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Samurai II: Vengeance
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by: MADFINGER Games • 9.4K
Published: 2012-01-10, by Manu Galvez.
Although it has been a few years since its first release, MADFINGER's Games greatest success is still one of the best RPG you shall try in Android so far. Its strongest point lies on its simplicity: you embody a samurai whose purpose is to free the region from a clan of dishonest samurai who pillage and plunder the local population.
Thus, this is one of those alone-against-the-World RPG. Your success will depend on how fast your fingers are on attacking your enemies and how keen you're of learning new tricks and using new weapons.
There are three basic game modes. "Game" which is the campaign mode: choose a level and start progressing through levels. "Dojo" which is a sort of endless mode: you're alone into a ring waiting for unlimited mob of enemies so, the more you kill the better score you get. Finally, there's a "Chapter" mode in which you'll have to do some "quest". However, they're all locked and you'll have to unlock them by progressing in the game mode.
Its 3D graphics are simply great. However, that's not a burden to run it smoothly: we're just amazed of how fluent it's despite the amount of effects. There's a screenpad to control the samurai: a joystick on the left side and attack buttons on the right side. The pad is quite intuitive, and the screentouch response better than we expected.
Addictive from the first time you launch it. Great graphics, smoothly performance, game modes and difficulty levels. What else do you expect from a RPG?
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(Miami, FL) -- LeBron James isn't sure what his future will bring. Speaking at exit interviews Tuesday, James told reporters he was unsure if he would opt out of the remaining two years on his contract with the Miami Heat. James says he's going to take a vacation with family before contemplating his next move. He added that he was still dealing with the disappointment of falling short of a third straight NBA championship. The Heat lost to the San Antonio Spurs in five games in the NBA Finals.
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Long Beach St. Team Notes
49ers' stellar senior class finally got to experience NCAA tourney
The end came too soon for four Long Beach State seniors who spent four long, frustrating years trying to reach the NCAA Tournament, all for just one chance to tap their shoes in the Big Dance.
The 12th-seeded 49ers were eliminated with a 75-68 loss to No. 5 New Mexico on March 15 in a second-round game at the Rose Garden in Portland, Ore. Long Beach State rallied from an eight-point deficit to take a 61-59 lead with 5:03 to play but faded over the final few minutes. Many looked at Long Beach State as a dark-horse pick for the Sweet 16 given the team's talent, athleticism and experience, but the 49ers could only wonder what might have been.
Big West Conference Player of the Year Casper Ware struggled against the Lobos, making just five of 19 field-goal attempts.
Defensive Player of the Year Larry Anderson returned to the lineup but played ineffectively two weeks after spraining the medial collateral ligament in his right knee.
Forward T.J. Robinson posted his 55th career double-double, but the team leader in field-goal percentage missed nine of 15 shots.
Forward Eugene Phelps made three of eight shots and missed both of his free-throw attempts, contributing to the downfall of a team that shot 57.1 percent from the line against New Mexico and 66.9 percent on the season.
Just like that, it was over for the 49ers, who twice lost to UC Santa Barbara in the championship game of the Big West tournament before beating the Gauchos in the final this season.
"It's real tough," Phelps told the Long Beach Press-Telegram. "It took us four years to get here, and we got here -- we had big dreams -- and it could be over like that, so it hurts real bad."
Long Beach State coach Dan Monson will have to replace Ware, Anderson, Robinson and Phelps -- the Fab Four, as they're known at The Beach. Ware was a two-time Big West Player of the Year. Robinson broke the conference's career rebounding record. All four joined the school's 1,000-point club.
Despite losing so much firepower, the 49ers could contend for another Big West title next season. Junior wing James Ennis and freshman point guard Mike Caffey will return. Dan Jennings, a 6-foot-8, 260-pound forward who transferred from West Virginia, and Keala King, a guard from Arizona State, will be eligible. Maybe they'll get a chance to dance someday, too, but Monson's thoughts were with his departing seniors following the loss to New Mexico.
"I think the emotion of leaving those guys ...," Monson said. "As I told them, I don't know where this program is going, but they're the foundation of it, and they always will be as long as I'm the coach."
--Pacific stunned its Big West Conference brethren March 28 with the surprise announcement that it had accepted an invitation to rejoin the West Coast Conference in 2013-14.
Pacific will become the 10th member of the WCC, joining BYU, Gonzaga, Loyola Marymount, Pepperdine, Portland, Saint Mary's, San Diego, USF and Santa Clara. The Tigers were founding members of the WCC, which was previously known as the West Coast Athletic Conference. The Tigers left the WCAC to join the Big West in 1971, when it was known as the Pacific Coast Athletic Association.
President Pamela A. Eibeck and athletic director Ted Leland feel the WCC is a better fit for Pacific, a private institution with 5,228 students on its Stockton, Calif., campus.
Said Leland: "We feel that Pacific is coming home by joining the WCC, where we have such a rich history. We look forward to competing with this amazing set of institutions."
The Tigers made three consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances from 2004-06, a run that included first-round victories over Pitt and Providence and a double-overtime loss to fourth-seeded Boston College.
Pacific coach Bob Thomason recently completed his 24th season as head coach at his alma mater, but there is growing speculation that next season could be his last after the Tigers finished 11-19 in 2011-12.
--Long Beach State is losing a wealth of talent but should have a nice nucleus next season. Freshman Mike Caffey impressed as the understudy to senior PG Casper Ware, and junior G/F James Ennis could emerge as one of the best players in the Big West next season. Ennis had 13 points on 6-of-10 shooting with seven rebounds and five assists in Long Beach State's NCAA Tournament game against New Mexico. Caffey came off the bench to post 11 points on 5-of-6 shooting in 25 minutes.
--UC Santa Barbara's Orlando Johnson scored 19 points on 7-of-15 shooting and added six rebounds in the final game of his college career, an 86-83 loss to Idaho in the opening round of the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT). Johnson, a projected second-round NBA draft pick, was a three-time Big West scoring champion and first-team all-conference selection. He finished with a school record 1,825 points.
--UC Santa Barbara's trip to the CIT represented the Gauchos' third consecutive postseason appearance. They made back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances in 2010 and '11.
--Cal State Fullerton's season ended in turmoil after a rumored locker room uprising resulted in two players leaving the team before the Titans played Loyola Marymount in the opening round of the CIT. Sophomore G Isiah Umipig and senior G Orlando Brown both "opted out of the game," according to a team press release. Umipig started and played a key role for the Titans this season, averaging 13.3 points per game to earn All-Big West honorable mention. He was second in the Big West in 3-point goals and ranked among the top 10 in scoring, field-goal percentage and 3-point percentage.
--Junior G D.J. Seeley could be one of the top candidates for the Big West Player of the Year award after leading Cal State Fullerton to a 21-10 record this season. Seeley, a transfer from Cal, was third in the Big West in steals (1.5 spg), fourth in scoring (17.3 ppg) and 3-point percentage (.434), eighth in field-goal percentage (.439) and 14th in rebounding (5.5 rpg). He was named first-team All-Big West and Big West Newcomer of the Year.
--Cal Poly reached the semifinals of the Big West Conference tournament for the first time since 2006-07, but the fourth-seeded Mustangs bowed out with a 64-52 loss to No. 2 UC Santa Barbara. The Mustangs advanced to the semifinals with a 66-54 victory over No. 5 UC Riverside in the first round. Cal Poly beat UC Riverside for the first time in four meetings in the Big West tournament and avenged a bitter loss from last season, when the Highlanders went into the tournament as the No. 7 seed and knocked out the No. 2 Mustangs in the opening round.
--Cal Poly went 18-15 and finished one win short of the Division I program record for wins. The 2006-07 team won 19 games en route to the championship game of the Big West tournament.
--The Mustangs went into the conference tournament first in the Big West and 31st in the nation in scoring defense (60.6 ppg), ranking among the national leaders for the second year in a row. They also ranked first in the Big West and 15th in the nation in turnovers per game (10.8).
