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Size: 255/55R19
Vehicle: 2013 BMW X6 4 Dr Sport Utility xDrive50i 20" option with 3218 KM of Tire Wear
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I have these tires on 4 vehicles and they are excellent. We just put them on my wife's 4WD Pathfinder this year and haven't really been tested yet. I have them on a front wheel drive Honda van and they have handled everything Vermont winters have given us the past 3 years. My son, who is young and pretty inexperienced overall, has them on his Rogue and feels as though his car is a "beast" in the winter and has no problem driving in winter like he is an old pro. I have a rear wheel drive "SUV" and I have to put weight in the back to weigh down the rear tires for extra traction, but with these tires, I have done remarkably well over the years. I have seen a couple people say don't use them in the summer....well you're not supposed to. They are "winter" tires made for below 45 degrees and the tread will wear fast in the summer, hence being caller winter tires. The studs are a little noisy, on dry roads,but I can deal with that for a few months for the benefit you get; and actually pretty quite on snow. This is my 4th winter with these tires and they still have very deep tread (on Nov/Dec and off by April)
Size: 245/70R16
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I've got a set of studded ipikes and live in regina canada. They have been a good tire for my grand Cherokee. The jeep is pretty good in the snow so hard to say how much is the 4x4 system and how much is the tires. I've never used any other winter tire on the jeep so don't have a good comparison. I will say that I won't by studded again as regina is pretty flat and the studs are noisy and annoying when the roads are clear. But on the few days where we find ourselves on an ice road the tires are great.
Size: 265/60R18
Vehicle: 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4 Dr Sport Utility Limited with 20000 KM of Tire Wear
made this review on 10/15/2017 and is a
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I've had this tire for two years now and I only run them in the cold months due to premature wear. I find these are 5 star in the snow and ice and found myself easily passing vehicles that were stuck or spinning out. My car has all wheel drive which makes it pretty good but when I put these tires on I found the grip was incredible under power and braking. I wouldn't recommend driving these in the summer time because of the soft rubber. It's a positive in the winter but once it becomes hot they would wear out a bit quicker. I would definitely buy these again. Handling was ok, its what I would expect from a snow tire.
Vehicle: 2010 Acura MDX 4 Dr Sport Utility Base 19" option with 10000 KM of Tire Wear
made this review on 3/11/2017 and is a
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The issue of growth management moved to the front of the political landscape in November 1998, when voters passed 200 separate ballot initiatives designed to curb the effects of suburban sprawl and preserve open space.
With the economy soaring and crime rates falling, Americans have turned their attention to quality of life issues such as traffic, pollution and overcrowded schools. With that change in focus, growth management - long the purview of academics and think tanks - has moved from the ivory tower to the ballot box.
The issue resonates with voters and has become a political platform in prominent campaigns. For example, Vice President Al Gore made sustainable growth an early theme of his presidential campaign. In January, Gore rolled out a new $10 billion "livability agenda," and pledged to review federal programs and policies to ensure they do not thwart state and local efforts to "grow smarter."
Gore's interest in this issue could propel it to the top tier of debate in the 2000 election, stimulating a national debate about effective community development. For the apartment industry, this could be a win-win situation.
Such a debate could allow the industry to advance its environmental and land-use policy agenda. Likewise, sprawl's emergence as a hot issue in state and national politics could also help break the federal government's single-minded emphasis on home ownership, which ignores the density efficiencies of apartments and the importance of housing choice. The growing interest in sustainable communities also presents the apartment industry with the opportunity to dispel several myths associated with apartment development. A closer look at common apartment myths shows why apartments must be a critical part of sustainable community development strategies.
Myth: Apartments contribute disproportionately to school overcrowding
Public schools are usually the largest expense for local governments. Contrary to conventional wisdom, however, apartments contribute fewer children per household to school systems than single-family homes. According to the Census Bureau's current population survey in 1998, 20% of all occupied apartments had one or more school-aged children, compared to 33% of owner-occupied single-family homes. The average apartment household had 0.3 children, while single-family homes had 0.6 children.
Myth: Apartments increase local infrastructure costs
In reality, the per-unit cost to provide public services decreases as the density of development increases. Low-density, single-family development requires more roads, sewers and water lines. Also, as single-family developments grow, public services must be spread over a larger area. For those reasons, the clustering of apartment homes makes them cheaper to service than single-family homes.
Myth: Apartments disproportionately increase traffic and congestion
Government officials often believe they can reduce traffic congestion problems by limiting apartment construction. However, they fail to consider that multifamily residents are more likely to use public transportation than single-family residents. A 1995 American Housing Survey estimates apartment residents average one motor vehicle per household, while owner-occupied houses average two vehicles. Data from the Institute of Transportation Engineers indicates an apartment property of two or more stories generates 30% to 40% fewer vehicle trips than single-family units.
Myth: Apartments do not pay their own way
Neighborhood activists often insist apartment residents do not pay for public services because they do not pay property taxes. While renters do not pay property taxes directly, apartment owners do, and evidence from national surveys shows, apartments actually pay property taxes at a much higher rate than single-family homes. Apartments also put fewer claims on the public services financed by local property taxes, such as schools and roads. So in many jurisdictions, apartment residents are actually subsidizing their single-family neighbors and not vice versa.
Myth: Apartments bring higher crime rates
This assumption is based on faulty perceptions of who lives in apartment communities. When analyzed on a per-unit basis, there is little evidence that the rate of police activity is higher in apartment communities than in single-family residences. In fact, apartment owners, sensitive to neighborhood fears, are concentrating more efforts on crime prevention and risk management. One of the fastest growing segments of the apartment industry is the luxury property sector which attracts residents with amenities such as built-in alarms and controlled access systems.
Myth: Apartments reduce the value of nearby single-family residences
This claim could be the most persuasive argument used to mobilize opposition to new apartment construction. But progressive communities have seen that a modern apartment community, through environmental planning and exterior landscaping, is fully compatible with surrounding single-family neighborhoods. The Urban Land Institute reports that, between 1987 and 1995, single-family detached dwellings located near multifamily communities (within 300 ft.) appreciated at nearly the same rate as those not near an apartment property, 3.12% compared to 3.19%.
Myth: Apartments do not bring value to local communities
Communities that adopt zoning and other policies to preclude renters actually lose both potential customers and employees for local businesses. Relocating and expanding firms look for communities that offer a wide range of housing options, including apartments, for their potential employees. An adequate supply of affordable housing, therefore, can be essential to a municipality's labor supply and its economic growth.
Myth: The preference for single-family housing is universal
Policy makers' preference for home ownership overlooks the simple but important fact that multifamily housing fills a market need. Many people now prefer to rent. For some, renting is the right economic choice. For others, apartments offer access to amenities and technologies not available or affordable in single-family housing. Still others appreciate the freedom to respond to job and lifestyle changes apartments offer.
Apartment residents span the full spectrum of American society and represent all age groups, family types, incomes and ethnicities. In fact, the fastest growing segment of renters are households with incomes of more than $50,000 per year.
Without apartments, the goals of smart growth can not be realized. In addition to providing a housing lifestyle a growing number of Americans prefer, apartments conserve land, use municipal infrastructure more efficiently, and place less burden on local schools or regional transportation systems.
Policy makers at all levels have begun a national debate designed to forge a new attitude towards land use. As apartment professionals interact with state and local planning agencies, they should use the opportunity to dispel myths about apartments.

