technical Committee
Alinejad appointed in World Wushu Championships Supervisory Committee
Dr. Alinejad and Mr. Pourgholami attending in Asia Wushu Confederation EB and Technical Committee
Dr. Mahdi Alinejad President of Iran, West Asia Wushu federation and Vice President of Asia Wushu Confederation will attend in WFA Executive Board meeting and Technical Committee, accompanying with Mohammad Reza Pourghlami the Secretary General of West Asia Wushu Federation and vice chairman of technical committee.
Technical Committee meeting is holding today in Manila capital of Philippines.
Also, Executive board meeting is planned to held on Wednesday August 8, to make important decisions regarding Wushu competitions in the 11th Asian Games Incheon which Dr. Alinejad as representative of West Asia Wushu Federation and vice President of WFA will attend.
Asia Junior Wushu Championships will take place in Manila 9 to 11 August.
Iran national junior team is trying to keep its last vice champion title which achieved in last championships edition.
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Only Hope
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|"Only Hope"
"Only Hope" cover
|Song by Switchfoot from the album New Way to Be Human
|March 11, 1999
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"Only Hope" is a Switchfoot "song of prayer of devotion to God", written by Jon Foreman for their 1999 album New Way to Be Human.[1] It is also featured prominently in one of the scenes of the 2002 film A Walk to Remember.[2]
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|"Only Hope"
|Single by Mandy Moore
|from the album A Walk to Remember and The Best of Mandy Moore
|January 28, 2002
|CD single, video single
|Jon Foreman
|Mandy Moore singles chronology
"Only Hope" was sung by Mandy Moore for the film A Walk to Remember (arranged and produced by the film's composer Mervyn Warren) and is included in her compilation The Best of Mandy Moore, although left out of her 2002 release. It was slated as the second single after "Cry" which, however, was not a hit and consequently "Only Hope" was not released to radio. A music video—largely a dte of the movie—was shot and was released successfully to music channels in Asia. In 2004, German singer Florence Joy covered the song, released on her debut album "Hope". The character Go Hye Mi (miss A's Suzy) covers this song twice in the Korean drama Dream High. In 2008, Filipino rock singer Miguel Escueta covered his version from the ABS-CBN 2 Youth Oriented Drama Anthology Your Song Presents: My Only Hope.
In the film A Walk to Remember[edit]
Jamie sings to Landon during the school play where they fall in love. The song ends when Landon kisses Jamie. Additionally Switchfoot's original version was played towards the end of the movie when they got married in the Church, transitioning from an orchestral score piece that was influenced by the song and was specifically written to segue into it.
- ^ Salinas, Phillip (10 April 2014). "10 Christian Contemporary Songs That Achieved Mainstream Popularity". Music + Faith. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
Only Hope is song of prayer of devotion to God. Long before it gain mainstream popularity, the song was one of Switchfoot's discography until pulled out from obscurity by Mandy Moore's rendition of the song in A Walk to Remember.
- ^ "Switchfoot Featured in 'A Walk To Remember'". 2002-01-21. Archived from the original on 2008-04-12. Retrieved 2007-07-12.
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The House of Representatives left Washington, D.C., without sending a viable farm bill to the Senate, which means House Speaker John Boehner is going to have a lot of work to do when Congress returns in September.
A new five-year farm bill is needed before the present one expires Sept. 30 unless Congress is willing to abandon a program that provides support to large and small farm operations and food stamps for about 47 million Americans.
Financing food stamps is the sticking point. The Senate has passed a comprehensive farm bill, but House Republicans removed food stamps from their version, the first time that has been done in more than 40 years.
Boehner suffered a humiliating defeat when he couldn't muster enough votes from his caucus to pass a comprehensive measure. He managed to get a bill without food-stamp funding passed by a vote of 216-208, but that bill won't get concurrence in the Democratically controlled Senate.
The Senate farm bill already cuts about $5 billion from the food-stamp program, but House leaders are looking to keep the food stamps separate from the rest of the bill and to cut about $20 billion from the program.
This is not the time to be slashing food subsidies, certainly not by 25 percent, which would cause a hardship on millions of people, many of them children.
The economy remains fragile, and unemployment remains high. Food stamps — which are no longer stamps — not only fill empty pantries for poor and struggling families, they provide a boost for the economy.
And as high as unemployment is, it isn't at 48 million, which means that food stamps obviously aren't just going to people out of work; they are going to tens of millions of underemployed men and women and their families.
These are the working poor, people who toil for low wages and no benefits, struggling for the necessities of life and hoping to improve their lot someday.
It is more than unseemly for members of Congress, who are pulling down six-figure salaries, getting Cadillac health care, fat pensions and monthly car allowances that exceed what some working families make, to be obsessed with cutting back the food-stamp program.
Expensive but affordable
The food stamp program is expensive at about $75 billion, but within the context of a $3 trillion budget, it should not be a deal breaker.
A nation that boasts that it is the greatest in the world should not begrudge food for its poorest people. And it should not overlook the fact that all of those $75 billion are poured right back into the economy, benefiting not only farmers, but wholesalers and grocers, large and small, and trickling down to other businesses and suppliers.
