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Beijing policy shift on 'black jails' unlikely after charges for detentions
Charges of illegal detention of petitioners filed against a number of people in Beijing have shed a rare light on the operation of so-called black jails in the capital.
The case, which some reports have said was heard by a Beijing court late last month, is seen by legal experts as evidence that the authorities want to crack down on illegal treatment of petitioners. But they also said the authorities would not take drastic measures to curb illegal detention.
Petitioners have long complained of being detained in unofficial detention centres.
An indictment issued by a Beijing prosecutor said Wang Gaowei from Henan, who started operating a black jail in Beijing's Chaoyang district in February, allegedly hired several thugs to abduct four petitioners from the province in the capital on April 28, forcing them into a car that was taken to a black jail.
The petitioners were sent home the next day but returned to Beijing to report the case to police, who charged Wang and his aides with illegal detention.
Ten people - three of them under the age of 18 - were prosecuted, the Southern Metropolis Daily cited unnamed sources as saying, adding that the court had yet to deliver a written verdict after hearing the case for the second time late last month.
Confusion over the case arose on Sunday after the state-run Beijing Youth Daily said the Chaoyang District People's Court had jailed the 10 defendants for up to 18 months last Wednesday. But several other state-run newspapers, including the People's Daily and the Global Times, said the Beijing Youth Daily report was untrue, with court spokesman Huang Shuo as saying the case was pending.
A spokesman for the prosecutor's office said yesterday the case had been passed to the district court, which could not be reached for comment.
Legal experts said the case was a step forward by the authorities in addressing the grievances of petitioners, but added that they would not be getting too optimistic about the development.
"The officials who are behind the black jails are not being prosecuted," said Guangzhou-based rights lawyer Tang Jingling . "I don't expect there will be any major policy shift regarding petitioners."
Xu Zhiyong , a Beijing-based legal activist, said mainland courts had handed down at least four guilty verdicts for illegal detentions of petitioners over the past two years, but the victims of the cases were unaware of them. Some black jail operators received suspended prison sentences, he added.
A court in Beijing's Changping district handed down a verdict against nine people who were involved in operating black jails in June. But Yang Tingzhong, a Jiangsu petitioner involved in the case, said the court would not divulge the verdict despite repeated requests. "The court just said a verdict was handed down," she said.
Li Fangping , a lawyer based in Beijing, said the confusion over Wang's case and the lenient sentences indicated that the central government wanted to adopt a low-key approach. "High-profile handling would mean [admitting] that there are a lot of black jails in Beijing."
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setting up multiple ps3's on 1 router.
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This may seem scary to some but trust me it's easy.
This is my set-up for my linksys wrt54gs router. This process should work on any router
The first thing to do is access your router, Find Local network ( status is where I found it on my router)
Next look for "start ip address. Mine is XXX.XXX.1.100. That left me XXX.XXX.1.2 to XXX.XXX.1.99 to use for a static ip.(DO NOT USE XXX.XXX.1.1 as that is your router.)
Next turn on your PS3 and go to settings, network settings, internet connection settings.
Next chose custom in the setting method.
Wired or wireless? what ever you are set up for.
Select the operation mode of the network device. Manual settings is what you want
100BASE-TX Half-Duplex is what I choose
IP address setting. Select manual.
here is what I have for playstation 3 #1.
IP Address, XXX.XXX.1.5
Subnet Mask, 255.255.255.0
Default router, XXX.XXX.1.1
Primary DNS, XXX.XXX.1.1
Secondary dns, 0.0.0.0
here are my settings for playstation3 #2
IP Address, XXX.XXX.1.6
Subnet Mask, 255.255.255.0
Default router, XXX.XXX.1.1
Primary DNS, XXX.XXX.1.1
Secondary dns, 0.0.0.0
here are my settings for playstation3 #3
IP Address, XXX.XXX.1.7
Subnet Mask, 255.255.255.0
Default router, XXX.XXX.1.1
Primary DNS, XXX.XXX.1.1
Secondary dns, 0.0.0.0
the only thing that changes is the last number in the IP address.
MTU, I chose manual just to make sure it was set at 1500.
Proxy server, Do Not Use
UPnP, I chose enable
You will now come to a screen to that shows all the info you have input. Double check to make sure that everything looks good. Now press X to save settings
Press X to test conection.
you have just enabled your self to use all your ps3's on line.
If in the event you get stuck you can all ways just go back and select Easy in the settings method. I will get you to where you were before you started. If you have any questions just ask away.
A big thanx goes out to cabeersca.
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HELP... I have 5 PS3's 1 router 3 of the PS3's get an open nat type on COD and 2 continue to get moderate. Can you help get the 2 to open as well?
Lyndon M STAFF
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Just follow the settings as he has them up above, holymom, and they all should be good to go.
You will need to grab the MAC Address of each PS3 (found by going to Settings> System Settings> System Information) and set up these custom IP addresses for each one in the router. Once that is done one could go into the DMZ of the router while the others can be allowed open via port forwarding (we list the ports needed in the thread pinned to the top of this section).
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I have two PS3's hooked up wired to a Linksys WRT54G router.
I followed
instructions to a T. (I've even set up my smartphones to have their own static IP address as well.)
Most times when my son and I, each on our own PS3, try to join the same online ranked game in Warhawk, only one of us can join. We can both play ranked online Warhawk games at the same time, just not the same ranked online game. However, since we are able to join the same game sometimes, this leads me to believe it is not a restriction by Sony or Warhawk but rather an issue with my router setup.
Is there something else I need to do in my router setup to fix this issue?
Lyndon M STAFF
, could this have to do with what you are talking about, grabbing the MAC address of each PS3 and using DMZ? I looked for the port forwarding information on the site but couldn't find it.
Thank you.
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The chickpea, also called garbanzo bean, Bengal gram or chana (Cicer arietinum L.) is a plant of the papilionaceous family, in which there are trees aswell known as the carob tree or herbs such as clover . Chick pea is another species of papilionaceous plant used as an edible plant because of the nutritional value of seeds enclosed in its pods.
The pea plant is an annual sticky herb till 1.64 feet tall. Stems slender, pubescent and branchy. Leaves compound, provided with 3 to 8 pairs of leaflets oval, toothed, with a terminal leaflet.
Flowers white, pink or purple, solitary in leaf axils. Its fruit is a pod, 2 to 3 cm cm in length within which 1 or 2 seeds, known as chickpeas. They are rounded, edible, dry fruits.
It is a plant cultivated in many parts of the world that can also be feral
The species name "arietinum" comes from Latin meaning "ram's head" by the similarity the seed of the variety kalubi has with the head of this animal. It is believed that the genus name "Cicer" comes from the term Gothic "arwaits".