--The Mustangs must part with a number of seniors who play important roles, including F David Hanson (11.5 ppg, 5.5 rpg), F Will Taylor (9.9 ppg, 6.8 rpg) and PG Amaurys Fermin (9.8 ppg, 3.7 apg). Sophomore F Chris Eversley (8.3 ppg, 4.9 rpg) and junior G Dylan Royer (7.7 ppg) will have to help fill that void. The Mustangs also expect big things from top recruit Zachary Allmon, a 6-7 forward from Mission College Prep in San Luis Obispo.
Hanson was named to the all-tournament team after averaging 15.5 points and 8.5 rebounds in two Big West tournament games.
--Cal State Fullerton coach Bob Burton alluded to the absence of sophomore G Isiah Umipig in his postgame remarks after the Titans suffered an 88-79 loss to Loyola Marymount in the first round of the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament. Junior G D.J. Seeley scored a career-high 32 points, but the Titans didn't have enough firepower without their third-leading scorer.
"Seeley ran out of gas in the second half because we were so thin in the backcourt," Burton said. "I'm proud of how hard we played and our effort, especially after what we went through this weekend."
--Senior F Omondi Amoke had an anticlimactic end to his college career. Amoke, a Cal transfer who had a big impact in his only season with the Titans, got into foul trouble, fouled out with about four minutes remaining and finished with one point and seven rebounds in the CIT loss to Loyola Marymount. Amoke, a second-team All-Big West selection, averaged 10.8 points and 9.1 rebounds this season.
--Cal State Fullerton's brief foray in the CIT represented the school's sixth postseason appearance. The Titans went to the NCAA Tournament in 1978 and 2008. They reached the NIT in 1983, 1987 and 2005.
--While the other eight teams in the Big West conference were participating in the conference tournament, Cal State Northridge was already looking ahead to next season. The Matadors were banned from postseason play due to academic sanctions levied by the NCAA and wouldn't have qualified anyway after going 7-21 overall and 3-13 in the Big West.
--Despite his team's struggles this season, coach Bobby Braswell has reason for optimism. The Matadors will part with four seniors but could return four of their top five scorers, including freshman G/F Stephan Hicks (15.1 ppg, 7.1 rpg), sophomore G Josh Greene (12.4 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 2.9 apg) and sophomore F Stephen Maxwell (8.6 ppg, 6.4 rpg).
--Expectations are high for Hicks, who was named Big West Freshman of the Year and received All-Big West honorable mention. Hicks scored 19 points against USC in his college debut and reached double figures in each of his first 16 games for the Matadors. He had five double-doubles, posting a season-high 26 points against Cal State Bakersfield on Jan. 28 and a season-high 17 rebounds against Hawaii on Nov. 15.
--Long Beach State's nonconference schedule was the toughest in the nation this season. It included five games against ranked opponents and eight games against teams that reached the NCAA Tournament. The 49ers played No. 1 seed North Carolina, No. 2 seed Kansas, No. 4 seed Louisville, No. 6 seed San Diego State, No. 8 seeds Kansas State and Creighton, No. 10 seed Xavier and No. 13 seed Montana. Six of those teams won a game in the NCAA Tournament. North Carolina, Kansas, Louisville and Xavier all reached the Sweet 16.
--Senior PG Casper Ware was named first-team All-District 9 by the National Association of Basketball Coaches. Ware, the Big West Conference Player of the Year, averaged 17.4 points per game this season and ended his career as Long Beach State's all-time leader in assists and steals. Senior G Larry Anderson and senior F T.J. Robinson were second-team All-District 9 honorees.
--Dan Monson was named NABC District 9 Coach of the Year. In his fifth season at Long Beach State, Monson led the 49ers to their second consecutive Big West Conference regular-season championship and their first NCAA Tournament appearance since former coach Larry Reynolds took them there in 2007.
--The 49ers reached the NCAA Tournament for the ninth time in school history. It was just their fourth NCAA Tournament appearance since 1977.
--Pacific coach Bob Thomason is entering the final year of his contract and athletic director Ted Leland has yet to offer an extension. Thomason broke Jerry Tarkanian's record for Big West Conference coaching victories in his 24th season at his alma mater, but the Tigers finished 11-19 after suffering a 72-52 loss to UC Santa Barbara in the first round of the conference tournament. The Tigers went 76-20 with three consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances from 2004-06, but they are 104-88 over the past six seasons with two sixth-place finishes and two fourth-place finishes in the Big West.
--One encouraging sign for the Tigers was the steady play of sophomore F Ross Rivera, particularly over the second half of the season. Rivera was named the Big West's Best Sixth Player after leading the Tigers in scoring at 11.3 points per game during the regular season. He averaged 13.5 points during conference play, the seventh-best scoring average in the Big West.
--One key for the Tigers next season will be the development of junior PG Lorenzo McCloud. He averaged 11.1 points this season and was third in the Big West with 3.4 assists per game, but he averaged 2.8 turnovers and shot just 18.5 percent from 3-point range.
--UC Davis' first season under coach Jim Les can hardly be considered a success, but the Aggies demonstrated unmistakable progress over the second half of the season. The Aggies endured an 18-game losing streak and finished 5-26 after falling to top-seeded Long Beach State in the first round of the Big West tournament, but four of those five wins came over the last eight games of the regular season. Their late-season surge was highlighted by a dramatic 78-75 victory over Cal State Fullerton on Feb. 25.
--One of the bigger mysteries of the 2011-12 season was the play of senior G Eddie Miller, a Cal transfer who showed tremendous promise as a junior. Miller was slowed by injuries early and didn't get engaged until late January. His scoring average dropped from 12.5 points per game in 2010-11 to 10 points per game this season, and his shooting percentage plummeted from 47.6 percent from 35.3.
--The Aggies lost 21 of their first 22 games, but they might have fared better if junior G Ryan Sypkens hadn't suffered a season-ending knee injury early in the season. Sypkens averaged 14.5 points, five rebounds and 2.5 assists in four games. He had 19 points, six rebounds and four assists against San Diego State on Nov. 13.
--UC Davis is expecting more good things from sophomore G/F Josh Ritchart and sophomore G Harrison DuPont. Ritchart averaged 11.7 points and 5.2 rebounds, up from 7.9 points and 2.5 rebounds in 2010-11. DuPont blossomed over the second half of the season, at one point scoring in double figures in nine of 13 games with a career-high 19 points against Northern Arizona on Feb. 18.
--UC Irvine won only 12 games in its second season under coach Russell Turner and saw its season end with a 68-57 loss to top-seeded Long Beach State in the semifinals of the Big West Conference tournament, but a little offseason stability might go a long way if Turner can keep his roster intact. The Anteaters had several defections following the 2010-11 season, a mass exodus which included the departure of star forward Eric Wise, who transferred to USC. That left Turner with a young roster featuring four juniors, one sophomore and eight freshmen, all of whom should benefit from a year of seasoning and their upset victory over second-seeded Cal State Fullerton in the first round of the Big West tournament.
--Junior G Daman Starring and junior G/F Michael Wilder both earned All-Big West honors. Starring was named to the second team after averaging 11.3 points, 4.3 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 1.1 steals per game. Wilder received honorable mention after averaging 11.4 points, 5.1 rebounds and 2.5 assists.
--Junior F Adam Folker (8.2 ppg, 6.7 rpg) became the first UC Irvine player ever named Best Hustle Player in the Big West. Folker excelled over the second half of the season, scoring in double figures in eight of the last nine games after doing so just three times in the first 21 games.
--Junior G Chris McNealy was named all-tournament after averaging 17.5 points, 3.5 rebounds and 2.5 assists in two Big West tournament games.
--UC Riverside's season ended with a 66-54 loss to Cal Poly in the first round of the Big West tournament. The Highlanders finished under .500 for the fourth time in five seasons under coach Jim Wooldridge, but they posted the second-highest win total in the program's Division I history and put together a four-game conference winning streak for the first time since joining the Big West in 2001-02. The Highlanders were 10-8 after winning six of seven games from Dec. 22-Jan. 14, but a promising season came unraveled as they lost seven of their next eight.
--UC Riverside and Cal Poly met as familiar foes in the conference tournament. The Highlanders and Mustangs have tangled four times in UC Riverside's seven Big West tournament appearances. UC Riverside prevailed in each of the first three meetings, including 2011, when the seventh-seeded Highlanders knocked out the second-seeded Mustangs with a 70-66 overtime victory.