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Thanks for sharing more of your story, junebug. Your ability to forgive your brother, the abuser of your son, moves me. I'm not sure I could do such a thing. I see here the testimony of a person who found the resolve and strength of a survivor in the face of great emotional pain. It speaks well of your empathy, and those who taught you that strength and compassion.
Nice to see you're still strong after all of that difficulty. I thought you didn't believe in Heaven.
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- Biggest Challenge of Living in a Small Space:
- Again, coming from the suburbs, we were used to extra space, not to mention a basement and attic. We've trimmed our belongings to the essentials, keep a small storage unit and really live the William Morris maxim, "Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful." Maximizing storage opportunities in the space is a must as well. Living in a true loft, we've gone vertical, installing storage above the girls' closet and using a tall wardrobe in our tiny "master" bedroom (our three girls are a better fit in the true master).


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Stereo Shopping: Vintage-Style Turntables, Radios, & Tech
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Our home stereo set-up combines a turntable, radio, CD player, and iPod dock. Although our collection spans a few different types and decades of tech, the common denominator we seek in all our music players is that they look and sound good. If you're a lover of timeless tech, we've rounded up a few sources (below) for turntables, radios, and speakers that unite vintage style with modern sound.
- Tivoli B-Goods Outlet Store (Online): Tivoli's outlet store offers returns, refabs or discountinued products, all at discount prices. And while it's not a huge savings (only 15% off the retail price) you can save a few bucks on a new stereo and still have the Tivoli one-year warranty.
- Hawthorne Stereo (Seattle/Online): If you want vintage audio, but don't know where to start this is a great place to check out. Plus, they ship worldwide, so you can get that special vintage component you've had your eye on if they have it in their current inventory.
- Turntable Lab (Various Locations/Online): Turntable Lab is a bi-coastal online and brick and mortar store for those of us who appreciate yesterday's vinyl sound with today's digital solutions, stocking a wide range of DJ equipment, vinyl to digital solutions, laptop/computer accessories and of course, stacks of wax.
- Dijital Fix (Brooklyn/Online): In the heart of hipster heaven is an electronics shop with an eye for good design, offering home audio speakers, turntables, mp3 systems, headphones, lighting, storage and miscellaneous tech gear all curated to look good as much as sound good.
- Audiowood Turntables (Online): These turntables are fashioned out of various woods (mostly burl, with some oak, walnut and even plywood) by Audiowood's founder, Joel Scilley. Joel says, "I build new plinths for vintage turntables and tables that use all-new parts. My all-new tables usually use the Origin Live DC motor controller and quality bearings."
- Crosley (Online): If you love old-school radios and turntables, but you don't want to sort through broken models in a thrift store, Crosley still makes the real thing, just newer. They dub the look "new-stalgic" - a mix of modern acoustics and mid-century style.
- Exeluxe (Online): Exeluxe's speakers are made to look like vintage Fender amps. The 11.5-by-12.5-by-7 inch bookshelf speakers are made in the Bay Area and are built with high-quality 5 1/4" drivers and 1" tweeters. You can choose a series of custom 'tolex' coverings and grillcloths.
- Jerry Raskin's Needle Doctor (Online): Needle Doctor is an online store that markets itself as the "world's largest selection of turntables, needles, cartridges, and more." They ship domestically and internationally, and they carry the popular and colorful Debut 111 Pro-ject Turntable.


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BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Tokyo's Olympic bid team on Wednesday dangled dollar signs in front of the IOC, with a vow to leverage Asia's massive marketing potential were it awarded the right to stage the 2020 Summer Games.
The Japanese attempted to play a trump card in the face of a Fukushima crisis threatening to derail their hopes of staging the world's greatest sporting extravaganza.
Tokyo stressed its economic strength and the opportunities available by tapping Asia as it continues to try to woo members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Some 100 IOC members will on Saturday choose between Istanbul, Madrid and Tokyo for the host city of the Games.
While Tokyo focused on finances, Istanbul placed athletes at the centre of its bid, promising them an unrivalled experience, and Madrid highlighted its support and backing at home.
Tokyo had been seen as an early favourite, with Madrid hurt by Spain's ongoing economic woes and Istanbul suffering from anti-government protests, the escalating war in neighbouring Syria and a series of doping scandals.
But while Tokyo had been regarded as a financially safe choice, many commentators and people close to the city-selecting process in Buenos Aires are now saying the Spanish bid is gathering pace fast.
The Argentine capital was abuzz with talk of Fukushima after trade and economics minister Toshimitsu Motegi told Reuters that Japan's government is in touch with experts in the United States and elsewhere on ways to control the crisis.
Tokyo's case can hardly have been helped by the news once more placing Fukushima squarely in the spotlight.
But bid leader Tsunekazu Takeda told reporters he had written a letter to IOC members to stress radiation was not a threat to Tokyo, located some 230km (140 miles) from the stricken plant.
"Right now Tokyo's radiation level is comparable to London, Paris and New York and here as well," Takeda said. "It's absolutely safe."
Instead, the Japanese team were hoping to appeal to the IOC's business sense in the high-stakes contest.
It promised to showcase Asia's great potential and highlighted the opportunity offered by choosing a city in the world's largest continent.
Fujio Cho, President of the Japan Sports Association and honorary chairman of Toyota Motor Corp., said the Olympic Movement could only benefit with Tokyo as host.
"Asia is the only continent in the world with more people living within its territory than outside," he said. "Consequently it is the largest market in the world, with billions of passionate sports fans."
Much talk among commentators has been about the state of the Spanish economy - seen as Madrid's Achilles heel - and Takeda highlighted that Japan had recently reported its lowest rate of unemployment since October 2008.
Japan's July 2013 figure of 3.8 percent - in stark contrast to the Spanish figure of some 26 percent - is an indication of the strength of the country's economy, according to Takeda.
While Tokyo spoke of the economy and benefits of unlocking Asia's potential, Istanbul bid chiefs spoke of their city's history and focused on athletes, promising them an unrivalled experience were the Turks to win the contest.
"Imagine being a marathon runner crossing continents over the Bosphorus Bridge, a triathlete racing alongside Istanbul's 2,500 year-old city walls or a volleyball player spiking for the match with the Bosphorus at your back," Turkish IOC member Ugur Erdener told reporters.
"Istanbul has that magic athletes thrive on and they will be at the centre of the greatest stage in 2020."
Madrid, meanwhile, emphasised the broad popular support it is getting from Spaniards, citing an August poll which showed 91 percent of them now support Madrid's bid, up from around 80 percent earlier in the year.
Their bid was bolstered by the arrival of NBA star Pau Gasol who jetted into Buenos Aires earlier in the day.
The Los Angeles Lakers player, Spain's flag-bearer at the London 2012 Games, said he was proud to be part of such a "fantastic" team.
"We have a very strong bid," he said. "We want to show them that if they choose us, we'll be putting on a great Olympics in 2020."
(Additional reporting by Alexandra Ulmer, Karolos Grohmann and Mitra Taj, editing by Ed Osmond)


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Following a teaser trailer in October, Nippon Ichi Software has released the debut full-length trailer for its upcoming Disgaea sequel Disgaea D2, due for PlayStation 3 on March 20 in Japan.
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I... am... so... BUYING THIS!! Laharl FTW?!? They should port this to Vita with cross play. Its the kind of RPG that you play on the couch or grind a bit on the subway.


