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An 11th-hour dispute between Chris Brown and prosecutors led to the singer rejecting a plea deal in his misdemeanor assault case that would have meant no jail time or probation for the performer.
That's odd, Brown always seems so agreeable.
The latest chapter in Brown's justice system saga emerged late Wednesday in Washington, D.C., Superior Court, when it was announced Brown had rejected the agreement in which, according to the Washington Post, he would have pleaded guilty to assault for allegedly punching a fan outside the W Hotel in downtown Washington.
Sources told the Washington Post that Brown had agreed to the plea deal earlier in the week, but that about two hours before the start of Wednesday's hearing, his attorneys notified prosecutors that they were rejecting the offer.
"If they want a trial, that's what they're going to get," said Mark J. Geragos, Brown's attorney.
Reportedly, Brown and his legal team objected to the prosecutors' description of the alleged assault, which he was supposed to read during Wednesday's hearing in settling the case.
Prosecutors contend Brown, along with his friend and bodyguard, Christopher Hollosy, 35, struck Parker Adams, 25, of Beltsville, Md., after Adams tried to take a picture of himself with the entertainer. Hollosy was found guilty of assault. Brown and Hollosy also face a $1.5 million civil lawsuit filed by Adams.
Brown's attorneys claim Brown and his bodyguard acted in self-defense. Brown's next court appearance has been scheduled for Sept. 8.
Brown also rejected a plea deal in the same case in January.
Brown was briefly jailed earlier this year when a California judge ruled the singer had violated the terms of his probation from his 2009 assault case on former girlfriend Rihanna. He was released on June 2.


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of course,for the top two pictures we would have to use a ule body on the classic rail, to make use of the cocker threads. This is, I guess, the only way to get the APEX on the marker, and still get to drill into the rear of the rail for the stock.
of course,for the top two pictures we would have to use a ule body on the classic rail, to make use of the cocker threads. This is, I guess, the only way to get the APEX on the marker, and still get to drill into the rear of the rail for the stock.
best so far, i think...well without the bipod.Originally Posted by famousgamer
The PVC shroud as pictured my not work well with the Apex. It may cause the paint to come in contact with the inner portion of the shroud and due the backspin -- make the balls "wing" out of control.
Just an observation.
You'd be better off getting this for a 14" barrel: http://www.hotshotpaintball.com/merc...oduct_Count=17
Yes. Yes that is true. That adapter would rock worlds. I guess if you out that at the end of a quiet barrel the noise will be lessened? It aint the APEX making the 'crack' noise I dont think. Quiet, far, and kinda accurate. Best of most worlds. Thanks for the find.
I liek that one too Troen, and it is one of the more expotic so far. I also think it would be the most easy and fun to reload. The Qloader is in a spot where most of the weight is balanced (while remote) and the grip on the Qloader cover is in a nice spot, and should feel natural.
Personally, if the tank were still on the marker I might lean towards...
Thats just a fancy shroud wrapping the Q housing and a stock. This is actually my personal fave at the moment, if I leave the tank on the marker. The tank should balance out the hopper on the front of the marker, and it might feel quite light in the hands.
EDIT: oh yeah, forgot to mention, in that shroud it leaves room for the foregrip, if one wanted ot still use it to life the Qloader heavy front.
I see all the pics of the Qbow ION but what about the orginal
Ugh. Putting the barrel UNDER the stock which travels through the users head and mask still seems kinda strange to me. Longbow... you puzzle me.
There is no way you have enough mask clearance on that thing. I still think using a dogleg stock or the tank itself is the best option. Famous, me and you agree. Your favorite is mine as well.
well, with us getting a little closer, we can open a voting thread soon, and poll to see what is whos favorite.
edit: and yes, those doglegs seem great to me, air thru or not.
The drawing that I posted, I noticed you never made a photoshop of it� I was joking about making any money I should have put one of these ( ) at the end, I really don�t care. Did'nt mean to scare you off, sorry.Then again if you just did not want to use it, thats cool too.
Well, in that case... allow me to reintroduce... the Moe...mag... automag.
That is sweet! You moved the ASA right up to the bend so it would allow for tank clearance. I just might have to make one of my own like that. Thx.
that looks pretty sweet. Especially if you replaced the custom 1piece forgrip/stock with a palmers stabilizer to keep liquid co2 out in the cold, and a lapco drop w/ stock: http://www.pbreview.com/products/reviews/2087/Originally Posted by famousgamer
with that setup, its 80$ for the Qloader, 90$ for the stabilizer, 240$ for the warp right mag, 10$ for the sight rail, 50$ for the drop/stock, say 20$ for the tank, around 50$ for the sight.
so far thats $540
370$ cheaper
and if you wanted the apex tip on a good barrel: Barrel of choice *average* 60$, apex barrel for the tip 120$, apex barrel adapter: 25$
thats $205 more, because apex doesnt sell their tip seperate.
grand total: $745
still 165$ cheaper than longbow.
and as a bonus, these are all off-the-shelf parts.
Last edited by FinchMan; 01-24-2006 at 11:49 PM.
Could someone please thank that person for leaving these next pictures on the Special Ops site. Thanks so much. Now, lets get to work...
I have shown the eye line, and the line where your eye wants to be. Even with the tightest fitting paintball mask on the market: the Vforce Profiler (correct me if Im wrong) the mask STILL bumps up against the mask, not allowing the face to reach the sight line.
Seriously, if one were able to cram their head down far enough to actually see down a red dot mounted on the top rail Id be impressed. They would be a grand yoga master, and worthy of respect. Unfortunately, at this point the marker would be so high the stock would come off the top of the shoulder, becoming more of a tail ormiment rather than an aiming aid.
This is better. Ahhhh. No more cramathon to make use of all that space above your Longbow. Sorry bout the choppy photoshoppin. It does illustrate the point tho. As an added bonus to not having your head at a 45 degree angle all day just to aim, you also get to look left AND right while still shouldering your marker. Personally, I would place the stock even lower, towards bottle height.
Ummm, can you say "ouch". How about...
"Cant come into work dude. Got the WORST neck pains from playing paintball"
" Did you get shot in the neck?" asks the co worker.
"No man. Aiming. AIMING!"
Ahhh. I almost FEEL more comfortable looking at that picture.
I would like to plainly state that the person holding this marker for the pictures is doing the best he can. You simply can not fit behind that thing and hold it properly with a mask on, and this is no fault of his own that he can not look down the sight rail. Him and his dad have been a huge help tho, so thanks alot for helping with our new design guys.
This is important because I am not slamming this guy. I am very grateful. I am slamming the Longbow stock placement, and I want AGD to ramp up their woodsball platform and bulldoze this error and create a new woodslayer!
ok, I have not read any thing on this thred, but I did look at all the pictures. and I was thinking I have not seen any bull-pup design.
like making the kit put the trigger on the fore grip connected to the sear by cables or whatever, and having a kit house the air tank, and sholder prop and have the Q-loader or Warp feed on one side. and have a barrel shoud or something that the player can hold for stabization and grip.
like a Styer AUG or a Einfield L85
Or another thing I just thought of, mounting the Q-loader on some of your posted disigns in place of the foregrip. like a true clip reloading feel?
Just some more concept doodles. Ill try some more with the Q as a grip.
just wanted to fix the top one from the other post. Hmmm, kinda weird huh?
Is this the most compact paintball gun to ever have a 12 oz co2 and 100 round capacity? I might venture to say... perhaps.
Last edited by famousgamer; 01-25-2006 at 04:53 AM.
how do I post pics on here?
go something i did on MS paint from one of you pics, but I can't post it or PM it. do you have an email by chance I can send it?
Not the best looking, but it is somehting I havn't seen.
All art is welcome, and we are quite forgiving. Its the concept and idea thats important after all.
Go ahead an get a photobucket.com account. Its as easy as signing up for a forum. Then upload your pics onto your photobucket, and then copy/paste the pictures IMG code.
You will notice three bars beneath each pic on your photobucket pics. If you paste the IMG one it will appear as that same pic on these forums.
Ask any questions if you hit a snag.
for some reason, it is small. the grey thing in the middle is the Q-loader. the blue thing is the air supply. the little grey thing is an optional foregrip.
