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Oiled Up Men Wrestle
While we're on the subject of male objectification, we recently came across a video of men oil wrestling.
We're not sure whether the men are straight or gay, but we do know it's truly a piece of cinematic genius. We also know that penis makes some cameos, so it's probably best that you don't watch this at work.
Yeah that is a really old one from Chris Geary, before he became the phenomena he is now. Gay gay gay….he likes to get the boys wrestling, kind of where it all began….yum!!!
Boner !!!!!!!!
I think I just leaked a little into my draws
The way wrestling should be.
Yeah, cuz men fondling each other's chests, asses and genitals with oil to the sound of hi-nrg dance music in the great outdoors are always straight. Ask that Bob Allen fella.
And also, phenomena is plural. You meant phenomenon.
LOL…infact ROFLOA…..thanks naprem….I just love it when other people feel the need to try and demonstrate some kind of grammatical superiority.Says a lot about them I find! I used the right tense….he…his site…his fella, the Chris geary team.. they are one big business now. It started with just Chris years ago but the brand means a whole lot more…but thanks anyway.
I hope it wasn't too sunny outside because "pale mens + baby oil x hours naked in the sun = lobster"
tense is for verbs.
Ach….Syd!!!!! I left that door open for naprem,,,,lol!


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Maui's business community made up of people who care
In county and state hearings, disparaging comments about businesses are made as if our businesses are all large, uncaring corporations run by people who don't love Maui and whose sole aim is making money, regardless of the impact on people, the environment and the community. It clearly shows that these individuals do not have a clue about the people we serve.
Maui's business community is overwhelmingly made up of small businesses with local owners who live here, care about the environment, invest in this community, and survive in spite of the fact that we have the highest cost of doing business in the nation. By federal standards, many would be considered economically disadvantaged microenterprises due to their size and location (in a rural area).
These businesses are owned and operated by people – people who have had to leverage their lives for the chance to create a sustainable business. Many small-business people put homes, vehicles, retirement funds, college savings, furniture, equipment and more, or some combination thereof, at risk for this opportunity. If their business fails, they lose those assets, their careers and income, along with the jobs they helped create and provide, equating to significant losses for their employees as well. When a business is hurting, people are hurting, plain and simple. Yet, people speak of businesses like big structures, absent people. The faces of those that make up the business are frequently forgotten as if they don't exist.
Many stories illustrate this point, but here's one that is a work in progress. The names and details have been withheld to protect all sides.
A state department made a ruling against a chamber member that the business owner and the chamber felt was incorrect. We solicited additional feedback from attorneys, lawmakers, government officials and other businesses – all of whom also felt the ruling was wrong. While there is an "appeals process" (from department to the court system), the burden is on the business to prove that the department's ruling is improper, which the company continues to pursue. Thus far, the company has spent about $25,000 in legal fees/costs, which could double before the situation is resolved. We and others believe the company's owners will win in court, but even if they do, they will still be out $25,000-$50,000.
The owner of this business and I flew to Honolulu to meet with the department that made the ruling. There, people looked the owner straight in the face and said two things that still make me shudder inside. First, "It's sad, but good businesses are thrown in with the bad because some try to skirt the law," and, in terms of the money the company has to spend to fight the ruling, "That's just the way it is; it's the process." It's like the faces and spirits of business people are shadows, barely recognizable.
If the roles were reversed and those who made such comments were standing in the shoes of the good business owners, with their lives, resources, jobs and benefits on the line, do you think they would be OK to have someone say those things to them? Absolutely not!
Processes are important, but doing the right thing is crucial. Money that could help grow the business is being wasted as the owners defend themselves against an incorrect ruling they must pursue given the nature of their business.
Will people be hurt as a result? Absolutely! But, "That is the way it is."
We find that wrong. At the Maui Chamber of Commerce, we are working to repair this and other injustices to businesses and all the people that make them up.
* Pamela Tumpap is president of the Maui Chamber of Commerce.

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Public hearings set on draft sign code
A public hearing has been set for 6 p.m. Tuesday, June 3, at the Kitsap County Administrative Building, 619 Division St., Port Orchard for comments on the Kitsap County Draft Sign Code. A second hearing will be at 5:30 p.m. June 16 at Poulsbo City Hall Council Chambers, 200 NE Moe St., in Poulsbo.
The Kitsap County Planning Commission will take comments from the public regarding the proposed code at both these sessions. The draft sign code is designed to foster economic development by providing predictability while preserving high levels of visual quality of Kitsap County, according to Larry Keeton, director of the department of community development.
"Our goal is to adopt a user-friendly sign code recognizing the preferences of Kitsap County residents and businesses," he said.
The planning commission will take public comments into consideration as it makes a recommendation to Kitsap County Commissioners who will vote whether to adopt the proposed code.
The sign code has been debated several times at pubic meetings, including one sponsored by the Central Kitsap Community Council. Since the central area, mainly Silverdale, is one area of the areas in the county that is not incorporated, whatever the county commission adopts will regulate commercial areas in and around Silverdale, including the Kitsap Mall area.
According to a report online, written by the department of community development, the county's sign code has not been updated since 1998. The 28-page proposed code includes a series of definitions of types of signs.
It sets out that permits are required from the county before signs are erected, unless the songs are exempt.
It prohibits signs on utility poles or traffic control signs, signs on roundabouts, signs that are located within 30 feet from intersections, signs that obstruct drives, doors, walks, windows, fire or escape routes.
Temporary signs, such as those stuck to trees, rocks and benches are not allowed in the proposed code. It also prohibits electronic signs outside the Urban Growth Area and Type III LAMIRDS,(limited areas of more intense rural development) except when authorized or exempted for schools, churches, public safety agencies, and governmental agencies.
The code prohibits signs with animation, flashing, fluttering lights and rotating signs. It also prohibits banners or inflatable signs not associated with a special event.
And in Old Town Silverdale, it upholds the suburban design standards that prohibit electronic signs.
There are exemptions to these rules, however, including historic site markers, official or legal postings by a public agency or court, seasonal or holiday decorations that do not function as a sign, plaques, religious symbols, garage sale or temporary signs that are no larger than four feet square, and residential identification signs.
The code also sets fourth exemptions for A-Frame of certain sizes and in certain places, flags, political signs, and community sings.
As for "human signs," a human shall be located on-premise only and not in then public right-of-way, bike lane or sidewalk.
The code also has a section regarding violations, which reads "unapproved signs in violation (of the code) will be subject to removal by county staff at the owner's expense."
