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Utah Governor Gary Herbert criticized efforts to oppose federal firearms restrictions and declared that Utah will obey federal gun control laws.
Too bad he was just re-elected. Huntsman picked him as a running mate—so perhaps this is not unexpected. Pity.
So in Utah you have the governor and the sheriff of Salt Lake County on the feds side, and the remaining 28 sheriffs, on the side of the Second Amendment. Ergo, Salt Lake City is just like most other big cities, except that they don't have the leaders of the Mormon Church hiding under their desks on this issue.
That's fine, as long as they are actually laws, passed by the people's representatives, assembled. Not the unlawful whims or dictates of a power-grabbing executive.
Tool Herbert knows where political power comes from . . . .
Is he a True Believer, or just a Useful Idiot?
Add to that list the Marxist Police Chief of Salt Lake City who said recently that he didn't think it was unconstitutional to ban assault weapons, high capacity magazines and otherwise put limits on guns and ammunition.
We should expect as much from the brain-dead democrats in this country. But I am more than mildly curious how these constitutional scholars completely pass over "...shall not be infringed..." and think that means "We can do anything we want"
There you go. Just another big government-loving scumbag.
No, it isn't fine. What if the people decide to pass laws that order blacks to sit at the back of the bus, or to be hanged whenever found in certain areas of the town? The Constitution is supposed to place some things beyond the reach of local sentiments, or even elections.
You can bet your retirement checks that his political career is over after this term.
Oh, and one more thing about Herbert. What can you expect from a RINO that wants to spend millions more on education, and talks about the value of it, but he, himself, is a college dropout. Why doesn't he put HIS money where his mouth is and go back and finish his degree?
If money were the measure of education success the Washington DC schools would be the best in the world!
Sounds like a dicktater.
They'll never have a successful presidential candidate until they give it up. That goes or the non-mormons in Utah who go along with the mormons to get along.
So, I gather the governor supports unconstitutional laws, provided those laws are passed by the feds and endorsed by the federal court system.
"The Constitution is supposed to place some things beyond the reach of local sentiments"
The 10th Amendment SPECIFICALLY places just about everything beyond the reach of federal autocratic sentiments.
That's also the current state of federal law, as stated by the DC Circuit. The Supreme Court declined to hear the case. "Heller II."
-- I am more than mildly curious how these constitutional scholars completely pass over "...shall not be infringed..." --
When the moral authority runs out, switch to superior firepower.
The lines are drawing quickly.
Didn't the Supreme Court recently rule last year that states are not allowed to enforce federal law? Or does that only apply to immigration and not the "good" laws?
I'm not familiar with Utah much.
Is SLC full of and run by libs? And is that how this Rino got into office?
And another name goes in the enemy of America box....
The Government is never "extreme", the only Extremists are the People that oppose decisions made by the Government.
Cue Hitlery's speech during the Bush Administration screeching about dissent being Patriotic.
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Senator Martins' 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament Featured on Cablevision's Neighborhood Journal
The Summer extravaganza "Martins Classic 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament" sponsored by State Senator Jack Martins is a featured highlight on Cablevision's "Neighborhood Journal" on Channel 118 throughout the month of August! The show features the 3-on-3 tournament along with interviews and highlights of the Henry Viscardi Cougars versus the Elmont Memorial Spartan's basketball exhibition!
During the segment, you will see exciting basketball action, commentary and story behind the largest community event in Elmont outside the Belmont Stakes! Over 4,500 people participated in the tournament this year which was highlighted by the New York Knicks and a special guest appearance by John Starks!
"This feature on Cablevision Channel 118 captures the excitement and fun that was the 3-on-3 tournament this year," said State Senator Jack Martins adding, "I was very proud to sponsor the day and continue this Elmont, Franklin Square, Floral Park, North Valley Stream, South Floral Park, Bellerose Terrace, Stewart Manor and Bellerose Village tradition!"
The airdates for the show are:
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The new legislative proposal released yesterday by the European Commission aims to ensure coordinated action at the EU level to curb the impacts of invasive alien species. IUCN, uniting some of the leading experts on this subject in Europe, welcomes the new proposal but highlights some concerns.
"The proposal by the European Commission paves the way for more, better and coordinated action in Europe and its overseas entities to tackle invasive alien species," said Luc Bas, Director of IUCN European Union Representative Office. "The prevention, early-warning systems, eradication and control measures included in the proposal, and supported by IUCN experts, go in the right direction. However, there are some elements which still need to be clarified, such as the process for identifying priority species."
According to the legislative proposal, a list of invasive alien species of EU concern will be developed. A cap of 50 species to be included in this list is being proposed. A Committee, including representatives from EU national governments and institutions, is to be set up to take decisions on additions or deletions to this list.
"The cap proposed by the European Commission is far too low to achieve the EU and global biodiversity targets. Also, the proposed timeline of five years for the possible revision of such list does not guarantee the flexibility required for early response to new threats," said Piero Genovesi, Chair of the Invasive Species Specialist Group of IUCN Species Survival Commission. "The process for adding species to the list is crucially important. It should be science-based and time-efficient. Decisions should be taken following risk assessment recommendations and not be based on political interests. IUCN calls for the involvement of stakeholders and scientists in the proposed Committee."
There are over 1,500 alien species causing negative impacts in Europe. In London alone, 76 invasive species have been reported. Invasive alien species generate high costs and reduce biodiversity. They pose serious challenges to public health and economy, and can damage infrastructure.
According to IUCN, it is essential that financial resources for implementing the foreseen measures are made available at EU and national level, in particular, for emergency responses to invasions. A number of examples of failure to rapidly address invasions due to lack of resources already exist, such as the Asian Hornet (Vespa velutina) in France, the Raccoon (Procyon lotor) in Spain, the American Grey Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) in Italy, the Spanish Slug (Arion vulgaris) in Sweden and the Lionfish (genus Pterois) in the Caribbean region.
With adequate resources and involvement of all key actors, reducing the impact of invasive species is possible. For example, the removal of rats from the small Mediterranean island of Montecristo has increased the breeding success of otherwise threatened native shearwaters to 90%.
A recent publication by IUCN has highlighted examples of successful local action in urban areas from more than 15 European countries.
"Cities are major pathways of entry for invasive species, for example through accidental arrivals with ships, or trade in pets and ornamental plants. However, as presented at the recent IUCN conference on invasives in urban areas, cities are also key to preventing further introductions and raising citizens' awareness of the problems linked to invasive species" said Chantal van Ham, IUCN European Programme Officer.
The proposal by the European Commission is to be adopted by the European Parliament and Council before becoming operational. IUCN hopes that such process will result in a strengthened and concerted legislative instrument and that it will not be postponed until after the elections next year. IUCN will continue providing scientific information and facilitating dialogue among stakeholders on this very urgent matter.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are considering demanding Medicare and other budget savings, reining in the Obama administration's environmental agenda including greenhouse gas restrictions, and other proposals as the price for extending the government's ability to borrow money, GOP lawmakers and aides said Friday.
Republicans said that during closed-door discussions this week about what to include in upcoming legislation renewing federal borrowing authority, options have included blocking administration plans to curb coal ash pollution; forcing civil servants to contribute more to their retirement plans; and requiring Congress to approve many major regulations.
Other items considered all but certain to be included are a one-year delay in Obama's 2010 health care law; an easing of obstacles to building the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada to the Texas coast; and a timeline for enactment of a broad tax code overhaul.
The proposals, for which no final decisions have been made, represent many of the GOP's top legislative priorities and are sure to run into opposition from President Barack Obama and the Democratic-led Senate. Obama has said he wants Congress to send him legislation that simply extends the government's $16.7 trillion debt limit, and has said he will not negotiate it.
The government is expected to exhaust its ability to borrow money in mid- to late October. That would threaten a first-ever federal default, which many analysts believe would deal a severe blow to the economy.
Top Republicans have said they do not want a federal default and have noted that past presidents, including Obama in 2011, have negotiated over past bills to extend the debt limit.
