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Last week, Jordan Farrel was shot and killed in a convenience store in Queens, New York. A day later, JaMarius Bartholomew was arrested by Connecticut State Police.
He was arraigned and bail was set at one million dollars.
We hear a lot about "black-on-black" crime and we have heard these words for decades. The term is in theory a description of crime which occurs as a result of one black person's actions against another black person. As if that is the sum total of the experience to be deduced.
"Black-on-black" crime is a construction of white people to avoid the obvious and confronting impact of the truth of centuries of white oppression, discrimination, harassment and brutality (including death) toward people of color in this country.
Its goal is to shift the focus to black people from what should be an earnest look in the mirror for white America.
No one can deny JaMarius Bartholomew killed a black man - if he is found guilty, that is (let's not go there. For now.)
But how is it that when Dave Alexandre pulled out his pistol last week in Pecan Island, LA, and shot his friend Curt Winch in the head, killing him instantly, that this was not categorized as "white-on-white" crime?
The answer lies in the perceptions involved before the mind can begin categorizing.
If the mind has already determined a pre-existing tendency toward crime (in other words, that black people are more likely to come rob your house) then emphasizing the "blackness" of the crime makes far more sense. It is confirmation bias because what you wanted to believe came true, and you get to categorize it as a uniquely black crime. Blacks killing blacks. Them colored folk killing more of their own.
A recent Harris poll showed that 72% of white people think black people are more prone to nonviolent crime than white people. That number goes up to 86% when referring to violent criminal acts.
White people are happy with the term "black-on-black" crime because it fits their preferred narrative.
But the circumstances must be woven into the narrative to locate the truth. When Jordan Farrel, who was working at the convenience store, confronted JaMarius Bartholomew about shoplifting, he was doing so because the owner of the store, a white man, had the previous week confronted him about previous shoplifting.
In the words of his girlfriend, Aya Valentina, "he told him he needed to look out for shoplifting more, or else it was coming out of his paycheck." A white man, choosing to blame shoplifting not on shoplifters, but on the black man whose job it was to take money in exchange for goods, not work as a security guard.
Would Jordan Farrel be alive if the store owner had instructed him to call the police when he suspected shoplifting?
JaMarius Bartholomew's story can similarly be tied to white authority.
He was orphaned at the age of six, and sent to live at a state institution run by notorious pedophile Cliff Ambrosse, a white man known to have molested children in his care until his conviction in 2021. Even if Bartholomew did not experience abuse directly, the effects of living under the shadow of such acts hardly needs to be pointed out.
When he was fifteen Bartholomew was finally released from state care into the hands of a (white) foster family. In later testimony obtained by counsel, Bartholomew alleged regular beatings by the father, and emotional abuse committed by the mother. He alleged the siblings hated him and took every opportunity to make his life miserable.
He found solace with friends from school which ended up with his first brush with the law: a three month stint in a juvenile detention center at the age of seventeen. He had been found guilty (by a white judge) of posession with intent to distribute. Three months for a juvenile for that crime is unheard of.
By the time he was released Bartholomew was a legal adult. He was arrested four more times in the next two years (by predominantly white officers), and ended up serving a year for robbery in New Jersey (again, sentenced by a white judge) despite a strong alibi.
Upon finishing his sentence, he was entered into a work-release program at the end of which he was accused (by a white employer) of stealing on the job.
He had fathered a child before he had gone to prison. According to police documents, he stated that he had no desire to steal while on work-release, because he wanted "to straighten myself out and take responsibility for my son." The charges were dropped for a lack of evidence.
Three months later his son was taken by the state on grounds of neglect. In an interview with Blk/Life magazine in the wake of Bartholomew's arrest, his girlfriend stated that "he hated them white people who took his son away."
JaMarius Bartholomew was sent by a system populated with white people to live with a (white) sexual predator as a child, then to live with an abusive (white) family, then outrageously sentenced to juvenile detention by a (white) judge, then arrested repeatedly by (white) police officers, then sentenced by another (white) judge, then falsely accused by a (white) employer, then deprived of his child by (white) child protection officers.
White, white, white, white, white, white, white.
At the time of the alleged murder, his girlfriend said he was carrying fifty cents. They had not eaten since the previous day. This is the modern black condition.
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Into the pan they went, I forgot to measure the amount of water, but just slooshed some in. After a few minutes I tasted the brew - oh my god, wtf is that? Chemical sensations linger on my tongue for a few moments and then fade, leaving merely a sticky, tacky, metallic one. I actually shudder at this point.
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Christina Aguilera has finally dropped the official music video for her latest single "Your Body".
Not known for her modesty, the "Ain't No Other Man" songstress shows off her ample curves in a variety of snug-fitting ensembles while at one point writhing around in a truck with a hunky co-star.