The food-stamp program is a win-win for the nation — just not, apparently, for ideologues who are intent on attacking every aspect of President Johnson's Great Society of 40 years ago or, for that matter, Roosevelt's New Deal of 80 years ago. When ideology trumps both compassion and common sense, voters should be concerned.
I don't mind paying for the sick, old people on welfare, but I am tired of paying for able bodied people to just sit on their arses and collect it
The House extremists are willing to fund Border Control at $30 Billion. They are willing to increase defense spending. They are willing to cut taxes on the super rich and on giant corporations. But when it comes to the General Welfare -- which they are sworn to promote -- they bail.
America used to be a rich and powerful country that won two world wars and built the inter-state highway system and sent several men to the moon.
Today, after a generation of GOP economic philosophy, we can't afford to pay the help.


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Sea Rock Inn-Los Angeles
Sea Rock Inn-Los Angeles
Hotel Guest Rating: 5.3/10
14032 South Vermont Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90247
Welcome to the Sea Rock Inn-Los Angeles
With free parking, an outdoor pool and in-room microwaves and mini-fridges, the Sea Rock Inn - Los Angeles is a good bet for budget-conscious Priceline guests.
Hotel Features
The two-story Sea Rock Inn-Los Angeles offers 52 air-conditioned rooms with Wi-Fi access, cable TV, microwaves and refrigerators. Rooms also include hairdryers and irons and ironing boards when you need to stay neat and tidy. No need to run around looking for a morning caffeine fix, since complimentary coffee and tea are available in the lobby. Soak up the California sunshine in the outdoor pool. Fax and copy services are available on-site. Parking is free.
Hotel Location
The Sea Rock Inn - Los Angeles is located near the junction of I-110 and I-105, 13 miles south of downtown LA. There are several dining options within walking distance. Try your luck at the Normandie Casino, within walking distance, or stroll in the sand at Redondo Beach, eight miles away. A fantasy-filled day at Disneyland is only 26 miles away. The hotel is 10 miles from Los Angeles International Airport.
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Priceline guests appreciate the Sea Rock Inn - Los Angeles' "excellent location in the heart of LA" and close to the freeways and "reasonable" rates.
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- 24-hour front desk
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You must show a valid photo ID and credit card upon check-in. Please note that all special requests cannot be guaranteed and are subject to availability upon check-in. Additional charges may apply.Please note extra bed is upon request and need to be confirmed by the hotel.Please note: Reservations associated with declined credit cards will not be honored.Please notify the hotel with your estimated time of arrival.Group policy: Bookings with more than 3 rooms is subject to a deposit of 1 night room and tax per room. In addition, the free cancellation period is 7 days prior to arrival.Please note: A security deposit is required upon arrival for incidental charges. This deposit is fully refundable upon check-out and subject to a damage inspection of the accommodation. Please contact accommodation for details. Guests are required to show a photo identification and credit card upon check-in. Please note that all Special Requests are subject to availability and additional charges may apply.
Hotel Guest Reviews of the Sea Rock Inn-Los AngelesOur hotel ratings and reviews are from real hotel guests. Priceline.com ensures that its reviews are guests-only by proactively sending hotel surveys to customers after they've completed their hotel stays. In the post-stay surveys, priceline.com hotel customers are asked a number of questions about their stay and the hotel. On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being the best, the survey asks guests to rate their overall experience and specifically rate the hotel's cleanliness, staff and location. Priceline.com does not allow site visitors to post unsolicited hotel reviews.
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June 5, 2015
Business Traveler
March 26, 2014
Group Traveler
NO FREE WIFI as advertised. Were asked to pay $3 for internet access. Many cameras installed for safety, bad area?
April 23, 2013
Business Traveler
Honestly it wasn't bad. For the price (cause LA area is rediculous) it is a good deal. I would stay here again
February 19, 2013
The hotel was centrally located to alot of southern california attractions. The staff was excellent and able to answer all questions about where to go for food and entertainment.
December 7, 2012
Business Traveler
We are Budget travelers and we look for hotel with good location and clean rooms at very resonable rates. Staff offered us concierge services and we were surprised with value we got.
September 7, 2012
It was complete invasion of ones privacy, they will not be responsible for any theft or loss of personal and they obtain the right to enter your room, whenever they want to. They went into our room after, we checked in when we left for dinner! They told me, I could not bring my bikes in the room and yet they weren't responsible, if they were stolen in the parking lot. Poor neighborhood, ruling staff man and noisy.
August 2, 2012
Would not recommend at all, it appears that the management does not want to spend any money on facilities. Exterior and interior are shabby. Beds were very hard. But most important thing is that neighborhood appears unsafe. So much so we saw police in parking lot advising people from Finland to not stay there for their 2 week stay in United States.
April 23, 2012
Its close enough to everything. The staff is friendly. If you just need a room to sleep in it does the job.
April 5, 2012
My family and I stayed hear for 2wks. The staff was VERY friendly. However, the room was not very clean. Although the staff cleaned our room everyday, we always ended up emptying the trash ourselves. We would also notice that, after walking on the carpet, our feet would be black. It was also difficult to sleep at times, due to the paper thin walls, and smokers hanging out outside (next to our non-smoking room). ...
