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only time i have seen that is with MD5 missmatch try recovering the root password "google recover root"
I decided to go ahead and install BT3 final on to my hard drive natively, all went well, I have lilo set up to boot into everything, however when I get to the log in screen I attempt to log in, and I simply can't. The liveCD works just fine, even when I drop out to a console and log in with the default password. I tried to chroot in and change the password, and add a user of my own as well, seeming successful when I logged back in, all was the same. I am not sure if I missed a file in copying everything or what, but the problem is fairly annoying.
I am fairly well acquainted with linux, specifically slackware and arch, so there isn't a mass amount of noobery on my side .
I checked the MD5sum as well, and it was accurate.
only time i have seen that is with MD5 missmatch try recovering the root password "google recover root"
Are you getting the logging into Home error or just an invalid password?
"The goal of every man should be to continue living even after he can no longer draw breath."
Had the same problem with BT2 once, I fixed it just by burning a new cd with the lowest speed as possible. That fixed it (:
- Poul Wittig
I had a similar problem when I created a bootable usb stick using the bt3_final. No matter how many times I re-created the bootable usb stick, I couldn't get past the "root/toor" logins. So I just downloaded the bt3_final_usb iso. Re-created the usb stick. Then I didn't have any problems with "root/toor" on my usb stick.
Lost of people say that they have had problems with the logging portion of startup only to find out that the md5sum was incorrect. Even if it is off by one character it will not work properly.
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Holiday Inn Express & Suites Schererville
Smart Card
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Schererville
1773 Fountain Park Drive
Schererville, Indiana 46375
United States
Check In: 3:00 PM
Check Out: 12:00 PM
Check-in Age: 21
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- Complimentary Self Parking Available
- Public Entrance
- Guest Rooms
- Lifts
- Public Restrooms
- Registration Desk
- Exercise Facility
- Business Centre
- Pool
- Number of Accessible Meeting Rooms: 2
Accessible Hotel Areas
- Registration Area
- Registration Area
- Accessible Guest Rooms
- Business Centre
- Meeting Room
- Exercise Facility
- Pool
Hotel Areas with Accessible Routes from Accessible Public Entrance
- Accessible Self Parking
- Van Accessible Self Parking
- Ramp Access
- Portable Bathtub Seats
- Closed Caption TVs
- Telephone with TDD
- Visual Alarm/Alert in Guest Rooms
- Visual Alarm/Alert in Public Spaces
- Communication Kits with Visual Alarms
Provided by Hotel
Pet Policy
- Guide Dogs Allowed
- No pets allowed. A 250 dollar fee for room cleanup. Legitamate service animals are permitted.
- Smoke-Free Facility
- Number of Floors: 4
- Total Number of Rooms: 82
- Number of Suites: 19
- Number of Non-Smoking Rooms: 82
- Number of Accessible Rooms: 5
- Connecting Rooms Available
- Guest Rooms Renovated in: 2011
- English
- Spanish
Credit Cards
- American Express
- Visa
- MasterCard
- Diners Club
- Carte Blanche
- Discover
About Our Hotel
Welcome to the Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites in Schererville, Indiana
Enjoy a comfortable stay at our choice Schererville hotel, conveniently located in the heart of Schererville at the crossroads of Highway 30 and 41 and near many area attractions.Situated near Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Gibson Woods Nature Preserve and Oak Ridge Prairie County Park, our hotel in Schererville is near scenic landmarks where your family can enjoy a wide variety of outdoor activities from swimming in Lake Michigan to snow-skiing. Our Schererville hotel is near Washington Park Zoo and Deep River Water Park, both popular summer venues, as well as the Blue Chip Casino, where adults can enjoy quality entertainment. If shopping is your preference, stop by Westfield Southlake Mall with over 100 stores, located six miles from our Schererville, IN hotel. Business travelers will also enjoy a stay in our Schererville hotel because of its close proximity to area businesses including Baker Corp, Bible League, State Farm,US Steel, Ford Motor Company and Avery Dennison. Our hotel in Schererville is also just 30 miles from downtown Chicago and offers premium meeting facilities sure to meet all of your business needs.
During your stay in Schererville, enjoy our heated, indoor pool, newly renovated 24-hour Fitness Center and a free hot breakfast. Book your reservation today and take advantage of our great Schererville hotel room deals and rates.
- Black-out Shades
- Pillow Menu
- Rollaway Bed/Cot Available
- Crib Available
- Iron/Ironing Board
- Separate Hanging Closet
- In-Room Heating and A/C Controls
- Extra Bedding Available
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- Bathroom Amenities Available
- Hair Dryer
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- Mini Refrigerator
- Microwave
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- Flat-screen TV
- Work Desk with Lamp
- Desk-level Electrical Outlet
- Free Local Calls
- Cable/Satellite
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- Pay-per-view Available
- Stereo/Radio
- Two-line Phone
- Phone with Voicemail
- Complimentary Morning Newspaper
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- Connecting Suites Available
- Oversized Bath Towels
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Full Breakfast Included
Breakfast Buffet Included
Continental Breakfast Included
Complimentary Coffee in Lobby
Kids Eat Free
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- 2 Meeting Room(s) Available
- On-Site Business Center
- Printer
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- Free High-Speed Internet in all Rooms
- Wireless Internet service is free for all IHG® Rewards Club members
Entertainment & Recreation
- Indoor Pool
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- Indoor Pool Hours of Operation: 6:00 AM - 10:00 PM
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Complimentary Fitness Center
Treadmill, elliptical machine, stationary bike, flat screen monitor tv and water fountain.
Hours of Operation: 12:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Fitness Center Type: LIMITED
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- Stationary Bicycle
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- Daily Housekeeping
- On-site Guest Self-Laundry Facilities
- Hours of Operation: 12:01 AM - 11:59 PM
Added Value
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Board approves disbursement of Prudential funds
The University of South Carolina Board of Trustees unanimously approved a recommendation Friday (Oct. 8) to disburse $4.8 million to approximately 1,800 current and former USC policyholders of Prudential accidental death and life insurance policies.
Distribution of the funds to individuals who were actively participating in the Prudential plan on Dec. 15, 2000, or who were eligible for a life insurance benefit on that date, are eligible for a payout, said Dr. Ted Moore, USC vice president for finance and planning.
That date is when Prudential made the decision to convert from a company owned by policyholders to one owned by stockholders, a process called "demutualization." USC is the policyholder.
The decision is the culmination of a seven-month (February – September) study by a committee of university officials and insurance and legal experts who examined options for managing the funds.
Moore said the funds will be distributed to employees or former employees who, on Dec. 15, 2000, were:
- 1) Actively employed by the university and insured for full benefits through Prudential;
- 2) Retired with death benefits;
- 3) Disabled with death benefits;
- 4) Participants with paid-up cash value.
The amount distributed to plan participants will vary, Moore said. The amount paid out to individuals who had a paid-up policy will be based on the amount of dividends applied to purchase the paid-up insurance compared to total contributions of other eligible participants. The amount paid to other individuals will be based on their premium contributions compared with the total contributions of all other eligible participants.
Moore said the Benefits Office researched employee records and compiled a thorough list of current and former employees who will be notified of their eligibility in a letter that will be mailed within the next two weeks. Disbursement of funds is expected to take place by Dec. 31, 2010.
For additional information, visit http://hr.sc.edu/prudential.html.


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Licensed Professional Counselor, Certified EMDR Therapist, Certified Advanced Alcohol & Drug Counselor
418 Stump Road, Suite 208, Montgomeryville, Pennsylvania 18936
Problems with mood altering chemicals (e.g., alcohol, heroin) or behaviors (e.g., gambling, sex) are still not well understood by scientists. Explanations for compulsive use which claim the cause is a disease or brain disorder lack supporting evidence. Counseling an individual with such problems requires taking into consideration a wide variety of contributing environmental, biological, psychological (e.g., mental health problems) factors. Treatment is typically tailored to the client and will usually involve addressing motivational factors, the client's goals, and educating the family on how they can exert a reinforcing and supportive role in the client's resolution of their problem(s).
Jennifer McCarron, LMFT
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Certified EMDR Therapist
418 Stump Road, Suite 207, Montgomeryville, Pennsylvania 18936
Although not an addictions counselor, I help clients who struggle with others in their lives that struggle with an addiction. I often instruct clients on way to identify unhealthy vs. healthy boundaries in relating to their addicted loved one. I teach clients about codependency and specific techniques on handling the "traps" of being close to someone with an addiction. If help clients determine if they have an addiction and give them resources on best treatment options. Family therapy helps client families better relate to one another and deal with addiction in a more healthy way.