The entire proposed code can be viewed on the county's website at the 2014 Sign Code Update page at http://tinyurl.com/KitsapSCUpdate. Or call 360-337-5777 for more information or to make comments.
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I cant close the gate with my harley or my dirtbike in the back in a short box so that kinda sucks for me. I always used to think reg cabs looked better but of course im biased now but whenver I see a dropped reg cab around here it has such a small look to it...which of course is probably just because im used to my dropped long box.
Either or I like em both...but for me my long box suits my tastes and my practicality issues right now.


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Matthew Restall
- PhD, University of California, 1992
- MA, University of California, 1989
- BA, Oxford University, 1986
I am a Colonial Latin American Historian with areas of specialization in Yucatan and Mexico, Guatemala and Belize, Maya history, the Spanish Conquest, and Africans in Spanish America. I have received NEH and Guggenheim Fellowships to study Mexico's indigenous and African past. My fifty odd articles & essays and sixteen books published since 1995 include The Maya World (1997), Maya Conquistador (1998), and Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest (2003). More recent books include two edited volumes, Beyond Black and Red and Black Mexico (2005 and 2009), and two co-authored volumes—Mesoamerican Voices (2005) and Invading Guatemala(2007), the latter published in Penn State Press' Latin American Originals series. I edit this series and am co-editor of Ethnohistory journal. My last monograph, The Black Middle: Africans, Mayas, and Spaniards in Colonial Yucatan (2009), won the Conference on Latin American History prize for best book on Mexican history. I co-authored four books published in 2011 and 2012: 2012 and the End of the World: The Western Roots of the Maya Apocalypse (with Amara Solari);The Riddle of Latin America and Latin America in Colonial Times (both with Kris Lane); and The Conquistadors (with Felipe Fernández-Armesto). I am currently writing a book on early Belize.
editor of Ethnohistory journal;
series editor for Latin American Originals
Recent Publications:
The Conquistadors: A Very Short Introduction (with Felipe Fernández-Armesto). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012.
Latin America in Colonial Times (with Kris Lane). Cambridge: Cambridge: University Press, 2011.
2012 and the End of the World: The Western Roots of the Maya Apocalypse (with Amara Solari). Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2011.
The Black Middle: Africans, Mayas, and Spaniards in Colonial Yucatan. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2009.
Awards and Service:
Fellowship, Institute for the Arts and Humanities, Pennsylvania State University (2011)
Faculty Scholar Award for Outstanding Achievement, Pennsylvania State University (2007)
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship (2003-2004)
NEH Fellowship, John Carter Brown Library, Brown University (2001-2002)
Recent Courses:
HIST011 - World History II
HIST197H - The End of the World: The History of Apocalyptic Thought
HIST302W - Undergraduate Seminar
HIST569 - Seminar in Latin-American History


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FENTON, Michigan -- Anisse Jawhari knew something was wrong when her daughter, Randa, didn't pick up the phone Wednesday morning.
Just like she does every morning, Jawhari called her bi-polar daughter to make sure she wasn't late for the bus.
"She never called back," said Jawhari.
Police are now looking for the 42-year-old who family members fear may be wandering the streets in only a blue bathrobe.
The 5-foot-1 Jawhari weighs 100 pounds and has brown hair.
Anisse Jawhari said she typically talks to her daughter about 20 times a day but said Randa's last contact with family members was an 11:30 p.m. phone conversation with her sister Tuesday.
Randa has had bouts with depression in the past, but her mother said there was nothing to indicate she was upset.
Her mother had taken her dinner at her Shiawassee Avenue apartment earlier in the evening and laid out her clothes.
Wednesday, the clothes were still there.
The bathrobe she had been wearing was missing, leading to fears she may not be wearing appropriate clothing for the cold, rainy weather.
Randa doesn't have a car or a driver's license and does not have a history of leaving without telling someone.
"She always lets me know where she is," said Anisse Jawhari. "She doesn't have anybody else."


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Living northeast of Detroit, Owen Dueweke, 79, and his wife, Allene, 77, were continually driving to the west side of the state to visit their five sons living in Kalamazoo, Grand Rapids and Traverse City.
"We were spending all our time driving back and forth for Eagle Scouts, First Communions and what have you," Owen said. "So one day, we were on the way over here and I said, 'This is stupid. If something happens to me, the kids are all the way over here.'"
After moving to Campbell Lake in the Comstock area, they have since relocated into a Garden Home at Friendship Village, a Kalamazoo retirement community.
Not wanting an apartment, the couple opted for a Garden Home duplex, which gives them the advantages of independent living, but also full access to Friendship Village services should they be needed, Owen said.
"We said we don't want the five boys to have to worry about us," he added. "If something happened to one or the other of us, we are into the system here."
In this year's Parade of Homes, those interested in this type of retirement villa can visit one on Persianwood Drive in Friendship Village.
There's a growing market among seniors looking for an independent community that's part of a larger campus, according to John Bakos, vice president of residential operations at American Village Builders, in Portage, the Garden Home contractor.
"It's that next step in senior housing where a couple can go and enjoy their home environment, and still live an independent lifestyle; come and go as they wish, have all those amenities that they enjoyed coming from their single-family home, but they are now part of the Friendship Village family," Bakos said.
Details stylish, functional
The Garden Homes have the same features found in any upscale condominium community, such as granite countertops, ceramic flooring, coffered ceilings, recessed lighting and stainless steel appliances, he said.
Added to that are details that make the homes more accessible for wheelchairs, Bakos explained. All entries are barrier-free, from the front door to the garage egress.
"The no-step entry is pretty crucial if someone is of age and having a difficult time adjusting to steps or getting up on steps," he said.
The units have a nurse call system where there are pull cords at various locations, which when activated contact someone at the main campus, Bakos continued.
"There's 24/7 monitoring in case of an emergency. That security component is beneficial."
Living in a Garden Home, residents can progress from independent living, to assisted living, to full-time care within the Friendship Village community if their health necessitates a higher level of care.
"They have that spot reserved for you when you are part of the Garden Home community," Bakos said. "It's the security that it's going to be there for you."
In the Garden Homes project, 14 duplexes out of 25 planned units have been completed. The first residents moved in two years ago.
Responding to demand
As America's population is aging, some builders are taking the courses needed to become a Certified Aging in Place Specialist (CAPS) through the National Association of Home Builders, said Jim Roberts, owner of Jim Roberts Construction Inc. in Kalamazoo.