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Slimy logs are my nemesis
Sunday - August 17
Thought I felt ok until I walked down the stairs. Had to move Kyle into college and of course he was on the second floor. Stopped by to see Todd and he was on the third. I didn't help carry much stuff. Mostly watched the truck so no one stole anything LOL
Friday - August 15
shoulder massage
Thursday - August 14
Hershey park....waiting in lines
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By Molly Hayden, U.S. Army Garrison-Hawaii Public AffairsSeptember 15, 2008
SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii - Army family member Catherine Florang sat at a long table with other military spouses, carefully placing small pieces of broken tile on a wood board at the Schofield Barracks Arts & Crafts Center, Aug. 23. She reminisced about the day spent with her husband, Pvt. Robert Florang, 2nd Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment, prior to his deployment to Iraq. "We were walking in the mountains, and I was picking wildflowers," said Florang. "It was the best day of my life." "I'm trying to recreate that moment," said Florang, looking at her mosaic piece covered with bright flowers and a colorful mountain range. The arts and crafts center was packed with family members for a day of art sponsored by the Directorate of Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation (FMWR.) All Blue Star Card members enjoyed the free event as creative juices flowed around the room. Tammy Bruce, arts specialist at the center, explained the process of creating a mosaic art piece with small pieces of colored glass and tile. Participants drew a simple design on each board prior to gluing the glass pieces down. Family members wore protective eyewear as they smashed pieces of tile and glass to place on their wood boards. Boards were adorned with American flags, words of aloha and various layouts to match the dAfAcor of their homes. Mosaics create beautiful, decorative art pieces and are great for interior design and sprucing up a wall, walkway or even a piece of furniture in your house, according to Bruce. The act is simple allowing any beginner to become a master of arts and create beautiful works to display. "This is a great way for spouses of deployed Soldiers to relax and learn a new skill," said Bruce, "and it gives them a chance to see what the arts and crafts center has to offer." After the small glass pieces cured on the boards, participants started grouting their work, working the grout into the cracks. While the boards were drying, family members showed off their work proudly to other participants. "It's great to share this new experience with other spouses," said family member Carrie Scheib. "Saturdays can be pretty long with your husband gone." FMWR is committed to taking specific Army Family Covenant (AFC) initiatives and customizing them to meet the unique needs of Soldiers and families in Hawaii. AFC programs are designed to increase the quality of life for families of and Soldiers who have recently returned from a deployment or are gearing up for a deployment, as well as spouses of currently deployed Soldiers. "We try to offer a variety of events to meet the needs of every family member," said Darlene Marshall, Blue Star Card program coordinator. "We are always looking for new ideas and ways to keep our families entertained during times of deployment." The arts and crafts center offers an array of programs for every member of the family, including a "Mom and Tot" class that allows parents and children to create artwork together, and a newly added "Wahines in the Woodshop," taught by a woman for women. "We have so many things to entertain and offer families," said Bruce. "Come in and be creative."


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Summer Research Grant Winners
The Mike Ilitch School of Business supports faculty scholarship targeting premier academic publications. Each summer we award grants to faculty who are significantly close to published research in such publications.
Below are the 2015 winners with links to the faculty profiles.
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For all but the largest breeds, Rice uses a one-piece 20-by-20-inch mop sink that's no more than 15 inches deep. Mop sinks are ideal, she says, because they're deep enough to keep in water but shallow enough that it's easy to guide your dog inside. Opt for one made of a durable, scratch-resistant material, like terrazzo.


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SCI names new CEO, while the Louisiana governor appoints commissioner to the Port of New Orleans board.
The Panama Canal Authority said it is confident in the process it uses to move ships through the new locks at the canal, following an accident last week that damaged the Xin Fei Zhou after it made contact with one of the walls at the Agua Clara Locks.
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Tim Duncan most likely will miss no more than a few games after injuring his ankle and knee.
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (WBKO) -- There is a new bill in Frankfort to help fight heroin addiction in our state.
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The Kentucky Senate passed the bill yesterday with a 36-0 vote.
The bill is designed to give harsher punishment for heroin traffickers, as well as have the Kentucky Medicaid Program pay for Substance-Abuse Treatment.
Officials in Warren County say heroin isn't as much of a problem here as it is in larger areas, but it's still certainly something they're always on the look-out for.
"In 2013 we had 5 cases for trafficking heroin here in Warren County. We were lucky enough very early on to identify the source that was bringing the heroin into Bowling Green and able to arrest him, he's since gone to prison. For right now that's pretty much seemed to cut the heroin out of the Bowling Green area. However I'm not naive enough to think it won't come back," said Thomas Loving with Bowling Green Warren County Drug Task Force.
Loving said even though heroin isn't a huge concern in our area. The bill will still be helpful to all places in Kentucky struggling with the drug.
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Prep basketball playoff pairings announced
Published: Saturday, February 19, 2011 at 12:25 p.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, February 19, 2011 at 12:25 p.m.
The North Carolina High School Athletic Association released prep basketball playoff pairings on Saturday afternoon, and in all, four area boys teams and four area girls teams earned spots in Monday's first round.
Only one area boys team earned a spot in the 1-A playoffs. Hendersonville (17-7), which made it to the 1-A state semifinals a year ago, hosts wild card East Montgomery (7-12) on Monday at 7 p.m. If the Bearcats keep winning, they will have at least three home playoff games.