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It is unclear the true origin of chickpeas though some historians place it in the Middle East (From South-East Turkey to northern Syria), where it was believed to be gathered together with other wild cereals such as oats and wheat or other legumes such as lentils or peas. No one knows exactly when they started to be grown. It seems that people of the mentioned places grew it more than 10. 000 years. From The Middle East, chickpea cultivation spread throughout the Mediterranean, Asia and India, especially under the influence of Phoenician merchant sailors, a culture whose influence is not only documented along the shores of the Mediterranean Sea, but their expeditions seem to have reached Africa and America. Chickpeas were widely used by the Egyptians who considered it a staple food , along with beans, lentils and wheat. Their richness in carbohydrates provided energy to the workers building the pyramids. Chickpeas were also considered a luxury food for the more privileged classes in Egypt. Greeks and Romans used them later. The use of the chickpeas in Hellenic civilization was manifested mainly in the form of bread when this vegetable was ground together with other cereals to make loaves or cakes. Cooked or fried, they were very famous in the Roman Empire . Fried chickpeas were known as "Kikos," according to the Latin poet Horace, a name meaning "Strength" and referring to the ability of this legume to provide energy to people who ate them. The famous politician, philosopher and Roman writer Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC) takes its name "Cicero" from chickpea plant ("Cicer is the Latin word for" pea "). It is not certainly known whether this was due to the fact that his family was a major producer of chickpeas or because of his ancestors had become famous for having a Cicer, that's to say a wart, on the nose, because in Latin " cicer" had the double meaning of "chickpea and wart. " At the time of American colonization, chickpea was exported to Central and South America, where it is known mainly as "chicharo" and which has always had a great reputation for food.
Besides being very important in South America, chickpeas are one of the key ingredients of the cuisine in India, where they are used for making flour and cakes or as an ingredient of Dal dishes made with vegetables without skin.
Chickpeas are equally important within the kitchen of North Africa and Middle East , especially in countries like Morocco, Algeria, Israel, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, etc. There, they are known as "hummus" and many dishes are made with this legume. Among all the preparation, we can eat as interesting dishes as "wa tahina Hummus" a kind of mashed chickpeas which are mixed with ground sesame seeds and lemon juice. However, in Europe, except Greece and Cyprus, as it has been happening with lentils, chickpeas lost their fame in favoour of peas, and were relegated to a type of food typically used by the poor or during times of scarcity. Eating chickpeas on this continent for many years has meant eating a food intended for the table of the poor. Today they are mainly grown in the Mediterranean, Central Asia, India, Central and South America.
- Food for people: Basically chickpeas are grown for the food properties of their fruits, since they are rich in proteins (see "Edible properties of chickpea" in the listing above). - Food for animals, especially in developing countries. The fruits are crushed directly for fodder; the plant, dry or fresh, as forage. - Industry: It has many applications. For example: rubber for the plywood industry, indigo-like dyes obtained from its leaves, starch used in the manufacture of the textile industry that provides body to wool, silk or cotton, etc. - As a healing remedy: In Ayurveda chickpeas are one of the main remedies for the cure of many diseases (More information on "Medicinal properties of chickpea" in the listing above)
We have three main groups of chickpeas into which we can include most of the varieties that we have today:
- Kalubi group: It is the group known as "ram's head." Most of today chickpeas are included within this group. They are varieties mainly grown in Europe, Central and South America. It corresponds to the first chickpea cultivated across the Mediterranean.
They are cream-colored varieties, medium to large, rounded and with well-marked wrinkles. Within this group we have some chickpeas as well known as:
- Castilian chickpea: Characterized by its prominent curved beak. It's a little chickpea, considered little nutritious and little tasty, hence its price is low. Its shape is very varied as it has been abundantly planted without achieving standardization. It is grown mainly in central Spain, Extremadura and Andalusia. It is the variety from which the Mexican chickpeas derive. - Pedrosillano chickpea: Small in size, and consequently with a very low price, but richer in protein and more flavorful than Castilian. It is grown mainly in Castilla-La Mancha and Castilla-Leon. - Milky white chickpea: Unlike the Castilian, it is considered very nutritious and good. It is elongated and flattened on the sides, with its surface full of wrinkles. It is one of the most expensive on the market. Noted for its richness in protein (over 70%), magnesium and iron. - Venous Andalusian chickpea: With much protein (over 73%), it stands out for its large size and smooth surface where there are a series of lines in the form of veins which give it its particular name. It is especially abundant in the Spanish province of Granada. - Chamad chickpea: Distinguished by the curvature of its beak. Good size and very nutritious. Rich in proteins (More than 73%). It's especially cultivated in the Spanish province of Granada.
- Desi group: A group comprising the Indian varieties and those grown in semi-arid tropical regions. It began to be cultivated about 5000 years ago in these regions, although at present we can find also grown in Europe and America. Seeds in this group are typically very angular, small, yellow or black. - Gulabi group: A group containing varieties whose size is framed between Kalubi and Desi. They have smooth, rounded, more like a pea.
There are about 10 million hectares of land in the world for growing chickpeas. India has about 7 million. According to FAO, world production of chickpea in 2004 was about eight and a half million tons. The main producers of chickpeas in the world are, in order of production, India and Pakistan. They own 90% of world production of this legume. India is the largest country by far since it has from 55 to 70% of the whole production These two countries are followed by other countries with much smaller productions such as Iran, Turkey, Syria, etc.. South America's largest producers are Argentina, Chile and Colombia. In Europe the main producers are Spain, Italy and Portugal. Although India is the world's largest producer, its production is devoted almost exclusively for domestic consumption, thus being the main consumer of the world. In fact, although India exports large quantities of chickpeas, especially to the United States and Canada, its level of imports exceeds the amount exported . (In 2003 they imported more than 250. 000 tones and exported only about 2900 tons. Major exporting countries of the world are, in order of importance: Australia (24%), Mexico (20%), Turkey (15%), Canada (13%), Iran (10%) and United States (3%)
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Easy steps to finish london cargo quest (Airport Goals) and make it to 3 stars.
Use your other account before trying this trick to your main account.
If you have a small amount of cash probably you will loose them but I think worth spending some cash .
Works on cruise ships too... if you want to upgrade your city port to level 3 and don't want to wait for ships to come back... same way
Work for all residence click on one house and click on ready all housing!
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Charles Web Debugging Proxy App (Get it here)
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Open Charles and load Cityville
Enable breakpoints and refresh or reload your game
Click Execute on first Breakpoint
Second breakpoints appears , go to Edit response / AMF / data /userinfo / player and change the "cash" value to lets say 500
Remove breakpoints ( red hexagon ) and execute
Now we have 500 cash , go to airport and click on a plane , a window appears " INSTANT RETURN"
Now press "instantly ready all planes" for the ammount of cash that asks you. If you have 12 planes, you need to spend 12 cash coins. confirm the ammount
Now that all planes are back unload them all.
Send them all to london again
Refresh your game and you are done . It depends how many planes you have for your airport to finish this quest faster... Let say you have 12 planes and made it to 3
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Big news from the Lawn Reform Coalition!
First, we have a Facebook Page – please "Like" it to follow news of the hottest issue in gardening today! True, we initially set up a Group on Facebook but as many users have discovered, Pages are better for campaigns like this one, so we'll be asking Groupies to move on over to the page.
