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Jet Set Radio originally launched on SEGA's ill-fated Dreamcast console to overwhelming critical acclaim. Considered one of the console's true gems, a cult classic title that received a Game Boy Advance rendition and a sequel on the original Xbox, it's been ten years since SEGA last offered gamers the chance to experience a Jet Set Radio title. Of course, for those fans of the series, this high-definition (HD) makeover couldn't have come soon enough.
Jet Set Radio's plot is somewhat nonsensical, involving rebellious gangs of youths fighting against an oppressive society through the use of graffiti. This is all lead by Professor K's command of a pirate radio station, acting as narrator and instigator of the gang's criminal behaviour. It's undeniably a focussed effort to be cool in that quirky, aloof manner that videogame designers often strive for – especially at the true dawn of the 3D era in the late '90s – but more importantly it reinforces the groundbreaking visual design and enviable soundtrack. Jet Set Radio's socio-political commentary is tired and ham-fisted, but as a channel for unique style and inventive 3D gameplay design it's second to none.
And that 3D gameplay itself is something to marvel over; as with many of the best SEGA titles of the time, its simple arcade-influenced premise makes for some addictive adrenaline based gameplay. As a 'rudie' the player must tag certain locations throughout each of the many free roaming levels. In order to do so, they must collect spray cans littered through the maps and travel to the highlighted destinations before beginning the graffiti sequence. Smaller placements are automatic, but more complicated designed demand the player takes part in a sequence of analogue movements: a QTE sequence without a time limit. Instead, the pressure is added by enemies within the locations.
Throughout the levels the player is chased by Onishima, a cop trying to crack down on gang activity by any means necessary. In addition, the player will have to avoid cops patrolling the areas that make a dash to arrest you within you move within range and a S.W.A.T. team equipped with tear gas canisters. Jet Set Radio may not provide much of a challenge once a level of skill has been developed, but to begin with it can seem a little overwhelming.
The campaign tutorial is somewhat half-baked too; asking player to watch and remember short sequences of action before repeating them yourself. More illuminating is the separate tutorial option on the main menu, but even this fails to prepare you for the pressure you'll be placed under as you try to make your way through the main campaign.
Despite the acclaim that was given to Jet Set Radio upon its initial release, there's no denying that the videogame has dated. That said, as this Jet Set Radio repackaging is literally just the same videogame in HD, the visuals do clean up far better than previous digital Dreamcast releases including Sonic Adventure and Crazy Taxi, almost to the point where you could believe that Jet Set Radio had been developed specifically for the Xbox LIVE Arcade and PlayStation Network. The sound quality remains fantastic, with some perfectly pitched licensed music accompanying the original creations.
This HD revision of Jet Set Radio does of course come packaged with plenty of extras, documentaries and such, and given it's comparatively low price tag there's no reason for fans not to revisit the classic experience. In that respect, it's a surprise that it's taken SEGA so long to bring Jet Set Radio to HD systems. On the other hand however, things have moved on considerably in the last decade, and any gamer who's expecting a rival to Skate or Tony Hawk's will find themselves feeling like a fish out of water. Jet Set Radio is the exact same Jet Set Radio now that it was in 2000, warts and all.
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Wall Street opened modestly higher as investors set aside their inflation concerns and got back to buying as they await a speech by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.
The Fed gave the market a jolt this week by announcing plans to buy Treasury securities to revive lending and the economy. Wall Street initially jumped on the move but fell Thursday on worries about the dollar and inflation.
But stocks were also due for a pullback after the Dow Jones industrial average rose more than 14 percent over seven trading days.
Bernanke will be speaking to the Independent Community Bankers of America convention.
In the early going, the Dow was up 36 at 7,437. The Standard & Poor's 500 was up 2 at 786, while the Nasdaq composite index was up 9 at 1,493.

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Oh wow, what an awesome sign spotted in Warren, Ohio. And those films aren't more than a couple years old, so I'm hoping this sign is still there. Great colors, "modern" design. I'm just praying they realize how cool this sign is and the owners preserve this, even if the drive-in goes away.


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HillBuzz Open Thread: Saturday March 3rd, 2012
[ Click above to embiggen: Failed NYC theater actor Bruch Reed and other Tolerant Leftists celebrate the death of Andrew Breitbart some more on Facebook ]
What would Andrew Breitbart do today if he was still alive and had Saturday March 3rd, 2012 to fill with some activity that would drive the Tolerant Left, the Cocktail Party GOP establishment, and the Elite Media absolutely BONKERS?
I've actually gone to the trouble of writing "What would Andrew Breitbart do today?" on a notecard that I've taped to my bathroom mirror. I highly encourage you to do the same — because it's a marvelous reminder that every day is precious and that the gift you've been given of waking up today and having the opportunity to do something interesting, exciting, and/or important with it is a gift you should not squander.
I'd like to ask you for a personal favor today — and it's something that I'm personally very bad at so if it's a struggle for you, too, don't feel bad because I'm right there with you. Sometime today, though, I'd like you to think of a friend who you know is very interested in politics…but someone you might not speak to often or get together with all that regularly. I'd love it more than anything if you gave that person a call and had a chat today — about what Andrew Breitbart's life work meant to you. At some point, introduce the idea to your friend that perhaps the two of you could carry a little bit of Breitbart's spirit forward, by finding ways to be a little "Breitbart" yourselves…and to maybe become involved somehow in the Resistance efforts that General Breitbart very much lead — which continue after his passing.
Have you ever seen people who go to the gym together and spot each other during workouts…or who meetup at the mall to walk together for exercise…or who help each other out by being in the same carpool group or whatever?
Have you ever considered finding a "buddy" like this — focused specifically on the political world? Think about how fun it would be to have a go-to person who you could always call up on short notice and ask, "Hey, there's a speaker I want to hear so would you like to go with me?" or "Would you want to head down to the Board of Elections meeting and demand to know why they still let dead people vote in this state?".
I think one of the things that's kept you from becoming a political mystery-solving, corruption-busting, gadfly like Andrew Breitbart is the simple fact that you've lacked a Scarecrow to your Mrs. King, a Cagney to your Lacy, or a David Addison to your Maddie Hayes. Feel free to insert whatever sort of "buddy" you've always felt lacking in the above…and then think of a friend who could fill that role.
The greatest thing about Andrew Breitbart was that he had no superpowers…and that he was an ordinary guy at heart. He had not fancy degrees. He did not come from great wealth. He didn't have anyone running cover for him or handing him things on platters. He just had smarts, creativity, a sterling work ethic, and great, personal drive to seek the truth and instill absolute holy terror into the Tolerant Left, the Cocktail Party Establishment, and the Elite Media.
You might not think about this every day, but you are, like Andrew, one of God's great creations. You're alive today because your parents, and your grandparents, and all their parents and grandparents before them had something special enough to ultimately produce YOU…and God selected you to be alive TODAY because he put inside you something special…just like he did with Andrew. You might not be as bombastic as he was, or as adept at utilizing the Interwebs, or as much of a prodigy in terms of driving Leftists insane…but you are here today — reading a political website on a Saturday for crying out loud — because YOU were chosen to be here when America needed you the most.
You also just so happen to be in the possession of like-minded friends who share everything above with you.
You just haven't connected the dots yet to see that YOU are America's secret weapon against the Left…and that YOU and your friends are what the nation's counting on to turn the tide between now and election day.
There have been so many times when I've thought of closing down this site and attempting to get my old life back: it's a huge expense, it makes me a nonstop target for crazy people who want to silence me, and it takes at least 10 hours a day to research, write, edit, and maintain. Every time I've ever wanted to quit, however, I sit down and pray about it and the same exact thought comes into my head…that what if I stopped doing this and the site went dark for good and the day afterwards was the day that someone out there would have read something on the site that inspired that person to get off the couch, put down the Pepsi, and DO SOMETHING very Breitbart-like that would have initiated a chain of events that would have defeated Barack Obama and brought down both the Democrats and the Cocktail Party GOP establishment?
I really see my role in all of this as the guy at the modern equivalent of a Morse Code machine…tapping out a message to someone out there, wholly unknown to me…in the firm belief that it's a message that person needs to hear.
I have never understood why other conservative sites don't do this — and I don't know why they spend all their time bloviating and opining and often squabbling over this that or the other…instead of DOING SOMETHING or encouraging their readers to DO SOMETHING. You know, the way Andrew Breitbart did about a dozen and a half interesting and important things every day before lunch — with a Round Two before dinner no doubt. Andrew's earned himself a place in the history books as one of the Tea Party Americans who became a General in the American Resistance. It's my hope that someone reading this not only takes Andrew's place someday, but exceeds him in every way, finding a way to do triple the damage he ever did to the Left.
I think you have what it takes to be that person…it's just a matter of tapping into that. So, I'll keep tapping away at this keyboard until you find the gifts God gave you and figure out how to use them. In the meantime, I'll keep throwing every idea I can think of out there to inspire you…and I will rope in absolutely everyone I know to help in that (whether they like it or not sometimes). Maybe you can start roping in your friends and family too, and start seeing every day you're gifted with as a chance to drive the Tolerant Left crazy and rattle the Cocktail Party like nobody's business.
It's not fair, but this is your watch, folks. It was God's plan that you'd be here in 2012 when America needed you most. Some kind of strange chain of events led you to be here today, reading these words, typed out with the hope that you think on them today and figure out what you're going to do this week to be a little bit "Breitbart" in your own way.