For 2-A boys, Polk County (11-13), the No. 2 seed from the Western Highlands Conference, will be the lone area team at home on Monday as it hosts the Mountain Valley Conference No. 2 seed, Wilkes Central (17-9).
North Henderson (13-11), the No. 3 seed from the WNC Athletic Conference, travels to East Burke (22-6), the No. 2 seed from the Catawba Valley Conference.
In 3-A action, West Henderson's boys will be the area's lone representative. The Falcons (6-18), who are the No. 3 seed from the WNCAC, will be on the road against the Big South Conference No. 1 seed, Hunter Huss (23-2).
For the girls, West Henderson (8-16), the No. 3 seed from the WNCAC, will be at the Big South Conference top seed Forestview (21-4).
In 2-A, Brevard's girls (11-11), which earned the No. 2 seed from the WNCAC, will be at home against East Rutherford (14-9), the No. 2 seed from the Southern Mountain Athletic Conference, and Polk County (14-11), the No. 3 seed from the WHC, will be on the road at Pisgah (15-6), the top seed from the WNCAC.
Rosman (13-11) got in as a wild card in the 1-A bracket and will be on the road against the Little Smoky Mountain top seed, Highlands (15-11).
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As for Me & My HouseCrafting Your Marriage to Last
By Walter Wangerin, Jr.
Thomas NelsonCopyright © 1990 Walter Wangerin, Jr.
All right reserved.
Chapter OneWHEN DOES MARRIAGE BEGIN?
Introducing Marriage, Thanne, and Mortal Fears
By Christmas, 1967,1 not only did, but I also knew that I did, love Thanne. On New Year's Eve, then, 1967, such knowledge and such loving pitched me headlong into a crisis wherein I suffered a blindness, from which I arose—married.
Do you suppose the experience is a common one?
I had been courting Thanne Bohlmann in the old-fashionedest way for a full year, myself in perfect control of the progress of our relationship, congratulating myself for cool control. On May 2, 1967, I had written in my diary: "I have found the woman I intend to marry. Nothing has been said to her, nor shall anything be said until the time is right. She'll know before I speak, however, because I intend consciously to court the woman. No. As yet I don't love her with a marrying love—but I will. I'll be courting both Thanne and my love ..."
Thus wrote a young man of supernal self-confidence, absolutely ignorant of the crisis he was preparing for himself and the anguish to come at New Year's Eve, the end of that same year. So I wrote my perfectly emotionless strategem in perfectly chiseled sentences in my diary—and so I began.
I sent a stream of letters from my university in Oxford, Ohio, to Thanne's in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, seeking to dazzle her with sunlight on my liquid language. This was my tool, that I could write. I philosophized, poeticized, postured, theologized, and generally drew a favorable portrait of myself in my own words. I spent the summer at my parents' house in Chicago, writing my master's thesis and junketing northward to Milwaukee in a beaten VW bug, there to visit Thanne, to talk with her, to watch her slantwise when she didn't know that I was watching, to assess our progress and to be, for her, a significant person. Oh, I withheld myself from her those days in a holy decorum—for three reasons. First, Thanne still suffered from an earlier rejection and was acutely suspicious of the motives of men. I could handle that. Second, I was myself waiting to feel a "marrying" (as I said) love for her—and I could handle the wait until I did. And third, I was in control of the situation. I was handling everything. Therefore, by the end of the summer I had done this: I had taken her hand as we walked on the shores of Lake Michigan; and I had drawn her portrait with soft pencils on expensive paper; and I had kissed her—once.
I wrote in my diary, "I will love her. I will." And I wrote,
"God help me in my courting and her in her understanding. Amen."
My VW was a yellow convertible which I called Hadrian for the vast, triumphal traveling that it did. In October Hadrian and I drove to the farm in Illinois where Thanne grew up—again, there to meet her for a weekend.
The farmer's daughter. It was a wonder how easily Thanne fit to a country landscape, how familiar she and the black earth were, one with the other. Her spirit was the autumn air, and her forehead as smooth as the sky.
She had a younger sister named Dorothy who would live forever with their parents, who chose not to talk, and who got away with that because she had Down's syndrome. Whether or not anyone else in the family knew that I was courting Thanne, Dorothy knew—and she was not sure she approved. Dorothy, soft as dough; Dorothy, broad in the buttocks, no taller than she was wide; Dorothy, whose face was as unreadable as an empty plate; Dorothy, whose eyes slanted at the corners, made her doubts known, nonetheless, by her actions.
After supper Saturday night Thanne and I retired to the back porch, to the evening breezes and a chill October snap, to a fine old creaking hanging swing from which to watch the sunset together—a perfect place for courting. Do you know how close two people can feel when the round horizon seems so distant and burns so beautiful? They imagine they are an outpost, and they want to protect each other in the universe. So Thanne and I sat side by side, preparing to gaze across the fields now harvested, stiff and stubbled like animal fur. I had just begun to consider some nonsense we might murmur—
—when the screen door spronged open, hung fire a moment, then banged shut; and there stood little-large, retarded Dorothy directly in front, blocking the view, and staring at us. No, staring at me. Silent as a plate. All the nonsense fled my mind, and something of the romantic possibilities drained from the situation. Tenderness feels foolish in front of an audience which is not smiling.