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There are several reasons for why your mixture may result in a cottage cheese like appearance. Although, I'm not sure what recipe you are using, it could be because mixing time is not long enough, or that the ingredients were cold. For example, if you have softened butter to beat it with sugar following package instructions, then you add cold eggs or cold milk, I would recommend using one of Wilton's cake recipes. Start with the Basic Yellow Cake Mix recipe. It's a good cake to begin your long baking career.


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While you are pregnant, your doctor may do tests to check your baby's health. The tests may be done at any time while you are pregnant. Tests may be needed for women who:
The tests may be done more than once so the doctor can track the progress of the baby over time. They will help the doctor find problems or things that are not normal (abnormal). Talk to your doctor about your tests and the results.
Test results that are not normal aren't always a reason to worry. A lot of healthy babies have results that are not normal. Your doctor can help you understand what your test results mean, and what kind of care is needed for your baby.
A healthy baby's heart rate will rise from time to time. During the NST test, your doctor will watch to see if the baby's heart rate goes faster while resting or moving. You will receive no medicines.
If the baby's heart rate does not go up on its own, you may be asked to rub your hand over your belly. This may wake up a "sleepy" baby. A device may also be used to send a noise into your belly. It will not cause any pain.
You will be hooked up to a fetal monitor, a heart monitor for your baby. If the baby's heart rate goes up from time to time, the test results will most likely be normal. NST results that are "reactive" mean that the baby's heart rate went up normally.
"Non-reactive" means that the baby's heart rate did not go up enough. If the heart rate does not go up enough, you may need more tests.
If the NST results are not normal, you may need a contraction stress test (CST). This test will help the doctor know how well the baby will do during labor.
Labor is stressful for the baby. Every contraction means the baby gets less blood and oxygen for a short while. For most babies this is not a problem, but some babies have a hard time. A CST shows how the baby's heart rate reacts to the stress of contractions.
A fetal monitor will be used. You will be given oxytocin (Pitocin), a hormone that makes the uterus contract. The contractions will be like the ones you will have during labor, only milder. If the baby's heart rate slows down rather than speeds up after a contraction, the baby may have problems during labor.
Most women feel mild discomfort, but not pain.
If the results are abnormal, your doctor may admit you to the hospital to deliver the baby early.
A biophysical profile (BPP) is a non-stress test (NST) with an ultrasound. If the NST results are not reactive, a BPP may be done.
The BPP looks at the baby's movement, body tone, breathing, and the results of the NST test. The BPP also looks at amniotic fluid, the liquid that surrounds the baby in the uterus.
The BPP test results can be normal, abnormal, or unclear. If the results are unclear, you may need to repeat the test. Results that are not normal may mean that the baby needs to be delivered early.
A modified biophysical profile (MBPP) is also a non-stress test (NST) with an ultrasound. This test looks only at how much amniotic fluid there is. The MBPP test takes less time than a BPP. Your doctor may feel that the MBPP test will be enough to check the baby's health, without doing a full BPP.
In a healthy pregnancy, these tests may not be done. But if you have medical problems, the potential for pregnancy problems ("high risk pregnancy"), or have gone a week or more past your due date, you may need some of these tests. Talk to your doctor about the tests and what the results mean for you and your baby.
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The Lands of Ice and Fire (Paperback) Book
The centerpiece of this gorgeous collection is guaranteed to be a must-have for any fan: the complete map of the known world, joining the lands of the Seven Kingdoms and the lands across the Narrow Sea for the first time in series history. But this is just one of many unique maps that arent available anywhere else. There is an alternate version that tracks the movements of the series protagonists throughout their vast world, along with more detailed versions of the western, middle, and eastern thirds of the world; a full map of Westeros, combining North and South; one of the Dothraki Sea and the Red Wastes; and the Braavos city map. And here, too, are fan favorites detailing everything from urban sprawl to untamed wilds: maps of Kings Landing; The Wall and Beyond the Wall; the Free Cities; and Slavers Bay, Valyria, and Sothyros.
Never before has the entire scope of Martins universe been so exhaustively and fascinatingly depicted. The maps in this beautiful, one-of-a-kind atlas will enrich your reading or viewing experience, provide another view of your favorite characters epic journeys, and open up captivating new worldsplus, theyll look great on any castle wall.
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The price was right. I knew that there was no index when I purchased this item and the lack of one is a detriment. For future editions, the presence of one would be a great help (i.e. in the grid A-1 [or some such notation], you will find this place and in grid Z-25 you will find this other place). As it is now, the reader still has to hunt for the place mentioned in one of the stories and that takes time that the reader usually does not have. Also, an index of place names and the map name where it belongs would be a welcome addition. Would I pay more for such? Absolutely... But do not go crazy!!! A greater price does not mean a gouging one!!!
- Nothing But Maps
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I was expecting some writings to go with the maps, but there isn't.
- Easy To Read
- Exquisitely Illustrated
- Highly Detailed
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Amazingly detailed Maps that show a very complex, imaginative world.
The Journeys map is very intriguing. This atlas even shows some of the places in eastern part of Essos, That have never been sen before.
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Those maps are awesome !!
- Deserves Multiple Readings
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Any GoT/ASoIaF fan needs this! The maps in the book and wikis can only get you so far while taking in the series. These maps are incredibly detailed and beautiful, and it's easy to get a sense of where each and every character is. These go far beyond just Westeros and Essos and detail places like King's Landing. I wish I had this before I'd finished reading the books, but I'm still going to take them out to study while watching the show and to take in the gorgeous map work.


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The term "ocular migraine" can be confusing. It's sometimes used to refer to two different conditions, one of which usually isn't cause for concern, and the other which might have more–serious complications.
In some cases, ocular migraine describes a migraine aura that involves your vision. Migraine auras include a variety of sensations — often visual, but which also may include other sensations, such as numbness — that precede or accompany a migraine. Aura can sometimes occur without an associated headache.
A migraine aura that affects your vision is common. Visual symptoms are short lasting. A migraine aura involving your vision will affect both eyes, and you may see:
These symptoms can temporarily interfere with certain activities, such as reading or driving, but the condition usually isn't considered serious.
Sometimes, ocular migraine is used as a synonym for the medical term "retinal migraine." A retinal migraine is a rare condition occurring in a person who has experienced other symptoms of migraine. Retinal migraine involves repeated bouts of short–lasting, diminished vision or blindness. These bouts may precede or accompany a headache.
A retinal migraine — unlike a migraine aura affecting vision — will affect only one eye, not both. However, most often, loss of vision in one eye isn't related to migraine. It's generally caused by some other more serious condition. So if you experience visual loss in one eye, be sure to see an eye specialist.
Jerry W. Swanson, M.D.
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Services other than I-File that will be affected by this weekend's upgrades include INtax, E-pay, the refund status service and BT-1 registration service.


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Here is a link to irongeek's website irongeek
which has lots of info about vista and the SAM file
hope that helps out
I did a search for this and didnt find it anywhere, and It took me a while to figure our where the SAM file even was and - well, it all seemed slightly confusing. Anyways a friend of mine got a laptop for christmas that came with Vista on it. She was simply personalizing her machine and changed the admin password, but somehow immediately forgot it. So, she called me.
I figured if she executed the "restore to an earlier date" function she can log in using the old password again. (she didn't turn the machine off since the passwd change)
And well, that worked. But I wondered about machines that were rebooted. People have asked me that question in the past and I never had experience with anything like this.
I was playing around with BT3 and found in the /pentest/password/ directory chntpw and ran it. The output told me you can list passwords if you had access to the SAM file!
You should see something like this:1. mkdir /mnt/sam && mount /dev/<windows partition> /mnt/sam && cd /mnt/sam && ls.
2. You should see your windows files from the windows partitions. I was using Windows XP. then cd into /WINDOWS/system32/config and list whats there. In Windows XP it was "SAM"
3. cp SAM /pentest/password/chntpw/ && cd /pentest/password/chntpw && ./chntpw -l SAM
Mine was left blank because this box is just used for pentesting purposes. But if you run chntpw --help You can see all the great stuff you can do with that application:
Hope this does good, Im sure I will reference it a few times more. If you get a chance to use this on a Vista machine please let me know where the SAM file was.trevelyn@celeritas:/mnt/usb/chntpw$ ./chntpw --help
chntpw version 0.99.5 070923 (decade), (c) Petter N Hagen
./chntpw: invalid option -- -
chntpw: change password of a user in a NT/2k/XP/2k3/Vista SAM file, or invoke registry editor.
chntpw [OPTIONS] <samfile> [systemfile] [securityfile] [otherreghive] [...]