In the classes, builders learn about accessibility and what people with physical difficulties may need in their homes, Roberts said.
"Some of it is as simple as a lever knob for aging people. Their hand doesn't go around a round door knob anymore because of arthritis, so possibly lever locks on a door might be more helpful."
Other simple accessibility details include widening doors and lowering light switches on the wall, he said.
"A very simple thing to do that doesn't cost any more money is to raise the electrical outlets up off the floor for somebody who is confined to a wheelchair."
As a custom home builder, Roberts is finding more people asking for two master bedroom suites, with one on the main floor.
Roberts' Parade Home at 615 Monroe Blvd., in South Haven, has a master suite on both floors.


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NEWARK — Gerardo Gomez made his way to a Newark schoolyard on Aug. 4, 2007, not to rob, brutalize and kill total strangers as he is charged with doing, but to pick up cash from an older cousin to see a movie, his defense attorney insisted today in court.
"It was supposed to be a movie, not a murder. A birthday sleepover with two friends, not this," the attorney, Michael Robbins, told the jury at the start of Gomez's murder trial in Superior Court in Newark.
"Who could have expected that Gerardo's 15th birthday would be one that he'd never forget?" Robbins said. "That this happy night would end with such grief and such pain ... Unknown to him, he was walking toward something and into something sudden, shocking and unimaginable. Something he would have no control over, that was conceived of and carried out by others."
But Essex County Assistant Prosecutor Thomas McTigue countered that Gomez was not a mere observer.
"This is a case of children killing other children," McTigue said. "And killing them with shocking violence."
Gomez is the last — and youngest — of six defendants to face justice in the execution-style shooting of four college-aged friends behind the Mount Vernon Elementary School. Only one survived. The other defendants who faced the same murder, attempted murder and robbery counts have either been convicted at separate trials or pleaded guilty.
Two defendants were in their 20s and the rest were teenagers, all bound by blood and friendship and something more "sinister," McTigue said during his opening statement. All six are alleged members of a violent Central American street gang known as MS-13, and authorities say the attack was gang-motivated. One of them, Shahid Baskerville, will testify against Gomez after striking a deal with prosecutors.
McTigue recounted for jurors the "grim" facts, which he has repeated at three previous trials, all ending in guilty verdicts. The four victims, longtime friends, entered the schoolyard that night hoping to relax and reconnect but were instead "swarmed" in what began as a robbery.
Dashon Harvey and Iofemi Hightower, both 20, and Terrance Aeriel, 18, were then led to a wall and shot in the back of the head. As McTigue spoke, the parents of the victims sat stoic in their customary courtroom seats.
Hightower was also attacked with a machete and Terrance's sister, Natasha Aeriel, then 19, was sexually assaulted, then shot in the head. Gomez is not alleged to have committed those crimes himself; he is not charged with sexual assault.
Natasha Aeriel survived and has since graduated from college. She will testify next week. At previous trials, she identified two defendants but cannot recall Gomez. Robbins doesn't dispute his client's presence at the schoolyard but said the boy didn't play a role in the attack.
Gomez, now 20, sat passively at the defense table, dressed in a blue button-down shirt with black slacks. There was no one from his family in the courtroom.
The prosecutor's office has acknowledged Gomez's case will be the most challenging because a statement he gave police will not be allowed at trial, there is no forensic evidence linking him to the crime and the only person who can identify him is Baskerville.
He initially told police Gomez was only "standing around being a bystander," Robbins said, before changing his story last year. Baskerville now alleges Gomez tried to shoot Natasha Aeriel but the gun jammed and never fired. Another defendant admitted he shot all four victims with a different gun.
"Forget what you think you know," Robbins told the jury, then spelled out "Bystander" in marker on a sheet of paper. "The word, ladies and gentleman, accurately, fittingly describes Gerardo."
Later, Troy Bradshaw, who is Terrance and Natasha's father, just shook his head at that defense. "We know everyone was involved, and we know what happened," he said. "I look at my daughter and I know what happened."
The trial resumes Wednesday.
Related coverage:
• Prosecutor recounts haunting details of Newark schoolyard killings in opening statement
• Opening arguments to begin in Newark schoolyard killings case
• Final trial in Newark schoolyard killings could be 'the hardest of the six'
• Teen charged in Newark schoolyard murders won't accept plea deal, lawyer says


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South Carolina Highway Patrol said one person has died in a motorcycle accident on Michelin Boulevard in Anderson County.
Anderson County Deputy Coroner Don McCown identified the victim as Daniel Allen Nash, 39, of Anderson.
Investigators said the accident happened around 2:15 a.m Saturday.
Troopers said the motorcyclist ran off the road and overturned several times.
Investigators said Nash was not wearing a helmet. McCown said Nash died from head trauma.
McCown said a passenger, Marlene Conner, 39, of Anderson, survived with injuries.
Investigators said Nash was on his way home from a nearby night spot. McCown said speed and alcohol are believed to be factors in the deadly crash.


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DETROIT- Four Japanese automakers are involved in a massive recall of millions of vehicles worldwide due to faulty airbags.
Toyota Motor Corp., Honda Motor Co., Nissan Motor Co. and Mazda Motor Corp. are recalling about 3.4 million vehicles sold around the world because airbags supplied by Takata Corp. are at risk of catching fire or injuring passengers, according to numerous news outlets.
The recall is the largest since Toyota announced a recall of nearly 7.5 million vehicles for a faulty power-window switch in October.
No injuries have been reported related to the problem, according to the Associated Press and Reuters.
The involved vehicles are equipped with front passenger airbag inflators that could have been assembled improperly, according to a statement from Toyota. The improperly manufactured parts, propellant wafers, could cause the inflator to rupture and the front passenger airbag to deploy abnormally in the event of a crash.
Globally, Toyota is recalling 1.7 million vehicles; Honda is recalling 1.1 million vehicles; Nissan is recalling 480,000 vehicles; and Mazda is recalling 45,000 vehicles, according to industry reports.
In the U.S., Toyota vehicles involved include certain Toyota Corolla, Corolla Matrix, Sequoia, and Tundra, and Lexus SC 430 models manufactured from 2001 – 2003. More precise vehicle information, according to Toyota, is being developed, but about 510,000 vehicles may have to be inspected to locate the suspect inflators.
Honda said it will recall approximately 426,000 model-year 2001-2003 Civic vehicles, approximately 43,000 CR-V vehicles from the 2002-2003 model years and approximately 92,000 model-year 2002 Odyssey vehicles in the U.S. to replace the passenger front airbag inflator.