I smiled. Dorothy did not. I nodded. Dorothy did not. The sun sank a little. The wild blew. Leaves flew out of a tree like birds.
And when I did not remove my body from Thanne's, Dorothy seemed to be seized by an inspiration. She turned to face the fields, presenting us with the continent of her bottom; then she herself sat down, presumably to share the sunset. But since there was no space between us, she wriggled and bumped her big hips left and right—all in a perfectly serene silence—and made the space we hadn't given her, dividing her sister from the man who, if he wished to court, would have to do it over Dorothy's peremptory body.
It was then that I heard Thanne laugh.
Dear God, how sudden, sweet, and free was that laughter! It took me by surprise, like an epiphany, and my control slipped in the instant. I looked at the laughing Thanne, whose eyes were damp and closed. I gaped across the Buddha between us, and lost my breath in awe. Oh, Ruthanne, how you do laugh!
But I took charge of things again, almost immediately. I suggested that Thanne and I go riding sisterless in Hadrian. Thanne agreed, and Dorothy had the swing to herself.
In the dusk we drove along the one-lane roads of Iroquois County, farmhouses shining an orange light from their windows as though all were warm contentment within. Ragged snatches of fog lay low in the fields. I kept the car top down because I love the feel and the smell of the crushed October air, the promissory cold; but Thanne sat with her knees drawn up to her chin, her legs covered by a great sweater, her arms wrapped around her shins. I began to notice, above the thick knit and the collar of the sweater, her mouth. There was something precious about it. When she smiled, she had a mouth like—
Suddenly, "There!" she said, gazing straight ahead.
"There. Do you see it? Switch off the lights," she said. "Do you see it?"
I stopped Hadrian and turned off the lights, and the earth was dark, and the sky deep grey.
Thanne whispered with a holiness in her voice, "There. There is the Lantern, wandering—wandering and looking. Doesn't he make you sad?"
The moment made me something, not so much sad as filled with a sweet sense of mystery, sharpened by the fact that Thanne and I were alone and together and whispering like children or like spies.
"Do you see it?" she whispered.
Floating in the gloom ahead of us was a pale, nearly shapeless light, a luminescence, a cold-burning globe shoulder-high above the road. I saw it.
"Will-o'-the-wisp," I whispered.
But Thanne said softly, "No. No." She was considering the thing that hung in front of us. "No, it's the Lantern. He carried it out when he was lost. He's carrying it still"—her eyes gazing, full of a rural faith and sorrow. "Drive forward."
Slowly I let the car creep forward toward the luminous shadow.
"He was a farmer," Thanne whispered, "caught in the barn when a thunderstorm hit the land. He waited, but the thunder kept crashing and the rain never stopped. Finally he dashed for the house, so they say. It was pitch-black night. He found that all his children were missing. All of them. So he took a lantern—"
As we rolled forward, the light seemed to recede and bashfully to grow uncertain.
"He went out into that wild night," Thanne whispered, "crying for his children. He never came home again. Everything was just as it was, except that the Lantern was gone."
Gone, indeed! Just before we reached it, the floating light vanished, and the night seemed very empty.
"Wait, wait!" said Thanne. "Keep driving." And she sang softly on one note, "Here-comes-a-candle-to-light-you-to-bed." In a moment she turned fully round in the car seat and whispered, "See?"
I turned too, and there behind us hung the glimmering Lantern—perpetually sad, forever lonely, never to be found nor ever to find his children again. I was moved. Yes, yes—sad.
But then Thanne sang in a sing-song voice, this time looking straight at me, "Here-comes-a-chopper-to-chop-off-your-head."
Thanne? She was smiling. It was an imp's smile. And laughter bubbled just behind it. Thanne? For the second time in a single night I felt a rush of surprise for this woman who was revealing tricks and mysteries in her being that I had not even suspected. Such a tiny, innocent mouth; but when she smiled one tooth peeped through, and it looked like a chipmunk's mouth, the mouth of some canny, natural creature, quick and burrowing. Thanne? In a kind of helplessness I reached and touched her cheek, as cool as October—but my touch was no surprise to her at all. She hardly blinked. She put her hand on mine.
I did not, that autumn evening, record it in my diary, because I didn't recognize it then, though it was true from that night on: I loved Thanne. In spite of all my plans and strategems, the woman had called love out of me, and I loved her.
Yet, when I took account of the progress of things, when I sat in my Oxford apartment in meditations, surrounded by my books, I smiled a smile of self-satisfaction. Ask me: who was in control? Who was directing this relationship with a wise and watchful understanding? Smug, young Walter! In those days I would have answered, modestly, "Me."
Here was a boy, on the one hand ignorant, on the other hand all unprepared for the crisis still to come. This boy went forth prepared to be a hero.
Once more Thanne and I met that fall. We shared a picnic in a park, and then went walking. She wore an autumn jacket and the quizzical smile that had begun to fascinate me, two lines descending from her nose to the small corners of her mouth. Beside me, the woman was short. I liked that. Her shoes were tiny, swishing leaves—and her hair lifted so meekly to the wind that I felt myself swell with importance, her "protector." I felt that it was my fine office to protect her against the cruel or evil agents of this world. I strolled gladly beside her, then strongly in front of her. So able was I, in those days!