-h This message
-u <user> Username to change, Administrator is default
-l list all users in SAM file
-i Interactive. List users (as -l) then ask for username to change
-e Registry editor. Now with full write support!
-d Enter buffer debugger instead (hex editor),
-t Trace. Show hexdump of structs/segments. (deprecated debug function)
-v Be a little more verbose (for debuging)
-L Write names of changed files to /tmp/changed
-N No allocation mode. Only (old style) same length overwrites possible
See readme file on how to get to the registry files, and what they are.
Source/binary freely distributable under GPL v2 license. See README for details.
NOTE: This program is somewhat hackish! You are on your own!
Here is a link to irongeek's website irongeek
which has lots of info about vista and the SAM file
hope that helps out
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I have tried that command surprisely works on Vista as i was able to clean my pwd but not workin with XP, no idea but so far thk for share the info with this tutorial, appreciated
It works on Xp Pro but not in home....
ive been using a new utility form a Live Vista CD, since i am a technician i need Administrator access a lot for safe mode and well, usually they give me their passwords but never remember their admin password. The utility blanks the password for me with a few mouse clicks. I'm not sure what its called, when i get the name i'll repost, but you should maybe google if your interested, it works perfectly and quickly each time.


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Talking music with one of the King's Men
An interview with D.J. Fontana
Back in '90s, at least once every few weeks, I found myself interviewing a rock star. I was the music columnist at The Times Leader in Wilkes-Barre at the time, and because the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre market seemed to be a stop on most major concert tours, and because most of my interviews were being carried on the national entertainment wire, rock stars were calling all the time. Billy Joel. Steven Tyler. Eddie Van Halen. David Bowie. Ray Charles. Jon Bon Jovi. Don Henley. I was fortunate enough to chat with all of them about music. And even though I was often a big fan of some of the people I interviewed, I never got starstruck or overly excited about it. It was my job - a job that was fun and that I grateful for - but also one that I took seriously. The most important thing to me about interviewing a rock star was making sure that the interview resulted in a good story for the newspaper.
Still, that didn't mean there weren't a few times when I was a little bit more anxious to make that call. And on one occasion, in January of 1999, this was particularily true. And that's because I was scheduled to interview one of the King's Men. I was scheduled to interview the longtime drummer of one Elvis Aaron Presley.
I was scheduled to interview D.J. Fontana.
He was not the household name that had been accompanying a lot of my articles at that time, but to me, this one was special. Hanging out at a local tavern one night a day or two before our scheduled chat, my friends - who were not accustomed to hearing me even talk about my work that much - seemed surprised over my enthusiasm for this particular interview.
"You guys don't understand," I said. "I'm more excited about this than I would be to be talking to somebody like Eddie Vedder."
With that, I was met with somewhat of a puzzled look.
"This guy played with ELVIS," I said. "Hound Dog. Heartbreak Hotel. Jailhouse Rock. He played on all of them."
At that point, I think they actually started to get it. Fontana, in fact, played on more than 450 Elvis songs. He also played with Presley on all of his early TV appearances, including his 1956 milestone performance on "The Ed Sullivan Show" and one that is considered to be one the finest performances of his career - the 1968 NBC television special best known as the "'68 Comeback Special."
And D.J. Fontana - who was coming to Wilkes-Barre as part of an Elvis tribute show - gave me a very good interview.
"I was always impressed with what a gentleman he was," he said, when I asked him to share his favorite Elvis memory. "He was always kind to people. He always spoke with 'yes, ma'am,' 'no, sir,' 'thank you very much.' He was always polite. As he got bigger, he didn't have to be. But that's the way he was taught when he was a little boy, so he never got rid of that attitude."
Fontana, who named Buddy Rich and Gene Krupa among his influences, told me that it never occurred to him when he was recording Presley's early hits that he was also securing his place as one of rock 'n' roll's pioneering drummers.
"You don't think about those things," he said. "You're in there to cut a good record. Of course, Elvis always hoped they were hits, but we were all striving for the same thing - to do the best job we could and get the best record we could."
Getting the best record they could. Those words carried a lot of weight coming from a man who essentially helped form rock and roll. And it was when he talked about making those records - and Elvis' role in their production - that Fontana offered the most insight. Though Presley was widely regarded as a marvelous vocalist, his role with his own recordings was not, for the most part, one of a musician or songwriter. But Fontana told me that Elvis knew the nuances of a recording studio very well and essentially served as his own producer.
"He was the final word," said Fontana. "He knew what he wanted to hear. We had producers - guys that I called clock-watchers. They'd sit behind the sound board and go 'Oh yeah, Elvis, that's two minutes and 15 seconds,' but's that about all they ever said. Elvis would do it until he was satisfied and say 'That's the one I'm taking.' He was usually right."
It remains, to this day, one of my favorite interviews.
My chat with D.J. Fontana was done on the phone, but when he came to town a few days later, I was able to meet him in person. By that time, the story from our interview had already been published in the paper and I was able to give him a copy. He was also kind enough to sign a copy for me and pose for a picture. Though he talked during our interview about Elvis always being a gentleman and of his politeness, I found the same to be true of Mr. Fontana, who is now 82 and whose legendary work has not been limited to recording with Elvis. With the "All The King's Men" project, he worked with people such as Keith Richards, Levon Helm and Jeff Beck. Just a few years after I did the interview, he played with Paul McCartney. And in recognition for his work, he has been inducted into the Rockabilly Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the sidemen category.
Over the past few years, I've posted quite a few of my old newspaper interviews with rock stars on YouTube. And with my friends and I currently planning a trip to Graceland, and with the music of Elvis frequently filling my home, I thought I'd share a few excerpts my interview with D.J. Fontana. You can listen to them on the link above.
"I'm a big Elvis fan," I say at one point during our conversation. "It's really a pleasure to talk to you."
Indeed it was. It's not everyday that you get to talk music with someone who was in the room when pop culture was forever changed and who had a role in that change. It's not everyday that you get to talk with someone that worked with Elvis, so often, for more nearly 15 years.
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Exclusive DAEMA Hollywood Sign Tour
Saturday, February 2, 2013 from 12:00 PM to 2:15 PM (PST)
Who's Going
San Francisco, California
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Event Details
You hiked your DOC trip in Hanover. Now join your Dartmouth buddies in Hollywood as we get an exclusive, behind the scenes look at LA's most famous landmark: The Hollywood Sign!
Dartmouth Alumni in Entertainment & Media Association (DAEMA) invites you to an exclusive climb, currated by the "Media Coordinator for the Hollywood Sign", giving DAEMA members on the hike the opportunity to hike down to the sign and take pictures (without the threat of arrest!)
Because of this unique opportunity, space is extremely limited, so please only RSVP if you are serious about attending. Since each spot is so special and we fully anticipate to sell out within minutes, we have created a WAITLIST for the hike-- no guarantees, first come, first served.
Cahuenga Peak (the site of the Hollywood sign) is an easy hike, sporting some of the best 360-degree views of Los Angeles. Whether you're new to LA and want to take in the lay of the land in your new city, or have lived here for years, this is a view not to be missed.
The hike is 3.2 miles round trip, up and back. Each way taking about 45 mintues.
More detailed driving directions and the hike can found @ http://hollywoodsigntrip.com/hollywood-sign-directions.shtml
When & Where
Hollyridge Trail
3500 North Beachwood Drive
Los Angeles,
Saturday, February 2, 2013 from 12:00 PM to 2:15 PM (PST)
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Talk about the novels, new and used books that Marsden has written!
Author Marsden's Book Reviews
Burning for Revenge
This story is about a group of teenagers who are battle hardened by an invasion war against Australia and are continuing to face an unnamed enemy in the hopes that they may soon be reunited with their families back in New Zealand. Ellie and her team of ragtag guerrilla teenagers are hiding out in their hometown of Wirrawee trying to get an advantage over the enemy which is a step in the direction of getting to see their families again. One of them ...
Teenage girl gets caught up in her fathers struggle for money and power - a great book with political undertones. Watch out for the ending - it will leave you breathless!...
There is the main character in the book who is female, she remains nameless throughout the book. She lives in the Mental hospital after her family is continually pestered by the media because her father is the member of a group that continues to deny any input to the fraud that they have commited. This name-less girl is living in the mental hospital, she refuses to talk to the psycological counsellor in "group". She would probably go home if she had anyw...