If you're so inclined, I'd love to hear some ideas on just what, exactly, you could do in that spirit. If you're too shy to chime in, that's okay. Say a prayer for Andrew this weekend at some point, and include your thoughts in that so maybe he'll hear them up there too. I bet it would make him feel great to know that not only is he missed like crazy but that YOU have decided to pick up a few flames from his torch and carry those forward for him.
What else is on your mind this weekend?
What are people talking about in YOUR part of the country?
© 2012, Kevin DuJan. All rights reserved.
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Following your request to "Be Brietbart", I am going to do my best to go after the GOPE. I am so sick and tired of them controlling the message and pushing Mittens on us when he has no plan. That is why I am supporting Newt. Newt will beat Obama hands down, and I so want to see an Obama vs Newt debate.
This needs to be sent to everyone!!! Thanks for finding it.
Eyewitness account of AB's death is disturbing:
from the comments:
"Lasseter described Breitbart's skin color as bright red."
"Sounds like cyanide poisoning.
The skin of a cyanide-poisoned person can sometimes be unusually pink or cherry-red because oxygen will stay in the blood and not get into the cells. The person may also breathe very fast and have either a very fast or very slow heartbeat. Sometimes the person's breath can smell like bitter almonds, though this can be difficult to detect. "
Be Breitbart. The General left us a war manual, Righteous Indignation, his recent book. It is a great read.
Be Breitbart, baby. We will fight. You betcha.
I think you actually first published this little stunt (or I saw it here first, anyway), but I've made up the little "Thanks Obama" post its with arrows to place on the gas pumps by the price.
I've struggled to think of any area near me that there are any Obama supporters, though so as to maximize my satisfaction by rubbing it in their faces.
I just wrote up a bunch of sticky notes and will have in my car, $1.89 nat'l avg when Obama took office, just sayin…..
I have to drive a distance to my job, I drive a Suburban(it's a '99, paid off and can't afford to buy a compact), and if gas goes up to $5, I will have to quit my job.
I have a buddy already, but I agree, we need to branch out to more people.. We are in the fight of our life..
I'm a grandma….marched on Washington, twice, my kids think I've gone over the edge, but your post was inspiring…I think, and hope someday when I'm gone, my kids/grandchildren, will remember their grandma, trying to save this country.
I will definitely start with the sticky notes at the gas pump too. Maybe on a few grocery items as well…
I am beyond tired of the red herring that is forced provision of contraceptives from Catholic organizations. When was the last time you had a discussion on the concerns of this country that centered around, or even peripherally touched on, contraception as a "right"?
Now President SuperO has phoned in, faster than a speeding Volt, calling Ms. Fluke, to encourage her in her efforts for women's reproductive rights.
I'm curious: was this phone call made before or after his 6 phone calls to the families of U.S. service members killed in Afghanistan over the Koran burning fiasco?!
Yes, yes! She should be congratulated for her courageous stand in support of Americans' RIGHT to MORE STUFF PAID FOR BY OTHER PEOPLE.
I'm going to start writing more every day. I don't have the time right now to keep up with a blog or write articles, but we need volunteer foot soldiers to post to the news web sites to counteract the paid ACORN and SEIU thugs who spew their pablum PR propaganda all over the comments sections. Pick a couple, go there and counteract. Just one a day is all that's necessary. You don't have to engage in flame wars (unless you want to), just post. Get the word out that we ARE the majority. Be clear; be concise; be rational; be angry; be honest; be Breitbart.
Rush Limbaugh,
I know you will probably never read this. I'll probably be lucky if one of your staff does. But I just felt compelled to write to you for only the second time in my life. (The first was during the 2000 recount situation.)
I'm an officer in the army who has been deployed to Iraq twice. I'm deeply concerned about the direction this country has been heading for the past 50 years or so. My degree is in history, and I tend to view things in that light. This nation is displaying the classic signs of decline–complacency, moral degradation, dependency, overstretch, budgetary problems, and a lack of patriotism that even drifts into self-loathing.
I believe we have gotten here because intelligent people and patriotic people have been bullied and intimidated into silence by a media and governmental machine with a warped agenda. I'm 35 years old, and since I was a child I have looked to you as the one person who not be cowed, who could not be intimidated.
Today you caved in to the liberal machine and apologized. Once again intimidation has triumphed over logic and common sense. For the first time in my life, I am truly disappointed in you, sir. Your precious advertising revenue is more important than your principles. How much money is enough, Rush? What good will your money be to you when your short life ends? The nation and freedom are eternal.
WA State Ground Report:
Today I attended the Bellingham Caucus. I sat next to a Delegate from my Precinct and he said he was surprised by the number of people in attendance. It was at one school in what I believe was their Foyer or cafeteria and quite crowded.
Almost everyone in my precinct voted for Ron Paul with Santorium being second. I talked to a number of people who felt that we were being a little hijacked by the Dems as there were some there and they were not shy about admitting that they were there to mess things up. There was a very cheerful, young, scrappy looking guy who looked like he had just rolled out of bed and he convinced another couple near me to vote for Ron Paul. He was very informed. I asked him if he was going to vote Republican if Ron Paul didn't win the nomination and he said he would probably vote for Gary Johnson.
Parking was terrible and as I walked to the school, I saw a number of cars with Obama stickers on them. We are a college town so I guess I shouldn't have expected anything less. There was a large Newt sign and two Newt supporters out front and about five for Santorium. I don't remember seeing any Romney people handing out information. I think the Republican party could have done itself some good if they had provided a shuttle for the elderly people who had to park so far away from the School. I would bet that Mr. Obama's organization would do that.
I did step up and nominate myself to be a delegate although I will only be an alternate. Way out of my comfort zone but this site has encouraged me.
My only regret is that I didn't have Hillbuzz stickers to hand out or a T-shirt to wear. Wish I'd thought of that earlier.
Hi Goffi,
Thanks for your ground report. Is your district very conservative/libertarian? I've heard national news reports that show Romney winning. What is your take on that?
CA TEA PARTY GROUPS CRASHED BY "PUBLIC ENEMY" after Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson (BOND, So LA Tea Party) speaks about fighting racism. Pictures, interviews are most illuminating.
Just thought that I would mention that I saw my first mostly-removed Obama Biden bumper sticker on the back of an SUV/truck-like thing yesterday. The idea that others are coming to their senses made my day.
I am saying a prayer today for Andrew and his family. I am also praying for YOU and the HB "family" as well. You may not know it but you have been "Breitbart" in so many ways. You belonged to a group and culture that was hostile to the right and during the 2008 election cycle, due to your support of Hillary you had your eyes opened to the ways of the left.
By your founding and subsequent expansion of this site, you have (to borrow the phrase) outed so many on the left for their wrongdoings. What you have done, all while being an active member of the Chicago gay community has taken courage that even Andrew might not have had. I'm sure that there are others out there, members of left wing identidy groups (gay, black etc.) who feel as you do but fear speaking out within their community. Your example serves to give courage to those who worry about being called into question within their own group.
Thank you Kevin for being a Breitbart to many of us.
Kevin, you inspire me the way Andrew inspired us all.
I post comments sometimes and when I feel unsure, I often remember how much your strong positive attitude has helped me.
High Morale is so important.
God Bless Andrew Breitbart for reaching out to you and others!
Andrew inspires me to push beyond my comfort zone, as they say. And so do you! Thank you for your sincerity, strong can-do spirit, your love for our country, and your and hard work!
Plus, I love what you said about Professor Jacobson, that today you love him like you love Christmas! That makes me smile every time I see it!
Keep up your great and important contribution. Thank you. Thank you, Kevin!!
Oh and BTW, SuperTuesday is here. Here is a really, really good speech NEwt gave on March 1st.
Go to 36:50 for Newt's strategy for winning.
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NSGEU union members and their supporters march around the Nova Scotia Legislature.
Halifax-area nurses marched in solidarity with other union members at Province House Wednesday to once again protest the province's essential services legislation that is poised to pass Friday.
Nurses with the NSGEU are set to go on a legal strike Thursday morning, but the province is expected to pass an essential services bill that could have them back to work as early as Friday.
Mila Warren, a registered nurse with Capital Health, said the government's decision to legislate them back to work sets a bad precedent.
"This is a dangerous, slippery slope," she said before joining about 50 other people involved in the protest. "If health care professionals are essential services when they are in a position to strike, who is next?"
Warren said if the government chooses to take away striking as an option, they have to act Thursday while it's still legal.
"This isn't about the NSGEU and their employer," she said. "This is about thousands of health care professionals all across the province unable to bargain effectively with their employer."
Sue Fancy, a nurse employed at the Victoria General hospital in Halifax, said the original issue was the need for more nurses, the safety of patients and protection for nurses.
"But when Bill 37 came into play, it became bigger than all of us," she proclaimed of the essential services bill.
Fancy also spoke about the need to protect future nurses because each year she sees fewer young people joining the profession.
"You can't work like that on a daily basis and go home feeling good about the generations coming up behinds us," she said. "It's just going to get worse."


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Skip to comments.MARCH ON WASHINGTON - NOW!
Posted on 02/06/2009 8:10:41 PM PST by Hildy
I'm at my breaking point..the point where you have to do something...just for your own sanity if nothing else. I think we need to get with some other groups, Grassfire and Resistnet and put together a March on Washington. I think the person to put the word out is Rush, and we'll do the rest....Who would be in with this?
How about a recall on the Senators who folded? If nothing else, but to make their lives miserable.
Ya really think it'll help.....I don't.
Why not? Isn't that how things get done? Remember the Boston Tea party? So what do you want to do, sit around and bitch and moan?