The recall remedy will involve inspection of the front passenger air bag, and, if it is equipped with an affected inflator, the inflator will be replaced with a newly manufactured one at no charge to the owner.
"Honda is aware of one crash in which a passenger front airbag deployed with too much pressure, causing the casing to rupture," reads a statement from the company. "Honda is not aware of any injuries or deaths related to this issue."
Here are links to each of the automaker's recall procedures:
- Toyota: toyota.com/recall
- Honda: owners.honda.com/service-maintenance/recalls
- Nissan: nissanusa.com/apps/contactus/recall
Click here for more on the recall.
Check back to MLive.com for more details.
Email Michael Wayland: firstname.lastname@example.com and follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/MikeWayland


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Hundreds of people visit Noisebridge every week, and nearly all of them are excellent to each other!
What is this page?
This page lists people who have fucked up, to the point where they are no longer welcome at Noisebridge.
If you have photos of banned individuals, please e-mail them to noisebridge-discuss.
If you are listed on this page and would like to not be, either because you think you should be welcome at Noisebridge again or because you agree to not return, the best thing to do is probably to email noisebridge-discuss to explain the situation.
See also
Reciprocal Ban Agreements
Noisebridge has a reciprocal ban agreements with some other local hackerspaces. Anyone banned on these lists is banned from visiting Noisebridge.
Reciprocal Ban Lists
Banned Individuals
|Picture(s), if present
|After being very helpful and friendly at Noisebridge for several months, others became very concerned and uncomfortable with his growing talk of conspiracies against him at Noisebridge, with hints of violence targeted at those he felt were part of the conspiracy. His erratic behavior and the above threats of violence resulted in Jason being asked to leave Noisebridge at the end of September, 2016.
| Lance was formally banned from Noisebridge in September 2016, although he has previously been asked repeatedly to leave and not come back. He refuses to leave the space peacefully and always requires significant effort to get him to to leave Noisebridge. He is a textbook tweaker, who while peaceful in his interactions with people, mutters threats under his breath.
|Mark Janssen (Xer0Dynamite)
|Mark was banned from Noisebridge due to a history of internet hate speech and having been asked to leave Sudo Room. Noisebridge aims to be a space that is inclusive of people of all walks of life, which means we actively work to exclude those with views of intolerance and threats of violence.
|Mischa Spiegelmock (wooster)
|Mischa was banned from Sudoroom in March 2015 for being "manipulative, dangerous, acts in bad faith and will knowingly exposes Sudoroom members to violent abuse". He's a known troll and has harassed and targeted individual members of their community. Given The reciprocal ban agreement with Sudoroom he is no longer welcome at Noisebridge
|Diana was banned at Sudo Room in June-2016 for physical violence against a member. Since Diana was banned for safe space reasons, they are automatically also banned from Noisebridge.
According to an email from Sudo Room: "This was an escalation of a dispute between two people who had an existing relationship and Diana lives very close to sudo room so you shouldn't worry overly about a problem at other hackerspaces." And from the Sudo Room "Asked to Leave" page, Diana "Additionally has been using the space as their living room (playing WoW all day) and caught sleeping at least twice."
|Asked to take a break in March-2016 after some misunderstandings, but he came back asking at least one person in the space to not tell Mitch or Rubin that he was in the space, and was seen taking away an item of high value. He returned the item, but is no longer welcome at Noisebridge.
|Asked to leave having been caught stealing from others in the space.
At several points misused the space in the creation of his "art", hiding large amounts of "art" around the space.
Was caught sleeping in the elevator overnight in late November 2015.
Was asked to take a break in late November 2015 after the sleeping incident and initially agreed to do so, but then returned repeatedly to the space claiming that nothing was wrong.
When confronted about his theft of another member's property he became irate and threatening to them.
Should not be allowed into the space under any circumstances.
|Shawn Landden
|Banned by consensus. See here and here.
If Shawn returns, immediately call the police. State he's trespassing, and he has a violent history of assault against individuals and law enforcement.
Arrested in Feb 2014 for assault, breaking a restraining order, harassment and stalking.
Arrest on 4/9/2013 for Assaulting An Officer in Sausalito, Marin County California SEE: here. photo.
1st quarter, 2013
|Darren "Crystals Guy"
|Was asked to leave after spreading his rocks over the hackatorium tables.
Hid salvaged electronics boards that were in the hack shelves onto the top of a high bookshelf, apparently for no reason. Has a compost bin full of sandy rocks he considers crystals. Became angry, yelling at multiple people.
Should never be allowed back into the space.
|Matt the tweaker
|Matt carries a backpack full of shower rings twisted with tangle therapy tangles. He has converted his brain into a computer and is using it to solve the tangles with an algorithm. He is quiet and not aggressive, but very fixated on his tangles and can't form a completed thought, continuing on until you interrupt him.
Persistently tell Matt that "you have to leave now" and walk him out. He will go about 5 feet at a time but is not aggressive.
Kicked out September 2015 - Scotty & fineline
Kicked out October 2015, Twice - Trent & Evil Dan
October 2015
|Clayton Hill
|Asked to leave due to being wasted at the space (drugs? alcohol) and when asked to leave threatened violence against Torrie. Reappeared at the space 2 months later and again refused to leave when asked, again threatening violence. It took 7 people and the SFPD to get him to leave. Do not under any circumstances let into Noisebridge. He's to be considered violent and unpredictable
|Pidgeon (aka Violet)
|Banned from Sudo Room for safety reasons. Banned from Noisebridge for disrupting meetings, climbing over the gate, and other toxic behavior. Has threatened to "cut" people.
|Comes into the space, tweaked to hell and back. Once threatened to shoot Jake. Has no problem with employing violence against people kicking him out. Call the cops.
|Donation Box Thieves
|Some thieves were recorded breaking open and stealing right out of the donation box. One of them was Cliff. Super lame. Other names unknown.
Junior is the other donation box thief. He has also been 86'd for other reasons as well.
These scummy guys should be confronted and asked to leave on-sight.
|Adam (Joseph Adam Moore)
|aka DieLaughing
Banned by consensus 2013-10-01 for physical assaulting another Noisebridge user and concerning behavior.
|James Leonard, aka James the Advocate
|asked to leave, responded with verbose legal threats.