Letters From The Inside
Tracey is in jail,. She puts an advertisement in a magazine seeking a penfriend and Mandy replies. Mandy is a clean cut suburban girl on the verge of adulthood and initally believes that she and Tracey are similar. She uncovers some inconsistancies in the letters though and realises Tracey is in trouble. Tracey confides that she is in a youth detention centre for a crime she does not disclose and Tracey thinks Mandy's life is perfect. She too has be...
Marsden booklist
Out of Time
Postmodernism for children seems a big step. That is what John Marsden has attempted in this book. This is a story of a boy called James. James has a friend, an elderly scientist who is finalising an experiment in time travel. When he dies James takes his machine and uses it. Some of the stories in this book seem pointless and fruitless having no satisfactory conclusion. There is a story of a young boy homeless in Mexico who may be an American sur...
So Much to Tell You
This story is about a girl that struggles with her inner traumas and finds help through her friend and teacher to face her life and her family as estranged it may be to finally reconcile with her father who is in prison. Marina is the unintended victim of a vial of acid that was thrown by her father and now she has a scarred face. The format of the story is in a diary because she would rather that than talk to anybody. She did not talk to anyone during...
The Dead of the Night
Ellie has gotten used to the situation of being the leader of the group of guerrilla teenagers against the unknown invaders of her country and she must make decisions that are in their best interests against possible traps while navigating a growing relationship with one of the members. Ellie is a bit depressed after everything that has happened including the invasion and the wounds incurred as well as the separation from Corrie and Kevin, but she has...
Tomorrow When the War Began - Tomorrow 1
A group of teens go camping and when they come back their town and country has been invaded by unknown foreign forces. This will be, as war always is, a turning point in their lives. Because it leads them not only to face the danger in living as hunted people in their own country but also to make the decision to fight it. In this whole process they learn about themselves and each other, they learn lessons of life that some people never learn and they...
Tomorrow, When the War Began
This story is about a group of children who camped out during a national holiday only to find that their home was invaded by enemy soldiers on their way back and now they have to navigate their way through the new world and employ every method of survival they know to either run or fight. Ellie and her best friend Corrie decide to skip the commemoration activities of that year for a camping trip and gives invitations to a specific group of friends to j...


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All Photos Courtesy of Olav Stubberud for Hoppipolla Headwear
Halldór Helgason
Born: January 10th, 1991
Sponsors: Nike 6.0, Lobster Snowboards, Oakley, Monster Energy, Skullcandy, Hoppipolla Headwear, Blue-Tomato.com, Neff Gloves, 7-9-13 Belts, Kaleidoscope Skateboards
Hometown: Akureyri, Iceland
Home Mountain: Hlíðarfjall
Website: www.helgasons.com
Halldór Full Part from Pirate Movie Productions' "Hooked"
Best part song of the year? Band: Moderat. Song: "A New Error"
Eirikur "Eiki" Helgason
Born: September 5th, 1987
Sponsors: Lobster Snowboards, Oakley Apparel & Goggles, Monster Energy, Skullcandy, Hoppipolla Headwear, Neff Gloves, 7-9-13 Belts, DVS, Blue-Tomato.com, Frontline, Kaleidoscope Skateboards
Hometown: Akureyri, Iceland
Home Mountain: Hlíðarfjall
Website: www.helgasons.com
Eiki Full Part Remix From Standard Films' "The Storming"
We know they can shred. But really, what else is actually known about the two prodigal snow bros from the land of Ice? Now that we mention it … Hell, what the do we even know about Iceland? Top of my head, I do remember once hearing that Björk was their #1 export in the '90s (true), and honest-to-god, their government creates legislation surrounding their belief in Elves (true-er…). And of course, we did beat their asses in Mighty Ducks 2 (knuckle-puck time). So, yeah—kind of sits somewhere in the Scientology-region when it comes to our general knowledge of the homeland and home life of Eiki and Halldór Helgason. We rewind their enders, drop jaws to their tricks, follow their business ventures, and line up at contests to see them drop. NBDs have become mundane, spots continue to get closed down, and hyperbole flies right out the window. But that's not all.
Just two short months into 2011, the Helgasons have flipped the snowboarding world on it's head once again (resisting the urge to say "double-corked the snowboarding world" was much more difficult that I'd like to admit… ugh). Dropping their board sponsors, the brothers have teamed up to launch Lobster Snowboards, as well as producing their first shred movie, "Sexual Snowboarding". Along with their exploits with Hoppipolla Headwear, it seems as though the entrpreneurial spirit is well alive for the favorite sons of our favorite sun-deprived country. Maybe it's Iceland's 99.9% literacy rate (highest in the world) that's helped prepare these two young Nordics so well for their professional lives. Or maybe it's all those hot-as-heck Icelandic honeys motivating their path. Either way, these kids are making moves.
This is the TransWorld interview with Eiki and Halldór Helgason.
… Now let's go party with some Elves.—AH
AH: Let's start it off easy. How have you guys been? How's the season going along for you both?
Eiki Helgason: My season has been crap. It started out super good in November in Iceland, but after Christmas I broke my back, so I chilled for a month. On the first day back, I broke my collarbone and fucked the ribs a bit. So, it's been a tough one [laughs]! But of course, we started Lobster Snowboards and 7-9-13 Belts, so that's something new and exciting.
Halldór Helgason: Really good! It's been a lot of fun. Just been riding a lot, filming some rails in Scandinavia, and doing a couple of contests. I've gotten last place in almost every contest—so stoked on that.
Everyone's talking about Lobster Snowboards. How did it all come about? What's your role in the company?
Eiki: We always wanted to be on the same team. We wanted to travel together all the time, but it's tough nowadays. So, when I broke my back our agent got a call from Bataleon Snowboards asking if we would be stoked on making a new brand using their TBT shape. I flew to meet up with those guys the day after, and we decided to do this! That was a week before X Games, so we managed to start a company, come up with a name, logo, and few board graphics in 3 days—and we shipped a board to Halldór so he could use it on X Games! So, it happened super fast [laughs]!
Halldór: Yeah, it was pretty random. We just got such a good opportunity that it would have been stupid of us not to at least try it out. It happened the week before X Games, and we planned the whole thing on like two days, so it was next-level last-minute! Our role in the company is to tell them how we want the boards and how we want the graphics, but I'm stoked on how everything has turned out so far. It's going to be a lot of fun to try out something new and see what happens. We actually started a belt brand as well, called 7-9-13. 7-9-13 is the lucky number everyone uses in Iceland. It's the code for "knock on wood", so when you don't have the wood to knock on you can just say, "7-9-13".
This has nothing to do with the Helgasons. But it's hilarious.
What's it like to finally be on the same team with your brother?
Eiki: It's sick. It's so nice to be able to travel with your real family and do what ever you want to do.
Halldór: Im so stoked on that. I grew up riding with him, of course, so it's always fun to ride together. We always end up with getting a lot of stuff done!
You're both involved with Hoppipolla Headwear, as well. What's good with the hat company?
Eiki: We got involved with Hoppipolla and started to design some beanies. I think it turned out sick, and people seem to be stoked on them!
Halldór: Yeah, it's fun! We're co-owners, together with a good friend of ours, Petter Foshaug, who made all of the Factor Films movies. He's the main man behind it. Eiki and I mostly just come up with designs, while Petter takes care of the business side. People seems really stoked on the brand, so that's fun to see.
Hoppipolla 2011 Team Edit/Announcement
Sounds good. So … you have to choose: Björk or Sigur Rós?
Eiki: That's a hard one, but I think I'll go with Sigur Rós.
Halldeor: Sigur Rós, for sure. It's nice to listen to them when your not thinking about anything. So, pretty much all the time… [laughs]
Sticking with strange Icelandic beings, we need to hear your explanation of the Icelandic Elves phenomenon.
Eiki: I'll have to see one to believe it! But yeah, I don't believe in that stuff. …I hear that a lot of people do, though.
Halldór: Yeah, I don't really know the whole deal with that, but some Icelandic people are always claiming that there are Elves in the nature. There's actually many people that believe in them, but i haven't seen one yet.
Gulli Gudmunsson's been a big part of your crew this season. How's he fitting in?
Eiki: Gulli's been a part of the crew since we started snowboarding. We used to ride together everyday, and now we're all filming for Standard Films, so we can film together a lot this year. I'm pretty stoked on this season—except for all the injury crap I've been dealing with …
Halldór: It's been so sick this season—as long as you take out the fact that Eiki has tweaked his knee, broken his back, injured his ribs, and broken his collarbone … Other than that, it's been so fun, because I grew up riding with Eiki and Gulli. So, it's the same crew from the beginning, and we're all filming for Standard and for "Sexual Snowboarding". Gulli's been killing it this whole season, so be ready for his part.