"Your Body" is the lead single from Aguilera's forthcoming album Lotus, due to hit stores and online retailers on Tuesday, November 13th.
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Appl. Sci. 2012, 2(2), 396-442; https://doi.org/10.3390/app2020396
Ion Beam Formation and Modification of Cobalt Nanoparticles
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Received: 7 March 2012 / Revised: 9 April 2012 / Accepted: 20 April 2012 / Published: 27 April 2012
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AbstractThis article reviews the size-dependent structural properties of ion beam synthesized Co nanoparticles (NPs) and the influence of ion irradiation on the size, shape, phase and structure. The evolution of the aforementioned properties were determined using complementary laboratory- and advanced synchrotron-based techniques, including cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy, small-angle X-ray scattering and X-ray absorption spectroscopy. Combining such techniques reveals a rich array of transformations particular to Co NPs. This methodology highlights the effectiveness of ion implantation and ion irradiation procedures as a means of fine tuning NP properties to best suit specific technological applications. Furthermore, our results facilitate a better understanding and aid in identifying the underlying physics particular to this potentially technologically important class of nanomaterials. View Full-Text
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A 27-year-old mother of six was charged with murder in the stabbing death of her boyfriend, but her attorney argued Thursday she was defending herself against an enraged man with a history of violence against women.
Tahesia Jackson of the 1900 block of South Homan Avenue was charged late Wednesday with one count of first-degree murder in the death of Leon Brown, 30. She was ordered held in lieu of $600,000 bail. Early Tuesday morning, the couple began quarreling over bus fare at Jackson's apartment and she grabbed a steak knife, said Assistant State's Atty. Jose Villarreal. Jackson began stabbing Brown while he was lying on a mattress -- gouging her own right thigh in the process -- then asked a daughter to help her clean up the blood, according to Villarreal and court records.


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An abrupt change in the saltiness of surface water in the Greenland Sea has almost halted the formation of dense, cold water that helps create deep ocean currents, scientists have reported.
The change in deep-water formation, detected by repeated measurements of radioactive markers and chemicals in the sea, suggests that natural systems controlling global climate are more delicately balanced than had been thought and that they can change quickly.
The finding was published in Friday's edition of Science magazine.
"The results demonstrate that, on average, formation of Greenland Sea deep-water stopped almost completely during the 1980s," geochemist Peter Schlosser of Columbia University said in a telephone interview from Germany, where he was visiting. The amount of cold, dense water that forms and sinks to the sea floor in the Greenland Sea has decreased by 80 percent during the 1980s, apparently because of decreased salinity, he explained.


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Your favorite moment as a showrunner?
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Here's a novel idea that as far as we know, no other financial firm has borrowed: to better analyze and monitor business loan risk, keep an eye on the borrower's customer relationship management data.
Lighter Capital, one of Bank Technology News' Top Ten Tech Companies to Watch for 2012 and a Big Data-driven online lending firm (its business model is similar to Kabbage and OnDeck) is adding CRM data to the store of data it analyzes to evaluate and monitor its borrowers, through an integration with Salesforce.
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Lighter Capital makes "revenue-based loans," meaning it gets back the money it lends out as a percentage of the borrowing company's revenue, a method Lackland calls "debtquity." The better the company performs, the quicker its loan is paid off. The average loan is for $200,000 and has a two-year term. It's an alternative to venture capital. (Lighter Capital itself is backed by venture capital.) The company has low write-offs and high-performing loans, Lackland says. "We're more expensive than a bank, but cheaper than equity," he says. Its biggest competitor is angel investors.
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All data in the platform is visualized as bar charts, line graphs and other charts with drill-down capability. The multiple data sets can be used to cross-check and verify financial numbers. "You have to work hard to defraud us," Lackland says. Some data entries are time stamped by QuickBooks and Salesforce, so users can't enter fake data or fudge the timing. These programs also let Lighter Capital see when the number of users at the borrower's company has dropped, meaning people have been laid off.
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It's a remake of Park Chan-wook's 2003 thriller.
Jonah Hex threw a wrench into Josh Brolin's nascent comeback as a Hollywood leading man, but he'll get three more high-profile chances to deliver over the next few years. Brolin's already shot Men in Black III (where he plays the younger version of Tommy Lee Jones) and is currently toplining Ruben Fleischer's star-studded period drama Gangster Squad, and now Deadline reports that he'll play the lead in Oldboy, a remake of the 2003 Korean film that will be directed by Spike Lee. The revenge thriller once had Brolin's Men in Black III co-star Will Smith attached to star for Steven Spielberg. [Deadline]


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The Gallery 4 presents
"LIVE WIRES" New Metal Sculptures by Dino Deluliis
"LIVE WIRES" New Metal Sculptures by Dino Deluliis at The Gallery 4 (206 S. Highland Ave., Shadyside, 412-363-5050). EXTENDED! NOW THROUGH OCTOBER 27th and is open to the general public. The Gallery 4 is open Tuesday through Saturday 1- 8PM .