2nd quarter, 2013
|Rob 2.0
|Around 6 feet. Frequently wears a Giants / Bears baseball cap. Thin, scruffy. Eyes wander around frequently. Kinda looks like Scumbag Steve. Officially banned through consensus — the whole deal. Repeatedly shows up at the space anyway. Kick him out on sight.
|This guy went into the back classroom and took Rayc's wallet out of his backpack. Rayc saw him with the wallet in his hand and the guy tried to say it was his. He then started running towards the door and was tackled by Jake. We made him show us that nothing was in his pockets, and he kept avoiding the big pocket in the front of his jacket. This pocket turned out to have Sasha's smart phone. During the search his crack pipe fell onto the floor and broke into many pieces. We let him go and told him not to come back.
Photos indicate this occurred June 6th 2011
|See the 85 page. Stole from the member's shelves and from me. -- Rayc
|Male, early 20's, Asian, black beard and hair, 5′ 8″. Please post photo if available.
For more information on Nyle, see 85. Nyle has been spending a whole lot of time at the space recently - perhaps half his days. He never hacks anything and makes no secret of the fact that he never will. Jesse Z and Alan asked him to not come back repeatedly (February - March '12). If he does come back, please escort him out and tell him that he can explain himself at a Tuesday meeting if he would like to.
|Jonathan was asked not to come back, due to allegations of organizing illegal activities from within Noisebridge and theft. A few days later, he had a proxy return to the space a few days later on his behalf to retrieve blankets, etc. that he'd apparently stashed in the darkroom. However, what his proxy took was apparently not the blankets that he wanted, and he shortly thereafter came upstairs and went into the darkroom, himself leaving with items that appeared to be bedsheets. The fabric his associate had taken was found in a heap at the bottom of the elevator and returned to the darkroom. Several days later, Jonathan returned to Noisebridge with his hand shoved in a gym bag, claiming he had a gun. He continued pushing past people to get into the main space, screaming constantly about killing everyone and then himself, and that everyone was to leave, or he would kill them all. He also claimed that the cops were hot on his trail and would arrive at Noisebridge at any moment, and that he intended to provoke a suicide-by-cop. Not sure on whether or not he did have a gun, people were not taking a chance as they filed for the exit. However, Derek, Jedi, Rayc, Ben, stayed behind, calling him on his bullshit. Four people swarmed him as he made a b-line sprint for the fire escape. They wrestled him to the floor and removed his bags away from him. Jedi arm barred and escorted Jonathan down the stairs to the sidewalk, bringing him over to the quickly-amassing phalanx of squad cars. Immediate consensus was that he is not welcome in the space again.
|This person named Ilya was behaving irrationally, and confused his own backpack with Patricks, causing suspicion that he was intending to steal things. He also put on Patricks' clothes and said he thought people were allowed to use whatever items were in the space. He had some small, and not particularly valuable, items that he had pocketed, and had stashed random, not valuable, items in the bathroom. He was unable to explain his behavior to Dr. J and was handed over to police, who did not take him into custody, and he was told not to return to Noisebridge.
He was with his brother Alex who did not do anything sketchy and should not be banned. -jake
|Harvey Grossman
|Older guy with longish gray hair, who has often come to Noisebridge with bedding, and has used Noisebridge as a home from time to time. He has been asked to leave, and not come back. He has come back anyway. He has a gate key -- if you see him, demand that he give you the key.
Here is a link to the meeting where Harvey was banned:
On 24th September 2014 Harvey attacked Mitch while trying to interfere with the contents of the mailbox. "If you see Harvey ever again, call the police. He bit my thumb tonight to get back the piece of mail he was taking from our mailbox." If you call the SFPD in relation to Harvey cite the case number 140-810-381 in relation to his assaulting Mitch.
|Sid Scott
|Caught stealing things from Noisebridge member shelves and hoarding them in the basement. Stole over $1,200 of Circuit_Hacking_Monday gear alone. Was seen re-attempting to gain entry to Noisebridge on 12/10/14[1]
|Corey Oberdorfer
|Pathological liar. Told Noisebridge that he was on the board of Hayhackers, and told Hayhackers that he was secretary of Noisebridge
|Older guy with white combed over hair. Around 5'10. Jean-Jacques was repeatedly caught hoarding large quantities of personal stuff in Noisebridge and subsequently lying about its removal from the space. This culminated in the discovery that JJ had filled approximately 60 boxes worth of stuff into the crawl space beneath the first floor in the basement, directly after having been given an ultimatum to remove all his personal stuff from the space be banned.
|Late twenties dude, 5'11. Asked to leave repeatedly by Torrie, Rayc, Rubin and Patrick. Refused to leave the space, made all sorts of claims about folks attempting to discredit their opinions about him. Refused to the point of having the police called. Is associated with Pidgeon and Pirate Mike. Not welcome back in the space.
|Robert (aka Rayc)
|Was caught living on top of the building's elevator in February-2014, and was banned for 6 months as a warning. He was caught living in the space again in December-2014. It became difficult to trust him. He wore people out in endless discussions with the repeated claim there was some kind of class conspiracy going on within the community. As a result he used up a lot of bandwidth and became severely disruptive to the Noisebridge community. Rayc is no longer allowed in Noisebridge.
|Robin Noel
|Was proposed for banning due to use of racial slurs, deliberate intimidation, and harassment[2]. Instead, Robin promised to not return to Noisebridge unless invited back by consensus[3]. His membership was subsequently suspended[4]. Subsequently, he threatened Noisebridge with legal action[5]. Robin is not welcome back in the space.
|Tony Longshanks LeTigre
|Was banned[6] for storing personal belongings in a space behind the elevator, and then subsequently trapping himself there for more than 24 hours, before tunneling through the drywall and then the stairs to escape.[7] [https://www.noisebridge.net/pipermail/noisebridge-discuss/2013-June/037893.html
|Jeanine Otter
|Used Noisebridge's public computer and printer facilities to print at least 25 anti-gentrification flyers featuring the phrase "die techie scum". Torrie asked Jeanine and two friends to leave and not ever return.
|Egon (aka 86me)
|Very abusive to people in the space.
In late 2014, after being denied access to the space for being super drunk (with PirateMatt), rather than go away, he popped the top door hinges to gain access. Though often very nice, and helpful, he was asked to stay away from Noisebridge for his abusive and erratic behaviors. He was banned at Sudo Room for safe space reasons after being abusive there. He's now reciprocally banned from Noisebridge for safe space reasons.
|Very abusive to people in the space.