You mentioned "Sexual Snowboarding", your new film dropping in the Fall.. Tell us a bit about what to expect.
Eiki: It's gonna be our side project, dropping maybe in december. We don't have the final plan worked out yet, but we have a few ideas that can be cool, so stay tuned on www.helgasons.com.
Halldór: "Sexual Snowboarding" is going to be a movie that follows us through the whole season. So far, we've been on an RV trip in Scandinavia, and ended up with a lot of stuff from that. We've also been filming in Iceland and Oslo, Norway. Only rails so far, but i guess the next thing is to go to the USA and film backcountry in Tahoe. We're not going to have have any unnecessary nature shots, lifestyle, time laps, or serious voiceovers; it's just going to be snowboarding of the whole season, and we're going to keep it like 20-25 minutes long. So, it's hopefully going to be a good movie to put on when you're putting your boots on!
"Sexual Snowboarding" Teaser #1
What's the snowboard scene like in Iceland, anyway? How often do you get to be home?
Eiki: The snowboard scene here is not good. We don't have any parks or anything, so that's why we grew up hitting street rails a lot. But now there are a lot of kids riding over there, so it's slowly getting bigger and better every year. I have a girlfriend at home, so I try to go there as much as I can, and lately, I've been there a lot because of my injuries. Usually, I'm out traveling most of the year.
Halldór: The snowboard scene in Iceland is not big at all, but it's cool to see that there are so many kids starting to snowboard. When you go to our home mountain, everyone is snowboarding—there's not one freestyle skier in the whole of Iceland, I think! Skiing is dying out there, for sure. After X Games, the media started noticing it more and more, so that helped a lot, as well. I'm not home much at all during the winter (pretty much away the whole time), but sometimes I'll go over just to chill for a week, meet up with my family and friends, and party on the weekend. Then, I leave again!
You guys both can do some pretty insane doubles, jumps, and then also a grip of rail tricks that not many others can. What's your favorite, personally?
Eiki: I like doing street rails the most. It's so chill—you can just wake up whenever you want, go out when you want to, use generators and lights to control how everything looks, and you're in the city! So if you get hungry, you can just order a pizza to the spot, or if you're cold, you can just jump in the car.
Halldór: My favorite is to just cruise around in the park. After that, it's rails, and then jumps. It's fun to try and do a little bit of everything, so then your always stoked!
** For Individual Deep Thoughts From Eiki and Halldór, Click On To The Next Page **


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BayBears' Corbin takes the spotlight
Lefty matches Bauer, Skaggs with strong performance in win
By Benjamin Hill / MiLB.com | April 24, 2012 2:25 PM ET
Corbin, the eighth-ranked prospect in the Diamondbacks organization, allowed just three hits over seven shutout innings as his Mobile BayBears cruised to a 4-1 win over visiting Jacksonville on Tuesday afternoon. It was Corbin's fourth quality outing in as many starts, and he now is in possession of a 2-0 record and spiffy 1.67 ERA.
The 22-year-old southpaw cited "fastball command" as one of the most important aspects of his stellar afternoon.
"When you can go in and out with [the fastball], it helps a lot," said Corbin, who joined the Diamondbacks organization with Skaggs and two others as part of the 2010 trade that sent Dan Haren to Anaheim. "Combining that with the slider and changeup, you can keep hitters off balance and get a lot of ground balls."
Corbin's command and efficiency resulted in his second seven-inning outing of the season. He threw 96 pitches -- 60 for strikes -- and kept the Suns hitless until Curt Smith doubled with two outs in the fourth.
"I had a good spring and that really got me going, so now I've just been trying to continue with that -- pitching quality games and putting up innings for my team," said Corbin, who compiled a 4.21 ERA over 26 starts for Mobile in 2011. "I just go out and throw -- it's the same game no matter where you are. The competition's always there."
There's competition in the home dugout as well. Bauer and Skaggs are ranked first and third on MLB.com's list of top Diamondbacks prospects, and Corbin reports that a friendly rivalry has developed among the three young aces.
"I love being on a team that has great pitchers," he said. "[Bauer and Skaggs] go out and do their thing, and then I want to be able to beat what they did. I think that's why [the D-backs] put us all [in Mobile]. It helps to bring out the competitor in all of us."
The Mobile trio joins Jackson's set of Danny Hultzen, Taijuan Walker and James Paxton to create an embarrassment of pitching riches in the Southern League. Bauer, Skaggs and Corbin rank first, second and fifth in the SL in strikeouts and have combined for a 1.75 ERA in 11 starts.
Jackson's three aces are each striking out more than a batter per inning and have combined for a 2.78 ERA in 11 starts. The two teams get together for a five-game series in Jackson starting May 17. Runs are likely to be scarce.
That was certainly the case for Jacksonville on Tuesday, as Eury De La Rosa pitched the eighth inning for the BayBears and kept the shutout intact, but Evan Marshall was touched for a run in the ninth after back-to-back one-out doubles by the Suns' Ryan Patterson and Chris Gutierrez. Marc Krauss was Mobile's greatest offensive contributor, as he put his club on the board with a third inning sacrifice fly and then capped the scoring with a solo home run in the fifth.
Benjamin Hill is a reporter for MLB.com and writes Ben's Biz Blog. This story was not subject to the approval of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues or its clubs.View More


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It's all comes down to speculation I guess.
Looks like we'll never truly know 100% either way.
16-bit for life http://findingdyluck.blogspot.co.uk/
But heres what i do know:
1) weigh ins were done publically and anyone allowed to see. if you were present at the time of his weigh in i do not know
2) no complaints or concerns were raised with me before the fight or after the fight. As the official id expect you to let me know if you had a concern like a bigger opponent coming to the cage
3) if this was true i would be pissed off as i dont like refereeing fights were fighters have been lied too
i stated the weigh ins were public. i never said your lad or the opponent was there for that matter. i simply cant remember either way. i dont oversee that aspect of the show
i call fights 100% down the middle and if that upsets a promotor so be it.
maybe you should try being a professional and showing some respect, as i did to you and your fighter fight night. and if you have a complaint about a fight feel free to lodge it with me at the time, not months later on here
Brad, what did Katov weigh in pre fight then, seriously, is anyone going to answer that?
Dont give a shit if there was a face off pic pre fight or at weigh ins, fighters can weigh in seperate times, its not unheard of, just, can anyone actually state what weight Katov was pre fight on the scales?
If not, still, the fight shouldn't be overturned as there is no proof he was heavy.....or light....or a womble.
Sig awaiting witty quote from someone.
I apologize to you brad conway I took what you said the wrong way I thought you were saying that the weigh ins were made public for all to see - thought you meant that you were saying that katov weighed in there was no deception I thought you were sticking up for the promotion so I apologize to you brad.
As anyone can see from the pics of the texts where lloyd is saying to danny the guy was 8kg heavier and it goes down as a loss then danny replys where acknowledges the the screw job and like he says it was a mistake and all he can do is apologize that's him admitting to the lie.
The promotor and match maker have both gone on record as saying that they catorgorically deny ever sending an email to sherdog but as the promotor said in the text he will send sherdog an email personally and forward it to lloyd which he did and we uploaded it onto here it's there in black and white.
mate, i referee 2/3 shows a weekend. i have no idea what he weighed in at. i dont know if he weighed in at all. i was not asked to oversee that aspect of the show.
I dont know which fighters even weighed in off the top of my head. i presume that any reputable team would insist on seeing the opposition weighing in though?
for the record the other official who worked with me was Marc Goddard i believe, and he certainly wouldnt intentialy be involved in any dodgy business. We both take our officiating very seriously


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Having online content in XBMC's library has always been a dream for me. Other media centers are focused on this (Boxee for example), but no other media center is a stable, fast, and sexy as XBMC, so I want to stick with it
XBMC currently has no native support for this. Plugins are your only option. But I hate how slow it is to navigate to and through them. I want all of my media in my library!
So I've been slowly developing a program that lets you add anything to your library.
My goal is that any source that you can add to XBMC (such as upnp, plugins, http, ftp, etc) should be able to be scanned to the library.
In development, I've had success adding content from these sources:
- PlayOn (inludes Netflix/Hulu/CBS/Vevo, and more)
- Bluecop's Hulu plugin
- Yahoo music video's plugin
- I've only tested these sources, but in theory, it should work with any source.
If others have considerable interest in this, I will release it to the public once it is stable.
Let me know your thoughts.
- I've only tested these sources, but in theory, it should work with any source.