As are most of FR. There was a thread earlier today about a "Million Gunowner March". Ted Nugent agreed to lead the way. Maybe we should start there. We have to protect the 2nd Amendment first, otherwise we have no way to defend the rest of the Bill of Rights.
And I predict that Hussein will be another Jimmy Carter..."one & done!"
Semper Fi,
Then make another suggestion.
And by all means, set up your tax withholding so that dot-gov gets as little as possible through the year. Don't let them use YOUR money interest-free. Drop it as low as you can without being penalized.
The left wants to sink the ship - lets help them.
Obama will just have us all shot if we do that.
The pro-lifers turn out by the hundreds of thousands in Washington every January. It isn't even in the news.
Marches on Washington are as successful as the press wants them to be.
Look up more of our efforts at Righttokeepandbeararms.com.
Shoot back.
If Rush shows up, if Hannity shows up, if Conservative leaders show up, THEY'LL HAVE TO COVER IT.
The Fairness Doctrine is where I want to make my stand. I feel that once they take our voice away, it's over. I also feel that a one day march wouldn't do it , it would have to be converging on Washington and refusing to go home.
I'm with you Hildy. But as Rush goes, he can not be seen as the driving force. It would jeapordize his "entertainment" status. Once the march is planned, and nearing it's date (and mentioned briefly before) is when Rush can give a great boost and get the call out louder than other sources that will also make the call.
The bottomline is Rush is on our side but he can't become an official sponsor, if you will, without creating some legal avenue for the Dems to call it a contribution in-kind. I know, I know, from Hollywood to academia to MSM, etc. they all are essentially in-kind contributions for the Left but you know the reality we deal with.
I am telling you though that I could honestly envision a 5 to 10 million person march that would dwarf anything DC has ever seen and it would cause more than just a few liberal heart attacks along the way, it would change the course of American history.
Media offices should be one of the first places for protesters to gather. Trust me, they will cover it then.
I agree..I'd sleep in the street...I'm not kidding..it's time...And as far as Rush goes...entertainment? Everything in his life has led to this moment. He can change history...if he wants to. I don't understand what you're talking about, contribution...he'd be organizing people..this would have nothing to do with Republicans..SCREW THEM ALL.. I'm sick of just about all of them.
How about ten million? Twenty million?
Too many of us cannot get to Washington or cant afford to go. Not strategically wise to all gather in the same rain barrel.
Monday morning July 6th.
Millions of gun owners fill the streets surrounding the nearest Federal office building or Courthouse. Concealed carry or empty holster, pitchfork or axe handle. All legal and a lot more visible. spokespersons and video bloggers at each location.
Should happen this year not next. 2010 will be too late.
oh, please. If you cared enough, you'd get the money to go...you'd figure out a way to go.
Here, Here...I agree..protect the 2nd admendment!!!
This really is central to Atlas Shrugged, Ghandi and Dr. King's non-violent, non-cooperation successes. I think you are on to something, and it's so much easier when we have such a "Shovel Ready" economy.
* April 30, 1894 - Coxey's Army. Protest march by unemployed American workers.
[edit] 1900-1949
* March 3, 1913, Women's Suffrage march. 5,000 march to support women's voting rights.
* 1914 Coxey's Army Second March
* August 8, 1925, Ku Klux Klan march. 35,000 Ku Klux Klan members march to show support for the KKK.
* June 17, 1932 - Bonus Army. March by 20,000 World War I veterans and their families seeking advance payment of bonuses from the Hoover administration; several killed.
[edit] 1950-1999
* August 28, 1963 - March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. March at which Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his I Have A Dream speech. 250,000 march.
* April 17, 1965 - March Against the Vietnam War. Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) held its first anti-Vietnam War protest rally in Washington. 25,000 attend.
* November 27, 1965 - Another March Against the Vietnam War.
* May 16, 1966 - Another March Against the Vietnam War.
* October 22, 1967 - March on the Pentagon. Major march to protest the Vietnam War.
* January 15, 1968 - Jeannette Rankin brigade. Called for withdrawal of troops from Vietnam.
* October 15, 1969 - Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam. Vietnam Moratorium.200,000 demonstrate against the war in Vietnam.
* November 15, 1969 - National Mobilization to End the War. Vietnam Moratorium.600,000 demonstrate against the war in Vietnam.
* May 9, 1970 - Kent State/Cambodia Incursion Protest. A week after the Kent State shootings, a 100,000 demonstrators converged on Washington to protest the shootings and President Richard Nixon's incursion into Cambodia.
* April 19, 1971 - Operation Dewey Canyon Three by the Vietnam Veterans against the War. Over 2,000 veterans camp on the Mall, protest all over the city. John Kerry testifies in front of Senate.
* April 24, 1971 - Vietnam War Out Now rally. 500,000 call for end to Vietnam War.
* May 3, 1971 - 1971 May Day Protests. Mass action by Vietnam anti-war militants to shut down the federal government.
* January 20, 1973, Anti-war protest demonstration. Includes the Yippie-Zippie RAT float & SDS "March Against Racism & the War" contingent.
* January 22, 1973-2008 - March for Life. Pro-life demonstration held annually on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade
* April 27, 1974 - Ten thousand marched in Washington, D.C., calling for impeachment of President Richard M. Nixon.
* July 11, 1978 - Thousands of Native Americans finish their 3200 miles long Longest Walk from San Francisco, rallying at the Mall for religious freedom for traditional American Indians and against eleven drafts discussed at the Congress, and considered anti-Indian by native community. Soon, all eleven projects are dropped, and the American Indian Religious Freedom Act of 1978 is passed.
* February 5, 1979 - Tractorcade. 6000 family farmers drove their tractors to Washington D.C. to protest American farm policy.
* October 14, 1979 - National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights. First such march on Washington drew 100,000 gay men and lesbians to demand equal civil rights.
* September 19, 1981, Solidarity Day march. AFL-CIO organized march to protest Reagan Administration labor and domestic policies. 260,000 march.
* November 27, 1982 - Washington Anti-Klan protest 1982.
* August 1983 - March on Washington commemorating the 20th anniversary of the MLK I Have a Dream speech. Jesse Jackson spoke, among others, and after referring to David felling Goliath with a single rock, talked at length about the number of eligible voters who had not voted in 1980, but who were numerous enough that Ronald Reagan could be defeated in 1984, calling those potential voters "rocks just lying around."
* March 1 to November 15, 1986 - The Great Peace March for Global Nuclear Disarmament. From Los Angeles, California to Washington D.C. (a.k.a. The Great Peace March) to raise awareness of the growing danger of nuclear proliferation and to advocate for complete, verifiable elimination of nuclear weapons from the earth.
* October 11, 1987 - Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights. The second such march on Washington drew 500,000 gay men and women to protest for equal civil rights and to demand government action in the fight against AIDS.
* January 19 and 26, 1991 - Dual Marches against the Gulf War. The National Campaign for Peace in the Middle East estimated 250,000 attended the March on the 26th, but the National Park Service estimated attendance at 75,000. The March on the 19th was estimated at 25,000.
* May 16, 1992 - Save our Cities! Save our Children!. Estimates put the crowd at 150,000.
* April 25, 1993 - March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation. Organizers estimated 1,000,000 attended the March, but the National Park Service estimated attendance at 300,000.
* October 16, 1995 - Million Man March.
* October 12, 1996 - Immigrant Rights March - First national march in D.C. for equal rights for immigrants.
* October 4, 1997 - Promise Keepers event titled Stand in the Gap: A Sacred Assembly of Men. An open-air gathering at the National Mall
[edit] 2000-
* April 16, 2000 - Supporting march for the A16 street blockades of an IMF/World Bank meeting.
* April 30, 2000 - Millennium March on Washington. Controversial LBGT political rally.
* Fall, 2000 - TheCall DC for God's move in this nation- 400,000 gathered.
* May 14, 2000 - Million Mom March. March against gun violence.
* September 26, 2000 - Brides March Against Domestic Violence. Demonstration of several women in wedding dresses marching to raise domestic violence awareness.
* September 29, 2001 - Originally an Anti-Capitalist Convergence-organized protest to counter planned World Bank and IMF meetings, many protesters backed out after the World Bank and IMF cancelled their meetings in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks. The protest was turned into the first of several protests against the invasion of Afghanistan, the first major action of the post-September 11 anti-war movement.
* October 26, 2002 - First of numerous protests against the Iraq War in Washington, attended by over 100,000 people.
* January 18, 2003 - Anti-war demonstration on the National Mall; between 100,000 and 200,000 in attendance.
* April 25, 2004 - March for Women's Lives - pro-choice march; between 800,000 and 1,100,000.
* October 17, 2004 - Million Worker March.
* January 20, 2005 - Counter-inaugural protests. Demonstrations against George W. Bush's second inauguration.
* September 24, 2005 - Anti-War in Iraq protest
* October 15, 2005 - Millions More Movement. March to commemorate the 10th Anniversary of the Million Man March.
* March 6, 2006 - ProjectMARCH. March for colon cancer screening for all adults
* January 27, 2007 - January 27, 2007 anti-war protest sponsored by United for Peace and Justice
* March 17, 2007 - March 17, 2007 anti-war protest. March against the Iraq War sponsored by ANSWER Coalition.
* June 10, 2007 - June 10, 2007 anti-Israeli occupation protest. Rally and march against the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories for peace and anti-violence.
* September 15, 2007 - September 15, 2007 anti-war protest. March against the Iraq War sponsored by ANSWER Coalition.
* October 19-20, 2007 - October Rebellion. Series of demonstrations protesting the policies of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund.