Most of the options were described by congressional officials who spoke on condition of anonymity to reveal internal discussions. But some lawmakers described some of the plans openly.
Rep. James Lankford, R-Okla., a member of the House GOP leadership team, said leaders were discussing a debt limit extension bill that would include budget savings at least equaling the amount by which the debt limit was being increased. He said the savings would come from a still undetermined mix of agency budgets and entitlement programs — automatically paid benefit programs that include Medicare and Social Security.
Lankford said some savings would be measured over a longer period of time than the usual 10-year window, perhaps over 30 or even 75 years. The time period "has to pass the smell test" and not be unrealistic, he said.
Measuring budget reductions over longer periods of time makes it easier to accumulate larger claimed savings.
GOP officials said other possible provisions under discussion have included:
—Blocking the Federal Communications Commission's "net neutrality" rules, which forbid Internet providers from discriminating against firms that provide content and other services over their networks.
—Eliminating funds for some financial industry bailouts, with estimated 10-year savings of $20 billion or more, for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and social services block grants.
—Making it harder to sue doctors for malpractice, which proponents say would save billions for Medicare and other federal programs because physicians would order fewer tests.
—Trimming federal payments to hospitals that serve large numbers of low-income patients, saving an estimated $5 billion.
Some GOP lawmakers also want to repeal the tax on some medical devices enacted under the health care law.
On Friday, Republicans pushed legislation through the House averting a government shutdown when money runs out on Oct. 1. But it included language blocking funds for Obama's health care law — a condition certain to die in the Democratic-led Senate and that Obama has said would result in his vetoing the bill.
Rep. Charles Boustany, R-La., said that once the Senate returns that bill to the House shorn of language blocking money for the health care law, Republicans will try to move the debate "into a bigger, broader negotiation" over the debt limit and other issues.
"We're building negotiating leverage to get to the end game," he said, adding that Republicans want the talks to focus on the debt limit "and what do we get in return."
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Each year the Chamber awards two $500 scholarships to Jamestown residents pursing business studies or taking continuing education classes for career development.
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Ex-Salem cop indicted for assault of pursuit suspectBy JAMES A. KIMBLE
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April 13. 2014 8:11PM
BRENTWOOD — An ex-Salem police officer was indicted for allegedly assaulting a man following a high-speed pursuit along Interstate 93.
Joseph Freda, 33, of Salem, is facing two counts of simple assault by an on-duty law enforcement officer for allegedly striking Thomas Templeton in the head with a flashlight on Oct. 6, according to state prosecutors.
Freda allegedly later stepped on Templeton's hands while he was handcuffed and sitting on the ground.
A grand jury returned the indictments against Freda in Rockingham County Superior Court.
The indictments come just days after Templeton, 40, of York, Maine, pleaded guilty to reckless conduct and a misdemeanor resisting arrest charge.
Templeton is serving a 12-month jail sentence, and received a second 12-month sentence that will be deferred if he remains on good behavior. Templeton will likely be a key witness for state prosecutors if Freda goes forward with a trial.
Freda faces an enhanced misdemeanor that could mean potential state prison time because he carried out the assaults while he was an on-duty police officer, prosecutors said.
Prosecutors say the assault happened moments after a state trooper and Windham police sergeant had arrested Templeton after a high-speed pursuit.
Templeton had sped away in a black Jeep Cherokee from a Windham police sergeant and set off on Interstate 93 around 1:50 a.m., according to court records.
Templeton drove along Veterans Memorial Parkway in Salem in the opposite lane, and later onto Main Street where he was apprehended in a wooded area near the Massachusetts state line by state and local police, according to court records.
Freda had taken Templeton into custody after the arrest and allegedly assaulted him, according to the state Attorney General's Office.
Freda was fired by the town on Jan. 21. He has pleaded not guilty and remains free on bail. He will be arraigned on the charges April 24 in superior court.


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This week we had Isabella de Santos on 8thStreet Latinas. This half-Colombian, half-Peruvian honey was as fly as they come. The crew met up with her while Mirko and Tony were on their way to eat at a Mexican restaurant. They passed Isabella and they couldn't help hitting on this sexy and alluring Latina. They got a little convo going, and Isabella was shocked because no one usually talks to her thanks to her jealous, muscle-head boyfriend.
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You're right! They are "sorta fast" read. The one I have takes about 25 - 30 seconds. My other dream gift is one of those fancy digital probe thermometers Alton Brown is always showing off.Salsero wrote:Is there really such a thing and where can you get them? Or are they just "pretty-quick" read ... like they stabilize in up to a minute?CynTEAa wrote: an instant read thermometer
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The Little Elf Wally wrote about today. As usual he wrote 600 words and said nothing... I have never seen one person waste that much space as often as he dos.
I love how he twists it saying LSU fans are coming up on Tuesday just for the game and staying until Saturday just for the game leaving the underlying thought that the LR economy would take a hit through less hotels, restaurants. No, nobody in LA has any family in the LR area. And no, they wouldn't be staying with relatives for Thanksgiving. No, let's go out of state for 4 days and have a turkey sammich at a Holiday Inn. Give me a damn break with that crap.
I also doubt they are allowed into the part to set up on the Tuesday before the game.Most of those LSU faithful would come to the Rock and tailgate starting on Tuesday or Wednesday and stay until the day after the game.
I've never experienced anyone working at CFA being a jerk or rude but yesterday I encountered a guy in the drive thru who was not only rude but a jerk. When I finally had my order and he didn't even say my pleasure I yelled "thanks for being a jerk" and drove off.
RVsWhich makes his argument even more retarded.
That Mississippi State game was in Starkville right? I was at it. Sleeted the entire time. The girl I was dating at the time made it all the way to the fourth quarter and then told me she couldn't feel her feet. I couldn't believe she made it that long. We wound up eating at El Sombrero and listening to Arkansas win it on a fourth down stop.
Not going to comment of the substance of that article,
It wasn't cold but was anyone at Granny Lou's last game at WMS when the tornado sirens were going off?
Resonance...metal folding chairs or hard tile floors cannot be beaten when it comes to firing off a loud fart.
The most rain that I've seen was against Tulsa back when RRS was 2 sides and the East side was only 1 level. It rained so hard we couldn't see the field from our seats (we were on East side close to the top). I remember walking back to the car and the water coming off the hills was probably 4 inches deep.
Nothing shocking. But there will be more hits on the site and more bitching in the comments from those who want it in LR.:http://www.arkansassports360.com/29563/cbs-tony-barnhart-arkansas-lsu-will-never-go-back-to-war-memorialOfficially, the Arkansas season finale with LSU is moving from Little Rock to Fayetteville so the Hogs can avoid a third trip away from Reynolds Razorback Stadium to end the season. Travel is the primary reason cited in a university news release, Jeff Long's comments to us and a Bobby Petrino radio appearance.Finding room for another 20,000 or so fans also helps. It's no secret the Fayetteville venue is larger and presents an opportunity to generate more revenue.But as we've told you since December when we learned the move was being discussed,: recruiting is a major reason for the move.That reasoning hasn't escaped the notice of Tony Barnhart, national football columnist for CBSSports.com. Barnhart, known as Mr. College Football, was on the Tim Brando Show and offered his thoughts on the venue swap.Barnhart doesn't expect the LSU game ever gets moved back to Little Rock. That weekend is too valuable to recruiting, he said:"That's a big recruiting weekend. When you're off campus, guess what? You've got no place to take them. There is nothing to tour. You don't have the facilities. This is a huge recruiting weekend for Arkansas for obvious reasons. That's why — I promise you — the LSU-Arkansas game will never go back to Little Rock."Never?Long stressed to me last week that the move wasn't necessarily forever.I'm not so sure.
I am not claiming I am right, I am saying I don't get it.
baylor 1991 - final swc game in nam. not much shelter from storms back then at razorback stadium - very cold and inches of snow. jason allen went down that game and so did th razorbacks.