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The White House task force charged with crafting new violence prevention policies shifted its attention from metal firearms to the digital variety on Friday when Vice President Joe Biden met with representatives of the video gaming industry.
The meeting comes during the latest argument over what role - if any - violent video games play in influencing real-life aggression and crimes such as last month's rampage shooting in Connecticut.
Adam Lanza, the shooter who killed 20 children and six women at Sandy Hook Elementary School, as well as his mother and ultimately himself, is also reported to have been a video game player.
The same is true of millions of other Americans. Nonetheless, some have pointed to the explicit violence contained in some of the gaming industry's most popular titles as a contributing factor to violence or anti-social tendencies.
There is an abundance of research to support both sides of the argument and there's no question that many of the medium's most popular franchises, such as "Call of Duty," traffic in depictions of explicit carnage and, despite the industry's ratings system, are often played by minors.
Although it is uncertain whether Biden's group will propose any legislation to restrict or regulate the gaming industry alongside new gun control proposals, the industry is wary that Washington may decide to get involved in their business.
"Games are a popular scapegoat for societal ills now, joining the illustrious ranks of hip hop, rock and roll, and comic books ... and we want to make sure we're not stuck with any restrictions that marginalize or restrict the medium's potential," said Patrick Miller, editor of Game Developer Magazine.
The gaming industry abides by a ratings system that roughly mirrors the film industry's system.
An "M" rating is more or less the same as an "R" rating. Activision's "Call of Duty" franchise is the industry's current sales king and its latest iteration, "Black Ops II," earned an "M" rating for its depictions of "blood and gore" and "intense violence."
"Black Ops II" was released on Nov. 13 and players purchased more than $1 billion worth of copies during its first 15 days on the market.
"Black Ops II" is a Hollywood-esque depiction of combat set during the Cold War and near future. The "Call of Duty" series is most popular for its online multiplayer mode. Players view the action from the first-person perspective of a virtual soldier and compete to record the highest number of kills against other players.
A law professor who co-authored a study on game violence said the fact that many popular games reward players for virtual acts of violence is a reason for the government to step in.
Deanna Pollard Sacks, who holds an appointment at Texas Southern University, is one of three authors of a paper that appeared in May 2011 in the Northwestern University Law Review.
Sacks and her colleagues studied the scientific research submitted by both sides in Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association, a case over California's attempt to regulate game sales that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
They decided that researchers who determined violent games can harm minors presented a stronger case than their opponents.
The Supreme Court, however, overturned California's law on free speech grounds in June 2011.
If the government cannot regulate games, Sacks suggested something along the lines of anti-smoking advertisements to warn parents that playing violent video games may lead to anti-social behavior, such as lying or cheating.
"It's the constant programming that good things result from acts of violence," Sacks said.
Biden's group is expected to present anti-violence proposals Tuesday.
Friday's meeting followed what appeared to be a fruitless encounter on Thursday between Biden and other administration officials with the National Rifle Association.
If there were any serious attempts to find common ground, they must have been fruitless. The NRA quickly dispatched a press release stating "the meeting had to do with keeping our children safe and how much it had to do with an agenda to attack the Second Amendment."
The idea that violent video games and entertainment may share some blame for mass shootings are one of the few things that a gun control advocate like Biden and a gun rights advocate like National Rifle Association chief Wayne LaPierre can agree on.
More famously, LaPierre said during the NRA's first post-Newtown press conference as a "a callous, corrupt and corrupting shadow industry that sells and stows violence against its own people."
LaPierre singled out such games as the long-controversial "Grand Theft Auto" and "Mortal Kombat" series, as well as an obscure title called "Kindergarten Killers."
LaPierre excoriated the media for either not knowing about - or refusing to report on - the last title.
University of Redlands political scientist Renee Van Vechten said that while the NRA may like to see the government try to control the entertainment industry, instead of the firearms industry, she does not expect to see Congress to seriously attempt censoring games or cinema.
"It's certainly not going to be a centerpiece in any way, shape or form," she said.
Aside from First Amendment concerns, the entertainment industry is a big donor to Democratic campaigns, Van Vechten said.
Game developers and players do not want to see their industry regulated, but they do not ignore controversies over violent games.
One of the industry's most important events is the E3 Convention that takes place every June at Los Angeles Convention Center. The fact that many game publishers highlighted violent content in their promotional materials led many game journalists and fans to debate such questions as whether publishers were giving shock appeal too much attention at the expense of storytelling and gameplay.
"I'd say that, in general, the industry's level of respect for the use of violence as a narrative tool - learning how to use it sparingly, or to make the player feel different emotions in different contexts, for example - has only grown as we collectively get better at making games," Miller wrote.
"But there are many (developers) and industry professionals - including myself - who think it still has a long way to come."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Reach Andrew via email, call him at 909-386-3872, or find him on Twitter @InlandBizz.


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Lea Michele at Target's Feed Collaboration Party
Lea Michele Gets In on the FEED Fun in Brooklyn
Lea Michele donned a hint of red to act as cohost of Target's FEED collaboration party held at Brooklyn Bridge Park yesterday in NYC, where she was joined by FEED's founder and cohost, Lauren Bush Lauren, as well as Sophia Bush, Karlie Kloss, and Mamie Gummer. The Summer soiree in celebration of Target's partnership with the FEED Foundation, which aims to end world hunger, also included a live performance from American Idol's Phillip Phillips. Lea showed her support for the cause on her social media account, writing, "Arrived in Brooklyn for the Target + FEED launch! Honored to be here to host w/ the lovely Lauren Bush to aid hunger relief."
Although Lea was out celebrating a good cause in NYC, the night took an unfortunate turn when she learned the news of James Gandolfini's death. She offered her sentiments on her Twitter account, writing, "Such sad news about James Gandolfini. What an incredible actor. My thoughts are with his family." Lea was not the only celebrity to share her thoughts about the passing of her Hollywood peer — see all the stars' reactions to James Gandolfini's death.


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4 More Picks
Posted 26 March 2012 - 03:57 PM
Without having to read it we got 2 more sixth round picks and 2 more 7th round picks. Bringing our total to 13.
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Turned out wiki had a fairly good summary section on their NFL Draft page.
Compensatory picksIn addition to the 32 picks in each round, there are a total of 32 picks awarded at the ends of Rounds 3 through 7. These picks, known as "compensatory picks," are awarded to teams that have lost more qualifying free agents than they gained the previous year in free agency. Teams that gain and lose the same number of players but lose higher-valued players than they gain also can be awarded a pick, but only in the seventh round, after the other compensatory picks. Compensatory picks cannot be traded, and the placement of the picks is determined by a proprietary formula based on the player's salary, playing time, and postseason honors with his new team, with salary being the primary factor. So, for example, a team that lost a linebacker who signed for $2.5 million per year in free agency might get a sixth-round compensatory pick, while a team that lost a wide receiver who signed for $5 million per year might receive a fourth-round pick.
If fewer than 32 such picks are awarded, the remaining picks are awarded in the order in which teams would pick in a hypothetical eighth round of the draft (These are known as "supplemental compensatory selections").
Compensatory picks are awarded each year at the NFL annual meeting which is held at the end of March; typically, about three or four weeks before the draft.
Now it only slightly mystifies me...
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Posted 26 March 2012 - 04:38 PM
Art Donovan, Pro Football Hall of Famer DT
Harlan Svare, 7 year starter at LB
TJ Houshmanzadeh WR, we all know him
Bruce Reimer 7 year starter at OG for the Bengals
Rich Saul, 6 time Pro Bowl Center
Willis Crenshaw, backup RB with Cardinals, ran and caught for about 3500 career yards.
Eugene Daniel DB, 13 year starter
Sam Gash FB, New England
Pierre Garcon, WR we just talked about him
Mark Higgs RB, 3000 career yards rushing as a backup to Emmit Smith
Chris Hanburger, Pro Football Hall of Famer LB
Dave Studdard, 9 year starter at OT
Danny Clark, 8 year starter at LB
Courtney Anderson, 2 year starter at TE, currently active
John Spagnola TE 263 career catches
Clay Matthews Sr. DE taken in 1949
Gary Cobb, 8 year starter at LB
Bobby Humphrey, DB for Jets for many years
Rocky Klever, all name team played several years
Bruce Hardy TE for Miami 256 career catches
So, as you can see, occasionally you find a gem that low. Even a couple of HOFers.
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Posted 26 March 2012 - 04:44 PM
This is great 6th and 7th rounders are like getting a jump start to signing undrafted free agents.
We lost our original 6th round pick to the Vikings, right? But we got a 6th round back from Denver on the Quinn deal?