And to keep even MORE folks up to date about lawn-related happenings – even people who are Facebook-averse – we also have a newsletter we'll be publishing at least quarterly, and you can sign up right here.
Now while we're collecting subscribers for our first e-newsletter to be sent in September, here's the sort of news we'll be stuffing into our newsletters, and of course updating to our Facebook page.
Welcome, Saxon! Here's why we thought he'd be a valuable partner in this campaign, from our About page: Saxon Holt is a professional garden photographer whose images are well recognized in hundreds of magazine and book credits. In his work he seeks to change the aesthetic of what we expect to see in a garden photograph so that the media portrays authentic and sustainable gardens. "The American Meadow Garden" and his two most previous books, Hardy Succulents, and Plants and Landscapes for Summer-Dry Climates, were all awarded prizes by the Garden Writers of America as "outstanding books". He owns the stock photography library PhotoBotanic and blogs regularly at Gardening Gone Wild.
Coalition Members doing Lawn Work
- Evelyn Hadden and Saxon Holt have contracted with Timber Press to write and photograph the upcoming Lose Your Lawn. We can't wait to see it.
- Paul Tukey sends us this news of SafeLawns.org: "The film, A Chemical Reaction, has now been shown in more than 150 locations and we're working on distribution on Netflix and Amazon. We are hosting SafeLawns Organics Night Sept. 10 at GWA in Dallas: a reception that will include a screening of the film, a moderated panel and drinks etc. We're developing a children's book about lawns. We're celebrating the one-year anniversary of our blog, and there's a project too big to even talk about yet, but it will be the BIGGEST thing I've ever done in my career". Okay, we're curious.
- Tom Christopher has also been busy working to reform the American Lawn. He edited a book for Timber Press about sustainable gardening which will be published next spring. It includes a chapter about lawn alternatives by John Greenlee and an introduction to no-mow lawns by Neil Diboll. Tom's been working with fine fescues himself, planting a couple of lawns for friends and neighbors and a demonstration plot at his town hall, and will be reporting his findings soon.
- Tom Engleman writes: "The Grass Roots Program has just now launched on a grant study with the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. We are comparing Tall Fescue, Bermuda Grass and Buffalograss lawns using various irrigation practices. The study runs for 1 year — after which we are hearing that MWD will likely recommend and adopt widespread change for traditional lawns in their HUGE service area!! Moreover, other Western water supplies will likely follow MWD's lead on such innovation.
When the study is completed next summer, I'll pass on our conclusions and MWD recommendations. " Good work, Tom! - Susan Morrison is leading workshops as part of a statewide California Master Gardener public outreach program that teaches actionable, sustainable gardening practices, including the benefits of reducing turfgrass. Susan tells us that "in California, many gardeners understand the need to conserve water, but they're shocked to learn that run-off from irrigated lawns often contains fertilizers and pesticides that flow directly into local watersheds. We're so used to pointing the finger at corporations, we don't realize that we homeowners are a bigger source of water pollution."
- And I (Susan Harris, if this link makes the rounds), posted a video about the mosaic of groundcovers that replaced my front lawn. My ex-lawns, both front and back, were recently photographed by Saxon Holt for Lose Your Lawn. And I've been invited to join the Lawn for Pollinators Task Force of the North American Pollinator Campaign when they meet in D.C. this fall. More conspiring for the cause!
Lawn Reform Coalition in the Media
- In the Bay Area Examiner, here's a review of Saxon Holt and John Greenlee's Meadow book and mention of the Coalition.
- Fine Gardening Mag's Editor Steve Aitken published a balanced, reform-minded editorial about lawns in their Feb/2010 issue as an introduction to Susan Harris's article on lawn alternative plants.
- Nice article by Debra Prinzing in Alaska Airlines Magazine and fortunately, also on her website.
- Urban Farm magazine ran a feature about the Coalition and the cause, not online.
The Anti-Lawn Message
- How to Get Your Lawn Off Grass: A North American Guide to Turning Off the Water Tap and Going Native by Carole Rubin.
- Urban and Suburban Meadows: Bringing Meadowscaping to Big and Small Spaces by Catherine Zimmerman.
- In a British news service: "U.S. Lawns Getting an Eco-Makeover".
- Why Lawns are Not Sustainble in Conservation Gardening.
Balanced Reports of Lawn Problems
- In the Washington Post, the excellent "Refining the beautiful lawn when it comes to the Chesapeake Bay's health" by a regular writer, not a gardening insider.
- In Men's Health, "Your Lethal Lawn", another excellent article and recommendations for safer lawn care, etc.
- More homeowners opt for natural landscaping" was published in Virginia's News Leader.
- Not online but we'll take it: the June issue of Prevention Magazine has article on natural lawn care (mainly organic fertilizers) and Reader's Digest also recently tackled the topic.
On the Legislative Front
- Natural lawncare advocates are celebrating the signing of a tough anti-pesticide bill by New York Governor David Paterson. The Child Safe Playing Fields Act, which bans the use of chemical pesticides on school playing fields and playgrounds, is being called "historic" by our Paul Tukey.
Nice Examples of Alternatives
- Gardening Gone Wild tackled groundcovers, and here's their roundup of blog posts on the subject. Great stuff!
- Designer Rochelle Greayer showed us a lovely front yard in Seattle.
- One blogger wrote to tell he he's "the caretaker of what is apparently the first homeowner buffalo grass lawn in Phoenix – it's the new variety UC Verde, with its exceptional heat tolerance and modest water needs). He blogged about the entire process and reports that "even as a startup lawn it was using less water starting plugs than established Bermuda grass takes."
- Paul Tukey is featuring a different groundcover (and alternative lawn) every Wednesdays, starting with lemon thyme and Goldmoss sedum.
Research Findings
- Organic care of athletic fields result in 25 percent cost savings over 5 years: http://www.grassrootsinfo.org/turfcomparisonreport.pdf.
New Resources
- Mike McGrath, former editor of Organic Gardening, spoke about Organic Lawn Care, (and that blog post about it was a huge traffic-magnet.


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Kwon Sang-woo (Medical Top Team, Yawang) has confirmed his next project, which will take him back to the big screen for a mystery-crime movie titled Private Investigator. In it, the hero is a book rental shop owner with a passion for mystery novels who used to dream of being a police detective. So when his friends get caught up in a murder case, he jumps in to get to the bottom of it.
The project is based on a script that won in an open screenplay competition back in 2006, and the director will be Kim Jung-hoon of the risque rom-com Petty Romance. It's difficult to tell from this description what kind of tone the movie will have—will it be dark and mysterious, or cute and funny?—but I'm hoping it skews lighter, because that description of Kwon's character sounds quirky and amusing. And while Kwon is pretty comfortable cranking out high emotion and wringing tears in melodramas, I do like when he's tackling a funnier role. If only because I think he's cried enough in dramaland for two lifetimes. Give his tear ducts a break!
Private Investigator is currently at work filling the rest of the cast, and plans to begin filming in July.