PirateMatt is super nice and wonderful when not drunk. But after several complaints of PirateMatt's abusive behavior while coming to Noisebridge drunk, in late 2014 he agreed to stay away from Noisebridge while under the influence of any substance, including alcohol. Not long after, he showed up very drunk, along with Egon -- and both were denied access to the space. Instead of going away, they popped the top door hinges to gain access. PirateMatt was then banned from Noisebridge.


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HOOVER, Alabama - A Mississippi State student who claims she was abducted at gunpoint overnight was found alive this morning in Hoover.
FBI agents from Birmingham and Jackson, Miss., are investigating the incident, said Paul Daymond, spokesman for the Birmingham office. Daymond said the probe is ongoing.
Authorities said the girl told them she was abducted shortly after midnight when she was returning to her South Hall dorm from the Mitchell Memorial library. Her roommate reported the incident to police shortly after midnight, which prompted Mississippi State officials to send a text alert to students at 2:30 a.m. today.
Investigators say the student claims she was forced at gunpoint to drive her car to Hoover. Another car, she said, followed them.
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god i wish people would get realistic with trying to figure out whats coming for the virtual console.
Gonintendo claims that Wonder Boy in Monster World ,and Gradius 3 are on the servers
Although might a mention some the games UK as over US as possiblities for Monday
Zelda 2
Pac Man
Mystical Ninja
These all could be possible
off topic...i would cut your wish list for Splinter Cell (5) Conviction (dont know where you heard that name) to come out on Wii as i heard on G4 as well as read in a few places that Microsoft bought up the rights to have the next Splinter Cell a 360 ,and PC exclusive. If it turns out to be mutliplatform than good ,but dont be surprised if its not.


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A Parrot Head is a phan of the singer/songwriter Jimmy Buffett…..But we're much more than that. Parrot Heads come from all walks of life and range in age from children, called KEETS, to grandparents and every one in between. "We are the people your parents warned you about". We like to have fun, but we also have a serious side. Parrot Heads and their clubs do lots of charity work and support many worthwhile and different causes. The SIPHC helps out charities both locally and internationally.
Being a Parrot Head is a lifestyle and a state of mind. Parrot Heads, regardless of where we live, know that the island is only a CD and boat drink away. Whether we are with a group of our PHRIENDS or by ourselves all we have to do is turn on the music, grab our favorite refreshment, lay back and close our eyes and we are there. You can almost feel the ocean breeze.
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New Democratic Party MHA Dale Kirby doesn't know whether he'll remain a member of the NDP following a week of turmoil and fighting within his party's caucus.
Speaking to The Telegram Wednesday, Kirby said the only thing he can say for sure is that he intends to see his House of Assembly term through until 2015.
Asked if that means he might leave the NDP caucus to sit as an independent, he said he's not sure.
"I can't honestly tell you what's going to happen here," Kirby said. "I mean, I have no idea at this point. I had no idea this week was going to turn into what it did. I don't think I've got a satisfactory response for you on that."
The party remains deeply divided after the four MHAs sent a letter this week to leader Lorraine Michael questioning her ability to recruit candidates to run for the party and calling for a party leadership convention.
NDP MHA Christopher Mitchelmore took to Facebook to say he still wants a leadership review to look at whether Lorraine Michael is the best person to be at the helm.
"In my opinion this should have been seen as an opportunity to stimulate party renewal and growth, when it comes to engaging party building from the grassroots, establishing your policies and messaging across Newfoundland and Labrador under a rigid timeline," Mitchelmore wrote.
On Tuesday, MHAs George Murphy and Gerry Rogers backtracked a bit, saying they wanted a leadership review as a means of party renewal.
Murphy said he hoped the party would give Michael a "ringing endorsement" and, in the wake of it all, he feels like he betrayed Michael.
But Mitchelmore is sticking to his guns, saying he meant what he said in the original letter.
"A request was made for a Leadership Convention to be held. That is quite clear," he wrote on Facebook. "The letter acknowledges the good work of Lorraine, it would not have excluded Lorraine Michael. I believe there needs to be mechanisms for Leadership Reviews and Convention calls in any political party. I agree this can not be determined by Caucus alone or a Party Executive but the party members. I stand by this decision to call for a Leadership Convention."
As for Kirby, he was batting back at accusations from Murphy made on the radio Wednesday morning that there were threats and intimidation to get him to sign the letter.
"George Murphy is a lot bigger fella than me, so it certainly wasn't physical intimidation," Kirby said. "Despite what he has alleged, at no time did I threaten to go to the media if they didn't send this letter."
Kirby has been the most vocal critic of Michael as the whole political fight took placee.
Speaking to The Telegram Wednesday, he questioned her decision to go to the media before talking to the caucus about the leadership concerns.
"The problems we had before, have been made more grave in recent days," he said. "Going on the suppertime news on Monday before speaking or even communicating with all of the members of the caucus was very unfortunate."
A lot of the controversy has centred on who leaked the MHAs' letter to the media.
At one point, only six people had copies of it — the the four MHAs who signed it, Michael and party president Kathleen Connors.
Kirby said he didn't leake it. He said after it was written, the four MHAs talked about exactly that.
"Once all of the signatures were on the letter, I looked at Gerry Rogers and I said, 'Right now, I tell you, I commit to making sure this is not leaked,'" Kirby said. "I looked at her and said, 'I will not leak this letter.'"
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Mercer Kiwanis continues fireworks tradition
An annual tradition, the Mercer Island Kiwanis Club has set up its famous fireworks stand in the Rite Aid parking lot once again. Children and their parents line up outside the painted wooden shed, debating over a clutter of choices: sparklers, spinners and jacks, Roman candles, "Molotov cocktails" and more. All of which, according to state law, are safe enough for domestic use. And as long as they are lit only on July 4, the fireworks that Kiwanis Club sells are entirely legal for Mercer Island.
Yet some members of the Mercer Island City Council believe that the city should ban the sale of fireworks on Mercer Island, citing safety issues as the reason.
On May 4, the City Council debated, once again, whether Kiwanis should be allowed to sell fireworks at Rite Aid as its primary fundraiser. The alternative would mean that Kiwanis would have to search for another way to raise approximately $18,000; all of which goes back to the community. Kiwanis members have discussed the option in years past, but they have yet to brainstorm an alternative fundraiser to firework sales.
"The fire chief at various times has tried to cease sales, but people really rose up and said, 'It's a tradition. We want these fireworks,"' said Kiwanis Club member Bob Faine, who has been active with the organization for years.