--G Phil Martin enjoyed a stellar senior season and was named first-team All-Big West after averaging 17.6 points and 5.7 rebounds during the regular season. He had 12 20-point games and posted a career-high 33 points against UC Santa Barbara on Jan. 12.
--UC Santa Barbara must part with seniors Orlando Johnson, James Nunnally, Jaime Serna, Greg Somogyi and Christian Peterson after suffering an 86-83 loss to Idaho in the first round of the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament. Johnson, the Gauchos' career scoring leader, and Nunnally, who finished fourth all-time in scoring at UC Santa Barbara, formed one of the most dynamic duos in school history. They led the Gauchos to the NCAA Tournament in 2010 and 2011 before settling for the CIT this season.
"Those five seniors have had a lot of success for us," coach Bob Williams said. "They took us to back-to-back NCAA Tournaments, had 20-win seasons and really helped establish this program. I'll miss them, but I look forward to the future because we have a lot of good young players."
--UC Santa Barbara will rebuild around freshman C Alan Williams, who looked dominant at times over the second half of the season. Williams averaged 6.9 points and 6.6 rebounds this season. He averaged 8.4 points and 7.8 rebounds over the last 19 games. He also set a UC Santa Barbara freshman record with 40 blocked shots. He grabbed a season-high 13 rebounds against UC Irvine on Jan. 14 and had a season-high 19 points on 6-of-8 shooting against Cal State Northridge on Feb. 2.
--UC Santa Barbara had a school-record 161 blocked shots this season. Somogyi, a 7-foot-3 center, finished second in school history with 189 blocks. Serna finished seventh with 82.
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CNN's Koppel uncritically reported GOP argument that new research moots stem cell debate
Research ››› ››› BRIAN LEVY
On the June 7 edition of CNN's The Situation Room, during a segment on Congress' passage of a bill expanding federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, host Wolf Blitzer noted that President Bush had suggested that a recent breakthrough in which scientists reprogrammed skin cells in mice "could change the whole debate" by "creating, in effect, the equivalent of embryonic stem cells by another procedure that wouldn't require destroying these human embryos." Blitzer went on to ask CNN congressional correspondent Andrea Koppel about Congress' reaction to this scientific development. Koppel replied that during the House debate over the bill, Republicans talked about "the fact that you could use the skin cells from mice." But the scientists who published the findings did not find that mouse skin cells could be used to create human stem cells. To the contrary, they have warned that the process might not work with human cells, and several news reports noted that adapting the process could take a significant amount of time. Moreover, neither Koppel nor Blitzer noted that these scientists have expressed their support for the bill that the House passed.
A June 7 Washington Post article reported on the scientists' findings:
Three teams of scientists said yesterday they had coaxed ordinary mouse skin cells to become what are effectively embryonic stem cells without creating or destroying embryos in the process -- an advance that, if it works with human cells, could revolutionize stem cell research and quench one of the hottest bioethical controversies of the decade.
In work being published today, the scientists describe a method for turning back the biological clocks of skin cells growing in laboratory dishes. Thus rejuvenated, the cells give rise to daughter cells that are able to become all the parts needed to make a new mouse.
The Post went on to note that the scientists "called for Congress to pass the bill" and "cautioned that their success with mouse cells does not guarantee quick success with human cells":
The findings have generated tumult on Capitol Hill, where the House is set to vote today on a bill that would loosen President Bush's 2001 restrictions on the use of human embryos in stem cell research.
Acutely aware that their new work could undermine that key political goal, the scientists cautioned that their success with mouse cells does not guarantee quick success with human cells. They called for Congress to pass the bill, which would give federally funded researchers access to embryos slated for destruction at fertility clinics.
On the June 7 edition of NBC's Today, NBC chief science correspondent Robert Bazell reported that, because it is not yet known whether the procedure will work with humans, the potential new cells are not substitutes for embryonic stem cells: "[T]he scientists themselves, and many others, say they are a long way from resolving the ethical debate because their work has been done only with mice." NBC aired a quote from the senior author of one of the stem cell papers, Dr. Konrad Hochedlinger, in which Hochedlinger said, "I would say at this point we don't know whether it works in humans. So it -- we are far from having a therapy using this new approach." Similarly, a June 7 New York Times article noted that "scientists say they cannot predict when they can overcome the considerable problems in adapting the method to human cells."
Koppel reported that the Democrats responded to the Republicans' "argument[]" "by saying it's sort of coincidental that, every time there's one of these big votes, we get a big story like this about breakthrough in research on stem cells."
From the June 7 edition of CNN's The Situation Room:
KOPPEL: And a recent CNN/Opinion Research poll shows a majority of Americans are in the Democrats' corner, something Colorado's [Rep.] Diana DeGette [D], whose 13-year-old daughter, Francesca, has diabetes, predicts could cost Republicans the next time voters go to the polls.
DeGETTE [video clip]: In the past election in 2006, we won at least two Senate seats in large part because of this research, and 14 House seats. Fourteen Democrats replaced anti-stem-cell Republicans.
KOPPEL: Now, once the president vetoes the bill, over in the Senate, leadership aides on both sides of the aisle say that the override vote would be razor-thin, perhaps falling short by a vote. Over in the House, Republicans are confidently predicting they have the votes there to sustain the president's veto.
BLITZER: The president, as you know, Andrea, is suggesting that this potential breakthrough that scientists are now talking about, of creating, in effect, the equivalent of embryonic stem cells by another procedure that wouldn't require destroying these human embryos, that that could change this whole debate. What are they saying on the Hill?
KOPPEL: Well, certainly, it was one of the arguments that we did hear some Republicans mention today. The fact that you could use the -- the -- the skin cells from mice. That was one argument.
But Democrats responded by saying it's sort of coincidental that every time there's one of these big votes, we get a big story like this about breakthrough in research on stem cells -- Wolf.
BLITZER: All right, Andrea Koppel, watching this important story for us. Thank you.
From the June 7 edition of NBC's Today:
BAZELL: Scientists have high hopes embryonic stem cells might treat many diseases, including Parkinson's and diabetes, although that is yet to be proved.
Until now the scientists could only make embryonic stem cells with eggs and embryos. This research could be the first step toward resolving all the ethical controversy that it's created.
MARIUS WERNIG (postdoctoral researcher): There is no ethical problems with this approach in our eyes, because you basically turn a mature cell into an embryonic cell but you don't destroy life.
BAZELL: But the scientists themselves, and many others, say they are a long way from resolving the ethical debate because their work has been done only with mice.
HOCHEDLINGER: I would say at this point we don't know whether it works in humans. So it -- we are far from having a therapy using this new approach.
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Mid-Century Soiree, Vintage Fashion Show & Frank Worth Silent Auction
Los Angeles Wine Tasting
Friday, June 14, 2013 from 7:00 PM to 9:30 PM (PDT)
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Join us for an exceptional evening at the Los Angeles Athletic Club, created in 1880 by forty prominent Angelinos; sons of pioneers, adventurers and athletes. Meet us at the new bar 'Invention', an homage paid to the inventions of the club members over time that were found in the Club's archives. Stylishly redesigned by Tracy Beckmann, the private cocktail bar's surroundings and luxuriously appointed furnishings reinforce the traditions and history which have made the Club such an enduring landmark in the City of Angels. With an expertly crafted cocktails list and a decadent menu of gourmet bites, this space will transport you back into the private-club tradition.
During this unique soiree, models will be strolling in a mid-century style fashion show. Produced by Dave Temple of Clever Vintage Clothing, downtown LA's renown suppliers of the most sought after vintage products to the entertainment industry (including Madmen TV show), innovative fashions from mid-century America will be presented. The 1950s were a high point in design led by the United States. Rediscover the daytime and evening looks that helped make the US the home to fashion innovators. Athletic outfits will also be included. These rare outstanding vintage fashion pieces from the 1950's and 1960's will be available for sale.