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Angelina Jolie: Zaatari Refugee Camp Visit!
Angelina Jolie pays a visit to the Zaatari Refugee Camp on Tuesday (September 11) near the Jordanian border with Syria.
The 37-year-old actress and UNHCR special envoy was joined by UN High Commission for Refugees staff to visit some of the more than 250,000 refugees who have fled Syria. The United Nations is calling the humanitarian problems sparked by the conflict their "biggest crisis".
"It's been a very heavy experience, because oftentimes you come to these camps and … very rarely do you … meet them as they cross the border and you get to know people the moment they become a refugee," Angelina said in a press conference. "The moment they've forever lost their home, their livelihood, their education, everything they have been is gone, and when I ask them, 'What did you bring?' they say 'This' (plucks at her shirt) 'The shirt on my back.'"
The evening before, Angelina visited some refugees minutes after they made it across the border.
Watch The Today Show's special reporter Ann Curry reporting from the scene below!
Angelina Jolie: Zaatari Refugee Camp Visit!


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It's time for another edition of Florida State-Miami. The 12th-ranked Seminoles (6-1, 3-1 ACC) come in three touchdown favorites over the Canes (4-3, 3-1) here at Sun Life Stadium. Kickoff is set for 8 p.m. and the game can be seen on ABC.
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"PC-BSD is not a Linux distribution, but rather it could be considered among the first major FreeBSD-based distributions to live outside of the official FreeBSD. Like most distributions, it has implemented certain features in a way that attempts to distinguish it from the competition, and I will focus mostly on these differences. This test drive is intended to give an overview of what PC-BSD is and why one would consider using it."


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Mumbai: Ailing Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray`s health concerns have figured prominently in the international media, television channels and news agencies, especially in neighbouring Pakistan and Nepal.
Thackeray`s improved health was highlighted by the BBC, New York Times and all top Pakistani newspapers, according to a Shiv Sena report Saturday.
In Nepal, King Gyanendra Veer Vikram Shahadev and Sena activists in that country offered special prayes at the world famous Pashupatinath Temple Friday, according to a Nepali media person, Ashok Nepali.
Former Pakistani cricket Javed Miandad has sent a message saying he would pray for his friend Thackeray`s speedy recovery.
"I have met him several times in Matoshri and been accorded a warm welcome. We were like friends and religion never came in the way of our friendship," Miandad said of Thackeray, known for his shrill anti-Pakistan views.
Mumbai Congress MP Sanjay Nirupam, who is an ex-Sena Rajya Sabha member urged all north Indians to commence this year`s Chhath Puja with special prayers for Thackeray`s speedy recovery.
A resident of Daund, Pune district, Mohan S. Yadav, accompanied by his sons Raj and Uddhav, is camping outside Matoshri to present a mobile phone to Thackeray.
It is shaped like a car and has an exclusive ringtone, `Jai Bhavani, Jai Shivaji` specially made for Thackeray. Yadav and his sons Raj and Uddhav rode on a motorcycle to present it to Thackeray after he recovers.
Thackeray`s huge statue made of sand in Gujarat`s coastal village Thangad is drawing large crowds of admirers. Its sand-sculptor, Rajesh Muliya, inscribed a "get well soon" message on it.
A teacher from Ulhasnagar, a town in Thane, Prakash Mali, has written a letter in his own blood with a prayer for Thackeray`s quick recovery.
Meanwhile pujas, aartis and havans continued in temples and public places, besides special prayers in mosques, churches and gurudwaras across Maharashtra for Thackeray`s speedy recovery.


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Jeff Robinson 6/28/2011 11:11:10 AMOutstanding color and detail! #1388772
Tarun Bose 6/28/2011 7:47:24 PMBeautiful floral, Linda. #9493358
Linda M. Walker 6/29/2011 4:22:03 AMThanks Jeff and Tarun...your comments are always appreciated. #9493981
Stephanie Frey 7/28/2011 7:16:33 PMCongrats on your beautiful Finalist, Linda! #9561208
Bill Johnson 7/28/2011 8:05:08 PMLinda, Congrats on your finalist selection. Good luck. #9561685
Kathy Coombs 7/29/2011 2:28:57 AMJust beautiful and so well balanced. #9562556
Linda D. Lester 7/29/2011 5:51:58 AMCongratulations on your finalist! Good luck in the next round! #9563265
Patrick Rouzes 7/29/2011 5:56:59 AMCongratulations & good luck in the next round, Linda! #9563292
Gina Cormier 7/29/2011 6:55:35 AMWTG Linda!!! Congrats on this beauty!!! #9563729
Christopher Budny 7/29/2011 9:29:29 AMLovely finalist, Linda; congratulations! #9564645
Bill Johnson 7/29/2011 1:29:24 PMLinda, Three cheers for your winner!! #9565712
Linda D. Lester 7/29/2011 6:03:04 PMBeautiful....Congratulations! #9567224
Kathryn Wesserling 7/29/2011 6:57:39 PMLike a richly painted china plate - the image is lovely. Congratulations for this gorgeous Winner. #9567388
Amy M. Wilson 7/29/2011 7:10:14 PMBig congratulations on your beautiful Gold winner, Linda!! #9567434
R. J. Laudenbacher 7/29/2011 7:19:13 PMYour floral are just over the top. A big congratulations to you Linda on your gold win! #9567467
Agnes Fegan 7/29/2011 10:16:00 PMCongratulations Linda! #9567865
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JO ANN CLEVELAND 7/30/2011 7:16:15 AMFannnnn.....tastic Linda!
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David M. Montero 8/1/2011 4:29:53 PMBeautiful Linda. Congratulations on your win. #9575017
James Reininger 8/2/2011 2:18:26 PMStunning image. Great lighting. #9577344
Linda M. Walker 8/3/2011 3:35:30 AMThanks everyone...I so appreciate all of your wonderful comments! #9578431
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And What I Think About It...
I am not holding this poor girl's feet to the fire over what she said, but I wish she had used the word "paramilitary," not "Boy Scout". Perhaps the only uniform she's ever seen was a Boy Scout shirt and that's why it came to mind as she tried to describe the horrific ordeal she had been survived. I truly am not criticizing her.
I do think it is odd that the AP chose to use the direct quote, associating the killer's attire with a Boy Scout outfit.
Erin Sheehan, who was in the German class near Calhoun's room, told the student newspaper, the Collegiate Times, that she was one of only four of about two dozen people in the class to walk out of the room. The rest were dead or wounded, she said.
She said the gunman "was just a normal-looking kid, Asian, but he had on a Boy Scout-type outfit. He wore a tan button-up vest, and this black vest, maybe it was for ammo or something." (Source)