The Gallery 4 is very pleased to welcome Dino Deluliis. Deluliis is a Pittsburgh based freelance artist and illustrator with a background in elementary art instruction, teaching in the Pittsburgh Public Schools, Colorado District 11 Schools, and Cherry Creek Schools. You may be familiar with Dino's sculptural works via The Gallery 4's most recent annual group exhibit, The 2016 Salon Show - from which this series of sculptures made their debut. The three dimensional sculptures, some of welded steel, many of twisted steel wire; call to mind simple ink sketchbook doodles conjured into spatial reality.
The sculptures are minimal and dynamic: A canine form pauses to look in the distance. A big cat, ready to pounce. An old soul leans upon a walking stick. Brief scribbles of a moment captured in cold hard steel. But not cold, not hard. Warm, malleable, and often still connected to the spooled wire of which the entire piece is created.
Dino's background in teaching and his experience as a parent certainly seems to lend a whimsy and playfulness to the works - resembling both children's drawings as well as oversized toys. His personal hobbies of martial arts and horsemanship though suggest his respect for flowing forms and an understanding of anatomical subtlety. "I love to make art, however, that is not why I do it. It is more a matter of compulsion, I create because I must. It is a selfish endeavor that I pursue vigorously! I love to draw, paint and sculpt." says Deluliis. His sentiments are clear in these sculptures. And perhaps this continual hot pursuit is what connects Deluliis works with that spark of vitality that sets these wires live.
Deluliis, on the works:
"I began these wire scribbles on a lark. I wanted to see if I could sculpt a free standing piece from one roll of wire, without cutting it. So I started a horse at the nose, ended at the tail, became very intrigued with it all, and compulsion took over!"
Dino Deluliis currently resides Pittsburgh, P A and is the happily married father of two daughters.
The Gallery 4 is committed to redefining the nature of a conventional gallery. We feature works from a variety of national artists and local talent. We also carry a variety of limited edition toys and clothing. Fine art should be within the reach of everyone, and at The Gallery 4 we are making this a reality.
Pieces by Dino Deluliis
"Get Up"
"Hang On"
" Arabian"
"Hound Dog"
"Loyal Companion"
"Old and Bent"
"Big Cat"
"Elephant in the Room"
"Steven Jones"
"Lofty Thoughts"
"Rusty, Out to Pasture"
"Wary Horse"
"Tree and Wire Swing"


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California Golden Bears vs. Washington Huskies Pick, Odds, Prediction 1/15/14
Washington Huskies (11-6) at California Golden Bears (12-4)
College Basketball: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 at 11:00 pm (Haas Pavilion)
The Line: California Golden Bears -9.5 -- Over/Under: 148 See the Latest Odds
The California Golden Bears and the Washington Huskies face off on Wednesday Night in Pac-12 college basketball action.
The Cal Golden Bears have reeled off four consecutive wins and have started Pac-12 play 3-0. Cal is 8-0 at home and they are 3-3 against teams with a RPI better than 100. Justin Cobbs leads the Bears averaging 15.1 points and 6.4 assists per game. Richard Solomon is averaging 12.1 points and 10.2 rebounds, David Kravish is averaging 11.9 points and 7.6 rebounds, and Tyrone Wallace is averaging 11.8 points. Cal is averaging 76.4 points and they are shooting 46.5 percent from the floor while defensively they are allowing 68.5 points and their opponents are shooting 41.2 percent. The Pac-12 is looking like they will have strong representation in March Madness and Cal looks like they are going to be a part of it.
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The Washington Huskies have won their last two games going 3-1 thus far in the Pac-12. UW's only conference loss has been to Arizona but overall they are 2-4 away from home this season. C.J. Wilcox continues to lead the Huskies averaging 20.5 points per game. Andrew Andrews is averaging 13.2 points, Nigel Williams-Goss is averaging 12.4 points, and Perris Blackwell is averaging 10.9 points and 7.4 rebounds. Washington is averaging 77.4 points and they are shooting 45.2 percent while defensively they are allowing 75.1 points and their opponents are shooting 47.3 percent. Washington could also be competing for a NCAA Tournament spot this season.
Cal is 4-0 against the spread in their last four games, 8-3-1 against the spread in the Pac-12, and 11-5 against the spread against a team with a winning record. Washington is 4-0 against the spread in their last four road games, 4-1 against the spread against the Pac 12, and 5-2 against the spread following a win. The favorite has covered the point spread in five of the last seven meetings of these two.