Long stressed to me last week that the move wasn't necessarily forever.
Speaking of Wally. When he does retire who is in line to take his place?
Ah yes, I remember the 2000 Alabama game. The infamous late whistle/gang tackle of Cedric Cobbs.


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This is great. Not something I'd personally wear, but I can appreciate the design.
sTyLeS wrote:The black definitely looks way cooler IMO.
Ah... well too late now, but thanks sTyLeS!
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flamespear wrote:i think you'll still get a honorable mention
That would be great, but I guess we'll see. Thanks flamespear!
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This is such an odd derby. I'm not really the type of person to wear "meat designs." I've only looked at a few entries today starting at around 11:50am, so wasn't able to contribute votes to many. I think this would be my favorite of what I've looked through. I like it, yet it still kind of grosses me out.
kc6201 wrote:If you don't see the creep factor, what about the design signals "anti-McDonalds"?
The reason I did this design was to be critical of McDonald's and fast food in general...or at least the perception of their food. The perception is you get fat from fast food, so I parody that by having a super obese cow. The perception is the meat is heavily processed, so I have chicken nuggets strolling around the yard eating fries. The creep factor though comes from how people see Old McDonald (Ronald's father btw) and I didn't see his expression as creepy, but then I'm not bothered by clowns the way many people are. And I never thought of Gacy at all or I might've changed the face to be happier. I stand by the art, but I admit I didn't see it the way the comments suggested until after they were made. Oh well, there's next week...
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Thanks for the support and comments everyone!
This is awesome, I hope it can get printed.
I love this! y'know me and Unicorns.. you did an super terrific job, You kicked B"ass"!
[quote postid="4218996" user="tjost"]That's kinda what I wanted to make, a shirt you could wear in public and most people would think was a just a pub looking shirt, but then every once in awhile you'd get someone that goes, OH COOL Glad you like it and thanks to everyone who's supporting this. I gaurantee you'll see it again if it doesn't get printed here [/quote
Where else do you submit to, because I circus peanuts! to miss an opportunity to get a shirt for my whole family (3 of us).
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beaterbar wrote:One problem is that Texas isn't really known for their pork bbq. I don't think one Texas bbq place would emphasize their hog over brisket.
Crappity crap. Out of the fog. Well, just wanted to pop in to say in today's paper there are TWO BBQ trailers that feature pork:
Bee Caves BBQ "country-style pork ribs, pork loin and Taylor sausage" and Shedd's BBQ Rolling Joint "Sweet and tender Mississippi-style pulled pork sandwiches."
Mmmm...love me some pulled pork sammich. I hope this prints elsewhere! Def in for one!
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Nice concept, the text is very funny! Good Luck!
faust666x wrote:[quote postid="4218996" user="tjost"]That's kinda what I wanted to make, a shirt you could wear in public and most people would think was a just a pub looking shirt, but then every once in awhile you'd get someone that goes, OH COOL Glad you like it and thanks to everyone who's supporting this. I gaurantee you'll see it again if it doesn't get printed here [/quote
Where else do you submit to, because I circus peanuts! to miss an opportunity to get a shirt for my whole family (3 of us).
Dear lord, this shirt HAS to be printed.
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Sorry, I meant to add my voice to those wanting to know where else you may submit this.
enjasan wrote:I too wanted this shirt.
Loss of sale.
It's truly aggravating that people put "YOU LOST MY PURCHASE!" as if that's some kind of a valid response to proper rule enforcement.
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I enjoy this one. Good job!
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It's not a mystery really. They're made of low-grade beef and "mechanically separated chicken," among other things. I still love them. Add enough flavoring and anything can taste good. Go figure.
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I absolutely want this shirt. Please let us know where else it will print.
Thank you.
I didn't recognize the reference either. Been several years since I've last seen it and if it's not a big part of the movie, I don't tend to remember it. Now that I know what it's from though, I like it. I enjoy subtler references.
kc6201 wrote:It's not a mystery really. They're made of low-grade beef and "mechanically separated chicken," among other things. I still love them. Add enough flavoring and anything can taste good. Go figure.
I love that phrase; mechanically separated chicken. It's half the reason I buy them. I hate manually separated chicken. Unless its got a lot of flavoring.
paigeg wrote:I'm still learning, myself, but I'll take a shot.
I think this is composed nicely, and I like the choice of shirt color. If I'm not going to use black lines, I like dark colors like navy, a dark green, brown... Cranberry wouldn't have been my first choice, but it looks good.
To color this, you'd have to remove some of your shadning, and beef up your linework quite a bit first. This would probably look great with a faded, muted color scheme and some halftoning for the shading. I don't think you'd want to go for full-blown saturated colors.
My opinion, fwiw.
Pageg, thank you so much for the feedback! I definitely see what you are saying with needing to clean up the linework for full color. I have kind of a beginner question, though...how is everyone doing halftones? I've never done those before, and I confess that I have no idea how to. So far I have been using Gimp for my designs (although I am considering getting Photoshop or Illustrator if I can justify it!).
I will be purchasing two of these one for me and one for my boyfriend!
I will be watching for this one. It gets printed, and it will be mine. Oh yes, it will be mine.
yah...he got boned.
megsck wrote:i read somewhere that the crop industry kills more animals than the meat industry, because of all the little vermin that live in the fields that die because of the machine they use to harvest. either way something is being killed so that you have food, but that is why we evolved to have both sharp and flat teeth, so we can eat both =)
And a majority of those crops harvested go to beef production, not direct human consumption. So I guess it's really the meat industry that's causing the death of most of those vermin too
camylow7 wrote:This was my first Derby Entry...tell me, what did you think? future suggestions?
image is squished, try a different word font... too small of words, and what's with the white... the idea was great though, made me laugh
Love it...and I am a vegetarian! My pick hands paws down. Where the mutton is nice and lean...ha!
makena29 wrote:How is this not in the top 9???? I've been keeping my fingers crossed for a baconoctopus shirt for the last week and I'm going to be crushed if I can't get one.
I couldn't agree more. I'm sooo bummed it didn't make the cut. If it prints anywhere else I need it! Badly!!
manikx66 wrote:For starters why have you not left comments on Prehistoric Meat Chart and diagram of a pig these are both also animal meat charts. Similar to An exhaustive guide to cuts of meat but different such as mine is. As for plagiarism look up the meaning its taking work that is not yours and using it for yourself unchanged. If you look at all the meat diagram submissions they are all different in various way. You can assume that they where influenced by the first one but might not have been. Either way as long as they are similar but different it is ok. A while back I did a post with Charlie brown likenesses shortly after it was posted 2 more showed up from that line of characters but I didn't have an issue with it they where different. For the lateness of my submission 1. I work and have a social life so I'm busy with other things, 2 I have other submissions that I had worked on first and 3. I already an idea like this before the derby even started but was not sure about the text rule. After the first wave of rejects went through and other diagrams survived I said what the hell why not submit my version as well.
I voted for this shirt and not for An exhausted guide. The thought never occurred to me that the same artist had done both shirts simply from the names of the cuts of meat. While the other amused me a bit, it lacked much creativity. Definitely not a copy, haters hate on you because you saw a basic idea that was good and made it something better. Keep up the good work, I appreciate any and all nerdified shirts <3
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Having seen this shirt before the other meat diagrams I voted for this one and not any of them. For good reason, this sh*t is f*cking rad! Any nerd that has ever enjoyed a real life role playing game such as D&D will get the humor here. The others just are not as funny, or as creative.
Even if this shirt was influenced by the other, every idea has been done before, sometime, somewhere. People get rich everyday by seeing an idea and saying I can do that better, then doing it. So what?
Haters gonna hate.
haha..."chork", "purkey", and "other hotdogs" are my favorite ingredients
PLEASE, PLEASE post where you print this shirt!!! I NEED it! Anybody want a peanut?
I'd be in for a few too!! Great classic looking design!