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That Handmade Look: Beautiful New Products
Wandering the floor at ICFF, I saw a lot of beautiful, covetable things. Here are some new designs to add to your wish list...or to kindle your DIY spirit.
Shown above:
1, 2 & 3. This Facecord dresser from Fiftytwothousand looks like a pile of firewood...until you open the drawers. Just keep away from open flames.
4 & 5. These beautiful accordion room dividers by Molo remind me of the possibilities present in an oft-overlooked everyday material: paper.
6. Spotted not at ICFF, but at City Bakery before the show: a fun way to dress up your thermostat.
7 & 8. Cover a slat bench with felt? I wish I had thought of that. From r a slat bench with felt? I wish I had thought of that. From Guild Nines.
9 & 10. For me, the star of the show was these funky chandeliers by Rachel O'Neill. Who knew Velcro could be so beautiful?
11. The cubed shape is modern; the chunky knit is just fun. From Merily Studio.
12. I love the funky turned legs on this bench by Christopher Roy...and the idea of using belts to attach a cushion.
13. These colorful wall panels from Horie are made of titanium, but their facets and colors could inspire a cardboard version.
14 & 15. An enormous God's Eye, spotted near the Sandback booth. Like summer camp on steroids.
See More: All ICFF on Apartment Therapy
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Toward the end of the Obama presidency, the work of James Baldwin began to enjoy a renaissance that was both much overdue and comfortless. Baldwin stands as one of the greatest American writers of the twentieth century, and any celebration of his work is more than welcome. But it was less a reveling than a panic. The eight years of the first black president were giving way to some of the most blatant and vitriolic displays of racism in decades, while the shooting deaths of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, and others too numerous to list sparked a movement in defense of black lives. In Baldwin, people found a voice from the past so relevant that he seemed prophetic.
More than any other writer, Baldwin has become the model for black public-intellectual work. The role of the public intellectual is to proffer new ideas, encourage deep thinking, challenge norms, and model forms of debate that enrich our discourse. For black intellectuals, that work has revolved around the persistence of white supremacy. Black abolitionists, ministers, and poets theorized freedom and exposed the hypocrisy of American democracy throughout the period of slavery. After emancipation, black colleges began training generations of scholars, writers, and artists who broadened black intellectual life. They helped build movements toward racial justice during the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, whether through pathbreaking journalism, research, or activism.
On a Friday afternoon in the fall of 2017, a few months after the liberation of Mosul from the Islamic State, a group of neighbors gathered at Mar Mattai, a monastery founded in the fourth century. They unloaded baskets of food, and arranged themselves around a long table in a courtyard. A woman named Niser spread out a tablecloth and put down a plate of dolmas. "It's a way of celebrating that we still exist," she told me. More people were arriving—children, grandparents, cousins, aunts, and distant relations—members of one of the oldest Christian communities in the world who had not seen one another for three years.
Around three in the morning on a cold December Sunday, brothers José and Romel Sucuzhañay began to walk home from a bar in Bushwick, Brooklyn. It was a cloudy night, only a few degrees above freezing, and the houses and stores lining their route wore impassive, nighttime guises—shades drawn, metal grates locked down. Romel had only recently arrived from Ecuador. José, a thirty-one-year-old father of two, ran a successful real estate agency in the neighborhood. The two had spent the evening eating and drinking at a quinceañera at St. Brigid Church, and afterward, they stopped at a local bar called Christopher's Palace. They were feeling the alcohol as they headed back to José's apartment. When they realized that José had left his coat behind in the bar, Romel took off his jacket and draped it around his younger brother's shoulders. They continued to walk up Bushwick Avenue, swaying a bit, arms around each other for warmth and ballast.
As they approached the corner of Kossuth Place and Bushwick Avenue, a red SUV stopped at the traffic light. "Check out those faggots!" the driver yelled out the window. José may have said something in reply. Very rapidly, a man jumped out of the passenger side door and smashed José on the head with a bottle, dropping him to the ground. He then turned to attack Romel. As Romel fled from the man down Kossuth, the driver exited the car, grabbed an aluminum baseball bat out of the vehicle, and began to beat José until someone emerged from the back seat and called him off. The driver was walking away when he saw some movement from José, a twitch of his hand or his leg sliding across the pavement—trying to rise, perhaps—and he strode back, straddled him, and raised the bat high in the air. He brought it down on José's head, again and again, as if he were chopping wood.
After eighteen-year-old Michael Brown was shot and killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, Bergis Jules found himself worrying not only over the horrors of the present, but also over how little of the present was likely to be preserved for the future. The best reporting on the aftermath in Ferguson was being produced by activists on Twitter, a notoriously ephemeral medium. Jules, then an archivist at the University of California, Riverside, had the impulse to start saving tweets, but wasn't sure how. "That whole weekend, watching things unfold, I thought, 'This is a really amazing historical moment; we should think about capturing it,' but I was just talking to myself," he says. The following week, attending a Society of American Archivists conference in Washington, D.C., he voiced his fears en route to drinks at the hotel bar. He caught the ear of Ed Summers, a developer who just so happened to be the author of a Twitter archiving tool—and who promptly programmed it to vacuum up #Ferguson tweets. Within two weeks, he had amassed more than 13 million.
Three weeks after the shooting, Summers blogged about the archive, which he and Jules were considering making public. Shortly thereafter, they received an inquiry from a data-mining company. When they pulled up the firm's website, they read that its clients included the Department of Defense and, ominously, "the intelligence community." What did the company want with the data? And what were the ethical implications of handing it over—perhaps indirectly to law enforcement—when the protesters' tweets would otherwise evade collection? Using Twitter's Application Programming Interface (API), the code that developers use to call up Twitter data, anyone can sift through tweets that were posted in the past week, but older posts disappear from the API's search function, even if they still exist out on the web. The data-mining company was too late to nab a swath of the #Ferguson tweets. (Twitter has since unveiled a "premium" API that allows access to older data, for a substantial fee.) Newly mindful of the risks, Jules and Summers waited almost a year to publish their cache.
Estimated number of times in the Fall of 1990 that George Bush told a joke about his dog asking for a wine list with her Alpo:
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French researchers reported that 52 percent of young women exposed to Francis Cabrel's ballad "Je l'aime à mourir" gave their phone numbers to an average-looking young man who hit on them, whereas only 28 percent of those exposed to Vincent Delerm's "L'heure du thé" did so.