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I put up a new hummingbird feeder a week or so ago. One day last week, I looked out and there was a stream of ants going down the feeder. Many had gotten inside the feeder and were swimming in the hummer food. I cleaned up the mess, but before I did that I grabbed my camera and macro lens. I took most of the photos when they were on the "umbrella"...a little contraption from Lee Valley Tools that you fill with water to keep ants out of the hummingbird feeder (our umbrella was empty of water, hence the ant invasion). The feeder is all fixed now with fresh hummer food, and the little umbrella is filled with water so there will be no more chances to take ant photos in this location!
Did you ever sing this song when you were a kid?
The ants go marching one by one, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching one by one, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching one by one,
And they all go marching down to the ground
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Star Wars Battlefront: Death Star Expansion pack goes live next week, so there's been huge interest in gameplay and what to really expect. Today DICE and EA released a new gameplay trailer today in order to promote next week's launch and, dare I say, it looks lovely.
The Star Wars Battlefront: Death Star expansion focuses on raiding the Death Star. That is no easy or smart feat. This mission to raid the Death Star comes in three phases.
In Phase 1 of Battlefront, the Rebels will fly X-Wings and A-Wings against TIE fighters and TIE interceptors in a space battle. The Rebels will attempt to destroy enough of them to allow their Y-Wing fighters in to weaken the Death Star's defenses. Without weakening the Death Star's defenses, you cannot succeed.
Phase 2 of Battlefront has you moving inside the Star Destroyer, fighting in areas that have been inspired by the original trilogy. The whole mission behind Phase 2 is extracting a specific droid from the Death Star. This droid may lead you to find the answer in how to completely destroy the Death Star. The most fun part is that, during Phase 2, you can fight as Bossk and Chewbacca. I've always wanted to be Chewie, so this is a huge bonus!
During the last phase of Battlefront, you will be back in space again. This time, after extracting the droid, the Rebels must now attempt to blow up the Death Star for good! There is the option to play as the infamous Luke Skywalker. However, you'll have to watch out for Darth Vader because he's been sent to take you down. If that's not motivation to destroy the Death Star as quickly as possible, I don't know what is.
At the end of the trailer, it is revealed that passholders to Star Wars Battlefront can have access to the Death Star expansion on Tuesday, September 20. For non-subscribers, the expansion will be available on October 4, 2016.
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Survivor Blood V Water – Interview With Rupert Boneham
Rupert Boneham was a shock first elimination in the latest series of Survivor – Blood V Water. His wife, Laura, was quickly voted off her tribe and he chivalrously stepped in to take her spot on Redemption Island.
He lost a hand/eye/ balance challenge to Candice and Marissa and the fourth time Survivor player was gone off to Ponderosa.
Here I chat with Rupert about pre-show alliances, whether he would save his wife again and if Survivor has gone soft.
Reality Ravings: When you knew you were going to be a returning player again and you knew other returning players who were you hoping to see there?
Rupert Boneham: I was hoping, even though I knew there was not much of a chance, the toughest old man I have ever met in my life, Rudy Bosch. We had a great time when we played on All Stars all those years ago. The one I was really excited to see, but I never got a chance to play with, was Tyson. When we played on Heroes and Villains together he was on the villain's tribe and he should have been on the heroes side.
RR: There have always been rumours going around forums that when there are returning player that the names leak out and pre-alliances form. Was there anything like that happening this season?
RB: There is 400 Survivors out there and everybody talks and we all would love to play the game again. I tell people all the time, never set up any alliances before you get out there as you don't know what they are going to do to us once we get out there. You don't know who team you are going to be on, what is going to be happening. I always like to go out there fresh and seeing who is on my tribe and in those first few days building that strong alliance. I am that one who is known to build four or five people strong and make it all the way to the end.
RR: You were on your team all of two minutes, when you saw your tribe did you think it was going to be a workable one for you? I understand in the past you did vote Tina and Candice out. Were you worried about that?
RB: Candice and I, our relationship is rocky at best. She is not happy with me and I am not very happy with anything that girl does. I have watched her go against her tribe many times. I knew I was going to have trouble with those two. Gervase, who was there on the very first Survivor, I always wanted to play with him. Tyson, Aras and Monica – there was some very strong players that were all about my age. I think we would have done very well together.
RR: Speaking of Candice you were on Redemption Island with her. What was it like on Redemption Island? Is it more "relaxing" as you don't have to work on your alliances and don't have to look after the tribe?