Gah! I'm starting to get nervous! Just saw this derby on Friday (sorry I didn't get to vote!!) and now there's only one day left for my chances to own a shirt describing how I feel about industrialized meat with the words "A Tiny Bit of Poop". Hope it sells, but either way, brilliant concept, and I hope you can sell it elsewhere if not here.
I'm totally bummed this didn't win! I thought for sure it would place! Hopefully, the editor's might be kind and pick it to print anyway, I'd love to add this to my Woot Shirt collection!
timjoestan wrote:To you? How so?
I say good job. If you don't offend someone you didn't do your job. Almost every shirt on this site is offensive to SOMEONE, this one is no different.
I do agree that it would have been better with the words "braise him" though.
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Great shirt. The art is amazing. I would have bought one.
I know opinions are like posteriors, but for my part:
I absolutely love the artwork here, but I feel that the shirt would do just as well (or better) without the slogan. Simply wearing a "Unicorn Steakhouse" shirt is wonderfully ironic on its own.
Perhaps the slogan was added as an attempt to draw in more male customers, but personally, as a guy, I'd wear this without any pandering. Heck yeah, I'm secure enough to wear a unicorn on my chest!
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After encountering problems with ticket sales for three of his Atlanta concerts, Garth Brooks held a meeting with Ticketmaster. Now, he's adding even more shows in the Southern hub.
Ticketmaster's website wasn't ready for the onslaught of fans and large volume of traffic when Brooks' Atlanta concerts went on sale, and sales were suspended as a result. But it seems they've worked out the kinks, as the country superstar has announced an additional Sept. 20 show at the Phillips Arena, this time for 10:30 p.m.. He's even decided to stick around Georgia an extra day, adding a Sept. 21 show for 7:30 p.m..
Brooks is happy with the solution — and Ticketmaster.
"I couldn't ask for a better partner," he gushes. "Ticketmaster's scalper screening system is a wonderful idea … with that said, all I saw were tickets on every scalping site and the people that just wanted to come to the show could not get in. The folks at Ticketmaster were totally devoted to achieving our mutual goal …. that the on-sale this Saturday runs faster and creates an easier process for people who want to come to the show."
Tickets for the new Brooks Atlanta shows go on sale Aug. 16 at 9 a.m. ET, but there is a six ticket limit per person.
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Cyclist seriously injured in collision with SUV in Greensboro
Cyclist seriously injured in collision with SUV in Greensboro
A cyclist was critically injured in a collision with an SUV Friday morning near Guilford College.
Samuel Allen, 22, of Greensboro, was injured in the crash around 8:45 a.m. at the intersection of West Friendly Avenue and Dolley Madison Road.
Allen was taken to Moses Cone Hospital for treatment.
Allen was riding his bike northbound on Dolley Madison Road when it collided with a GMC Yukon going west on West Friendly, Greensboro police said.
The Yukon driver had a green light, and Allen hit him while going through the intersection, police said.
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Danbury withdrawing from Newfound district will be costlyBy DAN SEUFERT
Union Leader Correspondent
April 02. 2013 8:31AM
BRISTOL - If Danbury wants to leave the Newfound Area School District, it won't be cheap.
That was the message delivered to the school board by District Business Administrator Dan Rossner Monday night, as the board announced it is formally responding to Danbury voters approving a study on the feasibility and suitability for the town to withdraw from the district.
If the town withdraws, Danbury residents would owe the school district an initial payment of $129,000 for investments the district has made in Danbury Elementary School, which was sold by the town to the district many years ago, Rossner said.
Residents would also owe about $35,000 a year for the remainder of a 13-year district improvements bond that the town OK'd while part of the district, he said.
School Board Chairman Vincent Paul Migliore said other towns in the seven-town district should take notice. Saying he has heard "rumors" that residents in Bridgewater, Hebron, and Groton also want to consider leaving the district, Migliore said any community leaving would face a similar debt to the district.
At next Monday night's meeting, Barrett M. Christina, staff attorney with the New Hampshire School Board Association, will address the legalities and other issues involved with a town withdrawing from a school district, Migliore said.
Selectmen in the district's seven towns — Alexandria, Bridgewater, Bristol, Danbury, Groton, Hebron, and New Hampton — have been asked to come to next week's meeting. To comply with state laws, one selectman from each town will be required to join a 14-member study committee that will also include the entire school board.
"This is a very complex issue," he said. "Next week, I hope there are 21 or 28 selectmen here with us."
The withdrawal issue arose when Danbury voters approved a petitioned warrant article earlier this month for a study on the town's possible withdrawal. The vote was 243-78.
Danbury is the only school in the district with a K-4 elementary school. At present, its students go to Bristol schools from grades 5-12. Town residents were angered last year when the board discussed a plan that would have closed the elementary school and sent students to Bristol as a cost-saving measure.
Danbury School Board member Ruby Hill said it wasn't the first time district officials have discussed closing the school. If it had been closed, "our smallest students would have been on the bus from 6:30 a.m. to 7:50 a.m. each morning," she said.
"(Danbury) people are not angry. They just want to know if the current arrangement is the best arrangement for our kids," Hill said.
Many residents in district towns are concerned because the district is contemplating substantial money-saving measures, such as a new district K-8 system, to deal with its steadily declining enrollments, Migliore said.


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Hedge fund Aurelius Capital Management sued directors of Energy Future Holdings Corp. and its chief executive officer, claiming loans made within the power producer harmed creditors.
Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Co., a unit of Energy Future, is owed more than $725 million in additional interest after making loans to the parent company for billions of dollars, Aurelius said in a complaint filed yesterday in federal court in Dallas.
"The loans did not reflect a fair transaction between the companies: No unaffiliated third party would have extended such loans," Aurelius said.
Energy Future, formerly known as TXU Corp., was taken over in a $48 billion deal in 2007 led by private-equity firms KKR & Co. and TPG Capital.
The buyout of Dallas-based Energy Future was a bet that would have paid off had natural-gas prices increased. Instead, the prices, which set the cost of electricity in the Texas market, have fallen about 71 percent since July 2008.
Hedging contracts that Energy Future sold to shield against fluctuations in gas prices are expiring and will disappear entirely by the end of 2014, which may worsen losses. Energy Future lost $3.36 billion last year, a wider deficit than its $1.91 billion shortfall in 2011, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
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The power producer faces a "material restructuring" within 12 months, Moody's Investors Service said in a Feb. 26 note.
Deloitte & Touche LLP, Energy Future's independent auditor, included a note in the company's latest annual report emphasizing its debt, interest payments and ability to tackle about $3.8 billion of debt maturing at its Texas Competitive unit in October 2014. The auditor said its unqualified opinion that Energy Future's finances are sound is "dependent upon the completion of one or more actions" the company has said it may pursue.
Those "transactions and initiatives" include debt exchanges, recapitalizations, amendments and extensions of debt, and debt-for-equity exchanges or conversions, according to Energy Future's financial statements in its annual report.
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The power producer received consents from creditors to extend the maturity date on more than $17 billion in loans in April 2011, and this year lenders agreed to exchange $1.37 billion of bonds and to amend rules governing its securities as Energy Future shifted liabilities to a subsidiary.
Energy Future spokesman Allan Koenig declined to comment on the lawsuit. The company said in a 2011 letter to Aurelius that the hedge fund's claims were unfounded and accused it of trying to manipulate the credit default swaps market to its advantage.
In the lawsuit, Aurelius claimed that Texas Competitive has been insolvent since 2010. Defendants in the case include CEO John Young and directors of Energy Future and Texas Competitive.
Aurelius said in its complaint that the loans, made between November 2007 and January, peaked in the fourth quarter of 2010 at more than $1.9 billion outstanding and averaged more than $1 billion on a quarterly basis.
The market was paying yields two to four times higher than what Texas Competitive was paid, Aurelius said. The interest was more than $725 million less than what Energy Future would have paid had the loans been made "for reasonably equivalent value," according to the filing.