* March 19, 2008 - March 19, 2008 anti-war protest
* April 19, 2008, National Socialist Movement protest march against illegal immigration.
* June 1, Jewish Federation of Greater Washington had an Israel at sixty celebration.[1]
* July 11, 2008 - hundreds of the Longest Walk 2 participants and supporters from the USA, Canada, Mexico, Japan, Poland, and many Native American nations finish their 8000 miles walk from Alcatraz Island in San Francisco to Washington, D.C. Walkers, gathered to "protect sacred sites", "defend human rights", and "clean Mother Earth" by the AIM co-founder Dennis Banks and other native leaders, present their Manifesto for a Change to Rep. John Conyers at the Capitol Hill. Two days of pow-wow and concerts at the Mall follow.
* July 12, 2008, Revolution March Rally and march protesting numerous violations of the US Constitution due to the Iraq Invasion, Federal Reserve, IRS, and the many policies of the Bush Administration. Over 10,000 people marched, participated in the rally, and enjoyed the musical guests. Keynote speaker: Ron Paul, Guest Speakers: Naomi Wolf, G. Edward Griffin, Thomas E. Woods, Jr., Chuck Baldwin, and more.
* July 19, 2008 - Over 9000 Anonymous March. Protest at the Lincoln Memorial by Anonymous against the Church of Scientology.
* January 10, 2009 - ANSWER Coalition protest against Israeli bombing of civilians of Gaza.
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This potential future target carries a big, accurate stinger.
A show of force would be nice..
Seems the marxists have a monopoly.
That day will be the beginning of the end to the politicians' power in Washington.
How about if each state marched on their own Capital at the same time? Those closer to DC could protest at the Hill.
That would work...that would work very well...
I agree, people have to begin standing up for America.
I, just like thousands of others, email, call, fax, write letters to our elected officials and it does absolutely no good.
Hey y'all, were dealing with an elitist group of power hungry, money grubbin individuals who care nothing for our national security.
Oh they say that they care. They pretend to do the will of the people, but wave a freakin dollar bill in front of their face and they'll sell their momma out.
It's time to band together. Form a conservative party or a nationalist party whos platform is America First.
Millions of illegals, thousands of H1B visa's, willy nilly spending by government, march to socialism.
I'm tellin ya folks, if we keep fishin from the same ol pond, were gonna keep catchin the same ol big mouth bass.
Vote conservative.......all the time. Not the lesser of two evils. These people in government may say they care, may even look like their sincere, say all the right things.
But most in government are beholden to the power structure. The almighty dollar speaks loud and clear to these hypocrites.
I'm not trying to tell you not to do it, but your energy might be better spent by organizing a grassroots effort to educate people about the media meltdown and what it has done to our country.
Count me in!
Washington is pretty in the Spring.
Ted Nugent is organizing a million gun owner march on DC for the spring of 2010. I plan to be there.
unfortunately, it's still winter.
We who are too old, poor and infirm to survive a trip to DC can offer our lives locally and be just as effective.
Consider the logistics alone.
One million in DC or ten to twenty million across the whole country?
that's the funniest thing I've heard today...you're willing to wait a year and a half?
How about each state capital on the 4th of July?
April 15 is coming up...I vote for a Tax Cheats Unite in Protest day!
Or better yet, on "Tax Day", what is it April 14th?
I can't take credit for this idea but I think I am going to do it. Send an ordinary tea bag to arrive about April 15th. I sure wish there was a way to not pay taxes—they would hear that.
Next April is not a year and a half.
Great suggestions. Here are some others:
Barter and trade as much as possible.
Pay cash if you can (some will give you better price paying cash).
Shop at garage sales, thrift stores and craft fairs.
Start a garden. Trade the produce
Hunt if you know how. Trade the meat.
Here is a site where people can GIVE and GET stuff for free. I've done both on it a lot. (I even had someone who wanted vines I'd cleard out of my garden ... she dries them and makes wreaths with them, sells them at craft fairs).
They won't listen to us. Starve them out!
That would be the most effective and immediate protest. The worst that could happen is we would all have to pay it later back with interest. It's no worse than the people abandoning their homes and jobs for the atlas shrugged movement.
Most folks can't make it to DC for one reason or another
You're better of trying to do something like Glen Beck did with his support the troops rallies in different cities and states
You'll have a better chance on getting people to show up when it's closer to their homes
it's a year and two months..excuse me...it's a lifetime away. You might not have your guns by that time.
I don't have a gun but I'd go anyway.
Yes, I agree...let's do it on April 15th..I say hold back paying your taxes for as long as you can afford. Get an extension...MAKE THEM SUFFER.
Bump for Tomorrow
The media didn't cover the support the troops rallies...not even FOX. They never happened./s
Yup. One of the turning points of the civil rights movement (way before it became perverted/inverted) was the images of peaceful protesters being attacked with bully clubs, dogs, etc. While one doesn't know exactly what would happen the key is to have as many cell phone cameras (and any others) documenting everything possible such as police (not a given enemy until proven as such), the size of the crowd, the strident but peaceful nature, the actions of counter-protesters, recording the media recording us, etc.
Cameras, cameras, cameras are so important. Oral testimony will never trump actual video evidence plus cell phone cameras can be uploaded to the web or an alternate server so that confiscation will not necessarily mean a video has been eliminated.
I think Chicago would be a key spot because of the corruption that sprung from there and moved to DC and headlined this mess and because Daley would probably copy, in a little lower key, the same actions his dad did 41 years ago. No need to do anything but show up with banners - Daley and goons would take care of the rest.
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MORRISTOWN — Hours after Rachel Canning returned home today, her attorney requested a court-appointed legal guardian for the 18-year-old who sued her parents for support.
The request for emergency relief was just as quickly denied by the judge in Morristown who has been handling the high-profile case.
In an application filed in the wake of Canning's return to her parents, her attorney, Tanya Helfand of Whippany, asked the court to step in.
"Just a few days ago, Rachel Canning indicated she could not go back home with her parents and she required a promise of some financial assistance going forward," Helfand wrote. "Now, after speaking with her mother yesterday, she said she is waiving her complaint and is receiving no promises or consideration in return."
She said it was critical that if her client does dismiss the matter, that it be done "of her own free will and not due to the extreme pressure of her parents and the media."
Helfand, who specializes in family law, said the court never determined if Rachel was emancipated or not.
"A psychologist certified that the parents are abusive. School faculty certified that the parents abuse the child," she wrote.
At the same time, she urged the judge to close the courtroom and put a gag order on all parties.
"All pressure is from defendant. It is critical that the courtroom be closed and that all parties, including counsel, be enjoined from speaking with media any further to avoid further manipulation of this legal matter," she said.
Family Division Judge Peter Bogaard in Morris County denied the application.
Helfand did not return calls to her office.
Earlier today, Angelo Sarno, an attorney for the Sean and Elizabeth Canning, held a press conference to announce that Rachel had returned home, but did not offer any details as to what sparked the apparent reconciliation.
"There is a long road ahead. The healing needs to begin," he told members of the media outside his Roseland office. Members of the family were not there.
Sarno said the lawsuit that generated so much attention is still pending, and her return home was not contingent on any financial or other considerations.
"We're not going to talk about the merits of the case," he said. "She's home. Respect it. Let's not figure out what the motivation was."
Canning, an honor student and athlete at Morris Catholic High School, first left her parents' home in October, moving in for two days with her boyfriend's family, and then with the family of her best friend, Jaime Inglesino. Her parents took swift retribution, refusing to pay her private school tuition.
In response, the young woman took her parents to court, in a lawsuit, with her legal fees fronted by her friend's father, former Morris County freeholder John Inglesino. She sought child support from her parents, including the cost of her private school tuition, medical and related bills, college expenses and her legal fees.
In court papers, the girl said her mother complained about her weight, calling her "fat" and "porky." By her junior year, she said, she was so concerned about her appearance she developed anorexia and bulimia, ultimately dropping to 92 pounds.
At the same time, she accused her father of being "inappropriately affectionate," alleging he "constantly put his arm around me in public and would kiss me on the cheek." At a wedding before her senior year, she said, her father gave her shots and mango martinis until she was drunk enough to black out. At the same time, Canning contends, her parents placed unreasonable limits on her, forbidding her from spending time with her boyfriend.
Sean Canning responded that his daughter's claim of inappropriate affection had fabricated.
Her parents said their daughter had refused to abide by household rules they considered liberal and spun further out of control, drinking to excess every weekend and cutting school. Rachel had been twice suspended from Morris Catholic, once on the suspicion that she was drunk at a homecoming dance, the second time for skipping classes.
The couple also said their daughter stole money from them, sneaked out of the house on a weeknight to attend a party until the early morning hours and used a credit card to buy clothes for herself without permission. They said she was especially verbally abusive to her mother.
Still, they said they wanted their daughter to come home.
Bogaard last week refused an emergency order to require the couple to pay private school and college tuition for the teenager.
• Family feud ends for NJ teen Rachel Canning and her parents
• Poll: Should parents be required to pay for an 18-year-old's tuition?


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SAGINAW, MI — LaShawn Blackwell never thought he would find himself homeless in a matter of minutes as he slept in his house the morning of Friday, May 24.
But after a Saginaw transit bus crashed into his home following a collision with another vehicle, Blackwell may soon have no place to go.
In the wake of the crash, his home had to be torn down, he said."There was a gas line ruptured so they wouldn't let me go in and get any of my clothes or anything," Blackwell said. "Red Cross put me in the Ramada for four nights and gave me $300 on a credit card, but that is gone because I had to go get underwear, clothes, toothpaste and food."