RB: The one thing we did see on Redemption Island was Candice and I first and our first conversation. I was working on the shelter and the roof, so we would have protection from the rain and sun. I looked at her and I said "I am doing this for me, but you are going to benefit from it. There is only one of us to make it out of Redemption Island and don't look to me to take care of everybody out here as I am going to take care of myself, as I want to be the one to come out of here." I was not going to help someone else get out of there. We lived together on Heroes and Villains and she was used to me doing all the work and the hunting, making the fire and the gathering of firewood. I was not going to do that on Redemption Island. On the tribe I would do that in a minute.
RR: You have long time player of Survivor and I have noted you have said that it has changed a bit, that it is not quite the Survivor of old. That you get rations of rice now, the flint seems to come in much earlier and there are tarps and other stuff. Is that true and why do you think they have done that?
RB: I liked playing back in Survivor 7 and 8 when like on All Stars they threw us out there with the clothes on our back and said good luck. We went four or five days without fire before we finally were able to make fire. We went days without food as there were not rations of rice. I liked the game back then a little more. It was more "survivor". Now giving them tools and hammers, nails and saws we would have to battle and win that in a challenge. When I played there was no hidden immunity idols or Redemption Island they just threw sixteen strangers out there and you played the game. If you find it or catch it you can have it. If you don't make it you don't get it. If we went back to the old ways that would mean I would never get to play again but I still love the old ways of Survivor.
RR: You said earlier that you never know what Survivor is going to throw at you. You go in there with your wife, had you made the presumption you were going to be playing together or did you guess there might be some twists?
RB: When they started talking to us they told Laura and I that we would be playing the game together. I know they have been known to say one thing and do another. Laura and I talked about that, and how this could put us in a situation where we have to decide between each other or our alliances. This could be detrimental to our relationship or it could be very empowering. We wanted to make sure that the game that it made our relationship stronger and it has.
RR: That is fantastic. Did you give her some tips before you went out there? Did you teach her how to make fire? Did you tell her the importance of getting into an alliance fast?
RB: We talked more about the mental and social game. I wish we had gone out to get a machete and had her practising with the machete. She can use a flint and steel. Before the game she had a little bit of practice but now she is great with the flint. We spent most of our time talking about the social side and the physical side. The pain, it is hard to see how much pain you go through in that game. It can wear you down worse then anything. Once you start feeling that pain you start getting a little more hard to live with. The ones that are hard to live with are usually the first ones out. I wish we had spent more time on the activities.
RR: Would you go on Survivor for a fifth time?
RB: I would do Survivor again in a second. Even Laura has been bitten by the Survivor bug where she says "Maybe I would even play again". I told Laura if we go out there together again don't expect her to give my game up for her anymore.
RR: Do you regret swapping with her?
RB: Not at all. I was thrilled I was able to rescue and protect my wife but I don't want to do that again.
RR: What reality show would you go on, regardless of talent, which one would it be?
RB: Laura and I would love to go on The Amazing Race. We love travelling seeing different sights and experiencing different cultures.
Survivor – Blood V Water on Thursday night on GO at 8.30pm.
Shout out to JStar for sending in questions. Thanks!
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- 1 Scuba { 10.03.13 at 4:31 pm }
"We talked more about the mental and social game."
Would have been a short talk – he has never had any idea about either of them.
Good job on getting the interviewing gig RR!
- 2 JStar { 10.03.13 at 6:57 pm }
RR – great interview. I'm surprised he thought of Tyson as a "hero" after Tyson's first appearance in Tocantins. Sure he was a smart-alec, but he wasn't exactly memorable enough to be invited back for HvV (unlike Coach or JT). Even Tyson's play in HvV wasn't memorable enough in the time he was out there. Why was he even brought back for this season? Was Rupert trying to give us a spoiler? #conspiracy
Would have loved to have seen Rupert navigate the tensions of camp life with Candice and Tina if he was in the "regular" game. Interesting he said that those who are hard to live with, are first ones to go. Because Rupert broke his toe on the very first challenge on HvV and refused to be medically evacuated, he was in a lot of pain and took it out on his tribemates (by just being grumpy all the time), particularly the females. Candice, Amanda, Jerri have all commented in the past on how difficult it was to live with Rupert. But because he brought strength to the tribe, they couldn't vote him out earlier.
But I do agree with Rupert in that the "old days" of playing should be brought back. Maybe not the "flint" situation, but not giving out rice willy nilly or tools to build a shelter would bring back more of that "survival" factor back into the game.
- 3 Culinary Boner { 10.03.13 at 9:02 pm }
Having dipped in and out of Survivor over the many, many seasons this has been on, Rupert in his original appearance remains one of my favourites for his no bullshit, let's-catch-some-food attitude. Same goes for Ossie, who channeled Rupert's attitude into winning challenges, and that – there's no other word for it – awesome epitome of manliness with an intellect, Yul Kwon, the Korean Adonis LLB.