Artography, representing some of the most exclusive and iconic photography of entertainment and cultural legends from the past six decades, will proudly showcase the remarkable and rarely seen Frank Worth Collection deemed by Christie's of London as "the most extraordinary collection of its kind to be discovered in the past fifty years." A dozen of their most popular images will be exhibited and available for sale during a silent auction.. including rarely seen candid photos of James Dean, Frank Sinatra, Elizabeth Taylor, Marilyn Monroe and others in the prime of their lives circa 1955! These gallery framed archival reproductions will surely go fast, so please be certain to place your bid early upon arrival! exhibition preview here
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Do not miss this unique opportunity to mingle and unwind at a really amazing historic location normally reserved to members only. 1950's music will be curated by Mark Governor of Honey Noir.
Each admission ticket includes one glass of wine and complimentary appetizers for the 1st hour. Additional glasses and gourmet bites can be purchased at the bar throughout the evening. Discover the Invention bar menu here. Your ticket also includes a day pass at the Los Angeles Athletic Club and your chance to win a one-month membership. All details below.
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Dress code: Business/Upscale Casual, Cocktail Chic. No T-shirts, no sneakers.
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Los Angeles Athletic Club / Invention Bar
431 West 7th Street
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Risk, Recession, and Unexpected Reward - In the heart of Littleton, Colo., sits a restored turn-of-the-century home, and in it a charming café. Among exposed brick and the warmth of lowered lights, diners at Café Terracotta bask in ambience while indulging in a breakfast-lunch menu that's peppered with Southwestern flair. Come evening, the open kitchen offers eclectic upscale dishes described on The Restaurant Show as "far beyond what one normally finds in the burbs."
Business is good for owner and entrepreneur Levi Pike, who bought the café in 2007 with a fellow CCU alum and has since become sole proprietor. From grade school onward Levi's been fixed on entrepreneurial ideas. During his final semester at CCU, while studying alongside classmates, he obtained his real-estate license. Three months after graduation, he cofounded Kitz and Pike Real Estate, helping run it with great success for five years before opening Peak Real Estate which he still owns today.
Along the way, he's helped bankroll an insurance agency, developed million-dollar homes in Denver, and bought into 30 realty investments that returned over 100 percent in capital. Yet the last several years have been some of the hardest in Levi's life. Within days of purchasing the restaurant, the stock market crashed and the Great Recession began bowling its way around the globe.
Any entrepreneur will tell you, often from hard experience, the flip side to so much gain can be incredible loss. It's a job where failure is often tantamount to success. During his real-estate operation downtown, Levi lost a quarter-million dollars, carrying just one house for a year before a buyer signed. In the first year at the café, "we were scraping pennies and lost maybe two or three percent," he says. Still, he's fond of the challenge and looks back on CCU as the foundation for what so far has been a remarkable career for someone just over 30 years old. From accounting courses to marketing, ethics, problem solving, and business law, what Levi appreciated most about CCU was getting a broad education at the hands of professors who'd spent their own long years in practice.
For students considering an entrepreneurial path, Levi is encouraging but warns against seeing only potential dollar signs. "First make sure it's something you're passionate about," he advises. Levi's endured grueling work hours, high stress, and fluctuating profits—ergo unpredictable paychecks—to get where he is now. They're things he's seen burn out plenty of promising entrepreneurs. What keeps him on course as markets ebb and flow, especially during a time of recession, is that he loves his job and can't imagine doing anything else.
While the economy slowly rebounds, Levi's in a holding pattern, maintaining his current businesses and investments but nothing else, saving up to stage the next big opportunity. It's a practice totally opposite the lavish luxury portrayed by the media, but he's ready for a break anyway after nearly 10 years on the go. "Things change, life changes," he says, and while new and profitable ventures will come, he sees perhaps greater reward in quiet moments spent with his wife and kids.
Right now he's savoring every chance he gets.
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That the law of blasphemy - or, to give it its formal designation, the common law offence of blasphemous libel - is effectively dead in Britain was established beyond doubt last December when the High Court threw out Stephen Green's self-publicising attempt to prosecute the makers of Jerry Springer the Opera. If that judgement can be regarded as having administered the last rites to the old law, yesterday, in two separate developments, the House of Lords committed its body to the ground. There might still be those who have a sure and certain hope of its ultimate resurrection, but they seem destined to have as long a wait as members of various fringe denominations who anticipate the Second Coming.
In its judicial capacity, the Lords rejected Green's attempt to appeal against the decision to block his case. Later, their lordships debated an amendment to the current Criminal Justice Bill, proposed by the government after MPs made their opinions clear in the Commons, which would abolish the offence. The amendment was carried by 148 votes to 87.
It was an interesting debate. Baroness Andrews, for the government began by revealing that the law had proved to be something of an international embarrassment:
As long as this law remains on the statute book, it hinders the UK's ability to challenge oppressive blasphemy laws in other jurisdictions, including those used to persecute vulnerable Christian minorities. As signatory to a number of international conventions that commit us to tackling discrimination in all its forms, the UK is regularly criticised by international bodies for having these laws. As recently as February this year, the UN special rapporteur on freedom of religion expressed concern at the continuing existence of the blasphemy offences in this country. As such, their presence represents a blemish on what is otherwise an excellent record on combating discrimination and promoting human rights. It is therefore right that we should seek to abolish them without further delay.
Most of the bishops who spoke were prepared, albeit reluctantly, to go along with abolition, so long as it were not seen as a "secularising" move. Which of course it is. Others were less enthusiastic. Baroness Park of Monmouth, for one, was very concerned:
An enormous number of ordinary Christians, some of whom are rather old like me, feel threatened and vulnerable.... They are often surrounded by unfriendly communities. It is true that they have not thought much about this; they probably do not even get to church. However, that does not alter the fact that they are Christians and that they feel that this is a Christian country in which they have a right to some defence and consideration.
The bishop of Portsmouth was equally convinced that the country was populated by deeply-religious people who only rarely ventured to church, setting great store by the fact that "40 per cent of the population went to a carol service of some sort or another last Christmas". However, the extent to which such events have anything to do with religiosity is doubtful. Even the good bishop seemed to doubt it. "One of the nice things about becoming a bishop," he said, "is that you do not have to go to as many carol services as a parish priest." Let's hope, for his sake, that Baroness Park was wrong in her prediction that "the press will certainly not report this debate except in some mischievous and irrelevant way". "Bishop hates Christmas Carols" would be a good headline for the Daily Mail.
This was one of several lighter moments in the debate. The magnificent Lord Onslow, who is one of the best arguments for keeping the hereditary peerage, described it as "deliciously New Labour" that it should be the minister for local government who moved the amendment. Quite. He went on to say,
On the question of blasphemy, it has always struck me that if Jesus Christ exists, and if Jesus Christ in his Godlike form was capable of creating the universe, then he could quite easily hack the bit of left-wing obscurantism and b-mindedness that writes things such as "Jerry Springer: The Opera". If he does not exist, nothing will happen; if he does exist, it is up to him to get hold of the chap who wrote it and make sure that he does time in the diabolical house of correction. The offence is unnecessary.
But it was a fellow Conservative hereditary survivor, Lord Selsdon, who made what was perhaps the most surreal contribution to the debate:
The final thing was when a particular man wrote a book called The Satanic Verses and I was the only one allowed to go to Tehran, where I sat with great names and prelates. I learnt that the monotheists or the people of the book, as they are called, who believe in one God, were pretty considerable—roughly half the world's population. I would be there as the Jesus man; there would also be a Moses man and a Muhammad man. We would sit and debate. It is difficult when you have bowlegs to sit cross-legged in the dark smoking hookah pipes with a few people and trying to have a discussion when you are not briefed. In the holy city of Isfahan I was given a team of a couple of lawyers and a couple of mullahs and we had a debate about blasphemy.
Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa that said that you could not play chess because it was too secular and you were defending the king. The prelates pointed out that the king was the weakest person on the board and even the queen was more powerful. The king hid behind his castles, knights or bishops. Even the peasants could move two steps forward and attack the king. Another fatwa was that you could not eat caviar anymore because it was not halal. Cousteau, who became a Muslim, worked out that the sturgeon's backbone was stronger, so suddenly the British embassy, which was flooded with cheap caviar, found that it could eat it again.