Faine added that Kiwanis has sold fireworks on Mercer Island for more than 30 years. He could not recall one tragic accident resulting from this history. Those incidents that he has heard about, Faine said, were caused by illegal fireworks obtained from Indian reservations.
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But Mercer Island Fire Department statistics show that, whether the cause is illegal or legal fireworks, several dangerous incidents occur each year on the Fourth of July. Most of the problems, said Fire Chief Chris Tubbs, are small brush or roof fires.
In 2008, four incidents were reported; three brush fires and one smoking incident. The year before, only a rubbish fire was reported, while in 2006 a structure fire was called in, as well as a roof fire and brush fire. Not one personal injury has been documented in at least the past five years, according to available department statistics.
"Mercer Island, as communities go, has a fairly good track record. There have been no injuries reported to the fire department [in recent years]," Tubbs said.
Mercer Island is one of few cities in the Lake Washington area that allows consumer fireworks, which are defined as "any small firework device designed to produce visible effects by combustion and which must comply with the construction, chemical composition and labeling regulations of the United States consumer product safety commission." This includes ground devices that contain 50 mg or less of explosive materials and aerial devices that contain 130 mg or less of explosive materials.
Almost all of Mercer Island's surrounding cities, including Seattle, Bellevue, Renton, Kirkland and Issaquah, have banned commercial fireworks in recent years. And if it were up to Councilmember Mike Grady, Mercer Island would join this group.
"We've yet to ban fireworks on Mercer Island, so it's become a haven for people with both legal or illegal fireworks to come and light them off," Grady said during the Council's May 4 discussion over approving a firework sales permit for Kiwanis.
Councilmember Mike Cero countered that, if the city were to ban the sale of consumer fireworks, this could redirect youth toward buying illegal fireworks and therefore increase the risk of injuries.
In order to ban the sale of consumer fireworks on Mercer Island, the city would have to impose a ban one year prior to the Fourth of July.
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5 - Have problems with releasing the marks
using the newest version, I have often the Problem that Magic Marker doesn't release the marking.
It says in the debug text: Releasing X from dead mob Stonecore Warbringer, but with the next marking it still says:
Recalculating mark priority list:
X for mob Stonecore Warbringer and there is only the Boss Ozruk for marking.
So often after 1-2 trash groups I must reset the icon cache.
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http://img64.imageshack.us/i/88673054.png/ Only Osruk was there.
http://img704.imageshack.us/i/20673673.png/ At the end of the instance magic marker has still this two in his "cache".
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Does MagicMarker only mark targets which I Mouse over ?
2 Times it has an Mob name in the Recalculating mark priority list, which wasn't in the mob group, but in an Add Group some yards away. He has the mob with the mark X for sheep in the priority list, but doesn't mark it. So this mob doesn't get killed for releasing the mark and he still has the mob in the "cache" and can't use the mark.
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David Grimes drank Jack Daniel's whiskey from a water glass before heading to an Auburn bar.
He bought a round of drinks for the house, then chugged seven more whiskeys and seven Miller beers. He shot darts and danced late one Friday night.
Early the next morning, Grimes broke into an Ithaca home and attacked a 77-year-old stranger so savagely, it left her in a hospital on a ventilator. She spent the next year — the rest of her life — in a nursing home.
Grimes blamed uncontrollable destructive urges for the Jan. 5, 1991 attack. In two decades, he'd attacked at least a half-dozen elderly women in their homes. He had spent 20 of the last 23 years in prison.
Although Grimes' life of crime spans decades, many details only recently came to light.
Authorities in Ithaca announced last fall that DNA tests linked him to the 1977 murder of a 75-year-old widow. Though he was not charged for that crime, he's serving what amounts to a life sentence for other assaults and crimes.
Court records released after the announcement tell the story of his past.
Grimes' trouble with the law started with stealing a bicycle at age 13, grew to a dozen burglaries and progressed to violent assaults on elderly victims in the Ithaca area.
"I just get an urge to do something, to be destructive," Grimes told investigators in 1991. "This is basically what it is. It comes after I have been drinking. I can't control it. Once the idea is there, to do something destructive, it is there and I can't get rid of it and I go do it."
A psychiatrist determined Grimes' "sadistic impulses" were so entrenched he couldn't be rehabilitated. Grimes became more violent as he grew older.
The psychiatrist, Michael J. Lynch, concluded "the likelihood of change is so remote and so distant that, in essence, it is non-existent."
A second-generation criminal
In 1958, Grimes' stepfather died in a North Carolina gas chamber for raping a woman. Grimes was 11.
The boy did not know his biological father and thought of his stepfather as a father figure, said Jackie Spencer, who dated Grimes in the early 1990s and has remained friends with him.
"He went through a lot in his childhood," Spencer said. "I think he held on to those things."
Two years after his stepfather died, Grimes was accused of stealing a bicycle and ended up in a Wake County, N.C., juvenile court. Two years later, he returned on charges he assaulted a female and hid a knife. He returned a third time after allegedly following a woman around a parking lot.
At 15, he was sent to a school for juvenile offenders. He stayed there for a year for "thefts and antisocial behavior."
The fourth of 10 children, Grimes was the only one to become a criminal, he told the psychiatrist.
After dropping out of high school, Grimes drove a produce truck in Florida before taking a migrant workers' bus to New York state. He worked as a laborer, including as a cook at Ithaca College, a steelworker and a construction worker, he said in court papers.
At one point, he worked for the Seneca Army Ordnance, test-firing weapons for the government, Grimes told the psychiatrist. He admitted to seven burglaries in the Ithaca area during several months in 1966 and served 3 1/3 years in prison.
In 1972, he and another man burglarized four businesses in one night, taking electronics, money and a knife, records show. Police seized a knife, screwdriver and tire iron.
While awaiting trial, Grimes was accused of breaking into a 78-year-old woman's residence on April 11, 1973. He beat her on her head and body, causing swelling to her right eye and sending her to a hospital for three weeks, records show.
About two weeks later, Grimes climbed through a bedroom window around 1 a.m. on West Tioga Street. A woman saw his hand as he opened the window and ran to wake another woman sleeping in a different room. They called police.
Detective Edward Traynor recognized Grimes, who ran into the hallway and threw a pocketbook at the officer. Grimes ran into the dining room and knocked over a china cabinet loaded with antiques, hitting Traynor. In the kitchen, Grimes threw a chair, hitting the detective in both legs. Traynor eventually caught him in a utility room.