Migrant children were teargassed; carbon dioxide levels have reached three to five million year high; missionary killed by remote tribe
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I think there's a configuration issue with KDE in Sabayon that's hopefully easy to solve. On the announcement for the latest Sabayon, there's this statement:
Unfortunately, it seems that one of the supported desktops, KDE, behaves like this. I was poking through System Settings and trying to install different splash screens, plasma themes, etc, and it seems that KDE downloads these into /tmp before unpacking them. I kept running out of space on /tmp trying to install a simple theme./tmp is now mounted on a very small tmpfs with nodev,noexec,nosuid options by default for greater security. Some exotic programs that insist on writing to /tmp may fail to run and they should be fixed upstream. Writing to /tmp is bad, and you should not use any software that behaves like this.
I'm thinking that there must be some way to tell KDE to use a different directory for /tmp, but I haven't been able to figure out how. Does anybody know how to do this? And if we can figure this out, probably it should be set as the default for new Sabayon installations, so that new users don't run into this.
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AnimeNext Cosplay Pillow Maker Responds to Controversy
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by Mr_Panda » Tue Jun 11, 2013 1:35 am
Or how about as just a big pillow to share?
Seriously. If the user on the first page is done spamming selective pictures of how people use body pillows, perhaps we need a reminder that the portrayal there is selective. They're not "erotic" pillows.
THIS is an erotic pillow: (ok, can't post links right away apparently. let's just try general description: nude shots). Now unless I missed a picture somewhere, NONE of the portraits take on that particular method. It seems there's a big point of contention about labeling these things as "sex pillows." Frankly that we're having the discussion at all seems silly. Last I checked, people aren't routinely humping Superman--pillow or otherwise. Labeling the item this way is misleading and inflammatory. We don't "all know" what they're being used for. I have several anime-themed ones in my living room for public use (ha ha! "use"). They're not confined to one particular purpose. And outside of the Hentai/Yaoi booth that sells the risque ones, I'd never find credence in calling humping their primary purpose either.
I think this is the key point here, and something I've been hitting people on hard in some of my more serious-focus panels on the convention circuit. Would people please stop and think for a second? Avoid signing anything at a convention that doesn't come from the convention itself. Not only are people often drastically mistaken in their interpretation of legal wording on such documents, but highlight: a simple verbal "yes" to taking your photo gives a photographer all the basic rights/ownership he or she needs to do everything most people WOULD like their photo to be used for: "editorial" rights. Display, information, review. So if you don't want to fall into traps like this, ask yourself why you have to sign anything to begin with... and then DON'T.
I don't blame the photographer. He's probably made the right business decision, but who knows? I doubt anyone who is complaining was going to buy the product or his services anyway. So business loss? I certainly consider it a satisfactory close, and if there's something people shouldn't be able to understand, it's why people not even affected by this incident continue to and moan as if they are victims. The harassment factor on the studio's webspaces is downright disgusting. Otaku Internet Thugz.
by fieldy snuts » Tue Jun 11, 2013 2:02 amsnuggling and/or sharing with the option of doing so on the cosplayers ass too
these pillows are a putrid concept. and cmon we don't "all know" what they're used for? what other appeal in there for a pillow with a cosplayer's front and rear assests on display that just happens to be the right size to be mounted on and rubbed with a crotch?
but hey, maybe i'm wrong and there's something perfectly innocent about this
by S.F. Jude Terror » Tue Jun 11, 2013 2:03 amWhat I don't understand, while it's funny and all, is who gets off by humping a pillow? Shouldn't there be a hole in the pillow? Wouldn't it be frustrating to just rub your junk against a soft piece of fabric?
by fieldy snuts » Tue Jun 11, 2013 2:06 am
you'd assume so. getting teased and dry humped with a lapdance is great foreplay...but maybe not all people can get that and are too cheap to buy a sex doll so they settle for humping a pillow with a cosplayer on it.
by S.F. Jude Terror » Tue Jun 11, 2013 2:16 am
I guess.
by Keb » Tue Jun 11, 2013 7:44 am
I knew a girl in university whose boyfriend used to like to watch her hump pillows. Poor girl. Dude was a normal guy too.
by Lord Simian » Tue Jun 11, 2013 10:43 am
Your last sentence is inaccurate, in relation to the rest of your post.
by Arion » Tue Jun 11, 2013 10:55 am
My goodness, that's a serious accusation.
by Keb » Tue Jun 11, 2013 11:22 am
Well in social settings he was okay. Smoked weed, drank, chilled, whatever. Then my roommate told me what her friend told him. It was after they broke up, obv. Still I was like
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My name is Baxter Young, registered sex offender. Since I cannot fuck little boys without our nazi government getting in the way, can I have a Robin or Bucky fuck pillow that's made out of telfon?
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Computer maker Acer is jumping into the Android and Windows tablet market with both feet, but at a press event in New York the company also took the wraps off the Acer Iconia, a futuristic new notebook computer design that opens like a traditional notebook to feature two 14-inch multi-touch displays…and no keyboard. The design enables users to spread their content across two displays and bring up a virtual keyboard when needed, in theory offering mainstream productivity with a ton of screen real estate for enjoying photos, video, and other media.
The Iconia will features two 1,366 by 768-pixel displays protected by ultra-durable Gorilla Glass—and both screens are "all-point" multitouch surfaces, enabling ten points of contact per display. The system is powered by an Intel Core i5 processor, and users can choose to either split tasks across screens—with, say, one application on one and another application on the other—or spread a window across both screens. The Iconic features HDMI output for connecting to an HDTV, and Acer says the Iconia will also be available with 3G mobile broadband options.
Acer is also developing software to support touch-based interactions with applications: a five-finger grab summons the Acer Ring, which enables users to launch applications by quickly flipping through App cards, as well as a virtual keyboard (enabling iPad-like typing), a Gesture Editor, a Window Manager, and a Device Control Console. Users can also summon the keyboard by placing both palms on the lower display, offering a full-size QWERTY layout with international keyboards. numeric keypad, a touchpad, and predictive text input. Acer also offers touch-based access to photos, music, and video, as well as a new SocialJogger (for checking Facebook, YouTube, and Flickr in the same place), MyJournal (for collecting clippings from Web sites), and a Scrapbook for screenshots, notes, photo collections, and more.
Acer hasn't announced release dates or pricing for the Iconia, and so far response to the design seems mixed: although some applaud Acer for taking a bold direction with traditional notebook design—rather like the smaller Toshiba Libretto—others question how productive the virtual keyboard and touch interface can really be with mainstream applications.