It is, of course, countries like Iran that still take blasphemy seriously. Just today, the Iranian foreign minister demanded that international human rights conventions be amended to protect religious beliefs. Among other nuggets of information, the Bishop of Portsmouth revealed that, as a member of the Select Committee reviewing the legislation, he had taken evidence from representatives of non-Christian religions. "It is interesting to note," he said, "that the Muslims were keen on the retention of a blasphemy law, but that the Sikhs, Hindus and Buddhists were not."
What a surprise.
Few of the bishops who spoke were prepared to die in the ditch defending blasphemy. There were, however, some expressions of regret that the new Religious Hatred Act had not been tested in the courts. Opined the bishop of Chester:
the recent law might well turn out to be absolutely as hopeless as some people think the blasphemy law is. There is a real sense of uncharted waters and untested law. I suspect that the recent law is utterly useless. We certainly do not know that it is not utterly useless, so I find the timing of this provision unhelpful.
I hope he's right.
Blasphemy is an odd case of a law that not merely has fallen into disuse, but that rather has never been used regularly at all. Moving the amendment yesterday, Baroness Andrews stated that she could only find four instances of successful prosecutions for the crime. Ever. The first was in 1676, the next in 1841, the third in 1922, and the last, the private prosecution brought by Mary Whitehouse, in 1976 when Denis Lemon, publisher of Gay News, received a suspended sentence and heavy fines. These figures suggest, strangely, that the offence was actually becoming more rather than less often resorted to. Certainly, that is the case if you add in all the instances in which campaigners have attempted to resurrect the law, and the BBFC's decision in 1989 to ban the film Visions of Ecstasy on the grounds that it might be considered blasphemous. The law, it seems, has always been obsolete, but has only relatively recently emerged as positively dangerous.
That yesterday's vote was taking place at all is largely the result of last year's Jerry Springer case. As recently as 2005 the lords voted by a considerable margin to retain the law, and hardly anyone noticed. Ironically, however, it was the devastating judgement of Lord Justice Hughes in that case that made repeal little more than a formality. Hughes laid down the principle that blasphemous words could only be prosecuted if they endangered society. Clearly, no attack on Christianity today would endanger society, if only because Christians are far too mild-mannered.
What is necessary to make such material a crime is that the community (or society) generally should be threatened. This element will not be shown merely because some people of particular sensibility are, because deeply offended, moved to protest. It will be established if but only if what is done or said is such as to induce a reasonable reaction involving civil strife, damage to the fabric of society or their equivalent.
While Hughes claimed merely to be declaring the law as he found it, his emphasis is very different from the remarks of Lord Scarman when the Gay News case reached the House of Lords:
I would only add that it is a jejune exercise to speculate whether an outraged Christian would feel provoked by the words and illustration in this case to commit a breach of peace. I hope, and happen to believe, that most, true to their Christian principles, would not allow themselves to be so provoked. The true test is whether the words are calculated to outrage and insult the Christian's religious feelings: and in the modern law the phrase "a tendency to cause a breach of peace" is really a reference to that test. The use of the phrase is no more than a minor contribution to the discussion of the subject. It does remind us that we are in the field where the law seeks to safeguard public order and tranquility.
Hughes also doubted whether an offence of blasphemy was compatible with the principle of free expression granted by the Human Rights Act, and before it the European Human Rights Convention. And Baroness Andrews quoted the view of the Joint Committee on Human Rights, who this January stated that
the continued existence of the offences of blasphemy and blasphemous libel can no longer be justified, and we are confident that this would also, in today's conditions, be the view of the English courts under the Human Rights Act and the Strasbourg Court under the ECHR.
Yet Scarman - and, following him, the European Court itself - said quite the opposite:
Article 9 provides that every one has the right to freedom of religion, and the right to manifest his religion in worship, teaching, practice and observance. By necessary implication the article imposes a duty on all of us to refrain from insulting or outraging the religious feelings of others. Article 10 provides that every one shall have the right to freedom of expression. The exercise of this freedom "carries with it duties and responsibilities" and may be subject to such restrictions as are presented by law and are necessary "for the prevention of disorder or crime, for the protection of health or morals, for the protection of the reputation or rights of others..." It would be intolerable if by allowing an author or publisher to plead the excellence of his motives and the right of free speech he could evade the penalties of the law even though his words were blasphemous in the sense of constituting an outrage upon the religious feelings of his fellow citizens. This is no way forward for a successful plural society.
It's hard to believe that even thirty years ago society could have been endangered by a poem, or that Scarman's argument against freedom of expression could not be applied with equal, or even greater, force today. Yet such is apparently the case. So here, in celebration of the final demise of a silly law, is the work that so upset Mary Whitehouse. No doubt she is spinning in her uncorrupted grave.
The Love That Dares To Speak Its Name
by James Kirkup
As they took him from the cross
I, the centurion, took him in my arms-
the tough lean body
of a man no longer young,
beardless, breathless,
but well hung.
He was still warm.
While they prepared the tomb
I kept guard over him.
His mother and the Magdalen
had gone to fetch clean linen
to shroud his nakedness.
I was alone with him.
For the last time
I kissed his mouth. My tongue
found his, bitter with death.
I licked his wound-
the blood was harsh
For the last time
I laid my lips around the tip
of that great cock, the instrument
of our salvation, our eternal joy.
The shaft, still throbbed, anointed
with death's final ejaculation.
I knew he'd had it off with other men-
with Herod's guards, with Pontius Pilate,
With John the Baptist, with Paul of Tarsus
with foxy Judas, a great kisser, with
the rest of the Twelve, together and apart.
He loved all men, body, soul and spirit - even me.
So now I took off my uniform, and, naked,
lay together with him in his desolation,
caressing every shadow of his cooling flesh,
hugging him and trying to warm him back to life.
Slowly the fire in his thighs went out,
while I grew hotter with unearthly love.
It was the only way I knew to speak our love's proud name,
to tell him of my long devotion, my desire, my dread-
something we had never talked about. My spear, wet with blood,
his dear, broken body all open wounds,
and in each wound his side, his back,
his mouth - I came and came and came
as if each coming was my last.
And then the miracle possessed us.
I felt him enter into me, and fiercely spend
his spirit's final seed within my hole, my soul,
pulse upon pulse, unto the ends of the earth-
he crucified me with him into kingdom come.
-This is the passionate and blissful crucifixion
same-sex lovers suffer, patiently and gladly.
They inflict these loving injuries of joy and grace
one upon the other, till they die of lust and pain
within the horny paradise of one another's limbs,
with one voice cry to heaven in a last divine release.
Then lie long together, peacefully entwined, with hope
of resurrection, as we did, on that green hill far away.
But before we rose again, they came and took him from me.
They knew what we had done, but felt
no shame or anger. Rather they were glad for us,
and blessed us, as would he, who loved all men.
And after three long, lonely days, like years,
in which I roamed the gardens of my grief
seeking for him, my one friend who had gone from me,
he rose from sleep, at dawn, and showed himself to me before
all others. And took me to him with the love that now forever dares to speak
its name.


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see...Combat Arena is the best. Sensei Dave says so on Facebook.
'Je suis prest' means 'I am Ready'
Hahaha. Brilliant. Im starting to get it now. Keep up the "good work" for your sensei. Im sure he's well chuffed, but stuff him. Well in son.
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It took you a while Michael :-)
"je suis prest" means "say hello to my little friend" i assume is said just before the shit
Its not the size of the boat.....Its the motion of the ocean.
did I get owned ...ffs !
If you need a friend, get a dog !
hahahahaha it IS SERIOUS though.....this guy is out there 'teaching MMA' claiming to be doing it for years when he doesnt have the foggiest about the sport of MMA. He thinks by mixing martial art he is doing Mixed Martial Arts. But that is the 1993 way of thinking. Today the sport is basically a blend of the most proven effective combat arts in the cage, under unified MMA rules. He teaches finger locks, groin attacks and eye pokes!
The greatest irony in all of this is that he actively shouts about how genuine he is and putting others down that are genuine.
Here's a little gem someone told me he said about a BJJ instructor brown belt: "Why do these people teach MMA when they havent even mastered one art? He's not even a Black Belt"
Sounds like Tony Kent's old club to me.
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PHOTOS: Kim Kardashian pre-birth photo shoot revealed
(Yahoo!) - Many pregnant women opt to have a maternity photo shoot, but before giving birth to her daughter, North, with Kanye West, the E! reality star posed for some high fashion (and really non-traditional) baby bump shots.