That pic is actually quite clear, buit yes a little small. Photobucket holds memory, not picture dimentions. That means you should save yer pics at a lower quality, and they will show up as their size on yer computer if everything goes okay.
I will experiment with that q setup. People worry about the ground clearance, and wear and tear when it faces downwards, but I have seen it done on the q site, and it looks cool.
I was rather uphappy with the fact of having to buy both the Longbow kit and the Qbow kit to make my Qbow that I have contacted Britt from UMS and he is doing a custom Qbow kit for me.
Once he is done Il will post pics but I do agree with the sightline idea.
Fast target aquiring is the name of the game. the faster you aquire your target the the faster the elimination will come and hence less paint used.
I have shot Rorys (for SpecOps actually the one in the picture I post earlier) marker and it felt good but as you pointed out you still have to try and tuck your head lower then it can go.
I have a scenario this weekend but the marker is getting sent off next week so as soon as he is done, Ill post pictures.
Our only concern is how to make the magwell for the qloader to fit to the body. The rest is relatively easy
also, with that qsetup, the marker may have some ballance issues unless we had a drop forward or ran remote.Originally Posted by famousgamer
This is excatly what i want i already own a tac one and since agd don't make warp tac one frames. this is a great alternative to q/long bow owners this is what i had in mind to do when my longbow comes in. it would be cool if you can fold it right up when you are not playing. the cool thing about the bracket is that you can get them larger and longer for the bigger players.
Divanx, I hope that your custom milling exceeds your expectaions, as you deserve to have a killer marker setup after buying 2 longbows! The information that you pass along to us here has helped, and will help even more when you get that marker back.
I agree with LONEWOLF, and no TAC ONE frame users should be left behind. To really get that TAC ONE working all one would have to do is get that stock lower down. Spec Ops custom hand mills all those shrouds by milling sheet metal (with the holes, logos, etc.) cutting and then bending the metal. A mill shop should be able to cakewalk through this, tho I am not sure. If the rear shroud is all you gotta make, and if you got the other longbow parts to use, this would work out nice for vert feed users. If a millshop can do it with no problems, and relativley low funds, then I might consider going vert frame as well.
On top of this, a folding stock would realy be tops. In this case we could just make some type of interface that allows all tippy a-5 stocks. That would provide some huge variety.
Ninja said that the Longbow has "plenty of sight clearance" on the Spec Ops forums. Maybe you just didnt see all the pics here, where I raised the contrast up. You can plainly see the eye aint gonna reach a sight without pullling some serious yoga all day, and that 'clank' of your mask making contact whenever you wanna target someone. Neither is fun, or effective, or worth the 900 dollar price tag.
One could use risers tho, yes. Or a two inch tall red dot. One could build a stack of risers on any marker for that matter, but why not just fix the problem: the stock placement.
EDIT: or maybe you just thought the photoshopped version with the lower stock and raised hands was the picture originally sent in. Check it out...
The original is this...
and in the photoshopped version I made these following changes:
- raised up both hands and the marker to meet the eye line
- lowered the stock to make room for the mask/head
You will see that the eye line has become the sight/red-dot line
Really what I wanted to do is straighten the head so it isnt on an angle. No one should spend all day playing paintball like that.
Wth the head straight, aiming is easy, aim with either eye, snap shooting becomes a reality, you can look left AND right without un-shouldering your marker, etc. We could give plenty of reasons why a gazzilion paintball players shoot ONE way, and not the Longbow way. There is no reason to have your head clunked against a stock post all day, as it only will effect your paintball in a negative way.
Last edited by famousgamer; 01-25-2006 at 06:19 PM.
I noticed this thread, and it peaked my interest, I'm new but I do have some input. It seems that your going with, or leaning to a Warp feed, and some kind of Railing for a Reflexive Scope. But this clearance thing is raining on your parade, for some ideas, I'm into airsoft and paintball, but they have elevated Scope Rails maybe you could use.
For Copy Right purposes they won't allow me to provide a direct link but.
http://www.redwolfairsoft.com/redwolf/airsoft/Category go under where it has listed AEG/AEP, scroll down to "Accessories", and then on the other browser to the immediate right , go to "Scope Rail & Mounts" I have an G&G GR16, possibly a CA M15A4 soon, I was thinking about attaching a ACOG to the top of my S.I.R. and I realized I still want to use my Iron sight, so I'd have to get an elevated Scope Rail, to still be able to use my Iron sights, and use the Scope, because I took off the Carrying Handle.
P.S. I'm probably going to get a TAC-ONE Soon, it's a great weapon, and similar to my M4 in specs, the Selective Interface RAIL system I have on the foregrip, etc.
EDIT: If this does help you, I have hundres (literally) links to para-military and military sites, I can help you track down something to mount on the common 20mm accessory rail which appears to be the dimension you'll be using.

here's a good thread:
Excellent designs man, keep em coming!
Last edited by borph; 01-25-2006 at 09:58 PM.
ReTroMag: XValve, ZBody, 12" Lapco Bigshot .697, Extreme Rage Omega body rail, Armson folding foregrip, ProLine Autoresponse (intellifed), Dye Stickies, Adco Hot Shot
Hopper: 12v VL Revolution (XBoard, Vortex) WarpFeed (Bigcell), ProTeam Pro Feed
Remote: 3K Flatline, Furon coiled hose, Staubli ProConnect QD w/shut off, Smart Parts gas-thru stock, Back Bottle Adapter, microline, 1+2 made from an Army surplus gas mask bag
Very nice setup, it looks awsome. I like the idea of mounting the qloader there when running remote.
How do you like the zmag?
One nice thing i see on the qbow, and a few of the concept drawings, is the long picante (sp) rail. It would be cool to get a semi-custom sight rail that mounts like a normal one, but has a long picante rail that runs the length of the body. It would only work on warp bodies, but I think it would be pretty cool...
Last edited by FinchMan; 01-26-2006 at 02:04 AM.
Thanks very much! It's taken me years to assemble coz so many of the parts hadn't been made in such a long time. Thank goodness for eBay and AO Classifieds!
I've been pleased with the Zbody in spite of it's gimmicky backspin control. It's fun to mess around with off the field, but not something I pay much attention to during a game.
Galactic Systemz went outta biz and now there's nowhere to find parts if something breaks. Wonder why AGD doesn't acquire rights to manufacture defunct aftermarket parts.
anyway, check this design:
Originally Posted by FinchMan
What a great setup Borph. Wow. I never figured you could get so much clearance by mounting the asa at the rear like that and use an air thru. That z frame is nice too. The sight rail is the perfect height, and I bet you cant even feel the Q loader weight with it so central like that. I even like the extended foregrip. Well done.
I am personally going to be picking up my own marker to start modding soon. I am very close to deciding the initial setup, and wanted to clear everything with you guys first. Ill post later tonight with my wish list.
Also, if anyone is interested, last time I looked there was a Z body on Ebay for fairly cheap. If you are interested, do an ebay search right away and hopefully it is still there.

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Do you have video?
Hope this post works...sorry for the pathetic trigger work. It was hard enough for me to figure out how to video. This is using Procap paint I bought at Goodwill for $2.99. Many dimples and smelled like rotten fish. I forgot to turn the loader on, but die corn die!
Can't do the hopper mod? You could still use your warpfeed muscle man.
It is cheap to do, but takes time and patience. You really only need a couple fittings and epoxy from hardware store. I would love to see someone come out with a shell and inverted feedtube made for this mod. No feedtube on bottom and add some screw holes to customize attachment location.
Rail to hold hopper? Prototype to come...
I used part of PTP warp bracket (standard warp bracket works too) and the front of a KAPP Cradle (< $8). A few wraps of electrical tape and it holds it solid. I wanted to bring this out with the rail as a kit, but interest in one would set interest of the other.
Minimum quantity too high?
I willl be buying one of each setup so the number will come down. I just didn't want to be the first 2 and now the only 2 on the previous presale list.
Priced too high? Body mod costs...
See my post about the lowest price opportunity. XMT has a lot of time into it and deserves to be compansated for his great final product.
Another body option you say?
I didn't want to bring this up unless sales were slow... Well, the rail could be milled, leaving the feedneck portion unmilled. This opens up a completely new setup for warp right (still needs to be tested) & vertical ULE bodies (new pics posted). This would offset the feedneck for stock class. A custom feed tube mod could be attached to the rail securely.