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If you talk to Pat Neal long enough -- say, five or 10 minutes -- you'll likely find yourself being recruited by her to become a CASA.
"People see me coming and say, `Oh no, here she is again,'" Neal says. She's been a CASA -- or Court Appointed Special Advocate -- for about a year and is an outspoken proponent of the program.
"Nothing touches your heart more than helping a child, and helping a child who's been abused or neglected will affect you in ways you'd never expect," she says.
Neal is one of 13 CASAs with the Columbia Gorge CASA program, which is administered by The Next Door, Inc. It encompasses Hood River and Wasco counties and is the local component of a national association operating in nearly 800 communities across the country.
CASA trains community volunteers to advocate in court on behalf of children who are victims of abuse and neglect. The program was launched 25 years ago by a Seattle judge who felt that he needed more -- and different -- input in cases where a child's long-term welfare was being decided. He came up with the idea of training volunteers to become involved in the case on behalf of the child -- to become the child's voice in court.
"The CASA is there to advocate only for the child," says Carol Rodrick, program manager for Columbia Gorge CASA. "They're a layperson, an `everyperson' voice on what's in the best interest of the child."
A judge can choose to assign a CASA to a child abuse/neglect case if he or she feels the case would benefit from it, according to Rodrick. The CASA becomes a legal party to the case, and is given access to all relevant court documents and agency reports pertaining to it.
In most cases, the child involved has been placed in foster care while the case proceeds through the months-long judicial process. It's the CASA's role during this time to, as Rodrick says, "find out what's really going on."
"They go on a fact finding mission," she says. "They talk to anyone who will talk to them. It's often like a ball of string unraveling." The CASA meets with the child, family members, neighbors, teachers -- anyone who might offer information about the child's everyday life that may not otherwise come to light. The CASA then writes a report to present to the judge which contains information the CASA believes might be relevant to the case, and any concerns and recommendations he or she has.
After the initial report the CASA acts as a sort of watch-dog on the case in between hearings, staying in touch with the child and family and bringing any changes or concerns to the attention of the judge.
Families who are involved in abuse and neglect cases are often "mad at everyone," says Rodrick. But because CASAs are independent -- not a legal entity or party to any of the myriad agencies involved -- families are often more willing to open up to them.
"They're not threatening," Rodrick says.
When Neal is assigned to a case, she initiates a meeting with the child and the family and explains her role.
"I say, `I'm here as your voice in court. What do you want to tell the judge?'"
Neal says families often give her a list of people to talk to. If they don't, she has her own protocol for investigating.
"I think it's really important to talk to teachers," Neal says. "And, often, neighbors will share things that you might not get from others."
Neal can put anything she feels is relevant into her report. Unlike lawyers, she's not restricted by legalities like hearsay and inadmissible evidence.
"I can say, `The teacher told me this or the neighbor said that'," Neal says. CASAs have no decision-making authority, but the reports are entered as part of the record.
Judge Paul Crowley takes the CASA reports very seriously.
"(The CASA) brings a fresh pair of eyes into the courtroom and into the juvenile justice system," says Crowley, who is in charge of authorizing the Columbia Gorge CASA program.
"They're able to gather information that other professionals involved can't, so they present an additional perspective." Crowley is presiding judge for the judicial district that includes Hood River, Wasco, Sherman, Gilliam and Wheeler counties.
Neal knows the judges take her role seriously; one time when her report didn't get into the judge's hands before a court hearing, he halted the proceedings while a clerk brought him a copy and he read it before continuing.
Neal says one of the hardest parts of being a CASA is that, after completing her investigation, she can't always make the recommendation that the child wants.
"That's hard, especially for the older kids," she says. But she gets satisfaction in knowing she's made a difference in the lives of some children -- that she's helped to ensure they're in a safe environment.
So Neal remains on a mission to recruit more CASAs, but she's up front about the commitment involved.
"It's a great program and CASA can sure use you," she tells potential volunteers. "But you don't want to be another person who comes into a child's life and is gone again."
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The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge
Capcom, PG, rrp $80,
Also Xbox
This stylish romp arrives over a decade after Tim Burton's animated film first mesmerised audiences. The film's style has been perfectly captured but the fighting action is shallow. Players control the nimble Jack, who uses an elastic "Soul Robber" to whip enemies or swing to new locations. The spindly hero can lash opponents from afar and fling them around. Donning costumes can expand Jack's abilities but the combat gets repetitive. Fixed camera views annoy when battling off-screen rivals or hunting for items. Musical boss battles are the highlight, with Simon-says contests against villains like the swaggering Oogie Boogie using terrific songs from the film.
Ape Academy,
G, rrp $80
In attempting to ape Nintendo's WarioWare, Sony has slipped on a banana peel. Bad-boy Wario's challenges were fast, but Ape Academy's pace is languid. Frequent, lengthy loading delays frustrate, and many of the 50 challenges suffer from clumsy controls, ambiguous instructions, or are just dull. The game's strength is its variety. Highlights include monkey soccer, a tense one-metre dash, bowling, air hockey, diving for treasure, protecting a giant banana with a slingshot, and a mountain-top karate fight. But forcing players to endure the solo mode to unlock the mini-games was a mistake, as it's more fun with friends. A dozen mini-games can be played by two primates on one PSP, with players holding the console lengthways between them.
Burnout Revenge,
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M, rrp $90
Also Playstation 2
Revenge takes the hit driving game into overdrive. Cars are weapons, with nefarious tactics rewarded. Rear-ending cars at high speed turns them into flying obstructions that can trigger huge pile-ups and block aggressive rivals. Oncoming traffic and large vehicles must still be avoided, but ramming through other cars at eye-watering speed is the kind of giddy, stupid fun that makes video games so pleasurable. An entertaining new Traffic Attack mode adds precious seconds to your timer for every car you wreck. The title comes from the emphasis on payback for previous crashes, adding to the excitement. Progression through the world tour mode is more satisfying, online multiplayer is terrific fun, and Crash mode better than ever.