In August 2011, the hedge fund asked the International Swaps and Derivatives Association to determine whether Texas Competitive was insolvent, which would trigger payouts on $1.2 billion of credit-default swaps linked to the utility provider's debt. The derivativesindustry group ruled against Aurelius in that case.
The case is Aurelius Capital Master Ltd. v. Acosta, 13-cv- 01173, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas (Dallas).
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Exchange premiums: Subsidies and real costsEDITORIAL
June 22. 2014 9:51PM
According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the average monthy health insurance premium on New Hampshire's health insurance marketplace is less than $100. Except it is not.
Some headlines proclaimed last week that the "average" monthly premium on New Hampshire's exchange was just $87 per month. In truth, that was the average, after government subsidies, for the most popular "silver" plan. Across all plans, the average was $100 per month for people who qualified for a federal subsidy. The average cost before the subsidy was $390 per month.
This is how Americans can be so easily misled about Obamacare. The average premium cost on New Hampshire's exchange is not $100. It is $390. The taxpayers pick up 2/3 of the tab for people who earn up to 400 percent of the federal poverty level. Nationally, the taxpayers pick up 3/4 of the tab, the HHS report shows.
Obamacare is not pushing premiums below $100 by actually lowering the cost of health insurance. It is lowering the price of insurance for people who earn less than 400 percent of the federal poverty level simply by taxing others so the government can pay the bulk of the costs, making the premiums appear cheaper than they really are.
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The career kick-offs of two successful wirehouse advisors were as different as the countries where they were born. Amit Stavinsky started as a lieutenant in the Israeli Air Force. Francis Hoey, from Pennsylvania, was a college track star who, after graduation, traded commodities in Philadelphia.
But in 2010 both FAs — one in California by now, the other yet in Pennsylvania — celebrated an identical career milestone: They had each taken the momentous step to become a registered investment advisor. And both had chosen Schwab Advisor Services as custodian.
Part of a growing trend, Stavinsky, 47, and Hoey, 42, were positive they wanted to transition to the independent RIA model. But along with the happy anticipation and excitement, they were — like other advisors before them — beset by fear of the unknown.
"Think of a 1,000-piece puzzle that you put together your whole career," says Stavinsky, managing director of investments at Tamar Securities, in Woodland Hills, Calif., and formerly a 14-year advisor at Oppenheimer & Co. following three years with Prudential Securities.
"One day you decide to stand up and kick that puzzle out the window. You've broken apart everything you've done, and all the pieces are floating around. The moment I put in my resignation, I thought: a value creation came apart in one instant. My challenge was to put all the pieces back together and create a business [more] for the benefit of the client," says Stavinsky, now managing more than $165 million in client assets.
For Hoey's part, the biggest source of anxiety was the requirement to become chief compliance officer of his firm. He says such fear was instilled by the wirehouse from which he'd resigned. He now heads Hoey Investments, in West Chester, Pa., with $65 million in assets under management.
"Growing up in the broker-dealer world," says Hoey, previously a Merrill Lynch advisor for 12 years, "they'd tell you that the SEC or FINRA are coming to your door every day to shut you down. They have a very fear-oriented culture, which makes you believe it's too hard to go out on your own."
Nonetheless, breakaway brokers are continuing to leave large firms in favor of going independent. Most RIAs are opting for dual registration — as both a fee-based RIA and an FA affiliated with a broker-dealer that's compensated per transaction. Being a "hybrid" affords a wider choice of product.
According to research firm Cerulli Associates, in Boston, those who are dually registered accounted for more of the 2009-2010 RIA-channel growth in both assets and advisors.
"The RIA is an appealing business model for many because clients perceive RIAs to be more objective than wirehouse brokers," says executive search consultant Mark Elzweig, president of Mark Elzweig Co., in New York City.
"It's a trend that's slowly gaining momentum," he adds, "but I think the breakaway broker thing is really exaggerated. The wirehouse model works for most advisors because it's a turnkey situation, a convenient place to do business. Advisors don't want to research health care plans or when their sales assistant leaves, go out and hire a new one. They want to bug their branch manager about it."
For Hoey and Stavinsky, however, working at wirehouses had become increasingly uncomfortable. They say they felt restricted and unable to provide as many product choices as they would as independents.
"In a wirehouse, you operate in a very confined environment. It's almost like working for McDonald's: You can buy the hamburger only from McDonald's, the buns only from McDonald's, the fries only from McDonald's. As long as you buy everything from McDonald's, everything is fine," Stavinsky says.
Advisor Hoey in 1998 joined his father Frederick Hoey Sr.'s longtime Merrill practice in Exton, Pa., after working elsewhere in the firm for a year. He took his first step on the road to transitioning to the RIA space when, in 2008, he left to join a small broker-dealer and opened an office in West Chester, Pa.
Why? "The amount of trouble that Merrill Lynch was getting into [during the financial crisis] was not meeting my clients' best interests," he says. "The products they were getting involved in were more for the benefit of Merrill Lynch than the client or broker. It grew to a point where they were the dominant factor in the relationship."
Hoey had anxiety, however, about becoming an RIA, especially when it came to compliance. The RIA model would require him to oversee that key area, as well as deal with acquisition of technology and research. That's why he chose to join the already-established b-d, Cambridge Investment Research, and not pursue RIA registration.
Yet things went poorly, chiefly because the firm failed to have the expertise and research to which Hoey was accustomed at the wirehouse, he says.
"It wasn't a good fit. After two years, my staff and I had to move on. I decided that I needed to go to the RIA model," he recalls.
One big attraction this program offers is that advisors receive 100 percent of fees billed to clients. Further, though they may be forfeiting the big signing bonuses wirehouses typically pay, independent RIA practices can, in time, command hefty sale prices.
In contrast to Hoey, Amit Stavinsky segued directly from a major firm to the RIA model. To be sure, his move was not without angst.
"I was concerned about throwing away that security blanket and starting from scratch," he says, "But I wanted to reduce risk for my clients, have a big value proposition and be able to get product at institutional rates. I wanted to gain independence and make more money."
Most of all, Stavinsky wanted "complete freedom in choosing the best investments in the entire universe. That's not that easy in a big wirehouse," he says.
It's scarcely surprising that FAs who exit wirehouses to launch their own enterprises are soured on that particular corporate model. Elzweig notes that working in such a culture likely wasn't organic for them in the first place.
"The people that leave have the genetic wiring to be business owners. That's why they leave! If that's who you are," he says, "you're not going to like being managed in a wirehouse."
Israeli-born Stavinsky moved to the United States in 1992, sponsored by Prudential. He had run his own publishing firm as founder of the Israeli Economic Monthly Review. Thus, familiar with setting up and running a business, he wasn't fearful about the functional aspects of arranging for and maintaining an RIA's technology, research and compliance.
Rather, he says, "the human nature of the business is a lot more difficult in the unknown — explaining the value proposition to clients and making sure they understand and will come with you."
Both Hoey and Stavinsky signed Schwab Advisor Services to custody client assets and help them through the transition process — and beyond.
Hoey especially liked Schwab's technology platform, which, he says, was "very similar to the major brokerage house. So it felt very comfortable."
He made the decision to go the RIA route in September 2010 and guided by Schwab, two months later began the paperwork and to transfer assets. Within just two weeks he converted 100 percent of his clients. He got lots of help from a Schwab transition specialist who functioned in the capacity of consultant.
In choosing a custodian, Stavinsky was looking for "the strongest, cheapest way to run my business for me and my clients," he says. He selected Schwab for its "strength and superb technology."
Moreover: "They are quick-to-understand problem-solvers," says the advisor, who also hired Fidelity to custody assets of accounts established later.
Within the first six months, Stavinsky transferred 100 percent of his assets under management. In the process, he also booked additional funds clients held at other institutions.
"We had these client relationships for many years," he says. "They stayed with us because of us — it wasn't anything special my old employer did for them. They understood that even better when we explained the new venture."