Blackwell said his stay at the hotel ends Tuesday and he doesn't know where he will live after that.
"I will be leaving out of the Ramada Tuesday morning with no place to go," Blackwell said. "Nobody from (STARS) has contacted me. I expect to hear something from them after the holiday. They need to act fast because it only took them a matter of seconds to wipe me out."Blackwell, 42, was sleeping on his couch when a STARS bus collided with a minivan, his house and another before coming to rest against a tree in the front yard of Blackwell's home on Sheridan.
"I was (lying) on my couch when I heard the first bump," Blackwell said. "The second bump threw me to the floor. It sounded like an explosion."
Blackwell said he fumbled as he tried to get out of the house to see what was happening.
"I hurried up and put on my pants and tried to run to the back door but I fell," he said. "I could smell gas. Finally I got out and seen it was a bus out there.
"The bus came through my bedroom. My bed was in my neighbor's yard. Good thing I wasn't in there sleep."
The crash happened north of the intersection on Sheridan and Gallagher and injured several people, according to MLive reports.
The driver of the minivan was trapped inside the vehicle, which came to rest upside-down, and Saginaw firefighters worked at the scene to cut the vehicle away to free him. He was transported by ambulance from the scene.
Blackwell says he feels bad for the victims and hopes they have a speedy recovery.
"I hope everyone who was hurt in the crash is OK," he said. "I'm praying for them and their families."
But now, Blackwell says he is facing his own dilemma. His house was demolished a few hours after the crash and he was sent to a hotel to live for a few days.Sylvester Payne, general manager of STARS, said the agency will perform an internal investigation of the crash that will include a standard drug test for the driver. He was not immediately available for comment.
Blackwell said he lives on a fixed income, which makes it difficult for him to just find another place to live.
"I'll probably be homeless after the holidays but (STARS) don't seem to be too concerned," Blackwell said. "Any help from anybody would help. My credit union is Amalgamated Credit Union.
"I just never thought I would be homeless in a matter of minutes."


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Following the advice contained in a Department of Justice legal opinion, the state of Oregon this month decided to recognize same-sex marriages conducted legally in other states.
Though same-sex couples still may not get married in Oregon, the decision diminishes the impact of Measure 36, which prohibited the state from recognizing such unions. The Oregonian editorial board recently called the state's decision a good one, but argued that voters deserve a chance to undo Measure 36 entirely.
What do you think of the state's decision and about an effort to place same-sex marriage back on the ballot next November? Join editorial board member Erik Lukens for a live chat below Wednesday at noon.


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An Allentown nightclub will be going out of business next month after the owner failed to pay multiple months of back rent payments.
Bahama Mama's at 1221 Airport Road, formerly known as Club Horizon, will be closing its doors for good on Aug. 31.
Owner Anthony DeLeon, who was previously taken to court over $175,000 in overdue rent payments, said he cannot afford to keep the club open anymore.
"For the last three years it was, 'Dig a hole, get out of it, dig a hole, get out of it,'" he said this week. "It eventually got to a point where we just can't get out of it."
Bahama Mama's has been open since 2006. It had been known as Club Horizon most of that time, but the name was changed after a fatal shooting in the parking lot in April 2012.
DeLeon paid $12,500 in monthly rent payments, which he said is higher than the average fair market value of $2,800 to $3,500 for 5,000-square-foot businesses in the area.
"My goal was to own a nightclub, and I was more interested in getting to that point, and I signed a dumb lease that I shouldn't have signed," he said. "I should have done my homework beforehand, but it was my first business."
Building owner Airport Road Co-Investor filed a lawsuit against DeLeon earlier this year claiming breach of lease and seeking a court judgment for back rent, operating costs, insurance and legal fees.
DeLeon said that matter is being resolved out-of-court, but he declined to provide specifics. Stuart Shmookler, the owner's attorney, did not respond to a phone message.
"Obviously if I can't afford $12,500 a month, I can't afford $175,000," he said.
The shopping center that contains the club was originally owned by Allentown Airport Road Associates. It was sold to the current owners, of Carlstadt, N.J., and HGF Allentown, of Morristown, N.J., in August 2010.
DeLeon said the previous owner was more willing to help when they were struggling with rent, and that the club was more profitable in its first few years.
"When you're the new nightclub, people tend to flock to you, so the first couple years we were able to make the payments," he said. "But once you're not new anymore, you're just a place, and the rent started catching up to us."
About 40 people work at Bahama Mama's, including wait staff, security, bartenders and other employees.
"The only thing disappointing to me is the fact that I'm letting my staff down," DeLeon said. "They all count on this, whether it's a second job or their only job."
Teddy Bell was shot to death in the parking lot outside what was then Club Horizon on April 15, 2012. Amos Muir admitted in court he shot him through Bell's car window after mistaking him for someone he had quarreled with inside the club earlier.
Muir pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and was sentenced on Dec. 13 to up to 10 years in state prison.
Contact Allentown reporter Colin McEvoy at 484-894-2549 or firstname.lastname@example.com @AllentownLVL


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Bomb Bomb Bomb, Bomb Bomb Iran
The Secret History of the Impending War with Iran That the White House Doesn't Want You to Know [print version] profiles former NSC Middle East policy experts Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann and how the Bush administration turned down a March 2003 peace offer from Iran. [more inside]
You Can't Get Fooled Again
A History of Concealment and Deception
With an hour-long slide show [PDF, 2.4MB] that blends satellite imagery with disquieting assumptions about Iran's nuclear energy program, Bush administration officials have been trying to convince allies that Tehran is on a fast track toward nuclear weapons.[more inside]
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My mom and I were recently discussing our habit of knitting more things that we'd ever need. Since I don't have any desire to stop knitting, I've been in search of a way to knit for others. Enter, the Special Olympics scarf project. From what I can gather, this project used to be sponsored by Red Heart but the partnership ended in 2012. Certain states have chosen to continue on their own. Of course, I've chosen to knit for Wyoming.
Wyoming doesn't require a specific yarn, but I decided to pick from the suggested options below and chose Red Heart. It's well priced, machine washable, durable, and the colors are vibrant with consistent dye lots. I already complained about the quality of Super Saver earlier, so I couldn't see using it for this project. I needed to order online and wanted to stick within the same type since both colors will be used in each scarf – Classic is different than Soft is different than Super Saver, etc. This led to me Red Heart Classic in Silver and Cherry Red.
If this project interests you, I suggest taking a look at the Facebook page to see how totals are adding up by state. Beyond generally wanting to support my current home state, I suspected Wyoming may struggle to meet their total and wanted to help as much as I can. I'm aiming for at least five scarves before the deadline. Maybe you'll join in?
Here is the information for Wyoming:
Colors: any shade of red and silver/light grey
Goal: 250 scarves
Deadline: 15 January 2014
Send to: Special Olympics Wyoming
Attn: Carolyn Burke
P.O. Box 624
Jackson, Wyoming 83001
**Yarn/color suggestions:
RH Classic Cherry Red (0912)
RH SS Cherry Red
RH Soft Really Red (9925)
RH Soft Cherry Red (5142)
Caron One-Pound Scarlet (0516)
RH SS Light Grey (0341)
RH Classic Silver (0142)


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Friday Focus: Thinking Counts as Writing
One of the writers in my check in group commented on not making her goals last week and said she spend a good chunk of time thinking about her story and asked, tongue-in-cheek: "Doesn't that count?" But we all know it does. In our productive, results-oriented society, the process of doing something often gets lost or isn't valued because there's no tangible evidence that it actually happened. But thinking through a scene, brainstorming a plot, having our character explore different emotions–all without putting pen to paper or fingers to keyboard–is a...Read More
Friday Focus: Does Setting Your Own Deadlines Work?
Many writers say they work better on a deadline, whether it's a contract deadline, an agent excited about their next book, or a contest. All of those are external forces pushing us to complete a project by a certain time. But what about setting our own deadlines. Are they as motivating? For me the answer is sometimes and sometimes not. Right now I'm trying to finish my Fact of Life #31 e-story to time it with the start of my GoodReads giveaway of autographed paperbacks on May 24. I'm highly motivated because I've said in the giveaway that the story is available. Of...Read More
3 Tips for Diving Back into Your Manuscript
When I've had a few days (or more) go by without working on my book, I sometimes have trouble getting back into it. I write about this topic a lot because I always get a lot of questions about it in my classes and also because it's always good to remind myself when I need some help. Re-read the last thing you wrote. But only go back a page or two so you aren't spending all of your time "catching up." This usually jump starts me enough that I can start writing the next section. Or, even better, read the last page or two the night before you plan to write so...Read More
Friday Focus: Is Your Writing a Priority?
Making time to write. Protecting your time. Getting motivated. These are recurring themes for writers and recurring themes for me. If you are a long time reader of my blogs, you'll know that this theme pops every so often in different forms. Why? Because talking about it, reminding myself, helps me re-invigorate my own writing. My guess is that you may need that nudge as often as I do. Today I'm focusing on where writing falls on my priority list. For the last 3-4 weeks, it's been close to the bottom as preparation for classes, presentations, other speaking engagements, and...Read More
Writing Workout (literally)
Recently I was reading a fitness magazine and one of the articles mentioned that even if you exercise, sitting for long periods of time can wreak havoc on your health, including wiping out the benefits of that run or spin class you took that morning (and affecting how well your metabolism works) – egads! For someone who worked hard to lose 20 pounds last spring, this was not good news. I exercise regularly and do my writing and most of my work on a computer so that means LOTS of sitting. I was bummed that all of my hard work might be slowed down because of how much sitting I do the...Read More


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Recent Press Releases
Ricoh releases fifth function-enhancing firmware update
for GR DIGITAL
This update provides functional improvements such as new settings for black and white images which installed in new product GR DIGITAL II.Ricoh announced today that it will release on November 22 the fifth function-enhancing firmware update for its GR DIGITAL * high-resolution compact digital camera, which has been well received in the two years since its launch.