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Ten reasons trees are important
In an essay directed to schoolchildren of New Jersey, Joseph S. Illick listed ten reasons why we need trees.
He wrote that trees are our friends because they provide:
- Beauty
- Shade and shelter for people
- Purification of the atmosphere
- Wholesome water (through tree-covered watersheds)
- Protection against drought and flood (by moderating the amount of run-off)
- Food and shelter for wildlife
- Nuts and fruits
- Enrichment of the soil (through leaf-fall)
- Environment for play and recreation
- Wood for lumber, paper, and much more
This list comes from a booklet of 108 pages, titled Common Trees of New Jersey, by Joseph S. Illick, published by The American Tree Association, Washington, D.C., in 1926. The book was written for and provided to the Schools of New Jersey by The American Tree Association.
It is interesting to think of the historic context in which this little book was written. By the late 1800's, much of America's primeval forest had been cleared, and America began to realize that its trees were not an inexhaustible resource.
Arbor Day, on which every school child was urged to plant a tree, was first held in 1872 in Nebraska and was soon observed by other states (on various schedules: occasionally, regularly, and sometimes nationally.)
Illick's booklet, provided to New Jersey schools by the American Tree Association in the late 1920's, was addressed to school children with the intent of capturing their interest and enlisting their efforts for a lifetime, just as Arbor Day did.
The children of the 1920's became the CCC tree planters of the 1930's. Certainly, they had more pressing reasons than the love of trees to join the CCC, such as the need to earn money so their families at home could eat! Still, sometimes they must have remembered their study of trees in school and felt encouraged that their work was important to the nation.
I am most familiar with the history of forestry in Missouri but I believe many forested areas in Kentucky and throughout the South and West endured similar treatment by logging companies and farmers:
Around 1870, the citizens of Missouri had begun to use natural resources for profit. Timber mills flourished and vast forests of pine and oak were leveled, sawed, sold and shipped. Over-fishing of streams was common (dynamite became a new fishing tool) and an almost total annihilation of game turned the land lean. By the 1930's the lumber mills were gone as were the forests and game. Soil erosion and water pollution had begun due to the clear-cutting, slash-burning, and continued farming of slopes. This was the condition of the land when the forest service began restoration in the early 30's. When the Great Depression rolled across the United States, thousands of young, unemployed men joined the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). CCC camps were established in the newly formed national forests. During the 10 years the Civilian Conservation Corps was active, Corpsmen planted thousands of acres trees, built fire lanes, and constructed recreational facilities across the national forests. Much of their work is still evident.
Source: History of the Mark Twain National Forest
My husband's father worked in a CCC forestry camp in Minnesota during the Depression. He planted trees, and he also learned how to cut a tree with dead-eye accuracy using cross-cut saws, as the workers cleared the way for roads, campgrounds, and buildings in what became today's national and state parks and forests.
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A winner was selected from 44 designs submitted by 16 freelance designers.
We would like you to design a professional logo and new colour scheme for a software and solutions company that will drive our re-brand – inspire us!
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We want a clean looking logo which takes us beyond simply using the words 'colony101' as we do at present. Part of this project is to provide a new colour scheme and we would like you consider this
As this logo will be used on our website and all printed materials we need a colour and black and white version. It would also be nice if the device worked as a 16x16 .ico.
The name Colony101 was inherited and you shouldn't read too much into its meaning. Our main business is email marketing software and related services.
Here is our current website but don't be too influenced by it.
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Now We're Getting Somewhere
Now that felt like a February sweeps episode.
You know, one of the best and worst things about a Carlivati/Valentini-helmed show is that, as a result of both Carlivati's approach to storytelling as well as Valentini's approach to consolidating and block-taping in order to best keep the show budget down, the storyline wealth tends to get spread around. The latest Soap Opera Digest has an interview with Ron Carlivati in which he talks about how Brian Frons used to jokingly call him a socialist because he rotated stories through so many cast members while Frons thought that the best approach was to find your stars and give the vast majority of the material to the heavy hitters (yeah, we noticed that influence on GH for a damn decade and most of us nearly lost our minds). The great thing about this is that even if some storylines are driving me completely insane, there are always about fourteen other storylines to lean on (see The Bold & the Beautiful for an example of a show that currently gives 90% of its material to one small group of characters and one dominant storyline, and it is torture all of the time if you don't totally adore that plot and those people).
The worst thing about this is that soap viewing is kind of a full-immersion process. Three episodes in a row with a certain focus and that aren't really to one's tastes start to feel like THIS IS ALL THE SHOW IS NOW! Anyone who watched last week and last week only would be pretty damn sure this is a ridiculous show about vampires, doppelgangers, some clown named Todd being wacky, and Carly generally being horrible. While I'm sure some viewers had a blast, I was hurting, y'all.
You get the point. But the last couple of days we're back on a track that hurts me a hell of a lot less.
Now, just in case any viewers didn't start watching till the 90s and feel like that was the heyday of the show, the cornucopia of 80s nostalgia we're getting might not be all that much fun and the show might really feel like... not GH. But today was totally the GH of the last 17 years, y'all, because SONNY'S LOVE REDEEMED A WOMAN. You know, like it does. Obviously.
Sonny apparently rocked Connie so fantastically in bed that she wept.
Wept! Oh man. This show slays me.
Anyway it was apparently the happiest moment of Connie's "entire life," which... huh?
She was blathering on about how it's been so long since she'd had sex (other than the revenge sex with Johnny) and I was trying to figure out who Connie was sleeping with before considering she's an alter. God this D.I.D. story is a mess.Anyway apparently the sex was so pure and beautiful and life-affirming that it made Kate re-emerge, so Sonny is going to wake up next to a different "person" from the one he fell asleep with, which is surely no less than he deserves. I wondered how Kate will feel that Sonny "cheated on her" with Connie. Ha! I mean is that how it works? Oh hell, there's no "how it works" because they are just making this shit up on whims as they go along and every new bit of it is making me laugh even harder than the last.
Meanwhile, Sabrina was floating around the show today being... Sabrina. Which is a heavy load to bear since she is the worst. After she couldn't stop crying at the Haunted Star Valentine's Day party (which really differentiates the Haunted Star from no other place in the world, because there is nowhere that Sabrina doesn't cry or isn't on the edge of tears, though while she's AT HER JOB she's definitely in the most emotionally expressive and shaky place), she decided to head into work where she could really have a much better cry.
So here's the greatest, most hysterical sequence of the day: Britt puts on a fake face and horribly fakes apologizing to Emma for their "misunderstanding."
Emma was not having it, and bolted immediately.
Off she ran!
And SURPRISE, SURPRISE, guess who just happened to be right there to catch her and comfort her.
Shocker! Her favorite babysitter and first choice for new Mommy! WHAT A COINCIDENCE.
Oh, Afternoon Television Program, subtlety is just nowhere on your menu now, is it?
Anyway, the whole sequence was a laugh riot and I'm still scratching my head if this is any sort of insane attempt to move Sabrina into any kind of romantic situation with Patrick. It's important that whoever Patrick dates next does care about his daughter. But it's equally important that whoever Patrick dates next is A GROWNUP. And there certainly weren't any adult women in that room.
I've decided that this is a terrific storyline where they are putting all the perfect building blocks in place for Patrick to go ahead and adopt Sabrina so that she can be Emma's big sister! And then perhaps as Sabrina's new father, Patrick can foot the bill so she can get some therapy for her emotional development problems. (Was anyone else thinking that, however horrible Britt most certainly is, her letter to Monica was spot-on at least in the part where she was saying Sabrina's crush on a doctor was negatively affecting her job performance? BECAUSE IT IS. I so wanted Britt to add in a line or two about Sabrina's really terrible habit of "running off crying" AT WORK. And possibly include a photocopy of Sabrina's nursing school notes, which most surely have margins full of giants hearts with arrows through them and "Mrs. Patrick Drake" written inside.)
Okay, so those were the chunks of today's episode that I had fun watching for the sake of mockery. On other hand, there were things I was legitimately thrilled about. Shall we review?
1. Spinelli not being intolerable and actually seeming to care more about his lovely girlfriend Ellie than his ex. (Also file under the "subtlety no longer on the menu" category, there was a big fat Pixar product placement in that for the movie Up. Which NATURALLY is Ellie's favorite non-science-fiction movie. Or something.)
2. Now we're getting somewhere with Frisco. He wasn't really making much sense thus far. The writing was all over the place (as was the acting), and Frisco just wasn't familiar to me. He wins the "Worst Father Ever" Award for sure (just give Lucky another 10 years away and ignoring his sons, though, he'll have competition -- he wouldn't even recognize his boys now!), but he was never just a total dick in actual personality. So I didn't quite know what was going on. But now, what I hoped would happen has happened. Maxie finally confessed her secret to somebody -- because who has less of a right to judge her than Frisco, and who has more of an obligation to back her up no matter what?
Frisco: I'm watch you'd call a "fixer." I get paid to kill bad guys. And from where I'm standing, you're a bad guy.
Hell yes. There's some Frisco Jones. He may be the most unreliable son-of-a-bitch who ever lived, but when he does show up? He shows up. Shit gets real. And he doesn't even know yet what Britt pulled on Robin's daughter. If they're true to that history and he finds out the whole story, Frisco's warpath toward Britt is going to be scorched clear through.
3. Steve got stabbed, Steve got stabbed! (I say with all due apologies to Steve fans. Are there Steve fans? Steve got stabbed!)
And Olivia's horror-movie scream in response was just art.
It's like there's some Delgado up in here, people!
4. And last but most certainly not least, Luke and Laura!
Luke and Laura flashbacks!
The Ice Princess!
Scotty Baldwin!
And of course Scott entered with a quip. "Who you callin' ugly?" I'M GIDDY.
Whew. Hell of a roller coaster today. I'm sure I'll want to throw things at vampires tomorrow, but this was a damn good time!