Similarly, when Hoey informed clients that he would be an RIA, "nobody was worried. They were actually more attracted to the RIA platform than to Cambridge's," he says.
Both advisors registered with the SEC. (Because of an AUM-related 2012 regulatory change, Hoey must now register with the State of Pennsylvania too.) Stavinsky set up as an LLC — limited liability company; Hoey, as a corporation. The FAs are affiliated with the same broker-dealer, Purshe Kaplan Sterling, in Albany, N.Y.
According to Cerulli, RIA assets grew 16.16 percent over 2009-2010, but the number of practices in the channel fell 1.1 percent. The researcher attributes that drop to weak firms leaving the industry and incoming FAs joining existing RIAs rather than starting their own. Cerulli foresees this trend continuing. Joining a firm of course means not being required to assume the role of chief compliance officer.
And, establishing and running an RIA is costly, as Stavinsky and Hoey will confirm.
"I cannot emphasize this more," Stavinsky says. "Yes, with an RIA, you make 100 percent of the fees — and a lot more than before. But running a business — salaries, health care and so on, are expensive. And I have Bloomberg [Terminals] in my office."
For the first four months as a solo practitioner, Hoey strove to keep costs to about $20,000. Though he cites technology programs as "cost-intensive," he says that "when you decide correctly, they make you efficient enough to enhance your business." For example, he uses Schwab's portfolio rebalancer and a reporting system from Tamarac Inc.
Hoey, concentrating on family clients, invests mostly in fixed income closed-end funds and equity mutual funds. He handles all money management himself using six different platforms based on client risk levels.
Stavinsky's niche is high-net-worth individuals and business owners. Eighty percent of his business is in fixed income investments, and he sometimes hires value money managers.
How did Hoey conquer his fear of compliance? Simple. Schwab put him in touch with three law firms specializing in starting RIA platforms. He interviewed them all and chose the one that best fit his business. It took care of all paperwork, including his ADV Form, as well as registration filing.
Now "any time I have a question about compliance," he says, "I call, and they answer it."
As for research, Hoey uses packages form Morningstar and Schwab's research department. He subscribes to several newsletters too.
Meantime, on the West Coast, Stavinsky also has a law firm handling compliance. He conducts a good deal of his own research via the Bloomberg Terminal and obtains research from Schwab and Fidelity as well.
By far the biggest benefit to being an RIA? Both advisors describe it with the same word: "freedom."
Hoey: "Running the business hasn't been as difficult as I thought because I do it the same way as at Merrill Lynch except there's a tremendous amount of freedom to make decisions on clients' behalf. The RIA model is absent any corporate input. Instead of having three or four different platforms or areas to explore, there's an infinite amount."
Stavinsky, in the process of hiring a producing advisor, says: "For the first time in my career, when walk into the office, I'm smiling. I'm very happy. It's freedom. It's almost like shackles coming off your hands and legs. The sky's the limit!"


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Mass. man dies in Chesterfield crash
CHESTERFIELD -- A 52-year-old Massachusetts man died Wednesday night after he was pinned underneath his tractor-trailer that jack-knifed on Route 9.
He was identified by state police as Fritz Etienne, 52 , of Tewksbury, Mass.
According to state police, the crash happened about 9:50 p.m. Etienne was operating a 2000 Peterbilt conversion tractor with an attached Monarch Van Trailer west on Route 9 when the trailer began to slide due to icy roads.
It skidded off the road and into a snow-covered embankment. State police said it appears Etienne tried to get out the driver's side door at some point during the collision.
However, he was pinned underneath the truck and rescue workers from Chesterfield police and fire departments were unable to extricate him. He died at the scene.
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SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - A congressional panel will hold a hearing as soon as this month on sexual abuse in the military, an aide to a key lawmaker said on Tuesday, as the sex-with-recruits scandal in the Air Force continued to expand.
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Howard "Buck" McKeon, a California Republican, "has committed to having hearings on this issue, and the committee is working on putting that hearing together," said Claude Chafin, a spokesman for McKeon.
Chafin did not say when a hearing would take place, but Jenny Werwa, a spokeswoman for committee member Jackie Speier, a California Democrat who has pushed for such hearings, said it is likely to begin January 23 before the Military Personnel Subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee.
Thirty of the Military Training Instructors who conduct basic training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio have been removed from duty in an investigation into sergeants engaging in sexual activity with female recruits. Six have been convicted by courts martial of charges ranging from engaging in inappropriate relationships to rape, and have been sentenced to prison terms ranging from 30 days to 20 years.
Military judges have declined to order several of them removed from the Air Force, leading several members of Congress to demand hearings.
"The Committee has an obligation to begin an arm's-length investigation of the situation that is independent of the military's own effort to police itself," Speier said.
An internal Air Force investigation recommended that more female training sergeants be added, but rejected the idea of switching to same-sex basic training, with female sergeants managing female trainees. It said the Air Force should train as it works, with men and women side by side.
Advocates for people sexually abused in the military praised the committee and said a public hearing will go a long way toward dealing with an issue they say goes beyond a few dozen instructors at the Air Force's basic training base.
"This is not just a crisis in the training commands, it is throughout the armed forces and has been for decades," said Nancy Parrish, president of the advocacy group Protect Our Defenders. "The epidemic of sexual assault in our military must be addressed systematically and this requires congressional hearings and legislation."
Jeffrey Addicott, a retired Army Judge Advocate and longtime legal adviser to the Army Special Forces, said that civilian authorities should not get involved in military issues and that a congressional hearing will simply muddy the waters.
"Part of the problem with military structure and discipline resides directly with the Congress and other social justice ideologues who have engaged in social engineering programs in our military," Addicott said.
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We like to get things free. When it's on the Internet it doesn't feel like stealing.
The eternal battle between authors to get money for what they created goes on. We love all the little things that make life more pleasant. The IPod was something I had been waiting for. All my favorite music collected in one place. For me alone to enjoy. Once in a while I would share some collections with others, mostly my ever young friends who like to listen to sixties music. The old masters. It is so incredibly convenient not to have to carry all your CDs around. Quickly all my discs, mostly albums that I had previously owned on Vinyl, were on my beloved IPod. Then someone invented a phone that did the same thing and somehow my songs found their way onto my phone as well. I did not feel guilty. I had paid for all this music. Some of it twice.
Once in a while a friend might come by with a new CD by some group that I should absolutely listen to. Sometimes I would relent and add it to my collection. Most of it was junk that I'd listen to at most once. I just copied it to keep the peace with him anyway.
But even though I might not listen to these songs I now had them on my IPod. I could listen to the songs if I wanted to. And I had never paid for them. Should I feel guilty?
I have bought songs off the Internet. Not often because until lately the big chains would not sell songs to Iceland. Not once have I been to a pirate site where you can get songs free. So when I get to the Pearly Gates my conscience will be relatively clear when it comes to stealing music.
What about software, Benedikt? Have you ever used software that you suspected was not fully paid for to the original supplier?
Well, I may not always have checked, I think that it was some of the time, these guys are all so rich anyway, I always paid for the software I used at work …
How about your children, did they ever find free music on the Internet and download it to their personal player?
Here I'd be in real trouble again, but now they are all well over 18 so they have to do their own time for their Internet crimes.
Pop stars used to get rich by having a hit record. Some of you will have heard of Don McLean. I would never have been able to answer who he was in Trivial Pursuit, but I stumbled upon his most famous song, American Pie, the other week. I had heard that often on American Radio when I lived there, but when I listened to it now I found that it was much longer than I had thought (eight minutes) and I really only knew the chorus: So bye-bye, miss American pie.etc. The lyrics sound very unintelligibly to me. When McLean was asked what it meant he replied: "It means I never have to work again."