But not just anyone could get the ready-to-pop expectant mom sporting a golden grill, pouting with jam smeared lips, and taking a defiant — borderline gangster — stance while showing off her bare belly in a crop top. The CR Fashion Book spread was shot by none other than Chanel designer extraordinaire Karl Lagerfeld and directed by Givenchy head honcho Riccardo Tisci.
Titled "Miss USA," the "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" star wears a vintage American flag Ralph Laurensweater paired with a New York Yankees cap and black veil in one black-and-white shot, while another features her in an innocent white dress and pink Chanel jackets while appearing to have smeared her own face with jam from a jar she's holding (though the mag credits Chanel lipstick as the true culprit).
Kardashian took to Twitter to express her excitement over the shoot, tweeting "OMG the COVER of Carine Roitfeld's crfashionbook #issue3!!! Shot by @karllagerfeld! Thank you…" along with an Instagrammed photo of her grill shot.
CR Fashion Book is the creation of West's pal, ex-French Vogue editor Carine Roitfeld, and features only haute couture. Kim's appearance in the magazine seems to be an acceptance from the world of high fashion for the reality star, who has received some blowback while attempting to look more stylish than sexy since hooking up with West.
Though these pre-baby pics were just released, the celeb has kept a low profile since welcoming North, leaving the world waiting to see how being a new mom has changed her style.
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Over the weekend the Chicago Sun Times ran a column written by Jenny McCarthy. In the column, Jenny McCarthy says that she has never been anti-vaccine and has no idea where the rumors that she is anti-vaccine came from. In fact, she says she is pro-vaccine.
Isn't this the same person who said that vaccines are filled with toxins and that those toxins contribute to autism?
Back in 2009 she gave an interview to Time and said, "People have the misconception that we want to eliminate vaccines. Please understand that we are not an antivaccine group. We are demanding safe vaccines. We want to reduce the schedule and reduce the toxins. If you ask a parent of an autistic child if they want the measles or the autism, we will stand in line for the f–king measles."
To me, that seems like she is anti-vaccine.
She also had this to say back in 2006.
"Right before his MMR shot, I said to the doctor, 'I have a very bad feeling about this shot. This is the autism shot, isn't it?' And he said, 'No, that is ridiculous. It is a mother's desperate attempt to blame something,' and he swore at me, and then the nurse gave [Evan] the shot," she says. "And I remember going, 'Oh, God, I hope he's right.' And soon thereafter — boom — the soul's gone from his eyes."
I think Jenny is trying to distance herself from the anti-vaccine label she has given herself and if she wants to, then I think she just needs to say she was wrong rather than trying to convince everyone she has never been anti-vaccine.


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Did you ever check out the Howto section here? It pretty much explains step by step on how to get CUDA running on BT.
So I am hopping as I type r2 will install.
Now I have been trying to get pyrit to work with my 460's with no luck. I am almost certain it has something to due with the cuda build. Could someone give me the link to the right toolkit to use? and I will see if that is the problem. If not then I will ask again.
BTW when might the newest pyrit be in the repository?
update: well r2 finally installed corectly, guess my seagate drive is dying. Now I am able to install the 460 drivers and cuda tool kits I type in the following command and get this
now acording to pyrit websitepython -c 'from cpyrit import _cpyrit_cuda'
ImportError: CUDA seems to be unavailable or no device reported.
The CUDA-driver has loaded but failed to initialize or reports that none of your GPUs is compatible. Take a look at this page to find out if your GPU is supported. You may need to update your drivers.
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Did you ever check out the Howto section here? It pretty much explains step by step on how to get CUDA running on BT.
Tiocfaidh ár lá
done that already. problem is with fermi cards you need pyrit 4.0.
I found that downloading the files from the nVidia website instead of getting them through the repositories, then installing them manually will get it to work. Take a look at the link above.


text: Tracy Morgan has sued Wal-Mart over last month's highway crash that seriously injured him and killed a fellow comedian. Tracy is asking for punitive damages and says that Wal-Mart should have known that the driver had been awake for almost 24 hours and that a 700 mile commute was unreasonable. Police determined that the driver was traveling 65 in a 45 zone and had been driving for over 13 hours without a break. Federal law says that a driver can only drive 11 hours daily and work 14.


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I had a similar problem with sound not working properly on my laptop and desktop. Download the newest alsa-driver from alsa-project.org and install it. If you plan to use backtrack only on your laptop run ./configure before installing. However, if you plan to run on multiple computers check out ./configure --help to set option for different audio cards. As far as the problem connecting to wpa/wpa2, I'm not sure how to configure the wireless assistant, however if you use the terminal window, have a look at the commands wpa_passphrase and wpa_supplicant.
Copy your wpa_passphrase output into /etc/wpa_supplicant.confCode:$ wpa_passphrase myssid waylongkeythelongerthebetterbecausewecareaboutsecurityalot network={ ssid="myssid" #psk="waylongkeythelongerthebetterbecausewecareaboutsecurityalot" psk=ef82e334d941fd88ee8e6d6ef9d112eed40e93e2aa560fcaa326c29659ad375d }
If you need a little more explanation I found this information by typing linux connect wpa into Google and clicking I'm Feeling Lucky.Code:# iwconfig eth1 essid "myssid" # ifconfigup eth1 # wpa_supplicant eth1 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf


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Cards Prepare For Late Night Matchup With The Bears
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- The Cards will have a late night Tuesday.
The Louisville men's basketball team hosts the Missouri State Bears for a 9:00 p.m. tip-off on ESPN2. Louisville head coach Rick Pitino says the Bears are "more than capable" of beating his 9-1 team.
Pitino says that junior Chris Jones will play after missing the Western Kentucky game with a wrist injury.


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WATCH: Eminem & Rihanna's 'The Monster' gets the 'Family Guy' treatment
Mikey Bolts is making quite a name for himself in the YouTube-i-verse.
A few weeks ago, the talented YouTuber wowed us with a cover of Pitbull & Ke$ha's smash hit "Timber" in "Family Guy" voices.
Then a week later, he gave Lorde's "Royals" the "Family Guy" treatment, and the result was pretty hilarious.
Now, he's back with a Family Guy version of Eminem and Rihanna's hit, "The Monster," and it definitely does not disappoint! Check it out below.


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The Who Reveal Initial 50th Anniversary Tour Dates, Album Plans
Listen to The Who Radio on iHeartRadio
The Who will launch their 50th anniversary tour this fall.
Britain's Guardian says band members Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey revealed the initial dates at an event in London Monday. Daltrey described the upcoming UK dates as "the beginning of the long goodbye," explaining that this tour "will have a finality to it."
Townshend added that while he hasn't always liked touring, he's looking forward to this road trip. He said it'll be different this time because "it's about playing and celebrating the 50th anniversary," which is "significant." They're calling the run "Hits, Picks, Mixes and Misses," saying shows will feature more obscure material along with classics and fan favorites.
The Who might also bring some new tunes to the stage. Daltrey promised that they would "stop touring" before they "stop playing as a band," and that a new album is on the way.
Townshend said he'd been inspired by Roger's recent release with Wilco Johnson, which tapped their mutual love of pioneering UK rockers Johnny Kidd and the Pirates. But Pete admitted that with his tendency to write epic songs, the disc could still sound "more prog rock than pub rock." He said they planned to hit the studio this summer to begin work on the album, which will be The Who's first collection of new studio material since 2006's Endless Wire.
The band will launch their tour in Glasgow, Scotland on November 30th.
The Who Hits 50 Tour Dates:
11/30 Glasgow - SSE Hyrdo
12/2 Leeds - First Direct Arena
12/5 Nottingham - Capital FM Arena
12/7 Birmingham - NIA
12/9 Newcastle - Metro
12/11 Liverpool- Echo Arena
12/13 Manchester - Phones 4U Arena
12/15 Cardiff - Motorpoint
12/17 London - The O2
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I don't think Ryan's head could develope any further :-)
I don't think Ryan's head could develope any further :-)
Fuck man heas tough what a performance.