Deep in the park there appeared a hollow stump ahead of us. Now, with Thanne nearby my senses were so keen that I observed everything, every little detail of our universe. Therefore, I glanced inside the rot-cavity of that stump.
Immediately, I felt a flood of anger for some nameless vagrant. I took very personally what he had done in that tree stump—precisely because Thanne was here and might see it.
"Thanne," I commanded. "Don't look in there."
I was protecting her.
How could anyone be so indecent as to offend both society and Thanne's delicacy by leaving his singularly long feces in a public stump? I imagined the nighttime squatting of that bum, and I hated him whom I imagined, for Thanne's sake. But then I comforted myself with the thought that I had seen his vile excretion first and had saved her eyes the assault. I walked on. No, I strutted on triumphantly—
—until I heard behind me a perfectly helpless burst of laughter.
I whirled around. "Thanne?"
She was standing by the stump, holding her stomach and laughing till the tears ran down her cheeks. "Ohhh! Ohhh!" she gasped. "Saving me, were you? From what?" All at once she bent down and horrified me by running her hand inside the stump.
What she drew forth was a long, brown, curving pine cone. And she laughed.
If you had asked me, in those days, who was in control, who was managing the progress of our relationship, I think I still would have found evidence to support the lingering conviction that it was I. I think I would have referred to the letter Thanne wrote me several weeks after that last meeting. But now I think that this was a failing conviction within me, for that letter produced a confusion of feelings, some good, some frightened, and some so deep I could not name them. Loving, it began to appear, isn't simple after all, but dreadfully complicated.
"I am angry," Thanne wrote. "And I'm scared." These are her own words. "You told me once you'd be careful with me, Wally. I hope to God you have been, because it's too late for me to say 'I won't.' It's too late."
She went on to describe the date she had had with another man. She said he had been kind, interesting, and intelligent. She should have enjoyed the evening, but she could think of no one but me. She declared this to be unfair to her friend—and I felt accused. How curiously Thanne presented the thing, the marvelous thing, I'd planned for since last May.
"I don't know if I want to love you," she wrote. "I know I don't ever want to hurt again the way I did before. I hate the weakness. I do not like to be vulnerable. But I love you, and there it is. What are you going to do about it?"
There it was.
All my feelings—all of them, however contradictory they were—shot to heat intensity. Satisfaction; I had done it! A purely childlike joy in this, that I was loved, that Thanne loved me. But fear, because I didn't understand the strength or the nature of her passion; and again fear, because I hadn't done it at all. No, not at all, but some force greater than mine had been loosed between us, and where would that take us in the end? Woven through all these feelings, on account of them all, was bewilderment; and I was a boy again indeed.
Thanne surely had a capacity to surprise.
What, she asked, was I going to do about it? I didn't know. Not truly. Yet I did know that there was now an urgency about my loving her. No, you smug, young Walter, it never was, not even from the beginning, a light, inconsequential game that you were playing. It has always been a drama of the gravest consequence—emotional, physical, spiritual consequence. Walk carefully, carefully.
After her letter I confided a prayer to my diary. "But I have courted her," I wrote. "Not so fervently as I might have, nor yet so blandly as to ask nothing (though closer to the latter). Only, she was more responsive than my own heart." And I prayed, "Dear Lord, in my coolness I said she would be right to marry. Now let me say so in my ardor."
Loving wasn't simple at all. And even when one had predicted it accurately, one hadn't predicted it truly.
But what was I going to do about it? Well, this much I knew— that we would spend Christmas together at my parents' house in Chicago. And then—
But then in Chicago, this is what happened: while we shared those holidays together, the thought that had, till then, existed in my diary now took up a persistent dwelling in my mind. Like a physical sensation it needled my heart: I could marry Thanne. How strange! It felt, each time it seized me, like a perfectly new proposition, never truly considered before. Whenever I smelled her flesh, or felt the minimal degree of warmth that enveloped her, or glanced at her: I could marry this one. Compulsive thought.
Thanne has a chipmunk's grin. She dips her head (bright eyes! bright eyes!) and allows just the flashing edge of that front tooth its epiphany between her lips. The mouth is small, the chin so small she seems always to be tucking it into her neck, making her spine erect and her posture royal. She giggles high inside her throat. It is as if the punch line of some celestial joke were ever kept a private thing inside of her, for her sole pleasure alone. And then she laughs, and that is a wonder.
It snowed that Christmas. We walked through the snowfall. She giggled. She grinned like a chipmunk. I glanced at her and thought, I should marry Thanne.
But how well did I know this woman?
Thanne cries—except under the heaviest grief—silently. She cried that Christmas, once. In the naked wood along the Des Plaines River, standing lost in a gauze of falling snow, watching black water, she began to cry. There are golden carp in that river, three times the size of goldfish. They shadow just beneath the surface in slow schools. Do golden carp make women cry? I don't know. I shall never know why, silently, the tears began to roll down Thanne's cheeks; for all my asking I earned not a word from her. She stood on a snow bank, on a river bank, not looking at me, touching cold tears from her cheeks, hidden in some secret sorrow. But I thought, as I watched her, I should marry this one.