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- Medical Top Team: Episode 1
- Cuteness behind the scenes of Medical Top Team
- Preview out for SBS's Medical Top Team
- Kwon Sang-woo considering Age of Feeling
- New drama alert: From Moons and Suns to Medical Top Team
- Yawang's eye-catching promo posters
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Start my actual first lessons this tuesday, help or advice So ive decided to break down and pay for lessons and i start next this tues. I havent been told what to wear, or what to expect and such yet. What advice or help can yall give me to help me relax b4 i start this new adventure |
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where a pair of comfortable jeans if you don't have any riding pants. Where a boot w/ a heel on it (not a high heel) and a helmet... and have fun! |
Stay relaxed, and attentive. Even if it's something you feel you know, you can always always learn something new, so don't let your mind wander. Wear comfortable but not baggy jeans, a comfy shirt that won't get in the way of your arms, and boots with a slight heel. If you don't have any, hiking boots are ok (not recommended though because the traction can prevent you from taking your foot out of the stirrup quickly if you need to). Sneakers are not recommended for the same reason. Hmm. If you don't have a riding helmet, call the barn you're taking lessons at and ask if they provide helmets. Some do, some don't. And have FUN!! Don't get stressed out if you can't do something perfectly right away. That's why you're there, to learn. Lessons are fun and you get out of them what you put into them, so keep a great attitude and smile and you'll have a blast :) |
Everyone's covered it, but I want to add don't wear a really baggy shirt. It makes it hard to see what your body looks like under the shirt |
I think im doing western. I do have a pair of those riding pants, SHould i use them? |
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The Academy Is... have had a lot going on internally and externally with their band lately. Just awhile ago it was announced that drummer Andy "The Butcher" Mrotek and guitarist Michael Guy Chislett would be leaving the band. The band, now a trio, are hard at work on their fourth full length.
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With every generation, language changes a little bit. However, it isn't an overstatement to say that young Americans today speak a completely different language than their parents. In many ways this is a good thing; a wave of political correctness has swept across the new generation, and many terrible sayings have disappeared completely. However, as in many social movements, the groups with the smallest representation always get shafted. Thankfully, racial slurs are becoming more and more unheard of, but there are still two categories of people that are slandered in common conversation.
The word "retarded" actually refers to someone who suffers from a disability that limits his or her ability to learn and understand. The word "gay" refers to someone who is homosexual. Both of these words are given a negative connotation when used in common language to describe something people don't like, or when used to belittle someone. Both of these words also represent large groups of people.
It would never be appropriate to belittle someone because of race or gender. For the most part, our society has tried to create a more open and friendly environment for all kinds of people. However, this sensitivity is typically overlooked when the person being put down is someone defenseless or simply different from you.
The worst part about these expressions is that most people don't see a problem. Many don't even realize that they are being offensive. After asking a friend who used these expressions if she knew whom they singled out, she claimed that she wasn't actually referring to the group of people actually defined by the word, and that "it's just an expression." To this I must respond that there is no other way to see it. There have been many simple "expressions" in the American dialect that have been deemed offensive, and these are no exception.
I know that these references are more than just expressions because I have witnessed the embarrassment of what these words can do. I have a special needs cousin, Michael, who has autism. Michael is one the most genuine and kind people I have ever had the privilege of knowing, and is capable of much more than people expect of him. Every time I hear the word "retarded" used to degrade someone, my entire body begins to cringe, I think of Michael, and I am hurt that someone could ever so easily discredit someone with a disorder.
The word "gay" is even more commonly used than the word "retarded" and, unfortunately, many people see the offensiveness in this word but still refuse to correct it. I don't know how the word referencing someone's sexuality became the go-to expression for anything negative, but it has. It doesn't matter if you are for or against homosexuality; humiliating any group of people for any reason is immoral, unfair, uncalled for and just not right.
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--Jan. 17, 2006--Nevis Networks, a provider of ASIC-based LAN security appliances, announced today that it has been named a MoneyTree(TM) FutureCentric(SM) Company in the list based on the MoneyTree Survey conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers, Thomson Venture Economics, and the National Venture Capital Association. The survey singled out Nevis for its breakthrough approach to enterprise LAN security with its comprehensive 10Gbps ASIC-based appliances. Nevis' LANenforcer(TM) products uniquely combine dynamic user-based network access control and microsecond threat containment, making it the first security solution to fully protect network assets and individual users from threats. FutureCentric companies are selected from a list of entrepreneurial companies that received venture backing in 2005 and are building ideas that shape the future.
"Being named a MoneyTree FutureCentric Company is solid validation of the critical need enterprises have for a solution to the LAN security challenges they're facing today," said Charles Dauber, president and CEO of Nevis. "Nevis' approach of providing a network-based solution that operates at LAN speed and provides complete protection for each individual user is the next major trend in LAN security."
Nevis' LANenforcer LAN security appliance enables enterprises to match business policies to network activity, protecting network assets from unauthorized access and containing network security threats, while meeting regulatory compliance requirements. Nevis integrates the functions of many point security products into a single appliance for the first time, simplifying deployment and delivering disruptive price/performance at LAN speed.
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The Department of Defense announced today the transfer of Saiid Farhi from the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to the Government of Algeria. Farhi was ordered released by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Nov. 19, 2009.As directed by the President's Jan. 22, 2009, executive order, the interagency Guantanamo Review Task Force conducted a comprehensive review of this case. As a result of that review, which examined a number of factors, including security issues, Farhi was approved for transfer by unanimous consent among all six agencies on the task force. In accordance with Congressionally-mandated reporting requirements, the administration informed Congress of its intent to transfer this individual.
The United States is grateful to the Government of Algeria for its willingness to support U.S. efforts to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. The United States coordinated with the Government of Algeria to ensure the transfer took place under appropriate security and humane treatment measures.
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The Iredell Council on Aging (ICOA) was organized in April 1973. The agency is a non-profit organization devoted to improving the quality of life and maintaining independent living for individuals age 60 or better. The ICOA offices are located within the Iredell Senior Center facility on East Front Street in Statesville. There is no set fee for services, but clients are asked to make a contribution to a cost-sharing program based on their income. Also, the Iredell Senior Center in Statesville and South Iredell Senior Center in Mooresville offer a wide range of health, education, recreation, and social activities for older adults. Congregate Meals - The nutrition programs help meet the nutritional needs of older adults in Iredell County. The Congregate (group) sites are located at:
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RANKIN, FREDERICK HARRISON (1794–1874). Frederick Harrison Rankin, son of Margaret "Peggy" (Berry) and Robert Rankin, was born in Kentucky on February 15, 1794. He lived in Alabama and Mississippi before coming to Texas in 1822. On July 7, 1824, as one of Stephen F. Austin's Old Three Hundred colonists, he received title to a sitio and a labor of land in what later became Harris County. The census of March 1826 listed him as a farmer and stock raiser with a household including his wife, Elizabeth "Polly" (Smith), two sons, and three servants. Rankin had eight children. His house at the head of the San Jacinto River was a polling place in October 1830. After several years he moved near to Spring Creek and in 1832 to Polk County. He attended a meeting of "Old Texians" held in Houston in March 1849 to recommend quieting of land titles in the state. In 1850 he was living in Polk County. He subsequently resided in Navarro County and in 1874 was living on Chambers Creek in Ellis County. He later purchased the Ellis County property, eighteen miles south of Waxahachie, and settled there. He died on July 2, 1874, and was buried in Myrtle Cemetery at Ennis. In 1936 the Texas Centennial Commission erected a monument at his grave.