Didn't think it was a good performance, Newman kept trying to throw knees, and allowing the takedown, with that being said Scope couldn't do anything with it, Newman dropped him with the knee and was delivering some nice elbows!!! Seen refs stop for less but well done to Mitchell and Newman was sloppy, Scope took advantage.
What a great fuckin fight. Gotta feel for Luke, I still can't believe he lost?
Props to Scope, he´s a young guy and it was a great finish when I thought he was about to be stopped. Newman just smelt blood and got a little careless just like on TUF. I think Scope would be wise to drop to lightweight. Newman is young himself and will come again.
I don't think he'll cut.
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Micron Technology has announced the sampling of its 16nm, 128Gb MLC NAND flash memory devices, designed for applications like SSDs, USB drives and flash memory cards, tablets, ultra-thin devices and data center cloud storage.
The new 16nm, 128Gb NAND flash memory provides the greatest number of bits per square millimeter and lowest cost of any MLC device in existence, Micron claimed. With the process technology, nearly 6TB of storage could now be created on a single wafer, Micron disclosed.
Micron is sampling the 16nm, 128Gb MLC NAND with select partners and plans to be in full production by the fourth quarter of 2013. The company added it is also developing a new line of SSDs based on 16nm MLC NAND chips and expects to ship those devices in 2014.
- Wireless broadband developments in Southeast Asia markets
As of 2013, the 10 ASEAN nations had a total of over 700 million mobile subscriptions, with the CAGR from 2003-2013 reaching 24%. This Digitimes Research Special Report analyzes the various mobile broadband markets in ASEAN and looks at the respective trends in 4G LTE development for those markets.
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Xeroderma pigmentosum
Xerodermapigmentosum is a rare condition passed down through families in which the skin and tissue covering the eye are extremely sensitive to ultraviolet light.
Xeroderma pigmentosum is an autosomal recessive disorder. This means you must have two copies of an abnormal gene in order for the disease or trait to develop.
Ultraviolet light, such asfrom sunlight, damages the genetic material (DNA) in skin cells. Normally, the body repairs this damage. But in persons with xeroderma pigmentosum, the body does not fix the damage. As a result, the skin gets very thin and patches of varying color (splotchy pigmentation) appear.
The condition also causes spidery blood vessels in the skin (telangiectasia) and skin cancer. Skin cancer often occurs before the child is 5 years old.
- Sunburn that does not heal after just a little bit of sun exposure
- Blistering after just a little bit of sun exposure
- Spider-like blood vessels under the skin
- Patches of discolored skin that get worse
- Crusting of the skin
- Scaling of the skin
- Oozing raw skin surface
- Discomfort when being in bright light (photophobia)
- Skin cancer
The doctor will perform a physical exam and ask if you have a family history of xeroderma pigmentosum.
An eye exam may show:
The following tests can help diagnose the condition in a baby before the birth:
- Amniocentesis
- Chorionic villous sampling
- Culture of amniotic cells
The following tests can help diagnose the disorder after the birth of the child:
- Culture of skin fibroblasts
- Skin biopsy
Children with this condition need total protection from sunlight. Even the light coming through windows or from fluorescent bulbs is dangerous.
When these children go out in the sun, they need to wear protective clothing.
Use high protection (SPF 70 or greater) sunscreen and very dark, UV sunglasses. Your doctor may prescribe medicine to help prevent certain precancerous growths from becoming skin cancers.
Support Groups
Xeroderma Pigmentosum Society| www.xps.org
XP Family Support Group| www.xpfamilysupport.org
Outlook (Prognosis)
Most persons with this condition die of skin cancer early in adulthood.
- Change in appearance of skin (disfigurement)
- Skin cancer
Call for an appointment with your health care provider if you or your child has symptoms of xeroderma pigmentosum.
Experts recommend genetic counseling for persons with a family history of xeroderma pigmentosum who wish to have children.
Lim HW, Hawk JLM. Photodermatologic disorders. In: Bolognia JL, Jorizzo JL, Schaffer JV, eds. Dermatology. 3rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Saunders; 2012:chap 87.
Schadt C, Fine JD. Genetic disorders predisposing to skin malignancy. In: Rigel DS, Robinson JK, Ross M, et al. eds. Cancer of the Skin. 2nd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Saunders; 2011:chap 33.
Review Date: 5/15/2013
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Schumer urges EPA to buy out Lockport homeowners hit by flooding
LOCKPORT – U.S. Sen. Charles E. Schumer threw his weight behind the effort to help homeowners on Lockport's Water Street, releasing a letter Tuesday to the Environmental Protection Agency urging the move.
Michael Basile, the EPA's local spokesman, said a remedial action plan that may include relocating the six families on the street will be released in about three weeks.
"The relocation of those residents is a possibility," he said Tuesday.
"I've always thought in the back of my mind that might be a viable option," Mayor Michael W. Tucker said. "It would be up to the residents over there as to whether they want to take part."
Basile said the EPA also is considering a soil barrier to protect the homes and the backyards from flooding from Eighteen Mile Creek. The homes back up to a section of the creek that borders the old Flintkote building materials plant, abandoned since a fire more than 40 years ago.
It's a hazardous waste site, now owned by Niagara County because of a tax foreclosure, which is heavily laden with cancer-causing PCBs and toxic heavy metals.
"By purchasing the homes along the creek at a fair price and allowing the residents to relocate, the EPA can ensure the public's health and safety are protected while permanent cleanup options are evaluated," Schumer wrote to acting EPA Administrator Bob Perciasepe. "In this case, the prudent and safer course is also the less expensive course of action."
The soil barrier would cost an estimated $1.2 million, and neighborhood residents who spoke to The Buffalo News last week said the next creek overflow would merely contaminate their yards again while washing away the expensive fill.
The problem was especially severe during flash floods caused by five inches of rain June 28 in Lockport. It filled the basements of hundreds of Lockport homes, including those on Water Street.
City figures show the total assessed value of the six homes is $141,500.
The assessments were drastically reduced two years ago after a protest by neighborhood activist Shirley Nicholas, who said their proximity to Flintkote, and warning letters the homeowners had received about disclosure of the toxic trouble to would-be buyers, ruined the homes' market value.
"They can't stay there. It's terrible," Nicholas said Tuesday. "They aren't asking for an awful lot."
Basile said if the EPA decides to relocate the residents, it will consider the assessed values and also have the homes appraised.
The agency would actively work to find another place for the displaced residents to live, rather than giving them a check and sending them out onto the housing market. "We don't work that way," Basile said.
He said the proposed remedial action plan for the city sector of Eighteen Mile Creek is to be posted online and placed in the Lockport Public Library. There would be a 30-day public comment period, which would include a public meeting at the 4-H Training Center at the Niagara County Fairgrounds.
This would be the third EPA buyout of homeowners in Niagara County annals. The others were in Niagara Falls, at Love Canal in the late 1970s and at the Forest Glen trailer park from 1990 to 1992.
The EPA also bought out homes near the Diaz Chemical plant in Holley, Orleans County, in 2002.
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Ke$ha postpones spring tour to continue rehab treatment
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Ke$ha has postponed her spring concerts about a month after entering treatment for eating disorders.
"I was so looking forward to performing at these dates but I need to follow my doctor's advice and get my health back on track," she said in a statement on Tuesday.
Ke$ha continued, "All of your support during this time has been so amazing. I couldn't have done this without you all. I look forward to coming back stronger than ever on the next tour."
The performer, whose mother checked into the same facility for post-traumatic stress disorder, was allegedly suicidal over criticism of her weight and body.
Ke$ha recently reached out to fans from rehab to express her gratitude for their support.
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Incredible Technologies' new mini-golf simulator is now available in both the dedicated Showpiece cabinet and as a conversion kit.
PowerPutt Live was originally released in IT's Showpiece cabinet in early 2012. It boasts six courses and a daily tournament that awards prizes.
IT says the new kit can be installed into nearly any cabinet, and connects to almost any HDTV. A card reader and modem, required to access PowerPutt's online features, are included.


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The Larimer County Landfill accepts flood debris and waste from the recent flooding events at regular landfill rates. View the news release for complete information.
Flood-contaminated mobile homes are accepted at the landfill. However, the requirements of the county in which it is located must be met before it will be accepted.