Evidently that's no longer true. He is singing all over the place and might even be coming to Iceland (I'm not sure enough people know who he is). Why? Probably too many people are now listening to his song for free. I went to YouTube to find the song and found generally low quality videos of the song, one of them featuring a picture of Bob Dylan. But they were good enough for me to hear what it sounds like and decide whether I'd like to play it on the piano (I did find the score in a book that I must have bought). So all McLean got from me was his share of the $ 4.99 the book might have cost, a book of 99 mellow songs. (I'm a mellow guy). After sales tax, the share of the bookstore and the publisher, that comes down to exactly … not very much. I understand why Dan is on the road again.
I recently got a Pad. Not and IPad but a Think Pad tablet. A gadget everyone should own. I like it just as much as the IPod. One of the features is that you can read books. I had to try it instantly. So I went to amazon and got the biography of Steve Jobs. Not the whole book but the teaser that they give away for free. It was unusually long and I read it all. That may have taken three hours. Finally it came to an end. It was interesting and convinced me that Jobs was not a nice guy.
Did I buy the rest of the book for $11?
Did I look for a place where I could download it for free?
Would I accept it if somebody sent me a digital copy?
Let´s stop the questioning.
I would accept the book if someone lent it to me. I would not steal it from a bookstore. I am sure the same applies to almost all of the readers. So why would honest people be tempted to take intellectual property on the Internet without paying?
I don't know. I am sure the digital book will be a boon to writers and readers. Hopefully, most people will not steal the books on the Internet. Now it's even possible to rent books for a limited time. It's cheaper and works like a library.
Hopefully, sites like YouTube will not be closed down. They are fun to use. Maybe the solution is to let us pay a penny or two for every site we look at. That might add up to real money in the end, without costing the user too much.
And get Don McLean off the road again.
Benedikt Jóhannesson [email protected]


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The mega-hit webseries Monster High will have your tween ditching her princess costume for something a little more gruesome. The show, which features the children of famous monsters like Frankenstein and Count Dracula, cleverly updates scary creatures and historical figures. Costumes for Cleo de Nile, Draculaura and Clawdeen will be flying off the shelves this season, so get your daughter's early.
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NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Trial begins Tuesday in Virginia for three Somali men charged with piracy and the 2011 murders of four Americans aboard a yacht off the coast of Africa.
The yacht's owners, Jean and Scott Adam of Marina del Rey, Calif., and their friends, Bob Riggle and Phyllis Macay of Seattle, were shot to death in February 2011 after they were taken hostage at sea several hundred miles south of Oman. Eleven other men in the case have already pleaded guilty to piracy and been sentenced to life in prison, although prosecutors don't believe any of them fired the fatal shots.
The Adamses had been sailing full-time on their 58-foot yacht after retiring several years earlier. Their boat was boarded by 19 men who sought to kidnap and ransom the Americans for millions of dollars. The pirates' plan fell through when a U.S. Navy warship began shadowing the yacht as it made its way toward Somalia.
The Navy had told the pirates that they could keep the yacht in exchange for the hostages, but they refused to take the deal because they didn't believe they would get enough money for the sailboat, according to court records. The pirates said the only person authorized to negotiate the Americans' release was also based in Somalia.
The destroyer USS Sterett was maneuvering between the Quest and the Somali coast when a rocket-propelled grenade was fired at it. Soon after, shots rang out aboard the yacht Quest.
Court documents say the Americans were being held in the yacht's steering wheel house by seven men when the Americans were fired upon. Other pirates have said they tried to stop the shooting once it started, but by the time Navy SEALs scrambled aboard the yacht, each of the Americans had already been shot.
Four of the hijackers died on board — including two who have also been identified in court records as those who shot at the Americans. One person was released by authorities because he is a juvenile.
Ahmed Muse Salad, Abukar Osman Beyle and Shani Nurani Shiekh Abrar each face multiple charges that could bring them the death penalty, including hostage-taking resulting in death, violence against maritime navigation resulting in death and kidnapping resulting in death. In all, 22 of the 26 counts with which the defendants are charged are death-eligible offenses.
Executions under federal law are extremely rare. Only three out of more than 1,300 executions in the U.S. since 1976 have been carried out by the federal government, according to the Death Penalty Information Center, which tracks death penalty statistics and is opposed to the death penalty
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder made the decision to seek the death penalty. Ultimately, the U.S. is trying to send a message to would-be pirates: Stay away from U.S.-flagged vessels.
Defense attorneys have objected to the possibility of the death penalty for Salad because they claim he is mentally handicapped. A ruling on that issue isn't expected until the trial is completed in four to six weeks. Prosecutors have previously said Salad has demonstrated a lack of remorse in the Americans' deaths and made boastful statements about them.
Jury selection in the case begins Tuesday, and defense attorneys have submitted a lengthy list of questions they want to ask potential jurors. Among other things, the questionnaires focus on jurors' views on the death penalty, the extensive media coverage of piracy and their relationships to the military. Defense attorneys unsuccessfully argued for the trial to be moved out of Norfolk because the region is home to a large military presence that includes the world's largest naval base and serves as the home of East Coast-based Navy SEALs.
Some of the personnel and ships that responded to the hijacking are also based in the area, and the attorneys had feared their clients couldn't get a fair trial as a result of the large military presence.
"Simply put, the community in Norfolk has a very personal stake in piracy issues that prejudices the defendants. These prejudices will become that much more exaggerated in the event that defense counsel contends that the deaths occurred in this case partly because the Navy failed to follow proper protocol," their court filing asserted.
The pirates who pleaded guilty in the case are expected to testify against the three charged with murder. They agreed to testify in exchange for the possibility of reduced sentences and eventual deportation to Somalia.
Many of them have also expressed remorse for the Americans' deaths. Defense attorneys are seeking to prohibit those statements from being admitted into evidence during the murder trial.
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A medical device that has allowed thousands of deaf individuals worldwide the opportunity to hear—sometimes for the first time and well enough to talk on the telephone—is the focus of 15 personal experiences in a new book published by RIT Press.
New Beginnings, Acquiring and Living with a Cochlear Implant is a compilation of stories written by deaf or hard-of-hearing individuals who have had cochlear implants. Their personal stories will give readers insight into the struggles and challenges they endured through the process as well as the delights and disappointments they faced after surgery.
The book was edited by Michael Stinson, a research faculty member at RIT's National Technical Institute for the Deaf, and NTID President Gerard Buckley. Both Stinson and Buckley have cochlear implants and each has been involved in education of deaf and hard-of-hearing students for more than 30 years.
"When Gerry and I were considering getting our implants, we could find no resource that described the possible outcomes we might experience," Stinson said. "We decided to create the resource by bringing together diverse cochlear implant users to write about their experiences so that others considering an implant would have a better idea of what to expect."
Cochlear implants involve a surgical process that enables some individuals to hear sounds via an implanted electronic device that converts sounds to electrical signals that directly stimulate peripheral parts of the auditory nerve.
This year, a record 360 students at RIT/NTID have cochlear implants. That's more than 28 percent of the deaf and hard-of-hearing students who attend RIT/NTID.


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Pulver Victorious, Alexander Injures Al-Hassan at MMA Fight Pit: Genesis
Pulver vs. Wheeler, from last night's Co-Main Event
Yesterday, you may have looked at the name of Houston Alexander's opponent, Razak Al-Hassan, and thought "Where have I heard of him before?". Spoiler alert: He's the guy who got his arm snapped by Steve Cantwell at Fight for the Troops because tapping is for bitches. It probably won't come as too much of a surprise to you to find out that he had another fight stopped by injury. It may surprise you to find out that this time, the injury that prevented him from continuing was a dislocated finger. You read that correctly, Urijah. Not to make any accusations of bitchassness, but how did the doctor even realize that Al-Hassan had dislocated his finger without someone telling him?