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(Updated at 7:29 p.m.) DOUGLASSVILLE - The Wawa on Benjamin Franklin Highway was closed for over an hour on Friday night while police investigated a possible bomb threat.
It turns out, the threat was a false alarm because the bomb was actually an electrical conduit covered in PVC pipe from an old lamp in the back parking lot.
Police responded to the Wawa around 5:30 p.m. and when they arrived, the connivence store had already been cleared of customers and the employees were sitting on the far edge of the grass lawn near the westbound highway traffic.
The continuos rush hour westbound traffic was a strange juxtaposition to empty eastbound lanes of the highway.
The Reading Police Bomb Squad quickly deployed the robot once they arrived around 6:20 p.m.
Their robot was out for about five minutes when it was confirmed, by looking at the video footage sent from the robot, that there was no bomb threat.
(Updated at 6:34 p.m.) Route 422 eastbound near Maplewood Drive in Amity is being reopened after the device thought to be a bomb turned out to be old electrical wires covered by a PVC pipe, according to a reporter on scene.
The device was discovered near the Wawa along the access road from Maplewood Drive on the island that split Route 422. The eastbound side of the highway had been closed for about an hour and a half while police cleared the scene and the device was assessed.
�Douglassville can now go back to normal,� one officer said as the area was cleared of tape.
About five minutes after the police had opened the roads leading to the gas station, it was full of customers.
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(Updated at 6:28 p.m.) The bomb squad is now on scene at the Wawa off Maplewood Drive in Amity and is preparing to deploy a robot to assess the device.
AMITY � Police have shut down eastbound Route 422 near Maplewood Drive after a device thought to be a pipe bomb was discovered near the Wawa shortly before 5 p.m. Friday.
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Route 422 westbound is still open to traffic as the device is on the eastbound side of the island housing the Wawa, a bank, Total Rental and McDonald�s that sits between the divided highway.
Workers at the Wawa have left the building and police have the access road shut down. A fire truck from Monarch Fire Company is on scene.
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Advice from Authors on Focusing at Work
As many of you know, I'm in the middle of National Novel Writing Month (aka NaNoWriMo) and, as of this writing, I have more than 10,000 words written.
I thought writing a novel wouldn't be a big deal. I do, after all have a published book (cough, Marketing in the Round, cough) and I write here every, single day. I even spent three months outlining the book (which is allowed as long as you don't write any words) and I told myself I'd just get up an hour earlier every day and write.
And that's exactly what I've done.
I've even been keeping pace with my friends who are also participating via Facebook and Twitter. It's been fun. But it hasn't been easy.
I got six chapters in when, on Saturday, I decided it was all wrong and had to start over.
The image you see on this blog post is the notebook full of my notes, the outline, the characters (or xters as my college creative writing professor used to call them), and even a timeline of the past 45 years so everything makes sense chronologically.
But I'd already written 5,500 words. And I had to start over. The plot didn't change so I was able to use some of the words I'd already written. I just wanted to change the voice and there were already some inaccuracies that I needed to fix. And, well crap, I'm a perfectionist and it's really hard to write without editing yourself!
Fiction vs. Business
But writing fiction is a lot different than writing a business book. You are completely immersed in your story and time has no bounds.
I looked up Sunday morning and three hours had gone by. Right now I'm writing about something that happens in the middle of the night so I was alarmed to see the sun was shining and people were outside walking down the street with their dogs and kids.
It's a completely different experience and I wondered, aloud to Mr. D, how I was going to make it the rest of the month.
Advice from Authors
Then Mitch Joel's Six Links Worthy of Your Attention arrived in my inbox and, in it, was a New York Times article with some advice from authors.
It was written with advice on avoiding online distractions while you write and it quotes four business book authors and one novelist (David Carr).
It's a good piece to read if you're constantly barraged with distractions from email, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest (couch, cough), Letterpress, Words with Friends, Path, the phone, and more.
Some people turn off the Internet entirely, some going as far as turning off the WiFi.
That wouldn't work for me because I need the web to fact check, link to other articles, and find inspiration. But I do turn off everything else. And I write while the rest of you are sleeping (which is a lot easier now that Daylight Savings Time has ended).
But what I found most interesting is what David Carr says:
For months, I worked on my book late at night after work, but that will only get you so far. Eventually, I went to a cabin in the woods, yes, that had no Internet. It did have dial-up access, which is like having no Internet at all. Things moved very quickly after that. I sat in a room full of books, read some of them, stared at others, but mostly tried to work on my own. I slept, wrote and ate in the same room. That way, when I woke up, there was only the book; when I went to sleep, there was only the book. I put my notes up in sequence around the room, and when I finished with this action, I would take them off the wall. Eventually, the walls were empty, and the book was done.
I don't know if I have any dates I can take off in November to finish writing this book, but if I do NaNoWriMo next year or if any of you are participating, it's not a bad idea to try.
What tips do you have for writing a novel while working full-time?
About Gini Dietrich
Gini Dietrich is the founder and CEO of Arment Dietrich, an integrated marketing communications firm. She is the author of Spin Sucks, co-author of Marketing in the Round, and co-host of Inside PR. She also is the lead blogger at Spin Sucks and is the founder of Spin Sucks Pro.
ginidietrich I'm very envious of you and the others participating in NaNoWriMo. It has been getting in my brain though and reminded me of a lost novel I have somewhere in my files from college. It's a bit trashy to be sure, but it would be fun to dig out and make a go of it, xx number of years later. 🙂
@katskrieger You should! You could even do it now, as we're only six days in. But definitely consider it for next year.
@ginidietrich I think it would be cheating…if memory serves I had quite a bit written already, but I guess I could use it as a outline/starting point for something new. I just need to find the hard drive its saved on. It's seriously so old.
@katskrieger I don't think it's cheating because you'd probably have to do a lot of rewrites.
@ginidietrich @katskrieger a trashy novel? am i in it???
@KenMueller @ginidietrich Do you have blue eyes and flaming red hair?
@katskrieger @ginidietrich why yes!
@KenMueller @ginidietrich And the twins you secretly gave up for adoption being raised by your half sister?
@katskrieger @KenMueller Oh my.
RT @ginidietrich: Advice from Authors on Focusing at Work http://t.co/mQF4ZcM9 via @spinsucks
I actually think you are a robot.
@belllindsay I am not a robot!