So we have a mid round 6th and two end of round 6th round picks.
I hope we keep all 13 picks let the draft fall to us- make a training camp a proving ground for everyone.
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Posted 26 March 2012 - 04:52 PM
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2 1979 8 204 Kent Perkov DE CLE 0 0 0 San Diego St.
3 1958 17 204 Roddy Osborne B CLE 0 0 0 Texas A&M
4 1954 17 204 Howard Chapman T CLE 0 0 0 Florida
5 1952 17 204 Stew Scheetz T CLE 0 0 0 Penn St.
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2 1967 8 205 Bill Devrow DB CLE 0 0 0 Southern Miss
3 1963 15 205 Lynn Reade T CLE 0 0 0 USC
4 1956 17 205 Eddie West QB CLE 0 0 0 North Carolina St.
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Though Butch Sonqin looks like the most productive player on this list, what little effort he did he did in the AFL with the Pats and Jets, and before that he played several years in Canada.
So, if the Browns history is anything, these picks might not work out so well. Nevertheless, though I wouldn't expect an Art Donovan/Chris Hanburger HOFer....but if even one of them becomes a TJ Houshmanzadeh or Pierre Carcon, what the hell. Worth having a shot.
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Posted 26 March 2012 - 05:18 PM
I had just the opposite reaction...
I hope we keep all 13 picks let the draft fall to us- make a training camp a proving ground for everyone.
Feel like the added late, end-of-round comp picks free us to package up the #4-ish picks from the following round to try to improve our mid-round positions for OL/ LB picks...
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Posted 26 March 2012 - 05:18 PM
I'm sure Heckert will have some gems lined up for consideration, he's a draft nut.
Well, clearly, based on their stance in Free Agency, i.e. do almost nothing, it is clear they mean to "build through the draft", thus, 4 extra draft picks are going to be needed to fill the Browns holes at RB, WR, OG, OT, DE, OLB1, OLB2, Safety, Corner, QB.
Those should be 10 guaranteed position picks right there.
Also correct me if I am wrong...but H&H are loyal to "their guys" that they pick.
In the two years they have been doing this is who they have taken in the draft:
Phil Taylor
Jabal Sheard
Greg Little
Jordan Cameron
Owen Marecic
Buster Skrine
Jason Pinkston
Eric Hagg
Joe Haden
TJ Ward
Montario Hardesty
Colt McCoy
Shaun Lauvao
Larry Assante
Carlton Mitchell
Clifton Geathers
and the ONLY guys still not on the Browns roster are Clifton Geathers and Larry Assante.
Nine of the Browns 22 starters on offense and defense were drafted by them the last 2 years. That could end up to be 10,11 or 12 if Hardesty, Cameron and either Skrine or Hagg claim starting spots.
So, yea, these guys are going to do it by the draft, and with 13 picks they damn well expect about 4 starting slots to be filled with draft choices from this year, and maybe a couple of more.
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Posted 26 March 2012 - 05:58 PM
#4,#22,#37 will be Elite players.
out of the one third and the two 4th rounders- 2 will be starters...
I expect Heckert to find a gem that Studs out into another starter with the plethora of picks that remain after the fourth round.
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Posted 26 March 2012 - 06:04 PM
I feel like Heckert is going to land around...6 really capable starter in the draft.
#4,#22,#37 will be Elite players.
out of the one third and the two 4th rounders- 2 will be starters...
I expect Heckert to find a gem that Studs out into another starter with the plethora of picks that remain after the fourth round.
So, you think that though we may get a Curry Juneau in there, we will also get a Rich Saul and a John Spagnola?
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Posted 26 March 2012 - 06:08 PM
... but probably a few Curry Juneau's and an Eddie West as well.
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Posted 26 March 2012 - 06:12 PM
Dennis Gaubatz 6 year starter at LB
Ron Yankowski 7 year starter at DE
Mickey Washingtion 3 year starter at DB for Cardinals
the other Adrian Peterson, RB with the Bears
and, oh yea, a guy named Brady. 40,000 yards, 300 TDs, 6 Pro Bowls, 3 Championships (plus 2 losses in SB)
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If the Browns were to pick in those slots strictly on the basis of which CBSSports.com says are the players that rank in those particular slots the Browns would draft the following;
#4 Morris Claiborne CB LSU
#22 Stephon Gilmore CB South Carolina
#37 Kevin Zeitler OG Wisconsin
#67 Geore Iloka FS Boise St.
#100 Ronnie Hillman RB San Diego St.
#118 Marcus Forster DT Miami
#139 T.Y. Hilton WR Fla. International
#160 Brandon Taylor SS LSU
#204 Trevin Wade CB Arizona
#205 Austin Davis QB So. Mississippi
#211 Tyler Nielsen OLB Iowa
#245 Najee Goode ILB W. Va.
#247 Vaugh Meatoga DT Hawaii.
Heavy on the DBs. Anything there float your boat? Oddly enough, except for the CB at the #22 slot, this random draft might not be so bad. I would replace that with one of the WRs and perhaps be happy.
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I'm sure the Romney campaign wanted desperately for the convention to be about him and his issues. Instead, at least in some circles that hopefully will widen, the unprecedented dishonesty over issues is crowding out the issues themselves.
Of the six claims made at the convention last night (August 28th) to have been rated by Politifact, only one got a "mostly true", when New Jersey Governor Chris Christie said that the federal government has added $5 trillion in debt over the past four years.
What Politifact didn't say in its story were obvious caveats that any real journalist would feel obliged to point out, such as the fact that Presidents only propose budgets, they don't unilaterally dictate spending. Congress writes budgets based on those proposals, and if they feel like it, are free to ignore them and do just about anything they want. Democrats in the Senate and Republicans in the House bear virtually all of the responsibility for the current state of spending and debt. And that's not even digging into the truly meaningful details, like the cost of that debt (extremely cheap right now with low interest rates), who owns it (Americans own more than half of all debt) and the reason for it ($238 billion for the Bush/Republican-Obama/Democratic tax cuts and $250+ billion for unemployment insurance as a result of the recession.)
The base claim by Christie, at least, was true. Or "Mostly True", anyway. The rest aren't that pretty. Christie also got a "half true" rating for saying that he gave New Jersey a balanced budget when it actually has a $10+ billion deficit, and saying that taxes were raised 115 times in eight years before he took office when not all of them were taxes or tax increases.
Artur Davis said the PPACA (health care reform) requires middle-class Americans to buy insurance even if they can't afford it, which Politifact said was "mostly false". Americans who can't afford insurance on their own can qualify for subsidies, and expanded coverage under Medicaid. And of course, middle-class Americans who already have insurance don't have to buy any, either.
Michele Bachmann said "A report just came out that if we continue with President Obama's policies, we're looking at over 9 percent unemployment next year in the fourth quarter." It turns out that the Congressional Budget Office said that unemployment might reach 9.1% next year only if current law (defense and entitlement spending amounting to over $600 billion in a single year) remains unchanged. Politifact rated her claim "false", because everyone in Congress and the White House has plans for changing things next year (and every year). Both Republicans and Democrats, including Mitt Romney and Barack Obama, want to avoid the Budget Control Act automatic cuts that the CBO says would give us 9%+ unemployment. I'm actually surprised they didn't rate her claim "pants on fire".
Rick Santorum, not to be outdone by Michele Bachmann, repeated the lie that President Obama has waved "the work requirement for welfare". That one did get a "pants on fire" rating, and Kansas Governor Sam Brownback just admitted that this claim is a lie. But Santorum isn't the only Republican that's been repeating that lie. The Romney campaign has been airing dozens of ads claiming that President Obama gutted welfare reform and waved the work requirement. Politifact gave the Romney Campaign a "pants on fire" rating for those ads, as has FactCheck.org, the Washington Post fact checker, and CNN.
To fully illustrate the contempt that Mitt Romney and his campaign (and Republicans who repeat this lie) are showing for the truth, consider what Romney himself said on August 9th:
You know, in the past, when people pointed out that something was inaccurate, why, campaigns pulled the ad. They were embarrassed. Today, they just blast ahead. You know, the various fact checkers look at some of these charges in the Obama ads and they say that they're wrong, and inaccurate, and yet he just keeps on running them.