Larimer County residents who need help cleaning their homes and/or removing flood debris can now register for assistance. Many nonprofit organization from across the United States are arriving in Larimer County to help with flood clean-up and recovery. United Way 2-1-1 will serve as the central registration point for clean-up assistance. Residents can register in person to be placed on the waiting list:
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"Torture memo" author John Yoo urges filibuster of anyone Obama nominates
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University of California law professor John Yoo -- who is most famous for drafting the so-called "torture memos" -- used his May 2 Philadelphia Inquirer column to urge a filibuster of Elena Kagan, Merrick Garland, or Diane Wood should President Obama nominate one of them to be a Supreme Court justice. What does Yoo think is so radical about these three people, all of whom are widely reported to be on Obama's short list, that a filibuster is in order? Apparently not much. Yoo writes that a filibuster "would have little to do with these three distinguished lawyers, and everything to do with President Obama and his Senate allies."
From Yoo's column, headlined "Supreme Court sanity calls for filibusters":
Should senators filibuster Elena Kagan, Merrick Garland, or Diane Wood for the Supreme Court? Yes, if there is any hope of fixing the broken appointment process and restoring limited constitutional government.
The three are the most-often-mentioned nominees for the seat of Justice John Paul Stevens, 90, who last month announced his retirement after 35 years on the high court. A filibuster to prevent a confirmation vote on his replacement would have little to do with these three distinguished lawyers, and everything to do with President Obama and his Senate allies.
Over the years, Senate Democrats have destroyed the confirmation process by turning it away from qualifications to a guessing game over how court nominees might vote on hot-button issues such as abortion, the death penalty, and racial quotas. They began the degradation of the advise and consent role with the 1987 rejection of Judge Robert Bork, who would have been one of the most qualified justices in the history of the Supreme Court, and the outrageous effort in 1991 to smear Clarence Thomas (for whom I served as a law clerk). They continued the descent with the filibuster of a slate of excellent picks for the lower courts by George W. Bush, and they reached a new low with their votes against John G. Roberts Jr. and an attempted filibuster against Samuel A. Alito Jr.
The lack of sober analysis of these nominees' records is not surprising. Conservative media figures and Republicans have already made it clear that they will oppose whoever Obama nominates. And recall that the legal analysis Yoo used in the torture memos was so shoddy the Bush administration was forced to withdraw them after they became public.


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PACIFIC PALISADES - When Bill Haas birdied two of the first three holes Sunday, it appeared the rout was on at the Northern Trust Open.
The defending champion entered the final round with a three-stroke advantage and maintained that margin through the first six holes.
But bogeys on five of the next seven holes sent him spiraling down the leaderboard, and only birdies on Nos. 17 and 18 salvaged a tie for third at 10 under, one stroke out of the playoff between John Merrick and Charlie Beljan.
"I got off to a nice start, made a couple of putts and really felt good," Haas said. "I didn't think I could shoot over par and then, all of a sudden to be 4 over for the day, just kind of hit me. Every shot I wasn't comfortable and I didn't hit a good shot.
"I think under the gun with a three-shot lead, maybe next time I'll handle it better. One shot better today and I'm in a playoff and two shots better I win the tournament.
"A three-shot lead at one of the best tournaments of the year is a great opportunity that I squandered."
Hanging in there
Former Masters champion Charl Schwartzel was the only player among the final three threesomes not to birdie the par-5 first hole.
When he bogeyed No. 2, it looked like he might be in for a long day. But Schwartzel righted himself and didn't make another bogey and finished in a tie for third.
He might have gotten into the playoff but missed 6-foot birdie putts on Nos. 16 and 17 and a 20-footer on No. 18.
"I hit some good putts at 16, 17, 18. The greens were getting really bouncy and they were fast, so it was hard to really hit aggressive putts," Schwartzel said. "But I suppose everyone played on them and came up a shot shy.
"I played well. It could have gone my way at the end but unfortunately it didn't."
Jokes on the green
In his post-tournament speech, executive director Jerry West thanked the Northern Trust Open for its sponsorship but inadvertently said the PGA Tour event had a much longer contract than the one that runs through 2016.
"To Northern Trust, great title sponsors, they've shown their dedication by signing for 10 more years," West said.
As soon as he saw some puzzled looks and laughs, West lived up to his "Mr. Clutch" nickname.
"Whatever it is," West told the crowd. "I say 10, maybe I can get a raise."
Not-so-hot putter
Fredrick Jacobson needed only to make a 4-foot putt on No. 18 to get into the playoff and make it a three-man race, but he missed. He wasn't burning the greens with his putter anyway and didn't make the most pressure-packed putt, either.
When interviewed post-round, the first question was about the miss on No. 18.
"You want me to touch that one, only that one?" Jacobson asked. "I cannot speak about a little something else? Yeah, I think I was very pleased with the way I was hitting the ball out there (Sunday).
"I don't know. It was really close. My second shot ended up close to the hole. It looked pretty good from where we were. Difference between putting from the fringe and all that. You know, the last putt wasn't very good, but it is what is is."
Rain, rain went away
It didn't rain all week, but there was a fog delay for Tuesday's pro-am round. Last year, there was no rain during competitive rounds, either.
It's been a strange turn of events the past two years since it usually rains during the week of the Northern Trust Open.


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Guess whose hair is earning them a HUGE check??
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The Queen is letting her presence be felt.
In addition to her new talkshow which hits televisions nationwide next week, Queen Latifah has signed on to be the new brand ambassador for Pantene.
The current COVERGIRL spokesperson, Grammy Award winner, Oscar nominee and talk show host, is now the new face of Pantene and will also support the Truly Relaxed and Truly Natural Collections. There's no denying Queen Latifah is a force to be reckoned with. She is strong, but she is also someone that women relate to and look to for advice. With a career and life as multi-faceted as hers, Queen Latifah has learned to be flexible when it comes to her beauty routine.
"Over the years I've learned to be versatile when it comes to beauty and hair," says Queen Latifah. "Hair is an extension of who you are. As black women, we express ourselves through our hair so we should have fun with it. But all women worry about keeping their hair healthy so they can enjoy it. I love that Pantene stands for health and that their products deliver on what they promise."
Queen Latifah will appear in the Brand's holistic marketing campaign, including TV and print advertising, in-store displays, digital, social media and public relations campaigns, beginning in September 2013.
So get ready to see her face and her long locks on every bus bench, billboard and magazine ad!
Congrats to Queen Latifah!
Peep this behind the scenes shot of Queen shooting her first Pantene commercial! Stunning!
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"Bad Grandpa" Movie Trailer
Johnny Knoxville puts on some makeup and becomes "grandpa" Irving Zisman in the upcoming film, Bad Grandpa.
The trailer for the movie was just released and it looks hilarious. Zisman and his grandson are put into real life situations and hilarity ensues. There are several clips from North Carolina, including the car crashing into a "Welcome" to North Carolina" sign and an incident at Charlotte's Penguin restaurant.


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On Tuesday, April 1, the Town Hall Lecture Series of North Platte will present best-selling author James Bradley at the downtown Neville Center for Performing Arts – the old Fox Theater.
Bradley is a noted historian and the author of Flags of our Fathers, the book that inspired the award-winning movie about the six men who were responsible for raising the flag on Iwo Jima during World War II.
One of those men was Bradley's father, John.
Bradley takes audiences on a journey to the days of the "Greatest Generation" -- the period from the Great Depression to World War II -- and shares stories of hope and courage. Flag of our Fathers embodies the power of "doing the impossible.""We are thrilled to have James come to North Platte to tell his father's story," said Wendy Staroska of the Town Hall Lecture Series.
Bradley burst onto the national scene as an author in 2000 with the New York Times #1 best-seller, Flags of Our Fathers. The Times called it "the surprise runaway nonfiction best seller of the season."
Flags of Our Fathers was released as a motion picture in 2007, directed by Clint Eastwood.
Town Hall Lecture series memberships are $60, admitting members to four lectures. Tickets for the last two lectures in this year's series are still available at 308-530-8448.
The final lecture in the series is by Ms. Kanbri Crews on May 6. Crews is an American comedic storyteller and author.
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