What irks me about this show at times are the countless lazy arsed, gym-pussy-mangina guys who spend most of their time on the show flexing for the girls or getting their nethers pixelated because the waistband on their shorts is 7 inches too short but somehow manage to go further 'in the game' than someone you would prefer to be 'trapped' on that island from Lost with. But, I suppose, as this is reality TV it needs to reward mediocrity and give credit to good looks, "charm" and bastardry over effort, ability and generosity of spirit. When's Game of Thrones start again?
Oh. And when is Amanda coming back to Survivor?
- 4 Carole { 10.04.13 at 7:22 am }
Great interview. I was sorry to see Rupert go so soon. I would love him and Laura to compete in The Amazing Race. Rob & Amber did it, so maybe they will some day. Would love to see a Survivor version of the Amazing Race, that would be great.
- 5 Trent { 10.04.13 at 3:27 pm }
Love these exclusive interviews that you get RR!
Rupert seems like a great guy.
Loving this series already..
Still think they should have a series with castaways voted off in the first or second episode
- 6 Culinary Boner { 10.04.13 at 3:29 pm }
Acknowledging that no one asked for this. And it's only marginally related to Rupert. But that this site more often than not includes pictorial material offensive to average males like myself (yes, I'm talking about tri-tooled Tim's topless and near bottom-less selfies), I hereby remind all and sundry why Amanda Kimmel must be returned to Survivor asap:-
- 7 Sioux Denim { 10.04.13 at 4:33 pm }
Thanks for the interview RR….look forward to the rest for the remaining season…..will you get to talk to Colton the quitter???
- 8 Andrea { 10.04.13 at 4:36 pm }
Sioux Denim, how was that last night with Colton, I couldn't believe it, he really needs to grow up.
I wonder why he bothered to go on Survivor?
I think I prefer all new contestants than bringing back old players, I'm finding it harder to get into it this season.
- 9 Sioux Denim { 10.04.13 at 5:49 pm }
Andrea, I just said the same to my brother, it was embarrassing…bloody sook! I do like his partner though, not sure how he will fare, in saying that though he is a free agent now not being tied to Colton, and could be handy for other couples looking for an alliance!
- 10 Andrea { 10.04.13 at 6:13 pm }
Back to sanity here! Don't get on BB site! His partner was nice but I think he looked slightly embarrassed when Colton sat on his lap crying.
What do they expect when they go on Survivor?
- 11 Pam { 10.06.13 at 6:14 pm }
Well done Ben.
Even if the tape takes away from you, you've proved to be a better player that Tim.


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Hotel: The Prince George Hotel (Breakfast and dinner included)
Prince Edward Island
Today starts with a ferry ride from Nova Scotia across to Prince Edward Island, the smallest of the Atlantic Provinces. Once settled in Old Charlottetown you may choose to visit Founders Hall, where the history of Canada's origins is chronicled. Nestled between two rivers in a quiet protected harbour, your hotel is located on the waterfront, steps from Peak's Wharf.
Hotel: Delta Hotels Prince Edward (Breakfast and lunch included)
Greenwich Peninsula & Green Gables
This morning allows free time for exploration of Charlottetown before making the short journey to Prince Edward Island National Park. The scenery is astounding. See dramatic bluffs, sweeping dunes, endless coastline and salt marshes which are rich in wildlife. After a scenic drive, winding through quaint fishing villages and alongside magnificent beaches you arrive at Green Gables House, the famous farmhouse in Lucy Maud Montgomery's book Anne of Green Gables. End your day with one of Atlantic Canada's specialities: a traditional lobster dinner.
Hotel: Delta Hotels Prince Edward (Breakfast and dinner included)
Cross the magnificent Confederation Bridge to New Brunswick and make the short journey to Nova Scotia. Enjoy some time at Port-Royal National Historic Site and the Habitation. One of the earliest settlements in North America, reconstructed early 17th century buildings come to life through costumed interpreters and demonstrations.
Hotel: Digby Pines Golf Resort & Spa (Breakfast, lunch and dinner included)
Digby Neck Whale Watching
It is a real highlight today, as you journey to wildlife-rich Digby Neck for a whale watching excursion. The afternoon is free for you to explore some of the surrounding area or enjoy one of the activities available at your beautiful resort, before joining your new friends for a farewell dinner.
Hotel: Digby Pines Golf Resort & Spa (Breakfast, lunch and dinner included)
Journey Home
There's a final stop at Grande-Pre National Historic Site en route back to Halifax Airport, where you check-in for your return flight to the UK.
From £3055 per person based on twin occupancy of Standard rooms in low season. Other prices available on request.