Grimes pleaded guilty to felony assault and burglary. He was sentenced to 2 1/3 to seven years in state prison and served the minimum. He was released on parole Feb. 1, 1977.
Less than eight months later, Ithaca Police responded to a mysterious murder.
Ruth Van Houten, 75, was strangled in her bedroom on West Seneca Street.
Although Grimes did not know Van Houten, he was a prime suspect, police said. He was interviewed, but police had no evidence.
Ithaca Police Chief Edward E. Vallely, who was hired the same year Van Houten died, said evidence sent to the state police crime lab in 1977 did not provide any clues.
Attacking the elderly
But Grimes didn't remain free for long.
Five months later, he beat an 80-year-old man and choked his 73-year-old wife in their Center Street residence.
The woman heard two loud crashes around 1 a.m. and thought icicles were falling off the roof. She got up sometime later and walked into the hallway. She said Grimes "tried to get (her) nightgown up" but then put his hand over her mouth as she tried to scream. He had started to choke her when her husband came out and tried to turn on the light. Grimes beat him, striking him in the face. Both victims spent five days in a hospital.
When police responded, they found the rear door kicked in and blood on the floor. Officers followed footprints in the snow to another apartment, where they found Grimes.
Grimes, still on parole, was convicted by a jury of felony assault and burglary. He was sentenced to 10 to 20 years in prison and did 10 years.
After his release, Grimes in 1989 broke into an apartment building on West Buffalo Street and stabbed two women — a 90- and a 64-year-old.
At some point, he moved to Westchester County and lived with a woman while working as a janitor in office buildings.
Later, he moved to Auburn and lived with Spencer, whom he met after being released from prison.
Spencer remembers his "sense of humor, his wittiness."
They dated for several months, then lived together with Spencer's children. Spencer said she didn't know much about his past back then, only that he had been in prison for burglary.
She remembers his "boylike" quality and their mock wrestling matches. He had a fondness for Bacardi 151 rum but was never belligerent toward her, she said.
"The David I knew was a good family man, a good friend and a good worker," Spencer said.
Spencer, who now lives in Norwich, said she broke up with Grimes after a year, but they have remained friends.
"I have chosen to go and hope and pray that whoever David touched in any negative way, that they have family and loved ones who care about them," Spencer said. "But he is my family and loved one, and I care about him."
The Van Houten homicide
Grimes was living in Auburn when he partied at Stations bar on Jan. 4, 1991.
Early the next morning, he drove a 1969 Pontiac Grand Prix to Ithaca.
Grimes picked a house on Washington Street at random, he said, and threw his shoulder into the front door. Inside, he beat the 77-year-old resident nearly to death, fracturing facial bones and damaging her left eye. She also suffered severe injuries in her private areas.
The woman survived after spending four months in a hospital. After release, she could no longer live on her own, spending her final year in a nursing home.
"My rights as a woman and as a human being had been grossly violated," his victim wrote in a letter to The Ithaca Journal. "As a consequence of the attack, my road to recovery will never be a complete one."
A few days after the assault, state police got a search warrant for Grimes' residence on suspicion he had an illegal handgun and rifle. When questioned, he confessed to the Jan. 5 assault, as well as another one on Nov. 10, 1990.
In the earlier case, he assaulted an 84-year-old woman in her Plain Street apartment. She also suffered injuries to her private areas.
Grimes was sent to prison for a sentence of 50 years to life for the two assaults. He will be 93 when he is eligible for parole in 2040.
In September 2011, Ithaca Police finally had evidence linking Grimes to the Van Houten murder from 1977.
Modern technology matched samples taken from the 75-year-old's bedsheets to Grimes' DNA in a state database, police said. The samples had been re-sent to the state crime lab in early 2010 as part of a cold-case investigation. The technology hadn't been available in 1977. A fresh sample from Grimes, taken in prison, verified the match.
Authorities told Van Houten's family that Grimes would be in his 90s before his first parole hearing. Given that and to avoid reliving the tragic events, the family decided not to prosecute, authorities said.
Grimes will remain the "prime and only suspect," District Attorney Gwen Wilkinson said last September. Since there is no statute of limitations on murder, he can be charged later if he gets an improbable release.
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Syracuse, NY -- We seem to be seeing increasingly more retail cross-pollination. J.C. Penney is really pushing in that direction, with more and more store-within-a-store partnerships with other retailers or brand names. Now, look what Macy's and Finish Line are cooking up. Read on...
From Retailing Today:
Finish Line steps into Macy's
CINCINNATI and INDIANAPOLIS — Finish Line is growing its brand presence with opening of special shops in more than 450 Macy's stores. The athletic shoe retailer will also have a presence on Macys.com.
The rollout process for the locations, which will be operated by Finish Line as leased departments, will start in Spring 2013 with completion expected by fall 2014. For the remaining approximately 225 Macy's stores that carry footwear, Finish Line will manage the athletic footwear assortment and inventory beginning in spring 2013, without the staffing or branding provided in the leased departments.
Finish Line will be Macy's exclusive partner for men's, women's and kids athletic footwear and Macy's will be the exclusive host for Finish Line-branded in-store shops.
The deal is expected to yield additional sales to Finish Line of $250 million to $350 million annually.
"Finish Line is a widely recognized expert in athletic footwear for men, women, and kids including the best brands, newest technology and most current styles. We believe the enhanced footwear assortment they will bring to our customers at every full-line Macy's store nationwide, as well as on macys.com, complements our rapidly developing offering of activewear merchandise," said Jeff Gennette, Macy's chief merchandising officer. "With Finish Line on our team for athletic shoes, Macy's will be a comprehensive and compelling destination for footwear across all categories – from dress to casual to comfort to athletic – for men, women, and kids."
My comments: It will be interesting to see how the two retailers plot this latest retail strategy. It might do Finish Line well, if the company has any say, to not have the full-line stores-within-a-store in Macy's at shopping centers where Finish Line has a company store -- think Destiny USA.That is all.
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I'm sure Nike is going to take notice of how leaked material catches fire and spreads through the internet faster than any ad or attempt at viral marketing.
Chris Paul snuck a picture of those kicks… apparently a special version of the Air Jordan XI's… during a trip to the Nike HQ. Now I'm seeing this picture everywhere with people wondering where to get them. Good question.
I'm not so sure I'm feeling the white-on-white look. I think the white/black combo of the Jordan XI's might actually be my favorite Jordan sneaker in the series. It's the one I always go to when I create myself in the NBA live games.


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