Would the AM/MM length be a better option?
I decided on RT to offer more options. If AM/MM would sell better the change can be made.


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Hurd is a member of BPA (Business Professionals of America), NHS (National Honor Society), and the HHS tennis team. He holds leadership positions as BPA President, Study Cup Marketing Director, and varsity tennis team captain.
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Weather and drought seemed to be a recurring theme for stories in 2012, while a rash of homicides and a massive methamphetamine ring bust dominated crime news and a Shawnee community showed patriotism while mourning a local sailor killed at war.
Water worries and restrictions, a burn ban and city of Shawnee politics also made news, along with many notable moments in local sports.
Sailor killed at war Eric Warren, 23, died in May while serving in Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. The 2008 graduate of McLoud High School was a hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. As his remains returned home in a processional of police escorts, residents from the community gathered with American flags in hand and saluted the hearse as it traveled the route from Interstate 40 to Resthaven Cemetery in Shawnee.
Methamphetamine bust
Law enforcement's war on drugs continued to make headlines in 2012, including several methamphetamine busts followed by a massive meth raid June 27.
More than 125 state and local law enforcement officers gathered in Shawnee that morning and disbursed to various locations as numerous arrest warrants were served simultaneously. After it was over, more than 40 were arrested, including several high profile targets in the Shawnee area. Trials are pending for most charged in the case, although some have pleaded guilty and were sentenced in charges they faced from the ordeal.
Drug agents said the raid shut down a major supply of Mexican meth coming into the area.
Criminal cases involving former teachers
A pornography case that began in 2011 involving a former McLoud teacher continued in 2012 as the Pennsylvania man also charged in the case was extradited back to Shawnee in March and both appeared together in a Pottawatomie County courtroom for a preliminary hearing in May.
Kimberly Ann Crain, 49, Shawnee, and Gary J. Doby, 66, of Bloomsburg, Pa., face 18 counts of sexual exploitation of a child under age 12, one count of conspiracy to commit sexual exploitation and one count of lewd molestation. Crain also faces 11 counts of possession of juvenile pornography.
Crain taught third grade at McLoud Elementary School until she resigned amid an ongoing investigation on Nov. 28, 2011. Prosecutors allege Crain, while working as an elementary school teacher, took photos of as many as 14 young girls while they were changing clothes, either while in her classroom at the school and some at her home. She then is accused of sharing those images of her students with Doby. Both are scheduled for separate trials in January.
In another case involving an educator, a former Bethel teacher was arrested for inappropriate contact with a student in August and was formally charged in September.
Wendy L. Hickman, 40, is accused of having sex with a 16-year-old male student. Hickman, who was beginning her third year as a freshman English teacher at Bethel, resigned Aug. 21 and was arrested in the case the following day.
Hickman is charged with second-degree rape and is accused of having sexual intercourse with a 16-yearold Bethel High School student on or about July 28, at which time Hickman was age 40 and an employee of Bethel High School. In a count of soliciting sexual conduct by use of technology, Hickman is accused, between May 1 and Aug. 21, of facilitating, encouraging, offering or soliciting sexual conduct or engaging in communication with the same teen, who is a minor, by use of a cell phone and by sending sexually explicit photographs of herself to that teen for the purpose of instigating sexual contact, the charge reads. According to court documents, Hickman was the teen's English teacher during the 2011-12 school year. Her preliminary hearing in that matter is scheduled this month in Pottawatomie County District Court.
Homicide investigations
A slew of homicides were investigated throughout the year, with most occurring in the fall months.
The first murder occurred in February. In that case, Heather Checotah, 23, is charged with firstdegree murder, deliberate intent, for the Feb. 5 stabbing death of an Oklahoma City woman in the parking lot of Chapel Ridge Apartments, 130 E. 45th. Checotah is accused of stabbing Gina Raechel Swain in the chest with a knife. Her case is scheduled for trial in January.
Three suspects from Oklahoma City face charges in a Pottawatomie County homicide from Oct. 8. Charged with murder in the first degree are James Isaac South, 35, and Bradley Austin Keith, 28. Charges allege they caused the death of Albert L. Rider, 53, of Norman, by shooting him in a Pottawatomie County roadway. A third defendant, Michael Preston Choate, 24, is charged with second-degree murder in the case. The three are waiting scheduling of preliminary hearings.
Joseph Neay, 22, is charged with murder in the first degree, deliberate intent, for the Nov. 2 stabbing death of his stepfather, Marty Lee Jones, 45, who was found dead in his home.
Pottawatomie County's latest homicide occurred Dec. 6.
Jerrod Murray, 18, of Asher, is charged with firstdegree murder, deliberate intent, in the shooting death of his East Central University classmate, Generro Sanchez, 18, who was killed and left in a ditch north of Asher.
Authorities in Lincoln County continue to probe the death of 35-year-old Gustavo Barragan Valencia, who was found dead near Wellston Oct. 24 with gunshot wounds to the head. The homicide remains unsolved.
City and government news
Several government issues made the news in 2012, including city, county, and state elections.
Mayor Wes Mainord was elected to Shawnee, Mainord replaced then-Mayor Linda Peterson. Two new commissioners were also elected to the city commission – Linda Agee for Ward 2 and Keith Hall, Ward 4. They replaced Ward 2 commissioner Frank Sims and Ward 4 commissioner Billy J. Collier.
The Pottawatomie County District 2 seat went to republican candidate Randy Thomas in a threeway race against democrat Bryan Richards and independent Scott Reynolds.
Republican newcomer Justin Wood was elected to the State House District 26 seat, after Kris Steele was unable to run again because he termed out.
Republican incumbent Josh Cockroft, District 27, retained his seat against Randy Gilbert, and republican incumbent Tom Newell, District 28, retained his seat against Marilyn Rainwater.
In February, Shawnee citizens voted down several sales tax increases that would have led to capital improvements, including a sports park. Nearly 80 percent of voters turned down the tax increases.
The proposition that was approved included a change to the city charter, which allowed new commissioners to be seated in September, instead of November.
In August, after the commission voted to sever an 18-year contract with the Greater Shawnee Area Chamber of Commerce, the chamber filed a lawsuit against the city to uphold the contract.
The city moved to create a new entity to promote tourism, and to be funded through the Hotel Occupancy Surcharge, which had been going to the chamber.
In the same month, the city counter-sued and Judge Cynthia Ashwood-Ferrell granted a temporary restraining order to the chamber. This kept the city from placing the Hotel Occupancy Surcharge elsewhere, and allowed the chamber to continue running normally.
After the new city commission was seated in early September, negotiations began to update the contract. In December, the chamber Board of Directors voted to approve the new eight-page contract. This will allow the chamber to continue promoting tourism, but also calls for more regulation from the city commission.
The contract is expected to approved by the city commission in January.
Weather, drought and burn ban
The area saw weather in many extremes for 2012.
Due to a drought, many farmers were worried about how their crops would fair until harvest. Additionally, Tecumseh Lake was dry, which required Tecumseh to purchase treated water from Shawnee in March.
Less than two weeks later a heavy rain came and caused some minor flooding in some areas. However, the flood caused no major problems.
However, by July, a new drought plan had been approved by the city of Shawnee, and was put into action. This plan reduced outdoor water use for Shawnee residents, and per the contract, further required those purchasing water from Shawnee to follow the same plan.
Those purchasing water from Shawnee included Tecumseh, Meeker, and the Pottawatomie County Development Authority.
In early August, wildfires erupted across the state, including Earlsboro, McLoud, and Shawnee. After the massive fires, Governor Mary Fallin declared a statewide burn ban.
The statewide ban was lifted after more than a month.
The drought continued through the rest of the year, and will likely leave central Oklahoma nearly 7 inches below normal for precipitation.
Notable moments in sports
News in the world of sports also dominated headlines in the News-Star.
The past year was big for many local sports teams, for reasons both good and bad.
In March, Oklahoma Baptist University student Ivan Maciuniak — a member of the men's swim team — died following an accident in OBU's pool. He was 22.
Maciuniak, just one week before his death, helped Oklahoma Baptist's firstyear program win the 2012 national championship at Oklahoma City Community College.