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Paul Hisler, a resident of Forest Hills, was arrested in the 112th Precinct in connection to one of the 14 burglaries in the area, according to James Evangelou, bureau chief of Career Criminal Major Crimes Bureau with the Queens District Attorney.
He added that the suspect, who has a criminal history, was also in possession of an air pistol and attempted to evade police following the arrest.
"He has two violent felony convictions, and in this case they are both house burglaries," Evangelou said.
He added that Hisler is currently behind bars at Rikers Island for violating parole and on $560,000 bond for those crimes and faces a minimum of 16 years to life in prison, if convicted.
"He is a career criminal," he said.
The 112th Community Council president Heidi Chain made a post on the group's new Facebook page last Friday, informing residents that police did in fact make an arrest.
"The captain was dead on when he said he believed the person responsible was a local resident with a history," Chain wrote.
While Captain Thomas Conforti said he believes the suspect is responsible for the pattern of crimes, he added, "There might be other people responsible, but we haven't determined that yet."
Conforti added that residents should, "remain vigilant, and if you see something give 911 a call."


text: NWSB Insider Brandon Choate brings us his reasons why the Seattle Seahawks should be the featured team on HBO's Hard Knocks series. With the upcoming team competitions, the overwhelming personalities on the team, and the ability to show off their facilities and uniforms, the Seahawks would be the perfect team. Lets see Richard Sherman, Doug Baldwin, Pete Carroll, Mike Williams, Tom Cable, Ken Norton Jr. and the rest.


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VENICE, La., July 9 (UPI) -- The captain of a Russian sub says his submersible could cap the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico.
Yevgenii Chernyaev told BBC News in an interview published Friday there still was time for the Russian sub and its twin to help in the gulf, where oil has been leaking since April 20, when the Transocean Deepwater Horizon rig leased by BP exploded, then sank two days later. Eleven rig workers died in the explosion.
Chernyaev said that his team has discussed the oil spill on several occasions and the Russians would be ready to assist, but only if things were done right and the decision to ask for help came from the government level. He said the pair of the subs were probably the only deep-sea vessels in the world capable of stopping the leak.
"We need a team of international specialists and we have to know all the details and probably even build a special device to attach to the subs, and all this needs time," Chernyaev said.
The pilot said the two subs, which can dive to 19,685 feet, can work and submerge simultaneously.
"Also, they are powerful enough to work with any other additional equipment," he said.
The subs currently are searching for gas hydrates, a potential alternative fuel source, at the bottom of Lake Baikal in Siberia.


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The Spain international joined the Blues from Liverpool in 2011 for £50 million but has come under intense criticism during his time in London after failing to replicate his best form for the west Londoners.
Mourinho says people expect more from Torres because of the reputation he built for himself while at Anfield, scoring 65 goals in 102 games, but says perspective is needed.
|Chelsea are 9/4 with bet365 to win the Premier League next season
"There is a balance. Normally, the tendency is to say it was a big mistake. It was a big mistake because it didn't work."
The former Real Madrid coach also insisted that owner Roman Abramovich never involved himself in the running of the team during Mourinho's first spell with the club.
"Never, never during my time did the owner interfere in the basic things of the manager – training sessions, team selection, the profile of player I want to bring, " he added.
"Do you want to know the truth about [Andriy] Shevchenko? I hope the board is not upset with me. We wanted to buy Samuel Eto'o, he was our target. We wanted Eto'o and the owner was more than ready to do everything to bring Eto'o here.
"He was the player I wanted. Why? Because Eto'o was the only player I could play with Didier Drogba, changing the system for two strikers.
"But he was also ready to play with Drogba with the system we had at the time, with three attacking players with Eto'o coming from the sides. I did the same with him at Inter Milan. We wanted Eto'o and the boss did everything to bring Eto'o and Peter Kenyon did everything.
"In the end, Barcelona said, 'We don't sell, forget it, forget it. Not any price'. The owner did everything to get him, but it was not possible.
"After that, we went to other options and got to Shevchenko. I was happy with him.
"Even with the top dogs – when you buy for £30m, £40m, £50m, or £60m – sometimes it doesn't work. It doesn't mean you or the club made a big mistake. It just doesn't work."


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Non-secession White House petitions also surge
A breakdown of We the People petitions filed since the election.
The White House's online petition site We the People has been inundated since president Obama's reelection with more petitions than at any time since its 2011 launch.
About 37 percent of those 187 new petitions are from disenchanted Americans who want their state to secede from the union. Another 5 percent are from people criticizing or mocking the would-be secessionists.
Nearly 58 percent of the new petitions are unrelated to secession, though. Those 108 petitions alone represent the second-largest crop of We the People petitions. The only larger batch came just after the site's September 2011 launch.
Here's how those non-secession petitions broke down as of noon Monday:
Weed doesn't lead: For once marijuana legalization is not prime among petitioners' concerns. Six of the 108 non-secession petitions advocated for looser marijuana laws. Eight petitions sought improved rights for gay, bisexual and transgendered people, the most popular non-secession topic. Seven petitions related to health care reform and six focused on immigration reform.
Liberals and conservatives more evenly split: About 27 percent of the non-secession petitions advocated for a traditionally liberal position compared with 19 percent that supported a traditionally conservative position. This is a stark change from a similar Nextgov analysis soon after We the People launched, which found conservatives were almost wholly absent from the site.
We the People's long tail: The drumbeat for secession had died down by Monday but some current events watchers were clearly still being drawn to We the People. As of noon, six new petitions had been filed condemning Israel's recent bombings in Gaza. There were no new petitions, however, related to other post-election news such as negotiations over the fiscal cliff and the FBI investigation into CIA director David Petraeus's career-ending affair with his biographer Paula Broadwell.
International focus: Reflecting a trend in We the People petitions, about 10 percent of the new non-secession petitions focused on international disputes, many of which the U.S. wields no authority over other than through statements and persuasion. As with the first round of We the People petitions there are no petitions directly addressing the U.S.'s military commitments abroad although one petition does advocate ending drone strikes.
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Kersten, a senior from Logan, Iowa, helped lead the Warriors to an eighth-place finish at the National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) / Cliff Keen National Duals in Springfield, Ill, from Jan. 7 - 8. In the 184-pound weight class, Kersten went 5-0 as he posted four pins in five matches. In the team's seven-place match on Jan. 8, Kersten pinned No. 7-ranked Josh Manu of Missouri Valley. Kersten improved to 11-6 on the season and a perfect 6-0 against NAIA competition.
The next Wrestler of the Week announced will be made on Jan. 18.
Nominees: Brian Block, Morningside (Iowa); Courtney Freeman, Cumberlands (Ky.); Andrew Johnson-Carter, Missouri Baptist; Allen Scruggs, Campbellsville (Ky.); Pat Nord, Jamestown (N.D.); Adam Joseph, Concordia (Neb.); Richard Rios, Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.); Mitchell Lofstedt, Southern Oregon.
2012 Composite Award Winners
Week 1: Kody Kersten, Midland (Neb.)