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If you push the amp further so that the whole signal is clipped as the amp runs out of headroom, the supply stays sagged and the signal is "hard limited". This sounds brighter than the soft limiting but is a different tone than the original unlimited sound from the non-sagged amp and supply.
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|The Office of Travel & Tourism Industries releases data on non-resident visitors to the U.S. and U.S. travelers abroad. Below is pertinent information to its release.
|Release Schedule
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U.S. resident outbound travelers to overseas destinations and U.S. residents to Mexican destinations via air.
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Non-Resident Inbound Reports:
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Sandy Point Beach Club - Reader Reports & Opinion
Guest Report
Shobha Maharaj-Dookie from Trinidad visited in April 2010 and awarded
Had a very comfortable stay. love the room service . beuatiful environment. the only thing though there is no beach area for bathing. we had to walk to store bay .
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Nikkita Bujhawan from Venezuela visited in March 2010 and awarded
I was very disappointed in the service I received and I will NEVER stay there again! Let me begin from the time I landed they wanted a 600TT deposit (Which I didnt mind paying) but the previous time I stayed there it was a problem to get back my refund on departure. After several calls I received it 2months after. I have stayed all over the world and the usual procedure is for them to hold your credit card and only if the need to take the security deposit arises then the card will be used. The Bar-B-Que pit was booked at the pool side for 7pm (Only to know while preparing to Bar-B-Que that everything must be off the grill by 8pm)Not because someone else wanted to use it, but NEW rules ( I thought I was on a vacation!) While bathing in the pool or the hot tub security will continuously ask me what room number, this is very discomforting on a relaxing vacation (If you want to know if I am a paying customer provide a hand band to your customers on arrival and cut it on departure)Note; this was only a weekend visit to tobago. Note. Departure of the hotel is 10am but check-in is 4 pm. Therefore, we had to rise on Sunday early and have breakfast and depart before 10.15am or else we would have to pay a late fee of 235TT ( which I was not aware of on arrival) Upon having breakfast in a hurry, we left the dishes in the sink. So, we proceeded to checkout, the maid service went to the room and called the front desk to send up anyone from the room to wash the dishes (Note. I thought this is what we were paying for!). After having to wash the wares, we proceeded again to checkout and they would not give me my security deposit back, they said it will be available in my account within a week because they had NO cheques (This happened last time, and it took me 2 months to get back my money) SO I told them I am not leaving until I get back my money! After waiting 30mins, I eventually got a Cheque back with my refund. After much advertisement of your establishment I had hoped that my previously horrible stay was an exception to the rule. After staying here a second time I am very diasappointed and sorry to say I can never recommend this place to anyone.
Guest Report
Patricia Dalton from Trinidad visited in February 2010 and awarded
We visited Sandy Point Beach Club for 3 to 4 days from February to March 2010. There were 6 of us. We stayed in the A Plus-first floor apartment and were very comfortable. We arrived a bit early for check in and were accomodated not too much later.
The staff were very pleasant and helpful especially in assisting with the barbeque pit and arrangements for deep sea diving.
The kitchen was well equip and the pools and hot tubs were clean.
The hotel gave easy access to the various beaches and hiking excursions areas. There were no problems for parking on the hotel compound and the vehicles were safe.
There was some problem in returning the $600.00 security, however,this was eventually reconciled, somewhat late and after we returned home. There need to be some re-organising of this aspect of the business because these issues can turn off some persons.
We have no problem in returning for some family bonding at this hotel whenever were can all get away at the same time.
We will and have recommended this hotel to our friends and other family members.
Thank you for a fantastic micro holiday.
Guest Report
Catherine Goddard from U.K. visited in December 2009 and awarded
We really enjoyed are stay at sandy Point for are 1st week.The accommodation was clean and spacious we had a 6 people with loft room it was fine for the 2 of us. The kitchen was well equiped and bathroom had lots of towels.The check in was quick and all the staff were very polite and gave good service.The bar area was good and we had good entertainment on the couple of nights we were there.We hired a car and toured the Island in this week and loved it.Pidgeon point was lovely and the hotel courtesy bus was a good service also picked us up from the Airport!The hot tub was relaxing after a days tour.We do own Time share so we exchanged here for 1 week and went on to Castara retreats for the 2nd week would definatly stay here and there again on next visit to Tobago
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David Pandohie from Canada visited in December 2009 and awarded
Our stay was very enjoyable the service was very good and the people were very frendly, it was an experience we will never forget I would recomend this hotel to all of my friends who wll be visiting this island the room was spacious and we had no problem with the service from the great ad friendly staff that work at his resort thanks for making our vacation a very enjoyable one.