At the high school level, Shawnee's Lady Wolves capped a 29-0 season by defeating Tulsa East Central, 45-41, to claim their first-ever Class 5A state basketball crown. It was the second time in history that the Lady Wolves finished a regular season with 20 or more wins, and it was only their second time to make an appearance in the state tournament.
Shawnee's girls' track team also claimed a Class 5A state crown in 2012, topping all entrants in May at Yukon High School. It was their second title since 2009.
Dale's Pirates recorded a 10-0 run-rule victory over Latta to claim the Class A fall baseball state title in October. The Pirates also shut out Silo, 11-0, in May to claim the Class 2A spring crown.
This brings the total of fall and spring titles for Dale's baseball program to 19.
Dale's Lady Pirates plundered Latta by a 13-2 count in the Class 4A slow-pitch state championship game in May to win their first-ever slow-pitch title.
Prague's Lady Red Devils reached the Class 3A state basketball finals in March, and came away as runnersup following a 64-50 setback to Millwood.
Chandler's girls reached the 2012 Class 3A basketball quarterfinals, where they fell 54-47 to Kansas.
Oklahoma Baptist's men's basketball team reached the 2012 NAIA Finals, and finished as runners-up following a three-point setback to Concordia.
Reporter compiled by Reporters Kim Morava, Carmen Bourlon and Sports Editor Jason Smith.


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I know that we have already had a couple of chats now. We talked about how you got drunk one night and didn't show up to work and we have talked about how you could improve yourself.
I want to now talk to you about awards.
I love getting awards from my followers and posting about them. Most of the awards are given out in such a way that you know why you are getting them and how you were chosen to receive said awards.
I am just curious about how you go about BON'ing people. You know the Blogs Of Note that you post about. How do you go about picking a blog for this distinguished honor? I have looked at a lot of the blogs that you have BON'd and I can't find a single way that you pick them.
I have noticed that the number of followers can be very low or very high for a blog that you pick. Some of the blogs have a lot of posts and some of them have very little posts. I have seen that some of the blogs you have picked have just started blogging and some have been around for years. I have also noticed that you pick some blogs that are here on blogger and others that are not even related to blogger.
Some of the blogs have been worthy of being BON'd while some of the others have not in my mind been worthy. I mean you BON'd the Netflix blog for fucks sake.
Can you just tell me how you go about picking a blog to be BON'd? Because I can't for the life of me figure out your selection process. Do you just get drunk and blindly pick them or is there some actual process that you go through?
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Hi guys!
I happened to write a tutorial on how to create free MP3 ringtones using mp3DirectCut (I noticed there are already hints about using MpTrim and Audacity in the forum, so I hope this one will help too!).
You can find the tutorial (and its future updates) here, but for your convenience I've copied it down here.
Have fun!
0. Tools of the trade
To create a ringtone from an MP3 file, all you need to do is cutting it to obtain an audio track with suitable length. A free tool to do this is mp3DirectCut (please have a look at the audio resource page to get it).
Of course, your phone has to support MP3 ringtones to use them!
1. Install and run mp3DirectCut
mp3DirectCut installation is straightforward; once completed, use the icon added on the desktop to launch the program.
When the program is run for the first time, it will show the Configuration window open on the Operation tab for language setup: choose your preferred language, and set Mouse selection method to Left = set begin / Right = set end.
If you choose a language other than English (default), you have to restart the program for the changes to take effect.
You can always access this window from the Settings -> Configure... menu.
Click on the image to enlarge it in a new window
2. Open an MP3 file
Open the MP3 file from which you whish to obtain your ringtone through the File -> Open... menu, or drag&drop the file from the Explorer window to mp3DirectCut window.
3. Select the interval to cut
Use the horizontal scrollbar and the Play button to find the beginning of the selection to cut. The view section can help you, as it shows the audio levels: low levels correspond to silence, which are useful for the choice of the beginning and the end of the selection.
Use the left button to set the beginning of the selection; to check it, use the =>|.. and |=>.. buttons. If needed, the selection beginning can be fine-tuned editing the Selection text field, or using the arrow buttons in the scroolbar to move frame by frame through the audio stream and clicking the Set begin button once you have found the right position.
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The end of the selection can be set in a similar way, using the Play button and the horizzontal scrollbar; it can be set by clicking with the right mouse button, and can be checked using the ..=>| button.
Click on the image to enlarge it in a new window
If you make anything wrong, you can use the Edit -> Undo selection change menu.
4. Save
The selection is now highlighted in the view area; to save it in a new MP3 file, choose Save selection... from the File menu, enter a name for the file and save it: now you can send the newly created file to your phone to use it as a ringtone!
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Thanks for this information mate. it was useful. :pray:
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McKenna Spillar and Vanessa Gonzalez got to experience the feeling of going to the 5A state cross country championships last season, but it wasn't a completely fulfilling trip. That's because their teammates weren't with them. That won't be a problem in 2012.
Led by Spillar's third-place finish in 18 minutes, 35 seconds, Dakota Ridge placed second as a team — one of five teams eligible to qualify for state — with 65 points at the 5A Region 1 cross country championships at Clement Park on Oct. 18.
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After nineteen years on this planet, throughout which he endured shocking levels of ostracism, abuse and rejection, this week gay filmmaker Eric James Borges decided shit actually wasn't getting better and took his own life. In the It Gets Better video he shot one month ago, Borges describes his lifelong odyssey through various rings of hell-on-earth: he'd been teased since kindergarten, his parents tried to perform an exorcism on him when they learned he was gay, he was bullied throughout high school. (Source)
The "It Gets Better" crowd continues to act counterproductively, as they have increased the visibility of the gay agenda's campaign for super rights. When has anyone proclaimed "Heterosexual History Month"? If we are to celebrate historical achievements by remarkable people, why bring up their sexual orientation at all? What difference does one's sexual orientation make in a great invention or discovery? Who among us speaks in the following way: "Albert Einstein, a great mind and influential scientist, who was also heterosexual, is the originator of the theory of relativity"?
If people genuinely wish to discourage gay teen suicide, they very much need to rethink their basic assumptions concerning the subject and look at whether gay suicide has increased or decreased with its increased societal visibility and if there is even any direct relationship between the amount of bullying an individual receives and the likelihood that he will kill himself. While I'm sure it must feel very satisfying to blame everything on "homophobes" and insufficient societal admiration, the weight of observable evidence doesn't presently tend to indicate that they have much, if anything, to do with the actual problem.
In the meantime, whoever is behind the "It Gets Better" program should do a much more careful job vetting its spokesmen, since at the moment, it looks an awful lot like an inadvertant homosexual suicide campaign straight out of the movie Heathers. All they need is a video featuring a cheesy 80s band singing "Gay teen suicide, don't do it!" Recruiting unstable young men to lie to teenage boys simply isn't a long-term prescription for success.


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PRINCETON, N.J. - On Wednesday May 1, three members of the Columbia women's lacrosse team were named All-Ivy League as announced by the league office. For the second consecutive year, attacker Kacie Johnson was a first-team selection, becoming the first player in program history to receive the first-team honor twice. Sophomore Paige Cuscovitch's gritty play this season earned a second team selection and senior Kelly Buechel caps her final season with an honorable mention nod.
One of the best athletes in program history, Johnson capped her phenomenal career in standout fashion. The program's all-time leader in points completed her tally with 249 points. Her points total ranks fourth all-time in Ivy League history, surpassing former Ivy League Players of the Year Jacque Weitzel(248) and Lauren Holleran(243) of Dartmouth.
The senior holds the Columbia career goals record with 161 and assits at 88. She finished this conference season leading the Ivy League in points (67) and goals (52). Johnson is without a doubt one of the best offense players in the history of Ancient Eight.
After a breakout sophomore season that earned the midfielder an All-Ivy League Honorable Mention last year, Cuscovitch continued to show well in her junior season. She stands at the top of conference in groundballs with 47 and helped the Lions lead the league in the category with 301. She broke the program's single-season record for caused turnovers with 38, surpassing Amanda Goodhart's ('12CC) mark of 29 set last season. Her season totals in both groundballs and caused turnovers, rank third best in the nation to date.
The Longmeadow, Mass. native, started in all 15 games and tallied 28 goals and four assists for 32 points this season. To cap the year, Cuscovitch received the program's Adrian Walters Award. This award is given to the member of the Columbia lacrosse team whose passion for competition, enthusiasm for the game, and unwavering dedication, inspires those around her to better themselves.