- *GR DIGITAL is a high-end digital camera popular with professional photographers, experienced amateurs, and photo aficionados, and achieves high resolution in a compact body. It was first released on October 21, 2005 and is open priced.
The function-enhancing firmware can be downloaded free of charge from the Ricoh website.
<Enhanced functions>
- (1) In addition to traditional black-and-white, expressive new monochrome settings have been added
It is possible to select colors from sepia, red, green, blue, and purple.
(Sepia was added in the fourth function enhancement.)
Color depth, contrast, and sharpness settings can be specified in five levels.
- (2)Information display mode (external viewfinder mode)
When using the synchro-monitor mode, which turns off the LCD monitor display, it is possible to display only information such as aperture and shutter speed.
(Synchro-monitor mode was added in the first function enhancement.)
This mode is convenient to use when utilizing an external viewfinder.
- (3) Flash strength adjustment
Flash strength can be adjusted in 1/3 EV units from +2.0 EV to -2.0 EV.
- (4) Teleconversion lens operation
The GT-1 teleconversion lens (upcoming product) will be possible to attach to the GR DIGITAL. This enhancement adds a function for recognizing that the teleconversion lens has been mounted, modifies the focal distance information recorded in the EXIF file, and optimizes focus control.
- *The instructions for using these functions can also be downloaded from the Ricoh website.


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Alexis McTamney of Bordentown cranked out all four of her team's goals to lead the Burlington County school past New Egypt, 4-1, on Thursday. With that performance, McTamney rocketed onto the state leaderboard. She has 22 goals on the season, tied for third with Old Tappan's Raba Nassif. Carteret's Giselles Perez leads NJ with 25 and Lower Cape May's Gabriella McKeown is next with 24.
Alexis McTamney, Bordentown, 4
Kelsey Burke, Chatham, 4
Harleen Singh, Somerset Tech, 3
Maxie New, Clayton, 3
Tori Smick, Woodstown, 3
Chelsea Abhau, Pennsville, 3
Samantha Ascencio, McNair, 3
Madison Tiernan, Eastern, 3
Taylor Packwood, Franklin, 3
Rebecca Williams, Pitman, 3
Melanie Macchiaverna, Bernards, 3
Natasha Ntone Kouo, East Brunswick, 3
Chelsea Fadio, Audubon, 3
Marissa Dundas, Queen of Peace, 3
Natalie Melillo, Nutley, 3
39 players tied with two goals
Kelly Wieczerzak, Wayne Valley, 3
Romy Gabay, Leonia, 3
Amanda Carolan, Central Regional, 3
Alex Weyrauch, Ridge, 3
Kathleen Dos Reis, Kearny, 2
Jessica Vigna, Howell, 2
Brianna Petro, Bridgewater-Raritan, 2
McCall Moore, Chatham, 2
Abby Goger, Brearley, 2
Leigha Banks, Bernards, 2
Cydney Borner, New Milford, 2
Taylor Reed, Clayton, 2
Lina Proska, Chatham, 2
Brooke Harrey, Holy Cross, 2
Barbara Paiva, Kearny, 2
Gretel Keller, Glassboro, 2
Carli Lopez, Pitman, 2
Paige Paratore, West Deptford, 2
Kaitlyn Cestaro, Eastern Christian, 2
Rebecca Giordano, Mount St. Mary, 2
Lauren DeVault, Woodstown, 2
Molly Neilan, Park Ridge, 2
Julia Perez, Park Ridge, 2
Victoria Pugliano, Wayne Valley, 2
Hayley Snyder, Montclair, 2
Morgan Steadwell, McNair, 2
Christina Padovani, Eastern, 2
Meghan Holtz, Freehold Borough, 2
Katherine Aldana, Roselle Park, 2
Oti Laki, Colts Neck, 2
Tiana Gog, Voorhees, 2
Hannah Green, Haddon Township, 2
Samantha Alvarez, Barnegat, 2
Rebecca Kullman, Delaware Valley, 27
Tori Wunsch, Gloucester City, 24
Jessica Waters, Collingswood, 21
Solange LaMega, Marist, 20
Diana Carvalho, Newark East Side, 19
Karen David, Matawan, 19
Jackie Dvorak, South Plainfield, 18
Juli Wright, Colonia, 18
Lindsey Carroll, Watchung Hills, 17
Cate Chambers, Oak Knoll, 17
Maribeth Carias, Harrison, 16
Lia Rodriguez, Queen of Peace, 16
Caoimhe O'Sullivan Roche, Lawrence, 16
Kacie Booth, Maple Shade, 16
Irais Gonzalez, Union City, 15
Brianna Layton, Penns Grove, 15
Antonia Calabree, Gloucester Tech, 15
Shey Aponte, Leonia, 14
Lilian Nunez, Memorial, 14
Jackie Ibarguen, Winslow, 14
Sarah Bearnit, Palmyra, 14
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Last chance for Sunderland surely as Colback's delivery finds Cuellar, who can't find the target with an ambitious half-volley and Spurs will have clinched victory.
Wickham's early strike yields another corner for Sunderland, but Lloris, under pressure from Fletcher, earns his side a free-kick after making a splendid clearance anyway.
Sessegnon claims a corner during his battle at the byline with Sandro, but a goal-kick is awarded and precious time is wasted in Tottenham's favour.
Bramble meets Bale's loose touch but Spurs regain the ball in the middle of the pitch, where Walker's poor cross is collected by Mignolet.
Bright stuff from Sunderland as Johnson whips a dangerous ball into the six-yard box where Naughton's crucial interception denies Fletcher a tap-in.
Bale's delivery from the left is top drawer, but neither Adebayor nor Dempsey can make contact and it rolls out. Bale is eventually picked up again though, where his sterling strike is well held by Mignolet.
Caulker comes across to cover as Johnson closed in on a shooting position, and next up it's Sandro who makes the tackle to deny Campbell's bullet of an effort.
Mignolet is called into action once more as Dempsey's wonderful flick finds Adebayor in space, whose shot produces another superb stop by Mignolet. He has been inspired this second half.
Controversial scenes involving Bale once more. He heads past Gardner, with minimal contact made in the penalty area and the winger goes down, with the result a yellow card.
Adebayor heads away calmly on the goal line to force a Sunderland corner, and as Larsson delivers, it's Bale who this time makes the interception.
Colback and Fletcher lead the counter attack for Sunderland, but they are forced back and the momentunm ends. Gardner does well to get a cross in, and takes a foul from Dembele in the process near the byline.
Spurs don't look like losing this one now, but you can still back Sunderland to salvage a draw at 5/1, while Gareth Bale is tempting at 10/1 to score next.
Dempsey immediately finds Adebayor, but as the striker calls for a corner, a goal-kick is given, where Mignolet plays straight into Walker as Spurs resume control of the ball.
Sessegnon continues to work away, finding Fletcher from the touchline but as the striker looks for a yard to shoot, he is met with a sliding challenge from Dawson.
Sandro's skill is exquisite to turn past Gardner, and he wins his side a throw-in after some excellent play. He has been exceptional for Spurs today.
Larsson's delivery is straightforwrd for Lloris, but he opts to punch away, before Sessegnon's ball back in is this time caught by the Frenchman.
Strong play from Sessegnon to draw a foul from Dawson, where Larsson can drift the ball in from 30 yards.
Lloris punches away Larsson's delivery bravely through a crowd of bodies, and as Naughton goes to cut out Sessegnon's ball wide, he takes a knock himself.
Dawson is penalised for hauling down Sessegnon near the touchline and that's a yellow card for the Tottenham captain.
O'Shea adds to the Sunderland worries as he goes down and things don't look good as he hands the captain's armband over to Cuellar and prepares to hobble off.
Larsson loops the ball over the top for Johnson, but he is marshalled by Caulker and the Spurs defender does enough to see the ball out for a goal-kick.
Bale endeavours to work the ball out of the corner, but Gardner and Johnson team up, winning back possession and Bale hacks down the former out of frustration.
Adebayor catches Cuellar as the two vie for control of the ball and fortunately it's an amicable ending between the two as the foul is given against Spurs.
Adebayor heads away Larsson's free-kick, where O'Shea is caught offside anyway and play is brought back for a Spurs free-kick.
Fletcher gives the ball away too easily too Dembele, with Spurs strong in every department now. Sessegnon finds a yard away from Naughton moments later though, slicing a powerful effort wide at the near post.
Sandro steps in to tackle Sessegnon and from there Spurs break. Bale was in turbo charge before drawing the ball for Defoe who draws an unbelievable save from Mignolet! Magical stuff from the keeper who keeps his side in the game for now.
Colback tracks Lennon but the pace of the winger sees him away, until he loses out against McClean, where despite claiming a foul, play continues.
It goes beyond Cuellar this time and Mignolet makes a simple claim in the end. Spurs win back possession shortly after though with Adebayor playing impressively all over the park at the moment.
During that attack, Fletcher and Dawson seemed to collide and the striker looks a tad worse for wear as a result.