@ginidietrich That's the plot of my next book "My Boss Is A Robot"
@belllindsay @ginidietrich It's a Ginibot 2.0 comprised of titanium alloy with a top secret apple processor
@ginidietrich @belllindsay She is, however, a cyborg.
@jasonkonopinski @ginidietrich @belllindsay I can't speak for Gini, but I am a cyborg. Literally.
@jasonkonopinski @ginidietrich Gini only has one eye…!?
@belllindsay @ginidietrich She's always giving me the stink-eye, so, yes?
@jasonkonopinski @belllindsay Oy.
I've sometimes thought about using NaNoWriMo for a poetry project, but I just don't have the time (really!) with a full-time day job and trying to make a go of Write Right. Write Right isn't all that different, though. I work on it when I get home from work and most weekends. I set deadlines and turn off the phone and internet as best I can while I'm working on projects.
As for advice, I constantly turn to Annie Dillard's The Writing Life and Richard Hugo's The Traveling Town. Dillard, too, talks about a cabin.-
@Erin F. My mom emailed me about an hour ago and said, "I have an idea! Take the rest of the month off and my house will be your cabin." Boy that sounds tempting!
@ginidietrich I wish I could retreat to a cabin for a month. I have so many ideas and projects requiring attention that it isn't even funny.
Are you going to use Scrivener at some point? I like to work on paper, but I played with Scrivener when I created a short manuscript of poems.-
@Erin F. You know, I hadn't even thought about it. I'm just writing in Pages so I don't know. Maybe for the second draft.
@amysept This is hard!
@ginidietrich Every year I want to do it, and every year other stuff gets in the way. I have a story idea for this year, but haven't started
@amysept You still have time! We're only technically five days in. You should do it!
@ginidietrich I've thought about it, but can't even start until later this week at the earliest. #deadlines I may try to catch up, tho!
@ginidietrich I always find it hard to get the Little Editor to shut up — which can really impact the word count!
@amysept It's SUPER hard! I am learning that lesson right now. You just have to write. The editing happens later.
@ginidietrich In my NaNo moments, I've found Word Wars to be helpful, too. Find a buddy, set a timer (10 mins), see who writes the most!
@amysept OH that's such a good idea!
@ginidietrich Loved your comment about writing on Sunday morning; being immersed in your own world is magical!
Cheers for doing NaNoWriMo Gini!
@jennwhinnem xoxo
I just write. I carve out time in my day and do my best to put down as many words on paper/screen as I can within the time I have for writing.
If I really need to focus I put on my headphones and turn on one of the playlists I have built for writing and start pounding it out.
I see it as being similar to working out. When it is going well I get an adrenaline rush out of it and when it is not I just grind it out.-
@Josh/ http://joshuawilner.com/ I'm impressed you can write with music playing. I can work with music playing, but I can't write blog posts or this darn book with background noise.
@ginidietrich I have learned how to work with/through almost anything. Sometimes music is like white noise for me that I use to help me concentrate, but there are moments where I prefer silence.
For example I am working on a post about election and presidential benefits and it is making me a bit crazy. That is because I am reading through all sorts of spreadsheets and budgetary documents.
Good old Excel, sometimes I hate spreadsheets.-
@Josh/ http://joshuawilner.com/ Sometimes I hate spreadsheets too. Especially during invoice time.
I have two kids who go to bed no later than 7:30, so I can't do any writing until they are asleep. (I can't wake up early. I just can't. My body won't let me.) And since this NaNoWriMo challenge project is the longest thing I've written since my last college paper, I have to set time aside and just start writing.
The fact that one of the "rules" is not to edit is actually working in my favor, because, at this point, I'm just spewing language. I mean, I know how it starts and I know how (and why) it ends. But the middle is a mystery. Every day I learn something knew about the characters. 🙂
Oh, to answer your question: I have to figure out how many words I need and I reserve one to two hours. I told my wife that I was doing this and she respects the time when I sit down after the kids are sleeping. As a matter of fact, I walked out of my daughter's room last night and she was on the laptop. She looked at me and said, "Oh, you probably need to use this." It was a great moment.
p.s. Writing w/o an outline is so much more adventurous.-
@bradmarley I laughed out loud at this: Every day I learn something knew about the characters.
It's so true! The same for me. In fact, I thought I was going to tell the story from one character's point of view and decided that wasn't going to work and developed another character to tell the story. It is kind of fun!-
@ginidietrich I just realized I wrote I learn something "knew." Ugh. There goes my credibility.
@bradmarley I hate writing with an outline. I like letting my characters tell the story.
@Joshua Wilner/A Writer Writes I think there needs to be a soft outline, but it's more fun when the writing takes an unexpected turn, and you have to find your way out.
@bradmarley I like what you're saying about knowing the beginning, end and letting the rest be a mystery. Great way of looking at it!
@kateupdates Thanks. I hope it works!
It was nice to read this, Gini. I've changed my plot several times. Ever since I jumped in for the fun of it on Nov. 1, I've been having a harder time with it than I've had fun with it to be honest. BUT I am determined to push through (though I was considering giving up.) I only have 4,000 words so far but I'm going to keep plugging away … I'm a perfectionist too and it's hard not to think about what others will think of my idea and how it plays out. I think I just have to write for me and shut everything else out.
I really like your cover by the way!-
Oh and I think I need to start rewarding myself with fruit and dark chocolate and maybe some wine 🙂
@kateupdates I think chocolate and wine rewards are a FANTASTIC idea!
@ginidietrich Thanks for this. I am loving following your adventure.
@MacLeanHeather Ah you are much too kind. Thank you!
I wish I could do NaNo so good luck with that book! I did give myself a mini-challenge of 250 daily words this month. This felt more like something I could handle. I'm hoping to join you next year for the NaNo so keep us posted.
BTW – loved this article and will be pinning it to my Blogging a Book board 🙂-
@penneyfox I think I would really be struggling with it if I hadn't thought all the way through the book before I started writing. The only thing I'm having trouble with right this second is having to jump forward a few years and I haven't figured out how to make that transition yet.
But writing every day has certainly helped prepare me. That's what'll keep you going next year!
@samfiorella @ginidietrich This was a gem of a post…thanks for sharing…
@ginidietrich Thanks for getting back to me about your writing. I must say — I'm a marketing person and I click over here to see the PR look at social media topics BUT when you post about yourself personally, it's very encouraging to me (and I would suspect others). My favorite post of yours is when you shared what your morning was like and how you got everything done. Every morning I think to myself, it's 7am and I'm getting my kid ready for school – by this point Gini has written her blog posts AND scheduled her tweets/FB posts to promote it AND she's already at work.
I appreciate your insights when you're able to pull back the curtain for us a bit and learn more about how you do all this 🙂-
@penneyfox You are too funny! I don't have kids so it doesn't quite compare. If I did, the mornings would be spent getting them off to school, not writing. It's one sacrifice I'll have to make when the little buggers come along.