Kelly Buechel returned for her final season to be a leader and force on the field for Columbia in 2013. Beuchel was a strong all-around player this year posting 22 goals on the offensive side and added 17 caused turnovers, 36 draw controls and 27 ground balls to her solid season.
2013 Women's Lacrosse All-Ivy League Selections
Attacker of the Year
Erin McMunn, Princeton
Midfielder of the Year
Shannon Mangini, Penn
Defender of the Year
Kate Ivory, Cornell
First-team All-Ivy (14)
A – Hana Bowers, Dartmouth
A – Micaela Cyr, Harvard
A – Nicole Daniggelis, Yale
A – Bre Hudgins, Brown
A – Kacie Johnson, Columbia*
A – Erin McMunn, Princeton*
A – Lindsay Toppe, Cornell
M – Courtney Bennett, Dartmouth
M – Sarah Lloyd, Princeton*
M – Shannon Mangini, Penn*
D – Kate Ivory, Cornell*
D – Meg Markham, Penn*
D – Caroline Rehfuss, Princeton*
GK – Lucy Ferguson, Penn*
Second-team All-Ivy (12)
A – Meredith Cain, Penn
A – Devon Rhodes, Yale
A – Caroline Salisbury, Cornell
M – Abby Bunting, Brown
M – Paige Cuscovitch, Columbia
M – Maddie Poplawski, Penn
M – Audrey Todd, Harvard
D – Liz Bannantine, Princeton
D – Mariel Jenkins, Harvard
D – Kelsey Johnson, Dartmouth
D – Erin Roos, Brown
GK – Caroline Franke, Princeton
Honorable Mention (6)
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A – Caroline Bunting, Penn
M – Danielle Tetreault, Harvard
M – Kelly Buechel, Columbia
M – Sarah Hefner, Cornell
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The Foodtruck Café, 28557 Woodward Ave., celebrates the grand opening of a new concept in street food with a free buffet from 5:30-8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 19.
Known for three unique food trucks — Air-stream Espresso, Nacho Ordinary Nachos, and Sideshow Sandwich Emporium — parked on the inside, Foodtruck Café is serving up the flavors of your favorite street food within a casual dining area.
The Air-Stream Espresso is open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday. The Sideshow Sandwich Emporium and Nacho Ordinary Nachos both open every day at 10:30 a.m.
For more information, visit Foodtruckcafe.com.
Pure Water Oakland event
Pure Oakland Water will hold its first public event – An Evening at Cranbrook with Jim Nash — from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, July 25 at the Cranbrook Institute of Science, 39221 Woodward Ave.
The gathering will include hors d'oeuvres, dessert and a cash bar as well as free rein of the science museum, including a traveling dinosaur exhibit.
Tickets are $60 per person for this family friendly event. Children under 10 are admitted free. Tickets can be purchased in advance or at the door.
For additional information, contact Alyssa Atkinson at email@example.com or 248-858-0663.
Pig & Whiskey
Pig & Whiskey, an annual outdoor summer event in downtown Ferndale celebrating barbecue and whiskey, opens with a kick-off party presented by Jack Daniels from 6 p.m.-midnight Friday, July 19, on East Troy Street between WAB (Woodward Avenue Brewers) and the Emory.
The event, co-sponsored by the Metro Times and WAB, continues from 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Sunday.
In addition to barbecue and whiskey, the free, all-ages festival will also feature live entertainment, a large local beer selection, a craft whiskey cocktail tent and outdoor games.
Food and drinks will be available for purchase.
For information, click metrotimes.com/pigandwhiskey.
RuPaul's Drag Race
The contestants of "RuPaul's Drag Race" (Logo TV) perform live on stage at 9 p.m. Wednesday, July 24 at Royal Oak Music Theatre, 318 W. Fourth St.
It will be a "Battle Of The Seasons" as the winners of seasons 4 and 5 face off with the runner-ups. Michelle Visage (one of the show's judges) will be the emcee.
General admission tickets (standing room only) are $30 and reserved seats are $50. They are on sale now at the theater box office (248-399-2980), ROMTLIVE.com and AXS.com. Tickets may be also charged by phone by calling 1-888-9-AXS-TIX.
All $50 tickets and Gold Circle tables include a meet and greet with all the stars after the show.
Ages 18-over are welcome with valid government issued photo identification.
Summer Readers' Fair
Middle and high school student volunteers are needed to help with the games for the Summer Readers' Fair from 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Friday, July 26 at the Royal Oak Public Library, 222 E. 11 Mile Road.
All children who participated in the 2013 Summer Reading program are invited to attend the outdoor event, which will include games, activities, train rides, plus the chaos obstacle course and a tropical maze. Socks are required in the obstacle course and maze. No registration is necessary.
Volunteer registration is requested. For more information, contact the teen staff at 248-246-3725 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Wild Beasts, Wild Wine
The Detroit Zoo is holding its 2nd annual Wild Beasts, Wild Wine event , which includes wine tasting, music, tram tours and zookeeper talks, from 6-10:30 p.m. Friday, July 26.
Advance tickets for the 21-over event are $35 until July 19 online; or $40 online or at the gate. Designated driver tickets are $20 and include zoo admission, parking, and soft drinks.
For tickets, visit www.detroitzoo.org/events/wild-beasts-wild-wine or Booth 1 at the front of the zoo.
Travelogue In Jazz
The Southfield Public Library, 26300 Evergreen Road, will host Stu Johnson's new program, Travelogue In Jazz, at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, July 24, in the Library's Meeting Room.
Johnson's Travelogue in Jazz: The States, takes us to Vermont, Georgia, Texas and other states in between. His presentation includes slides focusing on the features of each state including images of major attractions and views, flora and fauna, structures of interest, people, and more. Accompanying the slides, the audience will listen to jazz recordings that include the locations in the song titles.
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Now that the NHL has returned from yet another lockout, the league needs to try and advance the game back to where it was in the mid to late 90s and prior to the lockout that cost the league a whole season.
So how do you go about doing that?
First off you have to get hockey back on people's radar, more than just the one time a week it is now.
Crawl back to the 'worldwide leader' and beg them to take you back. Love or hate ESPN, it is where people go for sports television. This step is so important that even if you have to take less money and have the majority of your games on ESPN2, do it.
More people have or know where to find the 'deuce' than have or know where to find the NBC Sports Network, formally known as VS.
If people are stuck inside when it's dark at 5 p.m. and the high during the day was 15 degrees, and they happen to flip through channels and the choices are poker or the NHL, you just might get some people to watch. Even if it's for 10 minutes, and they see something in that time period that makes them watch for 15 minutes next time you have started to build a new fan.
Which leads to my next step, start youth programs like the NFL and MLB in order to help build a new fan base. If you get a new fan at age 8 chances are they will at least be a casual fan by age 18. Building a new fan base is a major problem for a large segment of current hockey fans who live by the notion, "if you don't like hockey your loss". Which is fine until not enough people care about your sport that you have Stanley Cup Finals games on a network that no one has heard of, or that you have to buy an upgraded cable package to even have.
Hockey fans are often classified as a Cult following, which is great but you need more than the 20,000 people in the arena to care about your sport.
Which is the next step to fixing hockey, and one most people have heard about. Contraction and or relocation. Get hockey out of the desert Southwest, and who exactly thought it would be a good idea for a hockey team in South Beach?
There are too many markets that have an NHL team without even the 20,000 fans in the arena. Step one contract Phoenix, Florida, Tampa Bay, and Columbus. These teams don't have the fan support or the want to, to win. Yes, I know the Lightning won a Cup, but does anyone in Tampa? This is about financial viability as much or more than it is about on ice success.
Now you have a league that is down to 26. Besides eliminating poor fan bases you also improve the play on the ice by getting players out of the league who don't belong.
Now put teams on notice, Nashville, Dallas, Anaheim, the Islanders, and Carolina to start. And tell them if you don't improve as a franchise and grow you fan base in the next five years, we will move your team to a city that can support a team, which would most likely be north of the border, like Québec City, Hamilton, or a second team in Montreal or Toronto.