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Thu 15 Apr 2010
Where Do the Rangers Go From Here?!?Posted by Anthony Mastantuoni under 2009/2010 Season
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For the first time since the NHL returned from the lockout the New York Rangers sit at home watching the NHL playoffs. Much like the years previous to the lockout, when the Rangers were missing the playoffs, they were bad – but not bad enough to position themselves at a shot at the first overall selection in the 2010 NHL Draft.
As anyone who follows the Blueshirts knows, being a Rangers fan is like spending the entire season on a rollercoaster. While the 2009-2010 season was no different, the rollercoaster ride this season was particularly bizarre. The Rangers started and ended the season on big-time streaks with the mother of all miserable play. After losing their first game in Pittsburgh, the Rangers ran off a seven game winning streak to start the season at 7-1-0. With their playoff hopes fading, the Blueshirts mustered up a 7-1-2 streak to finish the season one regulation goal away from the playoffs.
However, the team that could be considered a doughnut (a hole in the middle – that is – no center) played horrendous hockey in the middle portion of the season as they bumbled their way to a 24-31-9 record – hardly playoff-caliber hockey.
So where do we go from here?
The first thing that needs to be done will not get done. Jimmy Dolan is not going put right what has gone wrong. In other words, he is not going to fire Glen Sather. In turn, Sather is not going to fire John Tortorella (yet) because Slats is not quick to admit he makes mistakes – whether or not Torts is to blame.
However, Sather is going to have to claim mea culpa in order to make any improvements to the Rangers because his salary cap wiggle room barely allows for keeping the status quo – never mind attempting to bring in a big-time free agent or trying to trade for help.
His first step is to clear out as much salary cap space as possible. He did a good job last year by trading Scott Gomez, thus making room for Marian Gaborik. In addition, he also managed to bring in defense prospect Ryan McDonagh.
Sather begrudgingly admitting his mistake in signing Ales Kotalik by turning the winger and Christopher Higgins into Olli Jokinen and Brandon Prust. Not only did this trade clear some cap space by dealing away two years worth of Kotalik's salary, the Rangers uncovered a diamond in the rough with Prust – a less troublesome version of Sean Avery.
The President/GM has to continue this hot streak by finding ways to remove both Wade Redden and Michal Rozsival. Of course, that is probably easier said than done. Unlike the Gomez deal where Sather added a prospect, moving Redden and/or Rozsival is probably going to cost the Rangers some of their prospects and/or draft picks. This is not the ideal solution, but it might be the only one.
Yes, I know the Rangers can merely place both players on waivers and exile them to Hartford but at what cost? The last thing the Rangers need are high-priced players clogging up roster spots in the AHL – never mind the potential harm that could happen as a result of the negative feedback of disgruntled veterans. Besides, it is bad enough that Sather will have to dump Donald Brashear's contract in Hartford.
Buying out Wade or Michal is not feasible because it merely stretches out their cap hit because the salary is spread out to twice what is left on the contract. In addition, the Rangers can't afford to lose salary cap space on players who are no longer with the team. Larry Brooks of the New York Post explained the gory details of a possible Redden buyout in his April 14, 2010 article.
"The Rangers would be charged $1,916,667 the next two and last four years of the hit, while taking a $3,416,667 cap charge for 2012-13 and 2013-14, assuming, of course that retroactive amnesty is not part of the next CBA."
No, what Sather has to do is start burning up the telephone and try to call in all of the favors he has built up through the many years he has been in the NHL. I am sure that he has built up enough cache that he can make another GM "an offer he can't refuse", if you know what I mean. It might even be necessary to swap one problem for another and hope that the change of scenery is enough.
For example, there were rumors prior to the Olympic break that the Blueshirts were talking to Edmonton about Sheldon Souray. Any talks that might have been initiated were doomed when Souray got hurt. The Oilers are as interested in moving Souray as the Rangers are in moving Redden and Rozsival.
The numbers between Rozsival and Souray are similar. Souray has two more years left on a contract that is a $5.4 million cap hit. Rozy also has two years left and his cap hit is $5.0 million. If Kevin Lowe were still GM, then Sather might have been able to get away with a one-for-one deal. With Steve Tambellini in charge, Slats will have to sweeten the pot a bit.
Depending on how sweet that sweetener is, Sather might want to move Redden instead because he has three years left on a contract with a cap hit of $6.5 million.
Whichever way Sather goes, he needs to move out both defensemen in order to free up salary cap space. Before the Rangers decide which free agents or trades to pursue, they have to decide what they are going to do with their own free agents – especially Marc Staal and Daniel Girardi. if the Rangers are able to move Redden and Rozsival it is going to be essential that Staal and Girardi are retained before the Rangers can move forward.


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