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HAMPTON, Wade, (grandfather of Wade Hampton [1818-1902]), a Representative from South Carolina; born in Virginia in 1752; received a thorough education; engaged in agricultural pursuits; moved to South Carolina; served in the Revolutionary War as lieutenant colonel of the regiment of light dragoons in General Sumter's brigade of State troops; served in the state assembly, 1779-1786 and 1791; elected as a Republican to the Fourth Congress (March 4, 1795-March 3, 1797); unsuccessful candidate for reelection; elected to the Eighth Congress (March 4, 1803-March 3, 1805); unsuccessful candidate for reelection; colonel in the United States Army in 1808; appointed brigadier general in February 1809 and major general March 2, 1813; served in the War of 1812 until April 6, 1814, when he resigned; died in Columbia, S.C., on February 4, 1835; interment in Trinity Churchyard, Columbia, S.C. BibliographyBridwell, Ronald Edward. "The South's Wealthiest Planter: Wade Hampton I of South Carolina, 1754-1835." Ph.D. diss., University of South Carolina, 1980; Cauthern, Charles Edward, ed. Family Letters of the Three Wade Hamptons, 1782-1901. South Carolina Sesquicentennial Series, No. 4. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1953.Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present Related Links |


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By Lucius Gantt
Back in Slavery Days, there were hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions, of brave Black men and women that resisted the exploitation, the abuse and the oppression of wicked slave masters.
Those fearless men and women would constantly seek to live their lives as free citizens. They would plot and plan 24/7 to find ways to escape the plantation and go back to Africa or to just get the hell away from their devilish captors. But their efforts and desires to change their lives and conditions oftentimes rested merely on a wing and a prayer.
Most slave rebellions in America were thwarted by slave snitches. The slaves that were happy working from sun up to sun down, the slaves that were happy to sleep on the ground and the slaves that were happy to be the baby mommas of the evil, despicable slave masters would always run and tell the slave masters when the proud slaves were planning a slave revolt or an escape from the cotton fields and the plantation.
When they were caught and rounded up, the runaway slaves were routinely whipped and beaten by the slave masters but more often they were "punished" by other slaves.
After seeing their mothers, fathers, brothers and sisters beaten to a pulp, castrated or even executed, many slaves would just give up to get along. Subsequently, one white overseer with a whip in one hand and a Bible in the other could control hundreds of slaves.
In 2012, about 500 years after chattel slavery, some Black people in America can still be controlled by a wing and a prayer!
Can I prove it? Yes!
The eyes of the nation are right now on the State of Florida. Yes, there has been a lot of news about the Republican Primary in Florida and the GOP has a limited number of Black registered Republicans but there are issues like gaming approval and other issues in many Florida counties that will bring Black voters out to the polls.
In any gaming vote, for instance, the white voters will be divided, so proponents and opponents of gaming must have Black votes to be victorious on Election Day.
So, white folks looking for Black voter support always run to House Negroes. No, not the kind you're thinking about. They run to Negroes in the House of Representatives and the Senate.
And what do the Black elected officials tell them?
Well, most political campaign money is spent on media. By the time you read this column you will have already been bombarded with TV and radio attack ads, newspaper editorials and endorsements, direct mail, robo phone calls and so on to generate voter support.
When the white politicians and political interests go to your Black legislators or your Black commissioners and say what should we do to get Black voters to vote for us what is the answer?
Is the answer the elected officials give, put Black people to work? Is the answer hire or contract Black media experts or political professionals? Is the answer, white people should buy ads in Black newspapers or on Black-owned television and radio stations? No!
The answer given most by Black elected officials seeking to get involved in campaigns for white politicians or special interest groups is, "If you want to win, just give me all of the money, just pay me!"
I love it anytime when a Black person can get paid but for the life of me I can't understand why it is so difficult for Blacks in politics to say pay me and the Black professionals or pay me and patronize the Black-owned media institutions.
Well, there is one group of Blacks that does get a small slice of the campaign money pie and that is your Black preachers! If you pay the preacher, you can speak at the Black church and disrupt or distract worship services. You may even be able to use the church bus, paid for by the congregation, to give people rides to the polls.
However, according to the elected officials advising the white politicos, the best thing to do to generate Black votes and control Black voters is to give Black people some chicken and beer.
It has been said if you build a baseball field in a corn patch, they will come and if you give Black people some chicken they will vote for you.
I pray that I'm wrong, but I think of the billions of dollars that will be spent in 2012 election campaigns only a miniscule percentage of that money will result in contracts or jobs for Black voters and Black people!
Why? Because in 2012 you can still stifle Black political and social progress and control Black people and Black voters with a wing and a prayer, a chicken wing, and that is a shame! (Buy Gantt's book "Beast Too: Dead Man Writing" online or at any major book store and contact Lucius atwww.allworldconsultants.net)


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awesome like the others
very addictive, clean, sleek animation and graphics, not much more u could want in a tower defence. but ofcourse, there are 2 main problems i have with this. first is the unbalanceness of some of the towers, the boomarang with lightsabers is rediculasly pro and is quite inexpencive. The fully upgraded multi directional shooter is very good teamed with a nearby blizzard, but that is a lesser example of unbalanced towers because it is pretty expencive. Super monkey tower can only keep up (in kills (pops)) when it has 3 upgrades, which if i remember correctly is 4000+1000+3200+4000, while the boomarang is... umm well cheaper. same with the ship, it is useless unless u get the final upgrade.
that and the fact i have to pay or subscribe or register or something just to have some extras... i mean, like what the guy in the review below me says, i agree but cmon.
just some tips, boomarang, monkey ace, mortar, and fully upgraded multidirectional combined with an ice tower (blizzard is better) are very powerful. and the sooner u put out the farm the better, upgrade when ur JUST about to finish a round that way u can get u extra money straight away.
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The first time that I have played this game I got to level 50 before losing! I found it very enjoying and harder (which is what I like and is what she said)


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lupe fiasco is far too overrated
this is not a shock post.
his lyrics are on point, but the main issue with his overrated ass is his mic presence (his rapping voice) and his flow. both are extremely bland and if you give his lyrics to Jigga or Nas, they would make his lyrics come to life. I could never get into lupe's music and Ive tried. |
yea hes overrated.
he is. i know peoples who treat him like new Pac or something.
cosign dude has no emotion
don't like lupe
Fuck the hate Lupe is dope.