Having spent the last half decade of my life in "Hockeytown," a.k.a Detroit, I know that Canadians care more about hockey than Americans could ever care about football, let alone hockey. Detroit, which is one of a few prospering franchises in the league, has their arena packed with Canadians who come north across the river on a nightly basis.
The problem with this idea is that the NHL doesn't grasp the concept. They moved teams from Quebec, Winnipeg, and Minnesota to Dallas, Phoenix, and added a team in Atlanta for a second time, that failed for a second time. It took Denver decades to get an NHL team, and the one they got was from one of the biggest cities in Canada.
Now that there are fewer teams going forward with my next ideas will be easier. Cut the number of regular season games. No one cares about an October game between Nashville and Calgary. A sub-point for this argument is increase the number of match-ups between Original Six teams, in other words give your fans who care what they want. Ten times more people are going to care about that same October match-up if it where Boston and Chicago, or Detroit and Toronto. By shortening the regular season you can get hockey into the months it belongs. When its 85 degrees out in June, people aren't thinking I have to catch that Stanley Cup game. But if it were being played in April, when it's still cold out and all you have to compete against is the early season MLB, the chances your viewership goes up are more likely.
Now that you have a smaller league it makes it even more necessary to cut the number of teams that make the postseason. When half your league makes the playoffs, it kind of makes most of your regular season meaningless. This one is also going to be a hard sell because last season you had an eight seed win the Cup, and the NHL is king when it comes to 8s taking out 1s.
It sounds great on the surface but having a team win your sports championship that finished under .500 is a black eye for your league. It also gets back to viewers and fans. People are more likely to watch or be interested in teams that have talent, or that they have seen on TV or heard about through the regular season.
This is just a simple surface look at what could be done to improve a sport that has done nothing but shoot itself in the foot over the majority of its existence.
The hardcore fans will point to changing the on ice game as being more important. But I feel it is more important to build on your future and than make the changes when you're sitting in a more stable position.


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A patient at the Clarion Psychiatric Center confessed to setting a fire that burned down her daughter's rental home in Slippery Rock Township last month, authorities said.
The suspect, Jennifer Brown, 42, of Clearfield Township later told her story to police investigators.
"She was upset about where her daughter was living," said state police fire marshal Trooper Dwayne Baird this morning. "She thought the living conditions were deplorable and wanted her daughter out of there."
So, authorities suspect Brown on Feb. 13 set the small house at 137 Etna Road on fire.
"She said she started it with a lighter," Baird said. "She lit a bedsheet that was on the floor."
Investigators believe Brown then left the house, walking about one-half mile to visit a friend of her daughter's on Route 173.
Christine Lipke, Brown's daughter, and her two young children were not at home and no one was injured in the fire.
Police arrested Brown on Tuesday and charged her with arson, causing or risking a catastrophe and criminal mischief. She was arraigned and placed in the Butler County Prison on $10,000 bail.
On Friday the Clarion Psychiatric Center contacted police. One of their patients, the defendant, had made a troubling admission about a fire.
Brown, who lives at the Ridgeview Boarding Home, had earlier voluntarily committed herself to the psychiatric facility, according to police.
Baird said he interviewed Brown at the barracks in Butler Township.
"She told me, 'This is what happened,'" the trooper said.
The house, owned by Chad Snow, sustained about $180,000 in damage. Authorities believed he had insurance. Lipke did not have renter's insurance.


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Nebraska Captures Third at GARC Championship
Oxford, Miss. - The Nebraska rifle team fired a 4,647 to finish third overall at the Great America Rifle Conference (GARC) championships this weekend. NU's performance included a season-high 2,312 in smallbore and a 2,335 aggregate score in air rifle. The Huskers finished behind match champion West Virginia (first, 4,705) and regular-season champion Kentucky (second, 4,690) to earn their second third-place finish in two years at the GARC Championship.
After earning a 2,312 in smallbore for third overall in the first day of competition, NU took to the air rifle range with a comfortable lead over fourth-place Army (2,297). The Huskers finished with a 2,335 in their second team event of the competition, securing their third-place position in the championship match. The Huskers' top performance on the day came from junior ReAnn Wilson, who fired a career-high 589 to lead Nebraska in the discipline.
The Huskers will take momentum from their third-place finish as they look forward to their final match of the year, the NCAA Championships. The championships will take place on March 8-9 in Columbus, Ohio and will be hosted by Ohio State University.
GARC Championships
1. West Virginia - 4,705
2. Kentucky - 4,690
3. Nebraska - 4,647
4. Army - 4,645
5. Ole Miss - 4,634
6. Memphis - 4,632
7. NC State - 4,618
V Navy - 4,623
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Oxford, Miss.
Air Rifle: 2,335
ReAnn Wilson - 589
*Janine Dutton - 588
*Denise Martin - 586
*Katelyn Woltersdorf - 583
Magdalena Mical - 579
*Kelsey Hansen - 579
*Sunny Russell - 579
Marissa Major - 575
Alexandrea Lorentz - 570
Joyce Kim - 565
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With loud and thunderous action-blockbuster "2012" and its spectacular special effects we're in for constant rushes of adrenaline, but along with the action, which is typical for Aries, comes the motif of a new start, another Aries-analogue: In order not to suffer complete extermination by the catastrophic forces of nature, the leaders of the world decide to secure mankind's survival after the model of Noah's Ark. But those who are not part of the program have to fight for survival on their own...
An excitingly sensual college-beauty (Megan Fox) is literally transformed into a man-eater possessed by a greedy demon after a Satanist ritual, performed by some rock band she hung out with, went wrong. Thus "Jennifer's Body" is all about the Taurus-Scorpio-axis. A nice teenager-horror-flick based on the popular motif of "Beauty and the Beast" – who are both sharing here the desired body of a woman that is (not only) the (teenage) incarnation of sex…
A group of friends hopes for interesting holidays, a variety of entertainment and fun (all typical Gemini-activities) in a beautiful tropical couples resort. Yet the couple who initiated the trip tricked them – they are at couples paradise in order to save their marriage with the help of some unusual therapeutic methods. Now "Couples Retreat" with sometimes slightly witty humor narrates how the other three couples are forced to confront their own relationship problems by strange encounters with sharks or oversexed yoga-teachers.
"Hachiko: A Dog's Story" is a very touching, Cancer-like story about the deep bond of friendship between a college professor and a puppy he finds and raises. Every evening Hachiko meets the professor (played by Richard Gere with his well known heartwarming presence) at the station – even when he's not coming any more because he died from a heart attack, the dog waiting for him every day. Hachikos love and loyalty moves the whole town and also us sitting in the theatre. The story borders dangerously close on kitsch, yet it is told with heartwarming sincerity and not too syrupy.
A wedding usually is a huge feast, a party full of joy and lust for life and thus an event of true Leo-energy. In "Silent Wedding" ("Nunta muta") a young couple's wedding in a Romanian village is supposed to be just like that. But unfortunately it's the year 1953 and the great Stalin had just died. In Romania a time of official mourning is declared and it is not allowed to celebrate at all. How the villagers and wedding guests still have a good time and what the consequences are, testifies to the power but nonetheless also to the repression of Leo-energy (by Saturn and Pluto)…
The award-winning documentary film "Alone in Four Walls" ("Allein in vier Wänden") reports from a reformatory for juvenile delinquents in Ural. In its unspectacular approach the film focuses on the everyday life these boys, aged eleven to sixteen, have to lead there. Many of them – mostly convicted for theft or murder and coming from very low and neglected environments –experience proper care and regular daily routine for the first time in their lives. Accordingly in a very Virgo-typical way the film shows many images of this everyday life, that is shaped by simple duties and useful preoccupations.
"Love Happens" is quite your usual romance with a little depth. Three years after his wife died self-help-guru Burke wrote a book about mourning and is quite successful. Yet he still has not confronted his own grief. Then he meets Eloise, who's working hard to get over her last romantic disappointment. How these two slowly become closer, learn to see each other and feel forced to give up their masks is a Libra-story containing some Scorpio-motifs.