Thanne had knit a bulky green sweater herself, then given it to me for Christmas. I wore her sweater three days straight, delighting in the very intimacy of the gift. I had the exquisite sense that the fingers which had looped and stitched each knot of the sweater were brushing my skin, stroking me from my neck to the small of my back. Ah, Thanne! And look: totally unaware of her gift, I had bought Thanne a sweater, too, pure white and warm! Oh, it seemed to me an auspicious conjunction of our minds. I truly ought, I thought, to marry Thanne. Two sweaters on the selfsame Christmas! It was an absolutely convincing argument for marriage.
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This Isn't How You're Supposed To Lift A Guy On A Stretcher
I don't know who this player is or how he hurt himself, but I do know this video is about five Leslie Nielsen movies rolled into one. [Via Twitter]
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That's Robert Allenby with the errant tee shot at the Australian Masters. The man was carted off on a stretcher, bleeding from the head but giving a thumbs up. Allenby made par thanks to the favorable bounce. [AAP]
The LeBron James Commercial Gets The South Park Treatment
Last night's South Park featured this spoof of LeBron James's recent commercial. It features BP CEO Tony Hayward intercut with other characters in the midst of existential crises.
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100-Foot Super Mario Game Plays Out In MLS Stands
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Toys for Tots (with sponsor Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium) is hoping to break a world record with the largest toy drive in history this month. Ten key U.S. cities are involved, and it seems Seattle hasn't stepped up as of yet. Says Adam Cozens, a PR manager on the project:
Seattle is now three days into its campaign to help raise more the 12,000 pounds of toys for the holiday season for Toys For Tots. Compared to some other towns, we are a little bit behind in our collection efforts. We have 50 boxes around the Seattle/Western Washington area and we need to get the word out.
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- About 1.2 million Americans have long-term (chronic) hepatitis B, and many acquired their infection in childhood.1
- In the U.S., hepatitis B is most common in people ages 25 to 44.1 People at greatest risk for HBV infection are those who inject illegal drugs, those who have more than one sex partner, and men who have sex with men.2
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2012). Hepatitis B FAQs for health professionals. Available online: http://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/HBV/HBVfaq.htm.
American Academy of Pediatrics (2009). Hepatitis B. In LK Pickering et al., eds., Red Book: 2009 Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases, 28th ed., pp. 337-356. Elk Grove Village, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics.
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I recreated the a in-game poster from Fallout New Vegas It is made completely from Vectors . The original concept and design is not mine of which the re-creation is based off. I did it in Adobe Illustrator, this was my seconded ever attempt at using the mesh tool and I think it turned out okay. if you have any criticism, tip or comments I would love to hear them please post. if anyone wants a particular resolution just say and I'll upload it.
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Thanks for link Robert.Normally you would have expected an official confirmation by the club as they did with both Giggs and Scholes' one year contract extensions this week. But strangely that doesn't seem to be the case with Berbatov's contract extension if he has been granted extension as goal.com claims.


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The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) awards grants to Conservation Districts (CD) across the state to provide education and one-on-one technical assistance to private land owners and to communities regarding local forest health issues. Professional foresters working out of 20 District offices provide coverage for 49 counties in the upper and lower peninsulas in Michigan. The purpose of the program is to assist Conservations Districts in their efforts to help Michigan citizens better understand, plan, manage, protect and utilize their forest resources.
The goal of the program is to provide and increase the active management of non-industrial private forest (NIPF) landowner outreach and technical assistance through collaboration and cooperation. A survey conducted by Michigan State University of non-industrial private forest landowners concludes that only 20% of the 11 million acre resource is actively managed. The Forestry Assistance Program will work with local Conservation Districts to increase the number of landowners and acres that are managed under a sustainable forest management plan.
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Take a break from your fun in the August sun to ask yourself: what do I really know about this giant glowing globe of plasma shining down on my picnic/game of Ultimate Frisbee/clothing-optional beach right now? Given that the Sun is what makes life on Earth possible, it's appalling how much misinformation we've been fed about our nearest star. Speaking of our nearest stars: Ken Jennings, that one guy from Jeopardy!, may not be as bright as the Sun, but he's an expert on debunking myths and misconceptions. All month, he'll be lighting up our stellar misconceptions regarding the sun.
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Attorney General Roy Cooper has done the people a service by cogently explaining the states open records and open meetings laws.
Recognizing that the publics business should be done in the open and honoring requests for help serves the people as well as those who seek to inform them," Cooper wrote.
In fact, the policy of the state of North Carolina is to allow public access to the activities of government. In other words, when in doubt about how to interpret the states open records and open meetings laws, always work to resolve the question in favor of openness.
Whats significant is the audience.
Coopers summary of the law comes in the cover to the new Guide to Open Government and Public Records, a publication of his office and the N.C. Press Association. It is intended as a resource for government officials at all levels court clerks, police departments, county commission secretaries, public works offices, recreation departments, planning offices to help respond to the publics request for public records.
The policy of the state of North Carolina is to allow public access to the activities of government," Cooper says.