Great skill from Fletcher to place the ball into Sessegnon's path. As Johnson goes for goal, Lloris keeps the ball out at the far post but he has to rely on Caulker to make the clearance away.
What a turnaround from Spurs. Lennon gets a slice of luck as his ball out wide cannons off Kilgallon into his path. He then slips the ball round O'Shea before placing an accurate finish past Mignolet. 2-1 to Tottenham!
Lennon can't control Defoe's ball in his stride, and Cuellar is presented with the chance to clear, but it's Spurs now continue to look the stronger going forward and now they're doing so with some momentum.
That goal has brought the Sunderland fans back into life as they roar their team forward, with Colback tripped by Bale as a free-kick is awarded.
What a dreadful couple of minutes for Cuellar. First he collects a booking and then while leaping for a header with O'Shea he fires the ball into his own net and draws Spurs level.
First yellow card of the game falls to Cuellar, who lunges in late on Defoe and concedes a free-kick 30 yards out from goal.
Johnson takes on Bale and drives a fine ball into the danger zone, which Caulker positioned well to stab the ball to safety.
Ian Fordyce writes: "Tottenham in control of the game even after Sunderland scored. Sunderland look much better recently. Will be difficult to break down. Adebayor has been poor, missed a total sitter. Wouldn't be surprised if Dempsey comes on for Adebayor second half and go 4-2-3-1, however I wouldn't be surprised if Sunderland hang on to win. They keep their shape well and are very good on the counter attack."
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Defoe goes down on the edge of the area, but replays show he went down extremely easily and the referee is having none of it as play continues.
Great challenge from Colback on Bale, with Sunderland's tight, organised defence doing a brilliant job in frustrating Spurs for the time being.
After falling behind to John O'Shea's opener, Tottenham are now 7/2 to turn this one around. Sky Bet go 7/2 that there will be no next goalscorer, though, while a 1-1 draw can be backed at 11/4.
O'Shea denies Defoe seeking an avenue into the penalty area, with Spurs continuing to dominate possession as they now seek an equaliser.
Larsson's wonderful ball in sees Lloris make a top save to deny Fletcher, but the rebound falls fo O'Shea who has the simple task of poking the ball into an open goal. 1-0 to Sunderland!
McClean steals the ball from Walker, and as Lennon tracks back to assist his team-mate, Sessegnon takes a tumble and it's a free-kick to the hosts.
Sunderland win a free-kick, which Johnson takes, and Cuellar's looping header is close to giving Lloris a torrid time but it lands on the roof of the net.
Naughton pick-pockets Gardner far too easily, looking to cut inside and shoot with his effort hitting O'Shea and then clipping himself with the outcome a Sunderland goal-kick.
Defoe takes a clattering from play is waved on where Sandro storms forward before Defoe, back on his feet, sees his shot blocked by Kilgallon.
Walker looks for the back post but applies the delivery with far too much pace and Adebayor is left wanting as he stood no chance of meeting the ball.
Bale's delivery incredibly sails over everyone, with Lennon collecting at the byline. Walker resorts to firing from range but it's a poor effort and flies well over the bar.
Sandro kicks the floor when looking to shoot, but Bale keeps the attack flowing, his cross from the left deflecting behind for a corner.
Johnson looks for Sessegnon, but the forward has to control his run and ends up lacking the momentum to storm past Caulker to reach it as Lloris gathers.
Incredible scenes as Defoe's speculative shot clips Cuellar, and with the goal gaping Adebayor pokes the ball on to the crossbar! A huge let-off for Sunderland.
Brilliant stuff from Spurs, as Lennon makes a fool out of Kilgallon before delivering a deft chip into Bale who inexplicably heads wide from 10 yards. Great chance and a man of Bale's quality should be doing better.
Spurs are starting to stomp their authority on the game now, and frustration grows for the hosts as Larsson is penalised for handball as he aimed to charge forward.
Cuellar gets in the way of Defoe's delivery, taking the ball out for a corner. Mignolet again punches away, where McClean scoops the ball away from danger.
Mignolet punches away Bale's corner brilliantly, finding the path of Fletcher, but Caulker makes a sterling tackle and Adebayor is set away before Mignolet makes a terrific save.
A crucial deflection from Kilgallon takes the ball behind from Lennon's delivery, and as the corner is headed away, Sandro has another shot which goes for another corner.
Cuellar hobbles back into the action, just as Sandro fouls Johnson. From the free-kick taken by Gardner though, McClean can only head into the arms of Lloris.
Sunderland appear to have a problem as Cuellar is down nursing an injury to his ankle and the medics are on to take a look at the defender,
Kilgallon loses out to Lennon, whose ball to Bale is flicked on to Sandro, with the midfielder going for goal with a deflection making a tricky save for Mignolet, who does well.
The corner is disposed off easily by Caulker, and Naughton proceeds to usher the ball out of play to safety after a Johnson deflection.
Best chance of the game so far as McClean's ball is cut back across goal by Johnson with Dawson staying composed to clear away for a corner. Fletcher should have been steaming in to meet that.
Lennon aims for Adebayor with a cross from the right but the offside flag catches the striker out and play is brought back for a free-kick.
O'Shea goes long for Fletcher, but Dawson, making a rare start, calmly heads back to Lloris under pressure from the striker.
Dembele is forced wide from Lennon's cut-back, and in his attempts to line up a shot he ends up ploughing through Gardner and conceding a free-kick.
Sessegnon makes himself available to meet Johnson's pass, floating a good cross into the box but the alert Lloris claims the ball on the edge of the six-yard box.
Caulker hacks the ball into the stand with Johnson lurking, as the right side seems to be the focus point of all the Black Cats' attacks thus far.
Great stuff from Bale, advancing past two Sunderland players before drawing a foul from Colback. Gardner watches the winger all the way from the free-kick though and makes an excellent tackle.
Caulker holds on to Fletcher in a battle to win the ball in the air and concedes a foul. Sunderland play the free-kick short, but a loose pass from Larsson concedes possession to Dawson.
Sandro's aimless ball forward ends up finding only the arms of Mignolet, but as Sunderland play forward, Naughton makes a timely header to prevent Johnson breaking past him.
Sessegnon tries to keep the ball alive at the by-line, but Naughton cuts across him to usher the ball out to safety and the Sunderland man is lured into making the foul.
Defoe is crowded out while looking to play the ball into Dembele's path, with a committed block from Colback seeing Mignolet collect the deflected pass.
Colback looks for Johnson with an out-swinging ball but the pace makes collecting it tricky for the winger and it's a goal-kick to Spurs.
Gardner drives a solid effort at goal, which takes a deflection off the charging Defoe, but Lloris is more than equal to it and makes a good save.
Penetrating play from Johnson sees Sandro lean too hard into him and the hosts win a free-kick roughly 25 yards out from goal.
Bale skips past Gardner with ease, a worrying sign for the Sunderland man, but as the winger looks for Adebayor, the striker hits a shot off-balance and it drags wide.
Fletcher and Johnson combine, with Naughton holding his ground and colliding with the latter. No free-kick is given though and play continues.
A neat flick on from Bale contributes to a Spurs attack, but O'Shea reads Dembele's ball into Adebayor and makes the interception.
The players are out and we're minutes away from kick-off now, with Gareth Bale's incredible use of hair gel a truly remarkable sight.
Sunderland (9/4) have won just once in the last seven meetings between these two sides, with Tottenham the natural 6/5 favourites in Sky Bet's match result odds. There is a handful of price boosts on offer ahead of kick-off, including a scorecast double chance with Gareth Bale to score first and either Tottenham to win 2-1 or Tottenham to win 3-1 (25/1).
David Miller writes: "Bale now in middle of rich vein of form and can see him blowing away Sunderland's usually tight defence - whether scoring the goals or making them for Defoe - 3-0 and an easy 3 points today!"
Sunderland Mignolet, Gardner, Kilgallon, O'Shea, Cuellar, Larsson, Colback, Johnson, McClean, Sessegnon, Fletcher. Subs: Campbell, Wickham, McFadden, Vaughan, Dong-won, Bramble, Westwood.
Tottenham: Lloris, Walker, Naughton, Dawson (c), Caulker, Sandro, Dembele, Lennon, Bale, Adebayor, Defoe. Subs: Dempsey, Vertonghen, Huddlestone, Parker, Sigurdsson, Livermore, Friedel.
Good afternoon folks and welcome to live coverage of Sunderland v Tottenham at the Stadium of Light. Both sides were victorious on Boxing Day and both will look to carry on building momentum here this afternoon. The teams will be uploaded imminently and you can send me a message today by e-mailing email@example.com or tweet @JWoodfield365


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Virgin Mobile is set to get some new Android phones to add to their lineup. Thanks to some leaked renders we can feast our eyes on two new phones. On the left we have the Virgin Mobile Venture, on the right is the Virgin Mobile Chaser. Both devices are said to have 600MHz processors, and 2.8″ and 3.5″ screens.
These devices may be branded as ZTE handsets, and with those specs it's assumed they'll be mid-range devices with mid-range prices. It's always a good thing to see some of the little guys get some capable Android devices for those of us that don't want to pay an arm and a leg. No word on when these guys will be available, but we'll keep you posted!


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WALKING DEAD: I'd never heard this before
Posted by: Brian Hibbs on December 22, 2012
Categories: Retailing/Industry
Tags: Brian, The Walking Dead
Obviously, this story had to have happened… it just had never happened to ME before.
Customer comes to the counter, waving a copy of WALKING DEAD #105. "What the heck is this?!" he exclaims.
"Uh…? What do you mean?" I ask.