Especially the German title of "Law Abiding Citizen" ("Gesetz der Rache" – literally: "law of revenge") points to the Scorpio- and Capricorn-qualities of this new vigilante-thriller starring Gerald Butler and Jamie Foxx, where a desperate man utterly disappointed by the judicial system, becomes a dangerous killer. The Scorpio-motif of revenge and destruction is addressed against the Capricorn-analogy of state and law – we can also see current Pluto in Capricorn here ("I'm gonna bring the whole system down on your head"!). The question is posed, if the price a society is willing to pay in order to maintain its functionality, is too high, when it means that strong bonds and emotions and intense experiences of loss have to be abandoned. One image struck me as a perfect illustration of the Saturn-Pluto-conflict: the half-naked avenger is lead away by a heavily armored SWAT-Team under the eye of the very correct and business-like district attorney…
Set in the world of Big Business, with a protagonist, who as a high ranking executive turns informant for the FBI against the illegal price-fixing activities of his company, vigorously making this his mission, "The Informant!" is a real Sagittarian movie. The Sagittarian quality is moreover emphasized in Marc Whitacres (Matt Damon) delusional megalomania, which leads to his own criminal activities as well as to the largest price-fixing case in the US, and it also shows in Whitacres diagnosis with bipolar (manic-depressive) disorder.
Very reduced in form as well as in story, the Finnish film "The Visitor" (Muukalainen) tells the tale of a mute boy, who with his mother lives a hard working, isolated life in the woods, while the father is in jail. When a wounded visitor becomes a part of the boy's and his mother's life, circumstances start changing… The reduction in dialogue, color, narration and the motifs of hardship, responsibility and guilt, but also the atmosphere of gloom and hidden menace add to the films Capricorn-quality.
Michael Moore, director of famous documentary movies, likes to present himself as an entertaining yet provocative revolutionary. In "Capitalism: A Love Story" he again raises uncomfortable questions, this time addressed to the financial world. And as always he is looking for idealistic visions of a better world, Aquarian ideals, which he shows in the real world for example in a house squatting or in a company, where every employee has the same salary (as it seems fit to the Aquarian credo about "freedom, equality, brotherhood").
An extraordinary combination of the Capricorn-theme guilt with motifs of Pisces comes to the screen in "The Door" ("Die Tür"). A man burdened with guilt discovers after several years a door, that leads to the parallel world of his past, where he can get a second chance, the chance to not become guilty. He tries to be a better husband and father than his younger Ego was, but in order to do that, he has to kill himself. This might as well be read as a dissolution of the Ego – which is a Pisces-theme, just as the parallel world, a world of assumed or borrowed identities, where the danger of disclosure is omnipresent, a world where fathers want to be guardian angels. Maybe Saturn wanting to become Neptune?
The Cinemascope is meant to give an overview of current movies and their main themes from an astrosemiotical perspective (i.e.: regarding film as semiotic system and translating it into the astrological semiotic system). A well made movie not only has a story and a certain theme, it also provides a special atmosphere, a certain feeling and it draws us into its very own world. This basic quality that is contrived through characters, plot, setting and many other components also translates into one or more astrological principles. Quite simply: a fast-paced action-flick confronts us with plain Aries energy, a horror-movie evokes Scorpio-like abysmal depths and fears etc. We step out of the theatre and – if the film succeeded in sucking us in – find ourselves dwelling on and engaging in that special energetic quality.
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Huskers Will Set College Night Record in KC
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Sometimes, the last one in becomes first and best at the same time, and that's what Nebraska will accomplish in its first ever "Huskers Night at the K" Saturday night in a 6:10 p.m. game against the Boston Red Sox at Kauffman Stadium. The Royals will honor Big Red fans while KC continues its amazing ride to relevancy. Talk about timing. The baseball gods are kicking in full force, and Nebraska will set a College Night record with a sellout of its 5,100 ticket allotment for this special promotion night that will feature two Husker MLB All-Star players, each owning multiple Gold Glove Awards.
To help celebrate the Huskers' initial experience in Kansas City's special College Nights, Darin Erstad will throw out the first pitch, plus join the Royals' telecast crew as an in-studio guest. "I'm not surprised we sold a record number tickets," said Erstad, Nebraska's head baseball coach whose family purchased nearly 50 tickets of its own. Jessica Erstad, Darin's wife and a member of the UNL Alumni Advisory Council, was the driver behind such support. "We're excited to show our support for Alex Gordon, his teammates and the entire Royals' organization," Jessica said.
Michael Stephens, Nebraska's assistant athletic director for Marketing and a former member of the Royals' marketing team, said the Huskers' first College Night is the result of collaboration among Athletics, the Alumni Association, the Office of Admissions and the Huskers Athletic Fund. "The experience will benefit our fans, current and prospective students and even donors," Stephens said. "We have a huge alumni base in Kansas City, and with the way this special promotion has gone, this should become an annual event that we hope can become even bigger."
Collaboration Takes College Night to a New Level
Derek Engelbart, UNL's Director of Alumni Relations, said the first 1,500 Husker fans through Gate B with Nebraska-specific tickets Saturday night will receive a red-and-white baseball cap with a KC insignia. Engelbart said the Royals "have done a great job" of trying to reward other Husker fans with some sort of gift. "We've taken College Night to a whole new level, and it has been a unique collaboration," he said. "I love the way it all unfolded and the way we've all worked together." Amber Williams, UNL Director of Admissions, agrees. "This is an excellent event, and we're happy to be part of it," she said. "It's a wonderful opportunity for Kansas City to see the pride and the passion of our alumni, fans and students. We're excited that we can have representatives available throughout the event, so we can answer any questions a student might have about UNL."
Chris DeRuyscher is a primary catalyst for Nebraska's maiden voyage into College Night at the K. In his 13th season as the KC Royals' Director of Event Presentation and Production, DeRuyscher and his skilled team are at the cutting edge of game day production. DeRuyscher oversees all aspects of CrownVision, the largest high-definition video board in Major League Baseball. His team recently won the Golden Matrix Award for Best Production in Major League Baseball, Best Production in Professional Sports, and Best Show Open. He also received the President's Award, and CrownVision won its second straight Best Open Show last year. Did we mention that DeRuyscher, a native of Germany and a high school graduate in Leavenworth, Kansas, received his bachelor's degree in Broadcast Journalism and Mass Communications at UNL? Before joining the Royals, he worked at HuskerVision for four years, giving him the training and the ingenuity to create a world-class standard.
Kansas City Still a Strong Recruiting Foothold
"I knew that Nebraska would be a huge success and had the potential to blow everyone else out of the water," DeRuyscher said. "No fan base steps up to a challenge better than Nebraska's, and once the word was out, I knew we'd crush the record."
DeRuyscher contacted Huskers Sports Network General Manager Dave Witty, who directed the Royals' Baseball Network before joining IMG College. Witty contacted Nebraska Executive Associate Athletic Director Marc Boehm, who wanted to seize the opportunity to set a record. "Thankfully, Nebraska saw the importance of the opportunity and jumped all over it," DeRuyscher said before adding that his alma mater understands how important it is to keep a strong recruiting foothold in the Kansas City area.
"I enjoyed every second I spent at Nebraska, every second I spent at HuskerVision and love doing anything I can to help promote the University," DeRuyscher said. "With our huge fan base here, Alex Gordon's success and the team's surge, we're all very excited not only for Saturday, but for the future as well. I hope Husker fans continue to pack the stadiums for years to come!"
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I've been around for a while, I never really post though. Too many slashes.
I would also like to set forth that if you dont know how to polish your on off pin or bevel your sear you arent an "old" timer. Though even those arent old techniques, that was more the golden era when you could choose from a cocker, an angel, or a mag. Then you had those really creepy people that liked the shoe boxes. Remember the mayhem it caused when the powers that be decided you had to have a trigger guard? And it had to be the factory installed trigger guard? Man that really killed the trigger shoe market.
Kosmo For President '08, '12, '16... However long it takes
Originally Posted by 1stdeadeye
i'm still lurking!
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I think I may post once every other month now.
Like so many other people, I don't actually play much anymore. Kinda makes me sad....where are my tapes and journal....*reflective tear*
<---Should be banned for circumventing the cuss filter.
Like honestly do you think that i give a tripple rats arse what old timers are here? you are a bunch of old fat farts that didnt do anything with ya lives but have a race on who can say happy birthday to a fellow AO'ers first. and all of a sudden forget about a special little hub cap stealing hispanic when his b-day comes around. Screw all you old farts that had Xmags at that NJAO event when i was just shooting a broken down classic and tuna felt bad for me and lend me a sfl valved mech mag that didnt chop paint the whole day? Or maybe when Adam went to taco bell only to be let down by the cashier that his favorite dish wasnt made anymore. So what that nick's car is purple. NO ONE CARES.