The stoppage to this fight was almost as odd as watching Junie Browning give up during the first round of his fight with Jacob Clark. Granted, you could argue that Junie Browning gave up on this fight well before yesterday's weigh-ins. Junie Browning came out quickly, earning an early takedown and nearly submitting Jacob Clark with a twister. However, once the ref stood the fighters back up and Clark stuffed an attempted takedown, Junie Browning gave up. Browning allowed Clark to gain side control, and immediately tapped once Clark started throwing elbows. Given Browning's loss coupled with the fact that he has to forfeit an undisclosed sum of money per pound over 155, there is a possibility that Browning essentially fought for free (or rather, whatever his sponsors paid him) last night.Read More DIGG THIS


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- LibreOffice is the free power-packed Open Source personal productivity suite for Windows, Macintosh and Linux, that gives you six feature-rich applications for all your document production and data processing needs: Writer, Calc, Impress, Draw, Math and Base. Support and documentation is free from our large, dedicated community of users, contributors and developers. You, too, can also get involved!
- 1 LibreOffice in Arch Linux
- 2 Installation
- 3 Theme
- 4 Extension management
- 5 Language aids
- 6 Installing macros
- 7 Speed up LibreOffice
- 8 Troubleshooting
LibreOffice in Arch Linux
Official support for OpenOffice.org was dropped in favor of LibreOffice, the "Document Foundation" fork of the project, which also includes enhancements and additional features. See Dropping Oracle OpenOffice (arch-general).
Since version 3.4.2rc1, LibreOffice has been split into several packages, which can be installed with the libreoffice group from the official repositories: pacman will display a menu prompting for which components to install.
- As the language pack for en-US is no longer included by default, you will need to install at least 1 language pack. The default language is Afrikaans (because it is alphabetically the first provider of libreoffice-langpack), while the previous default (en-US) is at number 24. A common mistake is to install libreoffice-uk, which is the Ukrainian language pack, instead of libreoffice-en-GB.
- You need libreoffice-kde4 or libreoffice-gnome only if you care about qt or gtk visual integration. See the Theme section.
Check the recommended optional dependencies pacman suggests. E.g. install a Java Runtime Environment (optional, highly recommended). See: Java. You may need hsqldb2-javaAUR to use some module of LibreOffice Base.
Microsoft fonts
Official Microsoft fonts are useful to prevent pagination problems. Check the MS_Fonts wiki page.
For Qt integration, install the package libreoffice-kde4. For GTK integration, install the package libreoffice-gnome.
- Qt integration is able to mimic gtk theme. The command
qtconfig-qt4opens a window which let you choose.
- Even if you are not running one of these desktop environments and thus do not need to "integrate" with them, you may still wish to install these packages so that LibreOffice will use non-default gtk or qt themes. For example, LibreOffice on e17 uses the default "ugly" (aka "win95") theme; installing libreoffice-gnome will allow you to select a more pleasant gtk theme.
As of LibreOffice version 3.5.x it tries to magically autodetect your desktop UI using the following magic if proper libs will be found:
gtk3 > gtk2 > kde4 > generic
To force the use of a certain VCL UI interface use one of this:
SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=gen lowriter SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=kde4 lowriter SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=gtk lowriter SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=gtk3 lowriter
It is convenient to save
SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN variable in your shell configuration file, e.g.
/etc/bash.bashrc or
~/.bashrc if using bash.
However, if it looks like it's using Windows 98 icons, go to Tools > Options > Accessibility and uncheck "Automatically detect high contrast mode of the system".
Personas themes
LibreOffice 4.x series is able to use Firefox personas. Enter LibreOffice options and choose Personalization > Select Personas, then paste the URL of your favourite one. A convenient button in the dialog box lets you open the browser.
Extension management
Arch is shipping some additional extensions. We currently ship these extensions: nlpsolver, presentation-minimizer, report-builder, wiki-publisher. You can install them with pacman:
# pacman -S libreoffice-extension-nlpsolver libreoffice-extension-foo ...
Check AUR or the built-in LibreOffice Extension manager or get extensions online if you want to install more extensions.
Language aids
Spell checking
For spell checking, you will need hunspell and a language dictionary for hunspell (like hunspell-en for English, hunspell-de for German, etc).
Hyphenation rules
For hyphenation rules, you will need hyphen and a language hyphen rule set (hyphen-en for English, hyphen-de for German, etc).
For the thesaurus option, you will need libmythes and a mythes language thesaurus (like mythes-en for English, mythes-de for German, etc).
Grammar checking
For grammar checking, you will need to install an extension such as LanguageTool, which can be found in the AUR: libreoffice-extension-languagetoolAUR or the LanguageTool Website.
Other grammar tools can also be found on the LibreOffice Extension Page or OpenOffice's Website. Not all OpenOffice extensions are guaranteed to work with LibreOffice.
Installing macros
If you intend to use macros, you must have a Java Runtime Environment enabled. A Java Runtime Environment is enabled by default, but disabling it speeds up the program.
The default path for macros in Arch Linux is different from most Linux distributions. Its location is:
Speed up LibreOffice
Some settings may improve LibreOffice's loading time and responsiveness. However, some also increase RAM usage, so use them carefully. They can all be accessed under Tools > Options.
- Under Memory:
- Reduce the number of Undo steps to a figure lower than 100, to something like 20 or 30 steps
- Under Graphics cache, set Use for LibreOffice to 128 MB (up from the original 20MB)
- Set Memory per object to 20MB (up from the default 5MB).
- If you use LibreOffice often, check LibreOffice Quickstarter
- Under Advanced, uncheck Use a Java runtime environment
Font substitution
These settings can be changed in the LibreOffice options. From the drop-down menu, select Tools > Options > LibreOffice > Fonts. Check the box that says Apply Replacement Table. Type
Andale Sans UI in the font box and choose your desired font for the Replace with option. When done, click the checkmark. Then choose the Always and Screen only options in the box below. Click OK.
You will then need to go to Tools > Options > LibreOffice > View, and uncheck "Use system font for user interface". If you use a non-antialised font, such as Arial, you will also need to uncheck "Screen font antialiasing" before menu fonts render correctly.
$ echo "Xft.lcdfilter: lcddefault" | xrdb -merge
To make the change persistent, add
Xft.lcdfilter: lcddefault to your
~/.Xresources file, and make sure to run
xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources. [1]. See X resources for more details.
If this does not work, you can also try adding
Xft.lcdfilter: lcddefault to your
~/.Xdefaults. If you do not have this file, you will have to create it.
If LibreOffice hangs when trying to open or save a document located on a NFSv3 share, try prepending the following lines with a
# in
# file locking now enabled by default SAL_ENABLE_FILE_LOCKING=1 export SAL_ENABLE_FILE_LOCKING
To avoid overwriting on update you can copy
/usr/lib/libreoffice/program/soffice in
/usr/local/bin. Original post here.
Fixing Java Framework Error
You may get the following error when you try to run LibreOffice.
[Java framework] Error in function createSettingsDocument (elements.cxx). javaldx failed!
If so, give yourself ownership of
~/.config/ like so:
# chown -vR username:users ~/.config
LibreOffice does not detect my certificates
If you cannot see the certificates when trying to sign a document, you will need to have the certificates configured in Mozilla Firefox (or Thunderbird). If after that LibreOffice still does not show them, set the
MOZILLA_CERTIFICATE_FOLDER environment variable to point to your Mozilla Firefox (or Thunderbird) folder.
export MOZILLA_CERTIFICATE_FOLDER=$HOME/.mozilla/firefox/XXXXXX.default/
Run .pps files in edit mode (without slideshow)
The only solution is to rename .pps file in .ppt
Add the following script to your home directory and use it to open every .pps file. Very useful to open .pps files received by email without the need to save them.
#!/bin/bash f=$(mktemp) cp "$1" "${f}.ppt" && libreoffice "${f}.ppt" && rm -f "${f}.ppt"
Bibliography problems
If Writer crashes on attempting to access Tools > Bibliography Database, with the following error:
Install libreoffice-base as this is a workaround to a known bug, purportedly fixed.


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When we first chatted online in 1998, internet dating was then an extremely unusual thing to do!
Thank goodness for your site because being so different I cannot imagine any other circumstances in which our paths would have crossed!
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