I love Lupe, hes definitely not one of the best rappers, but hes cool and he got some really dope songs, I dont think hes overrated.
yeah idk what the fuck yall are on but
lupe is the man right now. im 19, his music feels fitting for the times, and my times he does his shit the way he does it, plain and simple... his take on hustling and shit is fuckin ill, his wordplay and mix between advocating aspects of the hustler culture and disapproving at the same time. someone who cant really grasp the deeper meaning misses out, but they can still be down with it. the cool is one of the best concept albums ive ever heard. we had two albums come out around the same time that dealt with the perception of a hustler. American Gangster had a few good tracks, but Lupe's was better in my opinion. you say hes bland or repetitive, although he has a rather large repertoire of different flows and styles. dude could get on a song with enrique englesias for TSA, or jadakiss for me and still get down. cases in point http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVXJ70jtKKE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBSYUb1o8No http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONSBQTG-Qbs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cEoqIz2-Qg |
I agree with the threadstarter.
the first 2 songs are decent homage to biggie's immaculate flow, but I would never bump those joints again. he simply does not have that charismatic swag that his ex-boss has. the 3rd and 4th joints are straight up wack and Im not checking those joints again unless it's accidental. Vakill = chitown's finest |
lupe is dat nigga
man, i'm glad i come to this forum, to see all these different views and opinions, because i thought that lupe was widely considered probably the best lyricist of this era,
but hey to each his own |
he bores me. i think he's 'too good'
everything is too polished and on point and cognitive which makes it boring. i feel the same way about Jay-Z. excellent lyrics, excellent beats, excellent concepts but that doesn't make it entertaining at all and sometimes the excellence kills the entertainment factor. |
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Cooke was influential Catholic theologian
Updated 11:35 pm, Saturday, June 8, 2013
Bernard J. Cooke was an internationally recognized theologian and educator who left a lasting impact on Catholic teachings and practices. His groundbreaking ideas helped change how the faith is communicated and how it is experienced by followers, his colleagues said.
"He kind of changed the feel and color of the theology from the old style we had in the '50s to a warmer, modern, more passionate one, showing greater attention to the person," said the Rev. Jake Empereur, a priest at St. Matthew Catholic Church in San Antonio who knew Cooke for decades.
When the University of Detroit bestowed an honorary doctorate on Cooke in 1986, it described him as "a theologian who has played a leading role in the United States in transforming theology from an irrelevant academic exercise into a means of vital contact with today's problems and today's people."
Sister Martha Ann Kirk, a University of the Incarnate Word professor of religious studies, said Cooke's ideas helped the Catholic Church renew itself after the Second Vatican Council in the 1960s.
Cooke died May 31 — his 91st birthday — at the Incarnate Word retirement center where he and his wife, Pauline Turner Cooke, lived for about a year.
The couple called San Antonio home in recent years after he worked at the university as a visiting professor in the mid-'90s and continued to teach in the city at a summer institute.
Kirk said Cooke gave lectures at the university's retirement center until about a month ago when a stroke curtailed his activities.
Cooke obtained his theological doctorate from the Institut Catholique de Paris and taught at a variety of schools, including Marquette University, where in 1963 he started a doctorate program in theology. It was the first doctorate-level program in the country for Catholic laypeople and has been duplicated by universities elsewhere, officials said.
"He believed theology was not just for priests and the elites but was for all of the people of God," Kirk said. "It started transforming the grass roots of the Catholic Church."
A former Jesuit priest who left the priesthood to be married, Cooke wrote more than 20 books and lectured worldwide.
He received the highest award for achievement in theology from the Catholic Theological Society of America, which he also served as president.
"There can't be a working Catholic theologian who's not familiar with his work," said St. Mary's University theology professor Bernard J. Lee.
Still, daughter Kelly Turner-Cooke said her father was a private man who avoided the limelight and took care of his family.
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Rentokil Initial Plc rose the most in almost eight weeks after a report that private-equity investor Clayton Dubilier & Rice LLC is considering combining the company's office-maintenance unit with that of Balfour Beatty Plc. Cobham Plc dropped 4.6 percent as a shareholder sold a 3.6 percent stake in the maker of defense and aerospace equipment.
The FTSE 100 advanced 33.46 points, or 0.5 percent, to 6,558.58 in London. The gauge yesterday declined to the lowest level since May 3 amid speculation the Fed would start to taper its bond-buying program if the economy improved. The broader FTSE All-Share Index also also added 0.5 percent today, while Ireland's ISEQ gained 0.4 percent.
"The market is perhaps too quickly discounting an end to quantitative easing," Johan Jooste, chief market strategist at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management in London, said. "Although the U.S. economy is improving, both unemployment and inflation remain below Fed targets. The growing market belief in a continued economic recovery -- however stuttering in some regions -- should continue to provide enough impetus to equity markets."
The volume of shares changing hands in companies listed on the FTSE 100 was 26 percent lower than the average of the past 30 days, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
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In the U.S., Fed Bank of Atlanta President Dennis Lockhart, who doesn't hold a policy vote this year, said officials at the central bank are committed to continuing stimulus measures.
"To the extent that the markets are seeing mixed messages, it simply reflects the debate that's going on among the colleagues on the Federal Open Market Committee," Lockhart said in a Bloomberg Television interview. "The bigger picture is that any adjustment is not a major policy shift."
U.K. construction returned to growth last month, for the first time since October, a report showed today. An index of building activity rose to 50.8 from 49.4 in April, Markit and the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply said. Economists had forecast a reading below 50, the dividing line between expansion and contraction.
Separately, UBS AG raised its year-end target for the FTSE 100 to 7,000, from its earlier prediction of 6,300, according to a note to clients.
"An improving growth backdrop should help cyclical sectors to outperform, especially in the context of more attractive valuations and improving relative earnings momentum," strategist Matthew Gilman wrote.
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Rentokil rose 2.6 percent to 90.75 pence, for its biggest increase since April 10. Clayton Dubilier & Rice is considering buying the pest-control provider's Initial Facilities unit and combining it with Balfour Beatty's WorkPlace, the Financial Times reported, citing four people familiar with the matter.
GKN Plc rallied 5.1 percent to 313.4 pence, the largest advance since July 2012. UBS raised its price estimate on the stock to 350 pence, from 275 pence, reiterating a buy recommendation for the supplier of parts to aircraft makers.
HSBC Holdings Plc advanced 1.9 percent to 731.9 pence, for the largest contribution to the gains on the FTSE 100. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. reiterated its "conviction buy" rating for Europe's biggest bank. HSBC is poised to beat consensus estimates for earnings through 2016, as well as increasing dividend payments and share buybacks, Goldman Sachs said.
Cobham Plc, the world's largest maker of airborne refueling kits, tumbled 4.6 percent to 272.9 pence. An investor, who was not named, was sold 39.1 million shares at 273.5 pence to market price, according to terms obtained by Bloomberg News.
Wolseley Plc, the distributor of heating and plumbing products, lost 6.3 percent to 3,145 pence, the biggest slump in three years. Comparable sales in France dropped 9.2 percent in the third-quarter from a year ago as construction remained weak, the company said today.


text: From One Billy To AnotherLeitch4/06/07 12:45pmFiled to: College BasketballKentucky WildcatsTexas A&M Aggies44EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalinkAccording to the estimable Pat Forde at The Leader, Billy Gillespie is leaving Texas A&M to become the new coach at Kentucky. Wildcats fans seem mostly pleased by the move, though they're still clearly recovering from their Billy Donovan envy.AdvertisementGillespie is a notorious loner, and though he might have been able to pull that off in Aggie country, we imagine we'll be stalked wherever he goes in Lexington.And we imagine the coaching search to fill the spot at Texas A&M will have considerably less fanfare. But just in case ... get your flight trackers ready!