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RYAN I THOUGHT I HAD YOU 6 FEET UNDER!!!!. My men have failed again. one day ryan you and i will finish this. MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!
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then look at my goddamn title and go there instead!Originally Posted by Tobe2be
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Aw damn, you didn't die in a fireOriginally Posted by yeahthatsme
Well, I'm still around and posting...even though no one knows who I am.
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wow, sounds very much like meOriginally Posted by billybob_81067
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Well, I'm old... Does that make me an Old Timer?
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I wouldn't consider myself an old timer but I pop in from time to time. I don't post much though as my average time spent here is about 5-10 minutes a month?! How sad!
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QFT! That little hispanic stole my hubcaps at Pandemonium!Originally Posted by Thordic
Well, I can't claim to be an old timer (on the boards anyway).....
....but its nice to see some of the folks checking back in.
I'm in and out.
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I thought he stole a whole wheel to replace his blown tire.Originally Posted by Creative Mayhem
its funny i dont seem to have good luck with vehicles when i go to any AO event. SEAO my bro was caught speeding in SC. Mango's b-day damn ford blew the alternator. Pandamonium i caught a flat. WTF! no wonder i hate this place. i go to have a good time and i end up with a bad car. the only time i didnt get screwed over was ultimate madness. nothin like good ole drunkin phone calls. wonder how Jon,Wynn,Data,Funk, and all the other oldies doing.
i talk to data quite frequently when playing bf2. He's at Disney land right now, so i guess he's pretty goodOriginally Posted by Tobe2be
Originally Posted by Lohman446
All I seem to do these days is piss people off on AO. I thought I was getting old and mean. Maybe not
Ill be in the land of YOUR people this T-day. Wife is from Ark. and we are giong to get Razorback BS beat into our minds. Thank God its only 2 days!
I guess I'm something of an ooold timer. Ow my bones ache.
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Well I guess that I am an old timer to you. Even though I dont consider myself an old timer nor do I post all that much. But I have not been paintballing in a long while, do to an extreme lack of time. But I plan on going soon so I will probably be on asking about all the new guns I saw at the field.
Oh by the way does butterfingers still post up lots of cool things to look at?
Calling gustavo little is like saying the north pole is warm.
Yeah, I dont come around much anymore either. I havbe moved on in the marker world, there bieng a distict lack of support for any mags at all.
X-mag #10. Nuff said.
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Originally Posted by Tobe2be
hey thats messed up how are you going to forget about our trip to neao. meeting at times square driving up on friday/saturday morning, going to ihop,finding a hair in your steak, playing paintball, sleeping at joey d's for an hour and then driving back so i can be at work at 9 am on sunday.
and i remember starbase and collegeboy. "you have to sleep at shatnerball!!!! your not allowed to get drunk cause i couldnt afford to get drunk!!!!!"
lol.... thanks OS i dont consider myself big. and my drop would be niceOriginally Posted by oldsoldier
Keeps i totally forgot about that cuz when i was driving back from joey's house i was half asleep. i honestly dont remember driving thru RI or half of CT. but i def. had a good time.Originally Posted by ZEROte
Gustavo, I TOTALLY forgot about your drop. Sorry. Will get it back out to you before X-mas.


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A 20-year-old Frederick man suspected of stabbing three teenagers -- killing one -- at a Longmont party is due to make his first court appearance on Tuesday morning, and his older sister said she and other supporters will be there for him.
Secundino "Dino" Martinez was arrested early Sunday morning on suspicion of first-degree murder and two counts of attempted first degree murder after police were called to 712 Francis St. on a report of a stabbing. Officers there found three stabbing victims -- one dead and two badly injured.
The Boulder County coroner has yet to release the name of the 19-year-old man who died at the scene on Sunday. A 17-year-old boy and 18-year-old man, also from Lafayette, were hospitalized on Sunday with critical injuries, according to police.
Longmont Police Cmdr. Jeff Satur said the 18-year-old victim awoke on Monday and was speaking with investigators.
Martinez' sister, Antonette Lopez, said on Monday that the stabbing described sounds like nothing her little brother would have done.
"People are like, 'This is not Dino,'" she said. "I have friends that I went to school with and stuff that are just blown away."
According to police, an 18-year-old man who lives at the home hosted a party for about 20 16- to 21-year-old guests and both alcohol and marijuana were used. His parents were out of state, police reported.
As the night wore on, Martinez got into a fight with several other guests and the fray spilled out onto the front lawn, according to police. Investigators believe Martinez stabbed all three victims and fled, initially on foot and then on a stolen mountain bike.
Detectives believe he headed east toward a 7-Eleven store at 635 Main St. and then made his way to the Walmart at 2285 E. Ken Pratt Blvd. Police followed someone from his Frederick home who was en route to pick him up, according to a heavily redacted arrest report. Police removed from the report information about who that was, along with a majority of the narrative about the arrest.
"We still have an open investigation with the need to interview several witnesses," Satur wrote in an email explaining why so much of the arrest report was blacked out. "I don't want to influence any statements as this complicates the investigation."
Police continued a search for the knife used in the stabbings on Monday after determining that one found near the scene on Sunday was not the weapon. A neighbor at 730 Francis St. allowed police on Monday afternoon into her backyard, where a knife was recovered.
A detective and officers took photos and prepared the knife for collection into evidence. Sgt. Joel Post said it would be tested to determine if it was the one used in the stabbings.
Lopez said her little brother attended a party with friends he knew in a community where he grew up.
"I don't know what happened there, so I can't speak to that," she said.
She and others are trying to piece together and emotional and confusing situation, she said.
"I don't understand how it ever got to this point," Lopez said.
She wants the community to know that Martinez is not "this ugly monster" that she believes the media has portrayed, she said.
"Dino grew up in this community," Lopez said. "He is not just a stranger who showed up at a party."
Martinez is a great uncle to her two children and works at a hardware store in the Carbon Valley, she said, adding that he lives in Frederick with extended family.
"He'll play for hours and hours with my 4-year-old in his room," Lopez said.
When she sees news coverage of the stabbings, she says, "This isn't him."
She hasn't been able to speak with Martinez since his arrest.
"I love the kid to death," she said. "I love my brother."
Lopez described her brother as having high moral values, and as spiritual and respectful.
A number of his friends commented on Facebook that he was known for kindness.
He "was the only kid I knew at school who loved everybody and was the most spiritual person I ever met," friend Malcom Penny-Kosser wrote in an e-mail to the Times-Call about Martinez. "The first day I met him, he bought me lunch as a thank you for helping with his math. I don't know what happened to him; he is a great guy and I trusted him with my life"
Penny-Kosser wrote that Martinez was "one of the best people I know."
"He made a bad decision but he is not a bad man," he added.
Lopez said she has a lot of unanswered questions.
"Nobody knows what really happened and we area all trying to find out and figure that out," Lopez said. "He is innocent until proven guilty."
She said she is sorry about the victims who were hurt and said people are just struggling to make sense of the situation.
"It is hard times for everybody in this situation," Lopez said.
Martinez was initially expected to make a first court appearance on Monday afternoon, but the bond hearing was rescheduled for Tuesday morning in Boulder District Court.
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Citizens' Hose Company No. 1, of Smyrna, was dispatched to a reported house fire Saturday morning at 10:04 a.m. at 379 Roberts Drive, in the Glenwood section of town.
Shortly after being dispatched, firefighters arrived to find light smoke coming from the rear of the residence, according to Citizens' Hose Company Public Information Officer Eugene Tucker.
"Firefighters entered the residence in search of fire, and found a dryer on fire on the second floor of the residence, and quickly extinguished the blaze," Tucker said.
The damage was limited to the dryer and the closet area where the unit was store.
Tucker said the occupant was home and discovered the fire, and safely escaped without injury and reported the blaze to 911.
It took 34 firefighters with three pieces of apparatus just 13 minutes to bring the blaze under control under the direction of First Asst. Chief Jay Pappas, Tucker said.
Firefighters remained in service for 38 minutes while checking for extension and mopping up the scene.