"This! What IS this?" He's sort of shaking the comic about, I guess this is the one legitimate time to call it a "floppy".
"I'm not sure exactly what you mean, sir, do you mean 'in relationship to the TV show'?"
"No, no, I know the comic is different from the show; what I mean is what, exactly, is THIS?"
I blink a few time, and am entirely unsure what to say. "It's… it's a comic…?"
"I don't understand," he's getting frustrated, "is this volume 18 or something?"
"I mean, I have the first seventeen issues, so what is this?"
I get it now. "Yeah! I mean no! I mean, you know that the books are just collections, don't you…?"
"What do you mean?" he demands.
"Each of those volumes you have is a collection of single monthly issues! There's six in each one. Volume 1 is issues #1-6. You're holding issue #105."
"So… this IS volume 18?"
"Well kind of, issue #103 is what comes right after volume 18, this is the middle of what will be that book"
"Wow!" he exclaims, all excited, "I had no idea!"
"Yeah, and, actually, I think it's kind of a better read as a monthly serialization because you get six cliffhangers. In a book, you just breeze through them. Like you remember in vol 16 when [spoilerific content], and you just turned the page, and you knew he was OK? Well, WE had to wait an entire month to find out what was going to happen. It drove us insane!"
"Wow, that sounds great, I totally have to start buying these!"
Obviously, OBVIOUSLY, there had to be a guy who only read TWD in GN form, and never had encountered a monthly comic before. When you say it outloud, it becomes self-evident. I'd just never met a member of the species before. And I was proud to pop his comic book cherry.
God bless us, every one!
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Great story. I hope he really was as excited as you describe.
Huh…I've had slightly similar experiences, but I assumed it was because I don't work at a comic store. All my friends and family know I read comics, but I don't think most of them understand what that means. I think this because I've picked up Walking Dead trades for people before and I'll toss in a few recent single issues so they can read beyond the trade. They always ask me what the single issues are and I tell them they're the issues that are coming up next. Then we have a brief discussion of what a trade is and they always give me the, "Oh, cool, I didn't know they still made comics like this…." I don't really go into it more than to ask them if they enjoyed the book. But yeah, people I know are usually surprised to learn that single issues exist and how they work. It always reminds me we take a lot for granted inside our hobby.
I remember when I had the realization that comics came out every week, and individual series shipped every month. (I think it was on Fridays, back then.) Previously I thought they just spawned within back-issue bins :)
Bizarre. I'm not that old (I think–I'm 37, that's not tool old, right?), and I remember spinner racks and such in grocery stores and drug stores. And I'm pretty sure it was common knowledge at my middle school in the late 80s that things called "graphic novels" existed, many of which reprinted previous comics.
Maybe people younger than me don't know that? Or maybe my social circle has always been so nerd-centric things that we don't realize outsiders wouldn't know? I mean, I wouldn't expect my mom to know all this, but then, she wouldn't have been reading the Walking Dead collections anyway.
I wonder if this could only happen with the Walking Dead–if that's the only property with enough cachet in non-comics circles that outsiders are coming in and reading the collections. (Maybe Sandman as well?)
That's never happened to me, but I'd find it completely believable if he was under 30. It's been, what, 14 or 15 years since the post-boom bust of the 90s? I live in a metro area of about 110 thousand people and for pretty much the last decade, we've had a comic shop and the magazine rack at Barnes and Noble and that's pretty much it for comics. So, it's entirely possible that someone who's around 30 and under and wasn't into comics as a kid would have never seen an actual comic.
"What is this?"
I am imagining him running around the shop touching everything with wonder, like Jack Skellington in Christmas Town.
I'm interested in how a dude who doesn't know what floppies are ended up in your store. What brought him in? I like to think it could be the great window displays CE always has.
Cute story! Would make a funny promotional short film or something.
I have also totally seen that happen. Sadly. Customer totally got that the TPBs were serials, just could NOT decode that they contained actual "comics"…which were some issues ahead of what he had on his shelf.
Also, the Walking Dead TPBs don't reprint the individual covers. I hate that, because I think of covers as a major part of the comic experience. In a TPB, covers also serve as chapter breaks; and without them, the rhythm of the trades always seems a little off, because there's no pause in your reading. In any case, reprinting the covers might go a long way toward helping "lay people" to understand.
I thought the [spoilerific content] worked as a powerful *moment* in the TPB, so we collection readers still got quite a shock even if it was only for a few seconds, but I concede the experience would have been heightened by a month-long wait. But, as great as the series is, moments like that are not common enough to convince me to start getting the singles. Great anecdote, btw.
I'm not surprised that some readers can't tell that TWD is serialized. I only read it in TPB form, and the transition between issues is relatively seamless. Sometimes I have to count pages to figure out where the break is.


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Who were your biggest influences — drummers and/or non-drummers — and what did you learn from each of them?
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ha ha nice question Andy!!
first one - Peter Criss. KISS is what made me want to be in a band, I already wanted to play drums, but KISS made me want to play in a band, even though Gene was my favorite guy - and still to this day the only one I've ever met out of the 4 original members. What did I learn from KISS?? Always make sure you're an EQUAL member that gets EQUAL rights - publishing,royalties,merch, etc. and I also learned that too many "extra-curricular activities" are an easy way to get fired from your gig! You don't see Ace and Peter in the band still do ya??
Stewart Copeland - awesome, totally awesome, and I wanted to know every Police song back to front when I was 13. Sadly enough I probably also played it better back then.
Clive Burr/Nicko McBrain - Iron Maiden, nothing else needs to be said
Neil Peart - was, and will always be my main man! I can't say enough about Neil, really I can't. From the playing, to the kits, to the lyrics, I loved me some RUSH - and they are still my fav #1 band, and I have even been lucky enough to spend 15 minutes with Neil backstage (thanks Lorne), I'm getting goosebumps just thinking about it. He was/is awesome, and will always be "The Professor."
Simon/Billy - Phillips with Judas Priest/Pete Townsend/Beck it doesn't matter, it had me going "wow". Cobham primarily with his Glass Menagerie band, I didn't get into Mahavishnu till years later.
Lars/Dave/Charlie - Metallica/Anthrax/Slayer this is what primarily made me the player that I am today. I wanted to be a thrash drummer since I was 15, took awhile but I got here eventually, but not without these guys. Heck- I was even in Anthrax for 2 days!! thanks Charlie!
Mark Zonder - this is where my progressive side went further than Rush…........i got a lot of my splashwork from Mark
Pete Sandoval/Derek Roddy/Gene Hoglan/Sean Reinert - these are the guys that pushed me more with the extreme side of drumming
Steve Smith/Gavin Harrison - my two favorite drummers of the last 5 years, hands down. I always loved Steve, but he just gets better and better. and Gavin - needs no explaining too- he's another master.
and there are many more that Ill think of after I log out!!! but that's the majority
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September 17, 2008: Family history photo a pleasant treat
It was a pleasant surprise to see our mother, Bessie Easley, no. 21, in the Olde School photo, in a recent issue of the News. Number 24 in the picture is George Buster Balcom, now deceased.
Bessie was born January 29, 1916 at Johnny Cake Lane, between Margaretville and New Kingston, the daughter of Bruce and Beulah Bronson Easley. Her parents divorced when she was a small child. She went to live with her grandparents Bronson, who lived at the top of Fair Street on South Side. They later moved to the little house on the other side of the Bull Run Stream, on Main Street.
Bessie married Richard S. Balcom, an older brother of the George B. Balcom in the photo.
George (Bus) Balcom married Ruth Edwards of Dingle Hill, Andes. Many of their descendants still live in this area.
Bessie has been a resident of Mountainside Care Center since last fall.
I would say that the photo that was in the newspaper was the first and second grades.
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The painful disparity between gas prices in the Northwest and those in the rest of the country is quickly disappearing, with Oregon's average dropping another four cents to $3.48 a gallon in the past week.
In fact, after ranking in the top five states with the nation's most expensive gasoline during the first five months of 2012, Oregon and Washington – where the average dropped three cents to $3.48 – have seen a steady slide to the middle of the pack.
Washington is 22nd most expensive, while Oregon is 23rd, according to the AAA. California, however, remains fifth in the nation at $3.74 a gallon.
That's an impressive reversal from mid-October, when Oregon's average had climbed to $4.08.
Just a couple months ago, the Oregon average for regular unleaded was as much as 30 cents a gallon more than the national average. But the gap is now less than six cents.
In the past week, the national average gained half a cent to $3.42 for a gallon of regular unleaded.
"The national average for regular unleaded remains at its lowest point since mid-July," said Marie Dodds, a spokeswoman for AAA of Oregon and Idaho, "while Oregon's is at its lowest point since late January."
Oregon's current price is nearly 13 cents a gallon lower than it was a year ago, Dodds said. The national average, meanwhile, continues a three-month streak of daily record prices.
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Thanksgiving was the highest ever for the holiday -- 11 cents higher than the
previous record set last year," Dodds said.
She said the decline in gas prices is the result of the changeover to winter-blend fuel, which is less expensive to produce, as well as cheaper crude oil prices, lower demand and lingering economic concerns.
So far in 2012, Oregon's average peaked on June 1 at $4.27 a gallon, just shy of the record high of $4.29 set on July 3, 2008, Dodds said.
The AAA warned that rising crude oil prices are once again putting upward pressure on pump prices. Among other things, indications that the looming U.S. "fiscal cliff" will be averted have caused commodities prices, including gasoline, to move higher.
"A stronger economy would be expected to demand more gasoline," Dodds said, "which puts upward pressure on prices."
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