Politifact, FactCheck.org, the Washington Post, CNN, and even the ultra-conservative Governor of Kansas have all said that Romney's ads about changes to welfare are blatant lies, yet the Romney campaign is increasing ad buys for those ads all over the nation, and his surrogates are repeating that lie at the national convention. Romney's own pollster made the campaigns true stance on fact-checking crystal clear just a few days ago:
Critics have for many years inveighed against "false equivalence" or "false balance" in the mainstream press. This long crusade has finally achieved its grail, or at least a version of it: In this campaign season, political reporters have been shucking the old he-said-she-said formulation and directly declaring that certain claims are false. This new approach was signaled on Sunday, when, as James Fallows has noted, The New York Times, in a front-page story, flatly stated that a Romney ad was "falsely charging that Mr. Obama has 'quietly announced' plans to eliminate work and job training requirements for welfare beneficiaries."
But what if it turns out that when the press calls a lie a lie, nobody cares?
Here in Tampa, the new assertiveness is getting its first test on a big stage, and so far the results are not encouraging. As Ben Smith of BuzzFeed has pointed out, the Romney campaign is simply swatting aside the media's objections to its welfare ad: "We're not going to let our campaign be dictated by fact-checkers," said Neil Newhouse, a Romney pollster.
But it doesn't stop there. Lying isn't easy when you've got sites like Politifact and FactCheck.org to let truth back into the room. So the right has slowly taken to waging a war on fact checking itself, calling it "the liberal media's latest attempt to control the discourse". And that's one slimy attack on top of another, the myth of the liberal media, the right's original strategy to end journalism and turn everything, including outlandish lies, into legitimate opinion.
Some conservatives will embrace fact-checkers when it benefits them politically, but five seconds later, the war on facts is is alive and kicking:
The website PolitiFact is going to be truth-squadding the Republican convention speakers this week, delivering verdicts on which claims are "mostly true" and which deserve a "pants on fire" rating. Our advice: Pay no attention to those ratings. PolitiFact can't be trusted to get the story right.
Things left unsaid: Republicans routinely rely on Politifact ratings when it benefits their cause, happily use their ratings in their campaign ads in those circumstances, and ignore the fact that Politifact will also be "truth-squadding" the Democratic National Convention next week, and have been tracking President Obama's campaign promises for almost four years and have found many of them have been broken. (Along with GOP promises from 2010, which have been broken at a higher percentage. This goes back to the idea that the right *has* to wage war on journalism and fact-checking, because the right lies more than the left does, and in any fair and meaningful fact check of politics, any neutral and unbiased analysis would show that.)
Every politician lies, some more than others. But this is truly unprecedented in politics. America has never seen this level of dishonesty before and one has to marvel at the intensity and consistency of this sustained campaign of lies and propaganda, that even the media is starting to bitch about it. At this point it doesn't matter what Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, and their surrogates want to do about taxes and jobs. It's impossible to discuss any of that because that entire campaign is built on lies.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Senior high jumper Maalik Reynolds placed 10th at the 2014 Indoor NCAA Championships on Friday night.The University of Pennsylvania track and field teams also began the outdoor season in Tampa, Fla., where they posted several victories and new top 10 marks at the USF Open.
Reynolds is a five-time All-American in the high jump and recorded his fifth career top 10 finish at the NCAA Championships with a jump of 2.15 meters (7 feet, 1/2 inches). He cleared the bar at the first height of 2.10 meters on his first attempt. Then cleared at 2.15 meters on his second try. However, when the bar was raised to 2.20 meters, Reynolds clipped the bar on his third jump. Only seven competitors cleared the bar at that height and Reynolds finished in a tie for tenth after the tiebreakers.
The women's freshmen duo of Ashley Montgomery and Cleo Whiting finished 1-2 in the 1,500 meters. Montgomery won the event with a time of 4:38.10, while her classmate was just a stride behind her at the finish with a time of 4:38.37.
Penn finished 1-2-3 in the women's javelin. Kelsey Hay opened the outdoor season with a winning toss of 45.64 meters (149-09 ft.) which was followed by Lisa Sesink-Clee's runner-up throw of 39.63 meters (130-00 ft.) and Kaci Jones' mark of 39.32 meters (129-00 ft.).
The Quakers also added a 1-2-3 finish on the men's side. Senior Jake Brenza won the shot put when his best toss measured 16.58 meters (54-04.75 ft.). Marcus LaRoche was second at 16.51 meters (54-02 ft.), which now ranks him seventh all-time at Penn (Brenza is third at 17.25 meters). Sam Mattis finished third in the event with a toss of 16.19 meters (53-01.50 ft.).
Mattis, who owns the school record in the discus, won the outdoor opener with a toss of 57.02 meters (187-01 ft.). Noah Kennedy-White was fourth at 48.49 meters (159-01 ft.).
Sophomore Thomas Awad won the men's 800 meters in his first outdoor race of the season. He had the top finish with a time of 1:53.98. He was followed by teammate Tom Timmins, who finished as the runner-up at 1:54.65.
Lydia Ali was the top collegian in the women's 400 meters and finished second overall with the fifth-fastest time in school history. Her season-opening finish of 55.44 was the best time for a Quaker in four years. Meanwhile, Rachel Hlatky was third in the event with a time of 56.24 - which was the 10th-best time in school history prior to Ali's finish.
Nailah Hill, who was seventh in the women's shot put with a toss of 12.36 meters (40-06.75 ft.), posted the eighth-best mark in the discus in school history. Her best toss landed at 42.17 meters (138-04 ft.).
Senior Chelsea Delaney was second in the women's 800 meters where she raced to a finish of 2:14.18, while senior Gabrielle Piper was the runner-up in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 14.17. Piper was also seventh in the 100 meters (12.34).
Also on the men's side, sophomore Ben Bowers was third in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 14.61. Senior Nate Harriger was third in the high jump at 1.98 meters (6-06 ft.). Brenza was also third in the hammer at 49.22 meters (161-06 ft.) and Karl Ingram was sixth in the javelin at 51.22 meters (168-00 ft.).
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Monthly Gathering: A Special Poetry Open Mic With Drew Dellinger
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Last year, our February Monthly Gathering fell on Valentine's Day, and we decided to embrace the holiday and celebrate love with the help of our dear friend and poet Drew Dellinger, author of Love Letter to the Milky Way. Drew hosted an evening of poetry that was so beautiful, moving, and fun, we're doing it again this year!
This is your opportunity to share your poems celebrating love – of yourself, of others, of life, of Mother Earth – in a friendly and inspiring environment. Whether you create something new in the coming weeks or dust off an old favorite, your contribution will be warmly received.
To accommodate as many people as we can, we do ask that you prepare shorter pieces for a maximum of three minutes of stage time. It may be possible to invite individuals on stage for a second round of readings – we'll assess as the evening progresses.
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1. 7:00pm: We will start with a brief update and introduction to The Pachamama Alliance.
2. 8:00 - 9:00pm: Poetry open mic
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According to TMZ, Ray J was at a bar at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel when he got rowdy, brushed up against a woman's bottom and was ordered to leave. Police told TMZ at the time it was NOT sexual battery because the contact was "incidental" - not intentional. Apparently the D.A. begs to differ.
Ray J left the bar and then went nuts in an alcohol-fueled rampage. He was arrested, kicked out the window of a cop car and spit on an officer. Ray J told TMZ ... he kicked out the window because he was claustrophobic.
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The www.tvg2.com <http://www.tvg2.com/> webcast of the NAJYRC further enhances the network's efforts to continually add quality programming to its live streaming capabilities. This past weekend, HRTV offered the live webcast of the inaugural Totally Thoroughbred Horse Show from Pimlico in Baltimore, MD. Earlier this year, HRTV offered live webcasts of two prominent equestrian events, and produced unique online coverage from the venues of all three Triple Crown Thoroughbred races this Spring.
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HRTV, The Network for Horse Sports, is a television-based multimedia network dedicated to equine sports. HRTV's programming features horseracing from top U.S. and international racetracks, as well as a wide range of world-class English and Western horse competitions, news, original programming and award-winning documentaries covering the world of horse sports. The live stream of HRTV is available on a subscription basis to high-speed Internet users worldwide at www.tvg2.com <http://www.tvg2.com/> . In the U.S., the HRTV television network is available via telco, cable and satellite in over 19 million homes.
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Cover the cake with a slightly thicker coating of medium to thin icing so the comb's ridges will not touch the cake. Comb immediately after icing cake, while icing is soft.
Using a turntable helps to keep the movement smooth. Use the Icing Sculptor™, Decorating Comb or Decorating Triangle to add different contoured effects to your iced cake. Choose the type of effect you want—wide or narrow—then run that edge around your cake to form ridges. Ridges will be deep or shallow depending on the Icing Sculptor™ blade or the side of Decorating Comb or Triangle you use.
Continue to turn the cake while using the Icing Sculptor™, Decorating Comb or Decorating Triangle until combing is complete.