Thats clear, and so is the North Carolina Supreme Court in its guideposts for interpreting the law" as used by the courts and government officials. Specifically: a) the Public Records Law is to be read liberally in favor of public access to records and information; and b) exemptions from the Acts mandatory disclosure requirement are to be read narrowly.? There is nothing ambiguous about these statements. The top law officer in the state of North Carolina, the highest ranking interpreter of the law aside from the courts themselves, is saying that records generated by or given to the government belong to the people, and the meetings of government are intended to be open.
That means that when Gov. Mike Easley (himself a former attorney general) cavalierly says he can toss a note written to him by an agency secretary, hes violating the spirit of the law if not the letter.
If our commitment to openness is as full and as broad as the attorney generals words suggest, we ought to have a much stronger set of state laws to undergird that openness.
We need laws, for instance, that require counties and cities to disclose the names of the finalists for top manager jobs or police chief or attorney. We ought to have laws giving the public access to personnel records of public employees.
And if the Legislature is too squeamish about that, we should at least have laws that require disclosure of disciplinary actions against police officers, school teachers or finance managers. Even those are not available now under the states absurdly protective personnel laws.
Today marks the beginning of Sunshine Week, in which newspapers across the country raise the profile of government openness and access issues. There is much to be done in North Carolina.
A spirit of openness is stopped by a wall of secrecy that protects personnel records and shields too many board discussions from public view. The Guide to Open Government and Public Records is a good start because it makes clear that state law intends records to be available and meetings to be open.
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Syria Debate In Congress: 4 Exchanges You Should Listen To
Today, it was the U.S. House of Representative's turn to question the Obama administration about its plan for a military strike on Syria.
As we told you, Tuesday, their Senate counterparts expressed little skepticism while questioning Secretary of State John Kerry, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey.
Things were a little different in front of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, where the administration faced some aggressive questioning and where members aired some serious disagreement.
We watched the more than three-hour hearing and pulled four exchanges that tell the story:
— The Obama administration has a credibility problem, so they should be moving toward a military operation with extreme caution, said Rep. Jeff Duncan, a Republican from South Carolina. Duncan brought up Benghazi and the IRS scandal in what was perhaps the most contentious — and personal — exchange Kerry had with any of the lawmakers:
A Heated Exchange Between Kerry And Duncan
— Gen. Dempsey, who remained fairly quiet throughout both hearings, had a good exchange with Rep. Ted Poe, a Republican from Texas. If you remember, back in July in a letter to Sen. Carl Levin, Dempsey issued a pretty grim assessment of the military prospects for Syria. Duncan pressed Dempsey on those views and Dempsey said that he was still cautious "about taking the opposition side" in the civil war:
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— Rep. Brian Higgins, a Democrat from New York, delivered a concise and passionate case for not going to war:
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— To end the hearing, Kerry said that while he and Dempsey may disagree, the administration does not think this operation would be considered a war:
Kerry Delivers A Closing Statement
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Next Generation Ubuntu: First Gutsy Gibbon Beta
Release Manager Steve Langasek today announced the first beta version of the next generation Ubuntu, Gutsy Gibbon.
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I'm sure it's a newb question...I have a old Xbox 360 that does NOT have a HDMI...my TV is a 62 " Samsung DLP and it has component or VGA...I'm wondering if VGA is better then component?
Thank you
Old Xbox 360 Vga Or Component Cable?
Started by bluesfan , Feb 04 2008 08:20 PM
7 replies to this topic
Posted 04 February 2008 - 08:20 PM
Posted 04 February 2008 - 09:27 PM
It depends on the TV, essentially. It's almost the same exact (analog) connection, but you get more resolution options with VGA, provided that your TV supports them. Most will say VGA is better, and it usually is, since you can usually get 1:1 pixel mapping without any overscan.
Posted 05 February 2008 - 03:33 AM
Well...I have a 61 inch Samsung DLP 1080p if that helps...I know it has a VGA input...just wanting to get the best quality as possible. Thanks for the reply.
Posted 05 February 2008 - 04:27 AM
Go to Gamestop and buy a VGA cable - if you don't notice a (positive) difference, then take it back.
Posted 05 February 2008 - 06:33 PM
Go to Gamestop and buy a VGA cable - if you don't notice a (positive) difference, then take it back.
No returns on opened cables from gamestop/EB Games. They will say they will buy it back from you for 15 or 10 bucks and you will pay 39.95 for it. I bought it, then returned it before opening and then made my own using a VGA extension cable and an old non component cable. Looks great on my 19" Dell LCD Monitor. Always ask if they will return stuff before you buy it if you dont like it. I did and it made me say "WHAA" and I did not want to be stuck with it. most of the cable and stuff in my house I made myself. It saves money.
Posted 05 February 2008 - 09:07 PM
I'm pretty sure that they have to accept a return on cables, even if it's in their policy not to do so. I don't know exactly what the laws are (talking about the US here), but I'm pretty sure anything you buy has to have at least a 3 day return window, not including stuff like software.
Posted 05 February 2008 - 10:51 PM
I also have a 61" Samsung, I have used component and VGA and preferred VGA overall. The no overscan is what sold me.
Posted 08 February 2008 - 07:04 PM
May I make a suggestion for any of you who want to buy a VGA cable for the 360? Go here and save yourself a TON of money! Excellent quality without having to pay the inflated MS price.
Xbox 360 VGA Cable
Xbox 360 VGA Cable
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